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name the novel (children/young adult book)

name the novel (children/young adult book)

I read this great novel a couple of years back, and I want to read it again but I can't seem to remember its title, so please help me

It's a story about a young man named David (I think... i'm not too sure). It's set in modern times (as in the 21st century). david has recently moved to the city, and he is looking for a place to stay. He finds a great place, an inn owned by a single mother and a daughter (aged roughly 8-12). the mother is an artist, and she makes ceramic dragons in her own studio upstairs at the inn. the mother and the daughter make one for David as a welcoming gift. What he doesn't know (and this is the basic groundwork of the story) is that the tiny dragons are alive and sometimes come to life. He once tried to go into the studio but is shocked and burnt when he tries to turn the doorknob, as if it was heated from the inside. ...... hmmm I can't remember the rest, but david decides to write a short story as a thankyou gift to the young girl (daughter). It's about a squirrel who ventures to the city. My memory's quite blurry, but i think that the squirrel story actually comes true and one of the squirrels gets hurt and they call the wildlife care center. the female wildlife carer is named sophie (i think...), and david and sophie begin dating. Also, sometimes the mother tells a special bedtime story to her daughter about a dragon and a girl named (guineviere ?? im not sure) Later on, David begins to realize that his ceramic dragon may be alive. sometimes when david is writing and cannot think of anything, when he pictures the dragon in his mind, the dragon sometimes gives him a hint or a keyword to help him. But after a while, he begins to dislike the dragon: and the dragon, needing his master's love to survive, begins to die...

That's pretty much everything I could remember about the book. Could anyone help me remember the title of the book? Anything would be appreciated. Thanks. Johnnyboi7 (talk) 08:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

It appears to be The Fire Within (novel). Karenjc 12:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Electonicish Song

A song that sounds electronicish in canada that plays at boston pizza (in fortmcmurray) has the lyrics that goes something like

"I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you
Another night"

that's all I'm almost 100% sure of; I could be "Another night out" (regarding the last line). If it is any help, one of the songs that I asked when I mentioned it played around 4:00 pm and was electronic, that song was "The Fear" by Lily Allen.96.53.149.117 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 09:47, 31 January 2009 (UTC).

An Icelandic movie

I'm looking for an Icelandic movie, The movie is about an Japanese man that goes to Iceland in an vacation, He meet's an woman who gives him an Citroen DS, and the car get's stolen by Hitch Hikers, he gets lost and I don't remember any more,

All help will greatly appriacited 85.220.107.229 (talk) 12:02, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Is it Cold Fever (1994) (see IMDB here)? Karenjc 12:22, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, Thank you very much 85.220.107.229 (talk) 12:45, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Name the series

It must have been made within the last 30 years. It was about a wizard with a silver pendulum and children. I believe the wizard lived in a secret room behind a fireplace in large house or castle. I can't really remember any details but I'm pretty sure it was British production (poss. BBC or ITV?). I'd appreciate any tips or help! Thanks. --217.227.86.219 (talk) 13:49, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Catweazle? Though I don't remember a pendulum, and it's a little more than 30 years old. Karenjc 17:30, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• That would be The Magician's House; it's a BBC production. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:50, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

The Dark Knight

In 'The Dark Knight', when the Joker is in the interrogation room with Batman, he says 'You let five people die. Then you let Dent take your place. Even to a guy like me that's cold.". I cannot for the life of me work out who these five people are; could anyone shed any light on the matter? Thanks. 92.5.29.100 (talk) 19:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Those would be the people Joker killed, as he promised he would, unless Batman revealed his identity. Namely, Commissioner Loeb, Judge Surrillo, Patrick Harvey and Richard Dent. I'm working partly from memory and partly from the internet here, so I'm not sure about the fifth -- my first thought was "it's Gordon", because at one point Gordon plays dead, but Gordon is actually present in the interrogation scene before he hands the Joker over to Batman, so it can't be him. The Joker might be referring to Dent or Rachel, because he knows one of them will be dead. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 17:45, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

The fifth guy might be the guy dressed as Batman in the video that the Joker sent out into the media where he announced that he would kill people every day until Batman revealed himself (you know, "Are you the real Batman?"-scene). He later hung upside down outside the mayor's window. Belisarius (talk) 17:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, right, I forgot all about him! That's the guy. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 21:01, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

I have just started watching the old seasons and the old episodes of this show. For the first 4 or 5 seasons, it seems like the show had a great formula ... with the pairing of partners Goren and Eames. To me, it seemed that this was a very successful formula and that the show's viewing audience loved it. Then, all of the sudden -- out of the blue -- (in season 4 or 5 or so) ... they start featuring a second team of partners (Chris Noth and Annabelle Sciorra) ... such that episodes alternated between Goren/Eames and Noth/Sciorra. The effect being that the number of Goren/Eames episodes were cut in half, as they did not appear at all in the "alternate" weeks/episodes. So, I am just curious ... why on earth did the TV producers (or whoever) change what was such a successful formula? It makes no sense and I wonder if I am missing something. To be honest, whenever I tune into an episode, and I see that it is not a Goren/Eames episode, I feel let down and disappointed. I am sure I am not the only one who felt this way. Does anyone know what happened? Any insights? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:35, 31 January 2009 (UTC))

Other shows have rotating main characters, who seem to mysteriously disappear for a month at a time, then turn up again and carry on as if they'd never been away. The Bill is like this: Jack Meadows, Dale Smith, Gina Gold, Sam Nixon, Grace Dasari, Mickey Webb, John Heaton, Neil Manson and others all take their turns in disappearing from episodes, and then reappearing in later ones. -- JackofOz (talk) 01:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I can think of three reasons:

1) They think viewers might be getting bored with the old cast, so they bring in new people, hoping they will go over big. Unfortunately, many shows jump the shark when they do this, such as when Oliver was added to the Brady Bunch or Scrappy Doo to Scooby Doo.

2) The original actors have scheduling issues with other jobs or their families, and can't work full-time any more. So, it's either provide them a way to work part-time, or let them go altogether.

3) They are trying to develop a spin-off, and want to build a following for the characters on this show before they send them out on their own (Law and Order: Meter Maids Gone Wild ?). StuRat (talk) 02:45, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I can't find anything to verify it, but from what I remember, Vincent D'Onofrio was having health problems at one point, and he needed to take a break from the show for a while. AnyPerson (talk) 04:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, our article on D'Onofrio does mention that he was hospitalized for exhaustion while making the show. It includes a reference, though I didn't check it to see if it's still good. Dismas|^(talk) 05:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

OK ... thanks for all of the input ... much appreciated ... (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC))