(from reuters) The shareholder advisory service ISS endorsed the Trian Group’s plan to install three members chosen by Trian to the Heinz board. Trian is run by Nelson Peltz, who wants Heinz to pay $200,000 to cosponsor Nathan’s famous hot dog eating contest. The Trian Group has put out a press release praising ISS’ endorsement. The Heinz board has set up an anti Trian website. Teresa Heinz Kerry will not have much say in the decision, as her family trust owns only about 4% of Heinz.

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In a recent blog entry, Kobayashi compliments the magnet that Liz and Krista made for him. From google translation:

Friend of ↓ [kureijiretsugusu]? Designer? You received, the magnet of the just a little [kawaii] players. (How handmade!)
Very it is cute at size of the extent which is a little smaller than 1 Yen ball!

The commenters, who include a friend of Rona Conti’s, also offer praise.

In Kobayashi’s most recent blog entry, he reports as he is leaving for his transpacific flight. He remembers to bring his passport, so American hopes that he will not compete because he does not have a passport will not come to fruition.

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Liz and Krista have a lunchtime interview with “Beautiful” Brian Seiken on truefan. If you want to know more about Brian other than the fact he is a former pickle champion with a website, hopefully your question will be answered there.

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As of 11:10 PM, sonyatheblackwidow.com appears to have vanished.

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A clip of Jenny Drumgoole’s documentary about Sonya Thomas at Wing Bowl 13 has been uploaded to youtube. If the documentary will not be released theatrically or direct to DVD, I hope all segments will be available on youtube like the “Chili Dawg” documentary.

(I do not have broadband this week, so I have not watched the documentary and am not sure if it is safe for work)

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Domenico Alesi has galleries of the bratwurst qualifier and last winter’s chocolate contest.

(From Liz) Cabel has a report from the Chinook Winds rib contest

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(from Brian Seiken comment) Dale Boone reports in his myspace blog that he is retiring. It appears that he is only retiring from IFOCE contest and will continue to compete in independent (and possibly AICE) contests.

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The Sheboygan Times has a preview of Saturday’s Johnsonville Bratwurst Eating contest and Brat Days. The Violent Femmes will play a concert on Saturday night.

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Micah “Wing Kong” Collins has started a blog at http://conundrum54.blogspot.com/ Like Levi Oliver, Collins is a triathlete in addition to being a competitive eater.

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The Johnsonville Bratwurst contest from Sheboygan, WI will be televised on ESPN starting at 4 pm eastern (I think the contest itself will be tape delayed) The program will last an hour and it will be interesting to see what fills the remaining 50 minutes. The contest will be rerun twice on ESPN2.

From Yahoo TV

2006 Brat Eating World Championship
ESPN Aug 05 04:00pm
Special/Sports, 60 Mins.

* 2006 Brat Eating World Championship – Final, ESPN2 Aug 05 07:00pm
* 2006 Brat Eating World Championship – Final, ESPN2 Aug 06 02:00am

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from mlive.com Old Burdick’s Bar & Grill in Kalamazoo, MI has apparently copied Don “Moses” Lerman’s idea for a team rib contest. On Friday a 3 minute contest for 2 person teams will be held. Entry fees are $20 and proceeds will go to charity. The winning team will receive a catered party worth $300.

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Problems have been reported with this website’s polls. I want to make sure the polls are working before I start “Trenchy” voting. The new poll asks if you have had difficulty voting once in the polls. Voting multiple times should be prevented.

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