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Latest Update News opular online movie rental service Netflix (NFLX) is down. The Netflix website is also used for watching movies and television shows online. Twitter search is jumping bigtime on the outage which occurs when many people typically watch movies and have date nights.

I’ve seen a variety of messages when accessing netflix.com including:

“Http/1.1 Service Unavailable”
and
“We’re sorry, the Netflix website is temporarily unavailable. Our shipping centers are continuing to send and receive DVDs , so your movies will be processed as usual. And you can still instantly watch movies via your Netflix ready device. Our engineers are working hard to bring the site back up as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and, again, we apologize for the inconvenience. If you need further assistance, please call us at 1-866-636-3079.”

Are you finding Netflix down? It’s not just you. Many users are reporting Netflix down on social networking sites this evening, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.

Those who try to access Netflix simply see the message: “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable.” The reason for the outage is not known at this time.

Tech guru and blogger Robert Scoble tweeted about the Netflix outage, “People are saying Netflix is down. I didn’t break it, promise! ”

Here are a few of the many tweets about Netflix being down:

Are you finding Netflix down? It’s not just you. Many users are reporting Netflix down on social networking sites this evening, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.

Those who try to access Netflix simply see the message: “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable.” The reason for the outage is not known at this time.

Tech guru and blogger Robert Scoble tweeted about the Netflix outage, “People are saying Netflix is down. I didn’t break it, promise!

Latest Update News:Back in the spring of 2009, Allison Reed was just another teenager, attending Watchung Hills Regional High School and skating one or two sessions a week at the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey, where her older siblings, Cathy Reed and Chris Reed, train under Nikolai Morozov.

Now, the 15-year-old ice dancer is the youngest skater at the Vancouver Olympics, participating in only her fourth competition with her first-ever partner, Otar Japaridze.

Allison is competing here for Georgia; Cathy and Chris, former U.S. novice ice dance champions, are representing Japan. The siblings’ mother, Norika — who is here watching from the stands — is Japanese, and their father is due to arrive later this week.

Amidst the celebration, there has been tragedy: before the Games even opened, 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died after crashing during his final practice run.

Reed and Japaridze have been wearing black armbands in practice.

“It casts a shadow,” Allison said. “It’s been a very emotional time.”

How the youngest Reed got to Vancouver is a story of being in the right place, at the right time, with the right connections ready to give a helping hand.

Before Japaridze, Allison could never find the right partner.

Cathy and Chris Reed compete for Japan while their sister Allison competes for the Republic of Georgia.

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