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Org NameBlowfish Pictures Pte Ltd
DescriptionBlowfish Pictures is a leading television and film production support company in Singapore. Since our inception in 2005, we have worked closely with Media Development Authority (MDA) in developing a friendly production environment here. Some of the projects we have worked on include both local & foreign Films, Documentaries, Reality TV shows, Tele-movies, TV Commercials and Trailers. We have helped produced several award-winning projects that have won accolades in both PromaxBDA Asia & Promax World. Our core business services involve facilitating local and international producers in managing their production needs with cost-effective solutions. This is achieved through our strong network of professional crew, equipment suppliers and postproduction companies. Our extensive experience in international productions is evident following the success of two Mark Burnett's reality shows that were shot entirely in Singapore-'The Contender Asia' and 'The Contender Season 4'.
Address53 Kim Keat Road, Mun Hean Building, #05-02B, Singapore 328823
Telephone+65 6256 8284
Fax+65 6256 1519
Special Skills
CreditsFremantleMedia Asia Gedeon Programmes (France) Mark Burnett Productions (USA) MediaCorp TV Ministry of Defense, Singapore MSD Technology Singapore NCS Pte Ltd Norvell Jefferson (Belgium) People's Association Samsung SIMF Management Singapore Media Academy SMG Productions (UK) Celestial Tiger Entertainment TV Mobile Union Energy Corporation
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SectorFilm;Media Services;TV
Sub-SectorPre-production, Production, Post-Production
Services• Logistics support • Location scouting and management • Casting • Crew hire • Equipment rental • Budget management and production planning
Org NameEmoxis LLP
DescriptionEmoxis is an award-winning 3D animation and video post production company, serving global advertising agencies and MNC clients with their animatics, stilomatics, corporate internal presentations, tv commercials, multimedia video production, broadcast motion graphics design, film animation and visual effects needs.
Address190 Middle Road, #10-05 Fortune Centre, Singapore 188979
Telephone+65 6338 0422
Special SkillsDESIGN SERVICES: 2D/3D Animation; Motion Graphics CORPORATE SERVICES: Television Commercial; Corporate Video; Corporate Presentation; Sales & Marketing Video; Product Video; Product Launch & Event Coverage; Online Web video Services: Animation Studios; Post-Production Facilities; Special Effects & Graphics;
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DescriptionAward winning Composer does affordable Original Music Scoring for Commercials, Movies, Apps etc. We & our partner also provide 1-stop full audio-visual production (conception to post production), and our recording studio is located in Chinatown. International clients welcomed.
AddressRobinson Road PO Box 1161, Singapore 902311
Telephone(65) 9795 0610
Special SkillsOriginal Music Composition / Scoring / Song Writing
CreditsScoring for TV Commercial eg 'Family' (MCYS), 'Subway', 'Systema toothpaste', 'Yakult', 'TOP Detergent'; Scoring for Film eg 'Ghost Child' ('鬼仔'), 'Ghost On Air' ('灵听'), 'Dead Mine', 'Meta Secret'; Scoring for Games/Apps eg 'Calculus' (Samsung Smart TV App); Scoring for TV Programmes eg 'Hyper Rescue Tokyo' (National Geographic Channel Documentary), 'Psychic Vietnam' (BBC Documentary), 'Geng Anam' (MediaCorp TV serial); Scoring for Corporate Identity eg Cathay Cineplex, Neu Media Technologies, Digipost Singapore.
Service AvailableOriginal Music Scoring for Commercials, Movies, Apps etc. We & our partner also provide 1-stop full audio-visual production (conception to post production), and our recording studio is located in Chinatown.
Other ActivityLyrics Writing
SectorPost Production
Sub-SectorAudio Post Production
ServicesOriginal Music Scoring for Commercials, Movies, Apps etc. We & our partner also provide 1-stop full audio-visual production (conception to post production), and our recording studio is located in Chinatown.
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DescriptionRayCine Studios is a company created to support your vision – a facility devoted to you, the filmmaker. Today's technological innovations enhance your creativity – it's our goal to provide you with a creative environment that is comfortable and easy. Located in a 4600 sq. ft facility, RayCine is fitted out with 2 soundproof studios that feature acoustically isolated air-conditioning systems. Lighting & grip equipment are also available in our rental department or you can BYO. Other services include teleprompter rental and production crew support.
Address39B Jalan Pemimpin, #07-00 Prime Industrial Building, Singapore 577184
Telephone(65) 6255 6765; (65) 9671 7517
Fax(65) 6255 6909
Special SkillsConsultancy for Studio Productions
CreditsAXN - 'E!Buzz', MTV - 'MTV Show', 'MTV Sessions' & 'World Stage', Active TV - 'E!News'
EquipmentSony F3 XDCAM, RED Scarlet, Zeiss Compact Prime Lenses, Secced 12ft Camera Crane with Remote Head, Teleprompter
Service AvailableStudio Rental, Equipment & Crew Support
Other ActivityTeleprompter Setup
SectorFilm; TV
Sub-SectorMedia Services
ServicesProduction Facilities
Org NameA.I Pictures Pte Ltd
DescriptionA.I Pictures is a film production and distribution company and is also a subsidiary of FLY Entertainment (founded year 1999). Till date, FLY has not only maintained its role as the leading artiste management company in Singapore but has also established a name for itself on foreign soil, with an impressive portfolio of local and regional stars and artistes under its nurturing wing. Recognised for its ingenuity and a gung ho attitude, FLY has gained a credible reputation in the entertainment & media industry, and a remarkable track record, with access to an available network of talents around Asia, and strong business ties, collaborating with experienced local and regional creative teams of directors, producers and production crew. As the ever-evolving FLY establishment continues to progress, FLY productions was formed in 2006 as the media production arm of the company. And in 2009, FLY productions characteristically shed its old tunic and took the leap into filmmaking, and A.I Pictures was birthed. A.I Pictures recently released their debut feature film, "Perfect Rivals", starring a stellar cast of international actors including HK veteran Ha Yu, Singapore's funny lady Irene Ang and 881 lead star, Mindee Ong, to favourable reviews. A.I Pictures also provides world-class services in casting, TV, Film and commercial productions, as well as movie distributions. This brainchild of Soo Ann and Irene is committed to producing the best Asian content for an international market. The vision of A.I Pictures ("ai" meaning love in Mandarin) is to produce quality films speaking the universal language of love. With their strong marketing muscles and far-reaching international network of industry professionals, A.I Pictures is constantly on the lookout for quality films for distribution across the region.
Address213 Henderson Road, #02-11 Henderson Industrial Park
Fax62242388; 62246144
Special SkillsFilm & video production; movie distribution; casting
CreditsMovie production: Perfect Rivals (2011) Casting Credentials: Film Producer 2011 Cooktales (Currently casting) CJ Entertainment 2010 BAIT 3D (Singapore Casting) Arclight Films 2009 Eat, Pray, Love (Asian Character) Columbia Pictures 2008 - Wherever You Are Upside Down Concepts / 668 Productions 2007 – Dance of the Dragon Eastern Light Films / Arclight Films 2006 - The Tattooist Touchdown Films & MediaCorp Raintree Pictures 2006 - The Children of Huang Shi Ming Productions 2006 - Bitter Sea ( Working Title) Ming Productions 2005 - The Leap Years Ochre Pictures / MediaCorp Raintrees Pictures 2005 - The Coffin (Bangkok) Mise En Scene (Thailand) 2005 - The Home Song Stories Porchlight Films Pte Ltd 2005 - Chowick Touchdown TV (NZ) 2005 - Holly Ming Productions 2004 - One Last Dance MediaCorp Raintree Pictures & Ming Productions. Television 2009 – The Philanthropist Season 1 Episode 2 (Myanmar) (Asia Casting) NBC Studios/ Carnival Pictures 2009 – Chatroom Chicks Series (Singapore Casting) Southern Star 2007 – The Face of STAR STAR Group Ltd (HK) 2007 – War of Angels (Thailand) Grammy Public Company Ltd 2007 – Secrets of the Forbidden City Lion TV UK (for BBC) 2007 – Kung Fu Killers RHI Entertainment 2007 - The Great Wall Lion TV UK (for Discovery Channel) 2006 – Marco Polo RHI Entertainment 2006 - The Amazing Race Asia (Thailand & Singapore Casting) AXN Sony Networks 2005 - The History of Singapore Lion TV UK (for Discovery Channel) 2005 - Seconds From Disaster: Series 2(Hotel New World Segment) Darlow Smithson Productions. 2005 - Chinese as a Second Language Educational Video Bigfoot Entertainment 2005 - Studio Disney Host Search Walt Disney Television (S) Pte 2005 - Coming Home (Tele Movie) Gateway Entertainment Pte Ltd Commercial/ Corporate Video 2010 – Coca-Cola (Shanghai Expo) Godmother Productions 2008 – Gillette (Shanghai TVC Campaign) Godmother Productions 2007 – McDonald's TVC (Americans only) Salon Films (H.K.) Ltd 2006 – Zoot Review Ambi Pur TVC (Thailand) Buchanan Group Pte Ltd 2006 – DHL TVC (Thailand) Gravity Films 2006 – Miranda TVC (Thailand) Play Films Pte Ltd 2005 – Shangri La Print Campaign David Allan Brandt Studios 2005 – Michelin TVC (Thailand) Play Films Pte Ltd 2005 – Zoot Review Moccona TVC (Thailand) Buchanan Group Pte Ltd 2005 – Siemens IMS (CV) Gehrish & Krack Filmproduktions AG 2005 - Snapple White Leaf (TVC) Red Management Co., Ltd 2005 – Sun Silk Pro (TVC) Phenix Film Asia Co., Ltd 2005 - Sony Cybershot TVC VALKIESER Middle East 2004 – Hewlett Packard Print Campaign Southern Media Group Corporate/ Events 2008 – Human Qualities UK (BAT Training sessions) 2007 - Role play UK Ltd 2006 - Role play UK Ltd 2005 - Role play UK Ltd
Service AvailableFilm & video production; movie distribution; casting
SectorFilm;Media Cluster;
Sub-SectorFilm;Media Services;
Org NameBUT Pte Ltd
Description• B ·U·T is an interactive media, video and print production company, targeting the corporate/industrial and business-to-business (B2B) world. • B ·U·T owns a digital infrastructure to produce content for the different media, and hires specialists in design, graphics, software development, video production, copywriting, layout, project management etc. • The clear focus on business-to-business work and the international character of most assignments have culminated in a strong experience in multilingual projects for many of the Fortune Global-500 companies.
Address66A Neil Road, Singapore 088835
Special SkillsB ·U·T is a one-stop-shop for the technological, audiovisual, web based and mobile support of internal and external communications and e-learning.
Equipment(In Europe) • Video shooting - Sony HDcam HDW-750P, Sony Digital Betacam DVW-790 cameras - Arri, KinoFlo, DedoLight lighting kits - Sony wireless & wired, Sennheiser microphones - Autocue teleprompter • Video editing - AVID Media Composer 6, Adobe AfterEffects video editing tools - Sony Hdcam HDW-2000 editing recorders • Audio - AVID ProTools 10 sound recording & editing software - Sound booth for voice-over work • Print design - Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop • Interactive & animation - Adobe Flash, Flashbuilder, Illustrator, Photoshop - Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 for 3D animation - Anime Studio Pro, AfterEffects for 2D animation
Service Available• internal communications - Intranet content, printed and electronic internal magazines and sales & marketing presentations, personnel information or periodic video/web reports… • external communications, public relations - audiovisual, electronic and printed support for image or brand campaigns, press conferences, VIP visits, open house or guided tours… • company and product presentations - a combination of all media (print, video, Flash, web…) for on-the-road presentations, trade fairs, customer visits, etc. • e-learning applications & multimedia safety training - development of content for use in learning environments, adhering to SCORM standards, and covering a wide range of subjects, both technical and managerial. • mobile content - development of all of the above, but targeted at mobile devices – smart phones and tablets. • digital signage, replacing traditional printed banners and signs - high-impact visual communication, using internal and/or external networks of screens to distribute attractive, media rich information or publicity to customers, employees or passersby.
Sectorcorporate/industrial and business-to-business (B2B) world
Org NameIPP Worldwide Pte Ltd
DescriptionEstablished in 1994 and offering full-services in translation, creative editing and formatting of contents in print and web-based software applications.
Address89 Short Street, #09-03 Golden Wall Centre, Singapore 188216
Telephone+65 6333 9091
Fax+65 6333 5303
Special SkillsManaging multiple language editorial and content development projects. Leveraging on Translation Memory tools and perform a host of linguistics, graphics and IT processes to support Marcom or Media Agencies in localizing marketing contents for global audiences.
CreditsAppointed Asian language vendor of Starwood Global Hotels & Resorts Inc, retainer service provider of Millennium Copthorne International Ltd, FM Global Ltd. Regularly contracted by International Creative Agencies and Government Agencies.
EquipmentNot applicable
Service AvailableMultiple language translation, creative editing, formatting graphics, print artworks and website pages, including maintenance of CMS and optimizing contents for web search engines.
Other ActivityOnsite business research, contact acquisition, response management, commercial printing and logistics of printed documents in selected countries.
SectorTranslation, content localization and multilingual media management services
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Org NameAdara Pictures
DescriptionIf a creative vision strikes you with a great force that gives you an extreme desire to fulfill it, Adara would be the team that you're looking for. Even if the idea does not come to you, we'd come up with one (or perhaps even a few of them!)
Address41 Kallang Pudding Road, Golden Wheel Building #06-01
Telephone96440914; 68417191
Service AvailableVideo/Film Conceptualization and productions which includes but not limited to corporates, online viral, commercial, documentaries and TV programs.
SectorFilm;Media Cluster;TV;
Sub-SectorFilm;Media Services;TV;Pre, Production & Post-Production Services;
ServicesPre, Production & Post-Production Services;
Org NameTech Futurism Pte Ltd
DescriptionTech Futurism develops highly interactive serious games with unique objectives that: • Gamers will constantly return to play, captivated by the sheer fun, speed and realism created online with R&D-based technology and highly efficient game engine, using the latest available technical solutions on cloud. • This is coupled with the emphasis on training and development of professionals and students cross-platform from wherever and on any device, with emotional enjoyment of equal importance to content and learning outcome.
Address5 Kim Keat Road #10-01 Singapore 328843
Special SkillsTF game engine serious games
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Address56A Arab Street
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- intransitive v. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
- intransitive v. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- v. To long back with melancholy, nostalgically
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- intransitive v. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- v. To curdle, as milk.
- intransitive v. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To long for something; desire eagerly; feel desire or longing.
- To cry out eagerly; give tongue, as a dog.
- To grieve; mourn; sorrow.
- To grieve; trouble; vex.
- Same as earn.
- Same as earn.
- n. A dialectal (Scotch) form of earn.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. desire strongly or persistently
- v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- v. have affection for; feel tenderness for
Middle English yernen, from Old English geornan, giernan.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)From Old English giernan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijanan. (Wiktionary)
vex, grieve, be eager, earn (all of these and more)
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get...
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From a dictionary that has etymologies in square brackets :-)
yearn (yûrn)
intr.v. yearned, yearn·ing, yearns
1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.
Middle English yernen, from Old English geornan, giernan; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots.

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Saturday, December 13, 1930...HAVING raised over £1,000 through prize draws, dances, whist drives and donations, Bellingham was able to buy its town hall.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.
- n. A system of symbols or representations.
- n. A symbolic meaning or representation.
- n. Revelation or suggestion of intangible conditions or truths by artistic invention.
- n. The movement, theory, or practice of the late 19th-century Symbolists.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
- n. A combining together of parts or ingredients.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized.
- n. A system of symbols or representations.
- n.
- n. The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
- n. A combining together of parts or ingredients.
- n. The science of creeds; symbolics.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The investing of things with a symbolic meaning or character; the use of symbols.
- n. Symbolic character.
- n. An exposition or comparison of symbols or creeds.
- n. [capitalized] The theories and practice of the Symbolist School. See Symbolist, n., 2.
- n. An abnormal mental state in which every occurrence is interpreted as a symbol of the subject's own sensations and thoughts.
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- n. a system of symbols and symbolic representations
- n. the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
- n. an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images
Coined between 1645 and 1655 from symbol and -ism. (Wiktionary)
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Masters of the V-12
They're like highly specialized surgeons: there are few of them and they're in great demand.
- By Stephan Wilkinson
- Air & Space magazine, March 2002
SIXTY YEARS AGO, THE FASTEST airplanes on the planet were powered by enormous, complex V-12 piston engines made by Rolls-Royce, Allison, and Daimler-Benz. Sixty years later, some of the very same engines are still running, powering weekend warbirds, museum artifacts, and Reno racers. Only a few mechanics in the United States have the knowledge, skills, equipment, and temperament to keep them flying. These are some of them.
The Junkyard Cats
Follow a two-lane road running from Nowhere to Nevermind until you're just east of Gilroy, California, and there, down an unmarked dirt road, is Dwight Thorn's company: Mystery Aire Ltd. From this collection of ramshackle industrial sheds emerge the most powerful, reliable, and admired Merlin V-12 air-racing engines in the world. Engine blocks and parts are everywhere. Scarred junkyard cats sun themselves atop pallets of superchargers. Cylinder heads are stacked like cordwood. Every sump and valve cover is filled with eucalyptus leaves and spider nests. Crankcases are slowly sinking into the sandy soil—ashes to ashes, aluminum to aluminum.
How he works miracles in such a setting may be a mystery, but make no mistake: Dwight Thorn builds awesome engines that routinely win races. Looking a bit like Wilfred Brimley in bib overalls, the white-haired, 64-year-old Thorn is putting the finishing touches on a bright red Merlin with mirror-polished aluminum valve covers that will soon fill the snout of the two-seat TF-51 Crazy Horse, a Mustang that flies riders for a fee in Florida. Seventy-five percent of his work is overhauls of stock engines like this one. "But the two or three racing engines we do every year take just as long as all the others put together," he says. Thorn charges $60,000 to $80,000 for an overhaul, depending on the condition of the run-out engine, and $160,000 to $180,000—and up—for a labor-intensive, 3,500-horsepower racing motor.
Exactly what do you do to hop up a Merlin? "Simple," Thorn says with a grin. "Disconnect the boost [limiting] control. We've seen 150 inches of boost, which is where the gauge stops. And which is probably just as well."
Most of us accustomed to more conventional motorsports assume that "tuning" separates the prime V-12 builders from the also-rans. Tuning means "porting and polishing" the intake manifold passageways to improve the flow of the air-fuel mixture, "boring and stroking" to increase the engine's working volume, "bench-flowing and blueprinting" to ensure that the cylinders' mechanical dimensions match—all that plus tinkering with spark timing and tuning exhaust pipes to boost evacuation of the combustion gases must be a large part of successful air-race engine building, right?
Nope. The category in which the V-12 engines run at Reno is called Unlimited, and the rules basically say the engines must reciprocate and turn propellers. There is no size limit, no rule against performance-enhancing devices such as turbochargers, superchargers, nitrous oxide injectors, designer fuel, exotic materials, or weight-saving techniques.
As a result, the top V-12 builders put their engines together using the strongest possible parts, reinforcing weak areas (such as the Merlin's relatively vulnerable crankcase), and carefully assembling and torquing each and every nut and bolt, but with normal, stock profiles and settings for the camshafts, valves, and ignition.
And then they turn up the boost. The more air and fuel the supercharger can cram into the engine, the more horsepower it makes. But the higher the boost, the stronger the engine must be to withstand the unholy pressures inside the cylinder.
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Great yarn. Brings back memories of walking the former USAAC field at Tocumwal in Australia in 1962 and seeing scores of Mustangs and Merlins lined up for the smelters. Many engines were still in packing cases. Only a few of the Mustangs escaped the torch. Couple are in the USA. One of the great regrets of my life is that I didn't borrow a few hundred dollars from my ex-RAAF dad to grab a P-51. Was only 17 at the time. Probably would've regarded me as a lunatic if I'd had the courage to ask. Greatest tragedy of all is that one of two B-29's that flew with the RAAF was scapped at Tocumwal. Climbed all over it. A few years ago, I went back to the field and on a remote dump founds sections of its multi-laminated cockpit glass. A treasured memento of opprtunities lost.
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Category: baby name Cecilia
Owen? Max? Lucy? Will They Ever Make the Top 10?
by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names
These names could be your middle-aged neighbor or a kid in your child's class. These names are all familiar. Most are traditional. Most are likable. Most are timeless.
And not one has ever made the top 10 on the Social Security list since 1880.
To me, this seems remarkable.
These names seem like they should have hit the top 10 by now. Take a look at the list and tell me if you agree:
Movie Character Baby Names: Woody Allen characters beyond Annie Hall
We don't particularly think of Woody Allen as a cutting-edge filmmaker, but there is one area in which he has been—if unwittingly—prescient, and that is in giving some of his characters names that would later become trendy choices for babies. (Though there are no babies in his films—children hardly exist in Woody's World.)
For those characters he created for himself, he chose, with a few exceptions, pretty ordinary, sometimes nicknamey names—Alvy, Sandy, Mickey, Lenny, Larry, Jerry, Sid, Gabe, Sheldon, Isaac. But for others, he did come up with some inspired choices:
Alfie—You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger, 2010 (Anthony Hopkins). A fittingly British choice for a British character—but it's doubtful if Woody knew that Alfie was the fourth most popular name for UK baby boys born in 2010.
TV Baby Names: A short history of telebabies
Some of these babies had names that were typical of their eras, while others were newer and more influential. Some of the newborns were allowed to grow up, while others remained babies, some were merely plot devices that quickly vanished. One of the names was important enough to be featured in the show's title—Hope on Raising Hope.
Here, in rough reverse chronological order, are some of the most memorable TV baby names:
Literary Names: Fitzgerald names beyond the great Gatsby
The spirit of Francis Scott Fitzgerald is alive and well. In the baby name world, Gatsby is one of the new attention-grabbing names on the block. In the world of entertainment, there is the theater piece Gatz, and now there's eager anticipation for the latest version of The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Lurmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire and Isla Fisher,which is scheduled to open at the end of the year. A propitious time, then, to look at the author's approach to literary names.
Fitzgerald's novels and stories are populated with people with ordinary names like Nick and Dick, with typical Jazz Age period choices such as Bernice and Rosalind and Marjorie for girls, Chester and Percy for men, and a number of sophisticated Princetonesque surnames. He played with name changes reflecting shifting identities as well—Jay Gatsby having been born James Gatz.
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Open Thread
On a tip from Lee.
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Do not keep "racy photos" and other things you want private on devices that may wind up in the hands of others, particularly when you hand them to them!
It can be argued that, though he's clearly not a pizza, he is perhaps both a gangster and a corrupt politician.
So much for strict gun control laws – Aurora already had them, a lot of good it did!
We make this point over and over and idiot moonbat libs don't get it!
Gun control laws only ensure that criminals with guns ALWAYS have the upper hand.
Tony Robbins lives just up the road… he's quite a character!
Mexico attempting to interfere in our lawmaking and usurp our Constitution again.
The writer doesn't seem too clear on what the intent was – are they saying we need to stop encouraging criminals by passing strict gun laws? No! He's always been a fan of those sorts of laws and I doubt he's changed his mind, despite the writer seeming to suggest that with the poor choices of words made here.
The 10 Top Cities People Are Moving To
There was a time California dominated such lists but, since the moonbats ruined things here, it's rare to see anything but exodus. That means they're now moving to YOUR towns to ruin them, too. WATCH OUT!
Teen Punished for Stopping Bullies From Harassing a Special Needs Girl
WHAT? Why? Where were the "authorities"?
That's so RACIST! White is in, for the time being, until the "usual suspects" start whining about it.
SHEESH – and we thought the cops were tough here!
Sex Offender Arrested For 169th Time After Allegedly Groping Woman On PATH Train
Hey, they keep turning him loose on the public KNOWING HE'S NOT GOING TO STOP. Time someone filed a major lawsuit against the moonbats for letting him go.
This is what life is like on the moonbat infested east coast.
Why we need stand your ground.
Many people overlook its prohibitions on loony lawsuits.
Damn lawyers.
Judge John Roll assassination and attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords has been linked to Obama/Ayers and the fast and furious cover-up as well as border invasion/drug cartel/gang operations on Mexican border….how soon will it be until we find
that this Colorado shooting is another false flag
just like the last false flag -
And obama is, *by definition*, a gangster:
1. a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.gang
1. a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
2. a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
3. a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
4. a group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers.
5. a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves.rack•et•eer
1. a person engaged in a racket.rack•et
1. a loud noise or clamor, especially of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar.
2. social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation.
3. an organized illegal activity, such as bootlegging or the extortion of money from legitimate business people by threat or violence.
4. a dishonest scheme, trick, business, activity, etc.
5. Usually, the rackets. organized illegal activities.Seems to fit obama in every context, no?
As Willie Mae"Big Mama" Thornton said many years ago,
"You ain't nothing but a hound dog, and you ain't no friend of mine". -
Iowahawk: You Didn't Build That
Famous for 3 things? How about #4, weak and midless voters.
Now I've seen everything: "Mexico urges U.S. to review gun laws after Colorado shooting."
Witness: Someone let gunman inside Colorado movie theater
I wonder if the guy shot him for his trouble? Or if he's just laying low.
Banning guns would not have helped – this guy might have killed even more had he not had guns – he would have used all sorts of stuff.
US pledge to rebuild Haiti not being met.
Why are WE the ones pledging to rebuild Haiti? We didn't break it. We have to rebuild Detroit, which is arguably in worse shape.
Israel expects attack at Olympics
The "happiest place on Earth" not so happy now.
The original Disneyland, aka "The Happiest Place on Earth", is in Anaheim, CA, where, apparently, there's been a police shooting of a Hispanic (illegal?) and the other Hispanics (illegals?) are rioting as a result.
It is truly disappointing the best the Republicans could do against Obama is Romney, but hey, if it means nobama 2012, I'll take him!
He may not be a pizza, but he is cheesy.
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We'll take it from here.
(Source: liberty-c0re, via thecheekylibertarian)
NOT voting for Gary Johnson
writing in Ron Paul instead
The Daily Show: Michael Steele Former RNC Chairman Rips The RNC Over Treatment of Ron Paul. "[The RNC] is afraid of that which they cannot control. And, to the extent that they feel they cannot control him in those moments, the whole idea of freedom of speech is kind of like, 'Well…'"
(Source: youtu.be)
— Ron Paul.
I don't normally post this stuff but this got my blood boiling really quickly. This is the most evidence I've seen for condemning the Republican Party for their lack of principles. It's disgusting. H/T Brian
(Source: freemarketliberal)
— Ron Paul.
(Source: justicefrog, via katherinersdeleted-deactivated2)
— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (1995), the hypocrite extraordinaire who is now blocking the "Audit the Fed" bill from a vote in the Senate.
Ron Paul at today's congressional baseball game, still rocking the same jersey he wore in the 70s. As a friend put it, "Ron Paul, the original hipster."


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BRD, PWRC, BBL and CBBO commend the panel for their work. An interagency team has been formed to guide the implementation of the Report, and several task forces are addressing specific recommendations of the Report. While it is not expected that all of the Report's recommendations will be implemented either in entirety or exactitude, one can expect significant changes in the operations of BBL and the banding program, especially in the area of electronic data management.
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Rookie running back Bernard Pierce is starting to emerge as a more important figure in the Ravens' offense, providing a complementary presence to Pro Bowl runner Ray Rice.
Pierce rushed for 34 yards on nine carries in a 16-13 overtime win over the San Diego Chargers, including an 18-yard scamper.
Over the past four games since not having a carry in a loss to the Houston Texans, Pierce has 28 carries for 94 yards and a touchdown.
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Now, the third-round draft pick from Temple is hoping to earn more carries as he continues to gain more knowledge of the playbook.
"I'm starting to gain more trust with the coaches and the players," said Pierce, who has rushed for
213 yards and a touchdown on 51 carries this season. "Once I get a groove going, I feel comfortable. I can't wait to be able to learn more than I already know. Once I get it down, it will be easier."
Pierce, who rushed for 3,570 career yards and 53 touchdowns in college, is averaging 4.2 yards per carry. His season-highs are 48 yards on six carries and a long run of 21 yards on Sept. 27 against hte Cleveland Browns.
Against the Chargers, Pierce was stuffed for a loss of two yards in a 4th-and-1 situation in the third quarter.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh was asked this week why Rice didn't get the call on that play rather than the
6-foot, 218-pound Pierce.
"I like Bernard Pierce," Harbaugh said. "Bernard Pierce is a really good player. We're not going to shy away from Bernard Pierce carrying the ball. I'd like to see him carry the ball more and more.
"I think those two guys complement each other really well. The better Bernard gets, the more he's going to play. Powerful, explosive, hard-running guy, he's a good choice for that."


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todae @ Incheon Airport ~
1. The CEO
He looks like a freakin million dollars in this suit. I swear to God he looks like he's some young and hot CEO who owns his own plane.
2. The Assassin
This outfit gives me the vibe that he just arrived from Switzerland to kill his target in Seoul. idk. it's the Red Leather Jacket, black vneck shirt and ugh his taste in shoes. So impeccable.
3. The Boy Next Door
The denim jacket, grey sweater and pair of sneakers just screams casual and so laid back. Oh man I'd love to have him next door to my house. LOL
4. The Bad Guy
T.O.P on a leather jacket. Need I say more? Damn damn damn.
5. The Athlete
This Adidas Black Tracksuit needs no further introduction. He wore this several times during the Alive World Tour but I never got tired of it. Ugh. I'm never gonna look at a plain adidas tracksuit ever again. I'll always think of T.O.P
6. The Brooklyn Boy
This is by far, my ultimate T.O.P Airport Fashion Favorite. That Calvin Klein Jacket, white shirt, colorful sneakers, aviators and the disheveled hair takes the cake for me. T.T
This is just some random T.O.P Airport Fashion appreciation post. Bottom line is, he looks freakin hot whatever the hell he wears.


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Division Round: Jets at Pats, 1/16/2011
With the countdown at almost exactly five days to go before the Pats play the Jets, I figured it was time to start a pre-game discussion thread. Whether it be yours or something you found by the media, throw all your opinions, analysis, keys to the game and other random thoughts that don't warrant their own threads in this thread.
#6 New York Jets (12-5) at #1 New England Patriots (14-2) Sunday January 16 at 4:30 p.m. EST on CBS Jim Nantz and Phil Simms are the announcers Kevin Harlan, Randy Cross and Kevin Kiley will do the radio broadcast New England is currently favored by 8½ to 9 points Over under is currently 45 points The Money Line ranges from +300 to +350 for the Jets; -380 to -500 for the Pats |
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nantz and simms again. get ready to hear more jets jets jets during the broadcast.
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christ, he's done almost every Pats game. I cant stand that idiot, he adds absolutely nothing. Phil-osophy Har har har FU. |
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The NFL Today: Jets vs. Patriots Breakdown - CBSSports.com NFL Video
In this rather superficial 3-minute video which starts with the premise of "is there any way the Jets can beat the Pats?", Boomer Esiason says that if the Jets can run the ball the way they did against the Colts then they have a 'puncher's chance' and notes that revenge is a big motivating factor for all athletes - though he stops short and says he doesn't think the Jets will win. Shannon Sharpe thinks the Jets should put Darrelle Revis on Wes Welker, stay away from blitzes, and force the Pats to go on long drives to score. Bill Cowher says the Jets do not have the passing game to keep up with the Pats in a high scoring game; he suggests they go with a bend-don't-break style of defense to limit the possessions. Dan Marino likes BeJarvus Green-Ellis and feels that if the Pats don't beat themselves by turning the ball over, they're not going to lose. |
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Finally, a drama-free thread that's strictly X and O's. Hope it stays that way.
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getting very anstsy about the game. Need to relax. Can't. The foot Rexy keeps singing driving my BP up and up.
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I am also antsy as well. I am a teacher and had a snow day today; it was a very productive one, I spent from 10 am to 4 p.m. browsing the internet for pats-jets articles. I dont think I am even going to be able to sleep friday or saturday night.
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Unfortunately this topic may quickly drop to page two or three, I don't know. From behind enemy lines: BACK PAGE: Jets must play like underdog Packers to beat Patriots | New York Post Quote:
Their first bullet point is the element of surprise, such as an early trick play or scheme to gain momentum; analogy to the GB game is the onside kick. Next is a big play (the 66-yard TD pass to James Jones); the writer feels that "WRs Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards are capable of burning a mostly inexperienced Patriots secondary", and should be able to pull it off because Sanchez is better/more experienced than Matt Flynn. Next he points to the time of possession in the Packer game where Green Bay held the ball for over 40 minutes; he feels since the Jets have a better running game based on yards per carry that they too should be able to do the same thing, which will result in them being able to keep Brady on the sidelines. Last thing he points to is avoiding the big mistake, pointing out Connolly's 71-yard kick return and Arrington's pick six. Of course he neglects to make a connection between those plays and the previously mentioned TOP, or why he feels Sanchez will play error-free ball in Foxboro Sunday. |
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Key will be for Sanchez to have a completion rate of less than 60% which he has done up in Foxboro, a place he has yet to win in.
Sanchez has had a few 60% plus game, particularly against Pittsburgh but that was out of a pared playbook which is giftwrapping it for the Patriots D. As tired as it sounds, the key is still stopping their run game, and with that in mind, I think we are going to open in our run-stopping nickel and I have a feeling it will be a 24 package with plenty of reduced lines, because linebackers are what we have, not defensive linemen. This would put Wilfork just off Mangold, instead of playing BOB and that has given Mangold fits in the past, because he must snap and then bucket step. I think we will see more of that shifting line that we saw in game 2 at Foxboro because it gave their OL the fits, as well as messing up Sanchez's timing. On offense, the key for us is just to play smart and of course avoid the turnover. With our multiple formations and alignments, the Jets can only mix and match so much, and I think Ryan realizes it was dumb to try and outguess that by shifting Revis all over. This time I think he will just have Revis stick on Welker and take him out to try and slow down the game and reduce the checkdowns. I would look for plenty of stacks on the line and pick plays, the high-lo drags. If the cover 2 is deep, throw the smash at them, and if they stack the box, plenty of play-action with the run. I would not be surprised to see us run trips and counterthrow on those. |
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I know what I must do to create them(I already made 5 disk's with or more than 3 games on one disk)but I've encounter one problem.I'm trying to place R-Type Final and Grandia Xtreme in one disk and I use DVD Loader v1.2 and here's my problem.
When I create an ISO with only one of the games and place the loader whatever I want the game load just fine but when I place both games inside and the second one that I place isn't working.Does that means that the two games have some kind of protection or I can make them to work.
Does anyone tried to place those two games inside one DVD or place one of them as a second or third game but not first.


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Aston Martin made the CC100 Speedster to celebrate 100 years of success, and the car looks like it. It's a sensational V12 speed machine.
Aston Martin made the CC100 Speedster to celebrate 100 years of success, and the car looks like it. It's a sensational V12 speed machine.
Belgian police tracked down this speeder after he posted a video online of a 182mph joyride in a $257,000 Aston Martin. Thanks to the car's rarity, police easily identified his license plate from other Facebook videos. Now he faces losing his license and the car.
I'm crouched in the footwell of an Aston Martin V12 Vantage hammering across a dry lakebed at 140 mph, wondering why I'm not a Top Gear
Webster's Dictionary describes jealousy as zealous vigilance, which is exactly how we feel after listening to the skin tingling soundtrack of pure engine pr0n coming out of this 6.0-litre V12, 510-horsepower Aston Martin V12 Vantage
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Aston Martin continues to tease us with the V12 Vantage RS
Things have been good in the world of Aston Martin enthusiasts since breaking free from Ford, as exemplified by the Vantage RS V12 Concept
The newly independent automaker by the name of Aston Martin just revealed their new concept car, the V12 Vantage RS. The concept is based on the V8 Vantage coupe — but the engine's based on Aston's big 600bhp 6-liter racing V12. Aston claims the new performance concept achieves peak power output at 6250 rpm and peak…


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Wings [Blu-Ray]
Director : William A. Wellman
Screenplay : Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton (titles by Julian Johnson; story by John Monk Saunders)
MPAA Rating : NR
Year of Release : 1927
Stars : Clara Bow (Mary Preston), Charles Rogers (Jack Powell), Richard Arlen (David Armstrong), Jobyna Ralston (Sylvia Lewis), El Brendel (Herman Schwimpf), Richard Tucker (Air Commander), Gary Cooper (Cadet White), Gunboat Smith (The Sergeant), Henry B. Walthall (David's Father), Roscoe Karns (Lt. Cameron), Julia Swayne Gordon (David's Mother), Arlette Marchal (Celeste)
Given the depth and breadth of special effects technologies now available in the digital era, one would think that a film about World War I aerial dogfighting from 1927—when synchronized sound was still a novelty—would seem quaint, at best a charming, low-tech relic from an earlier, simpler cinematic era. Wings is anything but. The film's exhilarating action sequences derive their power precisely from the lack of special effects technology available at the time. Without CGI and green screens, director William A. "Wild Bill" Wellman had no choice but to mount cameras on actual planes and send them skyward. Granted, there is some optical printing at work in some shots and a few staged close-ups of planes colliding, but the majority of the aerial battles were filmed for real, with actual Spad VII's, Fokker D.VII's, and MB-3's cutting through the clouds with the real actors at the helm, the mounted camera lens pointed directly at them for both maximum impact and to ensure that the audience had no doubt what they were watching.
Not surprisingly, Wings was a late '20s blockbuster, one of the last of the great silent films before the onslaught of synchronized sound (it was the first and last silent film to win the Best Picture Oscar*). Audiences at the time were enthralled with the mystery and wonder of airplanes, especially since Charles Lindburgh had just made his historic trans-Atlantic flight. Although there had been dozens and dozens of films about World War I since the teens, few of them featured aerial combat, and those that did relied heavily on miniatures and military stock footage. Thus, Wings was a groundbreaking film, bringing audiences directly into a relatively unexplored aspect of warfare via a new cinematic approach. The importance of drawing the viewer into the experience of air battle was heightened by both the use of sound effects from behind the screen, including the roar of airplane engines, the rat-a-tat-tat of machine guns, and the thunder of mid-air collisions, but also the use of Magnascope, a system that allowed the projectionist to substantially enlarge the image during action sequences (its closest modern corollary are films like The Dark Knight and Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol that use the full IMAX screen for the biggest action).
Running a lengthy 144 minutes in its full roadshow version, Wings has plenty of room to draw out the drama in between its action sequences. Unfortunately, the literal enormity of the aerial battle sequences makes the drama, which has not aged terribly well, feel even punier. The screenplay by Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton from a story by John Monk Saunders centers on two competing pilots from the same hometown: Jack Powell (Charles Rogers), a middle-class boy who already feeds his need for speed with a souped-up hotrod, and David Armstrong (Richard Arlen), the son of the town's wealthiest family. The tension between the two men is not so much economic as it is romantic. Jack is enamored with Sylvia Lewis (Jobyna Ralston), a big-city girl whose heart already belongs to David even though Jack is too smitten to realize it. He is also willfully blind to his neighbor, a sweetheart named Mary who is played by Clara Bow, the literal "It Girl" of the late '20s who gets top billing even though she appears in less than a quarter of the film. Casting Bow in this role was clearly intended to draw in audiences, especially since Powell and Arlen were unknown supporting players at the time, and her attention-grabbed presence belies Jack's blindness to her beauty, charm, and desire, making him seem like a idiot, even by romance movie standards (his behavior becomes so infuriating in its thickness that you genuinely don't want him to get the girl in the end and you hope that Mary sets her sights on someone more deserving).
If the romantic elements don't always work, the growing camaraderie and friendship between Jack and David has a moving authenticity (it leads to a dramatic death scene in the final reel that many have willfully misread as indicating repressed homosexual desire). The spaciousness of the narrative also allows room for some amusingly distracting humor courtesy of Herman Schwimpf (El Brendel), a German-American recruit who is constantly having to prove his unassailable patriotism by showing off an American flag tattoo inside his bicep that he makes wave by jiggling his arm back and forth. Wellman also tries to milk humor from a lengthy sequence at Paris's Folies Bergère, where Jack gets so drunk that he is literally seeing champagne bubbles coming out of everything (including his own fingertips) while Mary, who has joined the war effort as an ambulance driver, tries desperately to woo him away from another woman (an obvious plot device to get Clara Bow into some slinky and shimmery).
Although the film is conventional in its story and characters, Wellman clearly felt at ease to experiment and explore with various camera set-ups and moves, including an impressive long tracking shot over the tables at the Folies Bergère and a camera mounted on a swing occupied by David and Sylvia. He also felt confident enough to include some risqué material, including a brief flash of Clara Bow topless while she is changing clothes, as well as gorier-than-expected moments of violence (when a pilot is shot from behind while in the air, we watch as his body begins to sag just before a sizable amount of blood erupts from his mouth). The film's budget has been reported at $2 million, which is more than twice what was typical of expensive productions at the time and does not even include the millions of dollars of free equipment, locations, and manpower provided by the U.S. military. None of it is wasted, though, as every dollar is clearly on display, especially once we go airborne. Some of the film's most beautiful shots give us clear views of the planes taking off from hundreds of feet above, the movement of the camera strikingly synchronized with the ever-increasing pace of the planes lifting off the ground. Wellman, who had flown with the French Foreign Legion's Lafayette Flying Corps during the war, purposefully cast Arlen for his flight experience (he flew with the Royal Canadian Flying Corps) while Powell learned to fly expressly for the production, which allows us to see them in the cockpits in close-up while the world spins and drops behind them.
It is ultimately this unadorned sense of realism that sets Wings apart from so many special-effects-laden action movies today that exchange pixels for stuntmen and computer logarithms for physical reality. Granted, CGI has made possible images that are otherwise impossible (for example, the entirety of Avatar), and when used in that fashion, it makes sense. But so much traditional action, which used to be the domain of stuntmen driving real cars and flying real planes and jumping off real mountains, has been supplanted by weightless special effects that constantly draw attention to their fakery because it entices filmmakers to give us too much too often. Some films, like last summer's Fast Five (2011), do a spectacular job of combining computer effects with real stunts in a way that is frequently seamless, proving the old adage that the best effect is the one you don't see. Movies of that sort, unfortunately, are more the exception than the rule, which is what makes revisiting a silent-era film like Wings such an exciting experience. We can never recreate what those audiences felt in 1927, but we can have our own experience now in which the outdated feels suddenly new—the old-school rush of realism turned into the new cutting edge.
*It should be noted that, while Wings is typically identified as the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, this tells only part of the story. The first year of the Oscars the Best Picture award was divided into two categories: Best Production and Unique and Artistic Production. Wings won for Best Production while F.W. Murnau's Sunrise, which is arguably the greater of the two films, won for Unique and Artistic Production. According to Richard Koszarski in his book An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915–1928, official histories at some point decided to elevate the Best Production Award to the status of Best Picture while the Unique and Artistic Production Award was essentially downgraded to a technical or special award. Thus, it is historically accurate to say that Wings shared the Best Picture award of 1927–28 with Sunrise.
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Would you believe me if I told you that this was the first appearance of Wings on home video since the VHS and laser disc days of 1985? For years fans and silent film aficionados have been calling for Paramount to release the film on DVD (until now it was the only Best Picture Oscar winner still MIA on digital format). It turns out that Paramount has been hard at work, and the work has paid off, as the 1080p high-definition presentation of Wings on Blu-Ray is simply spectacular and certainly worth the wait. Transferred from a duplicate negative held by Paramount and digitally restored frame by frame, Wings looks as good if not better than any silent-era film I have ever seen on disc. It looks like it was transferred from a print that had never been through a projector, as there are virtually no signs of emulsion scratching, tears, or other signs of age and wear (the included featurette about its restoration makes it abundantly clear just how poor the transfer materials were). The image is crisp and sharp without losing any of the inherent film grain, which swirls nicely in the vast expanses of sky during the aerial sequences. Detail and contrast are outstanding throughout, providing ample evidence of how good "old" movies can look. Unfortunately, there was no way to replicate the Magnoscope component of the presentation, as that would have involved artificially shrinking the rest of the film via windowboxing and then using the entire 1.33:1 part of the frame for the Magnoscope sequences (it is possible that they could have zoomed in some and opened up to the full 1.78:1 frame, as some Magnoscope presentations did widen the image, but that would have been questionable and it is probably best that Paramount avoided it altogether). In addition to restoring the film's image quality, Paramount has also endeavored to recreate the original roadshow experience by digitally tinting the images according to the continuity script, which tends to favor various shades of amber throughout much of the film with nighttime scenes shaded violet. In addition, they have also recreated the hand-stenciled coloring that was used to give the machine gun bursts and explosions a fiery red and yellow. On the soundtrack we have both Gaylord Carter's familiar Wurlitzer score in Dolby Digital two-channel stereo, while in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1-channel surround we get a newly re-recorded version of J.S. Zamecink's original score from 1927. I much preferred the new orchestral score, especially since it also adds to the roadshow feel by incorporating sound effects such as plane engines, machine gun fire, and explosions that originally played during the big-city screenings. Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt recreated the sounds and also gave them some modern oomph by utilizing the surround channels to make the planes whizz over our heads and the bullets zip over our shoulders. For fans of the film who have been clamoring for its availability on home video, the wait was worth it. | |
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On 16th Street, between Jefferson and Thomas roads, there is not one, not two, but count them -- at least 15 spots to get Mexican food.
But for the past couple years our favorite tried and true eatery on this strip has been La Cocina Economica.
The bright yellow building south of McDowell on 16th Street normally has a packed parking lot during the weekday lunch hours but don't let that stop you. It's your typical cheap and fast Mexican food, but these ladies cook up some of the best.
One of the best things about this place is the hot sauce selection. Plus they have their own impressive red and green sauces at the salsa bar. And of course the true sign of any good Mexican food restaurant: they have Coke in the bottle.
This place is tasty and if you play your cards right you could actually feed two people for under $10, so next time you're in the neighborhood, skip the place across the street and go to La Cocina.
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The next killer-app for the Vita may not have been announced, we all know that's going to be Let's Fish! Hooked On, but the quirky vibe of Sony Japan is clearly evident in the peculiar title Open Me.
The latest game from the PlayStation Camp initiative, which previously brought us games such as Patchwork Heroes and Tokyo Jungle, Open Me is a somewhat unexpected and off kilter game/app for the Vita. Not a true game in the sense that gamers will go on an epic journey, Open Me merely tests the curiosity of people and in term requires them to do a sometimes dreaded thing: work with someone else to achieve a specific goal.
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With "a heavy heart," country singer Jason Aldean has issued an apology after his tour bus struck and killed a pedestrian early yesterday near Vincennes, Ind.
Albert Kennedy, 49, of the town about 100 miles southwest of Indianapolis "walked out into the middle" of Rt. 41 and was struck by the bus, according to the police report.
Kennedy died at the scene of head and chest injuries.
The Dirt Road Anthem singer, 36, was on the bus at the time and later tweeted his condolence.
"With a heavy heart, I'm sad to say that a man passed away last night after stepping out in front of my bus in Indiana," Aldean wrote. "In all the years I've been touring and all the miles we've driven, nothing prepares you for something like this to happen. I'm praying for Albert Kennedy's family and friends today, and ask that you do the same."
Charges weren't expected to be filed against the driver.
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Variant of exaggerate
transitive verb exaggerated, exaggerating
- to think, speak, or write of as greater than is really so; magnify beyond the fact; overstate
- to increase or enlarge to an extreme or abnormal degree; overemphasize; intensify
Origin: < L exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare, to increase, exaggerate < ex-, out, up + aggerare, to heap up < agger, a heap < aggerere, to bring toward < ad-, to + gerere, to carry: see gesture
intransitive verb
to give an exaggerated description or account
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- exaggeratedly adverb
- exaggeration noun
- exaggerative adjective
- exaggerator noun
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Foreign and development ministers' joint efforts to improve EU's external action
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The foreign and development ministers of the EU held their first joint session in Luxembourg on 17 October 2006. "The first meeting of its kind ever was an important opportunity to discuss the coherence and effectiveness of EU's external action", told Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja in the press conference following the joint session. Ministers also discussed the EU strategy for Africa.
"Coherence and effectiveness of the European Union's external action is one of Finland's EU-presidency priorities. It was important to discuss the issue with the development ministers", Tuomioja said. The previous day EU-Presidency Finland organised a likewise historical joint meeting of EU's trade and development ministers, who focused their discussions on aid for trade -issues. Both other memberstates and EU Commission were very thankful for Finland for organising the joint sessions. As the globalisation deepens, also EU has to answer the challenges by a broadminded dialogue across different sectors.
The next EU-Africa Summit will be held during the Portuguese EU-presidency in Lisbon in 2007. "EU wants to encage African partners more closely in its efforts to push for reforms", Tuomioja said and referred to the situation in Zimbabwe.
Following the joint session with development ministers, EU foreign ministers held their own monthly council meeting. Foreign ministers discussed current international issues including among others North Korea and the tensions between Georgia and Russia. Also Western Balkans, Iran and Zimbabwe were on the agenda.
On North Korea, EU's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Javier Solana wants EU to focus on the next steps to be taken. "There was a strong UN security council resolution, next thing to do is to analyse how to implement it and to organise common policy of the EU", Solana said.
On the recently tense relations between Georgia and Russia, EU's Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner underlined, that both parties have responsibilities to turn back the rhetoric and make efforts to prevent the escalation of the current tensions. "EU is ready to rebuild confidence between the parties, if both sides agreed to ask for it", Ferrero-Waldner said.


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Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: 5 Keys to Barca Beating Madrid at Camp Nou
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Barcelona were terrific in the Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Those who watched the game will find it difficult to argue that the result was an unfair one, and Madrid should feel fortunate to be trailing by just one goal.
It will be a tough ask for Real to turn things around, and if Barcelona are able to replicate similar form, this match has the potential to be very one-sided.
Here are five areas Barcelona should focus on to ensure progression is achieved smoothly.
Unsettle Pepe
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Pepe made the headlines for all the wrong reasons at the Bernabeu.
His conduct was disgraceful, and the constant falling and play-acting was nothing short of an embarrassment.
The blatant stamp on Lionel Messi's hand would have warranted police investigation had it taken place on the street.
On his day, the Portuguese international can be a player of some brilliance, but his temperament remains constantly in question.
It does not take much to rattle Pepe's cage, and if Barcelona are able to frustrate him, it would not come as the biggest shock in the world to see Madrid competing with 10 men at some stage at Camp Nou.
Limit Ronaldo's Involvement
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Ever since becoming the most expensive player in football, Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to replicate his Manchester United form, in the big matches.
Despite this, it is clear that if Ronaldo does not perform, Real Madrid suffer.
He was very impressive in the first 45 minutes at the Bernabeu. His goal was well earned, and he was undoubtedly Real's main attacking threat.
In the second half he was non-existant. As a result, Real did not look as threatening as an attacking unit.
Restricting Ronaldo's impact on the tie will provide less of a defensive headache for Barca.
Commit to Set Pieces
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Barcelona deserved to claim victory in the first leg, and what became clear as the match progressed was the vulnerability of the Madrid defence.
Carlos Puyol's equaliser for Barca illustrated Madrid's lack of defensive organisation, particularly from set pieces.
Sergio Busquets squandered a glorious opportunity from a corner, which should have been guided past Iker Casillas in the Real goal.
Corners and free kicks caused Madrid serious problems, and Barca should look to continue to exploit this in the second leg.
Play Their Own Game
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Gerard Pique recently claimed that if Barcelona play their own game then they are unbeatable.
After analysing their performance at the Bernabeu, it is hard to argue against the World Cup winner.
Barca thrive on free-flowing, attacking football in which they dominate possession.
Their control of the match last week was staggering, especially when you take into account that Real Madrid are used to dominating at the Bernabeu rather than being dominated.
At home, Barcelona will feel even more confident, and with a vocal crowd firmly behind them, it will surely take a miracle for Real Madrid to progress any further in the competition.
Exude Confidence
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Despite trailing Real Madrid by five points in the La Liga table, there is no doubt in my mind that Barcelona are the far superior team.
Confidence played a key role in their first-leg victory.
To play with such belief, away from home and against their biggest rivals, was a statement of intent from Barca.
The Catalan giants will go into this tie believing they will win, and it could have a significant effect on the title race.
Real Madrid will be psychologically scarred from last week's defeat, and a bad loss at the Bernabeu could have catastrophic results for their entire season.
If Barcelona play with confidence, they should not have any trouble progressing.
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See runway photos, backstage, front row, and more!
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