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Documentary "KOOZ" to be shown in Appleton Wednesday
The documentary, "KOOZ" -- the life and early career of major league baseball pitcher Jerry Koosman, will be shown at the Appleton Civic Center on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.
"KOOZ" tells the story of rising Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman's career highlight season with the 1969 New York Mets. Kooz pitched two of the five games in the 1969 World Series and delivered his team to champion status.
This movie unravels the story of Koosman's career, the ups and downs of life as a ballplayer, his outside business ventures, family life and later struggles.
Koosman still holds the Mets' record for games pitched with 376.
This documentary was produced by Jenna Duncan, who also has ties to the Appleton area.
A preview of the documentary can be viewed at YouTube

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A listing of Roeselare, Australia clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
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Safety and Tolerability of BAY1862864 Injection in Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory CD22-positive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
The study will be divided into two parts: a "dose-escalation part" to evaluate safety profile and to explore the Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and an "expansion part" to evaluate further the safety and tumor response profile of BAY1862864 Injection at the selected dose.
Are you interested in a clinical research study for your type 2 diabetes?
To see if you may be eligible to participate in an OMNEON Clinical Research Program, you will be asked to answer some questions about your health history and current conditions. The information you provide will be kept confidential and will not be shared without your permission or except as required ...
Clinical Research of Philadelphia is conducting a clinical research study of an investigational oral medication for overactive bladder.
Gotta Go? Gotta Go? Gotta Go? Qualified participants will receive at no cost study related exams and investigational overactive bladder medication. Males or females that are 18 or older and have bothersome urinary frequency and urgency may qualify for participation. Compensation is available for time and travel.
Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety Study of Clostridium difficile Vaccine in Subjects at Risk of C. difficile Infection
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the candidate Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) vaccine to prevent primary symptomatic C. difficile infection (CDI) in subjects a risk for CDI where there is a substantial unmet medical need. Primary objective: To assess the efficacy of the C. difficile ...
Babies with siblings are needed for a Washington University autism study.
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about brain development in infants who are at high risk for developing autism. This study will take 3 years to complete. There are four visits with each visit lasting an average of three days for a couple of hours each ...
Asthma study. Qualified participants receive compensation.
Peninsula Research Associates, Inc. is seeking adults ages 18 and up with asthma to participate in a clinical research study. Study is comparing the effectiveness of a drug in patients with uncontrolled asthma.
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Peninsula Research Associates, Inc. is seeking children and adults ages 4 and up with asthma to participate in a clinical research study.
Washington University is seeking participants with and without functional GI disorders for a research study.
Dr. Mary Rude is seeking participants for a research study to determine if an association exists between functional GI disorders, the amount of fat in the liver, and a person's body mass index. There is 1 study visit that will last about 45 minutes. There will be MRS scanning and ...
Do you suffer from low back pain, and can't get relief from your current medication?
Do you suffer from low back pain, and can't get relief from your current medication? A local clinical research study is developing a new way to deliver an investigational pain relief study drug. Participation is at no cost and you may receive compensation for your time and travel.
Are You a Diabetic Using Insulin Once a Day?
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A samba group that enraged child-welfare advocates by choosing a 7-year-old as a drums corps queen finished last Wednesday in the extravagant parade competition, relegating them to the minor leagues next year.
Julia Lira, daughter of Viradouro samba group president Marco Lira, was reduced to tears under the intense focus of photographers and television cameras but eventually danced on at the helm of the parade early Monday.
The role of drums corps queen is normally reserved for sensuous models and actresses. A Rio state child welfare agency asked a judge to block her participation, but that move was rejected by a court.
The samba groups are judged by 10 criteria, one of which is the drum corps. Viradouro placed last out of 12 schools in the drum corps category, and scored even lower in the float category.
The Unidos da Tijuca samba group was crowned champion of the Rio Carnival parades for the first time in more than seven decades.
Tijuca's winning theme was "It's a Secret" and the elaborate parade examined mysteries such as the Bermuda Triangle, ancient lost civilizations and even the so-called Area 51 in the U.S.
More than 3,600 people took part in the presentation, which included an homage to Michael Jackson. One of the group's favorite floats was a giant ski ramp, which men dressed as Spiderman climbed and others in Batman uniforms skied down.
Tijuca last won in 1936 and their victory set off wild partying at their headquarters in northern Rio.
"It was a beautiful Carnival and my congratulations to all the other groups," said Tijuca's artistic director Paulo Barros. "But this one is ours!"
The parades are fiercely competitive and watched by millions on live television across Brazil. Each group spends between $3 million and $5 million.
The winning group receives no monetary prize - just a trophy and bragging rights for a year.


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Antarctic Icebergs battering shorelines
The Antarctic shore is a place of huge contrasts, as quiet, dark, and frozen winters give way to bright, clear waters, thick with algae and peppered with drifting icebergs in summer. But as the planet has warmed in the last two decades, massive losses of sea ice in winter have left icebergs free to roam for most of the year. As a result, say researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on June 16, boulders on the shallow seabed -- once encrusted with a rich assemblage of species in intense competition for limited space -- now mostly support a single species. The climate-linked increase in iceberg activity has left all other species so rare as to be almost irrelevant.
"The Antarctic Peninsula can be considered an early warning system -- like a canary in a coal mine," says David Barnes of the British Antarctic Survey. "Physical changes there are amongst the most extreme and the biology considered quite sensitive, so it was always likely to be a good place to observe impacts of climate change -- but impacts elsewhere are likely to be not too far behind. A lot of the planet depends on the near-shore environment, not least for foo
Earlier studies had noted an increase in mortality of the pioneer species, Fenstrulina rugula, a rather unremarkable suspension feeder that belongs to a group sometimes referred to as moss animals. Barnes and his colleagues suspected that those losses would be more widespread. Indeed, a 2013 survey dive at a nearby spot showed large areas where no live animals could be found, the first time that had ever been reported, despite frequent diving in the area.
In the new study, the researchers detail the first assemblage-level changes coincident with increased scouring. Not one species present in 1997 has disappeared entirely, they found, yet many have become so rare as to play little role in the community. In 2013, almost all interactions (96 percent, to be exact) involved just one species, F. rugula, making it one of the simplest seabed systems to be found anywhere. In almost all of those competitive interactions, there was no clear winner or loser, because F. rugula individuals battle against each other.
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Album Rating: 4.5I'd say it's a bit buzz-saw like but not quite as 'fuzzy' as other bands that have used it
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Empire carries A-League title tilt
Empire Sports Network broadcast the championship soccer game of the A-League between the Rochester Rhinos and Hershey (Pa.) Wildcats from Rochester's Frontier Field. Fox Sports World produced the broadcast on Empire, which is available to more than 5 million TV households via cable and satellite systems.
Jay Howard Events expands
Jay Howard Events has expanded its staff, adding Michael Verlatti, Danny Allison and Lynne Gobbo. Verlatti is an event producer, Allison is an event coordinator and Gobbo is an administrative assistant. Jay Howard Events specializes in entertainment before and after NASCAR races.
Town plans Earnhardt memorial
The town of Kannapolis, N.C., plans a $700,000 memorial for Dale Earnhardt, the native NASCAR star killed at the Daytona 500 in February. Sports artist Sam Bass will design a commemorative wall, and an Arizona sculptor has been selected to create an Earnhardt statue. Kannapolis officials hope to pay for the memorial through fan donations (City of Kannapolis, c/o the Dale Earnhardt Tribute Fund, P.O. Box 1199, Kannapolis NC 28082-1199).
Bengals game sets city record
A crowd of 64,217 at the Bengals-Browns game on Oct. 14 set a Cincinnati record for attendance at a sporting event. It bettered the 64,006 attendance at the stadium opener, also against the Browns, in 2000.
Rodeo likely to lose PRCA sanction
The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Rodeo will evidently lose its sanction from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2002, because the Fort Worth events organizers have declined to make changes to their arena demanded by the PRCA. The PRCA wants the rodeo to install permanent chutes for calf roping and steer wrestling, though the events organizers told the Dallas Morning News that this would inhibit the popular chuck-wagon races and would displace some box seats. Southwestern Expo officials now plan to hold an invitation-only rodeo with cowboys from various organizations, including the PRCA.
Controversy over referendum
A controversy has erupted over the necessity of a forthcoming Nov. 6 referendum by Dallas voters on approving a $100 million trust fund to cover potential financial shortfalls from hosting the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The Dallas City Council approved the referendum this summer after officials of Dallas 2012, the group leading the regions bid, claimed they had been told by U.S. Olympic Committee officials that public money was necessary to cover shortfalls. But USOC officials told The Dallas Morning News that private guarantees, such as insurance, would be sufficient. If approved, the trust fund would include $86 million in sales tax revenue from the state and a capped contribution from Dallas of $14 million. Dallas 2012 has said it will provide other private guarantees.
Team to honor fans touched by cancer
One of the top teams in the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series will sport a new paint scheme at the Grand-Am Finale Nov. 1-3. Motorsports Technologies in Deland, Fla., has teamed with the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute to honor race fans whose lives have been touched by cancer. They will display the institute's name and logo on the hood of four race cars during the Nov. 2 four-hour race at Daytona International Speedway.
New Broncos mascot Miles
The new costumed mascot of the Denver Broncos has a name. More than 7,000 fans chimed in with suggestions before the Broncos settled on the name Miles. The mascot, a horse, will be featured at all Broncos home games.
Broncs settle lobbyist lawsuit
The Denver Broncos settled a lawsuit involving the former lobbyist for the team. Porter Wharton had demanded $4 million from the team for his role in helping lobby for the new stadium. Terms of the settlement werent released.
Avalanche players get title rings
Members of the Colorado Avalanche are sporting new jewelry. Team members received their Stanley Cup championship rings, which are made of 14-carat white gold. An Avalanche logo atop the ring is made of rubies and diamonds. One side shows the Stanley Cup in the Colorado mountains.
City can use skybox if it pays
The city of Denver can use a skybox at Invesco Field at Mile High if the city pays the full price for the box. Thats according to a ruling by the Denver Board of Ethics. The city requested the opinion after the mayor offered to swap a box, worth $85,000 a year, in exchange for the Mile High trademark. That deal has since been scuttled.
Astros score well on Nielsens
They couldn't make it past the first round of the playoffs, but the National League Central champion Houston Astros did score well on cable TV this season. The Astros had their best-ever Nielsen-rated season on Fox Sports Net with a 4.9 average household rating in Houston. One ratings point in Houston represents 17,474 households. The 2001 stat is a 17 percent increase over last year's 4.2 final rating, and 7 percent better than the 4.6 in 1998, which was the previous high. Home run king Barry Bonds helped the team post its all-time single game record on FSN with a 9.1 rating on Oct. 2 when the Astros took on the San Francisco Giants at Enron Field.
Rockets-Wizards game sells out in 3 minutes
All the individual game tickets to the Dec. 6 game between the Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards with Michael Jordan sold out in three minutes when they went on sale Oct. 6. It was the only Rockets game of the 2001-02 season that has sold out. Some season tickets are still available.
Forsythe threatens CART with lawsuit
Jerry Forsythe, owner of an Indianapolis-based CART team, is threatening a lawsuit against CART for its proposed engine specifications change in 2003. Forsythe, who fielded three cars this season, said the franchise board overstepped its bounds. Because CART is a publicly traded company, it must respond to the wishes to its shareholders, Forsythe said. He contends only the corporate board of directors can approve major policy decisions. Forsythe said CART leaders are making a major mistake by adopting an engine formula too similar to that of the Indy Racing League.
Firms help Dr. J launch NASCAR team
The Milhous Group and St. Claire Cisco Group, both based in Indianapolis, signed a deal with former basketball great Julius Erving and retired football star Joe Washington to help raise money to launch WEM Motorsports on stock car racing's most prestigious and expensive circuit. Milhous and St. Claire have been charged with finding sponsors willing to ante up $10 million to $20 million needed to launch the team. The two firms, which have worked together previously, will partner to handle marketing, media and sponsor relations, ad creation and placement, promotions and event planning. Washington and Erving got their start in motorsports in 1998, when they formed a team for the Winston Cup feeder Busch Series. They idled that effort this year to focus on revving for a run at the Winston Cup series in 2002.
Super Bowl committee hunts new CEO
The Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee is searching for a new leader. CEO Mike Weinstein recently announced he will step down early next year to focus on his mayoral campaign. Super Bowl XXXIX will be played at Alltel Stadium in February 2005. Agency of record for the committee is the Dalton Agency, creator of Jacksonvilles bid campaign, which helped the city land hosting rights last year.
Jaguars reading program goes online
The Jacksonville Jaguars recently debuted an online version of their Playbooks reading program. Designed to encourage childrens interest in reading, the program began as a compilation of books recommended by Jaguars players, cheerleaders and senior staff. For the past several years, Playbooks were in booklet form available in Duval, Clay and St. Johns county libraries. The Playbooks Web site will include games, book review contests, tips for parents and links to other reading Web sites.
NAIA booked for next four years
The NAIAs next four annual conventions and next outdoor track-and-field championships will take place in the Kansas City area. The first event will be a convention during the NAIAs 2002 Division I basketball tournament in March. The convention replaces the NAIAs 2001 convention, planned for St. Louis in September, which was canceled after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Another convention will take place later next year. The track championship is scheduled for May 23-25. The NAIAs headquarters moved this summer to the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Kan., from Tulsa, Okla.
New Indy series may debut at speedway
The Indy Racing Leagues new Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series could debut next year at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Brian Barnhart, the IRLs vice president of operations, said he hopes to launch the series midway through the 2002 season. If we could run the first race at Kansas next year, it would be ideal, Barnhart told The Kansas City Star. The series will serve as a training ground for young open-wheel drivers. The IRL weekend at Kansas Speedway in 2002 is scheduled for July 6-7.
NBA exhibition draws 7,113 fans
An NBA exhibition game Oct. 13 at Kemper Arena drew 7,113 to watch the Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons.
City to operate baseball team
The city of Marysville has decided to operate its own baseball team instead of hiring the management of the Valley Vipers of the Western Baseball League, which used to play in Scottsdale, Ariz. Marysville, in Yuba County north of Sacramento, previously indicated that it would entertain a proposal by Jim Goldsmith, owner of the Vipers, to move the team to play at the citys Bryant Field for the 2002 season. The city owes more than $600,000 for stadium bleachers it co-signed for with the Feather River Mudcats, a Western Baseball League franchise that filed for bankruptcy protection last year after playing one season in Marysville. The city has an improved park but no team to play. Neither the Vipers nor the Mudcats played this season, but both are still licensed franchises.
Heat turns up security at arena
The Miami Heat has increased security measures that will be implemented for all games at AmericanAirlines Arena during the 2001-02 season. The team announced certain restrictions, such as no backpacks or carrying cases, no re-entry and a search of cars in the garage, but said most security initiatives will remain confidential.
Speedway holds Select-A-Seat Day
Homestead-Miami Speedway hosted its annual NASCAR Winston Cup Open House and Select-A-Seat Day Oct. 14. Fans were asked to reserve the best available seat for the NASCAR Winston Cup weekend, Nov. 9-11.
Station switches to all sports
WINZ-AM in Miami switched to an all-sports format last week from a general talk lineup. Executives at the station said it will not pursue rights to the Florida Marlins or Florida Panthers and will withdraw its offer for the Miami Dolphins. WINZ said it will make a profit with low-budget Fox Sports Radio programming 23 hours a day and Phil Latzman from 6 to 7 p.m. Fox Sports Radio is carried by 135 stations.
Kelly may get own bobblehead
Tom Kelly, who recently stepped down as manager of the Minnesota Twins, will likely be honored next year with a bobblehead doll in his likeness, say Twins officials.
Xcel changes admittance rules
Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, home of the Minnesota Wild, has changed its admittance policy to protect patrons and employees. Jack Larson, Xcel Energy Center vice president of operations, said patrons bags can be searched and anyone refusing to allow a search will not be given access to the arena for safety reasons. Among items not allowed in the arena are outside food or drink, weapons, items that could cause harm or annoyance, laser pointers, audio or video recorders. Cameras, at the instruction of event promoters, also can be outlawed.
Predators offer youth helmets
The Nashville Predators once again partnered with Baptist Sports Medicine, a division of Baptist Hospital, to offer youth helmets last Saturday. The safety promotion gave a youth helmet to the first 4,000 children, 12 and younger, through the gates at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.
Sounds lose Hendersonville option
The Nashville Sounds have one less option for a new home as Hendersonville and Sumner County have yanked their proposal for a new facility. Negotiators for Sounds Good, the organization formed to craft a proposal that would be palatable to the team, say their efforts hinged on the Sounds agreeing to exclusive negotiations, something the team wouldnt do. We wanted exclusive negotiation rights for 90 days, and they said they didnt feel like we were close enough for them to do that, said John Pennington, executive director of the Hendersonville Area Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the committee. The Sounds organization is continuing to talk with Williamson County officials, who have cobbled together a preliminary proposal but are short on fiscal details of a new stadiums financing. Time is running out for the team, said Glenn Yaeger, chief financial officer of Chicago-based AmeriSports Cos., which owns the Sounds. We want to be in a new stadium by April 2004, and we didnt view [exclusive negotiations] as the best way to get to that conclusion, Yaeger said. A deal has to be completed by years end for the Sounds to meet their stated deadline for a new facility, Yaeger said.
Steinbrenner nails As drummers
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner silenced the Oakland As outfield bleacher drummers during the Yankees weekend playoff games in Oakland, invoking a major league rule against in-house noise. The drummers, ages 19 to 25, would be exempt from the rule except that the As featured them in a TV ad campaign and compensated them with the bleacher seats. In effect, that meant the drummers are As-sponsored entertainment. Yankees fans have told us the drums are cool, drummer Ben Rosenberg told the San Francisco Chronicle. We told them what Steinbrenner said. They said: Dont listen to him, man. Thatll only mess you up.
Magic works on broadcast deals
The Orlando Magic has finished broadcasting deals for this season. First, the team extended its deal with its flagship Hispanic radio station AM 1440 WPRD. The contract, which started in 1998, was extended for two years and will include broadcasts on two sister stations in Daytona Beach and Kissimmee. Included in the deal is the broadcast of a Spanish version of Inside the Magic, a weekly program hosted by the Spanish voices of the Magic. The second broadcast deal came with WRBW-TV UPN 65, which carries the Magics away games. The station will allow people to watch games in Spanish, if they have an SAP-enabled television. The station will use the broadcast from the Spanish radio station. In addition, the UPN affiliate will be the home of Orlando Magic FastBreak, a new 30-minute television show.
Logo, shirts to aid disaster fund
The Magic has come up with a new logo to aid disaster relief. The logo, which features patriotic symbols, will be placed on T-shirts available at games for $10. All proceeds will go directly to the Orlando Magic Disaster Relief Fund. Shirts will be featured on television broadcasts and in team communications.
City lands CFL franchise, Grey Cup
A Canadian Football League expansion franchise has been granted to a group led by Brad Watters to begin play in Ottawa for the 2002 season. The CFL board of governors approved the new ownership and its business plan. The group of investors has previously launched and operated several franchises in the National Lacrosse League. The CFL also chose Ottawa as host for the 2004 Grey Cup, marking the sixth time the city has hosted the Grey Cup event, starting in 1925.
Figueroa visits White House
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Nelson Figueroa was a guest of President George W. Bush earlier this month at the White House. Figueroa was part of a group that met with the president for a celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. He presented Bush with a Phillies jersey adorned with an American flag, the presidents name and the number 01 on the back.
Pirates raise ticket prices
The Pittsburgh Pirates, who recently concluded a 100-loss season, are raising ticket prices. Prices for infield boxes, baseline seats, as well as left and right field seating will increase from $1 to $2 a ticket. Prices for dugout boxes $35 a ticket will remain the same and some prices will drop. Overall, however, the average price of a ticket at PNC Park will jump from $19.24 this year to $20.51 for the 2002 season.
Dunlop countersues Callaway
While Carlsbad, Calif.-based Callaway Golf Co. has reached a settlement in a patent dispute with Bridgestone Sports Co., it has been countersued by Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas in a continuing dispute over who stole whose recipe for making a better golf ball. Callaway has agreed to license some of the patents held by Bridgestone, the maker of Precept brand golf balls. Callaway will be allowed to use a number of Japan-based Bridgestones patents for three-piece golf balls. Bridgestone filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Atlanta against Callaway in July 2000 claiming that Callaways new Rule 35 ball infringed on several Bridgestone patents. Callaway filed a countersuit in September. Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas countersued Callaway on Oct. 15, 12 days after Callaway sued Dunlop, alleging the makers of the Maxfli A-10 golf ball infringed on Callaways technology patent for its Rule 35 ball. In its countersuit, Greenville, S.C.-based Dunlop claims Callaway is using Dunlop techniques and secret recipes developed over more than a century to make Callaway golf balls.
Cal turns to Oregon to fill seats
The University of California-Berkeley looked north to fill seats for its Oct. 13 home game against the University of Oregon Ducks. Cals sports marketing and promotions department bought airtime on a Portland sports station Oct. 8-10 to promote its Duck Special, a ticket for the game and a lower room rate at the Walnut Creek Marriott. Although specific numbers werent immediately available, response was strong, said David Kaufer, Cals director of marketing and promotions. Oregons stadium is totally sold out, Kaufer said. Weve got the capacity here. Cal averaged about 35,500 fans for its first three home games at Memorial Stadium, capacity 75,028. Attendance at the Oregon game was 34,552.
Air Force gets Lightning deal
The Tampa Bay Lightning is offering free and discounted tickets to MacDill Air Force Base personnel and their families. Anyone with a Defense Department military identification card will receive a free upper-level ticket or a half-price seat in the club or lower levels. The offer is also available to other active members of the military in the Tampa Bay area.
Preseason game draws 17,392
An announced crowd of 17,392 attended an NBA preseason game between the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic at the Ice Palace arena in Tampa on Oct. 14. The game is one of two NBA matches played in Tampa this year, with the Magics game against the Los Angeles Clippers last Sunday having been moved from Mexico City due to national security concerns. The Magic held its training camp at the University of South Florida this season.
Leafs affiliate with Memphis CHL team
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed an affiliation agreement with the Memphis RiverKings of the Central Hockey League. Memphis is coached by former Leaf Doug Shedden.
Argos, university have Lamport plan
The Toronto Argonauts and the University of Toronto have put together a joint development plan for Lamport Stadium in the citys west end. According to reports, the two groups will submit a lease-and-renovate proposal to the city that would include major expansions and upgrades on the 10,000-seat stadium. The Argonauts have two years left on their lease at the SkyDome but are looking for ways to boost attendance, including possibly moving to an outdoor stadium such as Lamport.
Capitals sell out 3 games already
The Washington Capitals have jumped out to a healthy start selling tickets for the 2001-02 NHL season. The team has already sold out three games the Oct. 6 season opener against New Jersey and Dec. 11 and 22 games against Pittsburgh. There are five games with fewer than 1,500 tickets available, including two in October. Last season the team did not reach a sellout until Jan. 30. Season-ticket sales are now at 11,600 just short of the teams goal of 12,000. Declan Bolger, senior vice president of business operations, said the team should hit its goal by the end of the year. Even though the Capitals ticket sales were already increasing, the addition of Jaromir Jagr has added extra punch to the teams sales efforts.


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Cuba: Fight for boy continues
The Cuban Government says it will continue its legal struggle and hold daily public rallies for the return of a boy at the the centre of an international custody battle.
The government reacted cautiously to an official US announcement that six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, who has been staying with relatives in Miami, would be reunited with his father.
A government statement read out at a Havana rally on Wednesday warned that Cuban exiles in Miami would seek to delay the decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
"Nothing is certain concerning his return to Cuba," said student leader Hassan Perez.
Elian's US relatives insist that his mother, who drowned trying to reach Florida as an illegal immigrant, had intended him to live in the US, rather than communist Cuba.
But his father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, wants him to come home.
Legal battle
Elian Gonzalez was shipwrecked off the US coast in November after his mother, stepfather and nine other refugees died trying to reach Florida.
Doris Meissner of the US Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) said on Wednesday that it had decided that Elian should be reunited with his father, and called for his return by 14 January.
Ms Meissner said reuniting families "has long been a cornerstone of both American immigration law and U.S. practice." The boy, "who has been through so much, belongs with his father," she said.
Symbol of freedom
Relatives in Miami, who have turned the boy into a symbol of Cubans fleeing the island, say they will challenge the US immigration service decision at a federal court.
They said their lawyers have asked Attorney General Janet Reno to reverse the decision and planned to ask a federal judge for a restraining order.
They contend the INS is violating its own rules by not allowing the boy to apply for asylum.
Mother's wishes
"I always thought this was a place of liberty, and they are not letting him keep that liberty," said Marisleysis Gonzalez, a cousin.
"It's always about the father. What about the mother? That was his mother's will."
US officials believe the courts are likely to favour Elian's natural father, especially as he appears to have proved that he can provide the loving, family environment the boy needs after such a traumatic ordeal.
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Hoping for local help. Four of us will travel by train from Rome to Venice on Apr 18. We are on way to Europe now.
1. Can I book online and get e tickets or pick up at train station day of travel? If not must we go to train station in Rome to purchase? Must/should we do this in advance?
2. Any difference between booking between Trenitalia vs RailEurope sites - that is any reason we should use one vs. the other?
3. Is there only one train station in each city? If there are multiple stations, we are moving from Westin Excelsior to Westin Europa if that makes a difference please advise which station to use.
4. We are not experienced train travelers. Can anyone explain difference between first and second class?
5. Bonus. Once at train station in Venice, is it advisable to take water taxi to hotel? Is it easy to get to this taxi?
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Hoping for local help. Four of us will travel by train from Rome to Venice on Apr 18. We are on way to Europe now.
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Most cities have more than one station. Usually local trains interconnect them.
Second class is fine most of the time , it is almost the same than first in short distances.
I think you can pick up at train stations reserved tickets, but I am not sure. My last experience taking a train in Rome to Florence ,
was as follow, I checked at home which train I preferred, noticed that if bought a week early
could get a good discount. So I bought it that way and got a good discount, also noticed the different prices of different trains between both cities.
One important thing when I got to the Termini in ROme to buy the ticket there were big lines so I bought it in a Travel agency inside the Termini for a small fee. No waiting there.
Later I had to buy other tickets so I bought them not at yhe main Termini but at the train Station in the Trastevere, because I was staying in a hotel at Trastevere, it was perfect bought it directly from the train station booth and no one in line at all.
Another thing you should do if you are traveling at lunch time , and if it is a short trip without restaurant in the train, do as locals do, bring your own lunch.
A tiny deli in Trastevere prepared our delicious lunch, salmon sandwiches etc. Good luck.
In two words read carefully the train web page and you will find all the alternatives.
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I never took a water taxi in Venice always used vaporettos. good luck
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For an illustrated introduction to trains in Europe see http://tinyurl.com/eym5b. For schedules and details see http://tinyurl.com/c9jp54.
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>>>Any difference between booking between Trenitalia vs RailEurope sites - that is any reason we should use one vs. the other?<<<
Yes. Trenitalia is the Italian rail company. Raileurope sells passes and some tickets (marked up).
You can purchase on Trenitalia in advance and perhaps snag some discount Mini-fares. Assuming you are flying into Rome's FCO (are you training into the city?), you can get your train tickets for Venice at the station there. Rome has multiple stations, but you will most likely want to depart from Termini.
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1. Can I book online and get e tickets or pick up at train station day of travel?
>You can do both. If you know the trains you want, you can book them now at Trenitalia and try to receive advance purchase discounts which are available on a limited basis until the day before travel.
If not must we go to train station in Rome to purchase? Must/should we do this in advance? >You can buy at any train station from a ticket window or from easy-to-use machines, or from an authorized travel agent.
3. Is there only one train station in each city?
>For Rome to Venice, you will probably want to travel from Roma Termini to Venezia SL (Santa Lucia)
4. We are not experienced train travelers. Can anyone explain difference between first and second class?
>First class has more room and less people because of the higher fare.
5. Bonus. Once at train station in Venice, is it advisable to take water taxi to hotel? Is it easy to get to this taxi?
>It depends. A water taxi is a private boat that takes just your party directly to where you want to go. It will cost at least 50 euro to take you from the train station directly to your hotel. A vaporetto is a public water bus that charges a per person rate of 6.50 euro per ride and makes stops along the way, and stops close to , but not right at your hotel. Both water taxis and vaporettos stop right in front of the train station. Only you can decide which sounds best for your party.
You can buy a travel card for use on the vaporetto that would give you unlimited vaporetto rides for a set period of time, which would make this much more cost effective. This website offers good discounts for advance purchase of the travel cards:
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If not must we go to train station in Rome to purchase? Must/should we do this in advance?
Any travel agency that features the Trenitalia logo on its door or window can sell you tickets for any and all trains in Italy (and other places, too).
Many Italians get tickets at these agencies, and they will help you with your choice of trains. You needn't go to the train station unless you want to.
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Here are some pictures of 1st and 2nd class on the faster trains in Italy. The leaves on the tables flip down for more table space. There is overhead space for luggage or room to slide it in behind your seats because of the way the seats are angled. There is also storage at the end of the cars.
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Either buy your ticket at the station (full price) or book in advance at www.trenitalia.com.
If you pre-book, you'll see cheaper Meno 30 or Mini prices, which will save you 30% or more. But no refunds, no changes to travel plans with a 'Mini'.
Rail Europe is a US agency and subsidiary of SNCF (French railways), so it can only sell the full-price tariff advised by the Italian railways (Trenitalia) to the French, converted to US dollars at a generous rate (to it, not you!) and usually with abooking fee added on top. It can't sell the Mini or Meno 30 discounted prices.
And of course, if you buy online at www.trenitalia.com, there's no fees or surcharges, what you see is what you pay, you get a booking number and simply board the train and quote it on board. Painless!
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book on trenitalia (its a pain of a web site, but register, log in and keep going). Then go to the station (well just about any station) and pick up your tickets from the machine.
As you approach the train you need to compost your ticket (even though you have a reservation etc) at one of the composting machines.
The train you want is the silver arrow, very clean etc and leaves on time. the seats are numbered, Italians are very disorganised so don't expect them to be able to read their own ticket or the seat number. If you find someone in your seat, just say Scuzi and show them you ticket and point to where the seat number is. Helps if you get on the right carriage though (and yes they do say very clearly). When they move, and they will unless they are Russian say thank you and smile a lot.
Go for it
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More information than you will need: www.slowtrav.com/italy/trains/index.htm.
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Some of the above info is a bit out of date as is quite a bit of the slowtrav link (much of it hasn't been updated since 2005 and is no longer accurate). You can register on Trenitalia before purchase, but you no longer have to register. I assume compost your ticket means validate your ticket. That is not necessary unless you are on the slow R trains that don't have seat reservations. If you have reserved seats, you don't need to validate the ticket.
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I took this train about 6 weeks ago (to Florence rather than Venice). You need to compost (validate) as one of the people in my carriage had not and was castigated by the ticket guy and since it is so easy.....
No you don't have to register but the software seems to be quicker if you do.
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Composting (validation) is necessary with open tickets sold for regional and local trains, but should not be necessary on long distance Eurostar Italia services.
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Thank you all for your advice. I will use Trenitalia site.
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>>>I took this train about 6 weeks ago (to Florence rather than Venice). You need to compost (validate) as one of the people in my carriage had not and was castigated by the ticket guy and since it is so easy.....<<<<
Tickets sold on Trenitalia for AV, ES, ESCity, IC trains will come with your seat reservation and do not have to be validated as you have purchased a specific seat on a specific train.
Most tickets for trains listed as R or Regionale Veloc (the slowest trains) need to be validated, but not always as there are some online purchases for the R trains that don't have to be validated. Many people will not have tickets at all when boarding the trains as they have made an online purchase and will just be showing a code (many have the codes on their phone, not a paper print out). When you purchase online, you will be told whether you need to print your ticket at a self service machine. Otherwise, you can just show your code.
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I was recently chatting with a middle school girl who was crying to me over lunch. She was telling me about two girls from her class who were so mean to her that she had actually contemplated taking her own life. As I sat there listening to this precious 12 year old sob about her bully-filled life, I thought about the most recent encounter I had with a �mean girl� and couldn�t help but be honest with her.
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Saxophonist, flutist, vocalist and composer Jasna Jovicevic originally hails from Serbia. She earned a BA in Jazz Saxophone from the Franc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest and a MA in Composition from York University in Toronto. She has participated in Artist in Residence programs in New York and San Francisco. Awards include the 1st Prize at the International Ethno Music Competition in Milan, Italy and a 3rd Prize for Best Jazz Composition by the Hungarian Jazz Federation. Among the artists she has worked with include Al DiMeola, Chico Freeman, Cecil Bridgewater and Billy Harper. Invented Reality is her debut disc and partly funded by The Serbian Ministry of Diaspora.
The wide varieties of the 12 self-penned eclectic compositions are based on her traditional Balkan roots. Four of the pieces, Suite "The Journey," are for a string quartet along with Jovicevic's saxophones, wooden flute or voice. When the strings play alone the emphasis is in no way jazz and are obviously Western European classically influenced with their contribution being one of modal harmonies and, at times, folk-inspired sounds. When Jovicevic joins them on saxophone at the end of the first movement, we hear a unique blending of her signature swirling sounds and the beautiful way it mixes with the string soundscape she has created. The second movement is obviously very folk influenced and her flute adds a depth of meaning the human voice can never match. The pizzicatos of the third movement serve as a lovely contrast to the preceding movements, and the avant-garde nature of the last movement is a fitting and well planned ending to a serious composition that deserves to be seriously considered for addition into the world's string quartet repertoire.
On the eight other more traditionally jazz oriented tracks Jovicevic is joined by the rest of the members of her quartet. Toronto based bassist Rich Brown has worked with James "Blood" Ulmer and Steve Coleman and the 5 Elements. He is a rock solid presence throughout which everyone in the ensemble plays off of. Hungarian pianist Robi Botos' harmonic language closely matches that of Jovicevic. Together the two make a fine match that easily find ways to intermingle their shared harmonic concepts into a unified whole. York University teacher Anthony Michelli, on drums, has a light touch that complements Jovicevic's own feathery sound.
As a saxophonist Jovicevic has a light and feathery sound that swirls more than delineates line. Her penchant, in her improvisations, is for diminished-scale usage which she sometimes reduces to is for pentatonic scales self-derived from the diminished scales. Not a flame-thrower type of player, she is, however well skilled with her ensemble creates lovely and moving musical artwork. "The City Of You," is a perfect example of the type of jazz she creates. This medium up-tempo composition is gives her rhythmic and harmonic freedom in the solo section that none-the-less maintains the integrity of the delightfully quirky melody. Her ensemble is locked in tight with her during her travels, and the result is one of friends playing introspective, and at times melancholy, music that leaves the listener wanting more. She truly deserves to be heard in a wider context.


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Hackathon (n.): "an event when programmers meet to do collaborative computer programming." In a newsroom, the definition is a little different: an event where engineers, designers, editors, reporters and producers combine their various backgrounds to quickly create much-needed story-telling tools.
I would know. I just participated in a hackathon this week at my news organization and it was wildly successful — a quick change of pace for the normally process-heavy development workflow of a newspaper.
Why a hackathon
Newsrooms (most of them, by my count) aren't agile. They aren't iterative. They don't quickly pull things off. They have meetings. And meetings about meetings. They get a lot of people involved and take a long time to make decisions. This isn't inherently a bad thing, but when you're trying to build cool tools on the fly, it's a bottleneck.
You don't have to do a day-long event
Hackathons are typically held as day-long or multiple-day-long events, sometimes spanning over a weekend. But in an environment with constrained resources and time, you'd be surprised at how much can be accomplished in just four hours. Scheduling a half-day event of uninterrupted hack time will force people to focus on the goal and the deadline. Also, getting approval for management will be easier if they're only losing their core teams for half a day.
Solicit ideas beforehand
Part of the struggle of an abridged hackathon is that you can't waste much time planning and brainstorming. Get this out of the way beforehand by holding a brainstorming session, collecting ideas, and choosing which to pursue. Pre-assigning teams can also save time for more productivity during the four hours of hacking. It also gives teams some time to pre-plan (research APIs, get necessary servers ready, think about design and editorial strategy, etc).
- Choose ideas that are quick and easy to implement and provide a high ROI
- Projects that use third-party APIs and require little integration with your CMS work well
- Pair up teams with diverse skillsets; let editors give editorial implementation ideas
- Choose ideas based around coverage — election, for example.
Choose a venue with wifi
Because time is limited, your participants can't be distracted by technical issues. Make sure you hold your hackathon in a place where there's plenty of access to power outlets and reliable internet.
Be sure to follow-up
Thing about hackathons is this: Once you build (or half-build) something awesome, the teams disperse and the product is never executed, finished or launched. Be sure to have a plan for launching project. This also ties into the item above about choosing ideas based on coverage; if there's a deadline tied to your hackathon projects, there's a higher change of implementation after the hackathon is over.
Also, as is good practice in the digital journalism era, document your findings and projects to share with the world. If you're super ambitious, open source it all! (Although, I have to bite my tongue here, since none of our projects have been documented yet).
Give them food and they will come
You can do a hackathon for free, but if you provide food, people will be involved and stay attentive. If you don't have a budget for food, make cookies or finger sandwiches. Also, plan an after-party at a bar or restaurant to celebrate everyone's accomplishments and debrief in a casual setting.


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Fairwind Presentation of £10,000 cheque for Tlugi school
On 30th June 2012 Teresa Owen from Fairwind and Paul Hayman, MD of MA Assist, travelled to Odense in Denmark to hand over the £10,000 they raised to renovate the local school in Tlugi, Ambrolauri, the remote and poor cone picking region of Georgia.
The presentation took place just before Katie Melua's concert in Odense, the perfect location given that Katie is patron and supporter of the Danish fair trade initiative Fair Trees. Paul and Teresa presented the cheque to the Georgian Ambassador to Denmark, Nikoloz Rtveliashvili and Irakli Dvali, president of The Bols Xmas Tree Fund in Georgia, was also present as well as Marianne and Lars Bols, the founders of Fair Trees.
Marianne and Lars also met Katie Melua before the concert to update her on the progress of Fair Trees and the school renovation and to thank her for her continued support of Fair Trees.
The presentation went smoothly, in front of a TV camera from a Georgia TV station as well as photographers and a crowd of Fair Trees supporters, associates and employees. To see photos of the event please go to Fairwind's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Fairwindonline?ref=ts
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This marks the final stage of MA Assist's CSR initiative to help Fairwind and Fair Trees raise the £10,000 needed to make life and learning a little easier for school children in Tlugi. The tender process has started in Georgia and the renovation contract will be awarded in early October. It is estimated that the works will start within 45 days of the tender being awarded, weather permitting.
Paul Hayman and Teresa Owen hope to travel out to Tlugi to visit the school once the work has been completed.
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The Nordmann Fir tree (or the "non-drop tree") is a high quality tree that keeps its needles well and has a lovely symmetrical, bushy shape. These great qualities have made it increasingly popular and now about 5 million a year are sold in the UK alone. These trees are farmed, but they can only be grown using seed sourced from the natural forests of Georgia – the seed can't be farmed to a high enough quality, even if the farmer can wait many years for a tree to produce enough seed cones.
Every September the seeds are harvested by the local people in the Ambrolauri region of Georgia, a remote and poor area of a poor developing country. These people, or "cone pickers" are mainly subsistence farmers living high up in the mountains who have little or no income all year until the seed harvest comes round. They then climb 30 metre high trees to pick the seed cones – without safety equipment, ropes or health insurance – and are paid a pittance. Every year someone is injured and there have been deaths too. The seeds are then sold off to farms in Europe where the trees are grown for huge profits, often using illegal immigrant labour and with little regard for the environment.
But things are starting to change thanks to the only fair trade certified (WFTO) real Christmas trees in the world. Set up by Danish Christmas tree grower Bols Forstplanteskole, Fair Trees® sources its own seeds from Ambrolauri using fair trade principles. All of the Fair Trees® cone pickers are paid a fair wage and are provided with modern safety equipment and health insurance. Fair Trees® has also set up a charitable fund in Georgia called The Bols Xmas Tree Fund to help the cone picking community. So far the Fund has provided dental care and health insurance for the local children and invested in community projects. Fairwind, along with an insurance repairs business called MAAssist, has raised £10,000 for the Fund to renovate the local school in Tlugi which is in a desperate state.
Fair Trees® not only grows ethical trees, but it is also campaigning to get Christmas tree growers to change their ways and to join the Fair Trees® programme which sets out clear ethical and environmental requirements. Fairwind is aiding that campaign in the UK.
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MACTAN, Cebu—GNPower Mariveles Coal Plant Ltd. plans to raise $1 billion this year to fund the construction of the first 600-megawatt unit of the 1,200-MW expansion of its coal plant in Bataan province.
GNPower, which is 17-percent controlled by AC Energy Holdings Corp. of the Ayala Group., owns the existing 600-MW coal-fired power plant in Mariveles, Bataan.
AC Energy president John Eric Francia told reporters at the sidelines of the 12th Apec Energy CEO Meetings that GNPower aimed to start the construction of the first 600-MW expansion of the Mariveles facility early next year.
"Right now, we have 2 by 300-MW GN Mariveles, existing. Right beside it, we have plans for 2 by 600-MW power plants…We could also phase that," he said.
"We're hoping to close [the funding] by this year. That's our target, at least for the first unit. We have to fund all of it to start construction," Francia said.
Francia said the initial 600-MW expansion was targeted for completion by 2019. He said the expansion project would have the same shareholders as the existing Mariveles plant.
GNPower Mariveles is presently owned by Sithe Global Power of the US and AC Energy.
Francia said the company was also negotiating with other buyers of the plant's output.
"We do have some contracts already, but we wanted to be at a certain level for the first 600 MW…I think we'll have to phase it [construction]. It's more realistic that way. It would be hard to do the 1,200-MW because there are also others that are building [power projects]," he said.
AC Energy also owns a stake in GNPower Kauswagan Ltd. Co. that is building a 540-MW coal-fired power plant in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte that is expected to help ease the supply shortage in Mindanao by 2017.
"For Kauswagan, we have made the financial commitment.We have started the project. Once we have cleared the land…the engineering design is ongoing. So we just wanna clear the property and the engineering design is also ongoing. We are hoping to go full blast in a month or so," Francia said earlier.
GN Power Kauswagan signed the definitive documentation for the financing of the Kauswagan plant last year.
GNPower Kauswagan is controlled by AC Energy and the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure Fund and Power Partners Ltd. Co.
The total project cost, earlier estimated at around $1 billion, will be funded by both debt and equity.
"The construction is ongoing but we are prioritizing the compacting of the property. There's just a few cleanup as well. The resettlement [of the people] is on its final stages," Francia said.
The plant, consisting of four units of 135 MW each in the villages of Libertad and Tacub in the town of Kauswagan, is expected to be in full operation by 2017.
GNPower Kauswagan awarded Shanghai Electric Power Construction Co., a subsidiary of Power Construction Corp. of China, the contract for engineering, procurement and construction of the $1-billion thermal facility in May.
The plant will be equipped with cutting-edge equipment, including four Siemens steam turbines and generators manufactured in Germany.


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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau undermines the African Union's efforts to discourage such unconstitutional power grabs, an analyst says.
Rebel soldiers fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades Sunday at the home of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who survived the coup attempt and has launched an investigation into the coup attempt. Okey Onyejekwe, director of governance at the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, told VOA Monday the situation presents problems for the African Union, which has condemned the incident.
"I'm really disturbed by that because this is also coming in at the heels of the overthrow of the government in Mauritania," Onyejekwe said. "And the concern for me is that one would have thought that this has become a thing of the past, given the commitment of the AU to eschew all sorts of unconstitutional means of overtaking power."
Onyejekwe told VOA that although the African Union officially condemns all coups, its reactions to them has been inconsistent, with some coming in for more opposition than others and giving plotters the impression they may have nothing to fear from the group.


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Charles Foley, inventor of the board game Twister, died yesterday at 82. May he rest in peace in whichever socially awkward color-coded contortion was his favorite.
I always thought Twister was the greatest board game ever invented — in theory, anyway. In execution, I think I was playing it wrong. I have distinct memories of ending up with my face smushed onto my uncle's stomach and my other little cousins' bare toes (THEY were doing it wrong) wriggling under my butt as I tried not to fall. I almost always surrendered out of embarrassment. What I really needed to do was grow up, work out, and play with sexy peers so my strategy could become less "Avoid the body hair of relatives" and more "Whoops! I fell down and touched your whole body." I can still do it! Twister is timeless and shall never be forgotten.
Below, a brief timeline of the button-candy board game in pop culture:
1966 — Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor played a round of the game in a publicity stunt, trying to convince worried retailers that the game was not overtly sexual. I wish there was a video, because this is the most demure and stylish Twister game I've ever seen. Was the spinner fixed that night? I demand an investigation!
1988 — Weird Al parodied the Beastie Boys with a rap called "Twister." Here's a commercial compilation set to Mr. Yankovic's soothing vocals:
1991 — Remember when MTV was cool? CRISCO TWISTER: Smashing Pumpkins vs. Nirvana
1991 — Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) compete against Death in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Left Foot Green is gonna getcha.
1992 — "Let's play Twister, let's play Risk." Michael Stipe and R.E.M. give a shout-out to the game in "Man on the Moon." Yeah yeah yeah yeah, I wanna play.
2005 — Bratz Twister? Noooooooo.
2008 — There was also a Hannah Montana version with "dance moves" (shudder):
It was around this time that the mass-marketed low-effort, but at least colorful, Halloween costumes came out. Like Sexy Twister:
Decidedly Unsexy Twister …
… and I don't even know.
2012 — Not only did Britney Spears' 2009 song "3" feature the line, "Twister on the floor, what do you say?" but she appeared in this commercial for Hasbro's Twister Dance. Way cooler than Pepsi.
2012 — An intriguing suggestion from Castiel to a bewildered Sam and Dean in season 7, episode 23 of Supernatural: "We should play Twister."
Also, random: I never saw this commercial, filmed in 2012, but what's with the gymnastics?
What's your favorite Twister memory, pop culture or otherwise? Was it sexy or embarrassing? Was it both?


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MILAN, April 16 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia investors gathered on Wednesday to vote on a board restructuring that will for the first time put a majority of independent directors in charge of overseeing Italy's largest phone group.
In the reshuffle, executives from top shareholder Telefonica will no longer sit on the board.
That move is aimed at placating minority investors concerned about a possible conflict of interest, given that the Spanish and Italian firms operate as competitors in Brazil. It is also designed to help chief executive Marco Patuano focus on turning around the heavily indebted Italian group.
Shareholders will vote on three distinct lists of candidates, all of which would give independent directors a majority on the board.
Investors with a combined 51 percent were present as the meeting started, outgoing Chairman Aldo Minucci said, adding that Telco was present with its 22.4 percent stake, dissident investor Marco Fossati with 5 percent and U.S. fund Blackrock with 4.8 percent.
Telecom Italia's board has been dominated for years by holding company Telco, a Telefonica-led group that owns 22.4 percent of the Italian firm. The lack of adequate representation for minority investors sparked a shareholder revolt led by Fossati last year.
Telefonica's head Cesar Alierta and Julio Linares, a former chief operating officer at the Spanish company, resigned from the Telecom Italia board in December.
Concerned that dissatisfaction could mount, Telco proposed in March a new board of independent figures led by chairman candidate Giuseppe Recchi, a former General Electric executive and outgoing chairman of oil group Eni.
The new board will hope to tap into the recovering Italian economy, which is starting to pull clear of its worst recession in 70 years.
Under its stewardship, Patuano will have to execute planned disposals for 2 billion euros, including the sale of communications towers in Brazil and Italy, to cut debt and upgrade networks to capture growing demand for broadband.
He may also face hard choices when it comes to the Italian group's future strategy in Brazil, where Telecom Italia unit TIM Brasil competes directly against Telefonica's Vivo.
Sources close to Telefonica have said the Spanish group aims to break up TIM Brasil and share its assets among other telecom players. Fossati has spoken against such a prospect and proposed combining TIM Brasil with broadband operator GVT, a unit of France's Vivendi.
Recchi is likely to win the majority of votes he needs to become board chairman at Telecom Italia, but he is being challenged by veteran telecom executive Vito Gamberale, who has been proposed by Fossati for his extensive sector experience.
Reporting by Danilo Masoni; additional reporting by Stefano Rebaudo; Editing by John Stonestreet


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What transpired at the cabinet session on Sunday regarding the defense budget was largely anticipated. "I ask that you approve the budget," the chief of staff said – namely, for the time being he is simply asking.
However, restraint is not one of the attributes of a military leader and the threats quickly followed suit, "I am warning you, if the budget is not approved the responsibility will fall on you." And if the budget is approved, whose responsibility will it be?
In a normal country the chief of staff is allocated a budget and acts accordingly.
In a normal country the responsibility always falls on elected officials rather than appointed officials (I know that it is difficult for the chief of staff to internalize the fact that he is an appointed official and not an absolute ruler elected by the legions.)
In a normal country an implied threat of this type would have led to his ousting or to a harsh admonition.
Not in Israel. In Israel, the IDF views the government as a band of wretched and spineless bureaucrats whose patriotic role is to approve more and more budgets. What about enhancing efficiency? Preventing waste? And national priorities? And the Brodet report, which determined that for years the army has been shamelessly and unhesitatingly pulling the wool over the eyes of civilian authorities. Mum's the word.
The defense minister demanded that vast additional resources be allocated (it should be recalled that in a moment of spiritual uplifting following the grand victory in the war, the IDF demanded an additional budget of NIS 30 billion with the same level of self-conviction).
And why, maintains Barak, do we require a substantial addition to the defense budget? "So that the victory in a future war, if it breaks out, will be decisive, swift and achieved in enemy territory."
The next war is already here. The question is only whether the inevitable victory will be decisive, swift and on enemy territory. After all, you wouldn't want Barak's failures as a statesman to also be added to a war that wasn't won, or God forbid peace.
Surprisingly, government officials refused to surrender to the threats. What a scandal. The IDF demanded, the lion roared, and the government did not approve (namely, it approved, what else? But less than what the army asked for.) Shocked and confused, Barak's associates came out of their holes to see for themselves what the defense establishment was up to.
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Following the meeting, Barak's associates noted that "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert got caught up in a small political game, while the defense minister himself took care of the State of Israel's basic national interests." According to a Barak associate "we didn't plan to get involved in a dispute, but that's what ultimately happened, because Ehud Olmert chose to play a political game."
He who dares to say nay to the defense establishment is a politician. More accurately, he is striving to undermine basic national interests that are represented loyally, with love of the homeland and without any political interests, by Lieutenant-Generals Ashkenazi and Barak (res.).
But there is not only lofty love of the homeland and contemptuous interest here, but rather, clear differences in stature: Olmert didn't get involved in a political game for nothing, but rather, in a "small" political game.
This is how close associates summed up the game: "You should have seen senior ministers Shaul Mofaz, Avi Dichter, Eli Yishai and others who carefully listened to the defense minister in order to understand to what extent Ehud Olmert's position actually won." Namely, the way we won in Lebanon, or rather, how we "actually" won.
Barak's associates also added that "the prime minister left the game with the lower hand while the defense minister had the upper hand."
How fortunate we are to have close associates to explain matters to us. How good it is to be close to the powers that be. The problem with us, those removed from the top, is that we do not always see the basic national interests through military eyes.
Sometimes we wonder whether the IDF shouldn't be a little more modest, a little more frugal, with a little less budgetary demands and a little more wisdom. But on the other hand, who are we, what do we know?


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Hello there. I realise that I'm probably going a bit soft and this is just a normal Oak Bush Cricket that I found hiding beneath a Willow Herb leaf but it seems somewhat less robust and rather more delicate than our normal local crickets that I had assumed were of the Oak Bush variety. This one was a strong flyer with a body length (including ovipositor) of 25mm and a further 25mm of antenae. Could someone please confirm the ID.
Thanks, Lewis.
Aha. Answered my own question . Definitely the Southern Oak Bush Cricket Meconema meridionale.
Great Id Lewis.
Well you know how it is did a little research etc. Lewis.
Nice picture by the way Lewis.
Thank you,Lewis.
You were correct with your first thought, the Oak Bush-cricket. See the 'Species of the day' link below for the Southern Oak Bush-cricket, which though very similar in colour, is brachypterous so flightless.