The 295-million-euro war

Cologne -
FC game against Hamburg, as the banner was blowing in the fan block: "You are artists and we do not!"
The protests are getting louder, a citizens' petition to restore the theater has started a protest car drives with the Carnival, the supporters list is getting longer. Their argument: A renovation of opera and drama would cost € 255 million, the cap of 295 million euros for the construction unterschreiten.Bis 15 March will be collected 30,000 signatures. Then the Council would decide on the admissibility of the citizens desire.
Renovation vs. New
Renovate!
Tearing!
In 2007 and 2008, the Council had made clear in policy decisions: The opera will be renovated, built the new theater. € 230 million should cost a maximum. Then revealed EXPRESS: The costs exploded to 364 million euros. The Council again discussed and decided on 17 December once again, the opera theater renovation and new building - this time for a maximum of € 295 million.
Photo: Alexander Schwaiger
She is the figurehead of the theater fans: director Karin Beier has been fighting the rising costs to maintain the Riphahn-building - and the ensemble is behind her: "The renovation is the better alternative!" Costs and time frames are much more manageable.
Also Kolumba Director Dr. Stefan Kraus is this: "Opera and theater are among the best post-war architecture of Cologne!"
Skeptical about the new building contract are the Greens: "We must closely examine the numbers to be sure that a reorganization would be no better and much cheaper," said Brigitta von Bülow.
Photo: Alexander Schwaiger
They are the enemy in his own camp: opera director Uwe Eric Laufenberg and financial chief Patrick Wasserbauer support the new development: "He would give the theater to new opportunities." Remedying as fears over a mountain, would take longer than a new building and the theater to leave the state in 1960.
Dr. Eva mayors, cultural spokeswoman for the SPD: "We expect an improvement of a new development of urban space similar to the master plan of Albert Speer, an optimization of the operations on the stages and time saving compared to a reorganization."

$ 100,000 for missing Metallica-fan

New York / Charlottesville -
Horror at the Metallica concert in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 17 October. The technique blonde student Dana Morgan Harrington (20) disappeared without a trace.
As Morgan after the concert was not home alerted the parents Than police. For more than a week, nobody knows the pretty blonde.
The Metallica members are deeply concerned by the disappearance of the young woman. The U.S. band has offered a reward equivalent to $ 100,000 for the search of Morgan. On its website, the musicians ask for information on the whereabouts of the young women and encouraging their fans, the police photographs and video footage to provide.
"We are deeply concerned about the disappearance of the 20-year-old engineering student, Dana Morgan Harrington," it says on the page. More information is available on the Metallica website: click here>

Baskets want to make a fairytale come true

Bonn -
"It should be a nice Christmas story."
Baskets coach Mike Koch knows exactly what he wants next Sunday (17 clock, Telekom Dome) in the home game against the LTi Giessen 46ers: A Victory!
With a success of the Bonn would be the one to expand its series of six victories in succession. For the other two points would ensure that when Bonn is to take no longer a place among the top six of the first round-table.
This right to participate in the BBL Cup. The first six of the table searching for the three participants for the Final Four tournament in Frankfurt (the Skyliners are set to host the final round).
"The situation is similar to casting against Tübingen. It is a team from the lower table area, and we want to win against the need, "said Koch.
"We must wait with which team takes up casting on Sunday finally. Because as far as I know, are the Hessians still looking for a great player. "It is important to cook, that his men have not been the German champion in the head. For the first round-the conclusion baskets as guests on 30 December in Oldenburg. "Then we are preparing for after the game against Giessen. We have to be sidelined until Sunday, "warns Koch.
Whether it can contribute center John Bowler after his hamstring against Giessen again, is still unclear. The 2.04-meter chicken afflicted since 21 November to his injury. A comeback was being considered for the casting game.

VfL Gummersbach will go forth and cut salaries

Gummersbach - the handball professionals EHF Cup VfL Gummersbach threaten the new season in the pay cut. ManagerFrancois-Xavier Houlet announced on Monday "real time" conversations mitden players to the Bundesliga club.
This step will derehemalige German champions save additional money. DerVfL-chairman Claus Horstmann had already zuvorangekündigt that of last year's budget will be reduced from about 4.5 million umetwa € 300,000 euros.
Even winning the Europapokalsmachte is unsustainable in the negotiations with potential new sponsors felt.
As a further means of reducing costs is considering VfL, seineErstliga home games are no longer exclusively in the Lanxess Arena unsubscribe, where the hall rental erheblichbelastet the expenditure side. Consequently, a part of games again be held in Eugene derGummersbacher-Haas-Hall.

Scores of Bremen, Schalke win

Bielefeld / Berlin - Werder Bremen has returned with his RückkehrenTorsten Frings and Diego not to its former strength. Nurmit great effort came on Sunday at Arminia Bielefeld Hansa Bielefeldzu a 1:1 (0:1) and passed through the draw at 25.Spieltag probably permanently out of the championship round of the Bundesliga.
A Penalty goal from Diego (70th minute) kept Werdervor 25 800 spectators at least before the third defeat in the series, had the opening goal after Bielefeld by Oliver Kirch (langegedroht 14.). The home side remained in the eighth game without a win unterTrainer Michael Frontzeck.
With the third win in succession has Schalke04 Meanwhile back herangearbeitet a zurChampions League qualifying place. The quarter finals of the European premier class ended with a 2-1 (2-0) at Hertha BSC series of the last six ungeschlagenenBerliner.
Gerald Asamoah (12. minute) and Jermaine Jones (23.) being-first goal of the season ensured the break ahead, SofianChahed (67.) reduced per minute penalty for Hertha, deserved the dankihrer increase after the break a point.

My naked buddy Kennedy

Dusseldorf - Nude with U.S. President John F. Kennedy legend, whiskey-makers for film icon Robert Mitchum, lovers of the wildest women: Hollywood star George Hamilton (69) has experienced a lot, lot to tell. This makes the new Düsseldorf now in his autobiography, "Excuse my indiscretion."
We like to apologize - is too bizarre, or what the lifetime companion of the Kings-physician Dr. Barbara Sturm (36) then reported. She has the book in their joint home in Oberkassel way, read the first, finds it "fascinating". The passages about his numerous love affairs with women like Liz Taylor or ex-Empress Soraya. The pretty Diisseldorf to EXPRESS: "George was definitely a lot of beautiful women. But I'm his bes te! "
George also had boyfriends. John F. Kennedy, for example. Hamilton: "I bathed in Palm Beach, naked with a lover - and who came to meet me? The naked Kennedy with a naked wife of a U.S. diplomat. Embarrassing as it was, we had to introduce ourselves. After all, we have been friends for a lifetime. "
Hamilton of Robert Mitchum: "As a beginner, I was allowed time to turn to him. He made me an errand boy - if he had run out of whiskey. When I brought it, it usually was on a woman and beckoned me to him during sex and too many from the bottle. But I was attracted ... "
About Hollywood legend Cary Grant: One time I met him on a Horse with Soraya. He was on his LSD phase, only fantasized. She was thrilled, thought it was intellectually. "
About his death Hamilton has also been thinking. He will inherit nothing: "On my tombstone will read: 'I spent all!" Barbara Sturm: "I find wrong. George is genießnen his life. The rest does not matter. "