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Ball Four»rank: 61467par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
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Ball Four Plus Ball Five»rank: 113072par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
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Strike Zone»rank: 113072par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
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Ball Four, Plus Ball Five: An Update, 1970-1980»rank: 867322par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
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Inside Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) 6, Limited Edition»rank: 1078192par: Gary D. Bouton, Barbara Bouton, Gary Kubicek, Mara Zebest Nathanson, Jim Rich, Al Ward
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Version 6 of Photoshop is probably the most extensive upgrade the program has seen in its lifetime. Likewise, lnside Adobe Photoshop 6 has undergone an extensive revamp to cover everything new on offer.As the author of 13 books on Photoshop, Gary Bouton has developed a style that is informal, accessible and perfectly suited to introducing those with little or no experience of digital image editing to the industry standard application.Part one covers the basics including version 6 features and encourages you to jump in with both feet and experiment. ... |
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I'm Glad You Didn't Take It Personally.»rank: 754204par: Jim. Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Version 6 of Photoshop is probably the most extensive upgrade the program has seen in its lifetime. Likewise, lnside Adobe Photoshop 6 has undergone an extensive revamp to cover everything new on offer.As the author of 13 books on Photoshop, Gary Bouton has developed a style that is informal, accessible and perfectly suited to introducing those with little or no experience of digital image editing to the industry standard application.Part one covers the basics including version 6 features and encourages you to jump in with both feet and experiment. ... |
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Strike Zone»rank: 930024par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Version 6 of Photoshop is probably the most extensive upgrade the program has seen in its lifetime. Likewise, lnside Adobe Photoshop 6 has undergone an extensive revamp to cover everything new on offer.As the author of 13 books on Photoshop, Gary Bouton has developed a style that is informal, accessible and perfectly suited to introducing those with little or no experience of digital image editing to the industry standard application.Part one covers the basics including version 6 features and encourages you to jump in with both feet and experiment. ... |
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Ball Four»rank: 1165931par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
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Foul Ball»rank: 464281par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
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Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues»rank: 464281par: Jim Bouton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. ln the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's ... |
Filed under: Car Buying, Etc., Green
Diesel vehicles have nearly a 50-percent market share in Europe, thanks to tax incentives and diesel-friendly legislation across the EU. Diesels are so passé there that you can buy a BMW 730d and no one will think it odd that your luxury car burns oil. Pull up in a diesel 7-Series in America and people would leer at you like you've alighted from an amphibious vehicle reeking of saltwater and dead trout.
But now, thanks to the oft-reported combo of newly-raised CAFE standards, not-so-newly-raised gas prices, and the 50-state diesel engine, GM, Ford, and Chrysler are about to dip more than a hesitant toe into the diesel game. Chrysler offers a diesel in the Grand Cherokee, but soon all three automakers will offer diesels in their best-selling lineups of light trucks -- the Dodge Ram 1500 is expected to offer a 50-state diesel after 2009. Light trucks are being used to lead the charge since those buyers stand to gain the most with the least amount of (perceived) sacrifice.
Diesels currently have 3.2-percent of the American market. Some estimates put them at 15-percent by 2015. That's a huge leap, and diesel still has plenty of hurdles. Diesels will come with a cost premium over gasoline-engined cars. That should be easy enough to conquer -- incentives and some quick cost and longevity calculations should convince people of the benefit. The real hurdle is the nagging issue of perception. The plan will probably be to attack that with a price that makes the proposition unbeatable. Said Chrysler's director of environmental affairs, "If it's priced right, we can sell diesel here. Diesel can give you an immediate poke in fuel economy -- 20 to 40 percent. Not many technologies can deliver that today."
[Source: Detroit News]
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