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August 7, 2014
As a prescient college student and gay New Yorker in 1994, Demetre Daskalakis, M.D., vowed "I'm going to take care of HIV. I don't want anyone to get this, and I don't want anyone to die anymore."
This vision took him to medical school (where he snuck into AIDS wards as a young medical student) and into the labs and clinics where the fight against HIV has progressed but never ended. And it took him into the heart of the epidemic in New York City, where he led HIV prevention efforts and testing in bathhouses and sex clubs. Now, Daskalakis will leave his role as medical director of the HIV/AIDS services at Mount Sinai Hospital to serve as assistant health commissioner in New York City's Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, overseeing a $200-million budget and programs spanning testing, prevention, services, care and treatment. Terri Wilder spoke with Daskalakis as he prepared to lead efforts against HIV/AIDS in one of the U.S. cities hardest hit by the disease.
I always thought of the New York City Department of Health as the largest Department of Health in the country and the epicenter of the HIV epidemic. Can you tell me why you would be interested in going to the largest Department of Health, in the middle of the epicenter of where HIV is?
My New York story is the reason why. I was a student at Columbia University as an undergrad and while I was there, I really became a New Yorker, and became a gay New Yorker. I experienced nightlife and that piece of the universe. It was sometime around 1994 that I, along with a few other people -- I was a resident advisor and a community program assistant, is what they called us -- decided that we were going to do something that was gay health oriented, and about HIV. So we decided to do a benefit for a direct service organization and then, also, bring a display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt here.
Thinking of myself as a pretty good transplanted Virginian who lives in New York, I thought this was a great opportunity to do something nice for the city that was about HIV. And so I had no idea of what I was really getting myself into because it was the pivotal moment in my career that showed me that I was going to do HIV in the future, and specifically do HIV medicine. Because I remember the day that we actually laid the quilt down; it was before antiretroviral therapy as we know it kicked in. All of a sudden, I was surrounded by people who were mourning folks on the quilt, and who were really sick themselves.
I remember standing there that day really exhausted -- because it's a really daunting task to get that quilt out and laid out -- and said, "I'm going to take care of HIV. I don't want anyone to get this, and I don't want anyone to die anymore." There was a very adolescent decision, but this core decision made me do HIV.
I went to medical school in New York, and I had experience with HIV on the Bellevue wards, because I actually snuck on to the AIDS ward. I wasn't allowed on it -- as a medical student, there were some restrictions. I figured out that the best way to do it was to sneak on, so I snuck on so I could learn something about HIV medicine. And then I decided that it would be good to see the world, and see how other people do medicine.
Ultimately, I matched for my residency in Boston, at the Harvard program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. That place was fabulous. It inspired me to keep doing HIV medicine, with a couple of significant mentors who showed the way of doing primary care for HIV.
Who were they?
John Doweiko and Howard Libman were two of the doctors whom I worked with in Boston who were very inspiring when I was a resident, to keep going. And Chief Resident Wendy Stead, who was not that much older than me, but was the smartest person I knew, and the most compassionate HIV doctor. She really taught me the path.
Then I decided to stay in Boston. I did my fellowship at the Brigham and Women's/Mass General program, where I'm literally surrounded by the Raj Gandhis and Paul Saxes of the world, and all of these fabulous HIV doctors with the Partners AIDS Research Center -- now that's called Rangon Center. I ultimately met Eric Rosenberg. Eric Rosenberg was a researcher in acute HIV infection/immunology. And I decided that I was going to be one of his mentees, that I was going to be in his lab.
I never wanted to do lab work; I always wanted to just do community-oriented health. I went into the lab and it was great. I was doing work. I was getting results. And I remember just sitting -- it was February, and I was sitting -- googling Lord-knows-what, and I saw news saying that there was a case of acute HIV infection in New York City, with rapid progression to AIDS and multi-drug resistance. And this cascade of feelings happened to me there. I said, "Why am I in Boston? I've kind of lost my way. I signed up for this because of the population in New York that inspired me to do this." All of a sudden, I find myself with cell cultures and petri dishes and exciting academia and I was away from what brought me to this story.
Tom Frieden was on the television talking about this case. I ran downstairs and started calling people to see if there were any jobs available in New York, because I wanted to come back and focus more on clinical stuff, and potentially more public health-oriented approaches to HIV.
Ultimately, Judith Aberg decided that she saw some potential in me and offered me a job to come back to NYU/Bellevue, and I did. And that case drove the rest of my story. Soon thereafter they said that that case of acute HIV infection was transmitted by somebody who had an encounter with a person living with HIV at a bathhouse in the city. That made me decide that, well, then we're going to start doing something in the bathhouses, and do HIV testing and prevention there.
On the back of some research funding, I was able to start a program and then, soon thereafter, the city funded it through HHC [Health and Hospitals Corporation] to actually continue doing HIV testing as a clinical service. So, really, my entire story of why I'm doing what I'm doing revolves around the public health of the city. Being away from the epicenter was killing me, at one point.
Spiritually killing me. That day, I knew I was not where I was supposed to be. And so I decided to come back to the epicenter and, having worked with the Department of Health and having seen some of the good that they can do, when the opportunity arose to become the assistant commissioner, I jumped on it. Even though I'm happy where I am at Mount Sinai and love doing my clinical duties, I always feel like a lot of my strength comes from the programmatic piece, and from the piece that revolves around public health. Sometimes I would feel as if I couldn't really focus on that. So that's where the decision came from. I'm going from a clinical venue to a more public health venue.
The truth is, in the context of my time, I also went back to Harvard and I got my master's of public health. I was just thinking about it this morning, that sometimes my happiest times in the last four or five years were in the setting of crunching numbers in a public health environment, and talking about program development and cost effectiveness and environmental medicine -- all the things that come with public health. So it just seemed as if that same case that brought me back to New York was, in some ways, leading me right down the path, right back to New York City.
How did you decide, "I'm going to apply?" What was it that kind of intersected in order for you to say, "Yes, I'm going to apply to be the assistant commissioner in the largest Department of Health in the country"?
True story: Dr. Aberg, who is now the chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai and who has been my mentor in New York since the day I landed here in 2005, sent this email out to me to forward to other people, which I did.
And it was that job description?
Right. And I did forward it. But that same day I emailed the Department of Health. I emailed Dr. Varma and I said, "Hey, Dr. Varma, remember me? I'm the guy from meningitis vaccines, and I'm going to apply for this when it becomes open."
And he said, "OK, keep an eye out. When it becomes open, throw your application in. That sounds great." And then I called. And since I did work with the city, I called some people and I said, "What do you think?" And the response was, "Totally. Do it."
I had a lot of soul searching. I talked to my husband. I talked to some of my folks from the past, my doctors in the past. I called Paul Sax, and I said, "What do I do?" And everybody seemed to agree with my idea -- that this maybe would be a good thing for me to do next.
Can you tell me specifically something that somebody said to you that made you go, "You know what? I really do need to do this."
It's not really something that someone said to me, but something that someone sent to me: Mark Harrington.
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Australian stocks lead Asia on healthy earnings
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, with Australia's benchmark leading gains on a crop of healthy corporate earnings reports.
KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6 percent to 15,304.62 and South Korea's Kospi added 0.1 percent to 2,064.09. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.7 percent to 5,553.50. But Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.2 percent to 24,836.01 and the Shanghai Composite in mainland China lost 0.1 percent to 2,221.04. Markets in Taiwan, India and Southeast Asia rose.
EARNINGS BONANZA: With earnings season underway, investors are getting a chance to assess the health of the region's companies and in Australia they like what they see. Fairfax Media Ltd. jumped more than 7 percent after the company returned to an annual profit after years of losses. Mobile phone company Telstra Corp. also rose, adding 2.1 percent after posting higher profit. Dozens of companies listed in Hong Kong are also scheduled to release earnings reports, including state-owned China Mobile, the world's biggest wireless carrier by subscribers.
CHINA ECONOMY: Benchmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai were lagging indexes elsewhere in the region a day after disappointing data on the Chinese economy. Fixed investment and industrial production for July slowed, though the big surprise was the sharp drop in loan growth, which Rabobank analyst Michael Every called "shockingly low."
US CUES: Investors are looking ahead to more hints on the health of the global economy with the release of U.S. unemployment benefit applications later Thursday. They come a day after U.S. retail sales edged up a tiny amount compared with the month before, fueling hopes that the Fed will maintain stimulus.
WALL STREET: The Dow gained 0.6 percent to close at 16,651.80. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent to end at 1,946.72. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 1 percent to 4,434.13.
ENERGY: Benchmark crude oil for September delivery was down 29 cents to $97.30 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, fell 51 cents to $104.55 in London.
CURRENCIES: The euro slipped to $1.3359 from $1.3365 in late trading Thursday. The dollar rose to 102.59 yen from 102.42 yen.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The MIT men's swimming team was All-America in five relays and had five individuals earn All-America mentions as they finished fourth as a team at the Division III Swimming and Diving championships.
Wyatt Ubellacker set an MIT record with 7 All-America honors, given to the top eight finishers in each event. The sophomore's best finish was in the 100 butterfly, where he took third overall, setting a new MIT and NEWMAC record in the process with a time of 48.24. Ubellacker also earned All-America in the 50 free with a 5th place finish and the 100 free with an 8th place showing, as well as in four of the relays.
All three freestyle relays set MIT and NEWMAC records while earning All-America honors. The 400 free relay, swam by Ubellacker, Tony Chen, Colby Dunn and Craig Cheney placed second overall in 2:59.65, the best result for an MIT relay and only the second time MIT men's swimming has had a runner up showing. The 200 free relay (Dunn, Cheney, Ubellacker and Brett Boval) took fourth place in 1:21.61 and the 800 free relay took eighth, setting the school and conference mark at 6:42.36.
NEWMAC rookie of the year Colby Dunn made some noise at his first NCAA Championships, setting new school and conference records in the 100 and 200 freestyles. Dunn earned an All-America swim with his 4th place finish in the 100 free and an All-America honorable mention, given to 8th through 16th place with a victory in the consolation heat of the 200 free. With his time, he would have placed third in the championship heat. Dunn also took 13th in the 50 freestyle and was a member of four relay teams.
Craig Cheney, Michael Liao and Toomas Sepp all earned recognition for their performances at Nationals. Sepp, a senior, earned All-America honors with a 5th place finish in the 100 fly and took 15th in the 200 yard event. Cheney finished 16th in the 100 yard freestyle and earned All-America standing in four of the relay teams. Liao took Honorable Mention with a 16th place showing in the 200 yard breaststroke.
The other two relay teams, the 200 and 400 medley relays each took home All-America honors as well. Ryan Terbush, Liao, Dunn and Ubellacker placed eighth in the 200 medley relay and Terbush Liao, Cheney and Ubellacker took fifth in the 400 event.
The Engineers won three swim-offs, needed to break ties in qualifying heats. Sepp earned a spot in the championship of the 100 fly, Ubellacker did the same in the 100 free. Craig Cheney earned his spot in the consolation round of the 100 free with a swim-off victory.
Denison won the men's title, breaking a streak of 31 straight years that Kenyon has lifted the cup. Denison edged the Lords by one point, 500.5 to 499.5.


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Sugar Comes from Arabic (2nd ed)A Beginners Guide to Arabic Letters and WordsBarbara Whitesides
published 2009 9" x 11" • 136 pages • full-color illustrations throughoutISBN 9781566567572 • spiral bound • $20.00 •
"This innovative guide has a twofold purpose: to teach the Arabic alphabet and to provide a window into Arabic culture. The study of a language with an unfamiliar alphabet is daunting, and Arabic is particularly so, since the letters join in artistic combinations that are often referred to (even here) as 'squiggles.' The methods used in this attractive book to simplify learning the letters include putting the Arabic letters in the order of the English alphabet and matching the two, and teaching the actual writing with step-by-step drawings that fade at the end of a letter so that readers can tell when the following letter begins. Color is used effectively with bold red and black letters from both alphabets. Each English letter gets two or more pages with its Arabic equivalent, a writing lesson, and a nugget of historical or geographical information, often accompanied by relevant full-color pictures. The letter 'B,' for example, introduces Beirut, Bedouin, and borax. Vocabulary is included in amusing ways: 'Our English word mummy comes from the Arabic moomya, which in turn came from the Persian word mum for the wax used in embalming.' This book will easily attract children with its satiny pages, large clear block print, bright colors, and enticement to draw... this is a charming, accessible book for all ages. It's informative, fun, and useful."--School Library JournalMore Reviews »
A user-friendly Arabic alphabet-and-culture book for complete beginnersNo other Arabic alphabet book demystifies the letters in such a comfortable way, by introducing them in English alphabetical order of the Roman alphabet and using the spelling of English names and words as a way to learn the Arabic. Look up matching letters, follow the directions, and soon you'll be writing your own name in Arabic!Clear, concise illustrations show how to draw and remember each letter. Color photographs and explorations of individual words reveal important and often unrecognized connections between the West and the Arab world, such as the delicious gift of sugar. Sugar Comes from Arabic is an exciting entry into the language of more than twenty countries and more than 300 million people.Simple stick-figure cartoons show you how to draw and remember each letter. Winning illustrations of words reveal important and too-often-unrecognized connections between our cultures, such as the delicious gift of sugar we received from the Arab world. This book is an irresistible way to raise cultural literacy.
Barbara Whitesides is a Boston editor and a perpetual Arabic student. Like her grandfather James Henry Breasted, the first professor of Egyptology in the United States, she enjoys discovering some of the forgotten and unexpected sources of our own culture.
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"A perfect book to help you learn Arabic, spoken by 300 million people. Clear illustrations show how to draw each letter. All ages." - Skipping Stones
"This book makes the Arabic alphabet much more approachable for the complete beginner, and can generate enthusiasm for expanded study of the language."- Paul Beran, Director, The Outreach Center, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University"Congratulations! (mabruk). Just received a copy of your book. I loved it. Not only have you made learning the Arabic script fun but you have managed to embed this learning within broader cultural contexts (western and Arab) which is quite an accomplishment. Well worth the wait!" Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University"Arabic written script commonly in use by more than 300 million people in more than twenty countries around the world is radically different from that of the scripts descended from the Roman alphabet. But now American and European students wanting to learn to read and write in Arabic have a superbly produced learning tool with Barbara Whitesides' Sugar Comes From Arabic: A Beginner's Guide To Arabic Letters & Words. This deftly composed and presented Arabic alphabet book demystifies the letters by introducing them in an English alphabetical order, and then using the spelling of English names and words as a way of learning Arabic. Students will be able look up matching letters, follow clear directions, and quite quickly become able to write their own name in Arabic. Profusely illustrated throughout, Sugar Comes From Arabic is an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, school, and community library Language Studies reference collections and curriculum supplements." Midwest Book Review
Created as a user-friendly Arabic alphabet-and-culture book for beginners, the author simplifies learning the letters by ordering and then matching them according to the English alphabet. The ample and imaginative use of color also makes this an informative, fun, and useful teaching aid. Islamic Horizons
This engaging introduction to the Arabic alphabet and script was written by the granddaughter of James Henry Breasted, the Egyptologist who helped read the seals on Tutankhamuns tomb. Whitesides teaches the reader how to write the letters of common English and Arabic names in Arabic script. Her method is to reduce an English word down to its consonants, without most vowels, to reverse the sequence of those letters, and then to write them in Arabic script. By books end, readers should be able to write their names in Arabic. While its impossible to learn the sounds of some Arabic letters, such as dad and ayn, without hearing them spoken, one can certainly learn to read and recognize them as written letters, and Whitesidess descriptions of the sounds are easily accessible. Throughout the book, she explores English words whose roots come from Arabic, such as jar, genie, lemon, lute, algebra, gypsum and soap. In demystifying Arabic script, Whitesides also brings Arab culture into focus."Saudi Aramco World
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"Your book is FANTASTIC!!!I am 60 and for my whole life have been stymied by Arabic...mainly because of the alphabet. I have a great interest in Middle East issues and hope to travel there. This year I got a few CD sets for beginning spoken Arabic. But, frankly, not having the foundation of the basic letter forms and sounds has made any progress very difficult. I stopped. Your book, in contrast, is like a key unlocking the entire language.After only a few days of glancing through the pages a few hours each day, I feel confident that the spoken word can follow in due course. Even with no tape/CD to listen to, you have provided great clues on even the most difficult new letter/sounds (e.g. GH, KH). You have demystified so many of the nagging little "unspoken questions" a student might have...like you have a sixth sense about what is in a beginner's mind (e.g. what direction to form the letter shapes, how long or short to make an ending, etc). All in all, the book is fun, easy, and encouraging.I can't thank you enough. When I get to Beirut or Damascus sometime in the future (God willing), I'll think of your book."Geoff Robinson
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With Heritage Hall undergoing a yearlong face-lift, USC Athletic Director Pat Haden and other department officials set up offices last month in a university-owned shopping center across the street from campus.
A tobacco shop sits directly across the walkway, a nail salon and food court across the courtyard.
The situation is clearly temporary.
And that's how Haden, who oversees 21 sports and a program that generates more than $80 million in revenue, views the recent fortunes of USC's high-profile programs.
After opening last football season No. 1, the Trojans stumbled to an embarrassing 7-6 record under embattled Coach Lane Kiffin. Haden last week fired basketball coach Kevin O'Neill midway through his fourth season. And the once-dominant baseball program has been absent from the NCAA tournament for nearly a decade.
Asked to describe the state of USC athletics, Haden says, "The sky is not falling, in spite of what some people read and think and write."


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Shouldn't the article name be Houston? Even if there are more than one Houston, I'd think Houston, Texas would fall into the same category of Paris as the "most well-known". Unless anyone disagrees I'd like to move the article back. -- Wrh2 23:40, 24 Oct 2005 (EDT)
That is a great idea. Houston is massive and the other "Houstons" are quite small in comparison.
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NoDo? Does anybody actually call it that? That's the warehouse district, right? I don't frequent that area too much, but I have never heard that term used by anybody. And I don't think that anybody actually calls the (Asian) Bellaire "New Chinatown." I think Two Rows deserves a mention in the local beers section. How about Shiner, though ? Is that close enough?


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March 05, 2014, 10:16:15 PM »
Will LSAC request transcripts from a junior college I attended over 15 years ago? I mean, it was only for two semesters and I did terribly there so I would much rather keep it from them and just give them the junior college and university I did well at later in my life.
I assume there's no getting around this? Do they automatically get those transcripts or is there a way to "hide" them? I'm NOT trying to be unethical here, I will do whatever they require. If they must see them, then I will send them. Just trying to figure out if I absolutely have to share those.
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March 05, 2014, 11:52:27 PM »
Yes, you need to report all college level coursework - including courses taken in high school. LSAC will average together all courses up through the completion of your first bachelor's degree. There is no ethical way around this. I was in a similar position as you - but the drop wasn't that bad, just about .08 of a point.
If there is a significant difference between your regular GPA and your LSAC GPA, you can write an addendum. You should highlight things like upward grade trends and why X GPA is a better indicator of your potential in law school. This won't make up for a stinky LSAC GPA, but if your are borderline, it may push you over the edge.
Good luck!
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March 06, 2014, 11:47:59 AM »
They want High School transcripts!? But those grades never make the report to the LS do they? I thought the only factor in the GPA was the undergrad. Are you saying they also average in my High School grades? That's insane.
Thanks a bunch for your help.
So, let's just say I forget to turn in an old transcript from a JC 20 years ago. How does LSAC know or find out about that JC. Again, I would NEVER withold information, just curious how they would find out about it.
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March 06, 2014, 01:20:32 PM »
Yes, you must turn in all transcripts from all college level institutions attended even if it was for only one individual class. If you do not, it will likely be viewed as an ethical breach. You could be rejected from law schools or even prohibited from taking the bar exam. DO NOT risk it. Turn in all your transcripts.
I never had any law school ask for my HS transcripts. I think what Miami88 is referring to are college level classes taken in HS.
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Haha! That is a bit unclear. Yes, I meant "all college level coursework, including
college level
coursework taken
(not at) high school."
To answer you question more directly, I don't think law schools are actively doing background checks on each applicant they accept, let alone each applicant that applies. If, for whatever reason, the law school does find out that you withheld/slanted any information - be it purposefully or not - you risk not only getting kicked-out/denied from the law school, but getting black listed from the legal profession entirely. Also note that the undergraduate school you graduated from may have the information from your JC. It may not be explicitly stated on your transcript, but if there is even an illusory reference to it (i.e. a line that says "Transfer Credit GPA: 1.3" - UH OH!!!), law schools/LSAC could quickly find out something is up.
Say you did with hold this information and made it through law school - you sneaky ninja you. Although, as I said, I doubt law schools are conducting these background checks, I am sure the bar will conduct basic background checks on you. They will cross reference all this information with your law school application. Any information that is different/odd will raise red flags. At this point, you will have 3+ years of lost work experience, $100k+ worth of debt, a worthless piece of paper that says JD and your name on it, and will be black listed from working in the legal profession. Sad day.
So, if the ethical perspective isn't enough to deter someone, this practical perspective (hopefully) should. Don't lie on your application. Don't omit information. If anything, you want to over disclose information. And if you seriously have questions, ask the law school(s) you are applying to - they will be able to answer these questions in even better detail than any of us.
Good luck!
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There is a saying in the law when in doubt disclose. They may never find the transcripts and maybe you will get away with it, but you will have to fill out a Moral Character Application to be admitted to a State Bar and a background check will be conducted. The investigator may or may not find these transcripts, but if they do you will be in some deep sh**. Once you are $100,000+ in debt and have spent three years of your life to get a law degree and our under the stress of the bar exam having whether or not background investigator will find this information will result in a lot of unnecessary stress. If it gets found out your three years and $100,000+ may go for nothing and your moral application could be denied.
Simply put disclose explain you did poorly 15 years ago in a Junior College and be on with it.
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The 109 chapters of Books cover McMurtry's love of books from his boyhood to the present day, each chapter being a little snippet of information regarding how he became the bookman he is today. It is almost a stream-of-consciousness format, with some names and references occurring in more than one chapter and some turns of phrase being used so many times that they become McMurtry catch phrases. Some would suggest that McMurtry needed a better editor for the book; I say that it is exactly that kind of thing that makes the book seem so much like an actual conversation with the man.
The biggest surprise to me is that McMurtry seems prouder of, and happier with, his success at creating several great antiquarian bookstores and a huge personal book collection than he is of all of the success and awards coming from the books he himself has written. That tells more about him than anything else in his story – he is primarily a book lover. That he is able to make his living by writing books is, for him, the wonderful bonus that allows him to indulge his first love, acquiring fine books written by others.
Larry McMurtry has strong opinions when it comes to books, bookstores and readers and he shares many of them in this memoir. Here are a few samples of what he had to say:
"But there can be secondary and tertiary reasons for wanting a particular book. One is the pleasure of holding the physical book itself; savoring the type, the binding, the book's feel and heft. All these things can be enjoyed apart from literature, which some, but not all, books contain."I'm happy that I finally managed to have that conversation with Mr. McMurtry, one-sided as it had to be.
"I nowadays have the feeling that not only are most bookmen eccentrics, but even the act they support – reading – is itself an eccentricity now, if a mild one."
"For the twenty years or so in which I reviewed for newspapers regularly, I mainly reviewed fiction, with now and then a biography or two mixed in. If one adds them up, I suspect I reviewed several hundred novels – or at least I reported on them – and the result was that I burned out as a reader of fiction."
"No one claimed book collecting was rational."
"Many bookmen, and some of the best among them, rarely, if ever, read. They acquire and they estimate and they sell; they collate, measure, hype. They read catalogues, they look in bibliographies, they submit quotes. But they don't have time to read."
"I don't like the audiobooks but at least they preserve the human longing for narrative, and for a certain linkage between the author and the reader. A story gets told, and loyalties to authors might also be developed."
"This is not likely to be a popular view, but the cruel fact is that many writers go on writing after it would have been better for them to stop. Of course, it's not human nature to stop when you're winning - or even when you think you're winning, which is more often the case."
When I'm writing I often spin out my daily pages as rapidly as possible, in order to get back to whatever I am reading."
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As far as we know, the other three sites all followed a slightly different process, which involved them officially petitioning the government to return the domains -- at which point the government has 90 days to either begin forfeiture procedures or to hand back the domain. That was in early June. As we know, with Dajaz1, the government had already begun getting a series of totally secret (indeed, we have no idea if they really exist) "extensions" from the court to allow them to hang onto the domain much longer without actually facing them in court over a forfeiture process. With Dajaz1, the government finally gave up and gave the domain back.
But there are still two domains unaccounted for: OnSmash.com and Torrent-Finder.com. Again, the list we posted back in June was an official list from DHS/ICE noting sites who had asked for the return of their domain. Even if we assume that such requests were made on June 13th (and they were all made significantly earlier), those domains either should have been returned or forfeiture proceedings started by mid-September at the latest. But we're in December, and as far as we can tell, no such procedures are under way.
That leaves two options: OnSmash and Torrent-Finder rescinded their demands for the return of their domains... or they're currently in the midst of the same Kafka-esque government-run secret censorship program. And, for all we know, there may be other sites as well.
So it seems like Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department (as well as the folks at ICE) have some explaining to do. Who else are they censoring without due process? How many other sites had speech seized and are being denied their day in court? Just how deep does this program of the federal government censoring online websites go?


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What is it about Chris Christie that so enthralls some in the media? I have to wonder if it is because he screams at his constituents. Mother Jones posted an article with 8 videos of Christie berating and yelling at people, go take a look to see what "straight-talk" is according to his adoring friends in the media.
The Star-Ledger had an opinion piece that makes fun of the people I am now referring to as the "Benghazi stupid." This group of knuckle dragging idiots makes up the leadership of the Republican party these days, along with the reactionary, hateful nihilists that are easily distracted by the word "Benghazi."
Somehow, the right's response to Chris Christie's still-breaking Bridgegate scandal has devolved into this: Why are you writing about New Jersey traffic jams, because Benghazi!
In letters to newspapers and online comments, in phone calls to their favorite conservative radio and TV pundits, conservatives are in a state of collective denial: They refuse to acknowledge there's anything to Gov. Chris Christie and the George Washington Bridge scandal until President Obama and the consular attack in Benghazi get equal time.
What's the difference? Here are three reasons the unrelated Bridgegate and Benghazi stories aren't getting equal time – and shouldn't.
Intent: America's press corps has looked at Benghazi, the IRS scandal and the other Obama-related scandals tossed around last weekend. In each case, the facts dampened the early cries of conspiracy and cover-up. In Benghazi, neither congressional investigators nor the New York Times found evidence to support the idea of a concerted executive branch failure or cover-up. In the IRS fiasco, an investigation found both conservative and liberal political groups were subject to review – and everyone got what they wanted, anyway.
Coverage: It's hard to argue that Benghazi, the IRS scandal or Obamacare's glitchy website weren't covered in full. Each story was subject to intense coverage when it broke – just as Bridgegate is breaking now. To expect coverage of old stories to increase because of an uncomfortable new story is silly.
Just as silly are suggestions that New Jersey media, including The Star-Ledger, are spending too much time covering a breaking story of corruption in the governor's office. Because Benghazi?
Cover-ups: Each scandal resuscitated by the right last week began with cover-up allegations that have faded under the bright lights of media coverage and federal investigation.
Meanwhile, new evidence that Christie's aides tried to cover their tracks is surfacing as thousands of newly released documents and e-mails are made public. None of the evidence suggests the governor was involved at that level, but there are a lot of questions about the GWB lane closures that still haven't been answered.
I watched Chris Christie's marathon press conference the other day and he laid it on pretty thick for his adoring media audience. For those of us who aren't swayed by his tactics, it didn't pass the smell test. And now, with the release of more information about who in his office knew what was going on, it stinks even more.
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From its very beginnings, Nashville grew from a foundation built on music. Music has been the common thread connecting the life and soul of the city and its people. And visitors have ventured here to experience the music that weaves such a fundamental pattern in the city's cultural, business, and social fabric.
Nashville's earliest settlers celebrated in the late 1700s with fiddle tunes and buck dancing after safely disembarking on the shores of the Cumberland River. Nashville's first "celebrity," the noted frontiersman and Congressman Davy Crockett was known far and wide for his colorful stories and fiddle playing.
As the 1800s unfolded, Nashville grew to become a national center for music publishing. The first around-the-world tour by a musical act was by the Fisk Jubilee Singers from Nashville's Fisk University. Their efforts helped fund the school's mission of educating freed slaves after the Civil War – and also put Nashville on the map as a global music center. In fact, upon playing for the Queen of England, the queen stated the Fisk Jubilee Singers must come from the "Music City."
In 1897, a group of Confederate veterans chose Nashville as the site of a massive reunion. The event was held at the former tabernacle that would later become known as the Ryman Auditorium. So many former Confederate soldiers poured into town that a new balcony was built inside the tabernacle to accommodate their great numbers. It was dubbed "The Confederate Gallery," a designation still visible today as the Ryman continues to host an array of musical events.
Before even the Ryman became known as the downtown home of the Grand Ole Opry, it already enjoyed a national reputation. Enrico Caruso, John Philip Sousa, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra gave roof-raising performances there that earned the Ryman the nickname "Carnegie Hall of the South." The Ryman's unrivaled acoustic qualities continue today – it has received Pollstar magazine's prestigious "Theater of the Year" award consecutively for the past five years as the best auditorium in the nation to experience live music.
In 1925, the establishment of radio station WSM and its launch of the broadcast that would be called the Grand Ole Opry further secured Nashville's reputation as a musical center and sparked its durable nickname of "Music City." The Opry, still staged live every week, is America's longest-running radio show. They are celebrating their 90th anniversary in production this year. It ignited the careers of hundreds of country stars and lit the fuse for Nashville to explode into a geographic center for touring and recording. The modern-day empire of Music Row, a collection of recording studios, record labels, entertainment offices, and other music-associated businesses, populates the area around 16th and 17th Avenues South.
Nashville has also long been known as the "Songwriting Capital of the World." Songwriters from all over the world come to Music City to learn the art and share their passion of songwriting. The famous Bluebird Cafe showcases songwriters performing their original music in an intimate "in-the-round" setting that was created in Nashville and allows them to share the stories of inspiration behind their songs. Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), which fosters the art of songwriting and works to protect writers' rights, is headquartered here. The annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival puts these songwriters somewhere they're not use to being, in the spotlight. Over the course of five days, more than 300 songwriters perform at venues around town.
In recent years, cable television has broadcast Music City's stars and music to the world. CMT and GAC have taken country music to a new level of acclaim and recognition. The gospel music series hosted by Nashville's Bobby Jones on Black Entertainment Television is now cable's longest-running program. And recently, the city hit primetime with the ABC show "Nashville," which has brought a new wave of fans to the city and its music.
Over the years, Nashville has also become a hub for pop, rock, bluegrass, Americana, jazz, classical, contemporary Christian, blues, and soul music. Rolling Stone recently gave Nashville the title of "Best Music Scene." Artists like Robert Plant, Kid Rock, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, and Michael Bublé, among many others, have come to Music City to write and record. Names like Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Taylor Swift, Kesha, Michael McDonald, Keb' Mo', Sheryl Crow, Paramore, Hot Chelle Rae, and Jack White have chosen to call Nashville home. The vast number of recording studios, music publishers, record labels, and studio musicians continue to draw in musicians of all genres. In fact, Nashville has the highest concentration of people working in the music industry per capita than anywhere else in the world. These musicians are the city's greatest spokesmen, sharing their love for the city and its music with the world.
Live music can be seen and heard every day and night of the week in Nashville. The world-famous honky tonks, located on Broadway, offer free live music 365 days a year. And with more than 150 music venues around town ranging from large arenas and concert halls to small clubs, featuring nearly every genre of music, it's easy to see why this is the city that "music calls home."
Music festivals and events fill Nashville's calendar throughout the year. From large festivals such as the CMA Music Festival and Bonnaroo to events like the CMA and CMT Awards, Nashville continues to be a place for the biggest names in music to perform.
Nashville proudly proclaims itself to be Music City and is making strategic efforts to continue to foster young musicians and entice musicians of all genres to write, record, and live here. The Music City Music Council was formed to strategically grow and strengthen Nashville's creative community.
There's truly no other place in the world like Nashville. Its connection to music is unequalled, and its reputation as Music City has been consistently proven for over 200 years. Welcome to the city where music is written, recorded, and performed every single day. Welcome to Music City.
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Ok peps this forum is dying....its a sad fact but very true. We're just not generating enough new threads or posts to keep peps coming back on a regular basis - the same posts sit on our pages for months before they get pushed off!!!!
Now am not saying I think this forum should be filled with Junk (the way chit chat seems to b going) but we do need to generate some Action in here!
Now I've noticed that we have some very talented web-designers in this forum and alot of us are working on our own wee sites or projects with a few even doing it professionally which is brilliant. But imagine what we could ecomplish if we pulled together Now I'm not saying ditch your own projects! No way but instead why don't we pull on each others strengths to help improve our own pages!
Create a network of AO member pages with the portal constructed by the members! Kinda like the box.sk pages....all seperate sites in their own right but linked to each other......now am not saying that we should have links to each others pages everywhere like neworder etc but what about a common portal as a stepping point into our pages?? with a lil information about each webmaster....a description of his site etc??
Not only could this help to generate more traffic for each site but we could help each other to improve our sites and it if we used this forum as the base for our discussions it could become ALOT more active
We'll I'll leave the idea with u lot - give it some feed back to we see what everyone else thinks


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Madrid: Spain squandered the chance to clinch a Davis Cup semi-final berth against France or the U.S. when Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 to unfancied Austrian pair Alexander Peya and Oliver Marach on Saturday.
On the second day of the World Group quarter-finals, the U.S. secured a 2-1 lead over France in Monte Carlo and Czech Republic moved ahead by the same score against Serbia in Prague.
Argentina have a 2-1 lead over Croatia in Buenos Aires after David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank delighted the rowdy home support by edging a five-hour thriller against Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic 3-6 7-6, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6 as they bid to make up for the disappointment of losing to Spain in the 2008 and 2011 finals.
"This is a very hard tie, the wind kept bothering and (the match) got complicated," Nalbandian said in a courtside television interview ahead of Sunday`s decisive reverse singles.
"(It was difficult) in these conditions yesterday and today with more humidity, (making the ball) much slower and with lots of wind," added the 30-year-old, who is nicknamed King David by the home fans.
Spain`s rain-interrupted doubles rubber at home to Austria on the clay at Marina d`Or was a world away from Friday`s one-sided singles, when Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer thrashed Juergen Melzer and Andreas Haider-Maurer respectively.
The visitors kept their hopes alive with a gritty doubles performance in front of the partisan Spanish crowd, fighting back from a set down and giving themselves a chance of causing an upset if they can win both of Sunday`s singles.
However, with world number five Ferrer and number 12 Almagro in fine form and playing on their favoured surface, top-ranked Spain should still be too strong for the Austrians.
Missing clay king Rafa Nadal, who has opted out of the competition this year and is nursing a knee injury, Spain are chasing a fourth title in five years and a sixth overall since their first Davis Cup triumph in 2000.
"It`s a shame because we had our chances to force a fifth set," Spain captain Alex Corretja said in an interview with Spanish television after Austria converted their fifth match point to win a thrilling fourth-set tie break 14-12.
"In the end they knew how to cope better with the interruptions and we perhaps were lacking a little in the clarity of our ideas," Corretja added.
"Tomorrow we`ll be here again and, although losing the doubles was a pity, we still have two chances to win the tie."
France, runners-up to Serbia in 2010, could lose at home for the first time since April 2006 after Bob and Mike Bryan, the world number one doubles pair, put the U.S. ahead with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 win over Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra.
The Bryans broke in the opening games of the first two sets and won the third-set tiebreak 7-4 to put the Americans on the verge of a first Davis Cup semi-final since 2008.
"We came in today and played a really solid match, especially on our serve," said Mike Bryan.
"Not being down a break point on serve, especially against a great team on dirt, is a great stat with us," he added. "It wasn`t flashy, we just played our workmanlike doubles today."
Sunday`s first reverse singles will feature Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against John Isner after both won on Friday.
In Prague, there was none of the bad feeling that marred Friday`s five-hour clash between Radek Stepanek and Janko Tipsarevic as the former partnered Tomas Berdych to beat Ilija Bozoljac and Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6.
After Tipsarevic`s win on Friday, Stepanek refused to shake his hand and the Serb had to be restrained by team mates before accusing his opponent of making an obscene finger gesture.
"I did not get much sleep (on Friday night) so I am looking forward now to getting some rest," Stepanek said.
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A new version of the BlackBerry® PlayBook OS is now available to all BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet users – BlackBerry PlayBook OS v188.8.131.5285. This free update can be downloaded over-the-air from your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
The BlackBerry PlayBook OS v220.127.116.1185 contains the following fixes and updates:
- Updated version of Adobe® Flash® Player version 11.1 and Adobe AIR® 3.1
- Daylight savings time updates for time zones in the regions of Latin America, Australia and Central America
- Updated Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi® software to help to improve connectivity
- Fixed issues some users were experiencing with account payments in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront
- Improved synching when restoring applications with BlackBerry Desktop Software
This update also includes a security update for Adobe Flash Player, as noted in Adobe Security Bulletin APSB-11-28, which addresses issues that can potentially affect any PC, tablet, or other device with an operating system that supports Adobe Flash. While there are no known reports of any BlackBerry PlayBook tablet users being affected by these Adobe Flash Player issues, we (as always) encourage all BlackBerry PlayBook tablet users to update to the newest version of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS.
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'A.D.: Beyond The Bible' (working title) from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey is first announced project under NBC's new long-form programming initiative
Award-winning executive producer Mark Burnett ("The Voice," "Celebrity Apprentice") will continue his relationship with the peacock network by bringing "A.D.: Beyond the Bible" (working title) to NBC. Working with his wife, actress Roma Downey, this is Burnett's follow-up project to spring's enormously popular 10-part miniseries "The Bible."
Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment, and Bob Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, made the announcement.
"NBC is thrilled to bring this highly anticipated sequel to Mark and Roma's 'The Bible' to network television," Salke said. "There was huge interest in this project within the television community, and NBC is gratified by Mark's confidence in our ability to partner with him and position this miniseries as true event television."
Greenblatt added: "I followed the development process of 'The Bible' closely with Mark and knew that the story was far from over after Christ's crucifixion. In fact, what happened in the aftermath - which is essentially the beginning of Christianity - is utterly fascinating. The day after 'The Bible' premiered, I told Mark we were on board with no hesitation for the follow-up miniseries. This will be attention-getting in every way, and we're proud to continue our association with Mark, which has just grown exponentially from 'The Voice.'"
"We are thrilled to be working with Bob, Jen and Quinn Taylor to bring the follow-up to our hit cable series 'The Bible' to broadcast television with NBC," Burnett and Downey said. "Our new series, 'A.D.: Beyond the Bible,' is another massive project and a major commitment, but it's a story that has to be told. It's a story that changed the world. We look forward to making this an enormous television event on NBC."
"A.D.: Beyond the Bible" begins in the dark days after Jesus' betrayal and death. A perfect storm brews in the Holy Land, fueled by social injustice, Roman military oppression and religious unrest. High priests and the Herod dynasty vie for power. Zealot revolutionaries turn to violence to regain what they believe is their promised land. And in the face of terrible odds and brutal persecution, the small band of Jesus' disciples stand against the combined might of Rome and their own local authorities. In a generation of rebellion, war, famine, and carnage, who can they trust? Who should they fear? Will tomorrow bring a violent death? For many, it does ... but others survive and, as the storm around them breaks, the fate of Israel, of Rome and of their faith is decided.
"The Bible," which was produced by Burnett and Downey's LightWorkers Media and starred Downey as Mary, the mother of Jesus, was the No. 1 new cable series of 2013 and dominated both ratings and media attention this spring. In its first week of home video release, "The Bible" was the top-selling miniseries of all time and the No. 1 television series on DVD and Blu-Ray in the past five years. It has just surpassed 1 million units sold in the past three months.


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On Friday August 1, 2008, at 11:23 a.m., your Democrat majority in the House of
Representatives adjourned the House for five full weeks.
House Republicans believe that Congress should not go on vacation until we take
action to lower gas and energy prices for struggling American families.
For the last two months we and our House Republican colleagues have used every
tool at our disposal to try and get you and your Democrat majority to vote on legislation to
lower gas and energy prices by expanding environmentally sound domestic production of
oil and natural gas, improving energy efficiency, and encouraging the development of
alternative energy technologies.
Many of the proposals we have asked you and your Democrat majority to allow us
to vote on are bipartisan proposals that we believe would enjoy the support of a majority
of the Members of the Congress. Yet because you and your Democrat Leadership
personally oppose these proposals, you are not allowing them to come up for a vote. This
past Sunday, you even told George Stephanopoulos that you will never allow this vote to
occur (see transcript on the reverse).
In protest of you and your Democrat majority not allowing an up or down vote on
producing more American energy, we and our House Republican colleagues were
prepared to take to the floor on Friday, August 1, 2008, and speak to the nation. Rather
than allowing that to happen you and your Democrat majority adjourned the House, turned
off the television cameras, shut off the microphones and turned out the lights. Nearly 50
House Republicans remained on the floor of the House in defiance speaking to those
citizens gathered in the galleries and to the media.
Today we have again returned to the Capitol to continue speaking to the thousands
of Americans from all across our country who are visiting the Capitol. We would have
preferred if instead we were joined by our colleagues to have a true debate on this issue
that ended in an up or down vote.
We think it is unconscionable that Congress has gone on vacation before we have
addressed the high gas prices that are crippling our economy and hurting millions of
families. We are asking that you reconvene the House from your five-week vacation and
schedule a vote on legislation to increase American energy production. Let us be clear, we
are not asking for a guaranteed outcome, just the chance to vote.
Signed by: John Boehner, Republican Leader; Roy Blunt, Republican Whip; Adam
Putnam, Republican Conference Chairman; Eric Cantor, Chief Deputy Whip; and
Members of the House Republican Conference
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
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Nov. 15, 2007
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Playing without injured senior guard Alex Harris, UC Santa Barbara needed someone to step-up in Thursday night's game against Cal Poly Pomona and sophomore guard James Powell answered the call, scoring a career-high 24 points as the Gauchos cruised to a 75-56 home win over the Broncos.
Powell struggled with his shooting as UCSB (3-1) opened the season last weekend with two wins in three games at the Basketball Travelers Classic in Palo Alto, Calif. On Thursday against NCAA Division II Cal Poly Pomona (0-1), he missed his first shot, a three-point attempt, and then made four of his next six, including three of four from three-point range, as the Gauchos compiled a 39-22 halftime lead. The Pomona native remained hot in the second half and finished 8-of-13 overall and 4-of-7 from beyond the three-point arc. He also made all four of his free throw attempts for his 24 points.
"I was comfortable to be back home playing," Powell said. "Even at shootaround this afternoon, the guys were just looser and more at ease. It was definitely nice to play on our own floor. I felt good early. I'm used to facing real strong ball pressure in practice every day, so when I wasn't seeing it tonight I kind of got going early."
After the Broncos scored the first two points of the game on a jumper by Larry Gordon, Powell made the first of his four three-point baskets and the Gauchos never trailed again. Leading 28-19, UCSB finished the half on an 11-3 run to take a 39-22 edge at the break. The lead never fell below 13 in the second half and expanded to 22 at one point, 66-44 with 6:11 to play.
Santa Barbara played the game without Harris, who is averaging 23.0 points per game. The senior injured the thumb on his left hand in practice on Wednesday and is listed as day-to-day.
Senior forward Ivan Elliott gave the Gauchos a scare midway through the first half when he left the game in pain, holding his right hand. He went to the locker room, got his hand taped and returned to play nine minutes in the second half.
Another senior forward, Nedim Pajevic, had his best overall game as a Gaucho. The transfer from Weber State made both of his field goal attempts, including a three-point basket, and six of his free throws, to finish with 11 points. He also had game-highs of eight rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots.
"Ned really had a good feel tonight," commented UCSB head coach Bob Williams. "He had a nice stroke from the field and the line, rebounded hard and passed the ball exceptionally well. There was never any question about his ability to pass the ball. Ned has such a good feel and touch when he passes and that showed tonight.
Junior forward Chris Devine added 13 points, four rebounds and three steals for the Gauchos. Sophomore guard Justin Joyner had five rebounds and four assists.
Cal Poly Pomona was led by forward Larry Gordon who made 6-of-11 field goal attempts and all nine of his free throw attempts for 22 points. Austin Swift finished with 11 points and Isaac Waters added 10.
Overall, UCSB shot 52.4%, including 50.0% (11-of-22) from three-point territory. The Gauchos were also outstanding from the free throw line at 87.0%, 20-of-23.
Santa Barbara returns to action on Tuesday, Nov. 20, when it hosts the University of San Francisco in a 7:00 p.m. game at the Thunderdome.


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Christmas came a couple of weeks early to the skid row apartment of a soulful gent who goes by the name of Nathaniel Anthony Ayers.
Nathaniel got an L.A. Philharmonic T-shirt from Peter Snyder, a cellist in the orchestra, followed by a vigorous lesson focused on rhythm and pitch. He also got a package of clothes, toiletries and family photos from his sister, Jennifer, in Atlanta. Nathaniel dipped into the box and pulled out a Jazz Age black-and-white photo of a striking woman of about 40.
"That's my mother," he said with quiet reverence. The resemblance between Nathaniel and his late mother was uncanny.
The next gift was from Adam Crane, publicist for the L.A. Philharmonic. Nathaniel opened a Styrofoam box and gasped.
"Oh, my God!" he exclaimed.
It was a bust of Beethoven, and Nathaniel was stunned as always by the visage of a man who to him is very much alive.
Nathaniel still lives on the street, camping out in the 2nd Street tunnel these days. But this apartment is being held for him because his case managers at Lamp, a skid row agency for the homeless mentally ill, think that after a year of steady progress, he's close to taking the next step and coming indoors.
We all thought it might help if his room had a few personal touches, mindful of his argument that he has to be on the streets with his muse, the Beethoven statue in Pershing Square.
"Beethoven can watch over you in here now," Snyder told him.
We set up the photos and the Beethoven bust on the dresser, and they formed an appreciative audience for Nathaniel's lesson, in which he swung comfortably from Bach to Schubert to Beethoven.
"Jesus," Snyder whispered at one point, "the man feels every note."
Under different circumstances, Snyder said, Nathaniel might have been one of the world's great cellists. As it is, moments of brilliance are followed by rough spots as fractured and fragmented as his thinking.
"Nate," Snyder implored him, "you must keep your dreams."
No worry there. In fact, during a two-hour lesson, Nathaniel asked Snyder and me when we could arrange a recital. He wants to make a recording with an accompanist. It's definitely possible, Snyder told him, but he's got a lot of practicing to do between now and then.
Nathaniel said he had worked overtime on Schubert's "Arpeggione" and Pablo Casals' "Song of the Birds" since his last lesson.
"There was no way I was going to ignore that assignment, because I want to record," he told Snyder.
I'd like so much to see Nathaniel off the streets and staying in a safe place, I sometimes have to remind myself how far he's come toward a better life this year. After years of just drifting musically, playing a wrecked violin on city streets, he now has a cello and a couple of much better violins. With treatment, who knows what he could be capable of?
Thanks to Snyder and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he has not only gotten to hear great music, he is again studying and practicing with purpose. And for a man to whom music is more important than anything else, this is a huge step.
And then there's his life on the street. After a rocky start at Lamp, when he insisted the agency had little to offer him, going to Lamp is now part of Nathaniel's daily routine, which means he's seen regularly by people who want to help him and know how to do it.
"He's usually the first one there every morning," said Stuart Robinson, his case manager and a soft-spoken man with the patience of a saint.
Robinson said Nathaniel is in the midst of a transition that's never easy for people who have been on the streets so long with mental illness. Robinson believes Nathaniel is trying to figure out whom he can trust, and he's carefully weighing the bargain involved in a world of rules and social contracts.
As Nathaniel keeps insisting — with more than a bit of logic — he can do as he pleases in the tunnels, and it's noisy enough that nobody gives him a hard time about his hours-long practice sessions on cello and violin.
And yet when Snyder and I arrived at the apartment the other day, what was Nathaniel doing?
He was taping things on the wall, making it more homey. He'd put up a news clipping about the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" along with a map of the United States. On the windowsill, he'd put a laminated ad for Baby Magic lotion because he thinks there's actually magic in the baby's eyes, and he was putting up a photo of Neil Diamond, claiming he thinks it's a photo of me.
While Nathaniel sawed away on cello with Snyder watching closely, I read the card sent by his sister, Jennifer.
"Our mother would be so proud of all the attention you are getting because of your talent," it began. "I know Momma is smiling from heaven because she is so happy to know you have a place to lay your head."
Someone had sent Nathaniel a yearbook from Juilliard, where he was studying more than 30 years ago when his illness struck. But the book was still sealed in plastic wrap.
"I don't want to open it," Nathaniel said. "I want to imagine what it would be like to be back at my school."
Mark Ragins, a psychiatrist at the Village in Long Beach, is one of the first people I talked to for guidance after meeting Nathaniel early this year. I checked back with him last week and he said Nathaniel's progress is impressive, but he's probably got one more big hurdle to jump before agreeing to come in off the streets.
When you're at rock bottom as Nathaniel was, Ragins said — with no friends and a beat-up violin that was missing two strings — you come to appreciate the freedom of having nothing to lose.
"Once you've got something to lose," Ragins said, "it can be scary."
So scary that you try to sabotage the possibility of a better life. In a previous trip to the apartment, Nathaniel told me there was no point in getting too comfortable there, because smokers would get on his nerves, drug dealers would steal his things and incur his wrath, and he'd surely be evicted in time.
And yet here he was, looking very much like a man in his domain, playing the music he loves and glancing every now and then at his mother and Beethoven as if to make sure they were still there.
It was a scene far removed from the one in which I first glimpsed him early this year. He was just another anonymous street bum then, left to fend for himself in a society that discards the mentally ill without shame.
Nathaniel has taught me a great deal this year about the power of art, the mysteries of the mind and the instinct for survival.
I've seen him awaken on cold pavement and lean into the day with dignity, walking Los Angeles in the company of demons and dreams.
When the lesson was done, I put a hand on his shoulder, thanked him for his friendship and wished him a Merry Christmas.


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2) If Catholic means Universal why didn't the Eastern Side take that name to their Church?
...you can imagine so-called healing services of the pigpen. The books that could be written, you know: Life in the Pigpen. How to Cope in the Pigpen. Being Happy in the Pigpen. Surviving in the Pigpen. And then there could be counselling, for people who feel unhappy in the pigpen, to try to get them to come to terms with the pigpen, and to accept the pigpen.
Quote from: jesusisthekey on February 09, 2013, 12:43:53 PM2) If Catholic means Universal why didn't the Eastern Side take that name to their Church? Our Church is called the Orthodox Catholic Church.Catholic doesn't mean universal, either.You need to slow down and relax with all this spiritual hopping, bro. Join the track team.
My post does jump around a lot and I will simply ask this question:1) Who is your favorite saint and why? I ask this because I will study the works of your saint and this will help me.
Quote from: NicholasMyra on February 09, 2013, 01:25:27 PMQuote from: jesusisthekey on February 09, 2013, 12:43:53 PM2) If Catholic means Universal why didn't the Eastern Side take that name to their Church? Our Church is called the Orthodox Catholic Church.Catholic doesn't mean universal, either.You need to slow down and relax with all this spiritual hopping, bro. Join the track team.I guess I was wrong. Thanks for the corrections and advice!
Well when I was younger, much younger, I was taken to vacation bible school in a nice Lutheran Church. I believe my interests in Christianity were placed within me during this time--but during my middle-school years I believe I became more interested in history and philosophy. Well the summer going into 9th Grade (i.e. going into high school) I became deeply interested in Christianity, I even considered becoming Mormon, now I don't even remember what the real reason I considered joining. But I became interested in religion, and had a really weird spiritual breakdown (delusional thoughts of "visions" and all that nonsense) between December of that year and January of the following, but in January I realized the errors of the Mormon faith and was a Protestant. But when I became Protestant during that time I was more of, "I know God exits, and Christianity is likely true, I need to know which Church to join" but I was confused, deeply. So after about 2 months, I disbelieved in Christ and became what I call "a thinking deist" where I think anyone reasonable would believe that God does exist, but disbelieves in any afterlife what-so-ever. I was this till about May when I became a Christian again, my father went to a convention and brought back religious books. So this was right around the time that school year had ended, I had pretty much 3 months of summer to have fun and do stuff. Well I had a period of time in June of thinking of becoming a Muslim, I heard Islam's claims to be the "truth", but I after awhile thought their claims were invalid and false presumptions due to them not studying history.So going into July I had really looked into the Christian faith and believed Roman Catholicism was the truth, I agreed with them using what I considered "logical" ideas. I never went to a Catholic Service for the record. But a short time afterwards I became full-on Protestant, and by the time August came around I was a fundamentalist, but then I fell around various other views of new-age-Protestantism. I fell away from the Protestant faith last November and became a Christian Deist (I thought the Christian Faith had been distorted from Jesus original teachings). So January comes around I start to think I never gave Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism a full chance, so I studied and originally leaned towards Eastern Orthodoxy but I learned about what happened at Fatima and the prophecies which were fulfilled and then sort of looked the early Church Fathers and saw that they mentioned the "Catholic Church" and I thought with mentioned things which Catholics believed and then I was sort of like "well they believe most of what the Catholics believe, why isn't this the truth then?". I got a book from the Library last week and it was essentially a Roman Catholic defense of their view on Mary, and I was convinced that they may have a point, but the father I got into the book the more I saw the book hint at the idea that some of their core views on Mary were first believed after the first few centuries. In the book it mentions briefly the view of Mary in Orthodoxy and I agree with the Orthodoxies view. I hear that non-Roman Catholics say that Rome liberalized itself in the Second Vatican Council, it had to bring itself into modern times to escape judgements from non-Catholics about them being "old fashioned". I love old-fashioned, it means it follows the truth. But I now see how non-Catholics make the Second Vatican Council did in a way, liberalize the Church. But why I am at a crossroads is that the Roman Catholic Church claims all these prophetic messages appear to Catholics, and not other sects, and a lot of the time, the prophesies they see become real. I also cannot accept what the majority of Roman Catholics accept as true about eschatology, I see myself as a futurist (or it will happen soon, and that events described during the end times has not fully happened yet). So I have two questions...
1) Why do Catholics receive the prophecies that mostly come true, and why don't Eastern Orthodox Christians get them? If the Eastern Orthodox does, why isn't it on a scale such as Fatima?
2) If Catholic means Universal why didn't the Eastern Side take that name to their Church? Because the early Church Fathers wrote of the Catholic Church being the Church.
it is very easy to be confused with so many religions around!i would suggest you start by reading some books of the Bible, as the protestants, catholics and orthodox all agree that it is inspired by God.did you read any of this yet?if you have not, start with the book of matthew.i suggest you read matthew, mark, luke and john before reading too much of what someone says about them.then if you read orthodox or catholic commentaries about them, that is good (they are nearly the same).most of us here are orthodox, so we think our commentaries are closer to the truth.i recommend the 'orthodox study Bible'. it is published by EO church, but is accepted as well by lots of people in the OO church.the orthodox study Bible is quite expensive so i am putting a free link below about Bible study:http://evangelismcopticorthodox.org/images/HOLY_BIBLE.pdfthis is a group i am studying with (online) so i can personally recommend them.i have met someone who knows the monk who wrote this article, and it looks like a good summary / introduction of the Bible. it is from the coptic orthodox church (OO).don't worry about the differences between eastern orthodox (EO) and oriental orthodox (OO) at this stage.it will just increase your confusion, and we are in the process of resolving our differences anyway.what do your parent(s) believe? do you go to church?may God guide you (He guides all who seek Him) and show you His love and peace.
What does one of the revelations of Fatima, "Consecrate Russia to My Sacred Heart," mean? I read that Pope John Paul I had intended to do this. What is it? How would he do that; how would he "Consecrate Russia to My Sacred Heart?" (I don't understand the Roman Catholic devotion to the "Sacred Heart," either.)
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What do you talk about when you're driving your son to prison?
Picture yourself on that highway, cutting through cornfields under blue Iowa skies, your son next to you in the quiet car, your boy about to begin a 5-year sentence for defending himself with one punch against a raging drunk who attacked him first.What does a father say to the son he knows is innocent? What does a son hear from his dad as he looks out the window?
"There's too much to say," said Bob Mette, father of former Chicago Police Officer Michael Mette, a victim of Iowa. "Mike had his mind set right about where he was going. We talked about the Bears and how terrible they played on Sunday."
You talked about the Bears?
"Yeah, the Bears. And we talked about a lot of things," said Bob Mette. "He was upbeat. His mind was right, focused. We talked about a lot of things. Things you'd talk about with your son."
We left it at that. As a father of two boys, I can only imagine, in some nightmare, about that drive to Iowa. As I heard Bob's voice over the phone on Wednesday afternoon, I thought about the silences in that car of his on Monday morning.
And I thought of all the noise to come over George Ryan, the corrupt and convicted governor who learned Wednesday that he would finally be serving his own prison sentence next week.
You'll hear the caterwauling by his champions and the whining of Ryan's steakhouse pals. And the loud know-it-all whispers that Ryan's buddy, former Gov. Big Jim Thompson, might prevail on President Bush to pardon Ryan, a move that would certainly kill off whatever is left of a wounded Republican Party in Illinois.
Ryan sold his office and got 6 1/2 years and a $20 million free legal defense and all the clout Big Jim could bring. Mike Mette got 5 years for throwing one punch.
I asked his father about the Ryan public relations spin and the anti-death penalty advocates nominating Ryan for a Nobel Prize. All that noise for Ryan, all that silence for Mike.
"Mike's not a politician," said Bob. "Politicians do what politicians do. We all know that, we're from Chicago. But Mike shouldn't be in prison for defending himself."
Yet that's where Mike sits, being processed by the Iowa prison bureaucracy, for the crime of self-defense in Dubuque. Mike had been drinking, his friends had been drinking, and the guys they got into a fight with had been drinking. Mike tried to avoid the fight, one of the drunks of the other party chased him down on the street, cursing, pushing, putting his hands on Mike. He punched the man once and the man went down, striking his head on the concrete.
The victim, with a blood-alcohol level measured at 0.27 and higher, was out of the hospital in four days. But some media reports insist the victim's life was threatened, that he suffered cracked vertebrae. Yes, X-rays show the victim had cracked vertebrae. But not from any fight with Mette. The back injury -- initially thought to be related to the Mette incident -- occurred years before, according to testimony.
That doesn't seem to matter to the spinners, who say I'm not giving you whole story, and the spinning continues, by the prosecutors in Dubuque, and by some in Illinois who hate cops for being cops and so lump Mike in with the rotten ones under investigation in the Chicago Police Department.
The damage had been done. The spinners were successful. The media, by and large, were silent about Mike Mette. There was a piece on WLS-TV, and one paragraph in the Tribune, and my column on Sunday, and Bob Mette watched horrified as his son was virtually ignored or painted with that broad brush being applied to corrupt and violent cops.
"Why didn't Mike become some media cause? Because he got lumped in with all the other stuff about the CPD," said Bob Mette, who joined the Chicago Police Department in 1966, retired as a detective and is now an investigator for the Cook County state's attorney.
There was that other officer who beat a female bartender in a tavern, the video of the beating a YouTube sensation. And another police fight in another tavern. And a conviction of an Outfit-connected Chicago cop.
Most recently, there have been reports of a federal investigation into the highly political unit called Special Operations Section, with allegations of robbery and murder-for-hire, and now the investigation moves upward, toward the highly political police brass.
Mike had nothing to do with any of it. What happened in Iowa occurred long before any of those other incidents came to light. Yet he's been unjustly mixed in that vile public relations stew, spiced with proper public horror toward allegations of police torture by former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge.
"It's a bad time to be a Chicago cop. And Mike got lumped in with all that other negative stuff about cops, and some people turned away," Bob said. "It hurts."
I didn't have to ask anymore about that long ride to Iowa with father and son. I could hear it, all of it that mattered, in what Bob Mette didn't say.


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This will be a quick tutorial. I wish to explain why Windows 2000 and XP machine reboot alone. Whenever you ask a tech why your machine reboots by itself, most tech will automatically think of a hardware problem. Under Windows 95/98, it's true. Under Windows NT, 2000 and XP, it's false. Those OS come with an option that most people forget. If you go under System Properties in Control Panel, under the Advanced Section, under Start and Recovery Setting, you have an option that is turn on by default on Windows 2000 and XP name "Automatically Restart".This option enable to OS to reboot by itself whenever a Blue Screen of Death happen. This lead to a lot of tech to blame hardware for a problem that under Windows!! If the option "Write an event to the system Log" is on, by default it's on, Windows will log the event. After the reboot, you can check the event under the Source "Save Dump". A Blue Screen of Death will a lot created a memory dump. Check this thread to know more about memory dump.
In the event viewer, you'll see the error code for your Blue Screen of Death. Most of the time, Windows 2000 and XP will crash because of bad memory or bad drivers. My recommendation is to turn off the option "Automatically Restart" option on all machines you run to save you a lot of trouble later unless you have a very good memory to remember this tutorial.


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April 11, 2009
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The No. 16 UC Santa Barbara women's water polo team (13-10, 0-4) fell to No. 10 UC Irvine (18-8, 3-0), 11-10, in overtime on Saturday afternoon in Big West Conference play at Anteater Aquatics Complex.
UC Irvine took a 6-2 lead with 1:50 left in the second quarter on a goal from Caitlin Haskell, but the Gauchos fought back and cut the Anteater advantage to 6-4 at the half with two six-on-five goals.
The Anteaters outscored the Gauchos 3-2 in the third to push their lead to 9-6 heading into the final quarter. UCSB held UC Irvine scoreless in the fourth and tied the game at 9-9 with 3:24 left in the period. Neither team was able to break the tie, sending the game into overtime.
In the first overtime period, each team scored a goal, keeping the game tied at 10-10. With 2:19 remaining in the second overtime period, UC Irvine's Erin Kiene capitalized on a six-on-five opportunity to give the Anteaters an 11-10 lead. The Gauchos were held scoreless in the final two minutes as UCI secured the victory.
Sophomore Cailee Kilroy led the Gauchos with a career-high four goals in the loss while sophomore goalkeeper Chelsea Carrillo had a career-best 12 saves.
The Gauchos will conclude the regular season next weekend when they head to Loyola Marymount on Friday and then play Long Beach State and Sonoma State on Saturday in Long Beach.
Earlier this year UCSB Athletics unveiled the BE Great initiative. BE Great is dedicated to maximizing leadership ability, strong on-campus interaction, and general welfare for all 450 student-athletes and Intercollegiate Athletics staff at UC Santa Barbara. BE Great also focuses on personal and career development, diversity, and social awareness, along with ensuring academic success. UCSB has a 92% student-athlete graduation rate.
#10 UC Irvine 11, #16 UC Santa Barbara
1 2 3 4 OT1 OT 2 Final UCSB 1 3 2 3 1 0 10 UCI 3 3 3 0 1 1 11
UCSB Goals: Cailee Kilroy 4, Gillian Morgan 2, Katie Kepner 1, Amanda Tipton 1, Claire Buchanan 1, Lizzie Rouleau 1.
UCSB Saves: Chelsea Carrillo 12.
UCI Goals: Gianna Rossi 3, Julia Fancher 2, Courtney Collyer 2, Erin Keine 1, Ashling Taylor 1, Caitlin Haskell 1, Kat Plummer 1.
UCI Saves: Lauren Davis 11.
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