Bird signed with the Yankees, receiving a $1.1 million signing bonus and bypassing his commitment to Arkansas.

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Grandview catcher Greg Bird has signed with the Yankees organization, bypassing his commitment to Arkansas.

Bird got a signing bonus of $1.1 million, according to Baseball American's Jim Callis.

Yesterday was the final day 2011 draft picks could sign with the team that selected them.

Bird may project to first base at the major league level.

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He hit .553 with 12 homers and 38 RBI for Grandview last season.

This summer, he played with Team Vegas of the California Collegiate League, where he hit .273 with three home runs and 17 RBI.

After the Yankees took him in the fifth round of June's MLB draft, he told us he was seeking first-round money to sign.

Hours before yesterday's 11:59 p.m. (Eastern) deadline, he got it.

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Movie reviewer Rotten Tomatoes gave it an audience rating of 36%, based on 3 reviews.

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A skateboarder-turned-superhero dedicates his life to fighting the forces of evil in an animated adventure produced by comic book icon Stan Lee and featuring the voice of That 70s Show star Wilmer Valderrama.

All Tony Valdez ever wanted out of life was some smooth concrete and four good wheels to coast on, but then his parents were mysteriously killed and he sustained life-threatening injuries in a horrific zombie attack.

Thankfully modern technology has advanced to the point where Tony's health could be restored, and thanks to some unexpected side effects the vengeful thrasher now has the power to seek justice against the villains who murdered his parents as well.

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The Condor is basically the equivalent of the Spider-Man rogue Rocket Racer with a mixture of that lame superhero from the nineties: MANTIS.

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The Condor isn't too horrible a comic book movie, but it's mostly just so dull that the good parts never matter.

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Murphy grew up in the small town of Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island.

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## It's a showstopper: Jess Murphy of Kai Restaurant, Galway, shares her meat pie recipe

The thing about living in New Zealand in the 1980s, back in the day when the All Blacks had part-time jobs, is that there wasn't a whole lot of culinary inspiration.

We were famous for Pavlova, Kiri te Kanawa and Sir Edmund Hillary.

I grew up in the small North Island town of Wairog, where my grandmother was a big influence on me and sparked my interest in food.

She owned a sheep station, where there were always things to do; drinking raw milk straight out of the vat, shaving pigs with my mum's old Bic razor, or fishing for eels with cat food pushed down mum's tights.

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When I hit the wise old age of 19, I left home to cook all over the world.

Mum and Dad bought me a suitcase for my birthday, so off I went to Perth, in Western Australia, (well, because that's the nearest place you can go when you are from New Zealand) and that's where I met Dave, a Carlow man in the Outback.

Curiously, that was the first time I ever "bought Irish", but not the last!

Since then it has become a regular habit.

We moved over to Ireland, and when I'd been cheffing in Galway for a few years and David was working down the Galway docks, I came home and said: "I've found the place!"

We jumped in with both feet and opened our restaurant, Kai.

Sure, it was a lot of work with Dave making the light fittings and me trying to keep control of the very tight budget you need to open a restaurant which just happened to be between a church and a gay bar.

Twenty years later and here we are on the west coast of Ireland and loving every minute of it.

Jess Murphy at Kai Restaurant in Galway.

New Zealand isn't all about hobbits and sheep, although there's a fair amount of both around the place.

Although we are not really known for our cuisine, there are a few things we do exceptionally well.

The meat pie is one of them, the unofficial national dish of New Zealand.

So, for my first column, that's what I'm going to share with you.

This one is a showstopper, almost medieval in appearance and served with baked or mashed potatoes, this punchy salad, some pickles and the obligatory New Zealand condiment, a dollop of ketchup, it makes a great dish for "The Dinner" – as you'd say here in Ireland.

This is a beef pie, but just as nice made with mutton, hogget or even goat if you can get your hands on some.

You don't have to use the marrow bone (you can just cut a hole) but this looks much better.

The marrow bone costs only a few pence from most good butchers and makes an everyday pie into a Game of Thrones style extravaganza.

Carrots bring the colour and sweetness, but no notion-sey baby carrots need apply – you want good Ballinasloe bog carrots in here.

If you don't fancy eating the marrow from the bone yourself, it will keep your furry friend happy for hours.

This is, after all a family pie and our two pugs, Gurtie and Francis, can't get enough of them.

Ingredients Serves 4 600g braising (stewing) steak, cubed 2tbsp flour 1tsp salt 1tsp pepper 1tbsp vegetable oil 2 large onions, diced 2 fat garlic cloves, minced 2 sticks of celery, diced 2 tsp of your favourite mustard 500ml O'Hara's Stout 250ml beef stock 1tsp fresh thyme 1tsp dried oregano 2 large carrots, cut into rounds 450g all butter puff pastry 1 beaten egg yolk A few inches of marrow bone (optional)

Coat the meat with the flour, salt and pepper.

Heat the oil and brown the meat a few pieces at a time, removing the cooked pieces to a bowl when they're done.

Put the onion, garlic, celery and mustard in the same pan and cook on a low heat until the onion is soft.

When the mixture is cooked, add it into the bowl with the meat.

Return the empty pan to the hob, turn up the heat and pour in half the stout.

Let it bubble, scraping all the bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.

Pour the meat and onions into the pan, add the stock, herbs, carrots and all the remaining beer and simmer for 45 minutes to an hour.

Roll out the pastry till it's about 50mm thick.

Pour the filling into a suitably sized, ovenproof pie dish, add the pastry top and press down round the rim.

Cut a hole on top and add in your marrow funnel if using.

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Trim the edges, brush with egg and bake for 40 minutes till golden brown.

This simple salad really lets the sweet depth of the beetroot shine through.

Serve with the meat pie or with crusty sourdough for a lighter meal.

Ingredients Serves 4 12 small beetroot 3tbsp aged balsamic vinegar 2tbsp olive oil Salt and black pepper

A generous handful of curley parsley A squeeze of lemon juice 20 hazelnuts, toasted and de-skinned 2tbsp nut oil A generous knob (about an inch) of grated horseradish, optional.

Method Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.

Wash the beetroot well to remove any dirt.

Arrange the beetroot in a roasting tray, then drizzle with 1tbsp balsamic vinegar and the olive oil.

Season with salt and black pepper, then cover the tray tightly with aluminium foil.

Roast on the middle shelf of the oven for 35 minutes, then remove the foil and cook for a further 15 minutes, or until the skins have become wrinkly and the beetroot feels tender when it's pierced with a skewer.

Let the beetroot cool a little, then remove the skins.

Wash the parsley and then shake the water from it, toss with the warm, peeled beetroot on a plate with a squeeze of the lemon juice.

Scatter the nuts over the salad, then drizzle with the remaining balsamic along with the nut oil.

Season with salt, pepper and the horseradish, if using, and serve.

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Beetroot gets a bad rap in jars of vinegar, and sure, it makes a mess of your fingernails and countertops, but it's easy to grow and versatile in the kitchen.

Give it a go and you might end up loving it as much as we do in the restaurant – beetroot on everything.

Ingredients 1kg beetroot, peeled (you might want to wear gloves) ½kg apples, peeled and cored 750g malt vinegar 750g brown sugar Garlic, about 5 cloves ½ lemon, zested and then juiced 1tsp ground pepper 1tsp ground mace 1tsp ground ginger, or large knob grated fresh ginger ½tsp ground cloves ½tbsp salt

Put all the ingredients into a large saucepan or preserving pan.

Cover with water and bring to the boil, stirring frequently.

Cook over a medium heat until the beetroot has broken down and become very soft.

Pass through a coarse sieve, return to the pan and bring back to boil for about five minutes.

The sauce should be a nice ketchup-y consistency by now.

Cool slightly and pour into pre-sterilised bottles or jars, screw lids on firmly and store in a cool, dark place.

Note: The amount of bottles/jars this recipe will fill will depend on how much you have reduced the ketchup, and the size of your jars, but allow for six to eight 200g jars with tight-fitting lids.

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Tromarama (est. 2006, Bandung) is an Indonesian art collective founded by Febie Babyrose (b. 1985, Jakarta), Ruddy Hatumena (b. 1984, Bahrain) and Herbert Hans (b. 1984, Jakarta).

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## Edouard Malingue GalleryRepresented artists

Engaging with the notion of hyperreality in the digital age, Tromarama explores the interrelationship between the virtual and the physical world.

Initiating as a collective in 2006 in Bandung, Indonesia, Febie Babyrose, Ruddy Hatumena and Herbert Hans create works that combine video, installation, computer programming and public participation depicting the influence of digital media on society's perception of its surroundings.

Channelling language, text, wit, sequence as well as interaction through their varied practice, Tromarama reflect on the cornerstones of Indonesia's political and cultural environment [1], a form of perceptive engagement that applies globally.

The trio met while studying at the Institute Technology of Bandung, which since the 90s and 2000s has been active in the support of video art and the city's creative currents.

Students in respectively graphic design, advertising and printmaking, the triumvirate came together for the creation of 'Serigala Militia' (2006) – a stop motion animation film made of hundreds of woodcut plywood boards, flashing in speeding sequence to the beats of Seringai, an Indonesian hard rock band.

This initial foray prompted years of creating playful, enigmatic stop motion animations such as 'ting*' (2008), 'Bdg Art Now' (2009), 'Wattt?!' (2010), 'Pilgrimage' (2011) and 'The Lost One' (2013).

Through the presentation of rhythmic formations and ballet-esque movements, Tromarama creates collective journeys using everyday domestic objects, which in turn shed light on the rituals of everyday life.

From the beginning, Tromarama's body of work has equally extended to video and installation.

'Borderless' (2010), as an early example, comprises a video made of embroidery on canvas, addressing the commonplace and domestic.

'Private Riots' (2014), reformulated and presented at Art Basel Encounters in 2016, marks a comparatively political leaning and presents playful pop-like extractions of key images from protest banners; time, marching, speeches.

Alongside, a post-it board in 2014 invited passers-by to mark and share their own frustrations or commentary.

A key turning point, however, was 2015, marked by the solo exhibition 'Panoramix' (2015).

Over the course of several video works and lenticular prints, Tromarama zoned in on their investigation of the digital world, its impact on our apprehensions of reality, and laid out some of the key cornerstones of their future practice: wit, interaction and language.

Play, in the sense of 'fresh, intriguing and humorous' [2] has always been identified as an important aspect of Tromarama's practice.

The evolution to wit, however, is slightly more subtle and explorative of cause and effect.

The double-channel film 'Intercourse' (2015), for example, presents on one screen a stand-up fan facing a projected series of larger-than-life fluttering objects: bonsai tree, tissue, phone book, etc.

The relationship is clear despite the live-time probability being incredulous.

Yet, you halt in your step, mentally-respectful of the digitally-created visual cause and effect.

Further examples include 'Quandary' (2016) depicting an object moving gravitationally between two locations and screens despite these being different; 'Transitivity' (2016) showing plant growths and changes 'overnight' with every switch of a lightbulb; 'Propinquity' (2017) in which various protagonists, as only revealed by their shoes, hop between parallel screens.

Throughout there is a push and pull between actual and digital reality, the possibilities of occurence.

Indeed, at the heart of Tromarama's body of work is interaction: whether between elements in the work itself and/or in relation to the viewer.

The running series of lenticular prints, such as 'Posed' (2017), 'Classroom' (2016) and 'I Do' (2015), for example, involve discovery by reading the subtitled 'screens' in three parts: as one views the work face on, then from one side and another.

The effect is one of individual meaning yet collective communication, a reflection on whether what one sees from a single angle is truly 'it'.

More directly involving human interaction, 'Circuit' (2017) is composed of a pulse sensor that engages with visitors and is connected to a video projection.

This emphasis on interaction, however, is also within the works themselves.

A major example of this is the recent installation 'Soliloquy' (2018) commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art & Design (MCAD) in Manila, Philippines in which a collection of lightbulbs light up a room.

In clustered arrangements, they flash in ad hoc yet sequential unison.

Powered by a software collaboratively created by Tromarama, the work engages the public not only visually but also through the realm of social media, centring on the hashtag of 'kinship'.

This relationship with language, generally but also specially through the realm of social media, is an important aspect of Tromarama's recent practice.

'24 Hours Being Others' (2017) presents three stacked printers connected by a software that collects tweets associated with each term in the work title and then sends them for print through the machines on take-away A5 pieces of paper.

The result is akin to a poem, the font being in Times, the connection to someone unknown yet of this world enigmatically intimate.

This textual manner of engaging with the digital realm has been reformulated in later works such as 'Self Portrait' (2018), 'Wave Forecast' (2018) and 'Wave Forecast No.2' (2018) each time highlighting different terms that connect to ourselves and others, whether 'portrait', 'listening' or 'privacy'.

In an age of digital anonymity and mass interconnectivity, Tromarama create pockets of direct relationship with others using social media and its language as a medium.

At the heart of Tromarama's practice is the creation of narratives, the ones that can and could exist within our physical and digital worlds, but perhaps more crucially, those that exist when we fuse the two.

Their works explore the new cornerstones of social constructs as defined by an evolving age; the spectrums of connectivity and shifting notions of reality.

A topic, which ultimately, they tackle with play, warmth and a sense of curious empathy.

Tromarama are widely considered one of Indonesia's most exciting rising talents and have been exhibited around the world.

They have held solo exhibitions at Centre A, Vancouver (2017); Liverpool Biennial Fringe, Liverpool (2016); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2015); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2015); and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2010) among other locations.

Their group exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila (2018); Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2017); Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2016) ; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (2015); Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide (2014); and the 7th Asia Pacifc Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2012).

[1] Enin Supriyanto, 'How to Turn Trauma into Video Art: A Brief History of Tromarama', for "MAM Project 012: TROMARAMA" catalogue, published by Mori Art Museum, (August 1 2010)

[2] Alia Swastika, 'When Playing Is Not Only a Game', (2011)

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Bowman starred in the ABC series "Time After Time", about the adventures of a young H. G. Wells; it was cancelled in 2017.

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ABC's "Time After Time" pilot is filling out its cast.

"Revenge" alum Josh Bowman and "UnReal's" Freddie Stroma will co-

star in the drama from Kevin Williamson, Variety has confirmed.

A reboot of the novel, which inspired the 1979 movie of the same time, "Time After Time" uses the book's story as a starting point, chronicling the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells and his Time Machine.

Stroma will play H.G. Wells and Bowman will play Jack the Ripper.

H.G. Wells' (Stroma) nemesis, Bowman's character John Stevenson is a brilliant and charismatic surgeon who lives a double life as the infamous serial killer.

In the movie, the role was played by David Warner and Wells was played by Malcolm McDowell.

The pilot marks a reunion for ABC and Bowman, as the English actor starred in the network's soapy drama "Revenge," which was cancelled last season after four seasons.

Bowman's character Daniel Grayson, a fan-favorite among the series' passionate viewers, was a regular from the time of the show's debut until he was killed off during the final season.

Stroma, who's also English, appeared in many of the "Harry Potter" movies and "Pitch Perfect," but came to his first major leading role in the first season of Lifetime's "UnReal," playing the suitor on Everlasting, the show's parody of a "Bachelor"-type dating show.

He's also been cast in the upcoming sixth season of "Game of Thrones."

Both Bowman and Stroma are repped by Gersh.

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An enhanced remake, "Earthworm Jim (PSP)" by Atari was planned for a 2007 release for the PlayStation Portable, but was ultimately cancelled.

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# Atari's Earthworm Jim project is in stasis

Thanks to the skillful reporting of Andrew Yoon from PSP Fanboy, it is widely known that Atari quietly put Earthworm Jim for the PSP "on hold".

Atari released screenshots of Earthworm Jim at last year's E3 and it was supposed to come out in 2007.

Fans were generally excited about the Earthworm Jim revival, which makes it surprising why Atari would stall the project.

Maybe something happened when Shiny Entertainment switched hands from Atari to Foundation 9 Entertainment.

The best that Earthworm Jim fans can hope for now is that someone will bring the classic console games to the Wii's virtual console.

If those sell well perhaps Atari will revisit the project in the future.

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I'm certainly disappointed that Earthworm Jim's 3D revival is being put on hiatus for the PSP.

I was really looking forward to this game, if Atari's various screenshots are anything to go by this was shaping up to be a faithful relaunch and a new beginning for an old classic franchise.

All the same, Earthworm Jim 1 and 2′s debut on the VC (although I'd personally opt for Earthworm Jim CD myself) would be a nice gesture while they work out whatever problems that may have occurred during development.

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After the release of Earthworm Jim 2, Shiny was bought by Interplay, who helped publish MDK, their next game.

With the Shiny members working on other projects.

Interplay saw fit to carry the series into the third dimension, farming the Earthworm Jim property to a different development team in the process.

The new guys were VIS Entertainment, who later went on to create the underwhelming State of Emergency games.

The N64 version, oddly enough, was published by Rockstar.

Apparently, our hero Jim was involved in a cow accident, which lands him in a trip to the hospital.

His enemies (Psy-Crow, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head, along with other new characters like Fatty Rowsell) have infiltrated his mind, so Jim enters his own psyche to do battle.

It's an amusing concept that doesn't really pay off, although the final boss is Jim's feminine side, Earthworm Kim.

Like most 2D-to-3D games that were released in the 32/64-bit console era, the developers never quite seemed to understand how to properly make the transition.

In this case, Earthworm Jim 3D was turned to mimic other 3D platformers at the time, similar to Rare's games like Donkey Kong 64 and Banzo Kazooie.

It controls pretty much like the standard 3D platformer at time - large, boxy environments, slippery controls, and a camera control that you'll constantly need to wrestle with.

Whipping enemies doesn't really seem to work, because Jim is always obscuring the viewpoint, so attacking enemies is a matter of getting close and wailing on the button, hoping you'll hit them.

The gun aiming controls aren't much better.

Although you can still use Jim's head as a helicopter to prolong your jump, you can only spin for less than a second before dropping straight to the ground.

The levels are mostly, although not entirely, linear - there's usually a goal at the end, but occasionally you'll need to talk to a character to obtain a mission, and report back to them when completed.

These will yield Golden Udders, which are required to unlock new stages.

In addition to hunting down these Udders, you'll also need to pick up floating marbles (since Jim has lost them... get it?), which are also required to open new areas.

And here's where the frustration kicks in.

The game doesn't actually save which marbles you've picked up, it just keeps a total record.

It gets extremely annoying when you're told you need more marbles to enter the next stage, have to backtrack to a previous level, and collecting ALL of the marbles you've gathered already (the game never differentiates) in addition to any extra ones.

Furthermore, every time you die, your marble count resets to zero, forcing you to regrab anything you collected in your previous life.

There is no word for this kind of tedium.

The environments are all incredibly dull, which is probably the biggest tragedy of the game.

Since you're travelling through Jim's brain, you'd expect something really unique, but the first level seems to take place in a warehouse, complete with repetitive wood textures and brown boxes everywhere.

The second level is a crazy barnyard, and even that looks boring.

There's almost none of the creativity of the previous games.

At least Jim's character model looks pretty decent and is fairly well animated.

It's clear that the developers had played the previous Earthworm Jim games and understood its sense of humor, but couldn't even hope to do anything as inspired.

Yes, yes, cows and hamsters and bagpipes are funny, but it still lacks freshness.

For instance, in the first stage, you pull a trigger which launches several refridgerators into the air.

At various points throughout the game, the refridgerators fall on various people you've helped, and Jim even gets squashed at the end.

Funny stuff - if you've never seen the first game.

Furthermore, there's actual dialogue in this game (although not much voice acting), and it's not nearly as funny as you'd expect it to be.

Part of these seems to come from the fact that it's based on the (only slightly funny) cartoon series.

Some of it just doesn't fit - at one point, you get a butcher knife that acts like a boomerang, which is used to decapitate enemy cows.

Amusing for a Conker game, maybe, but it really doesn't fit in with Earthworm Jim.

There are numerous segments that aggravate beyond belief.

In one segment, you need to shoot certain distant targets in a short time span, except your gun doesn't allow any semblance of aiming.

The boss battles are "pig surfing" stages, where you're plopped in a close arena while riding a pig.

You need to collect all 100 marbles in the stage, but your opponent is also trying to steal them.

There are missiles that occasionally spawn around the arena.

If you get hit, you lose five marbles - if they get hit, they lose five marbles.

Thus, it's extremely slow, drawn out of tug war, especially since it's nearly impossible to accurately control your movement, and it's way too hard to actually see the missiles your foe is shooting at you.

Even if you have a high tolerance for N64 era platformers, Earthworm Jim 3D is on the lower end of mediocre.

It apparently suffered from an overly long development cycle, but it's still clear that it was rushed - the game advertised the appearance of Evil the Cat, who doesn't show up at all.

There was also a PlayStation version in production, although that was cancelled.

Only the N64 and PC versions remain - the PC version runs smoother and at a higher resolution, plus has CD music - which isn't quite up to par with the 2D games, but isn't too bad - so it's probably the way to go, if you must.

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Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy - Game Boy Color (1999)

Earthworm Jim 3D failed to excite much of anyone, but Crave dug the series further into the ground with the Game Boy Color game Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy.

Somehow, the development team, David A. Palmer Productions - once again, without the involvement of any of the original team - turned Earthworm Jim from a clever action game to a stunningly generic platformer, the type that are usually seen hanging around with Nickelodeon licensed titles.

It was meant to tie in with the cartoon series - the cover artwork is done in the same style - but was released a good few years after it had finished airing.

Absolutely none of the cartoonish charm has transferred to this game.

One can't expect all of the animation quality to transfer to a Game Boy Color title, but Jim barely even looks like Jim.

A handful of familiar faces show up as bosses, like Evil the Cat, Bob the Goldfish, and Queen Slug for a Butt, along with Evil Jim from the TV show.

But those are the only reminders that this is, in fact, an Earthworm Jim game.

Forget the interesting levels of the console games - here, you'll go through enthralling levels like "Graveyard", "Desolation", and "Sci-Fi".

The "wackier" ones like "Bedroom" and "Sweetshop" don't show much more inspiration either.

Now, the Game Boy port of the original Earthworm Jim wasn't great, but at least it kinda sorta played like the console games.

Menace 2 the Galaxy, like Earthworm Jim 3D, has been turned into a collectathon, where you need to explore each level to find a certain number of red coins - usually at least a hundred of them - before you can proceed.

The levels are huge and tough to navigate, with platforms always frustratingly out of your reach, an experience further confounded by strange jumping physics.

Occasionally you'll find your rocket, which lets you fly through stage, but it has a limited amount of fuel.

You can't head whip anymore, with your only weapon being your gun and a handful of weapon pickups, which are all pretty clumsy

The graphics are garish - typical for a Game Boy Color game - and the music is all hideous.

In short, there's nothing good to say about Menace 2 the Galaxy.

It's an awful cash-in, and it's sad that the series ended on such a low note.

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In 1995, roughly a year after the original Earthworm Jim video game was released, began a TV series devoted to our favorite worm-turned-super-hero.

As it happens, both Earthworm Jim and Peter Puppy live together in a nice, quiet suburban neighborhood... at least, when they're not being attacked by Queen Slug-for-a-Butt, Professor Monkey-for-a-Head, Psy-Crow, and Bob.

Also added to the mix is Evil Jim, an evil doppelganger.

Much of the random humor from the video games translates pretty well into a cartoon, but it doesn't quite hit all of the notes it should.

All of the villains are amusing, each with their own quirks, sometimes working with, or against each other.

Surprisingly the weakest link is Jim himself - voiced by Dan Castelleneta, the acting is way overdone, and it ends up being more obnoxious than funny.

It doesn't help that the melody of the (intentionally?) awful theme song is repeated over and over as background music.

Still, some of the plot lines are somewhat inspired, like when Jim needs to run across the galaxy to retrieve an egg beater for his neighbor, or when a mystical sword turns Jim into a viking.

It ran for two seasons, for a total of twenty six episodes - not bad, considering that other similarly-themed video game shows like Battletoads and Bubsy never made it beyond a single pilot.

Eight of these were collected onto four VHS releases, although there are no current DVD releases.

Of course, there were a number of action figures of the Earthworm Jim crew.

They obviously never replicated the success that Playmates had with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but they did alright for themselves.

Jim has shown up in a few fighting games.

He's a secret character in Battle Arena Toshinden for the PC, although he's really just a new model for the character Rungo Iron.

His voices include sound clips from the Earthworm Jim games, and his music is the banjo chase theme from the Andy Asteroids level.

Jim also shows up as a playable character in Interplay's ClayFighter 63 1/3.

He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, much like the TV series, although Dan also provides the voice of Boogerman.

It's amusing to see Jim rendered as a clay action figure, but like the rest of the ClayFighter games, should absolutely be avoided.

In 2006, there were rumors that an Earthworm Jim was in development for the PlayStation Portable.

Eventually, screenshots began to trickle out, showing it to be a 2.5D game similar to Capcom's Maverick Hunter X and Mega Man: Powered Up.

Although the first screens showed a rendition of New Junk City, leading people to believe it would be a remake, the developers confirmed it would, in fact, be mostly a new game, with elements from some of the 16-bit titles.

Alas, due to the financial instability of Atari, the owner of the Earthworm Jim IP at the time, the game was cancelled.

In more recent times, some of the old development staff have expressed interest in a completely new game for modern platforms, although nothing has been set in stone.

Although there hasn't been anything on the market quite like Earthworm Jim, its creators have gone on to develop some interesting games that share its spirit.

Shiny's next game after Earthworm Jim was the successful MDK, their first venture into 3D gaming.

While it's a bit more serious than Earthworm Jim, it has its own bizarre, if understated, sense of humor.

In one area, you collect Earthworm Jim head icons, which drop cows on your enemies.

The sequel was developed by Bioware (usually known for RPGs like Baldur's Gate), while Shiny worked on other games like Messiah and Sacrifice.

Dave Perry stayed with the company, all the way up through the two terrible Matrix games developed for Atari, until eventually they merged with The Collective (Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the Xbox, Star Wars Episode III, Silent Hill: Homecoming) to form Double Helix.

Douglas TenNapel went out to create the claymation based Neverhood series, including the platformer Skullmonkeys.

After leaving the video games industry, he concentrated on comics like GEAR and created the Nickelodean cartoon Catscratch.

His unique brand of artistry has evolved quite a bit since Earthworm Jim, but still maintains much of its wackiness.

Nick Bruty and Andy Aster, a graphics designer and a programmer left to form Planet Moon Studios, who created Giants: Citizens Kabuto and Armed and Dangerous, both games with unique senses of humor.

Tommy Tallarico still composes video game music, but also helped organized the Video Games Live orchestra concerts across the world.

He also had a brief stint as a host on a G4 TV show.

A sequel, "Earthworm Jim 2", was released in 1995. It was released in the same manner as the original; first on the Sega Genesis, and then ported to many other systems. It too was generally well received. Two further games, "Earthworm Jim 3D" for the Nintendo 64 and PC, and "Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy" for the Game Boy Color, were produced in 1999. However, they were developed without the involvement of Shiny Entertainment and were mostly met with negative reviews.


Beyoncé wore a tuxedo leotard with red heels and was accompanied by 40 female back-up dancers.

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# Beyoncé, Usher, and Alicia Keys Salute Oprah During Farewell Spectacular

Oprah's closest celebrity friends gathered under one roof at Chicago's United Center for "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," a star-studded send-off to the talk show queen.

Everyone from Madonna to Halle Berry was in the building to honor Oprah's 25th and final season, and the waterworks were in full effect.

Beyoncé kicked off the festivities in a tuxedo leotard with around 40 female dancers to perform her single "Run the World (Girls)" for the first time.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the singer received the loudest applause not counting Oprah.

The crowd held up blue lights in the arena as she ran through the number twice while the guest of honor danced along.

For the second act, Alicia Keys accompanied Dr. Maya Angelou on piano as she recited a poem about Oprah.

Then Oprah's longtime love Stedman Graham took the stage to introduce the legendary Aretha Franklin who brought O to tears with her stirring rendition of "Amazing Grace."

Power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith showered praise on the media mogul before introducing Jamie Foxx, who sang "Isn't She Lovely" with Stevie Wonder on piano.

Usher capped the evening on a high note with the gospel standard "Oh Happy Day," bringing out a choir as the show's other guests joined them for one final sing along.

Oprah's teary-eyed farewell special airs May 23 and 24.

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England announced their 15-man squad on 17 April. It originally included Alex Hales, though he was later withdrawn following a ban for recreational drug use.


Air polluters in Singapore are mostly, but not only, vehicles for transport, despite the country's tough regulations.

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Environmental responsibility for Singapore is vested in the Ministry of the Environment and its Anti-Pollution Unit.

Air quality is protected by the Clean Air Act, as adopted in 1971 and amended in 1975 and 1980, and by the Clean Air (Standards) Regulations of 1975.

Regulations limiting the lead content of gasoline were imposed in 1981, and emissions standards for motor vehicles were tightened in 1986.

Air pollution from transportation vehicles is a problem in the nation's growing urban areas.

In 1992, Singapore was among 50 nations with the world's highest levels of industrial carbon dioxide emissions, which totalled 49.8 million metric tons, a per capita level of 17.99 metric tons.

In 1996, the total rose to 65.8 million metric tons.

Water quality is regulated through the Water Pollution Control and Drainage Act of 1975 and the Trade Effluent Regulations of 1976.

Singapore does not have enough water to support the needs of its people.

In total, the nation about has 0.1 cubic miles of water.

4% is used for farming and 51% for industrial purposes.

Pollution from the nation's oil industry is also a significant problem, and its cities produce about 0.9 million tons of solid waste per year.

Waste water is treated and recycled to conserve water supplies.

Altogether, Singapore has lost 20 to 30% of its original mangrove area.

Care of the environment takes place at numerous levels – from industrial waste management, emission controls and water recycling, down to littering; Singapore is renowned as being possibly the cleanest city in the world.

To combat air-pollution, the government has strict vehicular exhaust emission controls; the sight of black fumes pouring out of a car, common in the 70s, has been completely eradicated.

Furthermore, most cars use unleaded fuel.

There is a growing environmental consciousness among citizens evidenced by the initiatives taken by ad-hoc citizen groups and non-governmental organisations to protect the environment.

The government also plays an active role in educating the public: the Green Labelling Scheme, for example, has been implemented to promote 'green' consumerism among the public and to encourage manufacturers to produce eco-friendly products.

This growing awareness is also seen in the building industry where public recognition is accorded to 'intelligent' buildings designed to reduce electricity consumption by way of better insulation materials, automatic dimmers and similar innovations.

In 1984, there were health concerns with the great number of pig farms in Singapore. They were deemed to have contributed to the pollution of the country, namely to the air. This problem was solved by reducing the number of such farms. 65.8 metric tons (64.8 long tons; 72.5 short tons) of carbon dioxide were emitted in the country in 1996, ranking among one of the highest emission levels in the world.


On 28 August 2009, Savidge announced on the program that Daljit Dhaliwal would be taking over his role on Worldfocus, although he would still host one week a month and have an opportunity to "step out from behind the desk".

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Executive Producer Marc Rosenwasser and Anchor Daljit Dhaliwal lead Worldfocus' team of seasoned journalists and diverse production professionals.

Our reporters come from all over the world, bringing unique global perspectives to the newsroom.

Marc Rosenwasser has produced network television news for more than 25 years.

Most recently, he was a Senior Producer for "CBS Evening News."

During a 16-year tenure at NBC News, Marc served as executive editor of "Dateline," executive producer of "Tom Brokaw Reports" from 2001 to 2006 and senior broadcast producer of "Dateline" from 1994 to 2001.

He spent seven years as a writer and producer at ABC News and more than seven years at The Associated Press, where he was a correspondent in Moscow for more than two years.

Marc is a recipient of 23 Emmy Awards, three duPont-Columbia Awards, a Peabody Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

He holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Daljit Dhaliwal is a seasoned broadcaster who has worked for some of the world's most respected news organizations, including CNN International and BBC News.

She has covered many of the major news stories of the last ten years, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the conflicts in the Middle East and the Balkans.

Most recently, Daljit was the host of Foreign Exchange, a weekly half-hour international affairs series on PBS that examines America's role in an increasingly complex and interdependent world.

The series probes the global questions of the moment through conversations with international newsmakers, politicians, diplomats, and journalists.

She was also the host of PBS Wide Angle.

Mohammad Al-Kassim, Associate Producer, Middle East

Mohammad Al-Kassim is a broadcast journalist who has reported on international, national and local issues for the English and Arabic press.

He served as the news director at 90.1 KKFI-FM Kansas City Community Radio.

Mohammad is from Jerusalem, fluent in English and Arabic and speaks conversational Hebrew.

He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Edward Deitch has produced and managed network news for more than 20 years.

Most recently, he was a senior producer and editor for the "NBC Nightly News" with Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw.

While at NBC he won a duPont-Columbia Award and two national news Emmy Awards and was nominated for 12 others.

Edward was a writer at CBS News in television and radio, a reporter for United Press International, and began his career at The New York Times.

Beyond news, he is the wine critic for MSNBC.com and his weekly column received the James Beard Foundation Award for multimedia writing in 2007.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia University's Columbia College.

Ivette Feliciano, Associate Producer, Central and South America

Ivette Feliciano previously worked as an assignment desk editor for WSNS-TV Telemundo Channel 44, covering breaking news stories and local elections in Chicago.

As a native Spanish speaker, she has reported on immigration and human rights issues affecting Latino communities.

Ivette received the 2001 National Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Literature and Journalism.

She holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Peter Eisner is a 30-year veteran of international news.

He has held editorial positions at The Washington Post, Newsday and The Associated Press and covered Latin America as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press and Newsday.

As a deputy foreign editor at The Washington Post, he coordinated coverage of the 2004 Asian tsunami that won an award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Peter's most recent book, "The Italian Letter," investigates the fraudulent claim that Saddam Hussein sought uranium supplies in Africa.

His 2004 book about escape lines in World War II, "The Freedom Line," won the Christopher Award.

Peter served as the managing director of the Center for Public Integrity from 1999 to 2001, and was founder and president of Newscom, an international online news service.

He is a graduate of Rutgers University and speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

Evan Gold has worked in broadcast production at WNET for several years on a number of award-winning projects.

Evan holds a degree in journalism and media studies from Rutgers University, where he studied under Richard Heffner, WNET's founding general manager.

Rebecca Haggerty has produced news and documentary programming for broadcast, cable, and public television.

She was a consulting editor and member of the team that launched hyperlocal news startup dnainfo.com.

In addition, she served as a Knight International Press Fellow in Eastern and Central Europe in 2001.

Rebecca is the recipient of several journalism awards, including an Emmy award, several Emmy nominations, and citations from the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.

She holds a Mid-Career Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism

Connie Kargbo, Associate Producer, Africa

Connie Kargbo is a multimedia journalist who has produced content for television, radio and the blogosphere.

She previously worked as an assignment editor at News 12, a local television station in New York.

Connie also worked to expand MSNBC's online presence and analyzed promotional strategies for its news anchors.

A native of Sierra Leone, her production experience extends into Africa.

Connie worked as a production assistant for the national television station in Zambia.

She holds bachelors degrees in journalism and environmental science from New York University.

Christine Kiernan, Researcher, Russia, Eastern Europe and the Balkans

Christine Kiernan has associate produced documentaries for National Geographic, the History Channel, Discovery Channel and PBS.

She began her career in the mid-1990s working in Moscow as a newscaster on local radio and as a researcher for the Los Angeles Times.

Christine has also organized training seminars for journalists in Tajikistan for Internews, an NGO that works to strengthen local independent media.

She holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and a master's in Russian/Central Asian regional studies from Harvard University.

In a production career spanning 13 years, Yuval Lion has worked in news, documentary and Web television.

Most recently, he was the production director at TV360, a Web start-up.

Previously, Yuval worked as a producer in the NBC News London Bureau, with major assignments in Iraq and Israel, and for Associated Press Television News in Jerusalem.

He also wrote, directed and produced "My Cousin, the Chinaman," an award-winning independent documentary based in China.

Yuval holds a master's degree in International Politics from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Mary has worked as a television news producer for 20 years.

Most recently, she was the national producer for NBC News.

Previously, Mary was a producer for CBS News, The Christian Science Monitor and WCVB-TV.

Mary has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia.

She has received many awards, including four Emmys, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Sigma Delta Chi Award and the Knight Wallace Fellowship in Law from the University of Michigan.

From 2006 to 2008, Mary was senior policy officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, where she headed up content development for a multimedia visitor center.

She serves on the advisory board of the University of Washington's Digital Media Program, and is a graduate of Smith College.

Bryan Myers has been producing network television news and documentaries for nearly 25 years.

Most recently, he was a lead producer for the PBS news magazine program "NOW."

Bryan also worked at ABC News for 19 years, most of them as a producer for Ted Koppel's "Nightline," producing a mix of breaking news, feature stories and special series programming.

Bryan has received nine Emmy Awards for reports ranging from the environment to Clinton's presidential victory, and a Peabody award for a special series on the capture of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.

Bryan holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he also served as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economic Reporting.

Ben has previously worked at the Baltimore Sun covering local news and at Haaretz.com doing web production.

He has also produced multimedia packages for NYCInteractive.

In 2007, he studied the caste system as a Fulbright scholar at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India.

Originally from Baltimore, Ben speaks fluent French and is conversant in Hindi and Hebrew.

He holds a master's degree in multimedia journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Martin Savidge has canvassed the globe as a reporter, correspondent and anchor for NBC News and CNN, covering war zones and the aftermath of disaster.

Martin reported regularly for NBC's "Nightly News with Brian Williams," the "Today" show and MSNBC.

He worked at CNN on "The World Today," "Early Edition," and the weekend editions of "CNN Early Prime," "Prime News," "The World Today" and "CNN Worldview," a global news program broadcast worldwide on CNN International.

He has received two Headliner Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award and an Emmy.

In October 2002, Martin was named "Media Person of the Year" by the National Journalism Education Association.

He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University.

Stanley Spiro has held various positions in news production for over 25 years including coordinating producer, post-production supervisor and director.

At ABC, Stanley worked on "20/20," "Primetime Live" and "Good Morning America."

At PBS, he was the coordinating producer of "NOW" with Bill Moyers and director of the "Journal Editorial Report."

Stanley has also associate directed eight Olympic broadcasts, and directed entertainment programs, game shows and daytime drama.

Stanley holds a bachelor's degree in television studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Megan Thompson has worked in the areas of media, politics and domestic policy.

Most recently, she was an associate producer for "NOW" on PBS where she shot, edited and produced video.

Previously, Megan worked as an assistant producer for NBC News.

She received a Student Academy Award and a Gracie Allen Award for a documentary film she produced about the growing number of American women becoming farmers.

Megan has also worked in the U.S. Senate as a legislative aide and in the House of Representatives as communications director.

She holds a master's degree in journalism from New York University.

Gizem is a video journalist who has reported for various international news networks.

She has also produced documentaries centering on issues surrounding the Middle East.

Most recently, Gizem worked as a freelance producer for Reuters TV and Al Jazeera English in New York City, covering the United Nations, Wall Street and local stories with an international angle.

Gizem worked as an assistant producer for an international affairs news program that aired on CNNTurk in Istanbul, Turkey.

She is fluent in Turkish and holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

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Savidge joined NBC News in March 2004, but remained in Atlanta.
 In 2005, Savidge reported for NBC News in New Orleans, Louisiana, when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. After Katrina, as head correspondent, he helped to open an NBC News bureau in New Orleans. He regularly gave reports about improvements and stories after Katrina.
 In October 2008, Savidge left full-time work at NBC to be the anchor of "Worldfocus", an American newscast focusing on international news.
 On 13 January 2009, Savidge began hosting a weekly radio show on BlogTalkRadio. The 30-minute talk show is focused on international news and includes a panel of guests.