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Those are tough acts to follow. Still, it surprised me that the DSi - the i refers to the personal pronoun - is a bit of a snooze in its ambitions and a mess in some of its execution. The device, which is a tad thinner than the DS and has slightly larger LCDs, comes with two motion-detecting cameras. One faces you, and the other points outward to snap images of your friends - thus giving your handheld more sensory inputs for better game play and amusing slide shows. There's even software that lets you take a picture of yourself...
...Harvard has picked up the offense--a tad--and now it's 16-11 Tigers with just over seven minutes to play...
...reason is that Academy members are a tad older than the target audience for action-adventures, however elegantly crafted. It's not that Hollywood folk don't get these films; after all, they made 'em. It's that they don't think the grand-scale technical skill lavished on a Dark Knight or an Iron Man is as honorable as the spectacle of two guys talking--as long as one of them is Richard Nixon...
...Several rustic resorts catering to Thai tourists are clustered near the park, but the poshest digs are at Kirimaya, www.kirimaya.com, a boutique hotel that boasts lovely landscaping and a Jack Nicklaus - designed golf course. Kirimiya's standard rooms are a tad cramped, especially given how expansive the grounds are. But the four tented villas, with oversized Jacuzzis, are plenty spacious. Just the place to hang your cowboy...
...business leaders who have joined the Fairgrade effort, warning that families worried about their kids getting into good colleges may move out of the county if the school district doesn't change its grading system. Talk of a possible exodus killing off businesses and destroying property values sounds a tad melodramatic, but given the tanking market and ongoing credit crunch, it's no wonder people are trying to do everything they can to shore up the local economy. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...