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There's nothing quite like the invigorating Cornish sea air for working up an appetite, and nothing quite like our popular rosetted restaurant for satisfying it either.
In recent years, Cornwall has undergone a renaissance as far as its reputation for great food is concerned, and the restaurant at Treglos is renowned for its use of local ingredients, expertly handled by our team. We change the menu daily, as well as seasonally, to make the very best use of all the fantastic fresh Cornish produce on our doorstep.
To maintain the air of a special event, we do ask that smart attire be worn in the restaurant after seven in the evening (no shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops etc.).
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In recent years the field of out of hours learning activities has expanded rapidly to embrace a wide range of exciting and challenging learning experiences going far beyond traditional homework and study clubs. This Guideline aims to put the range of possibilities into perspective for the school librarian and highlight the potential role of Library Resource Centre staff in this kaleidoscope of activities. Some of the theory behind the out of hours movement is explained and there are practical pointers for school library involvement. Added value, not added burden, is the ideal, and this Guideline highlights ways for the school librarian to have access to new resources, new ways of working and greater professional and personal satisfaction.
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Effective December 1, 2004, the Division implemented a new Risk Based Corrective Action (RBCA) Process. The TN-RBCA Process is a revision of previous processes and provides several advantages including the following:
Incorporate a greater degree of standardization to site characterization.
Provide an easier means to determine site specific cleanup levels for each site.
Consolidate previously fragmented approaches into a single process.
Move impacted sites toward closure at a faster rate without increased risk to human health or the environment.
Provide cost savings to the fund through better overall site management.
The TN-RBCA process introduces a new Technical Guidance Document, TGD-017. This document replaces previously issued TGD-008, TGD-014, and TGD-015. TGD-017 outlines the report format that accompanies the Risk Analysis Report for complete exposure assessment report submittals.
TGD-017 contains user-friendly report generators in Microsoft Excel for Risk Based Cleanup Levels, and On-site and Off-site reports. There are also Reference Tables which provide background analytical data that are used in the calculations in the Excel spreadsheet. The Risk Analysis Report Excel spreadsheet must be downloaded from the Division website and run on a local computer.
Click here to see an illustration of the overall TN-RBCA process. Click on the hyperlinks above to download the Reference Tables and the Excel spreadsheet.
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Timothy E. Woolf, 52, of Sandusky, died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon at his residence.
He was born August 6, 1955, in Sandusky. He was the sixth of nine children born to Donald and Joyce Woolf. He was a self-employed handyman. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and his dog.
He is survived by his mother, Joyce (Cheshire) Woolf of Sandusky; sisters, Donna (Robert) Fifield of Castalia, Connie (Greg) Ward of Pennsylvania, Sandra (Carl) Keimer of Berlin Heights, and Nancy (Raymond) Warner of Sandusky; brothers, Donald Woolf Jr. of Sandusky, Richard Woolf of Bellevue, Mark Woolf of Sandusky, and William T. Woolf of Sandusky; and 15 nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Woolf Sr., who died Nov. 8, 1992. Private funeral services will be conducted by Groff Funeral Home, Sandusky.
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When Sonya Speranza was 7 years old, she took her first trip in an airplane. She traveled all the way from Hartford, Connecticut, to the village of Pescara, Italy, to meet her relatives and to see the place where her mother had grown up. In the backyard of the family home stood a rustic wood-fire oven that's still in use today.
"Before my mom came to America and married my father, she was something of a caterer," says Sonya. "If a neighbor was getting married, they'd ask her to help cook."
Sonya's mom, Antonietta D'Aloisio Speranza, passed along to her offspring her gift for conjuring up delicious fare: Her three daughters are chefs, and son John is an inventive home cook. (When the family gathers, they good-naturedly try to outdo one another.) To Sonya, her mother also passed along a passion for Old World cookery: A wood-fire oven anchors the spacious kitchen she shares with her husband, Joe Abbruzese, at home in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
In 2000, when Joe and Sonya set about designing their house, they were inspired by the book Great Kitchens: At Home with America's Top Chefs (Taunton, 1999). "Many of the chefs had wood ovens in their kitchens," says Sonya. As well, the couple's favorite restaurant was Todd English's first establishment, Olives, in Boston; that, too, featured a wood oven. The Abbruzeses' builder had never constructed an indoor wood oven before, so Joe, who builds new restaurants for a living, pitched in on the research and design fronts. Later, alongside his father, Joe faced the stove with flagstones to match the hearth in the family room, which is visible from the kitchen.
The wood oven was just one part of an intentionally generous floor plan, explains Joe: "Every party we've ever had, people always gather in the kitchen. So we decided to design a kitchen to handle the masses." It includes an 11-foot-long island, providing ample room for simultaneous preparation and serving — the perfect setup for the family's famous pizza soirees.
For entertaining, the Abbruzeses have found no better menu than pizza. "We host 'bring your favorite topping' parties, and people get very creative, especially if we give out prizes," says Sonya. Recent winners include clam chowder pizza with bechamel sauce and chopped clams, and a "kitchen sink" recipe with caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, and goat cheese.
Over the years, the Abbruzeses have developed crowd-pleasing combinations and personal favorites. But they use the oven for much more than pizza; they cook everything from stews to prime rib in it. "Once we became comfortable using high temperatures, we began to experiment," notes Joe. "Now we're spoiled with fast cooking times and the extra flavor it adds." Any stay-at-home Sunday with the hint of a chill is all the excuse he needs to fire up the oven.
Fresh Aromas: For herb-infused dough — the perfect complement to the simple flavors of fresh tomatoes and basil — add 3/4 cup Romano cheese and 1 tablespoon oregano to the Basic Pizza Dough recipe.
Hot Stuff: The Abbruzeses bake pizza in their wood-fire oven at 550 to 600 degrees. If you're using a conventional oven, heat it to 500 degrees. Baking times will vary depending on your method: As a general rule, the Abbruzeses precook their pizza dough until just firm, then finish baking the pie after toppings are added.


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18 Caramel and Toffee Dessert Recipes We Love
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Steak and blue cheese salad!!
My hubbies homemade BLTs !!
HT Traders cheddar and horseradish kettle cooked chips dipped in sour cream!!
1. tofu
2. diet soda
3. soy milk
4. veggie burgers
5. whole wheat pasta
Fish Tacos!
I'm so very sorry for your loss. (((((((hugs))))))))
Ciao Bella chocolate hazelnut gelato
The Oar House in Florida
Seattle. I've heard there's some damn good burgers there.
Big Mac
Absolutely! Cooking shows make me hungry every time!!
My family LOVES these!!
Garlic Green Beans
2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
4 garlic cloves, pressed
1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
Place first 3 ingredients in a Dutch oven; cover and cook over medium heat 30 minutes. Drain. Remove beans, set side.
Melt butter in Dutch oven; add garlic and lemon pepper, and sauté mixture over medium heat 1 to 2 minutes. Add green beans, and sauté 5 minutes.
Makes 8 servings
Angel biscuits are the best! This looks just like the recipe I've had for years.
Coffee, butter, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Biscuits n gravy, fried chicken, hummingbird cake.
Johnny Depp
Soup! taco soup, potato soup, corn chowder, clam chowder, etc.
fried zucchini sticks
fried pickles
stuffed mushrooms
any kind of hot cheesy dip
scrambled eggs and toast
Both, but if I had to pick one, it would be chicken.
Paula Deen. RR gets on my last nerve.
Toasted marshmallow shake .... to die for!
Popsicles of any kind are usually what I reach for, but hubby brought home some Diana's Bananas 'banana babies' the other day and OMG! I'm hooked!! They're little bananas dipped in either milk or dark chocolate, with or without nuts. What's your favorite cold treat?
Somebody here was looking for a soft pumpkin cookie recipe a week or so ago. I was looking at cookie recipes on verybestbaking.com and saw this http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=32364
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I've been craving soup all week but can't seem to find any recipes that stand out to me! What's your favorite soup? Recipes would be greatly appreciated.
On paper, glazing vegetables seems very simple, but there's more to it than just cooking some root vegetables with a bit of butter and liquid in a skillet. More
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The steamy months of summer seem like they're made just to give us a reason to drink margaritas. The cool, citrusy cocktail garnished with a rim of glittering salt is one of the best ways to forget about the temperature and get lost in good times. Margaritas are also a great way to use up some of that fresh fruit from the market—especially fruits with a hint of tartness. More
his is an adaptation of a recipe from the brilliant book All American Desserts by Judith Fertig, wherein high-quality vanilla ice cream is doctored up with the makings of cannoli cream. More
When I first heard about this dish from a Southern friend, I had visions of spinach topped with sliced strawberries and maybe a little feta cheese and tossed with pretzel crumbles. But this dish is more akin to a Jell-O No Bake Cheesecake than a Caesar. The combination of a salty crushed pretzel crust, rich whipped cream, and strawberry gelatin intrigued me. More
These chocolate chocolate chip hazelnut cookies are filled with Nutella. More
These ice cream sodas are refreshing and light enough to be appreciated on a hot humid day; but they're so beautiful and sophisticated, you can serve them at a dinner party. Fresh berries, homemade raspberry soda, and strawberry ice cream come together beautifully in each glass. More
Understated and unpretentious, this simple custard is a great dessert to end your day with. More
Willie Mae's Scotch House in New Orleans may serve the finest fried chicken on the planet: burnished dark brown, perfectly seasoned, and juicy. More
Note: This recipe can easily be scaled up or down, and lasts forever in the fridge. If you have plastic squeeze bottles, there's no need to first whisk in a bowl—construct the dressing in the bottles using the same ratio... More
The state of Maryland practices barbecue in a rare form. I discovered this for myself on a grassy road outside of Baltimore, in front of a truck that had been built around a barrel-shaped smoker and decorated on all sides with the words: "PIT BEEF." After taking my order, the ladies of Bull on the Run picked up a rested round roast and nestled it into their deli slicer, carving away thin, pink ribbons and piling them unceremoniously onto a roll. More
Ultra-thick, Flintstone-sized double-cut bone-in big-enough-to-serve-two-fully-grown-Thundercats ribeye steaks (commonly referred to as "Cowboy Chops") require a bit of extra care when cooking. Their thick size makes them all too easy to end up with a burnt exterior and cold, raw middle. But here are some grilling tips to maximize that medium-rare center—you want to see pink from edge to edge—while still getting a nicely charred crust. More
Louisiana remoulade starts with a mayo base, but then adds ingredient after ingredient to form a reddish complex sauce that's creamy, tart, and spicy. Traditionally served with seafood—great with shrimp, crab cakes, and fried fish fillets—my absolute favorite thing with remoulade would be fried dill pickles. Those salty, sour crunchy chips are a perfect pairing in my book. More
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How often do you eat something at a gas station, then feel compelled to gush about it all weekend to friends? Hm, us either. Until trying the Chivito sandwich at the Lowest Price gas station on 14th and W Streets in Washington D.C. At any given time, there are easily more people here for the sandwiches inside the attached Fast Gourmet than for the petrol outside. More
Adapted by D.C. chef Ann Cashion, this Revelatory Caramel Cake from strong>The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook, this caramel cake is similar in flavor to an angel food cake but with a much denser crumb. Once baked and cooled, it can be iced and filled any which way you please. But being a caramel cake, this one is really all about the icing. It's actually more like a candy coating. More
Aligot is the ultimate comfort food—think, ski lodge, by the fire, warming and filling you up. It's kind of like a potato fondue: mashed potatoes whipped with melted cheese until it gets gooey and smotheringly delicious. More
These Angel Biscuits from The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook are also known as "brides biscuits," presumably because these fool-proof biscuits were designed for newly married ladies with little kitchen experience. More
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Electric line crew, ca. 1910
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Workers on an unidentified electric utility line crew and several managers or other officials pose in front of their wagon.
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- Local Code: Coll. 2115, Box 311/10
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The GCSB bill has passed the committee stage in Parliament this evening and will go for its third and final reading tomorrow afternoon.
The Bill, which will introduce new powers to the Government spy agency, is expected to pass by one vote thanks to the support of United Future leader Peter Dunne.
Labour leader David Shearer had been pushing for last-minute changes to the bill, calling for citizens' right to be spelled out in the new law.
But Prime Minister John Key responded that he did not think it was necessary.
Labour's proposed changes came after Mr Key gave an assurance that access to New Zealanders email content would be restricted when the GCSB was carrying out its cyber security role.
The Prime Minister has promised to resign if there are any major mistakes.
"But the facts of life are& that won't happen."
Mr Shearer reached out to Mr Dunne this morning in a last ditch effort to change bill.
But it wasn't soon enough, Mr Dunne said.
"I only received notice of it this morning, that is far too late for a serious amendment of this type."
MPs urged to break rank
Speakers at last night's meeting in the Auckland Town Hall, which attracted more than 1000 people, urged MPs to vote against the proposal.
"I think it will pass unless there is a brave National MP who's not following John Key blindly into disaster," internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom told the meeting.
"Maybe we'll get lucky and one of those 50 National Party members will have a conscience," added Green Party co-leader Russel Norman.
However, ONE News Deputy Political Editor Jessica Mutch said it was unlikely the meeting would change the way MPs vote.
"It would be a pretty brave National MP that would cross the floor over this issue, but whether they genuinely think they can change MPs minds, that's probably a little naive," she told TV ONE's Breakfast.
Mutch said the Government has to rush the process through as there is currently no legislation for the GCSB.
"We're in limbo, and in an ideal world it would be great if we could get cross-party consensus," she said.
"Politically the Government has to rush this through and they're in this precarious position where they have to get this through with just one vote."
Once passed, the GCSB Bill and its related legislation will extend the agency's powers so it can provide support for the New Zealand Police, Defence Force and the Security Intelligence Service.
But meeting organisers and the Opposition contend that the bill will allow for "mass surveillance" of people's emails.
However, Mr Key has given assurances that will not happen.
"Will there be wholesale surveillance of people's emails, where they receive those emails from and the content of those emails? I can categorically rule that out," he told a press conference yesterday.
The GCSB bill passed its second reading by 61 votes to 59 on August 1, after ACT leader John Banks and independent MP Peter Dunne agreed to support the Government.
The Government won Mr Dunne's support after agreeing to make several major amendments to the bill.
The revised GSCB bill now includes a code of principles for the spy agency to follow as well as the introduction of an oversight panel.


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Dragons 2-2 in the 4th. Turner 2 run homer ties it in the 3rd.
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Dragons 2-2 in the 4th. Turner 2 run homer ties it in the 3rd.
Dayton losing 3-2 in the 7th
Guerrero: 4.1 Innings, 6 Hits, 3 Runs (2 earned), 1 BB, 4 K
Viola: 2.2 Innings, 1 Hit, 0 Runs, 0 BB, 3 K
Why is Hamilton in LF today? He's been playing CF the entire time there, with Dickerson in right.
Keppinger 2B
Lopez SS
Hamilton LF
Herr 3B
Votto 1B
Bellhorn DH
Edwards RF
Dickerson CF
Jorgesen C
The Reds may be looking to move Adam Dunn soon?
probably just to get him some work in left never kno when we might need him in left in one of jerry's pattened defensive switches late in games
Dragon lose again 6-4. They have a 4 game lead, but can't seem to put one in the win column.
After a rain delay, the Bats move Hamilton to DH, Keppinger to RF, and Bellhorn to 2B.
Joey Votto lines a double to RF in his first atbat.
Gary Majewski should still be in Louisville, better yet in Washington. There is ZERO chance Weathers gets six outs. NONE.
Sorry, I had to put that somewhere.
Cueto: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Cueto K's the side.
The return of Johnny Cueto, we have missed you bud;)
Is this what everyone expects?:
Cueto is promoted to AA for the second half of the season, if he pitches well there he'll be in AAA to start next year, likely remaining there for the entire season.
Similar to Bailey, except, more time in AAA?


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You should have paid attention in that science class in high school. Then maybe, just maybe, you wouldn't hurt so much. You just can't make this stuff up. What was he thinking. His PAIN, our laughter. Part 2 of the HUMP DAY posts and I don't think that we disappoint here. Grab another coffee, maybe some Tia Maria or Bailey's to go into it, and waste some more time today. Sounds like a great plan to me.
The smallest human penis in record history was just 5/8 of an inch long.
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My favourite word is existentialism. I can't say it and I'm not quite sure what it means.
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Montana polygamist vows to fight for marriage license
A Montana polygamist featured on the show "Sister Wives" says he will sue if denied the right to legally wed his second wife.
Ice cream around the world
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
5 ways to save money on your summer road trip
While a domestic road trip might appear like an affordable alternative to traveling abroad, costs can easily spiral out of control.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 26 freebies to help you celebrate
On your birthday you can have your (free) cake and eat it too!
At 115, NYC woman is world's oldest
The world's oldest known woman is a retired child care worker living in Brooklyn.
Selfie sticks aren't welcome at the 'happiest place on earth'
Planning a vacation to a Disney theme park? Leave your selfie stick at home.
Road rage: How technology can combat growing gridlock
The federal government projects gridlock will worsen around the nation as more Americans live in urban regions.
Google making it easier to 'undo' that email
An option to cancel the delivery of an email within 30 seconds of hitting the send button is now a standard safeguard in Gmail.
The struggles of choosing sunscreen
Most people know it's important to use sunscreen, but they're sometimes confused about how to choose the right protection or how much to use.
Social media cyberbullying more common than you think
Nearly a quarter of adolescents experience cyberbullying through social media, according to researchers, and many don't report it.
General Mills to drop artificial ingredients from cereals
Starting next year your Lucky Charms will be made with ingredients you can pronounce.
Coffee: We're spending more but drinking less
Americans are spending more money on coffee than ever before, but for the first time in six years, they will be drinking less of it as the single-serve revolution transforms the brewing habits of the world's largest coffee-drinking nation.
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The wedding dresses have it all - long trains, full layered skirts, floral appliqués, ruffles and sparkling bodices - and lots and lots of TP.
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LETTER: City needs to take a close look at spending
March 16, 2013 at 4:55 am in The Daily Republic
Current issues are a new events center and a new city hall costing about $10 million. Past issues are the water treatment plant, the Hitchcock swimming pool and the balloon museum.
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Branavan, SRK; Barzilay, R; Silver, D; (2011) Learning to win by reading manuals in a Monte-Carlo framework. In: ACL-HLT 2011 - Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies. (pp. 268 - 277).
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This paper presents a novel approach for leveraging automatically extracted textual knowledge to improve the performance of control applications such as games. Our ultimate goal is to enrich a stochastic player with high-level guidance expressed in text. Our model jointly learns to identify text that is relevant to a given game state in addition to learning game strategies guided by the selected text. Our method operates in the Monte-Carlo search framework, and learns both text analysis and game strategies based only on environment feedback. We apply our approach to the complex strategy game Civilization II using the official game manual as the text guide. Our results show that a linguistically-informed game-playing agent significantly outperforms its language-unaware counterpart, yielding a 27% absolute improvement and winning over 78% of games when playing against the builtin AI of Civilization II. © 2011 Association for Computational Linguistics.
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Tracheomalacia is a condition in which the walls of the windpipe,
called the trachea, are blocked or collapse because of weak or soft tissue.
This can cause breathing problems.
Tracheomalacia is most common in infants. Most of the time it is a
congenital defect, which means a baby is born with the condition. But
tracheomalacia may also develop in babies, especially those who are born early,
who have had breathing tubes kept in place for a long time.
Tracheomalacia usually improves by the time the child is 6 to 12
months of age and disappears between 18 and 24 months of age.
Symptoms of tracheomalacia include coarse, noisy breathing
(stridor), prolonged exhaling, and a croupy cough. These symptoms become worse
during exertion, such as from crying, or when the child has a cold or other
upper respiratory infection. Symptoms can make feeding difficult. Symptoms
usually improve when the baby lies on his or her stomach.
A medical history and physical examination can indicate the
possibility of tracheomalacia, but diagnosis must be confirmed by an X-ray or
other tests of the trachea.
Usually tracheomalacia improves over time with no medical
treatment. But if the condition is severe, causes growth problems, or
fails to improve, surgery may be necessary.
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Check out Gino Iannucci's interview from our 2001 Interview Issue when getting your Gino fix was slim and far between in this week's Total Recall feature.
Check out Gino Iannucci's interview from our 2001 Interview Issue when getting your Gino fix was slim and far between in this week's Total Recall feature.
Owens Photo takes a look back at Pat Rakestraw from around 2004 when he was fucking up shit. Take a looksy.
Check out Skateboarder's new video segment called 'What's The Story'. This first segment features Nick Dompierre explaining why he dropped completely out of sight from the skate industry over a year ago after breaking his neck. His stories are insane so you don't want to miss this. We're glad Nick is doing better and back on his board. The man is a beast!
Just a quick little warm up clip of Mikey Taylor trying to bust out on some hardflips.
This week's Total Recall article archive is Jake Phelp's 2001 interview from our Interview Issue done by Aaron Meza. It's a good one and has everything from how Phelps worked his way up from the mail room, his thoughts on skate media celebrities, dream sessions and more.
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Shawn Clark, the owner of Patriot Skate shop in Malden, Massachusetts was shot and killed outside his shop yesterday. He was a well respected member of the Boston skate community and our heart and thoughts go out to his family and friends in these tough days.
Check out this sick trailer for Garrett & Gantry Hill's Conquer the Concrete video and check the link to get the full video from iTunes.
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1. It's kind of disappointing how people are still going on about Zelda's 25th anniversary, while Pokemon's 15th barely caused a ripple outside of Pokemon communities. Is 15 not old enough? I feel like Pokemon is more nostalgic than Zelda for my generation since we were there for its inception, as opposed to Zelda which had several games released before they were a sperm cell in their father's testes. The point is not to complain about "omg u gaiz r 2 young for zelda, pogeymanz iz the best", or even much of complaining at all, but I don't know why Zelda is somehow more endearing in this respect than Pokemon is. Perhaps my Gamefreak brainwashed mind has something to do with not being able to comprehend this disparity
2. I went home over the weekend due to various personal issues, so no Pokemon tournament. Based on what my friend told me, it was exciting (although she was not sure of the skill level of the other players, being a casual player, or who won because she watched other games and then left early). I'm building that doubles team anyways, though. Which brings us to the next point....
3. I found out I have money in my bank account, so I have enough for B/W. I don't know whether I should give into impatience and get B/W release day (and murder my grades), or wait until spring break when I can properly learn how to RNG abuse in B/W, get Victini, and focus on the game and teambuilding and whatnot. Which brings us to yet another point...
4. I am late to the VGC metagame but I'm thinking about entering the VGC 2011 regionals in San Francisco with some Smogon friends. Of my 6 years of competitive battling, I would say I spent a grand total of two weeks caring about doubles. Half on 3rd gen doubles. I have no skill in it at all but I do have some team ideas. I am going up against people who have been practicing since October on imported games/PO and cracked the B/W RNG to get perfect Unova Pokemon. I'm not confident at all, but should I go and take a crazy shot at it? After missing that Pokemon tournament, I have the craving to fight some people irl, not on a simulator, not over Wi-Fi, but with my opponent physically in front of me, against competitive players who are either equal in skill to me or can completely kick my ass as opposed to my casual playing friends whom I see everyday whose only concept of winning is "using brute force w/ lv 100 Pokemon".
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March 30 Press Conference - Players (3-30-04)
Senior Defensive Tackle Jodie Clemons:
On his senior leadership heading into spring practice:
JC: "I have been in a leadership role for a couple of years now. Guys have been looking up to me to make the plays and to encourage the rest of the guys. It's my job to come out and motivate the guys and play better."
On the number of players on this year's team compared to teams of the past:
JC: "It's nice to not have to rely on our starters to do everything. On special teams, especially, we now have guys who can step up and fill in whenever we need it. It is also nice for me, because playing defensive line, you have to have depth at that position because it is so physical."
On the addition of a new defensive coordinator:
JC: "I am extremely happy because they hired my defensive line coach as coordinator. He [Joe Cullen] is still the same guy. He is still going to yell and scream. He is still going to root for us when we make a play, and he will still be there to get on us when we make a bad play. Coach Cullen brings a new theme to the defense as a whole. I think it is great because he knows how to motivate us as players and as individuals in the classroom."
On his off-season conditioning:
JC: "For me, this year was the toughest conditioning for me. I am at the largest point in my career. Now, with guys coming in and working extremely hard, it gives us a chance to be a better team. It was hard for us because you can't expect to do the same things and have the same results. We have been working harder to raise the bar from last year."
Senior Wide Receiver Courtney Roby:
On having his third different receiving coach while playing at IU:
CR: "A positive thing that can come out of this is different thoughts and philosophies. These news thoughts can add to your game and improve you as a player. Coach [Bob] McConnell is a very hard-nosed coach and one that demands the best from his players. As a player, you wouldn't want anything but that if you want to be the best."
On how running track has helped him improve:
CR: "Track has helped me tremendously. I have not run track since my last year of high school. When I first started, my form was off. With the help of the coaches, I have managed to get that back. Just running up against world-class sprinters has helped me a lot. It was hard at first doing both track and winter conditioning for football, but in the end, I know running track will help me out."
On the team improving its pass efficiency:
CR: "Last spring, Coach DiNardo emphasized the run game, and obviously that paid off going into the fall. This spring, we're going to emphasize the pass game, and hopefully, we'll have the same results. Everybody just needs to be on the same page and do what the coaches ask and everything will be alright."
On how tough the off-season conditioning was and how it has helped him:
CR: "I think it was more difficult for me because I had to go straight from track practice to football conditioning. I was running four hours a day, non-stop. It's definitely going to benefit. One thing Coach has emphasized is we're going to be the best-conditioned team out there. If guys just buy into it and do what they have to do, we'll definitely be alright."
On the change in 7 on 7 this winter:
CR: "We basically did that after winter conditioning workouts. With our numbers up, we had to actually run two games. That was different than how we did it in the past. In the past, we basically had just one game, with the one's and two's. Now we have like three and four deep, so we have to run more than one game at a time. We definitely benefited because everybody got more reps. I think that is really the only change we made."
Senior Safety Herana-Daze Jones
On his conditioning during the winter:
HJ: "My numbers are up this season. My bench-press is back up to 350 pounds. I feel much better heading into spring practice this year than in years past. Overall, I am pretty healthy heading into practice."
On his thoughts about new defensive coordinator Joe Cullen:
HJ: "Coach Cullen is a great guy and a great coach. I love playing for him. I respect him very much. You can always expect that Coach Cullen will give you 100 percent effort. Some people might not like a coach that yells at you for doing wrong. All the guys I have been around know that Coach Cullen will yell at you when you do something wrong, yet he will be the first person to tell you that you did a great job. It is real easy to play for a guy that you have a ton of respect for. I am passionate about playing for him."
On where the team should be after spring practice:
HJ: "Other than being healthy, my goal is that we will be a smarter football team. Everybody gets stronger, everybody gets faster, but where we can improve the most is knowing what we are supposed to do and where we are supposed to be. I hope we will play smarter and be better students of the game, and if we do so, we will be a much better team."
On the benefits of having had a year of experience at safety:
HJ: "I think it will benefit me a lot. It is all about being comfortable at a certain position. Safety is a tough position to play. The hard thing for me last year was I was the last line of defense. When you play linebacker, you always have someone backing you up. Playing safety, you have to be very confident, cool and poised. Being more comfortable and getting better at my technique will help me out a lot this year."
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Lupe gives us a video for his song "Solar Midnite" which graced the New Moon soundtrack. The album is an orgy full of indie rockers and Lupe takes a hard rock edge to fill in nicely for the hip-hop contingent on the album. The video itself is a bunch of set shots in the city and some scenes from the movie and flows together nicely considering it's for a teeny-bopper film. The soundtrack album is pretty incredible and you don't have to be into the series to go get it.
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OK, I lied. I said I wasn't going to post anything else from the New Moon soundtrack but that was before they dropped the bomb on us that Lupe would be on it. Here is what he had to say about it.
That's interesing, Lupe is producing now too, just in time for his last album.
Download: Lupe Fiasco – "Solar Midnite"
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Job specialization
Adam Smith, 18th century economist, found firms manufactured pins in two ways:
Craft -- each worker did all steps.
Factory -- each worker specialized in one step.
Smith found that the factory method had much higher productivity.
Each worker became very skilled at one, specific task.
Breaking down the total job allowed for the division of labor.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
ugly fringe
So i couldn't stand my fringe as i kept having bad fringe day and so i decided to cut it and omg i swear this is the ugliest fringe cut i've ever gotten. EVER. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LET IT DOWN TILL IT GROWS AT LEAST 3CM. IT IS SO UGLY. REALLY. URGH I feel extremely !@#$-ed up now. I really should've thought twice,no no a million times before i cut sucha bold style. I mean like the fringe is sooooo important man. Looking so horrible terrible now i can just break down anytime. IN NEED OF MORE HAIR GROWTH PRODUCTS N-O-W.
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HP ProBook 4320s
SpecificationsNotebook: HP ProBook 4320s
Processor: Intel Core i5 430M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 2kg
Price: 800 euro
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Reviews for the HP ProBook 4320s
Source: Retera RU→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/07/2010
Rating: Total score: 62% performance: 54% display: 33% mobility: 39% emissions: 53%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
The Core i5-430M is a middle class dual core CPU that features only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-640M) and clocks between 2.26-2.53 GHz (Turbo Mode). Furthermore, VT-d, trusted Execution and AES features are missing in the 430M. Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics with 500-733 MHz) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.3": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
HP: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
62%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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Storm Water Utility Charges Not Coming Until 2012
Don't look for storm water utility charges in your next water bill. Or the one after that. Or, maybe, the one after that. The newly approved utility won't start billing until the first quarter of 2012. Between now and then, says city public works director Dale Hexom, plenty of work on adding the storm water charges to current water and sewer charges. Once billing begins, each household will pay a little over fifty bucks per year. Businesses will pay more. In some cases, thousands more.


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Editorial: Bird Island is an avian treasure — one that merits designation as a Critical Wildlife Area
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Thank you so much to everyone who attended this year's Monster Scramble 5K/10K and for making our second year such a success. Thank you so much for the part you played—whether you ran, walked, or volunteered, our success would not have been possible without you!
Chapter wide we welcomed 2,425 participants and raised $112,202, leaving us just $5,401 short of our overall goal (as of 11/4/14). Please help us to reach our goal by sending in any outstanding pledges that you may have.
If you have any outstanding pledges to hand in, please send them to:
National MS Society Upstate New York Chapter
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*Please include a note letting us know to whom the pledge should be credited.
If you are looking for your race results, please visit links below:
Binghamton overall 5K race results
Binghamton age group 5K race results
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For photos of this year's event, please click here to view our Flickr page. If you don't see the photos now, they will be uploaded soon -- so please be sure to check back!
Thank you so much to everyone who fundraised! Congratulations to the top fundraisers and top teams! Here is the official list of top individual and team fundraising totals.
Binghamton Top Fundraiser: Christine Watson ($985)
Binghamton Top Team: Watty's Walkers, Team Captain: Christine Watson ($1,005)
For those of you that fundraised between $100 and $499 by the day of the event and didn't collect your fundraising prize at the run, we will be sending you your prize in the mail soon.
For those of you that fundraised $500+ by the day of the run, we will be sending you your prize (a moisture wicking t-shirt!) in November.
The top fundraiser at each Monster Scramble 5K/10K site will receive a Monster Scramble fleece jacket as a token of our appreciation. These prizes will be sent out in November.
If you were a top overall finisher or placed first, second, or third in your age division but didn't receive a medal or certificate on the day of the race, please contact us and we would be happy to mail it to you or arrange a time for you to pick up your item.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact your Monster Scramble 5K/10K site organizer (contact information appears at the top of this page) or email@example.com. Thank you again!


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Lindsay Lohan, Rebecca Romijn and Eva Longoria to guest judge on Project Runway
Way at the bottom of a long article on the legal disputes surrounding season six of Project Runway, WWD revealed some interesting tidbits about the sixth season, which just wrapped filming in L.A.
We can look forward to guest judges like Rebecca Romijn, Eva Longoria and Lindsay Lohan – some of the show's biggest celeb names yet. But what of big designer names? Hopefully the left coast relocation hasn't put the kibosh on more industry-insider guests.
What won't we see? Too much of Nina Garcia or Michael Kors, according to reports.


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The 5 global land-ocean temperature anomaly (LOTA) series use different baseline periods, making direct comparisons between the series more difficult than it would be if each series had the same baseline period.
This post shows how to convert the 5 major LOTA series to a common baseline. Links to on-line source data file and RClimate script are provided. Here is long term LOTA trends using a 133 month moving average and 1979-2008 baseline.
Anomaly Series Baselines
Temperature anomaly series are developed to show differences between the observed values and the baseline period mean. Here is a list of the 5 series and their baseline periods.
This plot shows the GISS LOTA series for the GISS baseline period of 1951-1980 and a 2nd baseline period, 1979-1999.
Click to enlargeTo convert the 1951-1980 GISS series to the 1979-1999 baseline period, I simply calculated the GISS series mean for the 1979-1999 period (0.236) and subtracted this offset from each original GISS value. The 2 series have the exact same shape, they are simply offset by 0.236.
Pretty simple! Readers who would like to read more about creating common LOTA baselines can review these posts:
Common Baseline Trend Chart
Here is a plot of the 5 major monthly LOTA series all converted to a common baseline, 1979-2008.
Compare 2 Series
The 5 LOTA chart is very busy, showing monthly values for the 5 series. I have developed RClimate script to let me compare just 2 series as a trend chart or an XY scatter chart. Let's compare NOAA and RSS series.
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RClimate Script and Data File Links
Here are the links to the RClimate script and LOTA common baseline file.


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Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
"This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans."
You're either going to love it or hate it. Some people disliked the Pray section of the book, and others felt that it was too "me, me, me". I personally enjoyed Eat Pray Love and would recommend it.
Look Again – Lisa Scottoline
"When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys, because she knows her adoption was lawful. But she's a journalist and won't be able to stop thinking about the photo until she figures out the truth. And she can't shake the question: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up? She investigates, uncovering clues no one was meant to discover, and when she digs too deep, she risks losing her own life—and that of the son she loves. "
This book was just okay in my opinion. It was definitely an entertaining read, but I also found the main character to be unreasonable and over dramatic at times. There are points in the book that read like a Lifetime movie.
The Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
"You have never read a book like this before — a book that comes along once in a lifetime to change lives forever. In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are 9 key insights into life itself — insights each human being is predicted to grasp sequentially; one insight, then another, as we move toward a completely spiritual culture on Earth. Drawing on ancient wisdom, it tells you how to make connections among the events happening in your life right now and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come. The story it tells is a gripping one of adventure and discovery, but it is also a guidebook that has the power to crystallize your perceptions of why you are where you are in life and to direct your steps with a new energy and optimism as you head into tomorrow.'
This was one of my book club choices. The book is written as a parable, revealing nine insights about life and explaining how people relate to one another. This is another polarizing book. You may be moved and enlightened by it or completely turned off from it. It does foster good discussion and has a good message.
Sarah's Key – Tatiana De Rosnay
"Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door to door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard—their secret hiding place—and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released.
Sixty Years Later: Sarah's story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own future. "
This book is broken up into two intertwined stories. Sarah, a victim of a horrendous event that is hardly mentioned in French history, and Julia, an American reporter, living in Paris who is also married to a Frenchman. While I found Sarah's story to be heart wrenching and compelling, by the end of the book I HATED Julia. The more I read, the less I liked her character and completely disagreed with some of her actions. But with that said, it's still a good book to read. Most people I've talked to enjoyed the book
Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea – Chelsea Handler
"In this hilarious, deliciously skewed collection, Chelsea mines her past for stories about her family, relationships, and career that are at once singular and ridiculous. Whether she's convincing her third-grade class that she has been tapped to play Goldie Hawn's daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin, deciding to be more egalitarian by dating a redhead, or looking out for a foulmouthed, rum-swilling little person who looks just like her…only smaller, Chelsea has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea showcases the candor and irresistible turns of phrase that have made her one of the freshest voices in comedy today."
Just read it. This book was chosen during the holidays when everyone wanted a lighter read. Although our discussion of the book wasn't deep or profound, we did laugh. A lot.
The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
—Randy Pausch
"A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave—"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"—wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.
In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come."
The Last Lecture was a touching and inspiring story of a professor who was asked to give his last speech though he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. His main reason for this giving one final speech was to leave his young children with lessons from their father. The book is filled with anecdotes from his life and tips on how to make the most of your own. You can also watch his last lecture on Youtube.
Middlesex: A Novel – Jeffrey Eugenides
" "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver's license…records my first name simply as Cal."
So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic. "
*To be frank, I hated this book. I hated every second I had to read it. It's a 600+ page monster. There is a lot of prose, well written prose, but it does nothing to further the story. The first, I don't know, 200 pages gave me narcolepsy. Anytime I started to read it, I'd pass out, regardless of the time or my location. The author basically just wants you to know how well he can put words and sentences together, disregarding whether these random sentences actually fit into the story and help with its movement.
So, that being said, I DID think it ended up being a decent book for book club because of the discussion that we had afterwards. Everyone had strong opinions.*
The Help – Kathryn Stockett
I'm sure most of you have read this so I won't say much about it except that I loved it.
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.
*The Hunger Games is one of my favorite books of all time. Everyone in BWBC loved it. Although there's been a lot of hype surrounding this series, I believe it's justified. The writing is great; the plot is fast paced, captivating, and a bit disturbing. I feel that it's an excellent critique of our society.*
31 Hours – Masha Hamilton
"When Carol Meitzner jolts awake in the middle of a long night, she knows — as surely as a mother can know — that her son, Jonas, is in danger. His girlfriend doesn't understand why, but she knows she has somehow lost him. Jonas won't answer his phone. And no matter how carefully she shapes them, he won't return her messages.
His father says it can't be as bad as they fear.
But it is.
Jonas is in a safe-house beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. There, in the belief that he can change the world, he ponders his newfound faith — and his specialized training. Over the next 31 hours, he will cleanse himself, mind and body, in preparation for the violent action he means to take when the subways are most crowded.
Carried by Masha Hamilton's elegant and powerful prose, 31 Hours is a compelling story about the helplessness and frantic hope of the people who can save Jonas — and countless others — if only they can reach him in time."
This is a short, thought provoking book. Over a 31 hours, Jonas's family and girlfriend try to track him down, feeling that he might be involved in something terrible. The author, in a way, almost makes one feel sympathetic towards Jonas. He isn't a crazed religious zealot, but a young man who has clearly lost his way and is disenfranchised with the US. The book ends at hour 31, leaving the reader to interpret what happens next and the ending is one that will stay with you long after the book ends.
Before I Go To Sleep – S. J. Watson
"Every day Christine wakes up not knowing where she is. Her memories disappear every time she falls asleep. Her husband, Ben, is a stranger to her, and he's obligated to explain their life together on a daily basis–all the result of a mysterious accident that made Christine an amnesiac. With the encouragement of her doctor, Christine starts a journal to help jog her memory every day. One morning, she opens it and sees that she's written three unexpected and terrifying words: "Don't trust Ben." Suddenly everything her husband has told her falls under suspicion. What kind of accident caused her condition? Who can she trust? Why is Ben lying to her? And, for the reader: Can Christine's story be trusted? At the heart of S. J. Watson's Before I Go To Sleep is the petrifying question: How can anyone function when they can't even trust themselves? Suspenseful from start to finish, the strength of Watson's writing allows Before I Go to Sleep to transcend the basic premise and present profound questions about memory and identity. One of the best debut literary thrillers in recent years, Before I Go to Sleep deserves to be one of the major blockbusters of the summer."
*Entertaining and a quick read (I finished it in a few hours), though very repetitive in the middle and the ending also plays out like a bad Lifetime movie. *
Bossypants – Tina Fey
"Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.
She has seen both these dreams come true.
At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon — from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.
Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy."
*Although I love Tina Fey, I didn't like this book much at all. There were some funny portions and I found the SNL chapters about her experience playing Sarah Palin to be interesting but the rest, meh at best. It's a pass.*
In the Woods – Tana French
"As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
Richly atmospheric, stunning in its complexity, and utterly convincing and surprising to the end, In the Woods is sure to enthrall fans of Mystic River and The Lovely Bones."
*This book is a vivid police mystery. The main characters, Cassie and Rob are members of the Irish police force and end up taking on the case in which a young girl was brutally murdered in the woods. There are two main storylines that are neatly intertwined throughout the book, though both are not resolved in the end. The ambiguous ending left us wanting more and we weren't sure what to believe.*
Await Your Reply – Dan Chaon
"The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways–and with unexpected consequences–in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping, brilliantly written new novel.
Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving stealthily from place to place, managing along the way to hold down various jobs and seem, to the people he meets, entirely normal. But some version of the truth is always concealed.
A few days after graduating from high school, Lucy Lattimore sneaks away from the small town of Pompey, Ohio, with her charismatic former history teacher. They arrive in Nebraska, in the middle of nowhere, at a long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir, to figure out the next move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly uneasy.
My whole life is a lie, thinks Ryan Schuyler, who has recently learned some shocking news. In response, he walks off the Northwestern University campus, hops on a bus, and breaks loose from his existence, which suddenly seems abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead, Ryan decides to remake himself–through unconventional and precarious means.
Await Your Reply is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller, an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the future is both seductively uncharted and perilously unmoored."
*This book was an interesting mix of mystery and psychological drama. The storylines ramble on for most of the book, leaving you to wonder how and why they are connected. It's not until the end that the connections begin to unravel. Another great book for a book club discussion. *
Babyville – Jane Green
Meet Julia, a wildly successful television producer who appears to have the picture-perfect life. But beneath the surface, things are not as perfect as they seem. Stuck in a loveless relationship with her boyfriend, Mark, Julia thinks a baby is the answer . . . but she may want a baby more than she wants her boyfriend. Maeve, on the other hand, is allergic to commitment. A feisty, red-haired, high-power career girl, she breaks out in a rash every time she passes a stroller. But when her no-strings-attached nightlife leads to an unexpected pregnancy, her reaction may be just as unexpected . . . And then there's Samantha—happily married and eager to be the perfect June-Cleaver mother. But baby George brings only exhaustion, extra pounds, and marital strife to her once tidy life. Is having an affair with a friend's incredibly sexy husband the answer?
With Babyville, bestselling author Jane Green applies her golden touch to the next phase of a girl's life. By turns witty, rollicking, and tender, this sparkling, sexy tale about the complexities of modern motherly love isn't really a story about babies—it's about three friends whose lives are suddenly turned upside down by that life-changing event that hangs over the head of every single girl: motherhood.
*Typical Chick Lit. Boring, implausible, and mind numbing*