I guess I am proud the first openly gay coach in Urban Meyer and the first openly gay player to win a Heisman in Tim Tebow have had such success.

Music this week

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: If you're a fan of grandiose "classical rock" bands of yore, you'll relish the pomp and circumstance of this troupe, singing and telling their own rock opera "legends" of XMAS. Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St. 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, $39.50-$50.50, 215-298-4200, www.comcasttix.com

RRIICCEE: Vincent Gallo has won acclaim as an actor, writer and director of films like "Buffalo 66" and "The Brown Bunny." He's also had a musical career going on the side - with solo albums and as part of the no-wave musical group Gray (a collaboration with the late Jean-Michael Basquiat.) Now he's aiming to break on through to the other side with RRIICCEE, an experimental, spontaneous quartet collaboration co-fronted by Erick Erlandson, the former guitarist and founding member of Hole.

The Totally Coolest Candidate Ever

Berkeley, I made a couple of comments about the use of Chelsea as a prop for controversy-free photo ops when her parents dropped her off for her first semester of college at Stanford. Scraping for something to say about the upcoming football game between Cal and Stanford, I criticized my school's rival for pouring resources into the circus surrounding Chelsea's arrival, suggesting that they were more concerned with maintaining a pristine, photogenic student body than educating as large and diverse a population as possible. I then encouraged Berkeley students to share our less refined ways by trashing the campus, including Ms. Clinton. Sure, my line "show your spirit on Chelsea's bloodied carcass" was over the top and poorly chosen. And then the AP wire snipped my column's line, "Chelsea Clinton represents the Stanford ethos of establishment worship which must be subverted and destroyed," into "Chelsea Clinton … must be destroyed." (The column is no longer available online.)

The comments made their way to Mrs.

Toll ahead? Officials OK more study on Knoxville Parkway

A toll road will not solve any problems as the truckers will continue to go through Knoxville with the present route in order to save the money. The idea is to reduce traffic flow through Knoxville, which is clearly far more than it should have been. Construction of the "by-pass" should have been started more than 25 years ago, and here we are still "talking" about it. No to a toll road!

Cover Story: Angelina's Joy Is Jen's Pain

And on Feb. 23, when Jen, Brad and the woman he left her for, Angelina Jolie, will all take part in hosting a charity event at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the tension in the room will most certainly be palpable. Sources tell OK! the former Friends star is now gearing up for the moment she'll have to say hello to Angelina or, as she chooses to put it, "that person who ruined my life." Making the matter more stressful for Jen, who turned 39 on Feb. 11, is that she's being constantly bombarded with images of a glowing, pregnant Angelina. “Jen is desperate for kids," says a source. “She can feel her biological clock ticking and must be scared that she's left it too late. She keeps saying that she wishes she had kids with Brad and that, if she had, maybe things would be different."For the full story on Jen, Angelina and Brad, pick up the new OK! — on stands everywhere Thursday!

New European collaboration portal is launched

To achieve its goals, i-techpartner uses a number of regional and pan-European events and its new interactive online community with search facilities to screen and match participants. Initially, the participating European regions will showcase their best research projects from local Universities and research centres. With hands-on advice of innovation experts, the commercial aspects of these projects will be fine-tuned. The most advanced and most promising research projects and applications will be presented to potential strategic partners and industry experts on a pan-European level in order to establish international collaboration and technology transfer. Networking facilities are backed by online tools to maintain the flow of information and communication between participants. Especially Europe's regions and regional development agencies can help local researchers and young innovative companies to become successful leaders in their field.