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->''"A card! A card! My kingdom for a card!"''
''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelist of the Roses'' is a ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' video game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. It is a sequel to ''VideoGame/YuGiOhForbiddenMemories'' and a prequel to ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheFalseboundKingdom''.
The game centers on the player character being pulled through time to arrive at Stonehenge circa the mid 1400s, during [[UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses the War of the Roses]]. [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Henry Tudor]], who prefers his nickname "Yugi," has sent his priest Simon [=McMooran=] to Stonehenge to summon the "Rose Duelist," who is prophesied to be TheChosenOne to turn the tide of war against the enemy Yorkists. However, Rose Crusader Seto Rosenkreuz has also arrived and offers the player to join the Yorkists and fight Yugi and the Lancastrians on their side. Both sides task the player to infiltrate the enemy's territory and duel their elite commanders to recover the [[PlotCoupon "Rose Cards"]] from the other side. Each side has 8, and together the cards are said to unlock great power.
Gameplay is different from most ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' games. Players control a Deck Leader on a large tiled board, and can only play one card a turn on a square adjacent to their Deck Leader. Once in play their cards, be they Monster, Magic or Trap, can move around the board freely until an opponent's card moves against them, revealing the Monster or activating the Magic or Trap effect.
The tiled board can be terraformed with Field Cards, with appropriate power boosts given for monsters battling on them. Players move their cards around the board, attacking opposing monsters or attacking the opposing Deck Leader directly, to deplete the opponent's Life Points. Otherwise the usual EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the early ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' video games, particularly freely fusing cards into new ones and using power-up cards on monsters they shouldn't affect, is in play.
!! This game provides examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: On the Yorkist side Seto is much less of a villain in this game than he was in ''Forbidden Memories'', or even in the regular canon. Subverted if you're on Yugi's team, where he's a manipulative villain again.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Due to limited screen time, Henry Tudor (Yugi) comes off as much more of a jerk, especially in the Lancastrian ending where [[spoiler: he takes the credit for the player character's accomplishments once they head back to their own era.]] Subverted if you're on Seto's team, as he's a GracefulLoser who nonetheless vows to win the war.
* TheAllSeeingAI: While most ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' games in the pre-DS era were rife with this anyway, Pegasus--a frequent offender where this trope is concerned--was likely intentional given the powers of his [[MagicalEye Millennium Eye]]. As such, [[ArtificialBrilliance Pegasus is one of the few CPU opponents who doesn't regularly fall for the player's traps and bluffs]], carefully calculating terrain and card effects before making his move.
* AlternateHistory: As the summary above should hint.
* AnachronismStew: Aside from some of the European historical figures taking on Japanese names, things like machines and cartoons didn't exist during the Wars of the Roses.
* AndYouWereThere: Everyone in the game is a pre-incarnation of someone from the main ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, with the exception of [[spoiler:[=DarkNite=]'s brother]].
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: Both sides of the story reveal differing details about the plot, particularly concerning Seto and the Rose Cards. Because of the PerspectiveFlip, [[spoiler:Seto [[GoodAllAlong is actually a pretty noble guy]] (though something of an AntiHero) if you side with the Yorkists, as opposed to a straight-up villain seeking the power of Manawyddan fab Llyr if you side with the Lancastrians. He even apologizes for accidentally unsealing the entity using the Great Summoning of the Roses.]]
* BigBad: [[UsefulNotes/RichardIII Richard Slysheen of York]].
* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the Japanese version, Slysheen's corpse is seen instead of just his crown, and more corpses are shown as Yugi is being crowned king. They're cropped out in other versions.
* BraggingRightsReward: Completing both sides of the game's storyline lets you duel all opponents on one save file... but you've beaten the game, so why bother?
* ColorCodedCharacters: Red roses for Yugi and the Lancastrians, white roses for Seto and the Yorkists.
* CompositeCharacter: Labyrinth Ruler is a stand-in for both Paradox Brothers.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: A number of opponents in the storyline have cards in their decks that are either inaccessible to the player or can only be obtained during a Destiny Draw. The final boss in both storylines has such a card as its Deck Leader.
* TheComputerIsALyingBastard: The Raise Body Heat card. The description says it powers up Dragons and Reptiles. It does not. It actually powers up ''Dinosaurs'' and Reptiles. Similarly, Malevolent Nuzzler says it powers up female Fiends. It actually powers up females OR Fiends. These may simply be translation problems. Each monster has a list of cards they get powered up by, so it's best to reference these lists just to be sure.
* ContinuityNod: When [[spoiler:Manawyddan fab Llyr is unsealed in the Yorkists' campaign, he heavily implies that he's the brother of [[VideoGame/YuGiOhForbiddenMemories DarkNite/Nitemare]]. And he's plenty unhappy about what happened to that guy.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Manawyddan fab Llyr:''' "First you humans awakened my brother from the sands of Egypt and sealed him away again!"]]
** The end of the Lancastrian campaign has a message from ''Forbidden Memories''' Priest Seto, who tells his descendants to keep seeking the Card Guardian, implying that [[spoiler:Manawyddan fab Llyr]] is the wrong one.
* CrackFic: What if the Wars of the Roses were fought using the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' game with characters from the anime portraying the historical figures involved? [[RuleOfCool You'd have this game.]]
* CrackPairing: [[invoked]] The developers may or may not have realized that by association with historical names, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stanley,_1st_Earl_of_Derby Pegasus]] is implied to marry [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Beaufort,_Countess_of_Richmond_and_Derby Mai]] in the near future after the game's events.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:According to the Lancastrian side of the story, Seto's ancestors made a pact with a Card Guardian for wealth and power. Seto's hope is that the Guardian sealed by the Rose Cards is the same being so he can cash in on that pact.]]
* DeusExMachina: The Destiny Draw mechanic allows a player, once per duel, to topdeck exactly the card they need to get out of what might be an otherwise Unwinnable situation. Taken UpToEleven in that the card in question need not even be one in the player's deck, and in fact several cards can only be found this way. Both human players and computer opponents can benefit from this, although the odds of it happening depend on the rank of the Deck Leader.
* DirtyCoward: Bonz and Bakura use very low deck costs to force you to use weaker monsters. If you lose to Bakura, he lampshades it and asks if you think him a coward.
* TheDragon: Seto to Slysheen.
** DragonTheirFeet: Justified as he's also a...
** DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:His only interest in gathering the Rose Cards to perform the Great Summoning. If you're fighting for the Lancastrians, this additionally means unsealing Manawydan fab Llyr--intentionally.]]
* EarlyBirdBoss: Rex Raptor is fought on the Wasteland terrain, which increases his monsters' strength by 500 points. At this point in the game, the only other opponent you'd be able to defeat would be Weevil, whose forest creatures are weakened by Wasteland terrain. If you start with Fairy King Truesdale, whose deck is almost all insects and plants, your only hope is judicious use of the Forest Magic Card and Acid Trap Hole. On later tries Rex isn't nearly as bad when you have more variety in monsters.
* EnemyMine: Yami Bakura is on the side of the Lancastrians as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade Jack Cade,]] the same man responsible for leading a revolt against [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfPlantagenet Henry VI]], Yugi's father.
* FaceHeelTurn: Ishizu ([[LastNameBasis known here as "Ishtar"]]) is on the side of the Yorkists.
* GracefulLoser:
** [[spoiler:Rosenkreuz]] ''looks'' to be one when defeated in the Lancastrian story, but see NiceJobBreakingItHero and XanatosGambit below.
** Yugi is one when he's defeated in the Yorkists' story.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Manawyddan fab Llyr]] is the final boss, and Seto's goals in both campaigns revolve around unsealing him.
* HaveANiceDeath: Losing to an opponent in Story Mode will have them comment on your defeat.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Pegasus]] does this in the Yorkist storyline.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Seto pretends to bow out gracefully after you defeat him.
-->'''Seto:''' "Well done, Duelist... I may have lost, but my heart sings with the joy of having faced you in battle. T'was a duel to be remembered. I take great pride in the fact that I fall by your hand... And if you believe ''that'', I'll sell you some swampland in the outer reaches of the realm!"
* InfinityPlusOneElement: The Immortal cards can only be found by going to certain squares on the map and searching. Though they don't get field bonuses, they're all immune to Crush terrain and create it upon death, which makes them dangerous to attack. Also, uniquely, their counterparts in the actual game usually have a claustrophobic close-up for their picture (for instance, the picture of Souleater is of a tiny fishlike creature, with the card not showing that it's contained in a fishbowl as part of a horrifying spider-mech), so if you wanted to see what they looked like, you had to play the game.
* MagikarpPower: Leveling up a monster card's rank unlocks special abilities when that card is made your Deck Leader. Low-level monsters are harder to rank up, but often get additional abilities to compensate for it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In the Lancastrian story, [[spoiler:your duel with Seto is what unseals Manawydan fab Llyr, as all it took was having all 16 Rose Cards present during a great duel -- nothing said Seto had to have the cards with him for it to work]].
* OldSaveBonus: With a ''Forbidden Memories'' memory card file, several Duel Masters are unlocked as opponents, and inputting passwords given at the end of ''Forbidden Memories'' in ''Duelists of the Roses'' gives you rare cards.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Aside from Pegasus, Seto and Slysheen, none of the Yorkists have real world names associated with them, going by their usual names or [[RedBaron titles evocative of their real names/deck types]] (ex. Bonz is Necromancer, [=PaniK=] is Darkness Ruler).
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler:Implied with the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manawydan Manawyddan fab Llyr.]]]]
* RealityWarper: Downplayed with the final boss. The center of the Stonehenge arena during the duel with Seto has the standard terrain type, but during the final battle the terrain changes to either pure darkness or the viral Crush terrain.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Invoked in gameplay. By joining Kaiba's side, you can change history and defeat Yugi's army. It helps that his argument is very convincing.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Manawyddan fab Llyr.]]
* ShownTheirWork:
** The usage of real historical names, mostly in proper context (Tea taking the place of Henry Tudor's wife Elizabeth of York), show that someone on the development team had a history textbook handy. For instance, Pegasus [[spoiler:betrays Richard to aid Yugi when he attacks England, and Thomas Stanley was a secret supporter of Henry Tudor and his treachery to Richard was discovered during the Battle of Bosworth Field]].
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Rosenkreuz Christian Rosenkreuz]] has nothing to do with the Wars of the Roses or Richard III, and according to legends lived 50+ years before the Wars of the Roses. However, as [[Fridge/YuGiOhTheDuelistsOfTheRoses the Fridge page for the game]] goes into detail on, the symbolism behind the Order of the Rose Cross Rosenkreuz founded, Seto's motives in this game, and the acknowledgment that this is AlternateHistory, actually make Rosenkreuz's presence surprisingly appropriate.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRlUojum41g The classy Lancastrian battle music]] sounds out of place when dueling Joey and Tristan.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The game's title has a habit of being marginally misspelled elsewhere, usually by [[TheTheTitleConfusion omitting the "The"]] (i.e "Duelists of the Roses"), using a singular noun (i.e. "The Duelist of the Roses"), or a combination of the two.
* VillainHasAPoint: Seto's argument for why you should join the Yorkists is a pretty good one. The Lancastrians were losing the war badly enough that they needed to summon you, so they really aren't in much of a position to gather the Rose Cards and send you back to your time. What's more, he offers to let you decide your own fate, while Simon is convinced you'll join his side without much coercion.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Keith, as always, but in the absence of America, he wears a Union Jack on his head. [[AnachronismStew Which didn't exist then either]], [[RuleOfCool but then again, neither did slot machines or dragons with revolvers for heads]].
* WhereItAllBegan: The player returns to Stonehenge for the final battle in both storylines.
* WorthyOpponent: Seto sees you as one if you join the Lancastrians, even respecting your decision to join the other side despite his disappointment. In the Yorkist campaign, this is dropped (since you're allied with him), but Seto [[spoiler:rewards the player with a pendant as thanks for their efforts, telling them to show it to his descendants in their time and pledging his family's loyalty to the powerful Rose Duelist]].
* XanatosGambit: In the Lancaster storyline, [[spoiler:when you beat the Rose Crusaders and Richard to gather the seven White Rose Cards, Seto waits for you at Stonehenge. He needs all sixteen cards there to unleash Manawyddan fab Llyr, but nothing says he has to be in physical possession of them all, so it didn't matter to him which side gathered all the cards. For that matter, it doesn't matter who wins the duel, as long as it happens.]]


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Optus and Vodafone hope their $700 million national 3G mobile network joint venture will be up and running in the third quarter of 2005.
Not to be outdone, Telstra yesterday said it would launch its 3G mobile network, in partnership with Hutchison, in five mainland capital cities by July next year.
Optus and Vodafone will spend between $300 million and $350 million for a 50 per cent interest in the assets, capacity and cost of building and operating the network.
The network will share more than 2000 base stations across Australia.
Both companies will provide an additional $100 million to $150 million on the call network services, billing operations and other applications.
The head of Optus mobile, Allen Lew, said the joint deal would save Optus $330 million in capital expenditure, maintenance and site leases over three years. The savings compare with the $435 million cost of Optus building its own network.
Vodafone Australia chief executive Grahame Maher said the deal would deliver the company similar savings.
"Together we have committed to rolling out a network of 3G sites, initially in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, followed by Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and other regions," Mr Maher said.
He added that Vodafone continued to push for GSM to be the telecommunications network standard in Australia, because the alternative, CDMA, locked customers into a technology that "played straight into the hands of Telstra".
CDMA provides about 20 per cent of telecommunications network coverage in the world.
The shared network will use Nokia Multi-Operator Radio Access Network technology, in a world first.
Telstra shares finished 1 ¢ higher at $4.74 while Singapore Telecommunications scrip dropped 1 ¢ to $1.83.


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We live in a 1956 bungalow on a quiet court street. Ours is exactly like all the other houses on our street: single level, orange brick with small rooms, few windows and a myriad of decorating and design challenges.
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The Judds Build A Bridge, Terri Clark Lies – Today In Country Music History
Terri Clark was at the top of the charts on this date in 2004, the Judds were building bridges in 1990, all eyes were on the World Trade Center buildings in 2001 and more.
Touching Animated Shorts From 9/11 Initiative Honor Lives Lost [VIDEOS]
Working with the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, the oral history project StoryCorps is on a mission to record at least one story honoring each of the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center that occurred on February 26, 1993 and on September 11, 2001.
Victims of 9/11 Attacks Remembered at 10-Year Anniversary Ceremony [PICTURES]
The victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were remembered at a ceremony marking the 10-year anniversary of the tragic events on Sunday.
10 Years After Terrorist Attacks, 9/11 Memorial to Open [PHOTOS]
The Sept. 11 Memorial is set to open exactly 10 years and one day after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center. The 9/11 Memorial will open on September 12, after being dedicated during Sunday's remembrance ceremony in New York City.
What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]
The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space.
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Peg Ogonowski's late husband, John, was the captain of American Flight 11 — better known as the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
"It was that moment of before and after," said Peg, a former flight attendant. "There was my whole life before and then everything changed. It was a real line in my life that there will always be before 9/11 and after 9/11."
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The images that emerged in the hours and weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks have been imprinted in many of our minds. With the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, we take a look back at some of the more iconic pictures from the attacks.
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The PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) is another way to go if you're looking to get top-heavy in AAPL stock, but …
… I've always viewed QQQ's holdings as the investing version of what you eat when you get the drunk munchies. It's whatever seems to be around, and would make no sense to a sober human being.
The QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100, which is made up of the Nasdaq's 100 largest non-financial stocks. As a result, QQQ is by far the least tech-oriented of these funds, with only a little more than half of the fund dedicated to the sector (and a monster chunk of that goes to AAPL stock). Another quarter of the fund is made up of consumer stocks such as Starbucks (SBUX) and Costco (COST). Then you've got a sizable 13%-plus stowed away in healthcare stocks like biotech firm Amgen (AMGN), or even Henry Schein (HSIC). It even holds Fastenal (FAST), which sells supplies like bolts and washers.
Thing is, there's nothing wrong with fund diversity, but there's no solid theme here. On one hand, it's not as tech-focused as, say, IYW or VGT. On the other hand, and if you're looking for diversity, it's far more unbalanced than a simple index fund like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).
Of course, maybe a bender hodgepodge is just the trick. QQQ has handily beat out the IYW and SPY in most standard time frames since its inception in 1999. QQQ also yields 1.1% in dividends, and also has a low expense ratio of just 0.2%
As of this writing, Kyle Woodley was long SPY and VGT.


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The rest of the afternoon's proceedings, taken up as they were with the preliminaries of the case, bored him.
Clif received him cordially, but lost little time in preliminaries.
In September Bedford was sent to Paris to settle the preliminaries.
He drove the preliminaries forward with a sort of tremulous insistence.
But there had been some preliminaries attending his departure.
As we have said, there was no settling about preliminaries, no talking about choice as to the time of drawing.
We are still busy with the statutes, with the preliminaries.
You will receive from us a joint letter with a copy of the preliminaries.
The count, who was in haste to witness the coronation of his flame, was already arranging the preliminaries of his marriage.
"Perhaps Min will get through the preliminaries," was the rejoinder.
1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s.


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The friendly staff were always on hand to help. The room was clean and relaxing.
Chose this hotel as it had a reasonably priced room for 4. Room spacious, clean and comfortable. Breakfast good and staff helpful.
I have stayed here several times and have always had a comfortable and quiet night. The rooms are set around a garden with independent access to each. I do normally stay here in autumn/winter, however, when there are no people sitting outside until late. The food is excellent and good value and the staff have always been helpful. It is a country pub and has a beautiful location not far from Winchester.
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The alembic proper is a sort of still-head which can be luted on to a flask or other vessel, and was much used for distillations.
This is the crucible from which is distilled the alembic of power.
My travelling fund had melted away in the alembic of cafés, theatres, masquerades, and "quadroon" balls.
A French physician, who travelled in China, says he never saw an alembic or distillatory apparatus in the whole country.
Put your pot under a chimney and hang thereupon an alembic Cap, whose mouth should relate to that of the pot.
In some countries, the alembic is used as a condenser, instead of a worm.
It was formed by Lacaille, and is supposed to represent a chemical furnace with an alembic and receiver!
The golden ore was passing through the alembic of adversity.
A thousand influences are poured into the alembic of the spirit, and serenity issues forth in modest splendor.
I then turned my attention to a receiver, connected by a worm with an alembic on the furnace.
late 14c., from Middle French alambic (13c.), via Old Spanish, from Arabic al-anbiq "distilling flask," from Greek ambix "cup," of unknown, possibly Semitic, origin. Often spelled limbeck 15c.-17c.


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Apoptosis, also called programmed cell death, is an orderly cellular suicide program that is critical for the development, immune regulation and homeostasis of a multi-cellular organism. Failure to control this process can lead to serious human diseases, including many types of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and autoimmununity. The process of apoptosis is mediated by the sequential activation of caspases, which are cysteine proteases. Initiator caspases, such as caspase-2, -8, -9, and -10, are activated by formation of caspase-activating complexes, which function as a platform to recruit caspases, providing proximity for self-activation. Well-known initiator caspase-activating complexes include (1) DISC (Death Inducing Signaling Complex), which activates caspases-8 and 10; (2) Apoptosome, which activates caspase-9; and (3) PIDDosome, which activates caspase-2. Because of the fundamental biological importance of capases, many structural and biochemical studies to understand the molecular basis of assembly mechanism of caspase-activating complexes have been performed. In this review, we summarize previous studies that have examined the structural and biochemical features of caspase-activating complexes. By analyzing the structural basis for the assembly mechanism of the caspase-activating complex, we hope to provide a comprehensive understanding of caspase activation by these important oligomeric complexes.
Apoptosis, also called programmed cell death, is an orderly cellular suicide program that plays critical roles in embryonic development, immune regulation and cellular homeostasis [
The process of apoptosis involves the sequential activation of particular proteases called caspases. For activation during the apoptotic process, caspases must form huge molecular complexes for self-activatation [
In this review, we summarized previous studies that examined the structural and biochemical features of caspase-activating complexes, including apoptosome, DISC, and PIDDosome. By analyzing the structural basis for the assembly mechanism of the caspase-activating complex, we hope to provide a comprehensive understanding of caspase activation by these important oligomeric complexes.
Apoptosis proceeds through characteristic morphological changes that are dependent on caspase activity. Caspases are cysteine proteases that specifically cleave proteins after aspartic acid residues [
Because caspases are the executioners of apoptosis, they are the key players in apoptotic cell death [
The DD superfamily is one of the largest and most studied domain superfamilies [
To remove healthy but unwanted or potentially dangerous cells, cell surface death receptors, which are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily, recognize death ligands in the beginning of the process. The interaction between death receptors and death ligands cause highly specific protein-protein associations to generate the oligomeric caspase-activating complex inside the cell, such as DISC. Death receptors, including Fas, contain a death domain (DD) in their intracellular regions, which is an adaptor module capable of homotypic interactions [
Two fundamentally different interaction modes between Fas and FADD have been detected recently. Based on the Fas DD:FADD DD complex structure, which was solved under acidic pH conditions, demonstrated the formation of DISC can only be regulated by Fas receptor clustering [
A more recent structural and biochemical study on DISC indicated that the dimer of the death ligand trimers may recruit six Fas DD and accommodate six FADD and six caspases for DISC assembly and caspase activation. However, the mysterious stoichiometry of the DISC-related proteins between the outside (trimeric death ligand and receptor interaction) and inside of the cell (4:4 or 5:5 assembly of Fas DD: FADD DD) and the structural discrepancy at different pH needs to be examined in more detail to better understand DISC assembly (
The mitochondria are the central players in the intrinsic apoptotsis pathway and caspase-9 is major initiator caspase in this process. Leakage of resident proteins from the mitochondrial intermembrane space to the cytosol, which can occur for many reasons, such as irreversible DNA damage, survival factor withdrawal, hypoxia, and UV irradiation, is the one of the main initial events for intrinsic apoptosis. One of the most important mitochondrial proteins that get released during intrinsic apoptosis is cytochrome C, which is a bifunctional protein that functions in electron transport and apoptosis. The release of cytochrome C to the cytosol helps to assemble the Apoptosome, which contains Apaf-1, caspase-9, and cytochrome C [
Caspase-2 is an initiator caspase and the most evolutionarily conserved caspase [
The crystal structure of the PIDDosome core, which is composed of seven RAIDD DDs and five PIDD DDs, has been determined [
Based on the current structural and biochemical information on PIDDosome, it might be possible that five or seven RAIDD interact with five PIDD DD and five or seven caspase-2, forming the round shape caspase-2 docking station (
The apoptosis process is mediated by sequential activation of caspases. To understand apoptotic cell death, therefore, many studies have examined the caspase activation mechanism. Despite intense structural and biochemical investigations, there are still many unknown features of the caspase and caspase activation mechanism. This review summarizes the most recent structural studies on the caspase-activating complexes. The key common event for activating initiator caspases is oligomerization, which allows the formation of activating dimmers. The recruitment of caspase by those caspase-activating complexes results in a local increase in the concentration of caspase, which subsequently become activated by proximity-induced dimerization.
The assembly mechanism of DISC, Apoptosome, and PIDDosome has been examined in several prevoius structural studies. For DISC assembly, it is possible that a dimer of the death ligand trimers binds to six Fas DD and accommodates six FADD and six caspases, resulting in caspase activation. However, because of the structural changes in the DISC under different pH conditions, the process of DISC formation is still unclear. The apoptosome, which is a heptameric ring-shaped molecular platform, contains seven Apaf-1, each bound to one molecule of cytochrome C and one caspase-9. PIDDosome is composed of five or seven RAIDD, five PIDD DD, and five or seven caspase-2. However, the structure of the ternary complex, containing RAIDD, PIDD, caspase-2, still needs to be determined.
Beside apoptotic caspases, there are caspases involved in inflammation, which are called inflammatory caspases, including caspase-1 and -5. Similar to the activation process of apoptotic caspases, activation of inflammatory caspases occurs throught the formation of huge caspase-activating complexes, called inflammasomes. One of the most well studied inflammasome is the NALP3 inflammasome, which is composed of three components, NALP3, ASC, and caspase-1 [
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2011-0025697 and 2011-0003406).
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Take a delectable journey through the religious history of chocolate—a real treat!
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Special Edition
- 1987 (2001) - Akira Committee/Kodansha (Pioneer)
review by Todd Doogan of
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Film Rating: A
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A-/A-/A-
Specs and Features
Disc One: The Film
125 mins, R, letterboxed widescreen (1.85:1), 16x9 enhanced, THX-certified, tin keep case-style packaging, single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (layer switch at 1:09:13 in chapter 22), THX Optimizer, "information capsules", animated film-themed menu screens with sound, scene access (36 chapters), languages: English (DD 5.1) and Japanese (DD 2.0), subtitles: English
Disc Two: Supplemental Material
Akira Production Report
(48 mins, 10 chapters, languages: Japanese (DD 2.0), subtitles: English),
Akira Sound Clip by Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi
(20 mins, 7 chapters, languages: Japanese DD 2.0, optional English narration), interview with director Katsuhiro Otomo (with optional English subtitles),
Production Materials
(including storyboards, character model sheets, color models and cel inserts for each of the 36 chapters on Disc One), unused storyboards, unused background art, initial character designs, 3 restoration featurettes (
English Voice Over
English 5.1 Audio Mix
), comic and magazine covers, movie poster and promotional art, previous VHS, laserdisc and music packaging art, 4 theatrical trailers, TV spot (with optional English subtitles), glossary of people, places and things from the film, animated film-themed menus with sound
Very rarely in cinema history does a film truly define its genre. It takes a lot for a film to singularly become the title people think of when trying to get their friends turned on to a particular style of movie. When anime fans in America are discussing the subject of anime, one film (and one film only) comes up more than any other. That film is, of course,
When it first roared its way onto American shores, animation fans knew instantly that it was special. Loyal followers of the film claimed that it blew anything by Disney out of the water (and at the time it did). It was cartoony, but ultra-violent. Drug-peddling biker gangs were the heroes of the film, government forces were the villain and everyone in the middle was guided by both good and evil at the same time. Everyone and everything seemed to be morally neutral. Throw in the fact that each and every cel was hand-drawn, painted and photographed (using minimal computer assistance) and when you look at the end product, you see a film that changed the way we as Americans looked at animation.
At the time it was released,
took place in the near future. It seems that during World War III (in 1988 to be exact), an explosion wiped out Tokyo. The film starts years later, after the city has been rebuilt. We meet Kaneda, the young, rough-and-tumble leader of a gang of kids who wage war on the city while riding electro-powered motorcycles. During one of their nightly wars with a gang called The Clowns, they bump into a young boy in the middle of a closed off portion of highway. That is to say, young gang member Tetsuo literally bumps into the boy. But as it turns out, the boy is super-powerful as a result of a top secret government experiment, so Tetsuo bounces off a force field projected by the kid and is thrown off his bike and onto the road. When the rest of Kaneda's gang find Tetsuo, he's unconscious and surrounded by an elite government team led by the mysterious Colonel, who whisks Tetsuo and the young boy away and has the local authorities arrest the rest of the gang. As a side note (and an important plot point), while being released from custody, Kaneda meets a pretty young revolutionary girl and helps free her when he tells the cops that she's with his crew. And that's the introduction of all the players in the story. We have our government force, our secret project super kids, our biker gang and the revolutionaries. As the story of
develops, all four parties face off against each other, while Tetsuo struggles to deal with the fact that the blow to his head has awakened a mysterious power in him, even greater than that of the other super kids in the experiment. And when Tetsuo goes mad from this strange power, his friends confront him, the government attacks him and the secret of "Akira" is finally revealed in the film's mind-bending climax.
There's so much going on in
that you really have to experience the film multiple times before you'll truly understand it all. Even then, you'll have to probably go out and hunt down the phonebook-sized Japanese comics (manga) the film was based on. Created by Katsuhiro Otomo, who conceptualized and directed the film, the comic-based
defined the word epic. This film only boils down the key aspects of the original story, but it still manages to boggle the mind. It's part Sci-Fi, part social commentary... and all of it kicks major ass.
has it's problems, but it always entertains. Should this film have been expanded and broken into several films? Probably, but then it wouldn't be
. I like it for what it is and appreciate its scope. It's aged well for an animated film, and even repeated viewings don't hurt it at all because it sucks you in every time. Although it's not my be-all, end-all favorite anime, it remains locked in my heart forever for turning me on to well-crafted animation.
And as a DVD,
is even more impressive. It's available in a deluxe, special edition, two-disc set. A bare bones, movie-only edition is also available, but I say just forget it exists and pick up this one. Whichever version you choose, the picture quality is very fine indeed. Color representation is outstanding in this anamorphic widescreen transfer. There's a little bit of edge enhancement here and there, but overall this is a really nice video presentation. The blacks are solid and the print itself has been digitally cleaned up to get rid of blemishes and dirt specks. I seriously doubt anyone has seen
looking any better than this.
The sound is also excellent. You'll appreciate the audio right from the disc's menu screens. They'll blow you away. You'll hear motorcycle revs and then thumping, organic Japanese music will push you to make your selection. When you jump into the film, your ears (as well as your eyes) are in for a treat. Given to us in a brand new English Dolby Digital 5.1 mix, all of the dialogue has been more accurately translated and re-recorded to give it a nice punch. But fans shouldn't worry about the redub. All of Kaneda's "Tetsuooooooo!" are accounted for. There's good low frequency in the mix and there's plenty of activity in the rear channels. This track is very, very good. The Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 is also good, but is obviously not as explosive. I do, however, wish that companies would give more attention to the original Japanese audio on anime in the future. I really would love to hear this film in the original Japanese, but with a new 5.1 mix. The fact that there isn't a Japanese 5.1 track here is a bit of a missed opportunity.
This special edition doesn't just give us one of our favorite anime with beautiful sound and video. We're also treated to great special edition material - some old and some new. Let's start with Disc One, which is where you'll find the newer features. When you watch the film, you have the option of doing so in a special "capsule mode". This is a sort of "Follow the White Rabbit" feature, that allows you to access special material whenever a small drug capsule icon appears in the lower corner of your screen. The information tends to be English translations of written Japanese on books, banners and graffiti that appear in the film. It's a neat feature, but it's nothing Earth shattering. There's also a THX optimizer on Disc One that will allow you to quickly pseudo-calibrate your home theater system for proper enjoyment of the film.
Disc Two has the bigger extras, but they're also the older features for the most part. First up is the
Akira Production Report
. Running 48 minutes in Japanese (with English subtitles), this is the "making of" documentary that was originally released on Japanese laserdisc. It follows the conception, making of and release of
from start to finish. It's interesting, but these Japanese documentaries tend to be hard to digest because of the need for translation. Everything is pretty rapid fire, and it's hard to look at the images of pre-production material and read the translation at the same time. It's all very good, but it's hard to focus on. We also get the
Akira Sound Clip by Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi
, which has a running time of 20 minutes. This was also released on Japanese laserdisc a while back.
Sound Clip
is a fascinating documentary focusing on Gumi, the composer, and his ideas for the organic sound of the film. The soundtrack for this feature is Japanese and quite minimal, but the Japanese text that litters the screen has been translated into English by an optional English narrator, which works out great for American audiences. Next up is an interview with director Katsuhiro Otomo (with optional English subtitles). It seems to be an archived interview with Otomo, conducted during an earlier time than the release of this DVD. As with most Japanese creators, Otomo is very humble. He discusses his inspirations, his art and the production in detail. The last of our video-based extras are three featurettes newly created for this new DVD. The first, entitled
, is about the new transfer and digital video restoration.
English Voice Over
is all about - you guessed it - the English voice over cast. And
English 5.1 Audio Mix
is about the creation of the new soundtrack. None of these is very long or incredibly fascinating, but they do show the hard work and passion that went to fixing this film for DVD release.
The rest of the supplements (aside from four theatrical trailers and a TV spot, each with optional English subs) are still image galleries, which are throwbacks to the age of laserdisc. It's a very meaty set of images, however, worth every moment you spend perusing them. Called the
Production Materials
section, galleries are broken up into 36 chapters, which correspond to the 36 chapters on the film disc. Here you can see storyboards, character model sheets, color models and cel inserts for each and every scene in the film. There's days worth of stuff here and it's all pretty incredible to see. You'll also find some unused storyboards and background art, as well as the initial character designs. Rounding out the extras is more artwork - comic and magazine cover art from the various translations of the
manga around the globe, movie poster and promotional art (including previous VHS, laserdisc and music packaging) and a text based glossary of people, places and things from the film.
I was a bit disappointed that the special edition material was soft on the original manga work Otomo did. The original, must-own Criterion laserdisc had reams of the original manga material collected together. Sadly, all we get here are covers. It's a sore thumb on an otherwise great batch of extras. I also would have liked a commentary of some sort. Considering the age and importance of the film, it would have been great to hear a scholarly discussion of the film and its impact. I would have thrown together a panel led by comic writer/artist Frank Miller, to address the affect of the film on animation and comics today, and maybe to shed light on aspects of the story not clearly spelled out in the film (but detailed in the magna). Something like that would have made for a greater special edition to be sure.
was one of the first Japanese cartoons to turn American audiences on their heads. We've seen plenty before and plenty since, but for some reason
charmed more of us than any other anime of its day. Because of this film, thousands of Americans discovered and came to love anime. But for most fans,
will stand for all time as the film that defines the anime genre. Those are pretty big shoes to fill... but
's a pretty big flick.
Todd Doogan
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"Doing nails saved me," says Jenny Hansen, owner of Apply'ed Beautiful in Salt Lake City. And she owes that feeling of salvation to her grandmother, Jean Fitzgerald, her nail instructor. The owner of Jean's Nails Etc. in Provo, Utah, Fitzgerald has been doing nails for 28 years and teaching for 27 of those years.
"I always loved to watch my grandmother (and aunt) do nails," says Hansen. "I played doing nails and would sneak into my aunt's polishes and supplies when she wasn't home. I wanted to do nails when I grew up, but as I got older, the desire faded."
Eventually Hansen enrolled in a college close to her grandmother's school. Hansen turned down several invitations from her grandmother to learn nails, but after three semesters of college, she began to rethink it. "My creative and entrepreneurial nature craved an outlet," she says. "I accepted my grandmother's offer and shortly after beginning nail classes, I was hooked. It was like my creativity woke up! And I felt like I had found something I loved, that I could make a career out of."Her grandmother was a hands-on instructor, and a tough one at that. "She was particularly strict and picky with me and my work. She wanted me to be perfect, and carry on nails in our family.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- State personal income tax collections in Ohio are up nearly 7 percent more than forecast, giving the state's surplus fund a boost.
For April, when most people file their tax returns, state tax receipts exceeded projections by $84 million, pushing the state's surplus revenue to $350 million this fiscal year.
State Budget Director Tim Keen downplayed the strong showing, telling The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/JKkZiW) that tax receipts were "modestly" above the estimates.
"We ended up about 2.3 percent above estimates," Keen said, referring to year-to-date overall numbers. "So we are pleased to see that. It was another good month for our personal-income numbers, but withholding continues to be weak, which is a little bit of a cause for concern."
With some budget forecasters predicting the state's ending balance June 30 to be as much as $800 million in the black, Gov. John Kasich's administration has been trying to trim expectations.
The revenue figures have caught the attention of state lawmakers in both parties on possible spending ideas. Democrats have proposed providing $400 million to schools and local governments that were hit by cuts in Kasich's first biennial budget.
House Finance Chairman Ron Amstutz, a Republican, said during a floor speech April 25 that the GOP may have "common ground" with Democrats on additional funding for schools and local governments when the books close.
Kasich has said he will fight efforts for a serious raid on surplus dollars or the state's "rainy day" fund, which has about $247 million in it.
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Hannah Johnson sat at the end of the Alemany bench and Warriors girls basketball coach Bryan Camacho asked her during the fourth quarter Friday if the Washington-bound senior had iced her left knee.
Johnson watched the game with frustration as she took precaution after hyperextending her knee Thursday against St. Bernard.
Unfortunately for Alemany, its showdown at Windward had been put on ice by the host Wildcats long before.
Windward turned the expected battle involving last year's state finalists into an early knockout, with Alemany falling behind by 18 at halftime, then enduring a 11-minute scoreless stretch in the second half of a 53-20 setback.
"We all know how important (Hannah) is. This just magnifies it," Camacho said. "We're having difficulty right now with our roles and making adjustments. We have some girls who are unselfish, but teams are challenging those girls to be more aggressive. We've got to do a better job and we've got to improve as a team and as coaches. We've got to get better."
Jordin Canada, a UCLA-bound point guard, led Windward (8-1) with 13 points, six assists, six steals and five rebounds. Kristen Simon, a USC-bound forward, added 11 points and 14 rebounds, Emily Surloff contributed 12 points, 11 rebounds and four steals, with freshman Chelsey Gipson scoring 15 points off the bench.
But Windward's defense was the most impressive aspect of the Wildcats' performance, resulting in Alemany surrendering a 22-point second-half run and missing 14 consecutive shots during the drought. The Warriors finished 0 for 22 from 3-point range.
"We have some different personnel this year that allows us to give teams a few more looks, and we've been able to create a little more offense out of our defense," Windward coach Vanessa Nygaard said. "We're going to need more defense this year than we had last year. It was a great effort by our girls. We wanted to play against their full team, but Bryan is a good coach and we know they'll be a good team."
Breanna Calhoun led Alemany (7-4) with eight points and five rebounds, with Adaora Obi adding four points and 12 rebounds for the Warriors, who trailed 31-17 with four minutes left in the third quarter before Windward's 22-point run.
Jasmine Dodd finally broke the drought with a free throw with 1:03 remaining.
"It's about people stepping up and you saw that with Windward. That's an example of a great team when someone responds to a challenge and that's what they did," Camacho said. "This is a great opportunity to show what we're about, not just as a basketball team, but as an entire program and school.
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Doctors say the patient is "in excellent condition" but has chosen not to reveal her identity.
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|Grad students Ilsa Mollenkopf (left) and Theresa Johansson (center) interview Irene Mueller (seated), assistant professor of health information management, as Todd Watson (right), assistant professor of physical therapy, monitors their progress.
CULLOWHEE Ergonomics. It's a funny word for making your body interact safely and effectively with the things you use every day. But the pain you can get from the failure to apply ergonomic principles is no laughing matter.
According to some estimates, musculoskeletal disorders among U.S. workers cost businesses $20 to $40 billion in workers' compensation every year. When you add lost time from work, reduced productivity, retraining time and other variables, the cost of work-related injuries rises to $170 billion annually.
That's why students in Western Carolina University's graduate program in physical therapy learn to assess workplace ergonomics and identify conditions that can lead to repetitive stress injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. And they're swamped with study participants when they call for campus volunteers each year. Working in pairs, the students visit 10 to 12 offices, write reports, and recommend improvements. This year, for the first time, they'll return to each office in a month to see if the volunteers actually used their suggestions to improve the ergonomic conditions.
This service-learning project is great, not only for the participants, but also for the students, said Todd Watson, assistant professor of physical therapy, as he supervised the work of a team in Irene Mueller's health information management office. The students get a more varied experience than a lab experiment could offer, they get to interact with real people in real office settings, they suggest useful interventions, and they get to see whether their ideas worked.
At the team's suggestion, Mueller moved her phone to a different place on her desk, a small change which she says has made a big difference. I was glad to have the ergonomic assessment done, she said. It was a good experience for [me], and it is also great for the students.
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Powerfully rugged mountain scenery, glaciers, waterfalls and icefalls, and wildlife: the Icefields Parkway reveals all of these and more as it snakes its way between Lake Louise and Jasper.
There aren't any gas stations along the route, so be sure to check the gas gauge before setting out. Although you could drive this winding road in three to four hours, it's more likely to be a full-day trip when you add in stops. The road rises to near the tree line at several points, and the weather can be chilly and unsettled at these high elevations, even in midsummer, so it's a good idea to bring warm clothing along.
Elk, moose, deer, and bighorn sheep are fairly common along this route, and occasionally you can see bears and mountain goats. In summer, alpine wildflowers carpet Bow Pass and Sunwapta Pass.
The most dramatic scenery is in the north end of Banff National Park and the south end of Jasper National Park, where ice fields and glaciers become common on the high mountains flanking the route (ice fields are massive reservoirs of ice; glaciers are the slow-moving rivers of ice that flow from the ice fields). Scenic overlooks and signposted hiking trails abound along the route.
At 6,787 feet, Bow Summit (40 km [25 mi] north of Lake Louise, 190 km south of Jasper) is the highest drivable pass in the national parks of the Canadian Rockies. It is famous for its postcard viewpoint of Peyto Lake. To reach the summit viewpoint, park in the lot on the west side of the highway and take the trail from there that leads 1½ km (1 mi) through alpine forest to a scenic point above the timberline. On the south side of the pass is Bow Lake, source of the Bow River, which flows through Banff. You may wish to stop for lunch or supper at Simpson's Num-Ti-Jah Lodge (40 km [25 mi] north of Lake Louise on Hwy. 93. 403/522-2167. www.num-ti-jah.com) at Bow Lake. This rustic lodge with simple guest rooms specializes in excellent regional Canadian cuisine. Outside, walking paths circle the lake. Above Bow Lake hangs the Crowfoot Glacier, so named because of its resemblance to a three-toed crow's foot. At least that's how it looked when it was named at the beginning of the 20th century. In the Canadian Rockies, glaciers, including Crowfoot, have been receding. The lowest toe completely melted away 50 years ago, and now only the upper two toes remain. On the north side of Bow Pass is Peyto Lake; its startlingly intense aqua-blue color comes from the minerals in glacial runoff. Wildflowers blossom along the pass in summer, but note that it can be covered with snow as late as May and as early as September.
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WASHINGTON -- Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish leaders warned the nation's Catholic bishops that a June statement on whether Jews should convert to Christianity could make Jewish-Catholic dialogue "untenable."
In June, the bishops resurrected a 2002 statement on Jewish-Christian relations that they called "insufficiently precise and potentially misleading" about whether Christians should share the gospel with Jews.
The 2002 statement had said targeting Jews for conversion was "no longer theologically acceptable" because Jews "already dwell in a saving covenant with God." This summer, however, the bishops said that document had "raised many questions" among U.S. Catholics.
In an attempt to clarify their own position, the bishops said the church is "always giving witness to the following of Christ, to which all are implicitly invited." The bishops also said the "fulfillment of the covenant" God established with Israel "is found only in Jesus Christ."
In a letter released Thursday (Aug. 20), a coalition of Jewish groups said they may have to withdraw from ongoing interfaith dialogue if there is an "explicit or implicit" understanding that Jews must become Christians.
"A declaration of this sort is antithetical to the very essence of Jewish-Christian dialogue as we have understood it in the post-Vatican II era," said the letter from Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis, as well as the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee.
The letter -- the first collective Jewish response to the bishops' June statement -- seemed to indicate particular angst over the idea that the Jewish covenant with God is no longer valid.
"This appears to posit that the Mosaic covenant is obsolete and Judaism no longer has a reason to exist," the Jewish leaders said.
As part of their June statement, the bishops reaffirmed longstanding teaching that God "does not regret, repent of, or change his mind" about the covenant he established with the Jews through Abraham and Moses, but said Jesus "fulfills God's revelation."
Sister Mary Ann Walsh, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the bishops are still examining the letter.
"Catholic-Jewish dialogue has been important to the U.S. bishops for almost 50 years," she said. "The bishops have just received the letter and currently are studying it."
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