Dancing with the stars winner's

Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson Win ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 9. The show started off by bringing all the past contestants from this year back. Then they showed a preview of last nights performances. Next, Whitney Houston performed her new single, “Million Dollar Bill.”

After that , Jeffrey Ross came out to induct Ashley Hamilton into the loser’s club. Then Ashley did a performance with his dance partner to the song, “Simply the Best.” After the 2nd break, they showed a brief recap of the entire season 9.

Then Kathy Ireland and Tony Dovolani, Macy Gray and Jonathan Roberts, and Debi Mazar and Maksim Chmerkovskiy did a special dance routine.

After the 3rd break, Tom DeLay and Cheryl Burke did a special performance. Tom did his Texas Two Step. Chuck Liddell and Anna Trebunskaya and Mark Decascos & Lacey Schwimmer did a special performance which involved Martial Arts.

After the 4th break, Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo did a special performance. Then Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas did a special performance. After the 5th break, the judges reviewed each of the celebrities performances this season. Then Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel did their final dance routine.

After the 6th break, Mya and Dmitry Chaplin danced the “Jive.” After the 7th break, Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson did their last dance routine. Donny & Kym took the the lead for their final dance performance of the year. Mya & Dmitry got 2nd,and Kelly & Luis got 3rd place from the judges votes.

After the 8th break,Louie & Chelsie gave a special performance. Then Jerry Rice & Michael Irvin competed against each other in a dance competition with their respective dance partners. Michael ended up winning.

After the 9th break, Aaron & Karina danced the “Quick Step.” Then dancers from the past and present shows did a competition Mambo. Derek & Joanna won it. After the 10th break, Whitney Houston sang, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Then they revealed that Kelly & Louis got 3rd place overall.

After the final break, Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson were revealed to be the winners of “Dancing With The Stars” season 9,and Mya & Dmitry were the runner ups.

From: http://ontheflix.com/2009/11/24/donny-osmond-kym-johnson-win-dancing-with-the-stars-season-9/

Skifree

SkiFree is a computer game created by Chris Pirih, who was working as a programmer at Microsoft at the time. The object of the game is simple: to ski down an endless slope and avoid the obstacles.

Pirih had created SkiFree in C on his home computer for his own education and entertainment. The game eventually attracted the attention of a program manager for Microsoft Entertainment Pack when he noticed Pirih playing it at work, leading to the inclusion of the game in the next Entertainment Pack release with Pirih’s consent.

The game was featured in the Best of Windows Entertainment Pack and was available as a ported version for Macintosh. SkiFree was also one of seven games included in The Best of Entertainment Pack released for Game Boy Color in 2001.

In 1993, Pirih started work on a second version of the game, but it was abandoned for other projects as the original source code was lost.

On April 4, 2005, Pirih announced the rediscovery of the game’s source code and the creation of a 32-bit version of SkiFree. The updated version is available on his official SkiFree website.

Because the initial SkiFree release was a 16-bit Windows program, compatibility issues arose when running the game in newer versions of Windows. Pirih noted that users of Windows XP can configure the operating system to run 16-bit Windows programs, resolving the problem for some.

The problem has since been addressed as Pirih rediscovered the game’s source code in April 2005, and created a more compatible 32-bit version of the game.

Source: Wikipedia

Abe Pollin Dies

Abe Pollin, real estate developer, philanthropist, and owner of the Washington Wizards and other sports teams, has died at 85,

Pollin today is remembered most fondly as a sports team owner---the man who bought the Baltimore Bullets to Washington, brought NHL hockry to the city, women's pro basketball, and other sporting endeavors.

He presided over one world championship, the 1978 Bullets' NBA title.

But he was also a crackerjack businessman, a developer who left his legacy across the region's landscape, in numerous apartment towers in Montgomery County and the District. His prime development legacy, let there be no doubt about it, will be the MCI Center, which Pollin built out of his own pocket while the city suffered from crippling financial woes and went on to anchor the rebirth of downtown Washington.

Though well known as a hellish negotiator, Pollin was generous with his riches, donating heavily to Jewish causes (he helped save the Sixth & I Synagogue, for instance) and, among other good works, paying for an entire elementary-school class to go to college.

The Washington Post writes:

Pollin was among the last of the old-school pro sports owners who ran his teams as a family business, shaped by his strong personality and his intense loyalties. His teams lost more than they won, and fans often criticized his personnel moves and his failure to spend more money, but Pollin invariably remained set in his ways.

He was also a major philanthropist in the community, paying for affordable housing and endowing a local Boy's and Girl's Club. His grandest project was building the MCI Center (now Verizon Center) in 1997 and triggering a stunning renaissance of Gallery Place and surrounding neighborhoods.

From: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/11/24/abe-pollin-dies-at-85/

Stephen Stills

Stephen Stills has influenced generations with his powerful voice, songwriting artistry, and passionate guitar playing, both as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Manassas.

After recording his second solo album, Stills formed Manassas in 1971 with a talented group of musicians that included Chris Hillman, a former member of the Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Manassas released two albums, 1972’s eponymous double-album debut and the 1973 follow-up, Down The Road. MANASSAS - PIECES features alternate versions of two songs from Down The Road: “Do You Remember The Americans” and “Lies” (featuring guitarist Joe Walsh). The collection also includes the group’s unreleased performances of “Sugar Babe” and “Word Game,” a pair of songs Stills recorded in 1971 for his second solo album.

Last summer, Stills played a career-spanning concert at Shepherds Bush that was captured for LIVE AT SHEPHERD’S BUSH, a CD/DVD set. Playing both solo-acoustic and full band sets, Stills touched on nearly every facet of his prolific career: Buffalo Springfield (“Bluebird”, “For What It’s Worth” “Rock & Roll Woman”); CSN (“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” “Helplessly Hoping” “Southern Cross”); CSNY (“Woodstock” “Carry On”); early solo (“Love The One You’re With” “Marianne”); Manassas (“So Begins The Task,” “Isn’t It About Time”); Stills/Young (“Long May You Run”); and later solo (“Treetop Flyer”, “Wounded World”). Other highlights include covers of Bob Dylan’s “Girl From The North Country” and Tom Petty’s “The Wrong Thing To Do”.


Stephen Stills




Source:http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/review/7478/stephen-stills-live-cd--dvd-on-the-way.html