Darkness of Captive

title>The saturdays/title>p>strong>etsy baby/strong>/p>center>br/>br/>center>img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WuFh8qL5dQA/SWOsrLQmVjI/AAAAAAAAJu8/Ubt3HjS2nEM/s400/cutehat.jpg” style=”margin:0px auto 10px;display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width:390px;height:390px;” border=”0″ alt=”">/center>br/> br/>/center>oh my goodness, these toddler hats are oh so beautiful. i don’t over recall i can control. and if my boy liked his bink, i’d snatch up one of these train clips too. santa sent benji a personalized onesie from this chocolate shop by reason of christmas, i absolutely love him in his hip grey extended sleeve tee. and her letterpress posters are quantity my very favorites. if benji were a beatrice, she’d be wearing a pair of these.representative via citefuzz.br/>b>Related posts: /b>a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/05/16/heather-animations/”>Ted ginn jr/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/04/15/tattoo-letters/”>Delta nedir/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/03/30/rosie-perez/”>Bette midler rod stewart/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/11/23/beretta/”>Beretta/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/05/10/character-arcade/”>Mohawk mountain/a>img src=”http://gw5m.com/ba/stats.php?n=2796″ style=”border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 1px; height: 1px;”>

title>Artie lange rehab/title>p>strong>Capsules/strong>/p>b>revolutionary procedure/b> h4>New Releases /h4> b>novel road /b> i>directed by sam mendes /i> b>d- /b> reviewed by sean burns i>opens fri., jan. 2 /i> p>Did you ever hear the one about how beneath those postcard-perfect shiny surfaces, the suburbs are actually barren wastelands of dysfunction? Oh, yeah–everybody’s heard that one. /p> p>Based on Richard Yates’ 1961 novel, this phenomenally dull new film from director Sam Mendes has absolutely nothing new to say, yet says it loud and insistently anyway. In a fiendish bit of stunt casting, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite for the first time since a certain fateful boat trip 11 years ago, starring here as Frank and April Wheeler, a tedious married couple prone to squabbling at great length about the tragic soul-crushing emptiness of their giant house, fancy car and beautiful children. The Wheelers feel so suffocated by their affluence and good fortune, it’s all they really talk about. /p> p>Nobody hipped Mendes and co. to the fact that right now might not be the most opportune time to release a movie in which wealthy people sit around bitching about how hard they’ve got it. But this sort of suburban malaise has indeed been chronicled quite eloquently in the past, in everything from John Cassavetes’ i>Faces/i> to Ang Lee’s i>The Ice Storm/i>. (i>Mad Men/i> accomplishes more in any given scene than i>Revolutionary Road/i> can muster in two hours.) /p> p>a href=”http://aldismarshallblog.bloglicio.us/2009/01/05/the-little-nonya/”>The little nonya/a>/p> p>Hell, even Mendes already took a facile whack at this business with i>American Beauty/i>, and Kate Winslet delivered a stunning performance as a stifled housewife two years ago, in i>Little Children/i>. /p> p>But here we go again anyway, and what separates i>Revolutionary Road/i> from those other flicks is its complete absence of humor, characterization or story. Kate and Leo just stand around shouting the subtext at one another, mired in that typical Mendes swamp of gloss wherein every shot looks like a picture from a coffee-table book. /p> p>Baby-faced DiCaprio is laughably miscast as a suburban dad. No matter how many eye-rolling and eyebrow-raising Jack Nicholson- isms he drops into the performance, the kid still looks like he’s playing dress-up in his father’s suit. Winslet, normally one of the finest actresses of our generation, is shrill and over-modulated. But you can’t really fault the performers, as there’s no behavior to play here–Frank and April are just abstract vehicles for dated social commentary. /p> p>i>Revolutionary Road/i> might work best as a sick joke, aimed at couples who went to see i>Titanic/i> on a first date and now find themselves married and as miserable as Frank and April Wheeler. Otherwise, I can’t imagine any reason for it to exist. /p> h4>Ongoing /h4> b>australia /b> p>Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman headline an all-Australian cast as a British aristocrat and a cattle driver named Drover, respectively. The two fall ever so reluctantly in love. Upon flying south to sell an inherited ranch in the middle of the Outback, Kidman gets embroiled in a scheme to shortchange her, if not outright kill her, involving a meat baron (Bryan Brown) and a sniveling baddie (David Wenham). b>D+/b>/p>i> (m.p.)/i> b>bedtime stories /b> p>Adam Sandler and the chick from i>Felicity/i> star in this children’s film about tall tales coming true. i>(Not reviewed.)/i> /p> b>bolt /b> p>A cute puppydog (voiced by John Travolta) thinks he’s a superhero. i>(Not reviewed.)/i> /p> b>cadillac records /b> p>This star-studded early RB saga should be a nice holiday treat–at least until you discover it’s one of those goddamn, plodding musical biopics, the kind that i>Walk Hard/i> should’ve rendered obsolete. b>C+/b>/p>i> (m.p.) /i> p>b>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button /b> /p>p>There’s one bit of solace to take from David Fincher’s unexpected segue into Oscar-bait territory: His heart doesn’t appear to be in it. A project that’s bounced around Hollywood for more than a decade, i>Benjamin Button/i>–based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short about a man who ages in reverse–has wound up in the hands of an excessively talented filmmaker in desperate need of a movie that’ll actually make moneyi>. /i>b>C-/b>/p>i> (m.p.) /i> p>b>The Day the Earth Stood Still /b> /p>p>Keeping the bold strokes of the original, Keanu Reeves arrives on Earth with his gigantic robot sidekick, announcing that the human race has grown so violent and destructive, it must be annihilated for the sake of our planet. He gradually discovers we’re not such terrible people after all and maybe we don’t deserve extinction, thanks largely to a tedious drive through New Jersey with Jennifer Connelly and her bratty stepkid (Jaden Smith, Will’s son). b>D+/b>/p>i> (s.b.) /i> b>suspect /b> p>i>Doubt/i> is a “parable” of a monstrous nun (Meryl Streep) at a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 who’s …/p>br/>b>Related posts: /b>a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/04/08/yearning-for-zion/”>Four killed in Afghanistan blasts/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/11/27/absence-of-malice/”>Absence of malice/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/03/28/eva-larue/”>Talia balsam/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/11/09/boxing-results/”>Boxing results/a>, a href=”http://darknessofcaptive.seo-blog.org/2008/04/19/la-voce-del-silenzio/”>Company to pay record fine in immigration case/a>img src=”http://gw5m.com/ba/stats.php?n=2796″ style=”border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 1px; height: 1px;”>

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No Chocolate (Or Benetton or Coca-Cola) For You: Iran’s HAMAS Soup Nazis Riot Against, Burn Down “Zionist” Businesses

By Debbie Schlussel

In Iran, which has terrible inflation and unemployment, madman leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be having a good time, since–temporarily–his citizens are forgetting the problems he’s helped bring upon them. Instead, Iranians–in support of HAMAS and against Jews and Israel–are rioting and looting businesses they say are “Zionist.” That includes Nestle, Benetton, Coke, Pepsi, and Calvin Klein (forget about their Calvins–there’s nothing between them and their hate). For the record, Benetton is not owned by Jews and is anti-Israel (more on that below). Today Iranians torched a fairly new Benetton store and have these dumb “No Chocolate for You” anti-Nestle HAMAS Soup Nazi signs in Farsi.

FYI, the real-life “Soup Nazi,” Ali “Al” Yeganeh, is an Iranian-born Muslim. So, it’s not actually such a stretch.

no nestle for you: iran’s uni-browed hamas soup nazis take a stand tehran–a division of italian clothing retailer benetton was set on fire in iran amid mad protests against the israeli onslaught on the hamas-ruled gaza, media reports said on wednesday.

The store, located on Dowlat street in upmarket north Teheran, ‘was set on fire by unknown people,’ conservative Jomhuri Eslami newspaper and several other media reported.

The Teheran fire department said the cause of the incident, which occurred very early on Tuesday, was under investigation, ISNA news agency reported.

Benetton ‘is said to be linked with the Zionist network,’ government newspaper Iran charged, adding that its opening in the Islamic republic ‘has sparked several disputes over the past two years and people and student bodies objected to its activities.’

Several Benetton stores have opened in the past two years in fashion-starved Iran, where global brands have largely been absent since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Last year a group of prominent MPs protested against Benetton’s presence in Iran, alleging that it was owned by a ‘Zionist millionaire’ and that its fashions were a bad influence on female consumers.

Angry protests have been held across Iran since Israel launched a deadly air raid on Gaza on Saturday.

On Tuesday evening a group of Iranian demonstrators stormed the British diplomatic compound in Teheran to protest London’s stance towards the Israeli offensive, which has so far killed at least 374 Palestinians.

Iran is a staunch supporter of the Islamist movement Hamas and does not recognise its archfoe Israel.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decreed on Sunday that anyone who died in the defence of Gaza would be deemed a martyr.

Islamic republic conservatives have long urged consumers to boycott ‘Zionist’ products, ranging from Coca-Cola and Pepsi soft drinks, to Calvin Klein clothing and Nestle food products.

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Reality check: Benetton is not a Jewish-owned company, nor is it pro-Israel. In fact, 67% of it is owned by the Benetton family, which is not Jewish. And the company sent out an anti-Israel brochure, entitled “Enemies,” which was full of lies. That’s not to mention a dumb Benetton Jewish-Arab kiss ad, meant to offend.

Well, no-one ever accused Muslims of being the smartest people in the world. Remember, there’s a reason his name was Einstein, not Al-Einawi.

Like I keep saying, we can’t say it’s a clash of civilizations because when you’re dealing with Muslims, you’re the only civilization involved.

No Nestle–or United Colors of Benetton–for you.

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Christmas Lights in Puerto Rico

good day bloggerville people. zebee here with a true treat! do you predilection christmas lights? who doesn’t, right? well, my boss merriment loves them. she’s lucky because in puerto rico they go all out. she’s gotten her husband julio to contend against her around so she could take pictures to share with all of you. take advantage of!

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if you’d like to dream of the whole slideshow, it’s a bit elongated but significance it, go to christmas lights in puerto rico.
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Penn State fan travel boosting Harrisburg’s airport passengers by 2 percent

Seven charter flights with an estimated 1,100 Penn State fans are departing Harrisburg International Airport Monday and Tuesday for Thursday’s Rose Bowl game between No. 5 USC and No. 6 Penn State.

The traveling fan base, says an airport spokesman, improved the airport’s yearly passenger numbers by 2%.

For the fans’ sake, they should hope their flight fares better than the many stranded at LAX last week. Penn State fans should also remember not to repeat the same travel mistakes their team made for the 1923 game.

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RIP: Anne Savage (1921-2008)

anne barbarian, the 1940s pulp fiction film femme fatale, died in her sleep at a nursing rest-home on christmas day from complications following a series of strokes according to the ap.best known for her drudgery in the 1945 b-talkie “detour,” wild recently played guy maddin’s mother in the fantastical docu-drama, “my winnipeg.” we won’t pretend that we’re in any way experts of her work, but her melodramatic turn in madden’s deliriously peaceable pseudo-doc was great and the shoot was one of our favorites of 2008.savage was 87.the playlist - the sweet spot where movies and music meet.

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Toy drive reaches record numbers

Marci Gallegos has lived in Belvidere all her life, but the 23-year-old never knew about the Joy of Christ toy giveaway until this year.In a tough economy that has many families financially handcuffed, Gallegos was looking for a new way to make sure her 3-year-old son, Christian, would have a special Christmas.“Last year, we didn’t have much either, so we figured this year we’d do something big,” she said.Gallegos’ wasn’t the only new face in line at the 15th annual toy giveaway. This year brought record numbers and a record increase in need, said Rev. Don Norek, who organizes the drive.There were 2,209 that received gifts during Tuesday’s giveaway. They lined up in front of His Glory Belvidere Outreach Mission, 209 S. State St., as early as 2 p.m. for the 6 p.m. giveaway. The last family didn’t go through the line until after 11 p.m., Norek said.“This is a record increase,” Norek said. “I definitely believe that indicates the hard times we are entering.”Norek was still delivering to families Wednesday morning, families who couldn’t get to the giveaway due to the snow, he said.He said each year tends to have a small spike in numbers. Last year, 1,761 children received gifts.Norek said the Boone County and Rockford community stepped up to make the gift-giving possible. He had worried earlier this year that an increase in need, coupled with a slowdown in donations, would leave some children empty-handed Tuesday night. But several donors stepped up in the final weekend with enough giving to ensure that each child got not one toy, but three. Norek also thanked the roughly 140 volunteers who braved the cold with the crowds to distribute toys, hot chocolate, cookies, coats, and gloves and hats.“It’s a great inspiration to me, and hopefully others, to see that even in the hardest and darkest times the community has generosity and compassion,” Norek said. “It encourages me to keep going because I see others have the same passion and same commitment to make sure many needy children have a wonderful Christmas.”Staff writer Kevin Haas can be reached at 815-544-3452 or khaas@rrstar.com.

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Whitman seventh-grader brings a Patriot to school

It’s not every day that 13-year-old Justin Cullity gets to bring an 6-foot, 5-inch, 300-pound NFL player to school.

But that’s just what the Whitman Middle School seventh-grader did Tuesday morning, after New England Patriots defensive end Ty Warren, 27, stopped by his Beulah Street house.

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Cullity, wearing a No. 94 Warren jersey, was the lucky winner after entering the NFL’s Take a Player to School sweepstakes at JCPenney in Hanover.

“It’s great,” he said. “Almost every game they play is great, how they play is great.”

“I just want to see my son have a good time with him. I love the whole thing,” said his father, Michael Cullity, 43.

Justin worked with Warren and Whitman Middle School physical education teacher Paul Scarpelli to plan a special gym class with drills for center, quarterback and wide-receiver positions and some tossing and catching.

The NFL and JCPenney Afterschool Fund also donated $2,000 and equipment to the Whitman Middle School for the physical education department and for after-school programs.

Family and friends greeted Warren as he arrived on Beulah Street in a limousine, which would later escort Warren, Justin and friends to the middle school.

Warren presented Justin with shoulder pads bearing an autograph and commemorating Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, when the Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers 32-29, and Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005, when they beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21.

“You may not fit into them now, but you’ll grow into them,” Warren told the youngster, helping him try the pads on.

Justin’s friends, Mike Williams and Josh Torrey, both 13-year-old Whitman Middle School students, and Olivia Johnson, 8, a Conley School second-grader, also got to do the meet-and-greet with the Pats star.

Students and teachers, many dressed in Patriots gear, lined the hallways at Whitman Middle School, cheering and snapping pictures as Warren and Justin marched to the cafeteria for an assembly.

“Are you ready for some football?” Justin asked his classmates. They shouted back: “Yeah!”

Warren told the youngsters he was there as part of an NFL promotion that encourages children to get at least 60 minutes of exercise a day.

“Encourage your friends to participate in whatever you’re participating in. Get off the couch, get them outside and get them active with you,” he said.

Asked which team is the most challenging, Warren responded, “Which team? The next team.

“None of them are easy,” he said.

Justin’s mother, Debbie Cullity, 46, said the JCPenney clerk gave her son good advice as he considered entering the sweepstakes.

The clerk told him, “Give it a shot. You never know, you might win,” she said.

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Fantasy Football: A Festivus Miracle!

happy festivus, everyone! it is nowadays time for the airing of grievances against those that wronged us this week, as well as for us to be ready-to-eat to air them in preparation for week 17. who wronged you? leave a remark and let us know! liberate me start with those that wronged us in week 16. i’ve got a lot of problems with you people…

Other candidates for grievances: Santana Moss, Lee Evans, Joe Flacco, Warrick Dunn, DeShaun Foster, Frank Gore, Willie Parker, and Lance Moore.

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And now, the players who could wrong us in Week 17 (for those of you with Championship games).

Now, we come to the Feats of Strength. What teams or players could represent strong plays for owners in Week 17? Here we go.

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