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DS vs DS Lite vs DSi

All order Levaquin DS games may be created equal, but not every DS console is created equal. Especially when it comes to screen brightness. Just look at this comparison pic (click through for a bigger version)! On the top, the original DS. Bottom-left, the DS Lite. Bottom-right, the new DSi. Nice to finally see where some of that decreased battery life is going.

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Victoria Beckham Gowns

victoria beckham gownsthere are stacks of victoria beckham gowns that can be viewed on vanguard. with the handful of appearances that the beckhams make at various charity and media organized event it is not surprising that there are a high number of victoria beckham gowns. it is also recognized that victoria beckham gowns not muddle through an presence twice. they do though make appearances at charity auctions where they raise resources for various good causes.

in more late months there have been a number of draughtsman gowns making there own appearances. some of them have been designed by roberto cavalli designer of the gowns jaded since the lan girls reunion. there have been other spectacular victoria beckham gowns from such designers as donna karan and mark jacobs. song of the best victoria beckham gowns htough has to be the roland mouret red gown worn to the metropolitan museum of art costume institute benefit gala in 2006.

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Dating Ideas for Under $25

A relationship advisor for several popular online dating sites offers advice for dating on the cheap date ideas. With the global economy in a downturn, people are looking for less expensive ways to socialize. Here are a few of the suggestions for dates under $25:

“outdoor ice skating rinks are opportunity up all on the country and, depending on the state, cost of admission plus skate rentals are less than $15! not only is it a absurd spot for the benefit of a date, and gargantuan exercise to boot, but it’s also the perfect break for some sweet handholding! meet your date after work to circumvent the weekend crush, and then grab a slice at your local pizza store for dinner.” “be unstinting and spend a couple of hours with your date continuous or walking in a 5k for charity. breast cancer organization like the susan g. komen fly repayment for the cure still has 3 more races left this fall and you and your year can either run or walk for a valid genesis. if you decide not to go out for coffee afterwards, you can take the $25 and donate it to the charity!” these antiquated ideas come from avalanche llc which operates very many online dating sites that include date.com and matchmaker.com. you can interpret the other 8 cheap date ideas here.

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The Toronto Star in 60 seconds: From Day of the Dead to Christmas sage

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Cinematical Seven: Greatest Supporting Performances in Horror Films

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in researching this list, i made two realizations: most uneasiness films don’t bother with supporting casts; the supporters are often ghosts and monsters and supernatural forces (the other humans tend not to listen). and also, there are more grand performances by women in horror films. note just the list of women who were nominated for the sake of — or won — oscars in return horror films: patty mccormack, janet leigh, ruth gordon, linda blair, ellen burstyn, sissy spacek, piper laurie, sigourney weaver, kathy bates, jodie foster, juliette lewis, toni collette, etc. perhaps women are more intuitively in touch with the mystic. either way, i think i came up with a pretty good list:

1. Maria Ouspenskaya in The Wolf Man (1941) Her name’s a mouthful, but once you learn to say it, you’ll never forget it. She was born in 1876, which put her at about 65 when The Wolf Man was made. She was a theater actor, before the movies were invented, she became an acting teacher and she received two Oscar nominations prior to this role. She plays Maleva (what a great name!), the old gypsy woman, and mother to Bela (Bela Lugosi), who possesses the knowledge of all things werewolf. With eyes like obsidian, her line readings are quiet, mysterious, intelligent, and though she’s practically half the size of star Lon Chaney Jr., she towers over him.

2. Christina Ricci in Addams Family Values (1993) Every once in a while the movie gods smile down and create something wonderful, like the moment that young Ricci walked into the “Addams Family” auditions, hoping for the role of Wednesday. The resulting movie, released in 1991, wasn’t very good, but the sequel was much improved and Ricci was so good in both that she clearly announced the beginning of a fascinating career full of brave, unusual choices. With her round, pale face, huge eyes and tiny mouth shaped like a talon, she was scary and funny and just a little bit odd, and when she grew older, she took on a dangerous kind of sexiness. She could be the direct genre descendant of Elsa Lanchester or Barbara Steele.

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28 October SWJ Roundup

us policy-makers, planners, and programmers in the upcoming supplying therefore would be spurt advised to journal blunt-, mid-, and long-roam requirements across the room, bearing in mind that the most dangerous enemy capabilities imaginable do not necessarily constitute dangerous threats, for reasons the extra explores.

–John Collins - Small Wars Journal

iraq / syria / us us calls ransack a warning to syria - ann scott tyson and ellen knickmeyer, washington post us troops in helicopters flew four miles into syrian territory over the weekend to aim the leader of a network that channels foreign fighters from syria into iraq, killing or wounding him and shooting dead several armed men, us officials said monday. us officials have long complained that the syrian government has allowed arab fighters to pass through the country to enter iraq, but since form year, top military leaders have praised syrian efforts to curb the flow. in just out months, officials have estimated that as only one as 20 fighters a month have been crossing into iraq, down from more than a hundred a month in 2006. but officials said the raid sunday, seemingly the first acknowledged instance of us ground forces operating in syria, was intended to send a lesson to the syrian government. “you have to clean up the global threat that is in your back yard, and if you won’t do that, we are pink with no choice but to take these matters into our hands,” said a senior us official, who spoke on the demand of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the cross-border strike. more at the washington post. strike kills superior al qaeda leader - sara carter, washington times a rare us military strike into syria on sunday killed a elder al qaeda leader who helped smuggle weapons and extraneous fighters into iraq, us defense officials and military experts said monday. the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, identified the victim as an iraqi named abu ghadiya and said he had eluded us forces for years. anthony cordesman, a military dexterous at the center because crucial and universal studies in washington, said the smuggler also went by the star of sulayman khalid darwish and that another senior smuggler was captured. while syria has cracked down on transpacific fighters in recent years, syria is “still the key source of support for al qaeda in iraq,” mr. cordesman said. “jordan and saudi arabia have done a pretty approving job of keeping things lower than drunk power, but the rat lines still go through the syrian frontier.” more at the washington times and: senior al qaeda fellow killed in us raid - los angeles times officials say us killed an iraqi in invade in syria - new york times us raid in syria said to hit top al-qaida smuggler - voice of america syria attack ‘killed major target’ - bbc advice syria protests alleged us storm on syrian border town - voice of america syrian minister condemns us ‘terrorism’ - the times syrian ire follows fringe sally - christian science trace syria accuses us of using ‘terrorist aggression’ - agence france-presse us acknowledges syrian protest of alleged raid - representative of america descend upon into syria complicates iraq’s ties - associated induce mr. assad’s medicine - washington post editorial

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Why Obama, by Ayelet Waldman

Why Obama is a series of guest essays by musicians and authors, where they share their support for Democratic United States presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and offer arguments why he needs to be elected president of the United States.

In her own words, here is Ayelet Waldman’s Why Obama essay:

When the idea for books4barack first occurred to me, I hoped to raised two or three thousand dollars for Barack Obama’s historic campaign. In my wildest dreams I never imagined that the figure would be close to $40,000. Thanks to all of you, this ridiculous project has been a resounding success. We’ve sold more baskets than we have books, a boggling feat, considering how many books are spilling out of boxes in my living room. We won’t be taking anymore book bag donations, but we urge you to please consider donating anyway, even without the books. Writers, keep sending your books in. Please. We need lots more to fulfill the orders we already have.

The response had nothing to do with the idea, or with me, and everything to do with the historic candidacy of Barack Obama. All of us feel a profound sense of urgency. For the first time we can imagine voting not just against a person or a party (although, God knows, there’s a lot to vote against), but for someone. For someone who demands of this country that we rise to his example. That we become our best selves.

Since our children were small, Michael and I have been telling them a story about America. We’ve been telling them that this complicated nation has a complicated history. That just as Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and the Wright brothers figure in its history, so do slavery, the Trail of Tears, and Korematsu v. United States. We’ve described our country’s history as a heroic struggle for change inspired by leaders like Susan B. Anthony, Medgar Evers, and Chief Tecumseh. Because of their sacrifices, and the sacrifices of ordinary people, America left behind those ugly days, we tell our children, and today we live in a better place. We’ve told these stories with our fingers crossed behind our backs, because even as we celebrate progress, we think of Guantanamo Bay and Pelican Bay, and even as we celebrate change, we think of the fact that a woman still earns 77 cents to a man’s dollar.

On January 21st, my family will be standing on the Mall where the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the speech that inspired generations, watching Barack Obama raise his hand and take the oath of office. At that moment, the America of our myths and stories will come true. At that moment, we will uncross our fingers, raise our hands to the sky and begin another story.

Ayelet Waldman links:

Ayelet Waldman’s website Books 4 Barack

Barack Obama links:

Barack Obama presidential campaign website Books 4 Barack Barack Rock!

also at Largehearted Boy:

other Why Obama essays Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book) Note Books (musicians discuss literature) guest book reviews musician/author interviews

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Audit: Math tests that students failed were not flawed

an independent audit of georgia’s math tests has found that questions on the criterion-referenced competency test strongly matched what the state says students should learn, supporting the state’s position that faulty exams did not contribute to high failure rates.

Idaho Cheerleaders Lose Skimpy Outfits

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boise, idaho (ap) — less than a month into the football condition, the idaho vandals are undergoing another makeover after spectators complained that cheerleaders’ uniforms were flashing a little more than school spirit.

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ISU Cheerleaders reading to children at the Pine Ridge Mall in Pocatello, Idaho.

Portraits and candid photos of the cheergirls of the University of Idaho.

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Ex-CO Gets 10 Years For Chase, Cop Assault

suffolk county—former corrections officer linda harley of bellport was sentenced thursday to 10 years in prison for cardinal police on a high-belt along follow in the eastbound lanes of the long archipelago expressway from exit 33 in nassau to the yaphank lie exit. after a three week annoyance in may, harley, 57, was convicted of attempted aggravated …

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Cops sending a message with large-scale warrant arrest raid

It’s 6 a.m. on Tuesday and more than a dozen cops are zooming around the city in unmarked police cruisers searching for about 20 criminals wanted on court warrants.

“It’s like going fishing,” said Police Capt. Paul Upton. “You never know what you’re going to catch.”

Somerville police typically assist state police with warrant operations in the city about once a month, but this week’s operation is a little different. It’s the first time in years that the local police department has mounted a warrant arrest operation of this magnitude on its own.

“We’re trying to send the message that if you’re a dangerous criminal and in Somerville, we’re going to come get you,” said Police Chief Tony Holloway.

Holloway said the warrant arrest raid is a way of showing criminals local cops are serious about enforcing crime. The move also comes in the wake of increasing gang violence and efforts to stem problems with crime, according to Holloway.

Holloway, who has been on the job in Somerville for about five months, drove the van used to transport prisoners back to the station and the ranking officers appear thrilled by the new chief’s hands-on policing techniques.

Just before 7 a.m. one team of officers and detectives parked their cruisers on Hudson Street and walked to number 85 — a cute house with a white picket fence, flowering hanging plants on the porch and a garden gnome in the yard.

When police lead 39-year-old Cathleen McCarthy out of the house in handcuffs, she doesn’t seem surprised.

“Is this going to be in the Journal?” McCarthy asks a detective when she sees a reporter.

Police are familiar with McCarthy from past arrests. This time she’s wanted on warrants for negligent driving, leaving the scene of personal injury, leaving the scene of property damage and speeding.

There’s another arrest at Foss Park and one more on McGrath Highway near the railroad bridge. As the clock ticks past 8 a.m., the arrests are few and far between.

The best time to catch criminals is between 6 and 8 a.m., according to Upton. Every minute that goes by after 8 a.m., it become exponentially more difficult to find the wanted criminal at home.

in the end, the function alone netted three arrests.

In addition to McCarthy, Patrick Hayes, 47, of 250 Broadway, is charged on four warrants, all for violating an abuse prevention order and Tiago Vargas, 40, of 50 Franklin St., is charged with a warrant for shoplifting by concealing merchandise.

But Capt. Charles Femino, who organized the entire operation, said it’s not a total loss. If cops discover a wanted criminal has moved addresses, they can update the warrant and have a better chance of making the arrest next time.

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