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Art's uncle, the nuclear physicist Dr. Donald Cargraves, offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to construct and crew a rocket that will take them to the moon. Cargraves believes their combined ingenuity and enthusiasm can actually make this dream come true. But there are those who don't share their dream and who will stop at nothing to keep their rocket grounded.
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"A science fiction classic"
Published in 1947, this classic science fiction has adventure, political intrigue and some hard science in it. Very little of it has been disproved even though it was 20 years ahead of its time. The future would be so different now if they'd opened up space then to commercial interests.
I'm the managing editor of the Fantasy Literature blog. Life's too short to read bad books!
"Boys can dream"
Originally reviewed at FanLit.
When I was a kid I loved the "Heinlein Juveniles." Rocket Ship Galileo, Heinlein's first Juvenile, is one I missed back then. It won't hold up well today (actually, it wouldn't have held up well when I was reading Heinlein Juveniles in the 1980s) but sometimes it's fun to read these old science fiction stories for kids and I did have fun recently reading Rocket Ship Galileo even though I am very much aware of its flaws. Let's remember that it was published in 1947, just after World War II and well before we managed to put a man on the moon.
Ross, Art, and Morrie (I love those retro names!) are three teenage boys who love science and each have special geeky skills. When Morrie's uncle, a Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist, discovers that the boys are building a rocket ship, he gives them some funds and a little help and off they all go to the moon. When they get there they discover that they're not the first ones there. The humans who've covertly come before have dangerous plans. Can the boys stop them before the bad guys destroy the Earth?
Okay, that's just fun, right? In the year 2013 it's impossible to take Rocket Ship Galileo seriously. I don't know if they did back in 1947. I suspect not because I doubt anyone thought it was possible to build a space ship in your backyard or to mail order space suits and asbestos shoes. Still, boys can dream, and Rocket Ship Galileo is definitely an exciting dream, especially when you get to not only fly to the moon, but kill Nazis and save the Earth on top of it all. Too cool!
Other than the outlandishness of it all, the main problem with Rocket Ship Galileo is all the teachy technobabble. Some of it is real science, some of it is made up (I hope kids can tell this apart), most of it is dated, and a lot of it is boring because it's delivered in Uncle Cargraves' lessons or the boys recitation of what they've previously learned. Heinlein has an issue with this in his adult novels, too. If the lessons don't turn kids off they might enjoy experiencing the fantasies of teenage boys in the 1940s.
The audiobook I listened to was narrated by Spider Robinson who has the tone just right. When he narrates the boys' parts he sounds appropriately wide-eyed, innocent, and geeky. Golly, Mr. Robinson, great job!
"Give us another or two Spider"
Hey I am the first to write a review I will make history. Ha ha. Anyways, I am so happy that someone with the talent as a reader (i.e. Spider Robinson), with the clout (again Spider Robinson), and hopefully the time and inclination to do so (once more Spider Robinson) has taken it upon himself to bring other Robert Heinlein books to the Audiobook format. I hope this is the just the start. I love listening to the Heinlein audiobooks, and Spider Robinson in my opinoin did a suitable enough job as a performer to justify more of them. Even if it is just another of the juvenile novels such as "Space Cadet" or "Tunnel in the Sky" or "Starman Jones" or "The Star Beast" or "Between Planets". Spider, please do this, you are our only hope, and people will buy these audiobooks. Gabrielle de Cure should do "Podykayne of Mars" or perhaps the guy who did "Friday" should do that one. But I vote for Spider Robinson to do the shorter ones with the lighter story lines. As for this book if you don't enjoy the light adventure story about some American heroes who inadvertently save the planet; well then what do you enjoy?
"A must read"
Having missed this book when I was younger, I am glad to have read it now. I recommend it to everyone, not just its intended young audience.
"Fascinating window into 1947 thought"
Dated science, Father-knows-best parenting, credibility-stretching luck. I love a world where teens don't cuss, respect their elders, and everything works out in the end. Entertaining in a way the author never intended. It's so interesting to learn what passed for scientific knowledge when the story was initially published in 1947.
Excellent reader.
Gadget Geek
"Dated, but still good"
I remember reading this, for the first time bac kok in the mid 1960's, when I was in Junior High. It was dated and corny even then. But it stands up, well, except for the dangers of zinc vapor, and a few other things. I imagined that it was possible that one scientist could coax a few high school kids into a moon trip and I imagined myself going along.
"Formulaic, but entertaining."
While this feels like it was written by the numbers, it is still a good, must-listen-to yarn. It captures the wonder, excitement, and dangers of exploration and science. Can't say it wasn't predictable -- you know they'll overcome every obstacle they face -- but, honestly, it didn't matter. I enjoyed this. If you want to encourage kids to get interested in STEM fields, having them listen to this book's not a bad idea.
"RAH juvenile stories keep their shine."
Post WW2 flavor & tech just make it interesting. Spider Robinson resells his mentor's stories like his own with flavor!
"I Love Heinlein, but . . ."
I grew up reading Heinlein, including such titles as Starman Jones, Citizen of the Galaxy, Time for the Stars and others. I really wish they would release Glory Road on audio. All of those I can still listen to again and again. I can't envision ever returning to this one. It's "let's build a spaceship" concept is so unbelievable that I almost stopped after an hour or so. And the device used to bring conflict into the story (I won't spoil it) I suspect seemed far fetched even in the late forties.
Even Heinlein had his bad days.
"Boyscouts in space"
I love RAH, and cannot poke holes in his rich scientific mind, but you cannot fire an M1 Garand or any other rifle or pistol on the face of the moon. This is why SciFi always has laser guns. Other than that, it reminded me of the TV series "Salvage 1" from the 80's, a real pleasant read.
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Damage to water quality in the Fountain Creek watershed from the Black Forest Fire is not expected to be as great as from last year's Waldo Canyon Fire.
"There are going to be some water quality issues, but what they are, we don't know yet," said Carol Ekarius, executive director of the Coalition for the Upper South Platte. "At this point in time, we would not expect the same level of issues. Right now, it's too soon to tell."
CUSP earlier this year finished an assessment of the Waldo Canyon Fire damage for El Paso County and Colorado Springs.
The Black Forest Fire, now 100 percent contained, burned about 16,000 acres, killed two people and destroyed more than 500 structures. Like other large fires, it could have lingering impacts on water quality.
Burned areas are more susceptible to increased flooding because vegetation has been removed, and in some cases because the soil structure has been disrupted. Debris from the fires and more sediment could flow into streams.
The Black Forest Fire straddled the Fountain Creek watershed, which flows south through Pueblo, and the Cherry Creek watershed, which flows north into the Denver area.
But the terrain of the Black Forest Fire consists of plains or rolling hills, while Waldo Canyon burned in steep canyons that are more prone to serious erosion problems, Ekarius said. A preliminary report also shows that damage was less severe in the southern part of the Black Forest burn area because of previous fire mitigation efforts.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service will spend the next two weeks evaluating the level of damage by the Black Forest Fire.
Waldo Canyon was of more concern to Colorado Springs Utilities because it threatened infrastructure, reservoirs and pipelines, while there are no water lines serving the Black Forest area, said Gary Bostrom, chief of water services for Utilities.
Colorado Springs is spending more than half of its $46 million budget for stormwater projects this year in the Waldo Canyon burn area.

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Buckle and Snedeker are new to the Tour. Sutherland has been in a six year slump since winning The Match Play back in 00.
Haas is Jay Haas's kid, 2nd year on Tour. Charles Howell The Turd was one of the most hyped prospects in recent Tour history, and has been a choke artist bum the last five years, still has never won on Tour.
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Skip to comments.South Park - New episodes start this Wednesday, October 27, 10PM/PC!
Posted on 10/25/2004 3:45:50 PM PDT by EveningStar
New Episode Air Dates
Well boys and girls it's the second half of season eight will air on October 27th!
October 27 - Episode 808
November 3 - Episode 809
November 10 - Episode 810
November 17 - Episode 811
After the November 17th episode, South Park will take a small break for the Thanksgiving holiday. A classic episode will air on November 24th and then new episodes will air:
December 1 - Episode 812
December 8 - Episode 813
December 15 Episode 814
After episode 814 airs, there will be a short break for Christmas and New Years and the staff will be back to begin season nine sometime in February. Please note that these dates are subject to change and there are no episode names descriptions that I can post as of right now, once I can it will be up ASAP.
Ummm, that's 10PM/9C.
Please send a follow up ping Wednesday evening, if you can. I hate it when I forget to watch.
(I hope we won't have to prove our loyalty)
They usually have a synopsis for the first ep. by now.
I read they're taking on P Ditty Vote or Die
What's the rumor on the pre-election episode's plot?
They have one. I intentionally did not post it and if you go to the site you'll see why. ;)
LOL! I hope we don't either!
They're prolly still thinkin' on it ;~D
They're philosophy is that stupid and uninformed people should not vote. I agree.
ROFL!! Ahhh, c'mon. Don't go wobbly on us now. ;~)
Okay, I just got back from their site - discretion was definitely the better part of valor on your part! :)
I was amazed at how quickly they produced the Elian episode to open one season.
I vote for the sandwich!
Add me to your South Park ping list, if you will. There's not much that makes me laugh harder than that show.
**** yeah! Now I can finally stop singing "I'm so ronery" ;-)
I hope they take on Roger Ebert for the way he unfairly trashed Team America.
Timma!! TTTTimma!! Timma? Timma!!!
I agree too. It is sad that those guys make the most sense in the world..
Would not be surprised to see them tackle the issue of thugs breaking into Bush/Cheney offices, and I bet they make an issue of the Kerry/Edwards comment about Mary Cheney. I also expect that Sean Penn gets the shaft as well. Would not be surprised to see him as a puppet. Of course they can do something with Dan Rather's forgeries and the Halperin memo. Also the Global test may come up. I know that Kerry comment would hack them off. Lots they can tackle, they'll no doubt surprise us.
OMGGG Rack ittt LOLOL
I hope first episode of season I want see them take on Little Kim Jong 11 of North Korea LOLOL!
Chicken sandwich?
I was amazed at how quickly they produced the Elian episode to open one season.In November of 2000, they produced the un-subtly anti-"recount" Trapper-Keeper episode in like six days.
Here's a question for South Park fans...
On "The Simpsons" there was only one character that had five fingers, and that was God.
On "South Park" there are only two characters with "photo" faces, to my knowledge: Saddam Hussein and Mel Gibson.
Is there some meaning there?
John Edward: Look, what I do doesn't hurt anybody. I give people closure and help them cope with life.
Stan: No, you give them false hope and a belief in something that isn't real.
John Edward: But I'm a psychic.
Stan: No dude, you're a douche.
John Edward: I'm not a douche! What if I really believe that dead people talk to me?
Stan: Then you're a stupid douche
Looks like they're hitting the ground running:"When PETA demonstrates against the use of a cow as South Park Elementary's mascot, the student body is forced to choose a new one. As the election approaches, Kyle tries to convince everyone that his candidate, a giant [feminine cleanliness product], is better than Cartman's nominee, a [bodily product resembling art modell] sandwich.
Episode 8.08 (aka 119)
That's Trey and Matt. Don't be suprised if an orange faced Jean Francoise Kerry makes a speech in favor of each of the ....errrrrr......"candidates".
Timma!! TTTTimma!! Timma? Timma!!!Matt DAMON!!!!!!!
There have been other photo-faces in the series. Mr. Garrison had one after he got plastic surgery.
South Park is my favorite show and Mr. Mackee and Cartman are my favorite characters.
And also, Team America (so far this year) is the funniest movie I've seen!!
I got question who was Kyle was saying to that person about that he is real reason why evolution stop on Planet Earth why are we here where are we going
REMEMBER I couldn't imagine both Kyle or Stan do something like that to John Kerry LOL!
Timmuh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Timmuh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Edward: So, you think you can talk to dead people better than me, huh?!
Stan: No, I don't think either of us can.
John Edward: They told me your show is getting better ratings than mine, that you're saying I'm a fraud on your show! You'd better not ever call me a liar, or a fake, or a douche again, or else I'll sue you for slander!
Stan: I'm saying this to you, John Edward, you are a liar, you are a fake, and you are the biggest douche ever!
John Edward: Everything I tell people is positive and gives them hope! How does that make me a douche?!
Stan: Because the big questions in life are tough: Why are we here? Where are we from? Where are we going? But if people believe in asshole douchey liars like you, we're never gonna find the real answer to those questions. You aren't just lying, you're slowing down the progress of all mankind, you douche!
John Edward: I'M NOT A DOUCHE!
Chicken sandwich?
So are the photo faces a sign of "insanity?"
And also, Team America (so far this year) is the funniest movie I've seen!!Kerry is a P getting full of enough S to become an A.
Already programmed the DVR.
They already did him once in "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods."
IIRC these days they wait until a few days before deadline to start producing an episode. In addition to allowing them to be timely, they can push stuff past the Comedy Central censors, since there just isn't enough time to rework and reproduce the episode.
David Hassellhoff and Ben Affleck
You forgot David Hasselhoff. When Mr. Garrison gets a nosejob his face is a Hasselhoff photo cut-out.
Along with Jimmy Stewart, JFK, John-John, Hitler and Mao featured on South Park as citizens of Hell. All photo cut-outs. Hard to miss the meaning of that. LOL
Here is to the new episodes -- FINALLY
Also Patrick Duffy, way back in the early days if my memory serves me...
They didn't use a photo cut-out for Patrick Duffy, but it was pretty hilarious anyways. And Duffy, incidentally, loved their depiction him.
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On display at Acton Institute in Grand Rapids is an art exhibit centered on the parable of the prodigal son from Luke 15. "The Father and His Two Sons: The Art of Forgiveness," was collected by Larry and Mary Gerbens. It includes a 1636 etching by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, a painting by American artist Robert Barnum, and a reproduction of Rembrandt's famous "The Return of the Prodigal Son," among others. Though the works span six countries of origin and five centuries, each portrays a scene from the well-known parable.
Winds rip trees from their roots. Branches are bent backward against the sky. Chaos rules as the wayward son runs toward his father's farm in Robert Barnum's Americanized representation. In the distance, an outhouse flies into the air. The son battles gale-force winds to get back to his father. The viewer can almost feel him being tossed about like a leaf.
Rembrandt takes us 30 seconds later in the story. In his 1636 etching, the son kneels at his father's feet, but his father reaches to raise him up. The stone steps they stand on are firmly attached to the ground. The foundations of the house are secure. We can see great compassion in the father's embrace.
Of course, the older brother, who has never rebelled, feels jealous and marginalized. In the Rembrandt, he leans out of the window and looks directly at the viewer as if to appeal to an unbiased fourth party.
And, after the homecoming, his self-righteousness is still palpable. An etching by James Tissot ("No IV- The Fatted Calf", 1881) shows him complaining that his father has never honored him in the way that he now honors his younger brother. Larry Gerbens pointed out that the older son is just as distant from the family as the younger is; another Tissot etching shows him daydreaming while his brother viciously takes leave of his father. (more…)


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (121 votes).
In short: Fantastic- Yet Again!In full: A great way to spend Sunday morning!Date of review: June 11, 2007
In short: probably do it again because its local but not for any other reasonIn full: I arrived before 9 and there were NO marshalls directing cars - trying to get out at the end was chaotic. A reasonable distance was on fairly rough pavements and traffic laden roads. Date of review: June 10, 2007
In short: good value race In full: well done to the organizers for trying their best to make the race successful which im sure it was.it could have been much better if all the receptionist are friendly,warm and acomodating to all Date of review: June 10, 2007
In short: Some gruelling hills and I was pleased it was not hotterIn full: This was a great race. My biggest thanks to Jenny from Lichfield Running Club for keeping me going so that I could reach a pb of 52.46. It was a good course - very challenging. The last two km were very tough but the finish in the circket field was great and I even managed a sprint finish. Thanks a lot Aldridge I will be back next year.Date of review: June 10, 2007
In short: A great race. Hats off to Aldridge running club for the organization.Date of review: June 10, 2007
In short: Superb organisationIn full: There are many flatter and quicker 10k's out thereDate of review: June 10, 2007
In short: Very well organised 10k - one to recommendDate of review: June 10, 2007
In short: Good race.do it againDate of review: June 10, 2007
In short: Well done Aldridge Running Club - excellentIn full: The whole event for me was suprb, the friendlines of all the helpers and officials was a credit to the club. Hills were a good challenge, makes a change from flat courses. Thanks for making it a great morning. I'll be back next year.Date of review: June 10, 2007
In short: A fantastic race for us both - possibly the BEST 10k in the midlandsIn full: A stunning race , as expected, the weather was perfect , the organisation was superb in every way. Possibly the best marshalls I've ever seen , two water stations well equipped. My wife Carol came last but was cheered over the line , the marshalls all waited for her. The goody bags are the best I've ever seen on any race in the last three years - Carol got a backpack!! we all got Engraved glasses , others goodies in other bags were makeup bags and brollies. A fantastic race -both in the middle for me and at the back with Carol.Date of review: June 10, 2007
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How the World Has Grown
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
An ode to modern times, the credit crunch, societal greed and the madness that's driven western society to the point where we're now classifying a massive section of the population whose buying power had created our ostentatious wealth as "The New Poor". If the western middle class is history then this is an ode to what I believe were some of the best and worst of the middle class fragments, philosophies and traces that I absorbed, growing up in a time of unprecedented wealth and prosperity in the land of North America.
Special thanks to Open Source Cinema for access to much of the great archive footage.
UPDATE APRIL 6, 2011: Sadly I see that Open Source Cinema is presently offline but that likely has something to do with Brett Gaylor (who set up Open Source Cinema) being involved in the new amazing project Mozilla Drumbeat: Web Made Movies which I've just discovered and can't wait to get my hands into. Geez I fell behind the times. Some serious catching up to do.
By the way, I penned this song a month before a faulty Honda air bag deployed and blew loads of shrapnel into my right arm. I received the recall letter for the airbag in this ten year old car in the mail, one month after my accident and surgeries. I've since recovered and can still thankfully tinkle on the 88 keys, with my nimble fingers of course.
How The World Has Grown
words + music by Deiren Masterson
I was born
In the 1970s
I believed in Big Bird
And Joanie Loved Chachi
And the life that came my way
Was pretty damn easy
Oh Mama, how the world has grown
To keep on changing just about everything we had known
Shopping malls
All those pretty things
If I can't buy my way to heaven
At least I'd bring some things
And the greed that shook the day
For the anger that it brings
Oh Mama, how the world has grown
To keep on changing just about everything we had known
The liars den
How the hell'd it get so big
Fairwell to ol' mass media
Control ain't what you think
Live to breathe another day
In the hope that it will bring
Oh Mama, how the world has grown
To keep on changing just about everything we had known
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I've had some nights I was just happy to get a pie off the peel without tearing a big hole and dumping sauce and cheese all over the stone. With this weather, I sure wasn't planning on anything outside tonight - extra points for the effort!Still using the AT bromated? They look good. Brian
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Bob:I don't have to wait. I use the Docs' computers when they aren't looking. Oops - time for meds, gotta run.
Happens to us all...well, maybe not the cooking in the rain part. I jus had one the other night that I had to turn into an "emergency" calzone. One too many Icehouses caused someone to forget to dust my peel!


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (82 votes).
In short: Great fun and well organisedIn full: I ran this on what I think was the coldest day ever! However, the atmosphere, volunteers and other runners soon made you forget about the cold and think of the race ahead. Great organisation, sprint finish and its good that they had a race for the kids too.Date of review: January 3, 2015
In short: Flat and fast. Very well organised. Will do it again next year.Date of review: May 1, 2011
In short: Hot!In full: I hadn't done this one for 3 or 4 years. I swear it used to be flatter. That or I didn't mind the very slight inclines as I did this time round. The heat and overtraining saw off any PB this time round. It's still a fast race, though, whilst also a really good one for anyone new to racing and not too worried about their speed. Very well organised and well done on preventing those eggs from melting.Date of review: April 29, 2011
In short: very hot race, well organised will do it againIn full: Thank you to all the marshals for standing out in the heat and cheering us on. Extra porter loo toilets this year very welcome. very hot day for April will do again Date of review: April 26, 2011
In short: A good race for PB hunters and beginners alike.In full: I found this race in RW Events the night before and decided to try it. Although quite a journey from where I live, it was well worth the trip. Organistation on the day is very good, with toilets, showers and changing facilities. But the main draw of this race must be the terrain - it's FLAT, and living, as I do, in Cornwall, it was a pleasant change from slogging up all those hills! Perhaps not the stunning scenery of other races around the area, but I got a PB, an easter egg and a spot prize, so I'm happy. Date of review: April 8, 2010
In short: Great PB potential but lacking a certain characterIn full: The reality of road races for me is that if you want fast and flat, you don't get scenery. Especially if the race starts at an inland naval base.Enjoyed this though, and made the PB which I was expecting. Good marshalling, good organisation.Could have used another water station though, and it wasn't obvious where the start was.Overall it's a race for PB's, not for scenery and because of the location lacked a certain something.Shall do it next year though.Date of review: April 8, 2010
In short: Great course for a PB.In full: A well organised and marshalled event,nice flat course for a PB which i just managed. Nice touch with the easter egg at the finish. A big thankyou to all at Yeovil town running club for giving up a their bank holiday.See you next yearDate of review: April 7, 2010
In short: My first 10K event !!!!In full: Having enjoyed a few 5K fun runs, Hubby and I decided it was time to up the distance choosing this flat course and hoping it would be kind to a beginner. I had one unsteady moment in the car park after seeing a sea of club vests and more people than I'd imagined but decided if we registered quickly I'd be committed with no turning back. Registration was easy, initially we couldn't work out where the start was but after a wander around we spotted signs across the grass.Really sociable group waiting for the start of the race and the course was well signed with very pleasant and encouraging marshals. Truth is once we'd started running my first-time nerves ebbed away. My goal was to run the distance so I was pleased to finish the course without stopping; therefore I had a big grin collecting my Easter egg. Being able to purchase a coffee and snack after the run was just what we needed.We'll definitely do it again it seems I've got myself a PB to beat. Date of review: April 6, 2010
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In short: This was my fifth time in 5 years and I keep coming back - this is a great course for a PB and a great atmosphere as well - shame they have stopped the cakes at the end! Date of review: April 6, 2010
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It was hard to know what Rick feared most: the mad bomber or the blue-eyed beauty claiming to be his bodyguard!
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No one can pedal a bicycle around turn of the century New York without a license, so Amanda Blackwells cycling school is all the rage. The innovative establishment provides an income for the independent miss and her little brother, Donny, a special child.
But everything goes to Hades in a handbasket the day Damian Newcastle rides into her life...
Architect Damian Newcastle has a dream--to build the highest skyscraper in New York, redeem his familys honor, and give his wheelchair-bound son a view of the entire city. He just needs the land occupied by Amandas cycling school to do it. But the building collapse that ruined his fathers company caused Amandas fathers death. He and Amanda are supposed to be enemies, but theyre both head over handlebars on a bumpy road to love...
Margaret had a great time whipping up old cosmetic recipes to research this book. She discovered theres a reason women in the 1800s looked so pinch-faced.
TOUCH OF LACE (Topaz)
A real lady isnt supposed to throw a knife, swear like a sailor, or come to Colorado alone.
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PETTICOATS AND PISTOLS (Topaz)
Kate Whittaker will never find a husband as long as she keeps shocking the town with her newfangled inventions.
If you liked PETTICOATS AND PISTOLS, youll want to catch up on all the shannigans of the Hogshead crowd. The following book was written because readers demanded to know what happened to Jimmy (they still want to know what happened to Jimmy)RIBBONS IN THE WIND (Topaz)
A man would rather take his chances with a husband-hunting spinster than a woman driver .
Margaret received boxes of perfume from the Wind Song perfume company when this book came out. Margarets husband keeps begging her to write a book called ROLLS ROYCE.WIND SONG (Topaz) After finding the town burned to the ground, schoolmarm Maddie Percy turns a tribe of fierce Cheyenne into adoring schoolboys.
RAWHIDE AND LACE (Topaz)
Logan knew his town was no place for a woman--especially one who scrubs his buckskins, interferes with his poker game and hangs curtains in the saloon!THE KISSING BANDIT (Topaz) Maggie Taylor was the soul of respectability until she finds herself in a mock marriage with the notorious Kissing Bandit.
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"Winning Ticket" in A MESSAGE FROM CUPID
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"Check-Out Time" in HONEYMOON SUITE
These Harlequin Superromances were written as Megan Brownley: WHISPERS IN THE WIND, CRY OF THE SEAGULL, and SILENT WALKS THE MOON .NAPA (Lynx historical), written as Kate Damon
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This week, I joined the White House in honoring 14 leaders in American diaspora communities with roots in the Horn of Africa as Champions of Change. These leaders are helping to build stronger neighborhoods in communities across the United States, and are working to mobilize networks across borders to address global challenges.
Prior to the event, I had the pleasure of hosting these remarkable individuals for lunch at the State Department, with support from the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA). Throughout our lunchtime conversation, I was continually struck by the passion, expertise, insight, and personal commitment of each and every Champion, who traveled from California, Ohio, Minneapolis, Boston, and elsewhere to share their stories with us.
Later, as I listened to their powerful narratives, I was once again reminded of the power of diaspora communities, and of the dynamic partnership role they must play in our diplomacy and development efforts. They truly are some of our best ambassadors and partners in diplomacy.
As Secretary Clinton has said, diaspora communities are often the "first-movers" beating institutions to local challenges -- whether via humanitarian response, or investment opportunities, or even non-traditional means of engagement such as arts or sports.
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Yogi contacted me via PM and said that since a 14th could not be found, he would understand if complications with the 13 team league made that untenable.
We will stick at 12 teams, original format.
My thought was to just remove him from the draft order since he ended up being #13.
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Omid have yoy been to Sofia yet? They sure have a nice oven.
Dear Omid, your pies are just awesome, my complements ! How was the taste?
Absolute perfection in all aspects of the pie. Some of the best pies I have seen on this forum. Congrats on such an informed view on this flour.John
Beautiful pizzas, Omid. The folded crust is so very pliable, and perfectly cooked! Well done! Regards, TinRoof
Omid,Perfection (again) ! Without knowing it you gave me some additional beautiful pics of your undercrust that I was looking for.John K
Great job Omid!!!!Scott D.
Interesting. I know CraigTX has been using the same flour and found it needs a much higher hydration than Caputo (in the region of 65-66 %) as well as extremely short baking times (40 seconds) in order to come up with a good result.Your pizzas look pretty much perfect with more conventional hydration ratios and cooking times.I'd be curious to find out what accounts for the difference?Peter
See . . . because my dome is so low, doming is pretty risky - I tend to set the pizza on fire if I raise it more than an inch or two. So I try to cook completely on the floor except for turning, and was having issues with burning bottoms. . . .
I wonder how your pie would cook if you placed a 1/4in thick by 12in round aluminum plate on your deck a minute or 2 before launch. . . .
Omid,1. You end up cooking on the FLOOR of the oven, not the plate correct?2. Do you replace the metal plate between each pie?3. Do you think it woud be wise to replace the plate between pies if the time between pies will be long?Thanks!John K
Omid,,Please get yourself an aluminum or stainless plate. We all enjoy you too much to have you get sick from the zinc.
However, if I see that the floor is not hot enough...Omid
Basically, the rationale is that the oven floor acquires a percentage of its energy (heat) from the hot coals ("conduction heat") and a percentage from the light of fire ("radiative heat"). Some say that the ratio is about 50/50. Hence, the radiative heat is blocked from reaching the oven floor by placing the metal plate on the area of the floor where you bake your pizzas. Using the plate in this manner has enable me to continuously bake pizzas for hours (as much as 7 hours per session) without the oven floor over-heating. Below are some pictures showing the underskirts of the pizzas I baked last night in my Forno Piccolo. Let me know if you have any questions. (Wise suggestion, Bob!) Good day!


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The latest iteration of Google's Android mobile operating system has arrived in version 2.3 – codenamed 'Gingerbread' – with support for larger, tablet-sized screens.
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For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
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Yeah, I'm not interested in this Super Bowl at all. I can't in good conscience root for either of them. I'm already in post-football season hibernation mode. Pats I guess might be the lesser of two evils....maybe.
Call it karma for an all-SEC BCS NCG I guess...
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Uhh... terrible day for me- I was rooting for the Ravens and 49ers. I'll be rooting for the Giants now, because I sure don't want to see the patriots win. Of course they will though.
They just told an interesting story about him on TV. Someone asked him once why he didn't want to retire, and he said it had to do with Bear Bryant and how he had died so quickly after leaving coaching.
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Looks like it is Giants and Patriots in the Super Bowl. I still think the Patriots will win, but it will be close. If Brady plays well, I don't think even the Giants defense could stop him. Also, the Patriots need to stop Manning. If the Patriots defense played like they did yesterday, there is no doubt that they will win.
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It's very clear that they Ravens lost this game; the Patriots didn't win it. A true shame.
I've been taken away from my Har-Bowl. The only good thing about the Giants going to the Super Bowl are the parties that will pop up to celebrate it. Needless to say, I will not watch the Super Bowl simply because I will be partying.
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Well, the Pro Bowl is next week. In my opinion, it should be played after the Super Bowl. That way, players in that game can also play in the Pro Bowl.
I think the week before the Super Bowl should have a consolation game for the Conference Championship losers.
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I hate people at my middle school that are saying Tom Brady is gonna kill the Giants.
They dont know that in 07 the pats were 18-0 until the Giants beat them at the super bowl.
I am the only football fan that would know that at my school.
Really? Are you ****ing kidding me? This is an even worse claim than saying the Packer's coach would be replaced by Brett Favre. You think it was Harbaugh's fault that guy fumbled in the punt return? It's like you totally forgot the '49ers were a piece of **** before he took over. Again, I apologize if I hurt your feelings, but you need to stop saying that coaches who guide their teams to the playoffs are getting fired. Will you also say that the Giants/Patriots head coach will get fired because their team lost the Superbowl? Because I wouldn't be surprised if you did.
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Did anyone notice that this is the 4th time in five seasons that the Giants and Patriots met in a non-exhibition game? It seems like every time they are scheduled to meet in the regular season, they meet in the Super Bowl as well.
Now, get this, I may be a Yankees fan, but I am pulling for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. Wikipedia says the game will play out the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry in baseball, which is why I mentioned the Yankees in the first place.
Here is the quote from the Wikipedia page:
And the source attached to it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...103259_pf.htmlBecause the teams draw their fanbases from New York City and Boston, which are approximately three and a half hours apart by car, the Super Bowl is expected to echo the fierce rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball.
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The 49ers had missed oppurtunites and mistakes too. The Giants would have lost if the 49ers didn't lose the punt return twice.Really now, the Ravens lost the game because of missed opportunities and bad fundamentals (in that one instance).
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Well, I'd say today was sure an 'interesting' one at school, especially during lunch. There was one moment where two guys were walking towards each other, each coincidentally wearing 49ers and Giants jackets respectively. Guy in the Giants jacket held out his hand and excitedly said "Good game", dude in the Niners jacket gave a slight nod, nothing else and made his way back to his table. I can understand the guys frustration considering the last time they made it the SB was almost 16 years ago, but damn....
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Ratings have actually gone up now that it's before the SB. After the Super Bowl America goes into a figurative comma and stop caring about football. Also, back when they did the PB post-SB SB players didn't always play in the PB. For proff, none of the 2007 Pats played in the PB despite having 7 starters (Osi Umenyiora was the only player from either team to play in both games). If you watch closely, the players really don't care that much: tackling and blocking is pretty poor and for FGs and extra points they pretty much just stand there.
TL;DR: the last thing a team wants to do after losing in the playoffs is play another game
a) Both teams are quite different today. Randy Moss and Plaxico Buress are no longer on either of them, for example. One game from four years ago does not correlate with the outcome of this one.
b) Let's be honest, if you had the 2007 Pats and 2007 Giants play each other 10 times, the Pats would have probably won more than 5 of those games. Giants got extremely lucky and that is what made the difference.
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OK, so I'm a Giants fan.
...And my life is awesome.
...Just sayin'.
Alright, here are some NFL games I project will be on national TV next year:
Houston at New England - if Patriots win Super Bowl, this would be a good match-up for the opening Thursday game
Green Bay at NY Giants - if Giants win Super Bowl, this would also be a good match-up for the opening Thursday game
San Francisco at New Orleans - a rematch of an exciting playoff game marked by "The Catch III"
San Francisco at New England - both teams finished 13-3
Green Bay VS. Detroit - one of these meetings should get a national TV audience next year, since both teams qualified for the playoffs
Baltimore VS. Pittsburgh - see GB-DET
Denver at New England - another playoff rematch
New Orleans at Green Bay - QB duel between Brees and Rodgers
Plus the five games I mentioned in an earlier post which I want to be nationally televised on Thanksgiving weekend. In addition, the Cowboys-Giants game held in New Jersey could be a Monday night game.
What games do you think should be nationally televised next year?
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Maybe San Diego @ New Orleans?
They always make a hype about QB's facing their old teams. In recent memory, when the Falcons play the Eagles they make it a night game due to Vick facing his old team.
And it helps that the Chargers and Saints are pretty good teams.
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GB has some great matchups.
VS Bears x2
VS Lions x2
VS Saints
VS Houston
VS Giants
VS San Francisco
I think with GB will have many nationally televised games.
This just me going off all of the hype the Chargers usually get. Year after year they are usually talked up as a pretty good team. And since the Saints and Chargers don't play often, maybe they want to cash in on Brees and Sproles playing their old team.
But you're right, at the least it would be a Monday Night Game and I have no problem with that.
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Skip to comments.Byron York: GOP may use debt ceiling to force Harry Reid to pass budget
Posted on 01/08/2013 5:09:57 AM PST by upchuck
Tuesday marks the 1,350th day since the Senate passed a budget. ... Americans deserve to know how the government plans to spend the trillions of taxpayer dollars it collects, along with dollars it borrows at the taxpayers' expense. But Majority Leader Harry Reid, who last allowed a budget through the Senate in April 2009, has ignored the law since then.
There's no mystery why. The budget passed by large Democratic majorities in the first months of the Obama administration had hugely elevated levels of spending in it. By not passing a new spending plan since, Reid has in effect made those levels the new budgetary baseline. Congress has kept the government going with continuing resolutions based on the last budget signed into law.
... the House has passed budgets as required. Senate Democrats have been highly critical of those budgets, designed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. But under Reid's leadership, Democrats have steadfastly refused to come up with a plan of their own.
The situation is deeply frustrating for many Republicans. Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, has conducted a virtual crusade on the issue, loudly and consistently and unsuccessfully demanding that Reid obey the law and pass a budget. Now, with a fight over the debt ceiling approaching, Sessions wants to try something new.
"I think it should be a firm principle that we should not raise the debt ceiling until we have a plan on how the new borrowed money will be spent," Sessions told me Monday in a phone conversation from his home in Alabama. "If the government wants to borrow money so it can spend more, then the government ought to tell the Congress and the American people how they will spend it."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Wouldn't it be great to have a tough GOP? Just a thought.
It's not a plan unless they are willing to let the government shut down to get what they want. Are they?
Close, Mr. Sessions.
Is the debt limit a more effective weapon to use than just refusing to pass the CRs that O demands?
With the CR if Reid rejects the House CR the government shuts down, obviously O blames Rs and finger pointing .game plays out
With the debt limit its unclear how it plays out. Treasury decides what to fund?
I have heard it suggested that he could cut off funding to industries in Red states like inspections of poultry, shutting those down.
Someone needs to ask Byron York if he's Serious.I see nothing that the cowardly Republican's are going to do to force Harry Ried into doing anything.
This has not been their history as of the last two year with John Boener leading the House.So I'd say its very unlikely.Not that I wouldn't like to see Ried and the demrat s eat crow.I would and I'd enjoy it.
Especially since O demands Debt limit extensions well into the future.
I propsed an idea like this. Connect the debt limit with the actual spending bills.
I think budgets (spending) can be passed with 51 Senate votes so Os excuse on that doesnt not hold water.
The GOP will "force" the Republican Party to accede to whatever it is that Reid and the kenyan desire after a respectable period of whining. The Republicans are in a "please eat us last" scenario.
Yeah, because that constitutional requirement thingy hasn't compelled the vile POS to pass a budget in the last four years, has it Byron? Gee, I wonder if you and the rest of the communist-loving POS scumbags in the MSM would let Republicans get away with forgoing their responsibility to pass an annual budget? /s
Being extremely generous, Pubbies could be given a pass for allowing this to happen once. We're coming up on the 4th attempt ! It is absurd to consider anything else but shutting down unless the Senate meets their legal obligations.
Sounds like what Boehner et al. should have done long ago.
Never let a crisis go to waste is their MO. Plain to see for anyone who bothers to look.
Obeyme purposely flirts with sedition, knowing he can get away with almost anything. His intent to destroy/weaken the nation is could be provable, and impeachable, imho.
Agreed, it would be great to see but hearing more than talk. 1st step would be going thru a markup on Sandy relief instead of accepting Harry Reid's bill.
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Stop talking and ACT. Do something. With the GOP, they are always going to take a stand and win the next battle after the Dems roll over them time and time again.
The GOP couldn't even force a fart... Are you kidding me? Impotent, bloated GOP... Evidence? Boehner is still the captain of the stinking ship.
Harry Reid has no reason or motivation whatsoever to give ANYTHING to the GOP. Heck, the GOP has no reason to do anything conservative.
The first term was just practice, but now that we're serious in the second term, we're going to spend, spend, spend!!! We're going to borrow, borrow, borrow and print, print, print mo' money!
How's that for a budget? We're so good at budgeting, we're budgeting our great grandkids' money so they won't have any to worry about! Who's the greatest generation now?
Right now they are all on TV using the 'tell the GOP not to default on our debt' lines to get as much milage out of that as they can.
Technically they have a partial point, the House while they sometimes feel its at gunpoint, passes tax and spending bills that creates or at least adds to the deficit, but they also inherit tax and spending bills from past congresses which they cannot repeal by themselves that also adds to the deficit.
In the end like the other fights this will like the others end based on which side most voters support, even if that is not a reality many here wont accept,
Has Harry Reid ever been asked why he has never submitted a budget?
It seems like someone in the press would
ask Reid or Obama.
Boner will cave once again, that's what he does.
"May"? "MAY"? They damn well BETTER.If its unconstitutional, why haven't they filed charges??? This is just NUTS that it goes unaddressed.
Oh please, Byron. Republicans will do NOTHING which requires any semblance of courage or tenacity. They would MUCH prefer to knuckle under. That way the media will attack them in a "friendlier," less destructive way!
"Out of sight, out of mind!" It's the new motto of the GOP!
That should be easy enough to do and for the public to understand. The money will be spent to pay off the campaign contributors and other in kind supporters.
They passed 33 various repeal O care bills in the House last session but it didnt actually repeal it nor did it win the election for Rs. I think the Senate and WH have to go along with any bills to get into law.
The way to really repeal O care or already passed O care spending would have been to win the 2012 election, I listen to Levin from time to time (like a few minutes last night) and I think he completely misses what O knows and uses, this is a continuing battle to win over voters, in his case in swing states(and get them to vote obviously).
Given that they completely blew the election the other way to win is to get voters to be more mad at O than they are mad at Rs. Turn public opinion so much against O that most polls show that Rs are trusted more on issues than trusting him (as they were in 2010) and o will cave,.
forget it. We'll get rolled again by the use of the media by the Dems about the Reps crazy enough to stop the government and ruin the credit of the country.
This is beginning to sound like "Groundhog Day"
The Reps have to learn to fight on new ground. The continuing resolution is one weapon. Another is sequester.
No, they could have, on multiple occasions, ZERO'd out those area of the budget, passed it, handed it to the Senate and then stood firm on fiscal cliff/ceiling debate and said "When the budget we passed 3+ years ago is law, we will then continue onto the next hurdle."
Hell, they could have 0-baselined (HA, like that'll ever happen) or even used the last valid budget #'s. Nope, they went along w/ the party, turned up their hands and mimed 'what are going to do?!'.
They had ALL the power, Boehner and pals bent over and waived the white flag.
About as much chance as me being tall dark and handsome?
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