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...Science fiction's very good at taking something timely that maybe you can't look straight at. That's its true role, making us think about the consequences of our actions now. Avatar is an adventure about how we as humans deal with nature. I'll probably get a reputation as a tree-hugging hippie...
...Inspector O has a simple mission: sit on a hill at dawn and photograph a car traveling the long, ruler-straight road connecting Pyongyang with the border to the South. But this is North Korea, where even the easiest task is complicated by penury-the camera he is given has a dead battery-and fraught with politics. Returning to the capital, O is unexpectedly grilled by two senior intelligence officials with a keen interest in the car he didn't photograph. Becoming embroiled with the secret services is a dangerous proposition for any North Korean, even a policeman...
...soon as they entered the Peacock Room - and maybe posed for a quick photograph with Dentsu CEO Takeo Mataki, who manned his position like a shopping mall Santa - it was straight to the food tables. There was the sushi counter catered by one of the finest restaurants in the capital. There was the grill manned by chefs who wielded steak knives like samurai. And there was the fugu - the poisonous blowfish delicacy that can cost your life if prepared incorrectly, and which can cost you $50 or more when ordered at a restaurant. I braved the fugu sashimi...
...Team are scheduled to play Haiti in their first game on Jan. 17 at Rommel Fernandez Stadium. They will play Guatemala on Jan. 19 and Panama on Jan. 21. The U.S. has qualified for five consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cups, and would advance to its sixth straight by passing through the Group A stage. “We are thrilled for Andre and the success that he has earned,” said Harvard coach John Kerr in a press release. “First and foremost, I think Andre impressed the National Team coaches with his attitude...
...also glad to see the Journal is providing more coverage of the arts, as the paper maintains a decent stable of experts and critics. That said, the arts coverage is the one thing that's still tough to locate. If I have it straight, it appears in the back of the Personal Journal section three days a week, only the Personal Journal sometimes runs in the back of the Marketplace section. And arts coverage runs somewhere else altogether in both the Weekend Journal (the one that comes out Friday) and the Weekend Edition (the one that comes out Saturday). Confused...