I went to the Border's party last night as well. The Ann Arbor Art Fair was in full swing right in the middle of everything so there were tons of folks in the store as well as witches of all sizes up and down the streets. I saw many people & noticed that the scar they paint on the forehead is in a different position that previous years. Now it is off to the right side, & colored light brown, no longer that deep black in the middle of the forehead...interesting, I noticed that Harry's scar in the movie is now more off to the side & lighter in color as well. I did not get the book last night but will try to hunt it down today w/ the kids. Fun! Happy reading Betty

I just received my 2009 order from Nicole Harry and all I can say is WOW! I received large double fans of her 2009 intros that I ordered along with one of her 2009 intros as my bonus. This is my second year ordering from her and received the same quality of plants from her last year. I really appreciate her kindness and generosity particularly in these unsettling economic times when it must be tough going for a young business like hers.

emmie, I should have gone to your link before I wrote an answer to ou post. I didn't realize that you had a gas range with convection. I would think that some of the things I am going to tell you may still be the same whether one has gas or electric. Do you have a convection bake mode and also a convection roast mode? If you have these two settings you might want to see if the fan works with both . I have had great problems with 2 new LG convection electric ranges. While the oven preheated to set temperature the fan stayed on. Once Temperature came to correct heat the fan would go off. Without opening the oven door I timed 15 minutes before the fan came back on. Then it would cycle on 40 seconds and off 30. If the oven door was opened the fan would go back off for an extended period of time. LG insists that this is how the fan is supposed to operate. However the convection multirack baking was terribe. My new GE Profile does another strange thing. The fan goes in one direction for about 30 seconds and then stops for about 15 seconds and then reverses direction. So far the multirack baking results are very good. Maybe your Bosch is doing something like these two ranges. Let me know how you get along. I am very interested. Everyone seems to think that on convection settings the fan should stay on. Maybe the manufacturers are trying something new on their products, having fan go on and off. Pretty soon they will come up with a new name as well to confuse us all.

the misguided "my kid is so smart he can read HP when he is 5 so I let him" and "I don't really care what he watches as long as he is out of my hair" attitude Whoa there! Parents who let their kid read books at a high reading level because the child has an accelerated reading ability and parents who plop their kids in front of the TV to keep them out of their hair are in two VERY different categories. Not to say that there aren't parents who do both, but I'd say that those are few and far between. Kids who can read beyond their supposed reading level don't just do that on their own. Love of reading is fostered and encouraged by the parents and the parents have to give the kids access to these books. I'm not saying that no kid can read beyond his level without the help, or that parents who help are guaranteed a child who can read beyond his level. What I'm saying is that it takes a combination of both, and I'd argue that the vast majority of kids (I mean kids who are not otherwise disabled) could read at a much higher level if their parents would do the things which encourage reading. That includes reading to them at a young age and when they are older, having them read to you when they are able; visiting libraries and letting kids pick out books they are interested in; turning off the TV and video games and giving kids an opportunity to entertain themselves; discussing books they've read, and yes, challenging them to read books beyond their level. Kids who have the opportunity to read books beyond their level have a better chance to love reading because they are exposed to new and interesting words and ideas and plots which make them WANT to read more. I agree with lindac who says that it's far more likely that a child who can't read will turn to violence. And I still think most of these kids who can't read have trouble ONLY because their reading skills were not properly fostered by their parents & teachers, not because they lack the natural ability to learn. I have two boys, age 20 & 17, both of whom are avid readers and have been since they learned how to read. So I feel that I have a basis from which to speak regarding kids & reading, oh, yeah, and reading beyond their level, which both of my boys did practically from the beginning. Carla, I can't be certain, but nothing in your posts makes me believe you've read these books Yeah, I'd kinda like to know the answer to that question too. And I'd also like to know what other influences these violent kids you know have in their lives. Interesting discussion although we certainly strayed from the OP's questions. my3sons1, did you go see the movie? What was your decision in the end?