sow panic
GP先輩のfollow-upです。あのColumbine High Schoolからさほど遠くない街で起きた今回の乱射事件もまた，「銃社会アメリカ」の悲しい現実と無関係ではないと思います。
文中のsow panicという表現は初めて見ました。sowというともっぱら「種をまく」と公式的に覚えていましたが，ここのsowは「引き起こす」，つまりinviteと同じ意味で用いられています。（Minnesota）
14 killed, 50 wounded at shooting during 'Dark Knight Rises' premiere at Denver cinema
WORLD JUL. 20, 2012 - 08:10PM JST ( 29 )
DENVER —
At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema premiere of the latest Batman movie in the U.S. state of Colorado, police and media said.
Witnesses interviewed by local media described a scene of chaos at the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” saying the gunman had set off tear gas bombs and opened fire in the packed theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver.
“Witnesses tell us he released some sort of canister,” said Aurora police chief Dan Oates. “They heard a hissing sound and some gas emerged and the gunman opened fire.”
Ten people were killed at the scene and another four died later at local hospitals, he said, adding that police had arrested the alleged gunman and that there was “no evidence” of a second, after earlier reports of two shooters.
Oates said the suspect had claimed to have explosives at his residence and that the apartment complex where he lived had been evacuated and was being searched.
Police spokesman Frank Fania told CNN the suspect was in his 20s, wearing body armor and armed with a rifle and two handguns, adding that he had set off some kind of smoke device in order to sow panic.
Witnesses described chaos chillingly similar to that depicted in the Batman films—in which maniacal villains terrorize Gotham City—suggesting the movie could have inspired the shooting spree.
They said several audience members had shown up in costumes, which could have allowed the gunman to blend in with the melee and complicated the arrest.
Police did not provide details about the killed and wounded, but the PG-13 film would have attracted scores of teenagers.
mug shot
続きです。犯人の氏名や彼がコロラド大学院生であることが公表されました。驚くしかありません。
mug shotとは「（警察が犯罪者の記録をとるために残す）顔写真」のことです。しばしば身長（feet）をあらわす目盛のボードを背景に撮られるそうです（経験はありません！）。
mugというとmug cupを思い出しますが，このmugの語源には諸説あり，代表的なのが18世紀の英国でmugがfaceを意味する俗語だったからという説ですが，真偽のほどは定かではありません。（Minnesota）
The suspect in the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater screening of the new Batman film early Friday had colored his hair red and told police he was "the Joker," according to a federal law enforcement source with detailed knowledge of the investigation.
At least 12 people were killed in the rampage and 59 were wounded.
A mug shot of James E. Holmes has not been released. Witnesses to the shooting described him as wearing a gas mask that concealed much of his face and head. But the federal law enforcement source's information about the suspect's appearance fits with a statement from New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who was briefed by Colorado authorities Friday.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
苦渋の決断
来年開催される第3回WBC（World Baseball Classic）に日本代表が不参加する意向が，昨日行われた選手会で決定されました。これまでNPB（日本野球機構）は日本企業がWBC運営側に支払うスポンサー権やグッズなどの権利を日本代表に帰属することをMLB側に要求してきましたが，その不公平さが見直されなかったため，今回の決議に至ったわけです。
ニュースなどでは「苦渋の決断」などと報じられており，JT. online（2012/07/21付）の記事では"heartbreaking" decisionが使用されていました。他の記事でも比較して表現を拾っていきたいと思います。（GP）
JPBPA unanimously votes to boycott WBC
Staff writer
The Japan Professional Baseball Players Association decided against participating in the next edition of the World Baseball Classic during a meeting on Friday in Osaka.
In what was called a "heartbreaking" decision by union head and Hanshin Tigers star Takahiro Arai, all 24 player representatives (two per team) voted against participating in the tournament, which is slated to be held in 2013. Japan won the previous two editions of the WBC in 2006 and 2009.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120721g1.html#.UAoOIxwzR-Y
agonizing decision
先ほどの表現に関連して，今度はJapan today（2012/07/21付）の記事にあった表現を拾います。
同じく「苦渋の決断」ですが，ここではagonizeが用いられています。agonizeを辞書で引くと「（･･･で）〔長時間〕ひどく苦しむ」とあり，agonizing（形）では「〈決定・時間などが〉苦しめる，苦痛を与える，苦闘させる」と記されています（『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版，大修館書店）。先ほどの"heartbreaking"も「悲痛な思いにさせる」という意味がありますが，agonizingと比較すると少々広義のように感じます。ニュアンスや使用場面などにも注意してword choiceが出来るようにしたいです。（GP）
Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) has insisted the champions will field a team but Friday’s decision will come as a blow to their hopes of completing a remarkable three-peat.
“Until the organizers change their position on the justifiable rights of teams to sponsor and merchandising rights, we will not take part,” players’ president Takahiro Arai told reporters.
“We have not had a response to our demands and it looks unlikely we will get one,” added the Hanshin Tigers player. “We know the fans want us to play and we want to play but we have had to take this agonizing decision.”
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/japan-players-vote-to-boycott-world-baseball-classic
cast a pall
今朝の関東はどんよりとした雲に覆われています。Minnesotaくんが引用していたCNNの記事に：
Shootings cast pall over 'Dark Knight Rises' blockbuster weekend
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
という小見出しがありました。cast/throw a pall overは「〜に黒い影を投げかける」という意味のイディオムで，この小見出しには「台無しにする」「水を差す」あたりの日本語がぴったりくると思います。
pallは「棺にかける覆い」のことで，ラテン語の「外套」に由来する言葉です。そこから a pall of darkness「夜のとばり」などの表現が使われるようになりました。"Dark Knight Rises"というタイトルにつながる言葉の選択です。（UG）
quasi-beer
サントリーホールディングスは発泡酒の生産・販売を停止するそうです。一時は爆発的な人気を誇った発泡酒も第三のビールに市場を奪われた恰好となります。
発砲酒のような種類は日本の酒税法によるとquasi-beer「疑似ビール」と称されるそうです。
名詞の語頭にこのラテン語のalmostを意味するquasiをつけると，「類似〜，疑似〜，準〜，半〜，」などの意味を表す言葉になるのですね（例：quasi-official，quasi-member, quasi-contract）。便利なので，どんどん使いたいと思います。（GP）
Suntory to stop selling happoshu
Suntory Holdings Ltd. plans to stop producing and selling happoshu low-malt quasi-beer, becoming the first major brewer to exit the happoshu market.
The firm finished producing its core happoshu product, "MD Golden Dry," in June, and all of its happoshu products should disappear from stores by autumn.
Suntory was the first company to start selling happoshu with its "Hop's Nama" in 1994. Happoshu became popular thanks to its price, which is lower than beer because it contains less than 67 percent malt. But the happoshu market began shrinking in 2003 when "third-category beer," which mainly contains ingredients other than malt and is even cheaper than happoshu, was launched.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T120720005240.htm
PS すみません。ここからちゃんとURLも載せておきます。
Trojan horse
財務省が2010-2011年の個人情報がリークした可能性があると発表しました。
An ongoing probe, in which around 2,000 computers at the ministry were checked, turned up 123 that were infected with Trojan horse malware, which is often sent as an e-mail attachment with the purpose of giving a hacker unauthorized access to a computer.
The ministry, which has yet to identify the route of the infection, has already changed the hard-disks on the affected computers while limiting data transmission when they are connected to the Internet.
The virus was not detected by antivirus software installed on the computers, triggering speculation it could be a new type of Trojan horse, ministry officials said.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120721b7.html#.UApYQlHjTx5
Trojan horseはギリシャ神話に出てくる「トロイの木馬」のことですが，コンピュータ関係の話になると，「システム破壊プログラム」という意味になります（『ジーニアス英和大辞典』大修館書店）。これは，有用に見えて実際には破壊活動を起こすプログラムのことで，トロイ戦争でギリシャ連合軍はトロイ軍を欺くために空洞の大きな木馬に兵士を潜ませた「トロイの木馬」から来た意味です（英辞郎on the WEB）。さらに敵・ライバルを転覆する目的で組織に潜伏している人・物という意味で「スパイ（行動），産業スパイ」という語義も生まれています。（Sugiuchi）。
one's thoughts are with~
"The Dark Knight Rises" の監督が声明を発表しました。「心からお悔やみを申し上げます。」という表現に相当するのがこのone's thoughts are with the victims and their familiesというフレーズです。念のため。（GP）
'Dark Knight' director: Shootings 'devastating'
NEW YORK (AP) -- "The Dark Knight Rises" director is speaking out about the Colorado theater slayings, calling it a "senseless tragedy" and "devastating."
In a statement released Friday night, Christopher Nolan expressed his sadness about the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. A gunman opened fire on an audience watching a midnight screening of the highly anticipated movie, killing 12 and injuring 59.
Nolan called movies a great American art form and said watching one is an important and joyful pastime. He called the theater his home, and said committing violence against innocent people there is savage and "devastating."
He added that the cast and crew's thoughts are with the victims and their families.
"The Dark Knight Rises" is the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy.
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20120721p2g00m0et068000c.html
capsize
タンザニアで280人乗りのフェリーが沈没し，69人の死亡が確認され，未だ77人が行方不明となっているとのことです。capsizeは「（船を（が））転覆させる（する）（overturn）〈沈没の意を含むことがある〉」という意味の単語です（『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版，大修館書店）。語源をネットで調べてみると，不確かながらも，西語“capuzar”が関連している，との記述がありました。（“1788, a nautical word of obscure origin, perhaps (as Skeat suggests) from Sp. capuzar "to sink by the head," from cabo "head." Related: Capsized; capsizing.”）overturnだけでなく，表現のバリエーションを増やしていきたいと思います。（GP）
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) – Tanzania's government on Saturday halted rescue operations for a ferry accident that appears to have killed 146 people.
Government official Ali Juma Shamhuna said 69 passengers were confirmed dead and 77 were still missing, but the rescue efforts were called off because it was unlikely to still find any passengers alive in the Indian Ocean three days after the accident.
The ferry MV Skagit, which capsized Wednesday while traveling from the East African nation's economic capital Dar es Salaam to the island of Zanzibar, was carrying 291 passengers, although it had only been certified to carry 250, he added.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-07-21/Tanzania-ferry-accident/56384652/1
（1788, a nautical word of obscure origin, perhaps (as Skeat suggests) from Sp. capuzar "to sink by the head," from cabo "head." Related: Capsized; capsizing.）
