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feels like we are on the verge of an explosion... Lets hope we can continue to string together good possessions and continue to play solid D in the 4th.
Edit: explosion or meltdown... knowing us, it could easily go either way.
Game Thread: Sacramento Kings @ Warriors 2011-01-21
Talk about the upcoming Warriors game here
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
Smart and his rotations, ok this actually makes sense, Beans comes in for Gaz, and Rad for Dwright..lol a sec later Beans gtes a foul, lol, nice sequence there.
Bwright sighting, ok
Bwright sighting, ok
JREED wrote:yeah, I would have guessed that b.wright earned himself a little PT after the last game... NM here he comes!
Fact, Smart and his rotations makes me shake my head, while healthy and producing use B-Wright, he def earned it last game
Up by 6 before the subs come in, now games tied, down down by 3, its all bout that coaching
20-6 run for queens right after Smart makes his typical screwed up substitutes. I blame coaching for this game, put it all on Smart.
Still speechless, lol, this is a crazy game, crazy I tell you.
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Damn there goes Monta All-star chances and warrior playoffs are slim. Keith Smart just keeps running his starting lineup to the ground trying to win as much games to get to the playoffs so he can keep his job. He riding Monta so much doesn't want to put the rookies into game. The rookies need to play in real game situation to develop their skills and to learn from their mistakes early in the season. Well whatever Keith Smart will be gone doubt he going to be back.

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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Natalie: Amityville Shoulders
Natalie is 19 and I think it should be a Survivor rule that teenagers are no longer allowed on this show. I want my Survivor like a velvet roped club. You have to be 21 and willing to sleep with whomever is in charge. If you can't drink alcohol, you can't win a million dollars. To me, this is common sense. I guess I'd just like to watch people with a tad more life experience. Even I'd like to learn something once in a while and I'm not sure a Miley Cyrus song is what I want to learn at this point in my life.
Natalie is a dancer and says her personal claim to fame is being the youngest female to play Survivor. See? This is why we shouldn't have teenagers on this show. That's not a claim to fame. That's a product of circumstance. Ugh, I haven't even watched her video yet and I already hate her. Hey, do you think Matt uses an exfoliator or a buf-puf?
Alright let's watch the teenager's video...
Yeah, I stand by my no teenager's rule. This girl can't put a complete sentence together and I think her shoulders might be possessed. I didn't watch the whole video, but I know she's still unsure of herself in this world and that's just not a person I want to root for in the greatest game to hit television. Moving on...
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- EyerishLassFebruary 10, 2011 at 11:54 AM
This is a joke, right? She's a zygote! And I'm pretty sure she's also a ding-a-ling.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Natalie *who*??ReplyDelete
And oh, it's just got to be the old-school buf-puf. (The 'gentle' one.) That boy does have some a-maz-ing skin.
But other than the sparkles flying off of Matt, this looks like a very boring cast. I can see why they had to hire Russell again--at least the troll can do an entertaining interview.
Can.not.wait to read more, Lala!!
There isn't one single Natalie in recent reality TV memory that has turned out to be someone I'm glad I learned existed.ReplyDelete
Welcome back, Lala!ReplyDelete
Italians get really mad? Really? Bullshit, I watched the Godfather, they don't get mad, they get even (while smiling at you.) It's nothing personal, it's only business!ReplyDelete
"I'm always around old people." Gee, that's what my grandson says too, but he's fucking 5!
What a dumbass, I only pray she's the first voted off!
- DiabolicalFebruary 12, 2011 at 11:30 PM
My vote for the first person to cry this season.ReplyDelete
- TritshTratchFebruary 13, 2011 at 5:34 AM
She said it herself: "uncapabable"ReplyDelete
35 is "older people?" Natalie. Shut up, bitch and go back to daycare.ReplyDelete
She's totally making it to the final 3. Grrrrr.
My vote for the first person to cry this season.ReplyDelete


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Danielle Sica
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Major/Minor: Business Management, Economics
Washington College is a small school, but it offers huge opportunities. Just ask Danielle Sica '09, who interned at the White House in the fall of her junior year before jetting off to Hong Kong for a semester abroad.
"It was tough to commit to being away from campus for an entire year, but I enjoyed it," Danielle said of her internship, offered through the College's affiliation with the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC).
Danielle, a double major in business management and economics, interned at the White House National Economic Council (NEC), an office within the Executive Office of the President headed by the Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.
"One of the biggest projects I worked on involved health care policy, with the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)," she said. The program was set to expire in the fall of 2007, during Danielle's internship.
"There were a lot of political issues regarding SCHIP's reauthorization because several elements were slated to change, including expansion of eligibility to more than 4 million additional participants. The President vetoed the bill in October, arguing that it would federalize health care," she explained.
"It was interesting because we got to see a lot of the policy debates firsthand. The President typically has a close relationship with the NEC, and critical policy research often came from our offices," Danielle continued.
Danielle's time in D.C. wasn't all work and no play, though. She and the other White House interns attended Marine One arrivals and departures on the South Lawn, volunteered to guide White House Garden Tours, and picked the brains of high-profile White House employees, including the President himself.
"It was a once in a lifetime experience. We got to take a group picture with him and he stayed to chat for about 45 minutes, even answering questions about what's on his iPod," Danielle said. "It was cool because for once, there was no reporter and nothing was being recorded. That's something I'll remember forever."
Once her internship was over, Danielle got to be a college student again—in Hong Kong.
"Out of all the places to go, I thought it made the most sense. It's a financial capital of the world, and it's someplace I wouldn't go on vacation," she said.
Danielle took economics classes at Lingnan University, located in the New Territories of Hong Kong, in a small town called Tuen Mun.
"There were exchange students from all over Europe and Asia, and everyone is placed with a local student so it's very integrated," she said. "I met so many great people. There was an element of culture shock in the beginning, but everyone was so friendly and inspiring that I got over it easily."
Her time abroad opened Danielle's eyes to many different cultures—not just Hong Kong's—and gave her the opportunity to travel around the region, exploring Beijing, Macau, and The Great Wall of China, as well as visiting Thailand.
"Studying abroad in Asia is something most people are hesitant to do because it is outside their comfort zones and there are many obstacles. With every day that passed, though, I was really proud of myself for sticking it out and making it work. I think everyone should have an experience like this at some point because it teaches you a lot about your strengths and capabilities," she said.
For her senior thesis, Danielle completed a strategic analysis of Starbucks, and she seemed almost in awe of everything she was able to accomplish in four short years of college.
"I couldn't have predicted this journey if I'd tried," she said. "But after experiencing the opportunities that the College afforded me, I feel extremely grateful and I'm excited to see what's next."


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late-night deciphering of why i think boiling naoto down to the ARE THEY A BOY OR A GIRL question and completely removing that character's voice from the discussion is gross
it is very gross and grosser, imo, because the devs did it themselves
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TIME's new cover makes me so mad I could write essays about it, but instead I'm going to keep job hunting since in today's world a university degree means nothing and therefore like much of my generation, I'm stuck choosing between minimum wa ge jobs and internships that I can't afford to accept in an attempt to pay off my tens of thousands of dollars worth of student debt.
I'd be interested in reading this article to see exactly what makes us entitled and lazy. Are we lazy because more of us are completing high school and going to college than ever before? Are we entitled because our standard of living is declining? Do we live with our parents because we're too slothful to leave or is because our education costs are getting steeper and steeper while we're getting less and less aid?
Tell us, Time Magazine, about how we're narcissistic little slugs when we're faced with an economic crisis that resulted in a lowering of our standard of living, an increase in tuition costs and how when we get out of our very expensive schools, more and more of us are going to end up working minimum wage jobs.
I also want to note that it's really frustrating that the face of "lazy, entitled narcissism" is a young woman.
it depends on who you ask. some people would say that things like the occupy movement symbolized a very genteel mode of "revolution" that was never intended to rock the boat, and that the face of social activism has become liking and cooing at symptoms without working to excise the cause. some people would say that the fact that the fact that the people who force the state of affairs described above on us are still breathing is a symbol of our complacency
but i suspect that those people are not time's editors.
The big one is called moon;
The small ones are called stars;
Ryan Gosling won't eat his cereal (x)
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Raiden - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Cosplay - Hiroshi
looks like it's time for jack to let 'er rip
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late-night deciphering of why i think boiling naoto down to the ARE THEY A BOY OR A GIRL question and completely removing that character's voice from the discussion is gross
it is very gross and grosser, imo, because the devs did it themselves
Part 1: Tarkus, Bruford
Part 2: Stroheim, Santana
Part 3: None
Part 4: Yuuya, Yukako, Shigichi, Keicho Nijimura
Part 5: None
Part 6: Dio's Sons
Part 7: Ringo Roadagain, Wekapipo, Hot Pants, Megenta Magenta, Mike O
Part 8: Joshuu Higashikata
One can only hope either the leaked roster was fake or DLC….
can i put in like, negative part 5 characters?
because i mean part 5 had some decent stands but come the hell on
also seriously if yukako and stroheim aren't in this game i'm gonna flip
the next time someone talks about how women shouldn't be involved in battle i'm just going to scream the names of female historical figures who kicked ass on the battlefield
"men are naturally mo-"
"but women have weake-"
i was actually about to cite miss pavlichenko. vietnam also has a long history of female soldiers dating back to the trung sisters, who were (supposedly. the history around them is pretty sketchy) instrumental in freeing vietnam from chinese rule. women also fought in the vietcong during the vietnam war.
see, it's a difficult subject because on the one hand women were generally only allowed to fight because of the incredible desperation of the situation, but it's undeniable that they distinguished themselves when they did.
a lot of them died
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*unzips pants*
aw yeah zach
In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal over sight.
Kansas' "Second Amendment Protection Act" backs up its states' rights claims with a penalty aimed at federal agents: when dealing with "Made in Kansas" guns, any attempt to enforce federal law is now a felony. Bills similar to Kansas' law have been introduced in at least 37 other states. An even broader bill is on the desk of Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell. That bill would exempt any gun owned by an Alaskan from federal regulation. In Missouri, a bill declaring federal gun laws "null and void" passed by an overwhelming majority in the state house, and is headed for debate in the senate.
Mobilizing the pre-Civil-War doctrine of "nullification," these bills assert that Congress has overstepped its ability to regulate guns — and that states, not the Supreme Court, have the ultimate authority to decide whether a law is constitutional or not.
The head of the Kansas's State Rifle Association, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association, says sh e put the bill together and found it a sponsor. While the NRA regularly lauds passages of states' gun-rights laws, it stayed silent on Kansas' law, and, so far, has kept a low profile on nullification. (The group did not respond to our requests for comment.)
Many observers see nullification bills as pure political theater, "the ultimate triumph of symbolism over substance," as UCLA law Professor Adam Winkler put it. He said he doubts the laws will ever be enforced, and, if they are, expects them to be struck down by the courts.
Winkler and others say nullification laws violate the Constitution, which makes federal law "the supreme law of the land…anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding." Indeed, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wrote a letter last week to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, asserting that Kansas' law is "unconstitutional." (Brownback, who signed the bill into law, did not immediately respond to our requests for comment.)
But the growing number of such bills — which have passed by large majorities in at least one chamber of seven state legislatures—highlight the challenge gun control advocates face in their attempt to fight for gun regulation at the state level.
It also shows how nullification is fast becoming a mainstream option for state politicians. In Pennsy lvania, 76 state legislators signed on to sponsor a measure that would invalidate any new federal ban of certain weapons or ammunition. The bill would impose a minimum penalty of one year in prison for federal agents who attempt to enforce any new law.
lol nullification
to be fair, the recent history of american-made guns strongly suggests that any "made in kansas" gun would probably be a slingshot with a picatinny rail
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- Ten of the country's largest mortgage servicers including JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Citigroup will pay a total of $8.5 billion to settle foreclosure abuse claims. In a separate case, Bank of America reached an agreement with Fannie Mae, and will pay $10.3 billion to settle claims on "existing and prospective repurchase requests" and an additional $1.3 billion to meet its servicing obligations.
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Think Like Cleveland: 6 Ingredients to Boosting Business Growth
A free MOOC, or massive open online course "Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies" launches through Coursera this week, starting today, April 28, using Cleveland as a funding case study. Come back to Entrepreneur.com as we feature additional interviews with experts and instructors connected to the six-week course.
Silicon Valley is its own kind of beast with countless resources for startups to turn when they need funding. But most startup communities around the country and world don't have anywhere near the same access to private capital. What does that mean for entrepreneurs desperate to get funding or struggling communities looking to strengthen the role of entrepreneurship in their economy?
A decade ago, Cleveland was in this very position. In an Entrepreneur ranking of startup-friendly cities in 2002, Cleveland came in 61 out of 61. At the time, entrepreneurs had little by way of funding options and the startup economy was suffering.
But as the need for improvement became more palpable, things started to change. It didn't come from just one place and it didn't happen all at once. "A turn around of an economy doesn't happen overnight," says Dorothy Baunach, chief executive officer at OsteoSymbionics LLC and former president and chief executive officer of the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition. "Communities shouldn't get discouraged. They should think big and start small."
Baunach was one of the people who pushed to create Jumpstart, a nonprofit organization in Cleveland focused on helping idea-stage tech companies get access to funds and resources in order to grow. Today, Jumpstart not only helps Cleveland-based entrepreneurs get their businesses funded and supported, it also advises other communities around the country, says Jumpstart chief executive officer, Ray Leach, working with 18 different cities on how they too can create their own thriving entrepreneurial economies. "The fundamentals of what it takes for young companies to grow in the U.S. are pretty consistent," says Leach.
What are those fundamentals? Here are six key ingredients that helped propel Cleveland forward – and which might help bridge the gaps in your community.
1. Innovators. Many people argue about what needs to come first in order to create an entrepreneurial community — ideas or capital — but it's a chicken-and-egg debate, says Brad Whitehead, president of the Fund For Our Economic Future, a program that pools funding for entrepreneurs from various philanthropic organizations across Northeast Ohio.
Communities can't create opportunities for investment if there aren't enough people generating great ideas. This often starts with research institutions in the area that are working on new tech developments, for example. Whether you are an entrepreneur or community leader, tapping into knowledge and resources available at local universities is a key way to generate innovative ideas that attract investors.
2. Advocates. Are there businesses, trade organizations or policymakers in your area who can be more vocal about the need for a thriving entrepreneurial economy? Could your chamber of commerce office be doing more to organize events for entrepreneurs? These organizations can create networking opportunities and help lobby for more financial support. "There's no cookbook for reinventing an economy," says Baunach. "Once you get everyone rallying in the same direction, it really does gain power."
3. Storytellers. When The Cleveland Plain Dealer and the radio program Ideastream collaborated on a series of stories on Cleveland's economic challenge, called the "Quiet Crisis" -- people started paying attention, says Whitehead. "This caused a lot of anguish in the community, not only among civic leadership," he says. "It went out to the millions of Northeast Ohio residents. That really provoked a lot of soul searching."
While traditional media is still powerful, communities businesses and organizations must understand that they must also tell their community's story. Through social media, blogs and outreach, these groups can explain the need for change and document progress as it happens.
4. Education and direction. Giving guidance to young people and budding entrepreneurs to pursue their ideas can help build new businesses from the ground up, says Baunach. In Northeast Ohio, this came in the form of universities, local groups and foundations getting involved, providing resources like mentorship, business plan competitions and student-lead investment funds. For example, The Fund For Our Economic Future, which brings together the efforts of non-profits across the region was created in 2002 when this need for a groundswell of change became clear. Members include foundations focused on economic development and entrepreneurship as well as organizations focused on early childhood development or particular neighborhoods.
Creating the talent that leads to innovative ideas is key. There are many ways to do this. You can approach libraries and schools about a monthly entrepreneurial event series, for example. "Talent and capital are clearly interconnected," says Leach. The more talent a community can generate, the greater its likelihood of attracting capital.
5. Sources of risk capital. Getting funding during the early stages of a startup is critical, but also tough because it's one of the riskiest times to invest in a business. This type of funding can come from angel investors, micro-loan funds, pre-seed and seed funds, venture capital and state or federal funding. In Northeast Ohio, the Third Frontier Program, which started in 2002, was one key way that the government got involved in funding startups. The program offered financial support to startups in key growth sectors for the region.
Another source of early-stage funding in Northeast Ohio has been Jumpstart, which launched in 2004. Focused on venture development, the nonprofit offered pre-seed funding and brought together networks of angel investors who could help fund projects. "[Jumpstart] was created by the business and philanthropic community with the sense that there wasn't an organization that had the responsibility and competency to help idea-stage tech companies get the things they need to advance," says Leach.
6. Resource providers. Seed funding is just one piece of the puzzle. When you have the money to go forward, what exactly do you do? Another key role Jumpstart has played is offering resources and mentorship to startups so they make the right decisions. Jumpstart also helps startups connect with venture capital firms that could provide them with later funding.
"It really comes down to this combination of funding and mentoring — the two key areas high-growth startups need," says Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management where he created an online course that uses Cleveland as a model for other communities.
But if you're in a community without these kinds of organizations in place, what do you do? Help to create them. "You want to advocate within your community, government and business leadership," says Goldberg. "You are advocating for support from businesses who have made it."


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Woolworths Have Made A BIG Decision That Has Made Aus Mad
Australian Avocado Growers say Woolworths customers can expect a poorer quality avocado, after the supermarket made changes to its supplier chain.
Avocados Australia has called out the chain for not consulting with its suppliers after it stopped sourcing locally grown avocados for its Queensland stores, to be replaced by imported New Zealand avocados.
The decision came as local figures show growers could supply around six million avocados a week in September, with harvests up to Chrismas expected to result in 85 million avocados.
"Australian growers are very disappointed Woolworths has stopped sourcing locally grown avocados for most of its Queensland stores already, given the large volumes of Australian fruit that are currently available," said John Tyas, Avocados Australia CEO.
Australian avocado growers produce the fruit all year around, but the country's supply is always boosted in Spring and Summer with imports from our Kiwi cousins.
"Our real issue is they have just switched over too early to New Zealand fruit, which could potentially lead to a collapse in September. When there is a glut of fruit, it might be cheaper for consumers, but they can end up with poorer quality fruit," he said.
Mr Tyas said growers had been left "really disappointed with the lack of communication from Woolies, in advance of making this decision".
"We just don't know the possible impact at the moment. Hopefully, if the supermarket chains plan their sourcing schedules better from here, we can manage it without a market crash like we had four years ago."
A Woolworths spokesperson said feedback showed the Australian count was by around 40 per cent, which lead to the decision to import earlier.
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Nathaniel was in a panic over what to wear.
"I can't wear these grubby things," he said, taking stock of clothes that bore the stain of the streets. "I've washed them over and over, and that's the best I seem to be able to do."
For months, Nathaniel Anthony Ayers had been excited about an invitation to see the Los Angeles Philharmonic in action at Disney Hall. "The anticipation is horrible," he told me a week before the designated day. He'd started showering daily at a shelter, he said, to gussy himself up as much as possible.
Nathaniel was a music student more than 30 years ago at the prestigious Juilliard School when he suffered a breakdown. Today, as he continues to battle the schizophrenia that landed him on skid row, music is one of the few things that inspires and consoles him.
He plays violin and cello for hours each day in downtown Los Angeles, lifting his instruments out of an orange shopping cart on which he has written:
"Little Walt Disney Concert Hall — Beethoven."
Thursday was the big day. Nathaniel had decided it would be best to attend a rehearsal rather than a concert, because he didn't want to make a scene — a homeless man in the company of well-heeled Angelenos. He was particularly excited because the orchestra would be rehearsing Beethoven.
Nathaniel finally decided on fresh-washed burgundy sweatpants, a black T-shirt, a blue cardigan and white sneakers. He tied a red sweater around his waist and parted his hair in the middle, pasting it down neatly.
But something was still bothering him Thursday morning before we left skid row. Nathaniel was talking to himself more than usual, spouting something about how a cockroach doesn't give orders to a thoroughbred. He refused to leave his cart at a shelter, as arranged, insisting on hauling it to my office parking lot, a 30-minute trek guaranteed to put us behind schedule.
I drove to my office to make the arrangements and then waited, fearing he'd get distracted and lose track of time. But just as I was writing him off, Nathaniel appeared in the distance, lugging his cart west on 2nd Street. He parked it in the garage, pulled out his violin and headed jauntily toward Disney Hall like a student on his way to school.
At 2nd and Hill, where Nathaniel often plays against the clatter and percussion of incessant traffic, I mentioned that Itzhak Perlman would perform at Disney Hall later this month.
"Oh, my God," Nathaniel enthused. "He's like molten lava on violin."
The angry man I had seen on skid row continued to soften as we approached Disney Hall, the Frank Gehry creation Nathaniel referred to as an iron butterfly. The mysteries of his illness are so profound that I still find it impossible to reconcile the poetry with the madness. This is a man I've heard many times carry on incoherent conversations with someone who isn't there, only to then rhapsodize on the structure of a Mozart composition.
When he reached 1st and Grand, Nathaniel studied the performance schedule outside the hall, awed at the thought of the world's greatest musicians playing a mere two blocks from where he takes a bow and "saws away," as he calls it.
Adam Crane, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's director of public relations and an amateur cellist, greeted Nathaniel as if he were a visiting dignitary, handing him a copy of Gehry's book on Disney Hall. Crane reminded Nathaniel that the orchestra would be rehearsing Beethoven's Third Symphony.
"The Eroica," Nathaniel said, asking if they would play each movement, and delighted that they would.
Crane asked Nathaniel when he had last set foot in a concert hall.
Nathaniel laughed bashfully.
"I haven't been in a concert hall in 4 billion years," he said.
Crane, who had read about Nathaniel's rise from Cleveland's public school music program and his ultimate fall, gave him a VIP tour.
"We're right behind the stage right now," Crane said in the bowels of the auditorium.
"It's like a dream," Nathaniel said. "I don't know if this is a dream or purgatory."
A voice came over the P.A. system as we entered a long hallway, which Nathaniel said reminded him of the announcements in a Cleveland mental hospital.
Nathaniel asked about famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, intrigued to know if he was a regular guy. Crane said he seemed quite nice, indeed. Nathaniel also threw out the names of the conductors he remembered from his days at Juilliard: James Conlon, Lorin Maazel and Herbert von Karajan, no longer seeming like the man who an hour earlier had delivered a skid row rumination on cockroaches.
"Do you know Dvorak's Cello Concerto?" Nathaniel asked.
"It's one of my favorites," Crane said. He told Nathaniel he had a Czechoslovakian cello made in 1875.
Nathaniel was impressed. "I don't wanna mess with it," he said. "I don't even want to look at it. I'll just wear dark glasses."
It was almost as if he were a student again, joshing with a classmate. Was Nathaniel being sly, fishing for an invitation to have a go at Crane's cello? If so, it worked. And when Crane offered, Nathaniel didn't hesitate. He sat in Crane's office tuning up, the PR man marveling at the sharpness of Nathaniel's ear.
And then he played, without the bow at first, picking the strings with his right hand. It was Bach's Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude. Several Philharmonic staffers heard the music and wandered over, peering in to see a man of the streets, tattered and elegant, close his eyes and drift into ecstasy.
Nathaniel was still floating as we made our way toward the hall, where the orchestra was gathering.
"Stage Level Door 1," read the sign in front of us.
"Are you ready?" Crane asked.
Yes, he was ready, and he was certainly impressed by the hall — a stunning monument to his sustaining passion. But it was the musicians who drew his eye, the hallowed messengers of the gods he worships.
A cellist named Peter Snyder came over to say hello to Nathaniel, whom he had read about. Nathaniel mentioned a resemblance to Hungarian-born cellist Janos Starker and marveled at Snyder's 33-year career with the orchestra. Snyder returned the compliment, mentioning Nathaniel's own record of survival on the streets.
"I just want to play," Nathaniel said. "I'll live underneath a rock."
Nathaniel took a seat front and center in the orchestra tier for a rehearsal that would amount to a private concert.
"They look so happy," he said as the musicians tuned. "I would be happy too, if I was going to play the Third Symphony, especially with good players. You look over at the next player and say, 'Wow.' "
On most days, Nathaniel goes to Pershing Square to study the Beethoven statue for inspiration. On this day, he leaned into me during the first movement and whispered that Beethoven was with us in Disney Hall.
"He's in the room," Nathaniel said later as the funeral march began, a low, creeping dirge. "If his spirit was in the room, it would be somewhere around there. Do you see the conductor? That's Beethoven. He will interpret Beethoven. He is Beethoven."
Nathaniel listened intently, a student at times, an unabashed fan at others. He nodded, swayed, giggled with joy, and now and then conducted the orchestra with an imaginary baton. The Third Symphony is charged with thunderous bursts that collapse in tender reflection and then rage again, the song of Nathaniel's life.
"They are flawless, flawless, flawless players," he whispered in unabashed awe. "Every single note is there. There's not any nonsense. Of course, this is a world-renowned orchestra."
When the rehearsal ended, Nathaniel had one word for the triumph he had witnessed.
Yes, he said, he'd be delighted to meet the conductor. Esa-Pekka Salonen graciously accepted Nathaniel's compliments and gave him an autograph.
Nathaniel also chatted up Ben Hong, assistant principal cellist, on the genius of Beethoven and the physical and emotional challenges of the Third Symphony.
As it turned out, there had been no need for me to worry about how Nathaniel would handle the day or whether he would be troubled by the sight of people living a life that once seemed within his reach. He was gracious and self-assured, a perfect gentleman.
I now know, after several months of trying to coax him toward a safer and more productive life, that Nathaniel won't be saved any time soon.
The man who was back in his element at the concert hall on the hill is also comfortable sleeping on skid row, where he chases away rats with a stick on which he has scrawled Beethoven's name.
But Nathaniel has his own idea of salvation, and he removed it now from the violin case he had been carrying. He stood near the stage after the musicians had left and tuned his instrument.
Then Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, in the concert of his life, tucked the violin under his chin and played Disney Hall.
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NSA-Bashing Brazil Claims It Spied Better
Nov 6, 2013 11:19 AM PT
Few if any countries have been more outspoken, incredulous and chest-thumping over U.S. spying revelations than Brazil.
Last summer, after Edward Snowden's leaks had made the rounds, Brazilian lawmakers proposed a law that would require e-businesses to store data in Brazil (and only Brazil). Then, after it was revealed that the U.S. had spied on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Rousseff canceled a state visit to the U.S. and later admonished the U.S. -- with President Obama on-hand -- at the UN. Rousseff pulled off the trifecta by taking to Twitter to announce that Brazil planned to build an NSA-proof email system.
Well, that high ground just sank a bit.
Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported that it got its hands on a document from the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, ABIN, which details surveillance carried out on the U.S., Russia, Iran and Iraq in 2003 and 2004. At that time, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was Brazil's president, not Rousseff.
The ABIN reportedly monitored the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, which was suspected of being a hotbed for espionage. The U.S. has denied that the embassy was used for espionage.
Rousseff's office issued a statement, saying, "The operations in question [took place] in accordance with Brazilian legislation pertaining to the protection of the national interest."
The White House couldn't have said it any better.
To be fair, the ABIN snooping was small peanuts compared to what the U.S. is reported to have done to Brazil: monitoring millions of high-level communications, including phone calls of Rousseff and state-owned oil giant Petrabras.
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Australia Backs Off Tech Tax Crackdown
Australia's new government announced it won't pursue a previously discussed initiative to crack down on tax-dodging tech companies.
The previous government had planned to deny certain deductions that would help recoup taxes, but those plans have apparently been nixed.
Late last year, Australia vocally condemned tech companies' propensity to skirt taxes. The country's assistant treasurer famously described Google's tax habits as a "double Irish Dutch sandwich," referring to the company's clever -- if legal -- practice of routing income through Ireland; paying a royalty to a Dutch subsidiary; and then repaying said royalty to a second Irish holding company controlled in Bermuda, where there is no corporate tax.
[Source: The Register]
Russia Towing Olympic Torch to Space
A Russian spacecraft launching Thursday will carry with it the Olympic torch, which will light the Olympic flame at February's 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The torch is headed for the International Space Station. It will not only exit Earth's atmosphere, but will also be taken outside the station. The Olympic torch was sent into space in 1996 when it was aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, but it has never been outside a spacecraft.
A Russian, an American and a Japanese astronaut will be in the Russian spacecraft toting the torch.
The torch will not be lit during any of this.
[Source: AP via The Age]
Beijing Startup Launches Designated Driver App
A Beijing startup called "Edaijia" -- which translates to "E-designated driver" -- has created an app that pairs people who are drunk with drivers who are not.
Drivers can sign up to have their car's location displayed on Edaijia's iPhone and Android apps. The app then matches wannabe passengers with wannabe designated drivers; the minimum charge is about US$6.50, but $16 after midnight.
Edaijia also has a feature for people who have their cars with them but are too drunk to drive. In such instances, a DD will show up with a foldable bike that can be thrown in the trunk.
[Source: Tech In Asia]


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Foxglove wrote:Concise description:
Currently game state snapshot functionality is available through the BOB add-on. Turn-by-turn game state snapshots should be implemented on CC, and should be accessible to every player.
- Implement a game state snapshot at the start of the game
- Implement a game state snapshot after each player's turn
- Game state snapshots should be accessible from the Game Log
- Users should have the option to take a manual snapshot (mid turn, for example)
- Users should be able to click a link or button to view the differences between two sequential snapshots
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
- This will make game state information available to every player, not just players who use the BOB addon.
- This will solve every problem with the "12 hour fog rule" that is often used by clans and players in team games. If game snapshots are implemented by the site, and automatically available to every player, there will be no need for gentleperson's agreements about when a player can take a turn, and what information must be revealed if the agreement isn't respected.
- This will allow players of fog games to more easily switch between devices (computers/tablets/phones/etc) without relying on addons.
- This will help eliminate some of the advantage that veterans have over new players, by making all information easily available to each player.
BGTheBrain wrote:Concise description:
- Make BOB part of the website
- Make BOB part of the website
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
- When the site updates, then it wont mess up BOB


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > September 2005 > Mitchell serving as interim dean at Clovis campus
Mitchell serving as interim dean at Clovis campus
CLOVIS – Dr. Gary Mitchell of Clovis has been named interim dean for the Clovis Campus of Wayland Baptist University. Mitchell has served as assistant to the dean since 2003 and is also an adjunct instructor in religion.
Mitchell replaces Dr. Carol Green, who had served the university since 1997 as dean in Clovis and left in August to pursue a job with a university in Oregon.
According to Dr. Bill Hardage, executive vice president at Wayland, Mitchell's new role has an indefinite time frame. Currently, the report of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission is awaiting approval or rejection from Congress, and Clovis residents await the fate of Cannon Air Force Base. The report calls for Cannon to lose most or all of its planes and be open until 2009, pending determination of a new mission for the base. The final decision is expected soon, with Congress limited to 45 legislative days to make a ruling after the president's approval. Congress can approve the report as presented, alter it or deny approval, leaving the bases as they now operate.
Hardage said even if the BRAC recommendations are accepted and Cannon closes, Wayland will not close its campus in Clovis. Currently, only about 30 percent of the student population is military, so the campus would likely only be restructured. The campus has had an off-base office site, located on East Fourth Street, for nearly four years.
"We want to express our thanks to Mitchell for assuming the leadership role on the Clovis Campus, pending final action by the BRAC committee," Hardage said. "Dr. Mitchell is doing an outstanding job of leading the campus through this unknown time, and as the final decision is made, a determination will be made as to whether to seek a permanent dean or maintain the existing staff."
In his assistant's position, Mitchell managed the bookstore at the Clovis campus, handled purchases and requisitions and served as a liaison for community and church relations. Prior to coming to Wayland, Mitchell was a senior staff writer for the Clovis News Journal and a part-time instructor in religion at Clovis Community College and for Wayland. From 1979-89, he served as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clovis.
Mitchell's other journalistic experience includes service as the sports editor for the Clovis News Journal and continuity writer and director for KXTX-TV in Dallas. He has had many articles published over his career, and his honors have included the Best News Story of 1973 by the Baptist Public Relations Association and Outstanding Civilian Writer of the Year for 1994 in Air Combat Command by the U.S. Air Force. He has also had numerous awards from the New Mexico Press Association, the Panhandle Press Association.
A former student at Wayland in the 1960s, Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Texas. He holds both the Master of Divinity and the Doctor of Ministry degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.


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The whole "Cartoons are just for kids" ideology.And speaking of cartoons, enough with the 3D animation. 2D animation generally looks better in my opinion. And since everyone thinks that cartoons are just for kids, cartoons have gone 3D because of how simple minded children generally are.
That flickfilosopher site isn't good, IMO. Namely, she completely misses the point made by Knocked Up as well as the other reviews of Judd Apatow's films. She's very narrow-minded. It's almost like she only watched the first 30 minutes of the movie then wrote a review whilst pretending she watched the whole thing. My opinion is lowered too by how she thinks someone can have an abortion without feeling any remorse - I mean, seriously, she must be a psychopath to think that (this is coming from someone who's always voted in favor abortion, by the way). How can she be so critical of others when she's so easy on herself? I could go on and on but I think I've made my point.http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2007/06/knocked_up_review.htmlMy movie trend that needs to stop is that flickfilosopher site. She reminds me of many other critics - dumb, opinionative, and not at all analytical/evaluative of the work that went into making the entertainment.


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So yesterday, I wrote that today was going to be Eat All Your Veggies day, but I looked at another website, and found that it is (also) National Apple Strudel day, which, to me is way more exciting than eating veggies. Not that veggies are not a good thing to eat, and I do encourage people to eat their veggies, today, and everyday, but apple strudel is much more yummy. Also, this is a dessert blog, and while I might be off topic some of the time, I try to stay with the dessert theme about 90% off the time. So apple strudel. Not hard to make; but I've never tried one with from scratch dough. I mean, I've made puff pastry before (many times in the CIA) and I can make it, but I am lazy like most other home bakers and would buy it from the store. It freezes well (and usually comes frozen) so I don't have to worry about it for a while. Also, sometimes it is made with phyllo dough, which I have not made from scratch, but I think it is a similar process. Here is a Paula Deen video on how to make apple strudel (made with phyllo and of course, extra love that comes in the form of butter!) Happy Apple Strudel Day!
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Oh I'm very disappointed I didn't know it was apple strudel day. I'll just have to remember it next year.