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Saint Andrew the Apostle in Bucharest, on the Joy Hill
The Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Protector of Romania was brought this morning from Patras – Greece, to Bucharest by a delegation of the Hellenic Orthodox Church led by His Eminence Metropolitan Chrisostom of Patras.
Relics of Saint Andrew the Apostle arrived in Romania
As Trinitas TV station informs us, this morning the delegation led by His Eminence Metropolitan Chrisostom of Patras, who accompanied the Holy Relics brought from the Greece, was met at the Official Hall of the Henri Coanda International Airport.
The delegates of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel to this ceremony were: His Eminence Irineu, Metropolitan of Oltenia, together with His Eminence Metopolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and Patriarchal Exarch and His Grace Ciprian Campineanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch.
On this occasion, a press conference was held. The opening speech emphasised the special significance of bringing the relics of the Protector of Romania.
"Saint Andrew the Apostle, Apostle of Jesus Christ, our Saviour, the first called is an example to be followed for the entire Christian Orthodoxy, but for the Romanian people he has a special significance because he is our apostle and the one who Christianized the Romanian people", said His Eminence Irineu, Metropolitan of Oltenia.
His Eminence Metropolitan Chrisostom of Patrias addressed a thanksgiving speech: "Thank you very much for having come here on behalf of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel to meet the Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle (...) We thank His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for having conveyed us this invitation with much love which gave us this wonderful occasion to come to you from the Holy Metropolitanate of Patras, where Saint Andrew the Apostle died a martyr's death".
The relics of Saint Andrew the Apostle will remain in the capital city till 28 October.
The relics of Saint Andrew the Apostle, on the Arsenal Hill
The delegation of Patras, together with the delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church who met the holy relics at "Henri Coanda" International Airport brought the relics of Saint Andrew the Apostle to the building yard of the future Cathedral for the Nation's Salvation. Here they were met by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, together with a group of hierarchs, and hundreds of priests and faithful. Then they started off in procession both with the Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle and with the Icon of the Mother of God – Prodromita from Mount Athos, around the location of the future Patriarchal Cathedral.
When reaching the place of the altar of the Cathedral for the Nation's Salvation, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said a prayer for blessing the construction works.
To end with the procession, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrated, together with the group of hierarchs, the consecration service of the chapel of the building yard of the Cathedral for the Nation's Salvation. The church in steaveanian style, dedicated to the Resurrection of the Lord, to the Icon of the Mother of God – Prodromita and to Saint John Chrysostom was built in only three months.
Way of the Saints
Today, faithful, priests, deacons, monks and nuns, as well as hierarchs covered the Way of the Saints. After the stop made at the building yard of the Cathedral for the Nation's Salvation, the second part of the traditional procession in the capital city of Romania took place. The pilgrims accompanied in prayer the Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Protector of Romania, the holy relics of Saint Pious Dimitrios the New and of Saints Constantine and Helen the Emperors till the podium specially arranged in the courtyard of the Patriarchal Cathedral.
Here the Holy Relics were met by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.
Te Deum close to the Patriarchal Cathedral
To end with the procession of the Way of the Saints, a Te Deum service was celebrated on the scene specially arranged in the courtyard of the Patriarchal Cathedral on the occasion of the reception of the Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the First Called, Protector of Romania and for opening the Holy Synod session.
The religious service was celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel together with His Eminence Chrisostom, Metropolitan of Patras, as well as with hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church, priests and deacons.
The Patriarch of Romania said in his speech: "Our hearts are full of joy when we receive the Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle who preached the Holy Gospel to our Gets – Dacians - Romans forerunners, setting up the Church of Christ in the territory of our country. Today, the righteous Romanian people meet the one who began their Christianization and kiss with great piety his Holy Head, where from holiness and much grace stem for all Christians. The Saint who has lit up the flame of the love of Christ in the hearts of our forerunners, the beginner of our evangelisation and baptism as people, has come again to Romania, where he preached Christ, our Lord".
His Eminence Metropolitan Chrisostom mentioned, in his turn: "Your Beatitude, Saint Andrew the Apostle unites us with strong holy spiritual bonds; he is our common father and teacher. Many pilgrims from Romania arrive in large number in our city, to pray his Holy Head and the cross on which Saint Andrew died a martyr's death, as well as at his grave in the old cathedral. We admire their piety and faith in God, manifested through the starts of their hearts and rather often through the tears shed with warmth in front of the first called of the Apostles. Now, we are fully experiencing this holy emotion, because we see warm manifestations of devotion to Saint Andrew here, in the capital city of Your Beatitude's country. We feel special joy because you are preparing and building a splendid great cathedral in honour of Saint Andrew the Apostle, which will be the gem of Romania, as well as of the entire Orthodoxy. We wish you to finish the construction works as soon as possible and to celebrate its consecration service!"
The Patriarch of Romania has also sent a message of congratulation to all pilgrims: "We congratulate you all for your presence at the Patriarchate, at Sibiu and Alba Iulia on these days of blessing and joy which Christ, our Lord, gives us through His saints, and we pray Merciful God to reward your piety and generosity, diligence and efforts, giving you good health and salvation, peace and joy, help in your family and activity for many blessed years, in order to grow in faith and brotherly love, in holiness and good deeds, for the glory of the Holy Trinity, for the joy of the saints and for getting eternal life".
The Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First Called, Protector of Romania, is for the second time in our country and for the first time in the capital city of Romania.
Source: Romanian Patriarchate


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Casting: How Far Will Dancing With The Stars Go For Ratings And Popularity? (Rant Post)
Edyta Sliwinska has written a new blog at Dancing Pros about the producers pairing celebrities with the pros on Dancing With The Stars. In her new blog, she examines "who puts these couples together, how does it happen and, is it fair?" Let's just say matching dancers and celebrities based on age, look, height or personality isn't always how producers pair the couples up. Creating the right demographic for buzz, controversy, drama, and purchasing power is more the case. Are you surprised? Below is a take….
So let's abandon this nonsense notion that the producers try to match dancers and celebrities based on age, look, height or personality. I could give many more examples to prove my point: Cheryl Burke and Chad Ochocinco (huge height difference), Karina Smirnoff and Steve Wozniak (this time the producers went for the 'Beauty and the Geek' theme), Derek Hough and Jennifer Grey ( born over 25 years apart). And really, if once in a while a couple happens to be a perfect match, I would claim that it simply happened by chance. The real motivation of the matchmakers from hell at DWTS is to create controversy and buzz. And therefore Cheryl was paired up with Chad and Karina Smirnoff with Mario Lopez, because the prediction was that these attractive and single people, paired up together would certainly generate rumors about their romantic involvement. And they did. However, publicity-hungry producers, at the same time created some great partnerships. My personal opinion is that not many couples could match the amazing chemistry that Mario and Karina showcased on the dance floor in season 2. You might also guess that egotistical Max Chmerkovskiy is not coincidently paired up with some of the strongest women that had appeared on the show. Leila Ali, Misty May-Tranor, Hope Solo and Erin Andrews succeeded in professions dominated by men. Mel B, Debi Mazar and Kirstie Alley are known for their feisty personalities. Pair up a woman who knows how to stand up for herself with an arrogant Russian dancer and you will get a recipe for a drama.
Getting a right demographic of the audience has been a long time struggle for the producers of DWTS. Please don't get offended if you are 49 or older, but the most desired viewers age, the one that advertisers are willing to pay big bucks for, is between 18 and 49. These are the ages of people believed to have the most purchasing power. Personally I think its nonsense. Most people over 50 that I know spend and have more money then people my age. But I'm not here to convince you about the defectiveness of TV executive's thinking. It's a simple fact: major TV networks do everything to attract younger audiences. Does it surprise you then that younger pros usually get better celebrities? When Cheryl Burke won DWTS twice in a row she was at the time the youngest dancer on the show. Later, even younger Julianne Hough, Mark Ballas and Derek Hough replaced her on the podium.
Luckily for the audience the producers can't predict everything. Some couples who were favored to win were voted off someway along the way, like Mark Ballas and Sabrina Bryan. Others, who no one expected to do well, made it to the finals or even won like Alec Mazo and Kelly Monaco in season 1. This tiny bit of unpredictability might be the reason why you still watch the show with a trill.
Be sure to read Edyta's new blog in full at Dancing Pros.
I have to say I am not surprised by a lot of what she writes. I love this show and I will continue to watch and be a major fan, but, sometimes, I have to wonder about the heart behind the scenes? Also, I would suffice it to say that Maks is a guaranteed 'shoe in' to be on this show for as long as he wants (not that I mind that as long as he doesn't cross the line like last season).
Heidi's Note: Edyta complains that the producers are after a big audience and as much fireworks as possible??? Can I get a resounding DUH!!!! Please? Gee, that's why TV shows exist. Anyone who thinks their only goal is to entertain or be "fair" is naive in the extreme.
A) NONE Of this is a surprise, but; B) Edyta doesn't know jack about how they cast the show. She was one of the dancers, not one of the producers. She's hypothesizing like everyone else, but she's got an actual ax to grind (from the sound of it) since she's never won the show. Her explanation for Derek, Mark and Julianne winning?? They get preferential pairings because they were younger. She clearly hasn't seen a complete listing of Maks' partners (or Derek's, Mark's or Julianne's for that matter). Of course, she implies that Maks' partnerships are designed to create fireworks – that doesn't mean they aren't good dancers or ringers. At the end of the day, Edyta's opinion is no more valid or "true" than Maks' is when he said that "Derek always gets great partners" or when DEREK does one of his usual PC song and dances. The truth is likely somewhere in the middle. I think she's right about some things, bitter about others. Just like everyone else.
I would also argue that the female celebs are easier to match with male pros than vice versa – the female celebs are more likely to be shorter or similar in heights, and they are more likely to have previous dance or performing experience. The producers can tinker more with matching personalities, age groups, whatever. With male celebs you are more likely to have a huge variation in height and are therefore limited in pairings….as for age not playing a part?? I bet it does…but Edyta never even considers the fact that some celebrities have the clout to request a particular professional. People have requested Derek, Mark and Maks (and probably Edyta herself, along with Cheryl and Julianne, etc)….and they've gotten them. When you have a couple celebs in a season making requests and getting them, that really narrows down who the remaining ones can be paired with.
Of course she's right about them wanting ratings and the various ways they will go about getting those ratings…they're in business. But I think she over simplifies and makes the easy argument without considering all the angles. Just like many fans of the show.

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DOVER — For the legislative session beginning on Jan. 2 in the state House of Representatives, a few bills on the agenda that may spark general interest, from matters relating to tinted glass in motor vehicles to whether the white potato should be set as the official state vegetable.
Minority Speaker Gene Chandler, who leads the Republican office, has proposed his own bill on the House Legislative Service Request (LSR) list, to find more funding for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Search and Rescue Fund. Chandler has proposed charging lost hikes and hunters for their costly recoveries, upward of hundreds of dollars.
"It's been a problem for a few years," Chandler said. "Fish and Game just can't support it anymore."
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Majority Speaker Terie Norelli, who has spent the last 16 years in the House, said she wishes young students would take interest in legislation already before the general court, rather than pushing for something new.
"You seriously appreciate the fact they are taking an interest in and becoming educated about the legislative process," she said, "but if every fourth grade class asked their legislator to file a bill, we'd be overwhelmed."
Rep. John O'Connor, R-Derry, is also pushing for the nod to the white potato, which the Monitor reports also came from a group of students at Derry Village School.
In general, Norelli explained there are dozens of new LSRs proposed and since every one will get a referral to a committee, there is a good side and a bad side to the process.
"The good side of the way we do it is that we can't squash the majority and we can't squash the minority," Norelli said. "The bad side of it is it does take time to deal with bills that really aren't going to go anywhere and takes time away from work that could be done on other bills."


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Equity futures are up a little overnight, below is a chart of the Dow futures on the left and S&P 500 futures on the right:
The dollar is down slightly, bonds are up (usually not a good sign for equities), oil is down sharply, and gold is close to even.
Oil broke below most recent support this morning and fell beneath $76 a barrel. Yesterday's petroleum report showed increasing inventories and lower demand. That feeds into this morning's release of our international trade where both imports and exports were higher, but the rise in imports exceeded the rise in exports, causing a re-widening of the trade deficit.
Now, to an untrained central banker pump monkey, that may sound like a good thing. But the vast majority of the rise in imports was due to the rise in the price and quantity of imported oil. Do we need more oil with inventories at record levels? NO. Is the price of oil up due to an increase in demand? Not according to the weekly petroleum releases! So what's happening? It's a monetary phenomena, a result of the sinking dollar. The "experts" on teeveeee claim that a sinking dollar is good for exports. What they fail to take into account is that we are an importing nation, exporting is no longer our strength. Thus we have run up massive debts in every way, in every segment. And with our wages being arbitraged and held down, as the price of commodities rises, it only works to further squeeze the American consumer. It's a viscous circle, one where higher commodities means more deficits and more debt which means a further sinking dollar and so on. It a circle that simply puts America and Americans in a losing position in the long run in exchange for a short term pop.
Here's the highlights of the report from Econoday:
The U.S. international trade deficit in September widened significantly on higher oil imports. But the good news is that the freeze up in global trade appears to be thawing as U.S. export rose significantly. The overall U.S. trade deficit widened to $36.5 billion from a revised $30.7 billion worth of red ink in August. The shortfall was worse than the consensus projection for a $32.5 gap. Exports rose 2.9 percent while imports jumped 5.8 percent. The worsening of the trade deficit was led by a wider petroleum shortfall which came in at $20.5 billion compared to $16.6 billion the previous month. The nonpetroleum gap increased to $25.9 billion from $24.3 billion in August.
The widening in the petroleum deficit was due to both more barrels imported and higher prices. Physical barrels imported increased 6.6 percent in September after dropping 9.4 percent the month before. The price of imported oil rose to $68.17 per barrel from $64.75 in August.
Year-on-year, overall exports rose to minus 13.2 percent from minus 20.6 percent in August while imports improved to down 20.6 percent from minus 28.5 percent the previous month.
Overall, the rise in export appears to be more real than the boost in imports. Imports were up on higher oil prices, more barrels of oil, and more automotive imports from Canada. The gain in autos was to replenish auto inventories after cash-for-clunkers. Non-auto imports were up moderately. But manufacturers are benefitting from a lower dollar and healthy gains were seen in capital goods, autos, and consumer goods. While the headline numbers could weigh on the dollar, the details favor it. Equities should like the boost in exports.
Year over year figures are still down tremendously even against now very easy relative comparisons. Remember, one year ago commerce was at a virtual stand still and imports are down 20% from that level.
And yet, this is how Bloomberg reports this terrific news:
Trade Deficit in U.S. Increases by Most Since 1999
By Bob Willis
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The trade deficit in the U.S. widened in September by the most in a decade, reflecting rising demand for imported oil and automobiles as the economy rebounded from the worst recession since the 1930s.
The gap grew a larger-than-anticipated 18 percent to $36.5 billion, the highest level since January, from a revised $30.8 billion in August, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. Imports surged by the most in 16 years, swamping a gain in exports.
Demand for foreign products may remain elevated in coming months as consumer and business spending improve and companies aim to prevent inventories from collapsing even more. Exports may also rise as expanding economies in Asia and Europe and a weak dollar drive demand for American goods, giving manufacturers such as Dow Chemical Co. a lift.
"The recent upturn in imports reflects a stronger U.S. economy," Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Economy.com in West Chester, Pennsylvania, said before the report. "A rebound in exports is helping the economy transition from recession to recovery."
The dollar dropped after the report. One euro cost $1.4888 at 8:38 a.m. in New York, up 0.3 percent from late yesterday. The yen climbed to 89.54, up 0.9 percent.
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The trade gap was projected to widen to $31.8 billion, from an initially reported $30.7 billion in August, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of 77 economists. Deficit projections ranged from $28.6 billion to $34.1 billion.
A collapse in world trade earlier this year brought the gap down to $26.4 billion in May, its lowest level since November 1999, as imports plunged even faster than exports. As commerce begins to pick back up, global leaders agree more needs to be done to strengthen the expansion.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other finance ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore this week reiterated a pledge to maintain stimulus efforts "until a durable recovery in private demand is secured."
Asia is "leading the world" back to recovery, Geithner told reporters at a joint press briefing with his APEC counterparts. President Barack Obama began a swing through Asia today as world leaders work toward a rebalancing that will make global growth more reliant on spending by Asian consumers and businesses and less dependent on their American counterparts.
It goes on and on, all pumping this report, never getting into the why or what may happen as a result in the future. I liken this type of thinking and reporting to flying with blinders on… the inevitable crash is simply a "DUH" moment.
And here is the price report that goes along with the report of International Trade:
Import prices went up in October, in what bears are certain to claim as early evidence of dollar-based inflationary pressures. Import prices jumped 0.7 percent in October driven by a jump in natural gas prices which soared 24 percent but are since on the retreat. Industrial supplies, which include metals, are extending their run of increases. There's even an unusual rise for finished goods with prices for imported capital goods up 0.2 percent which follows a long run of no-change readings. Prices for imported consumer goods rose 0.3 percent following a run of mostly negative readings.
The export side of the report also shows pressure in October with export prices up 0.3 percent and up 0.3 percent even after excluding a price dip for agricultural exports. Industrial supplies also show pressure on the export side with capital-goods prices up a noticeable 0.2 percent though consumer-goods exports fell a tenth.
The year-on-year rate for import prices looks benign at minus 5.7 percent. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics is noting that the index is up 8.1 percent since February. And the BLS is also saying that the price increases for imported raw materials and metals, including precious metals, are in fact "tied" to the dollar. Today's report does show some pressure and is consistent with inflation expectations evident in the financial markets, namely gains in gold and other commodities. Commodity prices popped higher in immediate reaction to the report. Next week will offer two key readings on inflation, the producer price report on Tuesday and the consumer price report on Wednesday.
No, commodities did not rise on this report, oil in fact fell sharply. While prices are up on massive pumping in the short term, the net effect is really on our money and not on the real world economy. The long term damage, however, will indeed be real. Many nations are beginning to squeal over the falling dollar. Pressures are mounting, there is change at hand.
Consumer Sentiment is released shortly.
I mostly went over the technicals in yesterday's write-up and don't have that much to add. I will not be surprised if the top is in, but I also won't be surprised by one more run higher either. I agree with McHugh, that very few people realized the top was in when the market first started to subtly roll over in October of '07… very few people, myself excluded, were ringing a bell for you at the top. I'm hearing those bells again myself as I just do not believe that the upside potential of this market represents anything other than the destruction of our currency. That's simply not a winning strategy. I'm going to be working hard in the days ahead to develop and to present a real winning strategy. Thus, you're going to see me a little bit less in the daily thread, but you're going to start seeing what I consider to be more important work coming out. I'm going to need your help and your input. In the meantime, the most important help you can give me is to keep the thread running and update one another on events. I'll swing by as I can. Are those bells I hear?


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ALBANY, New York and REDWOOD CITY, California, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AMRI (NASDAQ: AMRI) and Codexis (NASDAQ: CDXS) announced today that they have entered into a SMARTSOURCING™ partnership. The collaboration will provide opportunities to combine the two companies' capabilities and technologies for specific customer projects, yielding increased value to customers in the form of potentially lower costs, greater yields, cleaner processes and/or faster turnaround times.
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Under this non-exclusive, two-year agreement, the companies will align their respective strengths to identify and implement new and improved manufacturing routes for selected Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Combining Codexis' directed evolution technology that enables rapid enzyme discovery and optimization with AMRI's process development and manufacturing capabilities, including utilizing AMRI's proprietary microbial strains, creates synergies that will broaden both companies' ability to offer customers cost-effective, efficient, and sustainable manufacturing processes.
"We are pleased to announce this partnership with Codexis, a company that shares our philosophy of prioritizing scientific problem solving, innovation and customer service," said AMRI's Chairman, President and CEO, Thomas E. D'Ambra, Ph.D. "Combining AMRI's expertise in chemistry, biocatalysis, quality assurance and manufacturing with Codexis' cutting-edge biocatalysis technology and services, creates a proprietary advantage to our customer's development projects. This is another example of the AMRI SMARTSOURCING™ strategy of creating partnerships to deliver better outcomes to our customers."
"Codexis selected AMRI for this collaboration because AMRI understands the opportunity to use biocatalysis for effective and comprehensive route assessment and manufacturing," says Dr. Peter Seufer-Wasserthal, SVP Pharmaceuticals, Codexis Inc. "Both companies have established strong reputations in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. By working together, AMRI and Codexis should identify more opportunities, which will benefit both companies and their customers by developing innovative, cost-effective and practical chemical processes."
About AMRI
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (AMRI) is a global contract research and manufacturing organization offering customers fully integrated drug discovery, development and manufacturing services. For over 21 years, AMRI has demonstrated its adaptability as the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries have undergone tremendous change in response to multiple challenges. This experience, a track record of success and locations in the United States, Europe and Asia now provides our customers with SMARTSOURCING™, a full range of value-added opportunities providing customers informed decision-making, enhanced efficiency and more successful outcomes at all stages of the pipeline. AMRI has also successfully partnered R&D programs and is actively seeking to out-license its remaining programs for further development. For more information about AMRI, please visit our website at www.amriglobal.com or follow us on Twitter (@amriglobal).
About Codexis Inc.
Codexis, Inc. is a developer of world-leading enzymes and processes for the production of pharmaceuticals, biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Codexis' product lines include CodeXyme™ cellulase enzymes and CodeXol™ detergent alcohol. Partners and customers include global leaders such as Merck, Pfizer and Arch Pharmalabs. For more information, see www.codexis.com.
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Twilight Samurai, The
Please be aware that this DVD is an import and is coded for Region 3 DVD players. In order to view this DVD, you'll have to have either a Region 3 coded or Region Free DVD player. [Recommended Region Free Players] It will not play in standard Region 1 North American DVD players.
Sonny Chiba protégé Hiroyuki 'Henry' Sanada plays Seibei Iguchi, a humble samurai without much clout, making his way in feudal era Japan. With his wife having recently passed away, he lives a quiet life with his two daughters and his old mother, who is quite senile. In order to make ends meet, when he's not taking odd jobs as a samurai, he works as an accountant. His family is the only thing in life he cares about. This is obvious by his disheveled appearance and lack of personal hygiene. His appearance and overall lack of ambition causes the men he works with to give him the nickname of 'Twilight Seibei.'
Soon though, he runs into Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa), the first girl he ever loved and a lifelong friend of his. She was formerly married to a wealthy samurai, but has left him because he was physically and mentally abusive to her. Tomoe and Seibei fall in love, but he won't marry her because he feels he is too poor to give her a good life.
When the leader of Seibei's clan is killed, he's forced to face combat with a lone samurai. Despite the fact that he is less than thrilled with this idea, the code to which he still holds credence to demands he accept it.
The big winner at the Awards Of The Japanese Academy (it won in thirteen categories, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Director), and nominated last year for best foreign film at the Oscars, The Twilight Samurai is one of those rare films that deserves all the praise lauded upon it. Much of that credit has to go to director Yoji Yamada and cinematographer Mutsuo Naganuma, who have created such a sumptuous and gorgeous looking film that it's almost impossible not to pay attention to. It's a quiet film with an epic scope that makes the culmination of the events that take place in the finale all that more important because of it. Plenty of sweeping shots of the beautiful Japanese countryside are contrasted with the squalid conditions in which Seibei resides, making for an interesting visual kaleidoscope.
The performances are also great, especially the two leads. Those only familiar with Sanada's action films from the seventies and eighties, for which he is best known at least in North America, will find much to admire about this very serious role which he handles with ease. Sure, it's fun to watch him bust heads at the side of Sonny Chiba in films like The Executioner and Ninja Wars but here he plays his role with such care and restraint that it almost feels like he's another person completely. Miyazawa is wonderful as Tomoe. Her plight is believable and almost too real at times.
Those expecting the relentless action and bloodshed of better known samurai films as the Lone Wolf And Cub or Lady Snowblood films, the finale is no less tense because of it. While essentially a love story, the film also plays off on the very nature of a man who will do whatever he has to in order to support his family, even if it means going against the system he is supposed to believe in.
The DVD
The Twilight Samurai is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85.1 and is enhanced for anamorphic television sets. The picture is nice and sharp with great color definition and rich, deep black levels. Flesh tones look lifelike and natural and there is a high level of detail throughout. Compression artifacts are never a problem and there is only a slight hint of edge enhancement that peeks out in a few scenes to complain about, and one or two interior scenes that look just a shade too dark. Having seen this title before via a 'gray market' release last year, there's no comparison and the difference in picture quality alone makes this release well worth the upgrade for those of you out there who may also have acquired the aforementioned bootleg.
There are three audio tracks on this release – Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1, and Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1. Optional subtitles are available in English (typo free), and Cantonese but they can only be selected from the menu screen, not during the film itself. As long as you've got the hardware to support it, the Japanese 5.1 track is the way to go on this release. The 5.1 mix on this release is damn near perfect. It's not too aggressive and the surround channels are used more to add depth to the presentation than to show off your speaker setup, but when they're needed, you know they're there. Dialogue is crystal clear and plenty of nice channel separation makes this DVD a treat to listen to.
Trailers are included for A Class to Remember, The Yellow Handkerchief, Tora-San Our Lovable Tramp, Tora-San's Cherished Mother, Tora-San, His Tender Love, Tora-San's Grand Scheme Tora-San's Runaway and Tora-San's Shattered Romance. There is also a filmography for Yoji Yamada included on the DVD as well.
Final Thoughts:
The Twilight Samurai is a beautifully made film that totally deserves to be seen by a wider audience. It's very well directed with gorgeous cinematography and great performances. The DVD from Panorama looks and sounds great, and despite the thin extra features, comes highly recommended.
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setmeta - Set metadata on already uploaded objects
gsutil setmeta -h [header:value|header] ... url...
The gsutil setmeta command allows you to set or remove the metadata on one or more objects. It takes one or more header arguments followed by one or more URLs, where each header argument is in one of two forms:
- if you specify header:value, it will set the given header on all named objects.
- if you specify header (with no value), it will remove the given header from all named objects.
For example, the following command would set the Content-Type and Cache-Control and remove the Content-Disposition on the specified objects:
gsutil setmeta -h "Content-Type:text/html" \
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-h "Content-Disposition" gs://bucket/*.html
If you have a large number of objects to update you might want to use the gsutil -m option, to perform a parallel (multi-threaded/multi-processing) update:
gsutil -m setmeta -h "Content-Type:text/html" \
-h "Cache-Control:public, max-age=3600" \
-h "Content-Disposition" gs://bucket/*.html
You can also use the setmeta command to set custom metadata on an object:
gsutil setmeta -h "x-goog-meta-icecreamflavor:vanilla" gs://bucket/object
See gsutil help metadata for details about how you can set metadata while uploading objects, what metadata fields can be set and the meaning of these fields, use of custom metadata, and how to view currently set metadata.
gsutil setmeta -h "Content-Type:text/html" \
-h "Cache-Control:private, max-age=0, no-transform" gs://bucket/*.html
The setmeta command reads each object's current generation and metageneration and uses those as preconditions unless they are otherwise specified by top-level arguments. For example:
gsutil -h "x-goog-if-metageneration-match:2" setmeta
-h "x-goog-meta-icecreamflavor:vanilla"
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(Editor's note: Marnie Gustavson is Executive Director of PARSA, a Seattle-based nonprofit working with widows, orphans and the disabled in Afghanistan. She spent her teenage years in Kabul, where she now lives with her family. For more information about PARSA, read here and here
Marnie Gustavson says the real Afghanistan is more textured than could be seen from secure bunkers.
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In my Afghanistan, the days are compiled images of Afghans living their simple lives.
My Afghanistan is a kaleidoscope of real people, from the stick-thin bearded Paghmani man, an imposing 6-foot-5, rhythmically lifting rocks, 12 hours a day, seven days a week for $4 a day, his shalwar kameez billowing in the hot summer breezes; to the grin of the boy in his blue shirt as he labors to cut the alfalfa after school to feed the flock of big-bottomed sheep.
To the kiss of the old widow, her family gone, whose feet hurt incessantly; she's forgotten the English she once knew when she worked for the government. And of course, to the communities my organization works with to help them better their lives through direct education and training programs.
A Pashtun orphan, about 11, enters my office with a plate of freshly picked summer apricots. He was rescued from a madrassa that trained him how to throw grenades and to be a suicide bomber. He spends time with me when he gets a chance, tidying my desk, pulling my papers out of the copier and stacking them.
We can't speak much as I do not know Pashtun and he hasn't yet learned Dari or English, but he tucks his head into the crook of my neck for a couple of minutes watching me type. In these gentle moments, he begins to unwind and I experience the fragile connection that is being created between our worlds.
Living and working in Afghanistan for nearly five years now, I do not recognize most of what the international news accounts of this area report as anything remotely close to my experience.
A visiting journalist recently observed with some surprise that "parts of Afghanistan are at war and parts are peaceful." Indeed, like Ireland and many other sites of civil unrest in the world, there are pockets of peace and pockets of war.
The things that concern me most as I go about my day-to-day activities are not suicide bombers, kidnappings, and the "insurgency." These are all just a backdrop to the much more textured story that is Afghanistan, though it rarely touches the lives of the 2,500 or so foreign aid workers who live and work in Kabul. Yet these stories of violence dominate the news outside and thus color the way the world imagines Afghanistan.
Internationals living in the country are constantly bombarded with "threat alerts" and rarely visit the desperately poor Afghan communities their projects are ostensibly attempting to help. This is what concerns me: how my country is spending development dollars here without really being here.
The results of the fear that dominates the management of most development projects are an incompletely informed group of international professionals working in Afghanistan who can literally spend years here without seeing the country but through the windows of their armored cars.
Living as they do under cloistered, fearful conditions behind razor-wired walls, venturing out only to a select list of "secure" locations, they make often questionable decisions on spending, frequently without the input of Afghan nationals. From this entrenched, isolated position, they are managing hundreds of millions of dollars of international development funds.
When news reports talk about Afghanistan's high levels of corruption, they do not lift the veils to see that the development projects themselves are actually enabling it with security conditions that resemble apartheid.
While folks at home are hunkering down, Afghanistan projects are concerned with tripling their monthly "burn rates" and managing projects remotely -- projects that almost certainly are less than the books indicate, or worse, have been paid for several times over by different organizations.
It is time for those controlling the funding investment in this country to listen to their citizens, especially Afghan-Americans and other Americans like me and my family who live and work here. We are the people on the front lines, and connected as we are to the community here, we have much to offer in the way of supporting the success of the donor efforts.
The good news is that there are more than a few Americans in this country who have the privilege of experiencing the Afghan people the way I do. But so far, my attempts to connect them with the American mission here as the new administration "rethinks" the strategy for Afghanistan have been unsuccessful as calls and e-mails to the ambassador have gone unanswered.
There is a story of a young American worker for a nongovernmental organization who stopped on the road recently to pull out a van that was stuck in the snow, having veered into the oncoming lane when the sun was going down.
In the car were two women, three small children and an elderly man, plus the two men who were attempting to dig out the wheels with sticks. It took less than 10 minutes to pull them out, and they were grateful for the help... they'd been there for nearly four hours and many trucks and security vehicles had passed them without offering a helping hand. They thought they would either freeze or be pushed over the brink of the cliff once it darkened. I know that story is true because the young man is my son Reese and I was with him.
I propose a simple and very Afghan solution to the Afghanistan dilemma: We need to be good neighbors. Offer help. Be visible. Take some risks to communicate with ordinary people.
My young Pashtun orphan, trained to kill, is now growing up in an institution where he mixes with internationals, with the very "infidels" he was previously conditioned to hate. ... Are these not the ways for us to build bridges into this community? With shared meals instead of divisive policies? These are not new thoughts, but they are often unspoken and certainly not practiced in America's Afghanistan, which is a world divided by sandbags, concrete T-beams and armed guards.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Marnie Gustavson.
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Rahul Dravid backs MS Dhoni as India skipper
Notwithstanding the eight Test defeats last year, Dravid said Dhoni should be given a chance to learn from those reverses.
Former captain Rahul Dravid has backed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to retain his captaincy but felt the selectors can, in the near future, consider reducing the current India skipper's workload in one format to get the best out of him.
"From his own personal point of view, you also want to see the best of Dhoni as a player. He has a lot to contribute as a batsman and wicketkeeper and we want to see the best of that," Dravid said.
"I don't think we want to lose that and if that means at some stage, maybe the time's not right now but in the near future, we have to relieve him of the responsibility from one format to get the best out of him as a player then I think the selectors have to take that call," he added.
Notwithstanding the eight Test defeats last year, Dravid said Dhoni should be given a chance to learn from those reverses. "Dhoni has every right to survive it, because he's Dhoni. He has had a disappointing last year but he has won India a World Cup, we've been the No. 1 Test side under Dhoni. If you put pressure on him so early in the piece, or if you try to change someone like Dhoni now, I don't think you'll get to see what he's learned from the last year," Dravid was quoted as saying in 'Cricinfo'.
Dhoni has captained India in 203 of his 318 matches across all formats.
The Indian legend advised Dhoni to look beyond the upcoming series against England and Australia and to start thinking about India's overseas tours next tours. "He has got to have an eye on some of the challenges he faces in his career, to be seen as a good overseas captain as well. That will be a function of the team he gets, but he's got to try and have an influence on the kind of team he gets, the kind of personnel he wants and that's a process that he's got to start now. It's a process of communication and negotiation with selectors, coaches, working on some of the skill-sets of some of the bowlers and young batsmen coming through on what is required in a year's time.
So while he has a micro view of what needs to be done in these (home) series, he needs to discuss with the selectors about the kind of players he wants in South Africa and entrust them with the job of actually finding those players in domestic cricket," Dravid said.
He also saw Virat Kohli as a future captain, provided he was able to extend the success he has had for another year. "In the next 12 months, if he has the kind of 12 months he has had and establishes himself in all three formats of the game, people are going to seriously have to look at him."
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Robert Carter Jr. hit two free throws with 8.7 seconds left, and Georgia Tech held off a last-chance shot by Wake Forest for a 57-56 victory on Saturday.
Marcus Georges-Hunt finished with 16 points, Daniel Miller had 15 and Carter 10 for the Yellow Jackets (14-10, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference), who trailed most of the second half after leading by three points at the halftime break.
C.J. Harris and Travis McKie scored 15 points each for the Demon Deacons, who overcame 29.2 percent shooting (14 of 48) to lead by as many as five points midway through the second half.
Despite the poor shooting, Wake Forest led 56-53 on a McKie 3-pointer with 1:19 left. But Georges-Hunt hit a 3 with 1 minute left to pull Georgia Tech within a point.
After McKie missed an open 3-pointer with 30 seconds left, Georges-Hunt missed a driving dunk attempt that would have put the Yellow Jackets ahead. But Carter came down with the rebound and was fouled going up for a follow, setting up his game-winning free throws.
The Demon Deacons had one last shot, but Georges-Hunt knocked a crosscourt pass by Harris out of bounds with 2.2 seconds left. Devin Thomas, who had 12 rebounds and nine points, then missed an 18-foot jumper at the buzzer.
It was Georgia Tech's second straight road ACC win after dropping its first four games, while Wake Forest has now lost two straight and six of its last seven games.
While the Demon Deacons had their problems shooting, so did Georgia Tech in the second half. After making nearly 45 percent of its attempts in the first half, the Yellow Jackets hit just 9 of 27 (33.3 percent) over the final 20 minutes.
Behind Georges-Hunt (seven points) and Miller (six points), Georgia Tech shook off a slow start and took advantage of Wake Forest's poor shooting to take a 30-27 halftime lead.
The Demon Deacons led 7-3 in the first two minutes, and held the lead two other times in the first half, the last at 16-15 on Thomas' layup with 9:34 remaining.
Wake Forest shot just 29.2 percent (7 of 24) in the half, but hit 3 of 10 on 3-pointers and 10 of 11 free throws. Meanwhile, while the Yellow Jackets struggled at the free throw line (2 of 6), they hit 13 of 39 (44.8 percent) from the field. That allowed Georgia Tech to stay close, and eventually pull ahead by 30-25 on Miller's jumper with 1:12 left.
Still, the Yellow Jackets could have led by an even bigger margin, giving away a possible seven points off of missed free throws and scoring chances in the first half.
First, Mfon Udofia missed a pair of free throws and Georgia Tech failed to score on the possession when Arnaud Williams Adala Moto was called for a flagrant foul at the 15-minute mark. Then, Solomon Poole missed two free throws after Demon Deacons coach Jeff Bzdelik was called for a technical foul with 12:27 left.


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A recent discussion about this book came up on B-Greek: http://www-test.ibiblio.org/bgreek/foru ... ie+attisch
It's precisely this sort of phrase that constitutes the bulk of the Johannides Sprechen Sie Attisch? chat book; the objection raised against that has been that these are Attic, not Koine expressions. I think the same would apply to the Platonic conversational phases. Of course I personally think that the objections are a sort of reverse-snobbery: Phrynicus warns would-be speakers of good Greek to avoid colloquial Koine usages and to adhere to "pure" Attic expressions. I think, on the other hand, that the objections to Attic conversational usage constitute a preference for the language of the street and a rejection of phraseology that Plutarch and Josephus and Philo might have used if they'd had the opportunity to chat with each other. The fact is that there were, even in the Hellenistic era, Stilhöhen comparable to the modern distinction between Katharevousa and Dimotiki
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I brought up Matthew 13:44 (see below for text) as related to this answer, though it was only tangentially related. I brought up the question
Is that not a literal passage? along with the verse, and decided to spin it off into it's own question. Is it? Specifically, the part about selling one's possessions. Are we actually meant to sell all we have to "buy the field containing that treasure" (i.e. do what good we can with it)?
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.


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Vatican Official Highlights Global Impact of U.S. Pro-Life Marches
Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, says the American events are a historic witness for the entire world.
ROME — A top Vatican official on life issues called the demonstrations sweeping across the U.S. this week against abortion a historic witness to the sanctity of human life.
"These marches for life that are taking place across the United States are very important, not only for the country, but for the whole world," Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, told Catholic News Agency Jan. 23.
"These events which favor human life without limits, from conception until the end, have become a very important historical reference for all other Catholic countries worldwide," he added.
"And if we talk about the Vatican as another face of the Church, then we can say the Church supports these marches in the whole world, because the participants are the Church themselves."
From coast to coast, pro-life marches and rallies in America continue to mark the week of Jan. 22 as the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — the Supreme Court decision that effectively legalized abortion throughout the nation.
According to the 75-year-old Spanish bishop, the Vatican aims to help those who are on the front lines of the cultural battle to defend life. The Holy See "is well aware that these actions have become very visible in the world, especially in the United States," he said.
The Pontifical Academy for Life will be holding its annual assembly next month, where all its members from abroad will meet in Rome. The annual meeting features guest speakers, and this year's theme will be on "faith and human life."
"Our talk will relate to this because it'll cover not only the defense of human life, but love for human life," said Bishop de Paula, who has served the academy since 1994 and was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as its president in 2010.
"Life is worth living, and there are a lot of people who need to be told that."
Despite the devastation of 40 years of legalized abortion in the U.S., he noted, it has also helped raise awareness of the value of human life.
"Many women have reacted by rebelling ... saying they don't accept this, and they want to do what is possible to change with, of course, specific means," he added. "I really believe that, like slavery, we will be able to eradicate abortion eventually."
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At the same time, he qualified, abortion legalization has had a profoundly negative impact on the social value of maternity.
"Abortion doesn't help women when they are in need of most support, and then it becomes a fountain of interior suffering," he added. "We've been created by God to be happy, and what abortion does is simply the opposite."
The Academy for Life has studied in depth the trauma that abortion can cause in women, often many years after the procedure.
"The consequences include a very large umbrella, with a minority of women who hardly notice they've had an abortion and others who develop serious disorders," said the former director of the Bioethics Institute of the University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.
"Women can have anxiety neurosis, depression and even more serious disorders, especially with personalities, with a predisposition to a psychotic disorder," he added.
Women who undergo abortions are themselves victims, especially when doctors advise them to undergo an abortion, he said. "Sometimes women are just not able to defend themselves from certain situations."


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Prince George's County Police: 3 children reported abducted found safe
Authorities cancel Amber Alert; Police charge woman
Prince George's County Police Department said the woman who reported her three children were taken Sunday night will be charged.
Police said three children -- ages 1, 4 and 5 -- were reported abducted during a car theft at an Liberty Gas Station at Central Avenue and Ritchie Road in Seat Pleasant.
Police said a woman told them she was pumping gas when someone jumped into her car, with the children inside, and drove away.
Investigators issued an Amber Alert through Maryland State Police to find the vehicle. Police said it was later located unattended in Washington D.C.
Detectives said they believe the woman falsely claimed her children were in the vehicle to obtain faster police response.
Late Sunday night, police said the woman will be charged with making a false report. The children are safe, police said.


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When I was a freshman in high school, I remember the day when a good friend of mine broke his ankle and showed up to school with his leg in a cast. In the 15 years I had been alive at that point, I had never broken any part of my body and so, upon seeing my friend, I couldn't help but wonder what it felt like to break a bone. In fact, I spent most of that school day wondering how it must feel and I didn't stop thinking about it after school either. That night, moments before I went to bed, I even took it so far as to wish that I would break a bone myself. I wasn't looking for a major break, like a leg or collarbone, just a minor one, so that I could get a taste of such an injury.
Two days later I broke my wrist while playing basketball.
When I was 17 years old and still in high school, another one of my friends was arrested one night for fighting during our town's annual Portuguese Festival. In front of hundreds of people he was cuffed by the police and carted off to the police station where he spent most of the night in jail. And being my curious self, I immediately began to wonder what it must feel like to get arrested. Of course, I didn't really want to get arrested, but I once again couldn't help making a wish that night, wishing that I could somehow feel what it was like to spend a night in jail.
One week later I was arrested.
My arrest took place at a large Saturday night party that was broken up by the police and where I committed those typical teenager crimes of being a minor transporting liquor and public drinking.
And even though my crimes were quite insignificant, I certainly got a taste of what it's like to be arrested. I was slammed against a car, handcuffed and forced to stand in the middle of the car park as dozens of cars, full of my fellow high school attendees, drove by one by one. I was then transported to the police station where I was given my one phone call and then tossed in a cell for 5 hours, where there was nothing to do but sit on a hard bench, just staring at the wall.
I even had to appear in court that Monday, where, luckily, I was slapped with only a minor fine after receiving a stern lecture from the judge.
So why on earth was I thinking about my broken wrist and my night in jail?
Well, when I left Mexico almost a year ago in order to travel around the Middle East, I remember quite well the day I packed up my belongings and moved out of my small apartment here in Playa del Carmen. I remember it so well because, as I drove away for the last time that day, I set a goal for myself. If I were to ever find myself living in Playa del Carmen again, I wanted to be able to afford a more comfortable lifestyle.
I'm not talking about a luxurious lifestyle, not at all. I'm merely talking about one in which my apartment would be a little more spacious, the kitchen a little more suitable for cooking and the living room consisting of more than one chair. Consider it a slight upgrade, one that I often kept in mind while slaving away on my computer ever since.
Now, here I am, back in Mexico, having just decided to spend the next couple of months living by the beach once again. And sure enough, the hard work and lack of sleep and the determination to work on new project ideas over the past 10 months have paid off. My apartment this time around is exactly what I wanted (and it even has a swimming pool!).
The simple point is that if we don't wish, if we don't dream, if we don't imagine or believe every single day in the goals we want to achieve (both big and small goals), we might as well not even have those goals in the first place. There's often more to it of course, such as endless hours of dedication and battling a steady stream of obstacles, but having the right mindset is where it all begins.
I used to spend many nights lying awake, able to do nothing but wish for and dream about living a lifestyle in which I could travel around the world, wherever and whenever I wanted. It certainly took a ridiculous amount of work to get there, but had I never spent so much time believing that it was possible, I'd be back home right now wondering what my life could have been like.
So there you go. If you're unable to buy that plane ticket to Buenos Aires or Bangkok just yet, or take off for that 6 month trip you've been dreaming of, whatever you do, don't stop dreaming. If you stop believing that you will be on that plane one day, you'll never make it.
Always remember, you too can get arrested if you really want to.
(On another note, if anyone is headed to Playa del Carmen, I might be able to help you find a suitable apartment as I'm now familiar with every single accommodation option in town after my recent apartment hunting session!)


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The ratings just keep rising, so Buzz is back with a new general knowledge show to keep all quiz fiends satisfied. Buzz!: The Mega Quiz is bursting with new videos, music and photos, and an all-new database of 5,000 questions.
The studio and presentation have been spruced up and Buzz is just as stylish as always! New rounds have been added alongside some old favourites, with the finale revamped for an even more exciting conclusion. With all this, plus refined multiplayer features, this title is set to tax even the most hardened quiz fan.
Slick TV-style presentation that feels more like a real gameshow than ever before means you'll see more of the studio, more of the contestants and more of Buzz!
Featuring all-new round types, including Point Picker, Winner Stays On and The Final Countdown, Buzz has also worked with producers to develop "Mystery Games" - special rounds where he takes to centre stage and challenges the contestants to take him on. These special rounds give Buzz the opportunity to show off his multi-talented nature as a card shark, horse trainer and all-round raconteur.
• 5,000 brand new general knowledge questions, covering TV, movies, music, sports, science, nature and more
• Choose from 16 contestants, including favourites like Ash and Pelvis and brand new characters, such as mighty superhero Quiz Man!
• Includes a range of movie, sports and nature clips, as well as TV footage
Mega fun
Buzz, everybody's favourite spiky headed, sharp-suited quizmaster is back for another round with the biggest quiz yet! We've survived the buzzish inquisition through the Music Quiz, the Big Quiz, and the Sports Quiz, so what is it about the Mega Quiz that makes it so...well, mega?
First off, there are tons of new questions, spanning enough categories to make Chris Tarrant blush. What will Prince Charles be called when he becomes King? Who invented the steam engine? If you don't know, now's the time to start studying, because things are noticeably more difficult this time around. That said, you can choose an easy, normal or hard game, as well as adjusting the game length to suit your needs, so it's easy for anyone to get involved. You can even use a memory card to reduce question repetition, helping to keep the game fresh.
The range of media on offer has expanded too. In addition to the music clips made famous by the original Buzz!: The Music Quiz, there are also film clips from famous movies, hundreds of celebrity photos and even full-length music videos.
Quite a bunch of characters
And that's not all; some new colourful and crazy characters have stepped up to the podium to take part. As well as returning favourites like the fat Elvis-alike, the afroed-disco dancer and the chirpy Euro disco diva, there are some great new additions to the team. There's an over-muscled superhero (with a "superior intellect") a commendably mute mime and a masked Mexican wrestler, along with lots of other fun characters to take the grilling from Buzz so you don't have to.
There are some other great new additions this time around too. The production values have been ramped up yet again (and they'd have to be, considering the helicopter load of cash it took to tempt Buzz back for the Big Quiz), with a bigger and better set, more pyrotechnics and an even shinier suit for Buzz. Everything feels more polished and large-scale, perfectly replicating the feeling of being on a TV quiz show.
Hot buzz
Some rounds have been given a makeover, such as Pie Fight, a take on the Hitman round of the Big Quiz that sees you throwing harmless custard pies at your victims, while other rounds are completely new, like the excellent Globetrotter. This sees you jetting off around the world to answer questions themed around the various countries you visit, with the winner choosing the next country to fly to.
Another new feature is the Mystery Round. Reach the halfway point of the game and Buzz will roll out one of his infamous mystery challenges. Ranging from betting on a miniature horse race to knocking down ducks in a shooting range, the Buzz Mystery Challenges are a fun way to break up the game and give you the chance to get the drop on your cleverer (or luckier) friends.
Never mind the Buzz-clocks
The most important round though, is the final round - the appropriately named Final Countdown. Your points won throughout the game transform into time, which slowly ticks down as you answer the questions. A wrong answer will cause you to lose a chunk of time, and the last contestant left standing at the end of the round is officially declared the winner. This is a great addition to the series, and means that even if you haven't been performing so well throughout the game you can still come back and win.
Another nice touch is the awards given at the end of the show. The Genius Cup is awarded to the player with the most right answers, the Itchy Trigger Trophy goes to the player with the fastest average answer speed, the Loser's Medal goes to the player with the most incorrect answers and the Slowcoach Award goes to the player with the slowest average answer speed. It's a small addition, but it's nice to win the Genius Cup even if you didn't win the game, and everyone can laugh at the winner of the Loser's Medal for being such an idiot. Come on, you know you're going to.
In fact, Buzz!: The Mega Quiz is full of these little touches, which is what makes it a worthy purchase and sets it apart from its predecessors. The new multimedia content, fun new characters and the improved set and production values all go toward making it one of the most fun social gaming experiences that it's possible to have with your PlayStation 2. And who knows, you might even learn something along the way.
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I think I'm a reasonably nice, decent human being. True, I have a few quirks, for example, accidentally setting my "Jewfro" on fire a lot, getting shingles when in the presence of a scale, and assuming a toe blister could be cancer.
But, overall, I follow the commandments as best I can, give to charity, help my friends, say please and thank you, floss and ingest a tub of fiber daily.
However, there's one huge blip that no doubt will be a blot my permanent record card when I get (hopefully) "up there."
Not only am I a hopeless hoarder, I'm a secret sneaker.
Food. Not only am I a hopeless hoarder, I'm a secret sneaker (I'm not talking Adidas).
Not my fault. I no doubt inherited it from my Polish bubbe, who, till her dying day, carried around, not a purse, but a "setchel" in which she stuffed enough food to support a family of five, should Cossacks accost Jewish cars on the Long Island Expressway.
And of course, all that talk of bomb shelters in the 1960s didn't help an already meshugge maidel. To this day, instead of counting sheep to fall asleep, I count – food. I drift off with thoughts of how many meals I could make for my sequestered loved ones while waiting for the radiation to evaporate.
I admit this peculiarity has been the cause of some embarrassment (for those around me). So, I decided it was time to finally get this off my guilty chest by telling those I trust -- you, my dear readers. So here it is. Have rachmones.
First … there's the take out buffets. I live in Las Vegas, "Buffet City." Like Miami, we have "early bird" prices – all you can eat for $5.00 (if you don't mind eating lunch at 9 a.m. and dinner at three). You can also take out. They give you a cheesy carton with three compartments that are no doubt designed by Styrofoam engineers in Tai Wan to hold one broccoli floret, a spoonful of rice, and two skinny chicken pieces.
Despite barely passing geometry, I've somehow created a new Law of Physics that would scare Newton. Here it is: "The contents of a chintzy carton can exceed its capacity by five pounds if food is layered by a slightly meshugge Jewish woman with a strong rubber band." I've actually mastered shoving in five meals by the principle of "careful placement" – rice on bottom, piling up the meat or fish, filling the corners with veggies. If you need proof, it's on my bathroom scale.
You know where my disorder has gotten inflamed most? Hollywood. Agents' parties and green rooms are like hitting three cherries on a one-armed bandit. It started when I was invited to a major macher agent's holiday party. Tables were laden with food for the taking. So, I took … and took. True, he wasn't my agent, and frankly, I didn't like him. But … no excuses, I've vowed to come clean.
Hey, did I see a sign that said: "No take out" (I looked)? So I "took out" – a little. In my purse. I'd bring home say, a brownie or two, some candy, or a small piece of brisket for my son. In fairness, I always waited till the end to make sure the 1,000 wealthy people were duly fed. But, if there was something that had dried out, why should it be thrown away, right? Writers are always hungry, so my circle of pals challenged me: Could I get a slightly ripe three foot cheese wheel in my evening bag? (I did ask a waiter who was fine with it, and was duly punished with a bag that is still so farshtunken it's flattened three purse snatchers.)
TV shows have green rooms for waiting guests. Now, here you're supposed to fill up. However, geography counts. On the East Coast, the green rooms are filled with ganza deli, subs, and sides. As I get a little nauseous before a show and don't want shmutz on me in front of millions, in New York I take my portion "for later" after asking permission. On the West Coast, as everyone's on a health kick and weighs 80 pounds, the "spread" is carrot sticks and rice cakes. In Los Angeles, the fare makes me nauseous, so I don't care. (Even I won't stoop to stuffing cardboard food.)
Do I even need to mention doggie bags ("Darling, you'll throw in a little bread with that?"), or the fact that in my own lifetime, I'll never have to buy: Sweet'N Low, soy sauce, straws, ketchup, or mustard, or that you can have a nice lunch at Costco, "tasting?"
So, should you and I share this peculiar strand of DNA … by all means give back. A lady on the express line is short 25 cents? Pay it! A senior citizen is shlepping groceries? Open her trunk! A driver is farshimmelt and needs to cut in fast? Let him! One size-fits-no-one clothes? Donate.
The way I figure it, the Man upstairs keeps an accounting, and please God, according to His math, living a life trying to do mitzvahs should white out hoarding a few soy sauce packets – even if they're enough to blanket Beijing.


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Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:^I think Rapids and BB stay stagnant, and jets are turned on in the morning. The flumes drain and refill almost instantaneously with the way the jets work. If the jets stop, the flume drains almost immediately.Sent from my VS820 using Tapatalk
Re-Check 9 wrote:What's the deal with SF Outfitters? I've only seen it open once ever, and I've been going to the park regularly since 2009.
RollingCoasting wrote:Re-Check 9 wrote:What's the deal with SF Outfitters? I've only seen it open once ever, and I've been going to the park regularly since 2009.It's not on the map anymore either.
MollysMomma wrote:Random park questions seemed like a good place to post.Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of having some of the coasters not open until 11:00? I'm sorry if this has been discussed previously. I guess I can kind of understand Eagle, as it's in the back of the park, but why Whizzer? Is it a matter of trying to save a little on staffing?Kind of the same question on Scenic Railway. It's a popular attraction for families, why the limited operation of 2:00-8:00?
Dan The Coaster Man wrote:Home park is SFGAm and I have a photo pass. I used my photo pass at SFNE today but my pictures aren't on there. Is this because it's not SFGAm or does it take a little more time or what's the sitch?
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A press statement released by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) Wednesday morning announced that The African National Congress (ANC) and The Scottish Green Party have both endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The ANC, the ruling party in South Africa, reasserted its support for BDS by discouraging travel to Israel, and calling for "the isolation of the UN List of businesses that [illegally] operate in the [Israeli] occupied territories in Palestine."
The ANC had previously endorsed BDS in 2012, declaring itself to be "unapologetic in its view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel."
The Scottish Green Party, a left-wing political party in Scotland, has labelled Israel an "apartheid" state, and accused it of "systematic infringements of international law." The party voted overwhelmingly in favour of endorsing an economic, cultural, and academic boycott of Israel.
The Scottish Green Party has called for a military embargo to be issued on Israel alongside UN sanctions and the prosecution of Israelis suspected of war crimes.
A spokesperson for the BNC, Dr Haidar Eid, professor of literature at Al Aqsa University in Gaza, stated that "Palestinians everywhere welcome the ANC and the Scottish Green Party's endorsements of effective BDS" at this time of "extreme brutality, racist criminality and colonial hubris by Israel and its Jewish fundamentalist settler militias."
Eid stated that the endorsements of BDS are a "reminder that people of conscience can hold Israel to account and challenge its impunity."
Eurig Scandrett, who moved the motion in support of BDS at the Scottish Green Party conference, told the Palestine Monitor that "the Green approach is to support nonviolent resistance to colonisation and to express solidarity with colonised people."
Scandrett believes that "Palestinian resistance takes many forms," but he has consistently heard from Palestinians that the international community can have a positive impact on this resistance by supporting BDS.
By isolating Israel through BDS, the international community can put pressure on Israel, which Scandrett hopes "will help to weaken the colonial violence and move towards negotiations [and] towards an equal and democratic future for Palestine."
Dr Haidar Eid has echoed this belief that BDS is an effective means by which the international community can contribute to Palestinian resistance by citing the effectiveness of international boycotts in the South African struggle against apartheid. .
Eid has stated "as in the struggle against apartheid South Africa, Palestinians are empowered and inspired by international grassroots and civil society measures to isolate Israel and the corporations that enable its regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid to continue."
The BDS movement has called for an "international wave of action in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle" to begin the weekend of 16-18 October. BDS urges the international community "to take action and develop Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions efforts."
At this time of increased violence against Palestinians, BDS believes that "an effective international response is urgently needed to pressure governments, institutions and corporations to end their role in Israel's crimes."
Events are being organised in towns and cities across the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people as part of this "wave of action."
BDS' suggestions for actions the international community can partake in include calling for military embargoes against Israel, campaigning against companies which are complicit in the occupation, and educating about Palestinian rights through campaigning for BDS.
The BDS movement tweeted yesterday that the "wave of action" allows the international community to "join a new generation of Palestinians rising up against Israeli apartheid."
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Longer use of tamoxifen may reduce breast cancer recurrences, study finds
A study finds that breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead of five years as doctors recommend now.
The results could change treatment, especially for younger women. They are a surprise because earlier research suggested that taking the hormone-blocking drug for longer than five years might be harmful.
In the new study, women who took tamoxifen for 10 years lowered their risk of a recurrence by 25 percent and of dying of breast cancer by 29 percent compared to those who took the pills for just five years.
The study was discussed at a cancer conference in Texas and published in the journal Lancet.


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The American writer Gertrude Stein, searching in vain for her childhood home in Oakland, famously said of the city, "There's no there there."
After spending a short election night talking with Meg Whitman's aides, it's clear that there's finally a there there.
Oakland, get ready for your political close-up.
Jerry Brown's time as governor of California, from 1975 to 1983, has gotten plenty of attention and scrutiny. But Whitman's aides see more opportunity in criticizing his much more recent two terms, from 1999 through 2007, as mayor of Oakland.
Whitman will argue that Brown failed as mayor, citing problems with crime and especially the schools, which had to be taken over during his time as mayor.
Brown is likely to counter forcefully by pointing to redevelopment in Oakland's downtown and to two successful charter schools he founded.
Both campaigns will spend millions of dollars attempting to define Oakland. Whitman will portray it as a tough place; Brown will talk about it as a turnaround story.
Perhaps in the exchange we'll get an answer to one of those big, cosmic questions that haunt men for all their lives:
Who do we blame for the Raiders?


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Oxfam Bookshop Victoria
Oxfam is the UK's largest second hand bookseller. Oxfam bookshops offer a wider selection of books than most shops, from modern fiction and leisure interest to more specialist subjects, classics, and rare or collectable books. We also sell a good range of Fairtrade food and a selection of attractive greetings cards. Come and browse!
- 34 Strutton Ground, Victoria, London, SW1P 2HR
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Researchers from Keele University said the silicon-rich water can alter the course of cognitive decline in patients by removing toxic aluminium from their bodies, according to the Daily Express.
It has long been known that aluminium has some link to the development of the disease, but whether aluminium is the cause has not been established.
The researchers found that drinking water packed with silicon "significantly reduced" levels of the neuro toxin in the body of patients.
The study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, said that the patients studied drank a litre of mineral water a day for 13 weeks.
The study involved 15 Alzheimer's patients and their carers or partners -- 15 women and 15 men in total.
The brand of water used was from Malaysia. But he said water sold in Britain have similar silicon levels.
The brand of water used was from Malaysia. But he said water sold in Britain have similar silicon levels.
One patient saw the amount of aluminium in his body drop by 70 percent. Most patients showed no further signs of cognitive decline, and three showed a major improvement.
The results gave new hope of finding simple ways to fight the disease, Christopher Exley, who led the study, was quoted as saying by the British daily.
"There were two parts to our research. The first is that drinking silicon water does remove aluminium from the body. When you drink silicon-rich mineral water, aluminium throughout the body is gathered up into the blood and excreted through the urine," Exley said.