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Filename: C2-METRO-AJCD0211-AJCD created: Feb 10 2009 Username: SPEED4 Wednesday, Feb 11, 2009 METRO 2 AJCD 2 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black C2 Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 3 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ajc.com 2 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black AJCD File name: C2-METRO-AJCD0211-AJCD created: Feb 10 2009 Username: SPEED4 Do you have a question about the news? Our news researchers will try to get an answer. Call 404-222-2002 or e-mail (include your name and city). Sorry, individual responses are not possible. What is the bracelet President Barack Obama wears on his right wrist? SANDY PORATCH Marietta Barack Obama is wearing a wristband in memory of a soldier killed in Iraq, given to him by the young mother.

Tracy Jopek of Merrill, gave Obama the bracelet at a rally in Green Bay, last year. The bracelet has her name, Sgt. Ryan David Jopek, and the date the 20-year-old was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb: Aug. 2, 2006. gave some He gave it says.

An Obama aide described it as a black metal band with silver lettering. Like his father, Ryan Jopek was a member of the Wisconsin National Guard. He deployed to Iraq in 2005. Has the airplane always been called Air Force One? It seems like back in the Eisenhower days the plane had a different name. GERALD LANDERS Douglasville Presidential air transport began in 1944 when a Douglas C-54 nicknamed the was put into service for President Franklin D.

Roosevelt. The a Douglas DC-6, transported President Harry S. Truman from 1947 to 1953. President Dwight D. Eisenhower traveled aboard Lockheed Constellations named and from 1953 to 1961.

While the call sign Force was used in the 1950s, President John F. VC-137, a Boeing 707 jet, was the aircraft to be popularly known as Air Force One. Sharon Gaus wrote this column. ON THE NEWS Day will be here soon. breakup season.

Never mind graduation photos I just hope that when I die, my family give the newspaper a photo of me in a baseball cap! My girlfriend should get a clue. If after years, he left yet, he never will, and not trying to any feathers, but just not that into My wife and I are debating which is more offensive television ads from drug companies or from lawyers. I consider myself extremely lucky to work for a company that makes decisions based on the payoff and impact to employees, customers and shareholders in that order. one of the few that still believes when you take care of employees, take care of customers, which will pay off for the shareholders. Dear federal elected ofcials: The economy needs stimulation, not the wasteful, bureaucracy.

No job, no health insurance, and big mortgage I have as much stimulation as I can handle. even think about touching my utterly favorite coffee mug. Headline 2011: Congress two people still have not converted their TV to digital, votes another four- month extension in conversion deadline. TV ads reminding us every minutes about the need to convert continue to annoy all viewers. The compensation caps socialism; the bailouts are.

If any execs like the compensation caps, free to pass on the bailout. The only way I will agree to putting a $500,000 salary cap is if I can have one of those jobs. Is there anyone else other than me on this lonely planet called pay the taxes that are due and happy to do Politicians need not reply. To the people been working at the intersection of I-285 and Lawrenceville Highway for two years: You have accomplished absolutely nothing except to tie up and make a total mess of both the interstate and the road. So get it done and move on.

One way to make textbooks more affordable to students is to encourage schools to refuse to select texts from publishers who practice deliberate obsolescence by bringing out new editions every two years so that existing books lose their secondhand value. Why the popularity of certain TV morning show hosts, when all doing is dumbing down America? Limiting pay for companies receiving TARP money: Pure and simple wealth envy. To the venter who wanted to know when the worst economy was since the Great Depression if this one That would be 1982. The one in 1975 was a very close second to this one. We got into this mess because people were spending beyond their means, so what makes you think that Washington can get us out of this mess using the same approach? Need to Vent? Call 404-2228338; e-vent: THE VENT HIGH FIVE Television The top OnDemand programs for the week ending Feb.

7 as determined by Comcast customers in metro Atlanta: 1. Beyonce music video, Music Choice 2. Soulja Boy Me thru the music video, Music Choice 3. OJ Da Juiceman music video, Music Choice 4. episode, Nickelodeon 5.

Keri Hilson Me music video, Music Choice Courtesy: OnDemand Essentials PETER KRAMER Associated Press Jane Fonda and Moises Kaufman director of Broadway show in 45 years, pose together. Jane Fonda stars, blogs at same time For Jane Fonda Atlanta friends, family and fans, keeping up with her Broadway adventures is now as easy as logging on to Janefonda.com. To coincide with her new starring role in director-playwright Moises Kaufman her Broadway appearance in 45 years the two-time Oscar winner has started writing a daily blog on her personal Web site. Much like her 2005 best-selling memoir, Life So blog is a fascinating, ingly honest peek behind the scenes. Fonda credits blogging celebrity friends Lily Tomlin and Rosie for persuading her to post online.

itself is a new adventure for writes Fonda. have always been something of a Luddite. I even have a computer till I was 58. I was married to Ted Turner at the time. He is a Luddite for sure and will die that way.

He hates all this stuff. even have a cellphone. He threw my computer across the room once when he thought it was taking me away from While Fonda is enjoying her new theater family, at age 71, the actress writes less fond of the photographs snapped for the Eugene Theatre marquee and the bright overhead lighting. Her Atlanta-based daughter Vanessa Vadim caught an early runthrough and playwright pal Eve Ensler also dropped by with red velvet cupcakes for the cast. Between rehearsals, Fonda writes that she and her canine companion Tulea who made the Manhattan trip, too have taken to napping on a small sofa in her dressing room with the aid of earplugs.

Despite her initial trepidation, by Monday opening preview performance, Fonda was even blog ging between scenes. halfway through the second she wrote. resist telling you how much the audience seems to be loving the play. There are so many laughs, laughs I never opens on March 9. Fonda ends each entry with you next the same send-off she used in her 1980s series of exercise videos.

Fans also can now follow Fonda on Twitter.com where she is theater updates daily. Elite Steak In the March edition of Day with Rachael Ray the mag selects the top steakhouses in the United States. Inman Kevin Rathbun Steak made it to the CELEBRITY Wednesday Talk PEACH BUZZ ON THE NEWS THE VENT Got a tip for Peach Buzz? 404-526-2749 or PEACH BUZZ RICHARD L. ELDREDGE, in the foodie bracket, set up like an NCAA Final Four basketball tournament bracket. In the magazine, Kevin Rathbun Steak competed with local and national steakhouse players like and Peter Luger.

In the round, Kevin Rathbun Steak was paired against of Atlanta and won. Kevin Rathbun Steak then advanced to the next round and competed against Nelore Churrascaria. Once again, Kevin Rathbun Steak took the win. It then went on to beat out Eat Place. Alas, in the round, Kevin Rathbun Steak went up against Steakhouse.

eventually won the steakhouse tournament. Still, the mag places Kevin Rathbun Steak as one of the top eight steakhouses in the United States. Gigging at Wrigley The Piano Man and the Rocket Man are pairing up for a concert this summer at Wrigley Field. Promoters announced Tuesday that Billy Joel and his Peachtree Road resident pal Elton John will play together at the home of the Chicago Cubs on July 21. The singer-songwriters will perform duets play BIRTHDAYS Contributing: News services Actor Leslie Nielsen is 83.

Actress Tina Louise is 75. Actor Burt Reynolds above) is 73. Singer Sheryl Crow is 47. Actress Jennifer Aniston is 40. Singer is 35.

Singer-actress Brandy is 30. Actor Matthew Lawrence Meets is 29. Singer Kelly Rowland Child (below) is 28. Courtesy of Kevin Rathbun ing twin pianos and trading vocals. Each will play a set with his own band, followed by both bands joining for a Closer to Sir U.S.

home, the pair will play Philips Arena on March 14. METRO Kevin Rathbun made it into the top eight list of steakhouses in the U.S. in Rachael magazine. IOOHHENMJGOGM.