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adventurejock Posts: 39	Dec 02, 2008 5:08 AM GMT Quote * Get the book nearest to you. Right now. * Go to page 56. * Find the 5th sentence. * Don't look for your favorite book or your coolest but really the nearest *Post the sentence and the name and author of the book

dowal Posts: 388	Dec 02, 2008 5:13 AM GMT Quote "To produce a warning, the program must be compiled with '-Wall' and optimization simultaneously." An Introduction to GCC, by Brian Gough Not very exciting, but hey, you said it had to be the nearest.
canadianguy35 Posts: 102	Dec 02, 2008 5:34 AM GMT Quote "A typical muscle spans a joint and tapers at each end into a fibrous tendon anchored to a bone." The Human Body Book by Robert Winston and Steve Parker. Good idea for a thread
DenverClimber... Posts: 89	Dec 02, 2008 5:37 AM GMT Quote "The pear, though cultivated in classical times, appears, from Pliny's description, to have been a fruit of inferior quality." The Origin of Species By none other than Charles Darwin...
theatrengym Posts: 100	Dec 02, 2008 5:37 AM GMT Quote "But I wasn't interested in the lady who became the strip-tease queen of America, and I didn't think anyone else would be, so I said no." Broadway Song & Story, edited by Otis L. Guernsey. The quotation comes from Arthur Laurents.
Hidden/Deleted Member	Dec 02, 2008 5:41 AM GMT Quote haha, cool topic. mines a french textbook "C'est le seul jour de la semaine ou tout le monde est disponible en meme temps."
dancejock Posts: 42	Dec 02, 2008 5:51 AM GMT Quote The nearest book to me has a page 56, but it doesn't have a fifth sentence ..... so here is the sentence that includes the 5th LINE of page 56 of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl and Other Poems", from a poem called "In the back of the real": railroad yard in San Jose I wandered desolate in front of a tank factory and sat on a bench near the switchman's shack. Oddly enough, I first saw this idea on Facebook today, and the nearest book to me at that time was an Astronomy textbook, and the 5th sentence on page 56 was about solar eclipses....
5537B00B Posts: 209	Dec 02, 2008 5:51 AM GMT Quote "Accordingly, the general level of prices could change, but relative prices could also change, with subsequent impacts on the various sectors of the economy." History of Economic Thought by Landreth and Colander Oh, God, I'm bored...............................
mindgarden Posts: 1543	Dec 02, 2008 5:53 AM GMT Quote Good Grief. "Heavenly bodies move toward their place at the center of the universe not because of a tendency to unite with other heavy bodies located there, but simply because it is their nature to seek that central place; if by some miracle the center happened to be vacant (a physical impossibility in the Aristotelian universe, but an interesting imaginary state of affairs), it would remain the destination of every heavy body." The fourth sentence was much more compact. The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosphical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory to A.D. 1450. Second Edition. David C. Lindberg
jtaustin Posts: 79	Dec 02, 2008 5:54 AM GMT Quote Chagall -- Grange Books "Hassidism lies outside the scholarly talmudic culture, the institutional commentary of the synagogue."
charlitos Posts: 579	Dec 02, 2008 5:59 AM GMT Quote "We have defined the Index mode using general-purpose processor registers." Computer Organization 5th Edition by Carl Hamacher lol you got me studying for my first final term, but I couldnt help to open page 56 haha nice
Hidden/Deleted Member	Dec 02, 2008 5:59 AM GMT Quote "Some days I felt like Anne Sullivan to Marley's Helen Keller." Marley and Me by John Grogan
lilTanker Posts: 2026	Dec 02, 2008 6:07 AM GMT Quote Slabbing is the process of creating a layer of a center of uniform thickness that can be precoated, cut, and dipped or enrobed. As with examples throughout this book, the confectioner uses metal bars to create a frame, which is then filled with the material that will be the center. The advantage of using bars, rather then other types of frames, is that they can be adjusted to fit different batch sizes. well that was sort of the fifth sentence Its from chocolates and confections formula, theory, and technique for the artisan confectioner by peter P. Greweling, the culinary institute of america was just checking on a recipe I was planning to make there was also another book right next to this one, but, it was the least interesting of the two.
aerovaulter Posts: 8	Dec 02, 2008 6:07 AM GMT Quote Heh. "Therefore, Equation (1.58 ) states in words that imagine there's a box around these words Buoyancy force on the body = weight of the fluid displaced by body end box" Although page 856 is a whole lot more interesting: "In contrast, for a viscous flow, information is propagated by the diffusive transport mechanisms of mu and k (a molecular phenomenon), and these mechanisms are not basically changed when the flow goes from subsonic to supersonic." Fundamentals of Aerodynamics - Fourth Edition By: John D. Anderson, Jr. (that man is a GENIUS)
JayneCobb Posts: 230	Dec 02, 2008 6:11 AM GMT Quote "Experiments are now under way to grow a new strand of bacterium that feeds only of dead flesh." The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
jakebenson Posts: 1135	Dec 02, 2008 6:16 AM GMT Quote (referring to a diagram) "The lack of a direct arrow linking actual appraisals to self-appraisals means that it is our perception of what other people think of us, rather than what they actually think of us, that determines our self-appraisals" Page 56, 5th sentence, of "The Self" written by Professor Jonathan D. Brown.
Sedative Posts: 6092	Dec 02, 2008 6:17 AM GMT Quote Nearest 'book' to the desk is a comic book. :/ It does not have a fifth sentence on the 56th page though, though the fifth sentence on the 55th page reads: Dominance - but not absolute control. X-Men, Twilight of the Age of the Apocalypse, EIC: Bob Harris The nearest other book though has a proper page 56 and fifth sentence: "Whoa," he said - A Cold Heart, Jonathan Kellerman
Miasma Posts: 172	Dec 02, 2008 6:18 AM GMT Quote Giving the patient dopamine doesn't help, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. David G. Myers Psychology Eighth Edition In Modules
makeumyne Posts: 243	Dec 02, 2008 6:21 AM GMT Quote "The audit of AR often includes a procedure called confirmation," (Hall 2007). Hall, J. A. 2007. Accounting Information Systems. 5th Edition. Edit: Pretty broad array of books near people. Interesting topic!
Pattison Posts: 2103	Dec 02, 2008 6:26 AM GMT Quote Now I did what you exacly asked. but i know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over you, But i ant gonna tell you what it's from. You did say the closest book, not one I'm reading or a favorite. It was the closest at hand, and I'm inbarest to name it......
alexander7 Posts: 706	Dec 02, 2008 6:27 AM GMT Quote "But I have a family and a great deal to lose. "The Secret History of the American Empire, The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World" by John Perkins I have not started to read this book yet so do not ask me about it. I have however read his first book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" and it was enlightening to say the least.
NewbieNew Posts: 34	Dec 02, 2008 6:32 AM GMT Quote Pg 56 has no words, just a picture of Kira Kener fully nude. "XXX 30 Porn-Star Portraits" - Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
jakebenson Posts: 1135	Dec 02, 2008 6:33 AM GMT Quote NewbieNew saidPg 56 has no words, just a picture of Kira Kener fully nude.
Mighty_Q Posts: 207	Dec 02, 2008 6:37 AM GMT Quote Doc Thorne was a gray-haired, barrel-chested man of fifty five. The Lost World by Michael Crichton
looknrnd Posts: 780	Dec 02, 2008 6:39 AM GMT Quote I shouldn't open this, as it's an antique print, but I'll oblige as it is indeed the closest book in sight. "'I know Mr. Lorry, sir, much better than I know the Bailey. Much better,' said Jerry, not unlike a reluctant witness at the establishment in question, 'than I, as an honest tradesman, wish to know the Bailey.'" 'A Tale of Two Cities' Charles Dickens
makeumyne Posts: 243	Dec 02, 2008 6:52 AM GMT Quote Pattison said... It was the closest at hand, and I'm inbarest to name it...... Don't be embarrassed Pattison, I moved into a house and found the Book of Mormon under the sink. I think everyone should have one under their sink!
BradySF Posts: 544	Dec 02, 2008 6:53 AM GMT Quote It will be seen that that ideal [Divine Humanity] is not a mere yearning of the human spirit, "gay in the sunshine but broken by the passing wind", but a reflection in the human consciousness of the ultimate intention of evolutionary Nature. Sri Aurobindo: Prophet of the Life Divine
hartfan Posts: 97	Dec 02, 2008 6:53 AM GMT Quote CASEY U M 4812 American Dr 22705 ........... 919 383-5250 from The Real Yellow Pages, Chapel Hill-Durham
Mars Posts: 133	Dec 02, 2008 7:03 AM GMT Quote "Professor Chen's eldest son was arrested and beheaded on 4 July. " Mao, The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday The 56th page of the book was left blank between chapters so I just did as Sedative did and went to page 55.
Gr8Pics Posts: 59	Dec 02, 2008 7:10 AM GMT Quote "DV is an abbreviation for digital video" Adobe Premiere Pro for Dummies (Isn't it great to know that the book lives up to it's name? LOL)
Rune Posts: 378	Dec 02, 2008 7:19 AM GMT Quote QUOTEApart from the overall factor (a0 or a1) they are the so-called Hermite polynomials, Hn(xi). David Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2ed, intrenational)
magus_iii Posts: 90	Dec 02, 2008 7:33 AM GMT Quote "Their personal agenda is to find a way to feel better about themselves and you are the vehicle for their doing that." Setting Them Straight - Betty Berzon, Ph.D.
Blackstar Posts: 182	Dec 02, 2008 7:57 AM GMT Quote " Well canst thou imagine that I could not hazard our little portion on such a dangerous business, which venture can end only in financial ruin and the destruction of Christians by the heathen tomahawk and the tricks of barbarous Deviltry. " The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing Traitor of the Nation- M.T. Anderson
CitizenSol Posts: 560	Dec 02, 2008 8:08 AM GMT Quote "Go outside and away from underground locations, covered vehicles, structures with metal or concrete roofs, tall buildings and foliage." -V Cast Verizon Wireless User Guide
pakgreekguy Posts: 366	Dec 02, 2008 8:49 AM GMT Quote "Typically, Sufi poets have pointed out that what we call "self" and "other" are very relative when every being is already contained in the heart of the One being." -The Sufi Book of Life, 99 pathways of the heart for the Modern Dervish by: Neil Douglas-Klotz
AMT87 Posts: 846	Dec 02, 2008 8:58 AM GMT Quote Page 56 has a shirtless guy doing cable cross-overs
SigStud Posts: 21	Dec 02, 2008 10:01 AM GMT Quote not really a significant quote but none-the-less a book well worth reading. "He felt like a man in the middle, missing the satisfaction of leading his own team." --Bill George: True North: Discover your Authentic Leadership
NickoftheNort... Posts: 879	Dec 02, 2008 10:14 AM GMT Quote "Dette er den eneste advarselen vi gir deg!" (trans: "This is the only warning we'll give you!"). It's from the vignette "Seltzer should be drunk bare" from Clarabelle's Wild Youth (the second part of a two part compilation) No listed author because it's a Walt Disney Company story (the Norwegian translator is Henning Hagerup). *** Did you know Clarabelle Cow was an investigative reporter during Disney's alternative Prohibition era?
astroxaun Posts: 45	Dec 02, 2008 10:18 AM GMT Quote "The clay mineral sepiolite, a magnesium silicate with a fibrous texture, has been proposed as a high temperature substitute for attapulgite." Applied Drilling Engineering. Bourgoyne, Millheim, Chenevert, Young. It was a boring subject I had to take in my 3rd year Petroleum Engineering degree lol.
surfsdown Posts: 177	Dec 02, 2008 10:41 AM GMT Quote "Because there were more components in the condition with segment deletion, they had more information about object identity." Anderson, John R. "Cognitive Psychology and It's Implications." 6th ed. It's from my cognitive psychology textbook talking about a study on object recognition.
Hidden/Deleted Member	Dec 02, 2008 11:35 AM GMT Quote My dreams made me the star athlete who performed coolly under pressure; I'd imagine replacing John Smoltz as the clutch pitcher on the mound for the Atlanta Braves in the middle of their pennant race. "No Excuses" by Kyle Maynard
thisguy023 Posts: 103	Dec 02, 2008 11:40 AM GMT Quote "I longed for artificial bacon bits, melted cheese in a shade of yellow unknown to nature, and creamy chocolate fillings, sometimes all in the same product." - I'm a stranger here myself; Bill Bryson
bgcat57 Posts: 1136	Dec 02, 2008 12:03 PM GMT Quote "Born about 1584, he was at least 25 years younger than Jordaens; Van Vliet's earliest dated portrait, mentioned above, dates from 1624, when he was already forty years old." Vermeer and the Delft School The Metropolitan Museum of Art (my second choice since the first was an opera score and there weren't 5 sentences on the page and I hardly think that the notes for the French Horns 3 and 4 were applicable, though no less 'dry' than the awfully written sentence above.)
original714 Posts: 302	Dec 02, 2008 12:10 PM GMT Quote "The federal telegraph building on Speichergasse falls silent." Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
madtown Posts: 66	Dec 02, 2008 12:46 PM GMT Quote "A finger of vodka in the bottle on the sink" Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
judoguy Posts: 164	Dec 02, 2008 12:46 PM GMT Quote On p.56 there's Illustration 11, portrait of Wi-jun-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head. George Catlin, North American Indians.
cowboyathlete Posts: 491	Dec 02, 2008 12:49 PM GMT Quote In 1913, 15.9 per cent of the population was insured. The Transformation of Ireland - Diarmaid Ferriter.
PSCalif Posts: 219	Dec 02, 2008 1:29 PM GMT Quote "Witnesses reported hearing music almost right up until the ship went under." The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Titanic. Jay Stevenson.
flieslikeabea... Posts: 115	Dec 02, 2008 1:39 PM GMT Quote LOL Nearest book was Martha Stewart's COOKIES. There's no text on page 56 - just a full page picture of a chocolate chip cookie!
Caslon8000 Posts: 8504	Dec 02, 2008 1:44 PM GMT Quote (Leg Press Plie) Action: Using the entirety of each foot, push firmly into your foot base, extending both knees and hips simultaneously while exhaling until your knees are fully extended. Anatomy of Exercise by Pat Manocchia
oneplusone11 Posts: 37	Dec 02, 2008 1:46 PM GMT Quote "It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single glimpse of clean, hard, radiant competence." Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
26mileman Posts: 708	Dec 02, 2008 1:47 PM GMT Quote In this planting(ideal for zones 14-24), a kaleidoscope of California favourites sizzles with color from spring through summer. Garden Designs Marianne Lipanovich and Tom Whilhite
SAHEM62896 Posts: 1377	Dec 02, 2008 1:54 PM GMT Quote From Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Frazier Nash: Page 56, 5th line: "In the winter of 1818, Evans donned a buffalo robe trimmed with bearskin and moccasins and, in the company of two dogs, set forth on a four-thousand-mile 'pedestrious tour' into the West." It almost sounds romantic, doesn't it?
Red_Vespa Posts: 2126	Dec 02, 2008 1:57 PM GMT Quote "Snipers fired at them from rooftops as they approached the school." Conduct Unbecoming - Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. Military by Randy Shilts Literally the closest within arm's-reach of the book shelf.
zdrew Posts: 2095	Dec 02, 2008 2:24 PM GMT Quote "We were supposed to rehearse our children on the usual tired litany: don't talk to strangers, ignore the well-dressed soft-spoken man looking for help to find his puppy; 'Yell and Tell' and 'Rehearse a Route' and 'Avoid the Clown.' --Brett Easton Ellis, Lunar Park.
FitExecutive Posts: 57	Dec 02, 2008 3:13 PM GMT Quote "But why should we (autonomous) professionals agree to this?" True Professionalism, by David H. Maister
dfrourke Posts: 662	Dec 02, 2008 3:24 PM GMT Quote "To eliminate this problem, the centerpoint of the arc was relocated in 1750 from the steeple of the old Dutch church to the courthouse and the smaller 'wedge' that resulted was given to Deleware." How the States Got Their Shapes [by Mark Stein] - David
dharnan Posts: 62	Dec 02, 2008 4:03 PM GMT Quote "Sie bildeten einen Kreis um ihn, dann begann er sie auszuzählen, wie Kinder es tun, wenn sie Schwarzer Mann spielen oder Der-Fuchs-geht-um." Krabat by Otfried Preußler If you can translate this yourself... I wanna hear from you ;)
reliable1 Posts: 44	Dec 02, 2008 4:33 PM GMT Quote Miasma saidGiving the patient dopamine doesn't help, because dopamine cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. David G. Myers Psychology Eighth Edition In Modules Cool, I remember wondering something about that not so long ago. My book doesn't have page numbers, so I went with the 56th day (Feb. 25th): "Several bands of tribes were exterminated and thousands of women, men, and children died." from 365 Days of Walking the Red Road by Terri-jean.
BodyWork4 Posts: 1014	Dec 02, 2008 4:47 PM GMT Quote "Paul put on his jacket, headed down the steps, and went out the front door, heading towoard the car." Nicholas Sparks I'm about to do the same thing as the above... Except my name's not Paul and there are no steps for me to head down. But how soooo art imitates life, huh? ...things to ponder
Caslon8000 Posts: 8504	Dec 02, 2008 4:51 PM GMT Quote BodyWork4 said"Paul put on his jacket, headed down the steps, and went out the front door, heading towoard the car." Nicholas Sparks I'm about to do the same thing as the above... Except my name's not Paul and there are no steps for me to head down. But how soooo art imitates life, huh? ...things to ponder ...and it's the backdoor and I'm heading toward my bike.....otherwise, it's just the same...
scottshard2 Posts: 13	Dec 02, 2008 4:55 PM GMT Quote "If a lamp or appliance broke, Dad would store it away in the basement as a potential source of parts for a future repair." "The Longest Trip Home" by John Grogan
rotabilis Posts: 98	Dec 02, 2008 5:13 PM GMT Quote Here is the sentence: In addition to his many scholarly books and articles, his books, Getting it Right: Markets and Choices in a Free Society (MIT Press, 1996) and Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium (MIT Press, 2002), explain, in nontechnical language, the importance of property rights and free markets for achieving economic growth and a high standard of living. Book title: Microeconomics (Eigth Edition) Author: Michael Parkin
joggerva Posts: 563	Dec 02, 2008 5:21 PM GMT Quote I wasn't going to do this one because I only have textbooks nearby right now, but when I checked the closest one - it had the following fifth sentence on the 56th page, so I just had to post (emphasis added of course): "Moving right along, however, we can estimate the mass-dependence of metabolic rate by again thinking about the power P used in flexing muscles." Title: Mathematics in Nature (text book from the class of the same name - one of my favorite graduate courses) Author: John A. Adam
ORDude Posts: 111	Dec 02, 2008 5:30 PM GMT Quote "410.3.5.2 Fire test. A sample curtain with a minimum of two vertical seams shall be subjected to the standard fire test specified in ASTM E 119 for a period of 30 minutes." Book: 2007 Oregon Structural Specialty Code Author: International Code Council, Inc. I know it's boring - but it was at hand since I use it all the time....
rock924228 Posts: 29	Dec 02, 2008 5:33 PM GMT Quote Trouble that would result, by the fortieth birthday of Alban Mapplethorpe, in the creation of familial early-onset Alzheimer's Sufferers A-456 through A-494. The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block
Ghen Posts: 510	Dec 02, 2008 5:39 PM GMT Quote She's very hard when she gets an advantage over you. Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald P.s. I'm I the only one with my mind in the gutter when I read that?
helium Posts: 278	Dec 02, 2008 6:36 PM GMT Quote "Time magazine declared that Farnsworth Television and Radio was in 'the strongest patent position in television outside of RCA'; furthermore 'no television sender or receiver can be made without using some of his patents". This was from my textbook The Columbia History of American Television by Gary R. Edgerton
Thirdbeach Posts: 559	Dec 02, 2008 6:46 PM GMT Quote "Of course you are, Flood says." Travels in the Scriptorium By Paul Auster
SpartanJock Posts: 156	Dec 02, 2008 6:48 PM GMT Quote "Hematopoiesis is not altered in these mice, and expression of other markers of endothelial cell differentiation such as Flk, Flt, Tie2, Tie1, and PECAM in null embryos is not affected." Basic Mechanisms of Pediatric Respiratory Disease, edited by Haddad, Abman, and Chernik, 2002 I am at work, and it is the nearest actual book (not a catalog or notebook). Interestingly, I am an author of one of the chapters.
Chris11102 Posts: 74	Dec 02, 2008 7:10 PM GMT Quote "Suppose we we do another version of the calender analysis we did in the previous chapter with hockey players, only this time looking at birth years, not birth months." Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers
dancerjack Posts: 1306	Dec 02, 2008 7:12 PM GMT Quote Pattison saidNow I did what you exacly asked. but i know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over you, But i ant gonna tell you what it's from. You did say the closest book, not one I'm reading or a favorite. It was the closest at hand, and I'm inbarest to name it...... i'm inbarest too.
PSCalif Posts: 219	Dec 02, 2008 7:22 PM GMT Quote Well put some clothes on, Jack.
dashdashdash Posts: 63	Dec 02, 2008 7:28 PM GMT Quote "She had sent her soul to search for him, and it had brought him back." The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
vacyclist Posts: 63	Dec 02, 2008 8:35 PM GMT Quote "A 1-in. rainfall over 1 square mile produces about 72,000 tons of water*; the heat released in condensing this amount of water is roughly equivalent to that produced by burning 65,000 tons (59,000 metric tons) of high-grade coal." Groundwater and Wells, second edition, by Fletcher G. Driscoll, PhD That's a lot of heat energy. Nick
Salubrious Posts: 391	Dec 02, 2008 9:13 PM GMT Quote NewbieNew saidPg 56 has no words, just a picture of Kira Kener fully nude. "XXX 30 Porn-Star Portraits" - Timothy Greenfield-Sanders I bought that book on sale a while ago at a Borders. It was on sale for about 10 bucks and I couldn't resist. Really interesting essays, actually. As for mine: "When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Have no fear, for it is another boy for you." Genesis 35:17 (it's the fifth sentence, but the fourth verse... but I figured I'd stick with the rules) I like the dissonance between the two.
ACowboy Posts: 30	Dec 02, 2008 9:24 PM GMT Quote The nearest reading material is the current issue of Motorcyclist Magazine, in which page 56 contains a beautiful picture of a rider near a waterfall, but only one sentence which reads, "There you are, stringing together tight esses through the rain forest when all of a sudden the La Paz waterfall appears..." The nearest actual BOOK is on the shelf and is Petersons Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. The 5th sentence on page 56 reads, "Head and body somewhat flattened, suggesting crevice-dwelling habits." It is concerning the identification of the Kern Canyon Slender Salamander.
Czarodziej Posts: 261	Dec 02, 2008 9:24 PM GMT Quote "The strength has nothing to do with how long the objects have been in each other's presence." The Elegant Universe- Greene
flako07 Posts: 50	Dec 02, 2008 9:33 PM GMT Quote "To look simultaneously for invariance given transformations and to give the least information a priori related to the variables..." Bayesian Statistics
msw1 Posts: 359	Dec 02, 2008 9:38 PM GMT Quote "Most important is the cult of Legba, youngest son of the creator, a trickster diety controlling entrances and crossroads who "opens the way" for the gods during voodoo rites (in other words, Legba helps put the congregation into the hypnotic trance without which there could be no ceremony." from Ameircan Folklore and Legend
Hidden/Deleted Member	Dec 02, 2008 11:38 PM GMT Quote Resentment against coerced forced sterilization in India helped to defeat Indira Gandhi's government in 1977. Understanding Global Cultures Martin J. Gannon
sluggo_la Posts: 122	Dec 03, 2008 12:02 AM GMT Quote what a timely thread. just got my first stocking stuffer, and it was a book. "The sensitive and considerate daughter we once knew became, under his fierce coaching, a mean-spirited, unreliable, and pregnant ghost who eventually gave birth to a ticking time bomb!!!!!" Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
Sporty_g Posts: 730	Dec 03, 2008 12:08 AM GMT Quote "During the early morning hours of August 18, almost all of Pass Christian is destroyed, first by Camille's 200-mph (322-kph) winds and then by its cresting 25-foot surge." from "Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones" by David Longshore.
Ceadda Posts: 804	Dec 04, 2008 12:07 PM GMT Quote "Doubtless with the agreement of the other Greek commanders, Themistocles sent a message to Xeres, in which he presented himself as a wronged man who was disgusted with his reluctant allies, professed himself ready to deflect to the Persian side, and warned that the Greek fleet planned to escape during the night." Battles of the Ancient World, 1285 BC - AD 451 from Barnes and Noble (Discussing the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC)
PDSurfer Posts: 174	Dec 04, 2008 12:24 PM GMT Quote No 5th sentence on p.56 (all equations and graphs). Substituting p. 55 in it's place: "The i-th element is the control element over which the unit source strength q(sub i) is distributed. Aerodyanmics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics Barnes W. McCormick- John Wiley & Sons (pub).
TexDef07 Posts: 49	Dec 04, 2008 12:30 PM GMT Quote dharnan said"Sie bildeten einen Kreis um ihn, dann begann er sie auszuzählen, wie Kinder es tun, wenn sie Schwarzer Mann spielen oder Der-Fuchs-geht-um." Krabat by Otfried Preußler If you can translate this yourself... I wanna hear from you ;) "They formed a circle around him, and then he began to (?) them as children do when they play Black Man or The Fox Hunts Around."
jp930 Posts: 46	Dec 10, 2008 6:01 AM GMT Quote "How has it come to pass that so much of America is rotten in the eyes of so many Americans?" Dick Meyer - Why We Hate Us, American Discontent In the New Millenium
COJock1974 Posts: 441	Dec 10, 2008 6:06 AM GMT Quote "The Christ on Earth is fathered by God, and mothered by our humanness." A Return to Love - Reflections on the Principles of 'A Course in Miracles' by Marianne Williamson it makes more sense when it's in context!

badcat Posts: 84	Dec 10, 2008 6:15 AM GMT Quote "Through play, by this account, the subject of seriality learns to turn another's existence into something useful to itself" from "Child" Drawing by Mignon Nixon, in Eva Hesse Drawing edited by Catherine de Zegher

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