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রবিবার, ১৩ অক্টোবর, ২০১৩

The New And The Next: Six-Second Comedy And A Spin On News

The online magazine Ozy covers people, places and trends on the horizon. Co-founder Carlos Watson joins All Things Considered regularly to share the site's latest discoveries.

This week, he tells NPR's Arun Rath about a YouTube sensation in Urugauy, a six-second comedian and the young woman who gained a following with her explicit declaration of love for science.

The New And The Next

Uruguay's News Sensation

"Agustin Ferrando kind of got depressed with a lot of the news he saw and thought that little moments in life were just as interesting. So he created an incredibly popular YouTube channel — north of a million hits in a country that only has 3 million people. ...

"He's saying, 'If I tell the little individual stories of what you had for dinner, what happened at this schoolhouse — even though that's not classic big news — that's the stuff of real life.' "

Read 'In Uruguay, Everything Happens, Every Week' On Ozy.com

The Next Comedy Forum: Vine

"Will Sasso, who's been a comedian who's bounced around for years, has finally found his platform in Vine. Vine only gives you six seconds to make some magical video.

"And what Will Sasso figured out is that he could either try and tell you stories, or he could do funny impersonations."

Read 'The Vine Mastery of Will Sasso' On Ozy.com

The Woman Who (Really) Loves Science

Courtesy of Elise Andrew

Courtesy of Elise Andrew

"[Elise Andrew], who was originally from Britain, was living in Canada at university ... and just suddenly posted science articles that she liked. ... She put a very colorful headline: 'I F - - - ing Love Science.' ...

"But people didn't know that a 24-year-old young woman was the person behind this incredibly popular site. When she revealed herself, she got a bunch of negative comments. But Rather than shrink from it, she leaned into it in the best sense and started essentially posting the worst quote of the day."

Read 'Elise Andrew F - - - ing Loves Science' On Ozy.com

Source: http://www.npr.org/2013/10/12/232292356/the-new-and-the-next-six-second-comedy-and-a-spin-on-news?ft=1&f=1048
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বৃহস্পতিবার, ১০ অক্টোবর, ২০১৩

Can 'The Past' Be Beaten for the Foreign Language Oscar? (Analysis)

This week, the Academy revealed that a record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration for the best foreign language film Oscar. Nobody has screened all of them yet, but, having seen many of them at festivals, press screenings or via screeners, I feel qualified to identify some of the category's top contenders.

Right now, my hunch is that Iran's The Past is the film to beat. Its writer-director, Asghar Farhadi, is the same man who was responsible for A Separation, another film about domestic strife, which brought Iran its first-ever Oscar in this category just two years ago. The one big difference between the two films: the newer one, for which beautiful Berenice Bejo (The Artist) was awarded the best actress prize at Cannes, was set and shot in Paris and spoken in the French language, whereas the older one was more Iranian, having been shot in Tehran and spoken in Farsi. For those reasons and others to do with subject matter -- it deals with divorce -- some cultural hard-liners in Iran argued that The Past was "too French." But since Academy rules permit countries to submit films even if they are in a language other than the country's own national tongue, and Iran doesn't have a "more Iranian" alternative that is in the same league as The Past, savvier minds eventually prevailed.

Still, a win for The Past is anything but assured.

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As was the case when The Separation was up for the Oscar, Iran's most prominent challenger for the award is, ironically, probably its biggest real-world nemesis, Israel. Two years ago Israel came up short with Footnote, but this year it returns with another formidable contender, Yuval Adler's Bethlehem, a thriller about the relationship between an Israeli intelligence agent and his young Palestinian informant. The pic recently was awarded an impressive six Ophirs (the Israeli Oscars), including best film.

Israel has been a fairly regular contender for the best foreign language film Oscar over the 56 years in which it has existed as a competitive category, racking up 10 nominations -- more than every country except France (36), Italty (27), Spain (19), Sweden (14) and Japan (12). Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, never even entered a film prior to this year, when it submitted Wadjda -- a film by a female director (Haifaa Al-Mansour), no less! (This year also brings the first-ever entries from Moldova and Montenegro, and the first entry from Pakistan in 50 years.)

Other acclaimed entries include Italy's The Great Beauty, a Fellini-esque portrait of present-day Rome and Romans; Denmark's The Hunt, which stars Mads Mikkelsen, who won the best actor award at Cannes in 2012 for his work in the film; Palestine's Omar, which was awarded a Jury Prize at the most recent Cannes film fest; Hong Kong's The Grandmaster, a kung fu actioner directed by the internationally revered filmmaker Wong Kar Wai; Chile's Gloria, a dark comedy about a middle-aged woman's attempt to find love; Poland's Walesa, Andrzej Wajda's biopic of Polish politician and activist Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and served as president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.

STORY: 76 Countries Competing for Best Foreign Language Film

As always, considerable attention is also being focused on the films that did not make the cut: France's lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color, which was awarded Cannes' Palme d'Or but is ineligible for this race because its French distributor elected not to release it domestically until later in the fall (France went with Renoir instead); Japan's Like Father, Like Son, a film about a father facing a moral dilemma, which was awarded a Jury Prize at Cannes but passed over at home in favor of The Great Passage; India's The Lunchbox, a fan favorite at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals, which was left out at the expense of The Good Road; and the Czech Republic's, Burning Bush, a film by past Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland which was disqualified -- and replaced by The Don Juans -- because a version of it was broadcast on European TV, in violation of Academy rules.

All 76 films will soon be screened by members of the Academy's foreign language committee, who will pick five for a shortlist, to which four others will be added by an executive committee. That shortlist, which will be released publicly, will then be whittled down to five nominees by a smaller group, and then, for the first time, the entire Academy will be sent screeners of those films and invited to vote for a winner.

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মঙ্গলবার, ১১ জুন, ২০১৩

Sustainable Wooden Speakers For Ethical Audiophiles

If you're just as concerned by the origins of your technology as their quality, then these speakers could be just the thing you're after.

Mad Catz confirms M.O.J.O. Android 'micro console'

Mad Catz CEO Darren Richardson may have already let slip about the forthcoming Android M.O.J.O. console, but now it's been made official. The firm stopped short of giving us all the specifications, but we can tell you that it supports Bluetooth 4.0, and will ship with the company's GameSmart C.T.R.L.R. wireless GamePad. Thanks to the images, we also get a clue at some of the connectivity, which includes two regular USB ports, one micro-USB, an HDMI out, headphone connector and microSD slot. The wedge-like device is out there in the wild at E3, so we'll be sure to give it the full hands-on once it's spotted in its natural habitat.

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Cancer Doctor's Alleged Poisoning: How Can Ethylene Glycol Kill?

A cancer researcher in Houston is accused of aggravated assault in the alleged poisoning of a fellow cancer doctor.

According to a criminal complaint filed May 29, Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, a breast cancer oncologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center spiked the coffee of her colleague Dr. George Blumenschein with ethylene glycol, causing kidney failure and other complications. Gonzalez-Angulo and Blumenschein were in a casual sexual relationship, according to the complaint, which was first reported by the Houston Chronicle.

So what is ethylene glycol? This industrial chemical is odorless, colorless ??and deadly, especially given that it tastes sweet, making it appealing to kids and pets.

Because it lowers the freezing point of water, ethylene glycol is mainly used as anantifreeze in automobiles. It's also used in some manufacturing processes and in research labs, including at M.D. Anderson, according to investigators. Most poisonings occur via antifreeze ingestion, however, according to the U.S. government's Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR).?

In the complaint, Blumenschein alleges that Gonzalez-Angulo made him a cup of coffee that tasted suspiciously sweet, given that he normally drinks his coffee black. He objected, according to the complaint, but Gonzalez-Angulo told him the taste was the sweetener Splenda and then made him a second, also sweet, mug.

Blumenschein, a specialist in lung, head and neck cancers, alleges that a few hours later, he began to slur his speech and lose his balance and motor skills. A urine test revealed signs of ethylene glycol poisoning. The doctor would eventually need dialysis to save his ailing kidneys.

Ethylene glycol kills by first affecting the central nervous system, causing symptoms such as headache, confusion, slurred speech and tremors, according to ATSDR. As the body metabolizes the compound, cardiopulmonary symptoms kick in: a racing heart, high blood pressure and rapid breathing. About 24 to 72 hours after untreated ingestion, the body's attempts to clear the compound end with kidney dysfunction or failure, which can be irreversible.

Treatment of ethylene glycol poisoning depends on how long ago the patient ingested the chemical. In early stages, doctors may try to induce vomiting. They may also give medications that inhibit ethylene glycol metabolism.

Dialysis, which takes over the role of the kidneys by cleansing the blood, may be necessary to remove ethylene glycol and its toxic byproducts from the body.

Lawyers for Gonzalez-Angulo told the Houston Chronicle in a statement that their client is innocent. She has been released on $50,000 bail.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-doctors-alleged-poisoning-ethylene-glycol-kill-190710569.html

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সোমবার, ২০ মে, ২০১৩

Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? Lottery officials say the winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot have been drawn.

They are: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11.

Officials say the latest Powerball jackpot figure results are still pending. They had estimated it at $600 million.

With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot. The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't be you.

The chances of winning the prize remain astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million. That's how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play.

But since about 80 percent of the possible combinations have been purchased, lottery officials say it's likely the winning ticket could be selected.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/winning-numbers-drawn-powerball-jackpot-031819073.html

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