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To schedule a candidate for examination, a firm should file anelectronic Form U-4 or an individual should file a Form U-10 and pay the fee. Ethics and legal guidelines - 20 questions Investment Analysis, Recommendations & Strategies - 20 questions Blue Sky Laws - 50 questions Federal Securities Laws - 10 questions For more information visit http:// WoodSenior Fax from USA: 646-607-1907Fax from rest of the world: 353-1-481-1716 Copyright Business Wire 2009. With 300,000 Tickets Sold for 2009 Already Rieu is on his way to Become aFixture in the Touring ChartsNEW YORK, January 5 /PRNewswire/ With an incredible number of 714,617tickets sold and a gross revenue of US$76.9 mlnAndre Rieu clinched the 8thposition in Pollstar's top 10 of worldwide touring acts. At 59, Rieu is stillburning from ambition and his next goal is to definitively conquer the USA.Pollstar, the organization that keeps track of the concert industry justpublished their annual ranking of the top 10 worldwide concert tours Thelist is topped by Madonna with a gross of US$281.6 mln. The top three iscompleted by Celine Dion, with a gross revenue of US$236.6 mln and Bon Jovi,with US$176.3 mln.After almost making the top 10 in the past few years, Rieu debuts atnumber 8, with a gross revenue of US$76.9 mln For his 71 shows, Rieu sold714,617 tickets in 2008.

The average of 10,065 tickets is without a doubt thehighest a classical artist has ever seen.With over 300,000 tickets already sold for concerts in 2009, Rieu is onits way to become a fixture in the worldwide touring charts. Andre Rieu hasscheduled 35 concerts throughout the USA and Canada in April, May and June.He also rolled out plans to tour Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Germany,France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and of course his home country theNetherlands.The success of Rieu was driven by strong ticket sales in Europe andAustralia for his World Stadium Tour - Rieu's extravagant tour with a fullsize reproduction of Empress Sisi's Castle, the biggest stage ever to go ontour. The top 10 accomplishment is only firing up Rieu's ambitions He ishunting for more success and bigger things. "The USA is next on the list.It's my goal to tour the States with the Schonbrunn Castle. The success therehasn't kept up with the success in Europe, Asia and Australia, and we'regoing to do everything possible to conquer the USA and sell out footballstadiums," according to Rieu.Rieu's benchmark for success lies in Australia, where he virtually ownsthe charts. Rieu has positions one to six in the Music DVD Top 50 and a totalof 21 records in the top 50. Rieu recently reached 100x platinum sales inAustralia for his CD's and DVD's.Top 10 worldwide concert tours- GrossRank Millions (US$)Artist-1$281.6Madonna2$236.6Celine Dion3$176.3Bon Jovi4$165.8Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band5$120.6The Police6$94.8 Neil Diamond7$86.6 Eagles8$76.9 Andre Rieu9$72.2 Kenny Chesney10 $71.9 Coldplay(source: http://)Tour dates Rieu - USA/Canada 2009DateCity Venue4-17-2009 TorontoAir Canada Centre4-18-2009 Ottawa Scotiabank Centre4-19-2009 Montreal Bell Centre4-20-2009 Syracuse, NY War Memorial At Oncenter4-21-2009 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena4-23-2009 New York City, NYHammerstein Ballroom4-24-2009 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard4-25-2009 Uniondale, NYNassau Coliseum4-26-2009 Newark, NJ Prudential Center4-27-2009 Reading, PASovereign Center4-28-2009 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center5-14-2009 Baltimore, MD1st Mariner Arena5-15-2009 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena5-16-2009 Cleveland, OHQuicken Loans Arena5-17-2009 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena5-18-2009 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena5-19-2009 Detroit, MIFox Theatre5-21-2009 Chicago, ILAllstate Arena5-22-2009 Milwaukee, WIMilwaukee Theatre5-23-2009 Minneapolis, MNTarget Center5-24-2009 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena5-25-2009 Omaha, NEQwest Center5-26-2009 Denver, CO Pepsi Center6-12-2009 VancouverGeneral Motors Place6-13-2009 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome6-14-2009 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena6-16-2009 Oakland, CAOracle Arena6-17-2009 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena6-18-2009 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center6-19-2009 Los Angeles, CANokia Theatre L.A.

Live6-20-2009 Ontario, CACitizens Business Bank Arena6-22-2009 San Diego, CACricket Wireless Pavilion6-23-2009 Phoenix, AZJobing Arena6-24-2009 Las vegas, NVOrleans Arena6-25-2009 Salt Lake City, UT Usana AmphitheatreFor Hi-Res images and more background info visit: Rieu StudiosContact: For more information, interview- & TV-appearances contact:USA/Canada: Marthijn Graafland in New York at 1-646-717-3370 ; Australia & Europe: Kerstin Cornelis . This Column Originally Published at GetOutofMyBallpark Ever since the end of the season, and all of Theo Epstein's "Bridge Year" crap, the Sox have been in a state of flux.The departure of Jason Bay (unless... ), the attempted trade of Mike Lowell, and the signings of Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, and John Lackey have in many ways opened up more questions than answers.Among the biggest are who is going to be in center, Cameron or Jacoby Ellsbury What will Lowell's role be (if he stays with the team after surgery) Where in the hell are we going to get runs fromOf course, the huge boner I get just thinking about Adrian Gonzalez in a Red Sox uniform is one answer to many of the questions, and that may still happen, but with the Sox payroll building up towards the magic $170 million mark (including benefits and other crap which players can afford with the millions they are getting paid), where luxury tax kicks in, there aren't many other options for adding to the roster.As an aside, I have to say that I agree with John Henry in his stance on baseball's current revenue-sharing plan. If the big market teams are going to pay the small market teams to keep things competitive, then those teams that get the money should be required to spend it.The Yankees (the only team above the tax number last season) had a bigger payroll than the bottom four teams combined.The owners of those teams should be required to keep a certain minimum salary level for players so that the money from the Sox, Yanks, and others isn't just going to lining the pockets of assholes (the aforementioned owners), and the fans actually have a reason to go out and support them.NEXT PAGE. Green Power EMC Awarded Nation's Leading Voluntary Certification for RenewableEnergyTUCKER, Ga., Jan.