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New Book Reveal!
October 30, 2017
Hello Readers!
I am so excited to finally tell you about my top secret book project. I've been working on it since February and now we're finally ready to tell you all about it!
As many of you know, I love Halloween. I decorate my entire home and we average about three hundred and fifty trick-or-treaters every year. I always ask the older kids if they are at least twelve and they hang their heads in shame thinking I won't be giving them any candy, but then they gasp in surprise when I tell them they get candy AND a book.
Last year I gave them a choice between Tiger's Curse and Reawakened.
But, in 2018, I'll be handing out my brand new book. It's based on the legend of Sleepy Hollow. My main character is Jack, as in Jack of the Lantern, and he falls in love with a witch named Ember O'Dare.
Here's the info we're putting on the cover
Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.
Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So, he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern—one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal—or not-so-mortal—soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare.
Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire—and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.
New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck breathes new life into the spirit of Halloween in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the legend of Sleepy Hollow.
And here's the back cover teaser
Ember stood on tiptoe, but she still only came up to Jack's nose. She was close enough, though, for him to catch the scent of her hair. Taking hold of her shoulders, Jack leaned down, ignoring the warning hiss of the cat. He heard Ember catch her breath. When his mouth was a few inches from hers, he lingered there for a heartbeat and then moved his lips to her ear.
"You'll never get past me," he promised.
Stiffening, Ember stepped back, eyes flashing. "We'll see about that."
We're working on the cover right now but we'll reveal it as soon as it's ready. I'm so excited to bring you a Halloween book! It has everything from black cats to pumpkins to cauldrons and spells. If you're a Halloween fanatic like me, you'll want to add this one to your collection.
And, last but not least, I give you title. My new book, debuting fall 2018 will be called…
That's all for now. Stay tuned for more book news and Happy Halloween!
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This is fantastic news! I can't wait to read it!!
Oh my Gosh!!!! I can't wait for read it!!
This is so exciting! I can't wait to read The Lantern's Ember!
Very cool!! I am so excited to read it when it comes out!!
So exciting. I love Halloween so much so this is right up my alley.
So excited ! Your books are the best!
OH my goodness it's going to be amazing and btw I wish I could come trick or treat at your house.
I can't tell you how much I want to live in your neighborhood by next Halloween and somehow have my oldest kid be seven years older!
I can't wait!!
oh I cant wait I just got 3 more of your books I am behind on reading when will the movie be out or are you not doing it = thanks for doing such great books
No way this is so cool! Can't wait to read it!
I literally just DIED!!! I love Halloween. I am so excited!!! I think its nice you give candy to the older ones. I personally love anyone who comes to my door for candy. I love the book title too!
Great news !!! I can t wait !!! Houck delivers a great story everytime. Now a Halloween ? Excitement is unbearable.
It's a standalone then? Sounds like a fun autumn read!
Can't wait! And how lucky are your trick or treaters? What an awesome and generous giveaway. Happy Halloween!
You are such a tease! This sounds like it's going to be fun!
Can't wait to read this! Are you still doing the 5th book of tigers curse? Thank you!! Love your books!!
This is going to be awesome! Also, I totally want to come trick-or-treating to your house 🙂
Happy Halloween! This book sounds so good, can't wait for it to come out. I love everything you write. Can't wait to read.
This looks so amazing!! I can't wait!!! When are we getting Tiger's Promise??
Sorry I meant Tiger's Dream
Oh my goodness!!! This book sounds AMAZING. I can't wait to read it !!!
What about the finale for Tiger's Curse? 😢
I want to come and trick or treat at your house next year! I absolutely love your books!
LOVE The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. So excited for you! 😀
This is SO exciting! It sounds so interesting and unique. I'm so thrilled to be getting two new books of yours next year.
I'm so excited! This book will definitely be great!
Can't wait!
Your big fan from Brazil.
Which book is the movie going to be on?
A fan
Colleen, that is such great news. I am so happy that there is a author that i love that lives in the same city that i do….I am so happy for you
I can't wait to read it! Your books are my favorite to read. But I thought you were working on Tiger's Dream?
Forget about Tiger's Dream^ Oops!
Will you be visiting Florida for book signings? It would be a dream to meet my favorite author. <3
i cant wait to read it!!!
Are Ren and Kelsey going to show up in Tiger's Dream?
Is tiger's dream written from Kelsey 's point of view or Kishan 's
I am a huge fan and would love to have you sign my copy of the tiger series so are you going to be traveling close to north Carolina any time soon
Thank you
where's tiger's dream???? i need this book 😩
Can't wait you should make another book about the reawakened series about their live after defeating Seth. You are my favorite athor
Will, The Lantern's Ember be a stand-alone or the first in a series?
Will there be a book six in Tigers curse?please say yes your the best author ever!
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For nearly 30 years, Greek-born shipping magnate Elias Kalogeras struggled to create a new life for the Parc Ave. landmark, built as a movie palace in 1924, in the neo-baroque style of the Paris Opera. None of his ideas, including a steak house, caught on, and changes to the building's exterior irked heritage guardians. For a decade he tried to unload what many saw as a white elephant.
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At first, he imagined his role would be overseeing restoration and creating a management team, but he quickly caught the showbiz bug and now spends every afternoon there, talking to artists and managing a staff of 30. "Being an impresario is the most fun I've ever had," he says. His office is a table at Il Rialto, the refurbished Italian restaurant on the building's ground floor, which has a wide flank of windows looking on Parc Ave.
The balcony has been redone with 425 seats; downstairs can accommodate 300 people seated cabaret style or 800 standing at a concert. The venue is already operating in the black, Carosielli says. "You can't really screw up. Some things don't work out, but there's always another day. Speaking as a businessman, I'd say this is a good business."
Among the ideas tried: a Valentine's Day showing of Casablanca and a screening of Titanic where patrons who turned up in first-class costume were served free canapés and cocktails. Sometimes the performance space is offered for a split of the box office. The big bills are paid by an eclectic lineup including performance — from opera to heavy metal — plus corporate, community and private events.
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While Carosielli isn't keen to produce entertainment, he plays an active role in seeking out the kind of talent he wants the Rialto to be known for. Pop Montreal, considered a key component in Mile End's internationally renowned music scene, presented three successful nights at the venue last month. The Pop-Rialto connection was strengthened in the spring when the festival's administration moved into a building just down the street, purchased by Carosielli.
"Ezio made us an offer we couldn't refuse," says Pop executive producer Hilary Leftick. "He really wanted us in his building, which meant a lot." They have a five-year lease, and share space with the indie producer Blue Skies Turn Black.
Leftick says having a street presence and a small gallery space is a big improvement over loft life east of the Main. "Parc Ave. is eclectic and eccentric. I think it's going to keep evolving, and the Rialto is well on its way to being a hub. Artists love playing there. The acoustics and technical facilities are first-rate, and it's right down the street from our offices. Being here definitely opened up our lunch options."
Carosielli considers it a coup to get Pop Montreal into the neighbourhood. "They have a lot of cachet. It's one thing to restore an old landmark, but if an area becomes too glossy and expensive and scares the cool people away, it's a failure. We've got to support artists and keep them here."
Meanwhile, plans are underway to develop a flexible 100- to 150-seat performance space in the basement — for many years, the holy grail of independent anglo theatre in the Plateau Mont-Royal. Set to open in the spring, the Piccolo Rialto will present a curated season of theatre and small musicals.
Patrick Charron, actor and former administrator with Imago Theatre, has been hired as English communications and programming director, with a mandate to beat the bushes for promising projects. A long-time member of Montreal's anglo theatre scene, the fluently bilingual Charron heard about the job on the Rialto's Facebook page: "Looking for young talented people who will be delighted to overwork and will greatly appreciate being underpaid."
It sounded too true to be good, but he went to an interview anyway and was impressed by the atmosphere of energy and challenge. Carosielli claims the ad was meant as a joke, though it's clear from his crisp, no-nonsense manner he expects to get full value from every dollar spent.
"My bank doesn't appreciate the adventure at all," he grins. "They just can't see it, but I do. This building has incredible potential." Future plans include opening another restaurant on the upper floor and a terrasse on the roof, which has a magnificent view of Mount Royal. The dance company La La La Human Steps has long rented rehearsal space. "When we get to that stage, I'll find them somewhere else," he says. "I'm in this for the long run."
If it succeeds, the Rialto revival will be one of the few success stories among hundreds of movie palaces built across North America in the golden age of silent and sound movies, left to languish when film moved into multiplexes, then onto home screens.
A few blocks away on Bernard Ave. W., the elegant art-deco Outremont Theatre is alive and well, thanks to taxpayers. The former city of Outremont bought it in 1994, spent $12 million on restoration, then turned it over to a private company. When Équipe Spectra's lease ran out in 2010, they didn't renew and the city was forced to take over, providing one-quarter of the annual $1 million operating budget.
In N.D.G., a group of theatre companies and philanthropists worked for years on saving the Empress (Cinema V), but the project fell apart when promised provincial funding was pulled in 2010. A new group, advocating a mix of cinema and commerce, has until the end of next year to secure funding.
Carosielli says he won't go out of his way to seek grants, at least not in the near future. "We'll do this according to our own means, at our own speed. I don't want to deal with a board of directors, or lobby anybody. I hate that."
He's counting on the Rialto's period beauty and good vibes, combined with rigorous management, to meet a market need. "We don't want to be original. We want to be true to the spirit of the place. It is what it is."
On Jan. 5, Plattsburgh-based Mountain Lake PBS will hold a fundraiser gala at the Rialto. Spokesperson Jennifer Kowalczyk says 70 per cent of their members live in Quebec, and the ornate '20s glamour is just what they need for their event's Downton Abbey theme. Montrealer Robert Scully, of The World Show, will host the evening, timed to coincide with the launch of the popular historical drama's third season. Champagne will be served.
Marianne Ackerman is publisher of the online arts magazine Rover, at www.roverarts.com.


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Dave Kraker (sounds like Crocker) is a general contractor, but a quiet man of few words. When asked about his unruly ride, he simply smiled and murmured something about it being a handful. Even less is written on his technical information sheet, so were left to guess how bad this big boy might be under pedal-to-the-metal acceleration. Just one look is enough to aggravate local law enforcement rookies. With this in mind, Dave has been known to drive with one eye on the road, one eye one the rearview mirror, and one eye on the lookie-loos in the adjacent lane.
A half-dozen cars have parked in Daves driveway over the years, but none as imposing as the 33 roadster pickup you see here. Theres 468 cubic inches of a Keith Black slugged and set-back rat motor residing between the boxed, TCI Engineered framerails. Its estimated to produce around 700hp on the enginenot too shabby. Aluminum heads have a port and polish job to help the healthy beast breathe. Hooker headers exhale through stainless steel exhaust tubes. A Crane Cam camshaft directs fuel flow to Keith Black pistons. A Weiand 6-71 blower with a pair of 750 Carter carbs resides on a Weiand manifold. A Vertex Mag distributes the spark. The interior may be the first we've ever seen with elk skin seat covers and door panels; it was well done by Wandas Upholstery. Auto Meter gauges mount in the dash panel. Tires this size are usually found on a toyPro Mickeys get plenty of bite for the 2,250-pound roadster pickup.
The IFS components are also from TCI, but its the rear half that gets everyones immediate attention. A set of wide Mickeys are mounted on 15x15-inch Weld Pro Stars. In between, youll find a narrowed Lincoln Versailles rearend. Daves interior is reported to have elk hide seat covers and door panels fabricated by Wandas Upholstery. Hoak Bros. Plating is responsible for restoring what little exterior chrome there is. The other credit Dave wanted to give is to Nelsons Automotive and Machine, who, we assume, did some of the engine prep.
Typically, were pretty enthusiastic about the hot rods we see; our smiles light the way. Then there are guys like Dave, whos relatively calm about controlling 700 ponies underfoot. Watch out for him when the light turns green and there are no local law dogs on the prowl. Daves kroaker gets a long leap on that first jump.


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Bloated power sector must be reined in
The workforce in the electricity industry has more than doubled over the past six years although the actual amount of energy supplied to consumers has remained flat.
That's right. Zero growth in supply to the national electricity market but a workforce which has bloated from 35,000 in November 2006 to 71,900 in 2012.
The industry spin on rising capacity, and consequent overspending, has been that it has been required to meet the rise in ''peak demand''. The reality, however, is that peak winter demand has fallen 1.9 per cent since 2006 and peak summer demand has fallen 4.6 per cent since 2006-07. So peak demand has fallen while the workforce has doubled.
You would not know it from reading some of the stuff submitted to the Senate inquiry into electricity prices. Take this assertion from Grid Australia, the peak body that represents the transmission providers.
''Electricity price increases over recent years,'' it says, are due to ''ageing infrastructure'' and an ''increase in demand''. These are the ''recognised, industry-wide reasons that contribute to rises in electricity costs''.
Electricity prices have increased in recent years, all right, up 60 per cent in the most recent three years, but demand has dropped - unless, like the industry, you are inclined to define ''recent years'' over an extended historical timeframe, stretching back to the age of Herodotus, perhaps. The bloating of the sector has hardly done the economy much good, let alone the household budget. But so determined is it to perpetuate the myth of peak demand that the power industry has now begun threatening its detractors with lawsuits. We won't go into specifics here. These will emerge in good time.
Thankfully, the admissions of ''gold plating'' - over-spending by network providers - and their effects on prices, have finally come in the past couple of months. Vince Graham, head of Networks NSW - the newly merged trio of Ausgrid, Essential Energy and Endeavour Energy - said the other day that he was aiming to contain the network price rises to CPI for the next five years: ''That's six years of keeping prices capped at CPI or below. Networks NSW has committed to slashing $2 billion of the $14 billion spent by the networks by June 2014.
''The power businesses have a number of unsustainable work practices which will be removed, such as employees receiving 26 per cent contributions to superannuation.''
Graham's frankness should be applauded, at least in light of the denialism of his peers. Power companies have been earning a 21 per cent return on equity, the sort of number to put even the bank oligopoly to shame. As for 26 per cent super contributions … that has to be some sort of world record.
So there is a lot of fat, and industry executives have to cut it when demand is flat to falling and governments, squeezed for revenue, are pining for privatisations.
But it has to be done. Consumers have twigged. High prices have dampened demand. Regulators have been gamed enough. The carbon price has been outed as a minor culprit in the nosebleed energy bills. The gold-plating party is over.
When Graham says Networks NSW has committed to slashing ''$2 billion of the $14 billion spent by the networks by June 2014'', he is probably referring to the five-year regulatory period ending in June 2014. As this is just 19 months away it is telling how easily the new Networks chief has been able to find $2 billion in savings, especially in a sector which has so forthrightly insisted on the ''essential'' nature of its infrastructure spending.
Many of these power projects take more than a year in the planning and construction.
Two conclusions can be drawn. Either this spending that had been earmarked was not essential to the reliable operation of the electricity supply or Networks NSW is recklessly cutting essential expenditure and endangering the safe and reliable electricity supply. It is unlikely to be the latter. And so the question naturally arises: just how much of the $2 billion which has already been spent was not essential?
Surely, a complete audit of all distribution and transmission expenditure over the last five years in the NEM should be undertaken and the non-economic gold-plating written off? What other ''essential projects'' in other states might have been canned or deferred? How many more billions could be saved elsewhere?
Remember that the spending is determined by budgets struck on forecasts for each regulatory period, forecasts which have been proven to be wildly optimistic.
From Graham's account it seems it could not have been too hard to cut $2 billion from the current budgets. Bear in mind that many of the projects take longer than a year to plan and build. Only 19 months remain in the current regulatory period and they managed to kill a number of ''essential'' projects.
Whether Graham's admirable aim of keeping price rises to CPI can be achieved is moot.
As demand falls the industry must recover its fixed-cost base over a smaller number of megawatts. Prices will therefore rise in relation to falls in demand.
The distribution companies are only one part of the supply chain. With the falls in demand that we have been seeing the generators are cutting back capacity, which should lead to a more balanced market. The wholesale price at some point will bounce back a little, from prices that are the same level as they were in 2000, which should lead to higher power bills.
And now, with gold-plating unveiled, and prices and demand under pressure, the power companies must find their next trick.
By the looks of the universal industry call for the introduction of smart meters, that is it.
Industry analyst Bruce Robertson says the complexity of a smart-meters regime will enable the sector to ''game'' its consumers just as it gamed the regulators with gold-plating.
''The retailers will ensure that price rises continue as they roll out smart meters at a cost, if Victoria is anything to go by, of $80-$120 a year,'' Robertson says.
''In my view it is also likely that they will be able to 'game' new deregulated flexible tariffs to improve their profitability. In summary, I don't see any relief for consumers yet. I do applaud the moves by Networks NSW to save costs and rein in network spending.''


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I don't think a person's sexuality or disability makes them more interesting just because. The same with race. On the other hand, 2 hairstylists in 1 season?
OMG 2 hairstylists? Whats next? Florists?
Quote from: krabbe on September 01, 2010, 01:27:45 PMI don't think a person's sexuality or disability makes them more interesting just because. The same with race. On the other hand, 2 hairstylists in 1 season? Ya, I didn't explain that very well...What I meant was, I don't recall a season where there wasn't at least one racer who's bio didn't use their sexual orientation or disability as a means to differentiate them from the other racers. I don't judge people based on their disabilities or sexual preferences, but I think in the past CBS has used it to spark interest in the teams. Its interesting to me that they didn't do so this season.OMG 2 hairstylists? Whats next? Florists?
Three beauty queens! Brook was a Miss Oregon, Stephanie a Miss SC, and Mallory Miss Kentucky.
At first glance, this season's cast is remarkable in their lack of remarkableness...Correct me if I'm wrong, but there isn't a single lesbian, gay, transsexual, transgendered, transvestite, bisexual, pan-sexual, poly-sexual, or asexual racer.Everyone has all of their limbs intact, no physical or mental challenges are evident.
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UAE manufacturers of military uniforms and body armour are expecting to close deals with various government entities during Idex as they call on customers to buy locally.
"It [the local defence manufacturing industry] is in the nascent stage and can develop further. Buyers are brain-washed to go to the UK or US for the best technology, but we bought this technology here. We are here because we want to save lives and of course there is a commercial side to that," Kant said.
The company, which currently exports 98 per cent of its products to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and countries not under US or UN embargoes, hopes to attract more local business.
The problem is that many local buyers assume that the local products are not of the same standard as international ones so local firms should do more to become visible in the UAE, he said.
"Something like the Defence Manufacturing Association, like in the US, would be a good start. It can then lobby the government in the right way forward. In three to five years it could start," he said, urging the government to buy local products and support the country's industries.
Hard Shell has a plant in the SAIF zone in Sharjah and produces 1,000 sets of body armour per week with raw materials imported from DuPont.
Other local manufacturers rely mainly on product orders from the UAE government.
Al Naboodah Protection, part of Al Naboodah group that produces bullet-proof vests, army uniforms, backpacks and camouflage jackets, said 75 per cent of its products were sold locally and its biggest client is the UAE Armed Forces.
"We can compete with international companies and our products are better than Asian products because it is better quality," said Abdullah Al Hosani, retired brigadier general staff and general manager of Al Naboodah Protection.
"The trend in the market is to buy from local companies. There's directives from higher authorities. And we draw on experience from international companies," he said.
The company also exports to the GCC and African countries such as Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria, he said. The production capacity of its factory in Ras Al Khor industrial area at Nadd Al Hamar in Dubai is 20,000 to 25,000 bullet proof vests a year.
Al Naboodah Protection has also invested in importing security products that it hopes to sell to airports in the UAE.
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San Antonio Stars drop the silver
SAN ANTONIO — In the San Antonio Silver Star's upcoming season, a big red H-E-B logo may distract fans from noticing an even more substantial change to the team's jerseys.
Spurs Sports & Entertainment, the team's owner, said Tuesday it's dropping "Silver" from the team's name — before introducing H-E-B as the WNBA franchise's first major sponsor.
The new partnership grants the locally based grocer a prominent display on the front of the Stars jerseys for the 2014 season, which starts in May, and strengthens the company's growing role in local and regional sports franchises.
"We've always been sponsors of the Stars" since the team moved from Salt Lake City to San Antonio in 2003, said Cory Basso, H-E-B's group vice president of marketing and advertising. "But we've never really taken it to what we think could be the next level. We're strong believers in all women's sports and strong supporters of the WNBA."
At a news conference, WNBA President Laurel Richie said the new name reflects a "natural evolution," noting that fans already refer to the team as the Stars.
The change made sense to Whitney Wagoner, program manager of the Warsaw Sports Business Center at the University of Oregon.
Still, she wondered if the new name also could help invigorate the fan base, especially after the Stars struggled through multiple season-ending injuries last year.
All told, players missed a combined 94 games because of injuries, ending the season with a record of 12-22.
"Generally speaking, teams will rebrand as a means to jumpstart energy and enthusiasm" Wagoner said. "If you're riding a really strong wave, you won't rebrand, and you'll let the inertia take you as far as it can.
"Because this rebrand is so relatively minor, then maybe it is a response to, and trying to strengthen, the fan level as it stands now," she said.
Wagoner also viewed the rebrand as a separate issue from H-E-B's marquee sponsorship, which the grocer secured as part of an extension of its long-standing agreement with Spurs Sports & Entertainment.
The deal included H-E-B's position as the San Antonio Spurs' main sponsor for the next four years and a presence with SS&E's other franchises — the San Antonio Rampage and Austin Toros.
Neither party would disclose the financial details of the agreement, but Wagoner suspected H-E-B might benefit from the Stars niche following.
"The WNBA is getting a different profile of attendees and fans than the NBA," she said. "That is likely a big piece of what H-E-B is trying to figure out, and that is connecting to people who are the household decision-makers, who are going to the market and who are deciding fresh produce (vs.) some food in a can."
H-E-B hopes, Wagoner said, "to influence and reach that person in a direct way, and perhaps the Stars audience can deliver that."
She also credited the Stars and H-E-B for crafting a regionally focused partnership, an idea with which other WNBA and sports franchises have found success.
"It speaks to the fan base in a very emotional way," Wagoner said. "A Texas-based company with stores only in Texas and a flagship sports program in the state of Texas is very powerful and very compelling, and it's not particular to the WNBA.
"It's a strong sports sponsorship strategy."
WNBA's Richie described all marquee partnerships as special, but said she found something unique about the Stars and H-E-B sponsorship.
"What I like about this one is it feels very Texas to me," Riche said. "It's a really strong Texas team, and it's a really strong Texas brand.
"The marquee partnership makes a really big difference to our team, in terms of visibility, and creates resources," she added.
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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, August 4
One day after a stagnation nation stymied streaks across the hemisphere, Streakers recovered in a big way.
Six of the seven most popular selections from Tuesday each laced hits,
combining to extend the streaks of almost 30 percent of the wondrous
world wide web.
Atta boy!
Tuesday's biggest doomsday device came in the form of Troy Tulowizki,
whose 0-for-3 night shocked and awed 4.7 percent of the field.
Two things before we get to Wednesday's picks:
1) My mistake in featuring Johnny Damon as a Pick of the Day yesterday.
Totally forgot that the Tigers had a doubleheader. Yes, I'm a Tigers
fan. This is what happens when you give up on your team after they get
obliterated by injuries and field Minor Leaguers for weeks at a time.
2) No, you can't really combine your streaks with others and split the $3,000,000. Well, you can't anymore.
I eliminated that option once I realize that my highest streak was so
small no one would ever want to join forces with me. And if I can't wear
gold-plated slippers the rest of my life, no one can.
Sorry, kiddos!
Time for Wednesday's Picks:
Oh, hello there …
? Brian McCann: .441 AVG (15-for-34) lifetime vs. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey
? Carl Crawford: .500 (5-for-10) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
? Brian Roberts: .370 AVG (10-for-27) lifetime vs. Angels starter Ervin Santana
? Pablo Sandoval: .400 AVG (10-for-25) lifetime vs. Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez
? Jorge Posada: .467 AVG (7-for-15) lifetime vs. Blue Jays starter Shaun Marcum
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Jose Lopez: .500 AVG (8-for-16) lifetime vs. Rangers starter C.J. Wilson
? Julio Lugo: .438 AVG (7-for-16) lifetime vs. Angels starter Ervin Santana
You'll thank me later …
? Johnny Damon: .154 AVG (4-for-26) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Edwin Jackson
? Hunter Pence: .083 AVG (1-for-12) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter
? Corey Hart: .148 AVG (4-for-27) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster
? Jayson Werth: .125 AVG (2-for-16) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez
Leaderboard time!
"nycgreg" bit the dust after A-Rod's 0-fer, which means that "gfc2112"
and "randy.zimmer" have first place to their lonesome selves with
respective 28-game streaks.
28 games is an incredible accomplishment.
Now all they need to do is just double it and add one.
Rinse and repeat.
Top MLB streakers
? Yorvit Torrealba: 15 games
? David Ortiz: 12 games
? Raul Ibanez: 11 games
? Stephen Drew: 10 games
? Hunter Pence: 10 games
? Juan Pierre: 10 games
? Alexei Ramirez: 10 games
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going with Mr. Joey Vottomatic. hopefully his tweaked wrist doesnt affect him enough to not get a hit.
GL all
Hey guys and girls, I chose Austin Jackson in BTS. He went off in that DH yesterday and I'm hoping it starts him on a hot streak. Facing Edwin Jackson and he hits righties better than lefties.
BTS-Austin Jackson
HR BTS-Nick Swisher, Day game today and ball travels in the Stadium during the day. Today may be the day that A Rod does finally to get the monkey off his back. If not your going to hear all kind of theories if he does it against the Red Sox.
Survivor-Cards, Cards lost 2 straight to the Astros but Carpenter is pitching and he is their "ace". I'm hoping he ends the losing streak for the Cards.
Good luck to all today.
Going with Joey "the black Cat" Votto in bts , 4-5 career vs karstens. Stickin with A-rod in HR. And with pit winning last night I'm goin withthe reds and their "ace"
Top2500 will include all games and be posted shortly after lock.
GL to all.
gotta love those first inning hits right liber. Both got Votto early on in the day. See you guys tomorow
GL all
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Wednesday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 179 Batters picked overall.
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Carl Crawford 346 13.84(3RD)
Joey Votto 142 5.68(GOOD)
Brandon Phillips 141 5.64(GOOD)(5TH)
Robinson Cano 130 5.2
Evan Longoria 116 4.64(1RST)
Miguel Cabrera 112 4.48
Josh Hamilton 94 3.76
Adrian Beltre 80 3.2
Brian McCann 71 2.84
Victor Martinez 69 2.76
No Selection 62 2.48
Ichiro Suzuki 59 2.36
Albert Pujols 54 2.16
Joe Mauer 34 1.36(1RST & 5TH)
Hanley Ramirez 18 0.72(4TH)
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset was up to 37.2% with J. Hamilton reseting the most. And 14.5% paused.
Highest "No Selection":Pg# 2 with a streak of 15 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
bmoccabee, 7 , pg 44, 984, J. Votto.(GOOD)
leeungaretta , 7 , pg 49, 984, R. Cano
tomfootball17, 6, RESET BY, T. Tulowitzki
btsron, 6, RESET BY M. Scutaro
GL to all
Yesterday was disappointing, I've been in a beat the streak funk even as I even fell for the DH Damon trap. With his 0 fer in the 1st game that's twice in the past week that my pick went 0 fer and the batter before him got hits at every AB except 1. On July 30 I had Michael Young the only Texas starter to go 0 fer (ouch) and Elvis Andrus who bats lead off went 4 for 5. Yesterday Austin Jackson went 3 for 4.
It's now or never for beat the streak, there are 61 days left including today and there needs to be a few days to afford a "did not play". I was @9 in survivor but was reset by the Yankees.
Today's picks;
Home run BTS: Albert Pujols
Beat the Streak: Brian McCann
Highest no selections;
Home run BTS: 2 way tie "debbypetersen,dinonizzola, on page 1 with HR streaks of 4.
Beat the streak: "jamesh3014″ on page 2 with a streak of 15.
Survivor:"pitchem3" page 1 with a win streak of 15.
NO PICKS are welcome to join me at 0!
@bmocc yes sir. Onto tommorow.
congrats ARod on hitting 600. I hate you but still gotta give it up for 600
Yippee A-roid finnaly hit it. Now at 1 in HR bts. Now let's see him go on a streak now the pressures off.
Riding Josh Hamilton to get me to 6. I'm on 5 in a row for like the 10th time, can never get past it.
Dave – Thanks for the clarification about the Damon Pick of the Day on Tuesday. We all do crazy things in BTS at times.
My giant mistake of the 2009 BTS season also involved Damon and it was a major train wreck!
Guys come on and please follow me on this one:
Cubs Starlon Castro went 4 – 5 on Wed. v. Brewers. I took him the past 3 days and have a 3 game streak now.
1. Fast as a deer with 20 year old legs.
2. Disciplined at the plate but does not walk much
3. Batting in the two hole every game
4. Batting over .300 and should be a "rookie of the year" candidate in NL.
On to Thursday………………
Ooops – Starlon Castro fast as a deer. He has 20 year old super quick "Human". Good infield hit man for sure. 🙂
Pick it up Rays, I don't want to see another pick lose with their ace and to a mediocre pitcher.
Good news: Brian McCann is 3 for 4 and Pujols has homered so I'm at 1 in BTS and HR BTS. Speaking of home runs congratulations to A-Rod on getting #600!
Hurray Hamilton finally brings me to 6.
BTS – Hot hitter of the day Carlos Gonzalez – Pittsburg is a lefty favored hitting park.
HR – See above
Survivor – Rocks
Alex Rios in a day game today. He had an o-fer in Sunday's Day game on 8/1. (?)


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Medical boffins are rarely wrong when they publish in journals - but some are prepared to lie quite a lot, according to a new study on retracted scientific papers.
Previous studies have claimed that most papers are pulled from publication because there's some error in them, but this fresh investigation claims malpractice is actually responsible for two-thirds of all retractions.
Boffin misconduct includes copying others' findings and plagiarism, but fraud and suspected fraud are the biggest problem and that's increased ten-fold since 1975. For this new study, 2,047 biomedical and life-science research articles indexed by PubMed that were retracted by 3 May, 2012 were reviewed.
The researchers aren't sure why so many scientists are now willing to steal their results, but the increasingly desperate competition for funding might have something to do with it.
Milking governments for cash for projects with no obvious monetary value has always been tough, but the global recession is making it worse - and it's feared some scientists have bent their findings to suit paymasters' agendas to guarantee funding.
"Scientists are human, and some of them will succumb to this pressure, especially when there's so much competition for funding," said Arturo Casadevall, a professor of microbiology, immunology and medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
The academic, who is the senior author of the study, continued: "Perhaps our most telling finding is what happened after 2005, which is when the number of retractions began to skyrocket. That's exactly when National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding began to get very tight.
"What's troubling is that the more skilful the fraud, the less likely that it will be discovered, so there likely are more fraudulent papers out there that haven't yet been detected and retracted.
"Particularly if you get your papers accepted in certain journals, you're much more likely to get recognition, grants, prizes and better jobs or promotions. Biomedical research has become a winner-take-all game - one with perverse incentives that entice scientists to cut corners and, in some instances, falsify data or commit other acts of misconduct."
Previous studies took the word of the journals' retraction notices, which are written by the boffins who penned the pulled papers, for why the work was withdrawn. Prof Casadevall's study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at secondary sources such as the NIH Office of Research Integrity and Retractionwatch.com, which investigates scientific misconduct. ®


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For Sale
Well thanks to the British insurance industry it makes little sence for me to keep my ecomatic anymore. Aparently acording to them I live in Greater Manchester (the edge of which must be at least 20 miles away) so my renewal comes out at over £800. They also want me to fit an expencive emobiliser be...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:07 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: "Rest hand on gearlever to stop engine switching off"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8839
Re: "Rest hand on gearlever to stop engine switching off"
I think I've found this feature by accident, it apears its not that well explained. Its not the switch in the gearstick that triggers it, its holding it in 1-2 Neutral, a movement thats probubly slightly more comfortable in a left hand drive; that seems to prevent my car from cutting out. Obveously ...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:06 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: How many left?
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- Views: 16509
How many left?
I've always hurd somehow the DVLA give statistics on what models are still registered, but never found out how to do it. Well thanks to topgear I've found the answer (or perhaps a new site that gives the answer). Which begs the important question, how many ecomatics are there? http://howmanyleft.co....
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:49 pm
- Forum: Engine/Ecomatic operation
- Topic: Some engine photos
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7956
Some engine photos
Photos of the distributer pump... http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Glen107/Ecomatic/DSC04831.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Glen107/Ecomatic/DSC04830.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Glen107/Ecomatic/DSC04832.jpg Looks like your pritty standard Bosch VE rotary pump withou...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:27 pm
- Forum: Electrical System
- Topic: Coolant pump V50
- Replies: 3
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Re: Coolant pump V50 (Bosch)
Is £80 the vwspares price? This pump actully started out in the VW parts bin for the T3 Transporter turbo diesel (JX engine), hence the 251 part number. On those it helped shovel coolent about when coolent temprature got over 105°C, sounds alot but its most likely to happen just after shutting down ...
- Tue May 17, 2011 5:40 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Autotrader
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12346
Re: Autotrader
The one a couple of months ago must have slipped through my ebay filter then. With 11 owners its surprising this one hasn't apeared more often, it probubly acounts for 50% of ecomatic sales in recent years!
- Mon May 16, 2011 6:19 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Autotrader
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- Views: 12346
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201118386562392/sort/priceasc/usedcars/maximum-age/over_10_years_old/fuel-type/diesel/model/golf/make/volkswagen/radius/1500/page/1/postcode/sk177dn?logcode=p Looks like its had the boy racer treetment, and is that a clutch pedal lurking in the gloom un...
- Mon May 16, 2011 6:11 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Cooling/preheating system overhaul this weekend
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11366
Re: Cooling/preheating system overhaul this weekend
Was your electric pump not working before? Are they ment to run all the time the ignition is on, just when the engine is sleeping or dependant on temp? I've noticed that though mine sits at 88degC when driving (gets up to 90 when climbing Winnants Pass flatout for a few minutes (never had the fan co...
Re: Hello
Airbags - Depends on market and model I suspect. ETKA seems to list airbags as avalable on all years but in the UK it seems they were standard on all later models after the midlife update (rounded side repeater indicators - 96MY on), not sure when drivers airbag became mandatory in the UK but that m...
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:21 pm
- Forum: Electrical System
- Topic: Ecomatic instrument cluster
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7619
Re: Ecomatic instrument cluster
Having had a look inside my clocks, I wonder if its possable to fit a revcounter and digi clock by robbing the bits from a posher model. The PCBs apear to be the same, its just the analogue clock models don't have the contacts soldered to the track/holes where the revcounter instrement goes. I don't...
Re: Hello
The space isn't mine I'm afraid, its work which is based from a farmyard. I tend to keep one vehicle there all the time though which is handy, hope they won't compain (I only own the green Land-Rover so its not all mine). Means I can use the workshop after hours and I don't have to finish the job th...
So, this is what I've been bombing round the peak district in over the past 6 months or so... http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Glen107/Ecomatic/DSC00174.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Glen107/Ecomatic/DSC00173.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Glen107/Ecomatic/DSC00175.jpg...
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Linux config files available on github
I pushed several of my common linux config files that I often find myself sharing with others via email to github. I'd say it's currently specific to Java developers that are using maven2. I lean heavily on alias's defined in my .bashrc file which lives under my home directory. Hopefully others will fork this project and I can merge forked changes back into my project.
Not only did I want to provide an easy way to share among co-workers, but I also wanted to be able to port to other machines or even when I need to rebuild my work laptop. Also, I just want to get more comfortable with a DVCS workflow. Thanks to Ron Alleva's post (Using Git and Subversion in 5 Easy Steps) about getting setup with using git as the client to svn, I am all set at work to start using git.
Please check it out at https://github.com/jlorenzen/linux-config-files/tree
git clone git://github.com/jlorenzen/linux-config-files.git
Currently it includes:
- .bashrc - Contains my alias's
- .synergy.config - Config file I stole from Joe Kueser which lets me control a windows machine with the keyboard and mouse connected to my linux laptop (see synergy).
- .vimrc - Simple vim settings. Nothing special yet
- idea.sh - Simple IntelliJ Idea startup script for linux
- idea.vmoptions - Modified vmoptions for IntelliJ Idea
- start-hudson.sh - Example of a generic linux startup script
- stop-hudson.sh - Example of a generic linux stop script
git push origin master
This was after I did the one step (I think) to add the origin:
git remote add origin firstname.lastname@example.com:jlorenzen/linux-config-files.git


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Against my expectations, I got an internet connection here in Coimbra, so here's a small update on my vacations.
I missed the : Of The Wand and The Moon : gig, but I went to the AEnima's one. The sound set up was really bad (thumbs down to Santiago Alquimista for that), and since Norwan's concert wasn't exactly good I had to suffer a great while until the AEnima gig started. And - wow - what a great concert! The sound was bad, and they need to get more stage experience, but boy they have great music! Forget what they've done in the past - this guys remind be The Third and The Mortal in their first works, and that's nothing but awesome! That's one CD I'm looking forward for its release.
And then I came to Coimbra. On the train I spent some time around pytalker and a new version is ready to be released. I could do it now, but - hey - I'm on vacations. Arrived at time for dinner, and then went to talk with a couple of friends. There were two or three themes of discussion that I liked to discuss, and that later I'll have to further explore.
Now, time to sleep... I'm not too certain if I'm really heading from here to Lamego after all, or if I still go and spend one night on an even colder place: João Durão. Let's see what happens.
It's great to be on vacations.


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Again started my dinner worries.Suddenly Geetha's (of"EnSamayaAraiyil") smoked eggplant chutney,hit my mind and started immediately after jumping out from the car. Thus the story of this chutney.I have prepared with small eggplants, but u can prepare it with big ones too.My mom will prepare these kind of chutneys in a diffeent way.Will post that recipe soon.
Recipe Source ; En Samayal Araiyil
1.Egg Plants - 3 medium sized
2.Red chillies - 3
3.Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
4.Urad dal - 1 tbsp
5.Tamarind - small gooseberry size
6.Hing - a pinch
7.Coconut - 3 to 4 pieces
For tempering:
1.Oil - 1 tsp
2.mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3.Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
4.Curry leaves - few
Smoking the eggplant:
* For smoking ,we can use any sized egg plants.If we are using big ones,then cut them and smoke them.
* I have used small egg plants.
* First apply oil on the egg plant .Pierce the skewers inside the egg plant.
* Place the egg plants on the stove on a medium flame.
* Smoke it till the skin comes out or for 20 minutes.Turning in between.
* Place the egg plant aside and cool it completely.Now scoop out the skin of the egg plant.
* Take a pan, add mustard seeds,when they start spluttering,add the red chillies,urad dal,hing ,coconut and tamarind.Let them get roasted well.
* Cool the roasted mixture completely and grind them with required salt.
* Mean while ,take another pan,add oil and splutter with all the ingredients under "For tempering" and pour it to the grinded mixture.
Serve with hot dosai or idlies.Can be mixed and had with rice also.
If u are preparing this chutney with big egg plants, then cut them into two and using the skewers smoke them.This is to reduce the smoking time.I smoked it in 2 batches.Since I used small egg plants,it took around 30 mins for all the three egg plants on a medium flame.We can also increse the flame to reduce the time to smoke.
Sending this to Aipi and Priya's Bookmarked Recipes event
I am happy to share with u that,my friends has shared with me some awards.
Akila from Learning to Cook has shared with me this participation
Amchi bong Konnexion has awarded me with this lovely award,
And she has asked to list out some interesting facts about me.Here I am shooting
* I am a very jolly person,who always enjoys the present and cares very little about the future.
* I am a M.C.A graduate,but at present a busy mom.
* Love to explore new places.If I am depressed,will go for a walk.This will refresh me immediately.
* Love to cook different cuisines,as long as there are skape goats like my H.
* I love to read and write tamil poetry.
* Has participated in all dramas in schools and colleges.
* Love to speak over the phone to my friends and parents.
Thats all from my side.See u all in my next post.


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Well, you knew it was coming. Everyone warned you. You hoped the few games he missed in December counted as the Dreaded Camby Injury of 2010. It didn't. And you knew it. He plays center for the gal-durned Portland Frailblazers for garshed sakes. (Sorry, for the blue language, Grandma). Hoping for a healthy season from Marcus Camby is like hoping for a good Robert De Niro movie. It's a nice thought, but them days is over! So here lies the Blazers, who found out today that their last remaining healthy center (out of three) will miss the next 4-5 weeks after having surgery on the torn meniscus in his knee. Joel "Vanilla Gorilla" Przybilla is your add here, followed by Dante Cunningham, but, really, it will be Nicolas Batum and LaMarcus Aldridge that should see the biggest uptick in production. Also fixin' to see a huge uptick in production? Anyone playing the Blazers in the next month. Hi-o!
Here's what else I saw in fantasy basketball yesterday:
Michael Beasley – BreezyBeasy's not taking it easy and should return tonight in time to get dunked on a half-dozen times by Blake Griffin.
Christian Eyenga – There was a setback in Tuesday's practice and it looks like he'll miss the rest of the week. In other news, Cleveland is so bad that owners care what happens to Christian Eyenga.
Joe Johnson – J.J. selected his shots the same way the Hawks paid their captain in the offseason: foolishly (7-for-22, 0-for-6 from the arc).
Al Horford – Played 21 minutes, hurt his ankle. The injury, on a scale of 1 to Marcus Camby, is about a three.
Joel Anthony – Joe-El grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds, and sent back three shots, but he refused to shoot. He was actually handed the ball under an open basket on several occasions and politely discarded it out of bounds with disgust each time. He then produced a shammy from his sock and wiped his hands clean as he jogged to the other end of the court. That Joel Anthony: such a priss.
LeBron James – 2-for-10 from the arc. Yes, I'm ignoring the 34/10/7 and harping on 'Bron-bron's self-destructive shot selection. Why? Because the NBA hasn't had a good punkass villain since John Starks.
Luol Deng – 2-for-11, as he's shot under .370 in three of his last four games. Dang.
Taj Gibson – Six blocks, tying his career-high, which he set yesterday. DeAndre Jordan is soooo last week. Everyone wants to know, whut up wit Taj!
Carlos Boozer – Missed his second straight game and was driven back to his car in a golf cart for the second straight night. This, of course, doesn't bode well for Thursday's game. Unless Thursday's game is finally going to be that carts vs. donkeys matchup I've been waiting for.


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BOB1 wrote:SpookyDollhouse wrote:Why not both?
Heellloooo - if you choose both, what's the fun in choosing?
I mean - some people just don't like choosing, rating, listing etc. so that's fine. But I imagine if one starts a thread like this and posts a question like this, it is because this person likes tough choices. And if you answer "both" or "I don't know", it's no fun at all!
For me there's no fun in pairing something down to one or the other, but if that's your thing different strokes my man


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Puppy love: Pooch ploy pays off
Chemistry is sometimes overrated. Sure, it did a lot for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but in Must Love Dogs it's the strength of the individual actors, Diane Lane and John Cusack, that makes you believe them as a couple. That's enough, because they spend most of the movie apart, mooning first for anyone and later for each other.
Based on a novel by Claire Cook, who's apparently big with the "chick lit" crowd, Must Love Dogs was written and directed by Gary David Goldberg. He's better known for TV work (Brooklyn Bridge, Family Ties) but has knocked out a couple of decent movies, Dad and Bye Bye Love. The latter was a contemporary comedy about divorce, as is Must Love Dogs.
Sarah Nolan (Lane) and Jake Anderson (Cusack) are both smarting from recent divorces and wouldn't get back in the dating pool unless they were pushed. Sarah's push comes from a family "intervention," and she has a large Irish Catholic family– three brothers, two sisters, and a recently widowed father (Christopher Plummer). It's sister Carol (Elizabeth Perkins) who posts her profile, including the title phrase, on a website.
Jake is pushed by his lawyer and best friend, Charlie (Ben Shenkman), who answers Sarah's ad in his name and makes a date for him, even lending Jake a dog to take along. Sarah's dog is furnished by her brother Michael (Glenn Howerton).
Not quite an infomerical for Internet dating, Must Love Dogs shows any number of the creeps you can meet and dicey situations you can get into; but it also shows the right people are out there, and you can meet them if you keep looking.
The last of the romantics, Jake builds wooden boats that no one wants to buy. (What trust fund underwrites this hobby is never explained.) Sarah teaches at a pre-school where the kids say the darndest things and are all too Hollywood-cute. One of the fathers, Bob Connor (Dermot Mulroney, going glamorously gray) is cute too. He's the first man Sarah takes an interest in.
At first, everything with Bob is smooth and romantic with both of them saying the right thing at all times. Sarah is concerned because he's the father of one of her students, but Carol advises, "He has a Ph.D. and a great ass. Let's not get bogged down by ethics." (She could have had a job in the Clinton cabinet.)
With Jake, of course, everything goes wrong because they care too much to say the right things. The usual plot contrivances keep them apart until it's time for them to get together.
Sarah's father finds romance too– several times. The most promising is with Dolly (Stockard Channing, letting herself go to play a real woman of her real age).
What Sarah calls "my model for a successful relationship" is a male couple, one of whom (Victor Webster) teaches at her school. (Perhaps significantly, he's never shown interacting with the children.) They've been together seven years.
Blondes should prepare to be offended by Jordana Spiro as Sherry, the office slut that Charlie keeps trying to push on Jake. She's mostly just a concept until late in the film when she has a scene that's truly hilarious (unless you're blonde). Julie Gonzalo represents for blondes as yet another teacher, more intelligent than Sherry if not necessarily more virtuous.
Goldberg's sitcom background shows in his script, which contains more and better one-liners than you'll find in an equivalent running time on network television, even continuing through most of the closing credits. Being in television, he should know a new version of Doctor Zhivago aired recently, invalidating Jake's claim that his favorite movie can never be remade.
Must Love Dogs is populated with a cast that believably portrays people who are just like you and me, only infinitely more witty and clever.


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Reduce your Waste, Reduce your Impact
Worm composting is an incredibly efficient way to convert kitchen scraps, junk mail and cardboard into nutrient-rich compost for your garden. Recycling has never been easier and the reward never so great. Master Gardeners agree that composting with worms will produce amazing results and help your plants to thrive!
Why Compost with Worms?
Worm composting, or vermicomposting, is one of the easiest ways to recycle food waste. The composting can be done year-round, indoors, and is ideal for people who live in apartments and may not have the space necessary for traditional composting methods.
Vermiculture is the practice of using worms to crush, compact and break down your organic waste into its most essential nutrient-rich components which creates an all natural fertilizer. If you want to be sure to get composting done right and have rich, dark soil, then vermicomposting is right for you.
Vermicompost is richer in nutrients than the compost from a regular backyard compost pile, and also performs better as a planting medium than a commercial potting mix. The secret is in the worm castings, which are produced from vermicomposting, which holds moisture better than plain soil and prevents nutrients being washed away with the first watering.


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Not only was it steep and fast, the top of the hill was right by the laundry room door…a perfect scenario for three small children with perpetually cold hands and feet.
I sat by the kitchen window with a cup of steaming tea and watched three penguin children waddle up and down the glittery slope. Their red, navy and sky blue ski suits gleamed brightly against the white canvas of snow.
A black-speckled enamel sauce pan filled with hot cocoa simmered on the stove. The adjoining laundry room was cozy with the constantly running dryer.
When the knocks came, I would open the laundry room door and three red-cheeked children would crowd into the warm space…snow melting onto the ugly linoleum floor into immediate puddles adorned with discarded mittens and long, colorful scarves.
They would sip eagerly at small mugs of cocoa…anxious to return to the excitement of sleds in the arctic, or magic carpet rides, or whatever their imaginations concocted around the slickery fun of sliding down hills…fast, fast, fast.
Then each child would be lifted up onto the dryer where I would exchange their cold little socks for warm ones. Warm-from-the-dryer mittens would go back on little hands, warm scarves would wrap around glowing little faces…
…and they were off!
And so was I.
Mittens, gloves and socks went back into the dryer for the next round.
Puddles would be mopped up.
Cocoa mugs rinsed out.
And I would resume my post by the kitchen window.
I was the guardian of my children making memories...
...The official guardian of the hill…
This little memory is written in honor of the letter "H" for Alphabe-Thursday. H is for Hill.
This post is linked to Alphabe-Thursday's letter "H". To read other offerings, just click here.


text: Unpublished https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18131 2020-08-08T06:09:26Z Modeling stop-consonant releases for synthesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64959 Modeling stop-consonant releases for synthesis Hanson, Helen M.; Stevens, Kenneth N. This study is part of a project leading to rule-based speech synthesis using the HLsyn synthesizer. In HLsyn, stop-consonant releases are generated by controlling the time variation of a constriction that is formed by the lips, the tongue blade, or the tongue body. In order to generate a consonant release that is perceptually acceptable and that has acoustic characteristics that match those of normal speech, it was found that the trajectory of the consonant release (cross-sectional area versus time) had to exhibit an initial rapid rise, followed by a delay in which the rise was interrupted, followed finally by a final rise. The burst at the consonant release is generated by the airflow through the constriction during the time that the rise is delayed. A model of the time course of this three-stage release of the articulator has been developed, taking into account the role of the intraoral pressure, the tapering formed by the articulator, and the glottal area. The model shows that the delay between the initial and final area increases is progressively longer for labials, alveolars, and velars, in agreement with acoustic data on the burst duration. Poster presented at the Spring 2000 Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America held in Atlanta, GA. 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z Acoustic correlates of word stress in American English https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36350 Acoustic correlates of word stress in American English Okobi, Anthony O. (Anthony Obiesie), 1976- 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z An acoustic analysis of labialization of coronal nasal consonants in American English https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36349 An acoustic analysis of labialization of coronal nasal consonants in American English Hon, Elisabeth A. 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z Gestural overlap of stop-consonant sequences https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36348 Gestural overlap of stop-consonant sequences Zhao, Sherry Yi, 1980- 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z