I blogged about this chess tournament from Sofia a while ago. Then it was just at the beginning and Dieter Nisipeanu was not doing bad at all. Unfortunately Nisipeanu lost to Adams in round 3 and my prediction for him winning the tournament was really conditional on a win there :-).
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Movie scene for week 13 to 19th of May ’07: Al Pacino’s ‘pro integrity’ speech from “Scent of a Woman”
I already selected, a while ago, one other scene of this amazing movie, as part of my “movie scene of the week” blog-category. I therefore will not write anything else about the movie as a whole, but directly propose to you this flawless performance of Al Pacino, aka Colonel Frank Slade, as movie scene of this ending week.
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Take our politicians: they’re a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize.
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Tare ma tem ca Sorin Matei iarasi se leaga de lucruri unde nu are in mod necesar toate competentele. Articolul acesta din Adevarul (cu preview si pe pagini.com) are si parti bune (da, un eventual Basescu reloaded ar trebui, in sfarsit, sa-si in serios rolul de Presedinte si sa inceteze sa fie un bufon…desi incep sa ma indoiesc ca are abilitatea necesara si deci ca ar fi doar o chestiune de vointa), chit ca ar putea prezenta o analiza mai obiectiva si pasaje care il plaseaza in seria articolelor deloc impartiale ar putea fi eliminate… Dar, sa ajungem si la marea dilema: sa fie desfiintata Curtea Constitutionala?
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…and of course I’ll be there on Monday to check out what they’ve got to say! By the way: you see above the very first picture on this blog :-).