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shepherd prevailed.pherd became a millionaire the business and began a scholarship program for needy children. married to his academy sweetheart betty. shepherd said he never lost the excitement he felt that morning in 1961 sustained by that gutsy and gorgeous adventure of standing on the moon, looking at the earth and thinking of people struggling there. >> what a shame it is to let them stand on the moon and look back. so they can say we have to take care of this place after all. >> reporter: allen shepherd fought for years with leukemia and died last night in his sleep. >>> when we come back on a second look, it was a simple dance but it became a nationwide sensation. bob mackenzie remembers the twist. ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends, so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! [ gasps ] honey, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can pu
shepherd prevailed.pherd became a millionaire the business and began a scholarship program for needy children. married to his academy sweetheart betty. shepherd said he never lost the excitement he felt that morning in 1961 sustained by that gutsy and gorgeous adventure of standing on the moon, looking at the earth and thinking of people struggling there. >> what a shame it is to let them stand on the moon and look back. so they can say we have to take care of this place after all....
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good shepherd housing was the answer. >> i just do it all. >> reporter: but 37 years they have reducedelessness, increased community support, and promoted self-sufficiency. >> they assisted me in moving to this apartment which i truly love. i've taken care of and it's also given me a foundation that i can start to experience life as a prosperity versus looking at what a loss was. >> we hope equip people with -- help equip people with the skill asks with anything that is going -- skills and with anything that's going to help them stabilize their current situation. and then learn how to continue that into the future. and so that they don't need good shepherd housing forever and always. >> reporter: not only does clark have a home, he has a new business. he makes organic spray body cleansers. they are called god's gift. a name that could easily describe good shepherd housing. >> just the fact of knowing that i have a stable environment that's really what's helping me today and thanks to good shepherd housing that stable environment is truly something that i really look forward to each and
good shepherd housing was the answer. >> i just do it all. >> reporter: but 37 years they have reducedelessness, increased community support, and promoted self-sufficiency. >> they assisted me in moving to this apartment which i truly love. i've taken care of and it's also given me a foundation that i can start to experience life as a prosperity versus looking at what a loss was. >> we hope equip people with -- help equip people with the skill asks with anything that is...
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his shepherd, the wild bull, lives no more. dimusi, the wild bull, lives no more. i ask the hills and valleys where is my husband. i say to him, i can no longer bring him food. i can no longer serve him drink. the jackel lies in his bed. you ask me about his reed pipe. the wind must play it for him. you ask me about his sweet songs. the wind must sing them for him. satur, the mother of dimusi, weeps for his song. once my boy wandered so freelly on the steppe, now he is captured. once dimusi wandered so freely on the steppe, now he is bound. the ewe gives up her lamb, the goat gives up her kid. my heart plays the reed pipe of mourning. in a place where he once said my mother will ask for me, now he cannot move his hands, now he cannot move his feet. i would see my child. the mother walked to the desolate place. she looked at the slain wild bull. she looked into its face. she said, my child, the face is yours. the spirit has fled. there is mourning in the house. there is grief in the inner chambers. the sister wandered about the city, weeping for her brother. gestana
his shepherd, the wild bull, lives no more. dimusi, the wild bull, lives no more. i ask the hills and valleys where is my husband. i say to him, i can no longer bring him food. i can no longer serve him drink. the jackel lies in his bed. you ask me about his reed pipe. the wind must play it for him. you ask me about his sweet songs. the wind must sing them for him. satur, the mother of dimusi, weeps for his song. once my boy wandered so freelly on the steppe, now he is captured. once dimusi...
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. >> and a german shepherd saves the day. >> he's telling you something wrong is happening in my house. >> it makes a person wonder what their pets are really made of. >> when "caught on camera: dash cam diaries" continues. by the l who brought you the perfect pushup, the perfect situp re-invents the situp by combining the upper ab crunch with the lower ab leg lift. then the perfect situp adds an audible coach. you'll hear a click when you've done the exercise correctly. you hear it and you'll feel it. it's this one-two punch that gets you better faster results. traditional situps and crunches are hard to do, and only effectively work half your abs -- the upper half. but the perfect situp targets and tones the upper abs and the lower abs. the secret is the combination of perfect position and resistance. with the addition of the patent pending perfect situp leg blades you'll activate all your abs. the inner obliques, the outer obliques, the upper abs, and the hard to reach deep lower abs. in fact, a university study shows the perfect situp double crunch delivers a significantly more eff
. >> and a german shepherd saves the day. >> he's telling you something wrong is happening in my house. >> it makes a person wonder what their pets are really made of. >> when "caught on camera: dash cam diaries" continues. by the l who brought you the perfect pushup, the perfect situp re-invents the situp by combining the upper ab crunch with the lower ab leg lift. then the perfect situp adds an audible coach. you'll hear a click when you've done the exercise...
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. >> and a german shepherd saves the day. >> he's telling you something wrong is happening in my house. >> it makes a person wonder what their pets are really made of. >> when "caught on camera: dash cam diaries continues." ♪ when your chain of supply ♪ goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there ♪ ♪ track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that ♪ hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ that stays even after i treat... [ male announcer ] truth is, most sinus formulas don't treat a cough. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus sinus liquid gels fights sinus symptoms plus cough. you're good. [ male announcer ] thanks. that's the cold truth! woohoo! whoa. haircolor is a chore no more! you gotta come see what's new. c'mon! tadaaa! welcome to haircolor heaven. aa-ah-ahhh! courtesy of new nice 'n easy colorblend foam. permanent, dimensional color, now in a delightful foam! just three shakes, foam it, love it! simply saturate hair root to tip, front
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role.le is the shepherds the shepherd is the one who opens the gate and allows the flock to go through. whoever opens the gate has to close it. at the gate has not yet closed. -- the date has not yet closed -- the gate has not yet closed. tavis: a that: alyric, make me a song about that. -- that sounds like a lyric. make me a song about that. >> i considered it to be part of atlantis, the south continent, but that is my thing. i write songs on a universal basis, not just to make end jamaican songs. tavis: whenever you want to call it, too might year -- i may get in trouble for this, but maybe more than any other music form, certainly as much as any other, you guys are always saying something. oftentimes, i don't want to call them protest songs, but wrestling with the human condition. you would agree with that? >> absolutely. tavis: what is it about jamaican music, reggae, whenever you want to college, no matter how profound it is, if you listen to the words, you are learning something about the human condition? >> i think it is part of our environment, when you check the history of jam
role.le is the shepherds the shepherd is the one who opens the gate and allows the flock to go through. whoever opens the gate has to close it. at the gate has not yet closed. -- the date has not yet closed -- the gate has not yet closed. tavis: a that: alyric, make me a song about that. -- that sounds like a lyric. make me a song about that. >> i considered it to be part of atlantis, the south continent, but that is my thing. i write songs on a universal basis, not just to make end...
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>> four families were ruled out, shepherd.they were told that their loved ones were not among the seven unidentified bodies. >> shep: that's it? okay. mike tobin. how do i know when you're through? mike tobin in chicago. thank you. the suspect in the case of the florida mom who disappeared after appearing on the program "the people's court" today hired a high profile defense attorney. you'll recall michelle parker's parents say she disappeared the same day an episode aired. they were arguing over the engagement ring. michelle's mother says the ex fiance is not cooperating with police, but the fiance's attorney, who is served as a legal counsel to casey anthony and tiger woods says there is no evidence to suggest his client did anything. >> there is no marks, no defensive wounds, no scrapes, no blood, nothing suggesting a struggle or a death. >> shep: and tonight the orlando sentinel newspaper reports the florida department of children and families removed the couple's three-year-old twins from their father's home. a man who he
>> four families were ruled out, shepherd.they were told that their loved ones were not among the seven unidentified bodies. >> shep: that's it? okay. mike tobin. how do i know when you're through? mike tobin in chicago. thank you. the suspect in the case of the florida mom who disappeared after appearing on the program "the people's court" today hired a high profile defense attorney. you'll recall michelle parker's parents say she disappeared the same day an episode...
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then they divided the commons into parcels and now each shepherd owned one. each had an incentive to limit the number of sheep that grazed on his grass. prosperity happened. and everyone lived happily ever after. not quite that simple usually but we should think about this today on thanksgiving. this week, school children were taught it is a day of sharing. the pilgrims and the indians shared the fruits of the harvest. but that misses the point. i assume most of their teachers don't even know that thanks to sharing the pilgrims almost starved. george mason university economist russ roberts knows the real thanksgiving story. russ, what is the real story? >> there is an important lesson we learned from the pilgrims which is when they first came to the country they thought it would be nice to share. they had a big area that they farmed. >> john: the corporation ordered them to share. >> work on this together and divvy it up equally. the first winter was is pretty harsh and it was cold and a lot o of them got sick. they were in a new place but they also didn't gr
then they divided the commons into parcels and now each shepherd owned one. each had an incentive to limit the number of sheep that grazed on his grass. prosperity happened. and everyone lived happily ever after. not quite that simple usually but we should think about this today on thanksgiving. this week, school children were taught it is a day of sharing. the pilgrims and the indians shared the fruits of the harvest. but that misses the point. i assume most of their teachers don't even know...
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shepherds used to bring camels close to their camps for the night this was so they didn't have to search for them the following morning. cow mixon trusted the job to boys and young men horses are scared of camels if a man bridled his horse in front of a herd of camels he would rest assured that his steed would not let him down and battle it has been a long time since comics last went to war but the tradition of boys being sent to herd camels into enclosures lives on. an old cow mick proverb sais that to where is the nomads best friend. the cow mick settled down a long time ago but in every village here a craftsman specializing in a whip making can still be found door geed nanda show of learned the handicraft of his father he teaches the art of whip grading at the local school in his spare time he works at his courtyard workshop in line with an old cow make custom he hardly ever takes off his cap and then our form of the traditional cowboy is an important part of comic attire. my mother urged me to keep my cabin by my side even when i went to bed in fourteen thirty seven governor to go on
shepherds used to bring camels close to their camps for the night this was so they didn't have to search for them the following morning. cow mixon trusted the job to boys and young men horses are scared of camels if a man bridled his horse in front of a herd of camels he would rest assured that his steed would not let him down and battle it has been a long time since comics last went to war but the tradition of boys being sent to herd camels into enclosures lives on. an old cow mick proverb...
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malia georgie receives the bulk of the quest for whips from both professional jockeys and local shepherds. froogle on all cattle raising nomads used whips mainly to keep cattle moving sure the cow much is different in that it consists of several sections making it more effective because on the also it looks like a braid rather than a pattern something that the cows are whip has for example. there is a saying in kalmykia a man would only put his with a side to prove his skill and unarmed combat. on weekends many people leave towns and villages to attend local fairs for additional wrestling fights and the regular feature such events. as. the rules are simple to when contestants need to force any part of their opponent's body to the ground going for the legs is not allowed but the combatants are allowed to drop the trousers and suck. up until the eighteenth century kalmuck wrestling with a rigorous martial art fight is frequently caused heavy injuries to one another i today it is a national sport practiced mostly by professional judo west and both freestyle classes restless. after the end of
malia georgie receives the bulk of the quest for whips from both professional jockeys and local shepherds. froogle on all cattle raising nomads used whips mainly to keep cattle moving sure the cow much is different in that it consists of several sections making it more effective because on the also it looks like a braid rather than a pattern something that the cows are whip has for example. there is a saying in kalmykia a man would only put his with a side to prove his skill and unarmed combat....
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a cnn political producer shauna shepherd was at that debate. she's joining us now from columbia, south carolina. shauna, the candidates are really pushing their platforms and ideas pretty hard. it didn't seem, however, like the kind of debate where the candidates had gloves on fighting each other on foreign policy and national security. so was it jon huntsman, perhaps, the one with the most foreign policy experience as the ambassador who made the biggest impression? >> reporter: governor huntsman did well, but he didn't get called on as often as the other candidates. what stood out for me is how well prepared all the candidates were for this first debate, focused solely on foreign policy. all eyes were on texas governor rick perry, who after his embarrassing mental lapse at the last debate, perry held his own, discussing nuclear weapons, terrorism, and foreign aid. >> the foreign aid budget in my administration for every country is going to start at zero dollars. zero dollars. and then we'll have a conversation. then we'll have a conversation i
a cnn political producer shauna shepherd was at that debate. she's joining us now from columbia, south carolina. shauna, the candidates are really pushing their platforms and ideas pretty hard. it didn't seem, however, like the kind of debate where the candidates had gloves on fighting each other on foreign policy and national security. so was it jon huntsman, perhaps, the one with the most foreign policy experience as the ambassador who made the biggest impression? >> reporter: governor...
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jordan jefferson to russell shepherd for the nine-yard touch down. lsu goes undefeated in the regular season as they defeat arkansas 41-17 >>> the terps conclude their season right here on fox 5 as they take on nc state. >>> win are get the spot in the division 5 semifinal. quarterback jordan smith goag right. his pass is picked off by senior line backer. with a convoy of line blockers, he would take it all the way to the line. that's it for 1230r9s >> you have the news edge. we are always on myfoxdc.com. tmz is next. see you later on tonight at 11:00. [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] >> today on "tmz" -- >> ok, it is black friday. charles? >> ok, it is black friday. charles? explain it.
jordan jefferson to russell shepherd for the nine-yard touch down. lsu goes undefeated in the regular season as they defeat arkansas 41-17 >>> the terps conclude their season right here on fox 5 as they take on nc state. >>> win are get the spot in the division 5 semifinal. quarterback jordan smith goag right. his pass is picked off by senior line backer. with a convoy of line blockers, he would take it all the way to the line. that's it for 1230r9s >> you have the news...
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shepherd's pie. >> a cottage pie. >> all right. that, i'm asking about everything.ere is the sugar? >> the sugar is in this one over here. >> what's that? >> that one is our sweet variety at the moment which is a pumpkin pasty. we've been doing that for the fall. >> this one is cut. >> that's right. >> well, i think it was cut for me. >> it certainly was. >> we've given you the recipe for the internet on that one. >> it is on my web site at jchayward.com. go visit the pure pasty company in vienna. this is delicious. this is just delicious. thank you for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00. it is the pure pasty company. oh, my goodness. pasty. pure pasty company. thank you so much. [ female announcer ] from the very first moment we arrive... we're on the move. ♪ and we don't want anything, ever, to slow us down. so it's surprising that most women aren't getting enough calcium. but thankfully, with over 25 great flavors, like strawberry cheesecake and blackberry harvest, only yoplait original gives you 50% of the daily value of calcium and vitamin d in every
shepherd's pie. >> a cottage pie. >> all right. that, i'm asking about everything.ere is the sugar? >> the sugar is in this one over here. >> what's that? >> that one is our sweet variety at the moment which is a pumpkin pasty. we've been doing that for the fall. >> this one is cut. >> that's right. >> well, i think it was cut for me. >> it certainly was. >> we've given you the recipe for the internet on that one. >> it is on my...
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. >> i looked into another group called the good shepherd's group for homeless women. they refused to take you because they said you were a bat example for the women. >>> will likely get released early and have to serve 270 community hours at the county morgue. >>> courtesy of the international space station as it raced across the planet at 17,000 miles per hour. this particular path goes over central north america and the city of chicago is seen as a few clusters of light. a few major lightning storms were also picked up. not bad. that's a camera. >> one of those clusters of lights is bob turkeys turks compound. >> we had some great weather around the region. right now we're at 43 with these light winds. 40-degree did you want, no wind once again. the barometer 34. right now the coolest spot at the ocean city airport and that's a way from the beach. back in the pine barrens, temperatures dropped 39-40. 49dc. they were 63 this afternoon and a relatively mild 45 in oakland for some reason. 44 up in bellaire and a little warmer by the bay. very light winds. right now we'
. >> i looked into another group called the good shepherd's group for homeless women. they refused to take you because they said you were a bat example for the women. >>> will likely get released early and have to serve 270 community hours at the county morgue. >>> courtesy of the international space station as it raced across the planet at 17,000 miles per hour. this particular path goes over central north america and the city of chicago is seen as a few clusters of...
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. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution throughhis incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting anni governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the art and civic life. this year's award is to none other than carlos santana. before the award ceremony, the director of cultural affairs had a chance to sit down with carlos to ask him a few questions. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor's arts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the mayo
. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution throughhis incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting anni governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the...
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i am a eucharist the minister at the good shepherd church where jay and i sing in the choir.our family is fortunate because we have never fell discriminated against in our community. our friends, mostly heterosexual couples cost a model family. they even call us and their role models. we try to mirror the best family values in spite of the fact that our children are so well adjusted to the love that we parents have been able to provide their classmates to know that they have two moms and it has never been an issue. i can say without any doubt, our lives were almost perfect until the morning of january 8, 2009. that morning at 6:30 a.m. ice agents showed up at my door. they were looking for a mexican girl. jay did not think twice about letting them in time. when i asked to search, it turned out they were looking for me. the agent showed me a piece of paper which was a 2002 deportation letter, which i informed i had never seen. before i knew it, i was handcuffed and taken away like a criminal. i was put into a van two other men and searched like a criminal. in an instant, by am
i am a eucharist the minister at the good shepherd church where jay and i sing in the choir.our family is fortunate because we have never fell discriminated against in our community. our friends, mostly heterosexual couples cost a model family. they even call us and their role models. we try to mirror the best family values in spite of the fact that our children are so well adjusted to the love that we parents have been able to provide their classmates to know that they have two moms and it has...
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. >> i live at 1255 polk street in the building that bill shepherd manages. the bars between bush and cider, every time i walk down, there are always crowds of kids or people who frequent the bar on the curb, on the sidewalks, just blocking so you can't pass between them and less -- you really have to be aggressive. they see me coming but they do not move out of my way, they're smoking cigarettes and there are times i almost got burned by cigarettes. i almost got hit by a guy a was so drunk he was waving his hands and luckily a small enough aiken dodge between the people doing it. i find them not very nice or bother to see there are other people coming. when i excuse me, sometimes they just don't move and i tell them again and i just think they are disrespectful. i have been living in the building for six months. i did not realize how bad the area has gotten because i've lived in different areas of the city and i've been here since 1987. i've noticed certain neighborhoods have gotten worse, like broadway. thank you. president olague: that is a huge conversati
. >> i live at 1255 polk street in the building that bill shepherd manages. the bars between bush and cider, every time i walk down, there are always crowds of kids or people who frequent the bar on the curb, on the sidewalks, just blocking so you can't pass between them and less -- you really have to be aggressive. they see me coming but they do not move out of my way, they're smoking cigarettes and there are times i almost got burned by cigarettes. i almost got hit by a guy a was so...
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this is in monterey, look at the australia-shepherd mixes, found cold and hungry, the reporter working on the story found another one that was in nicknamed felix, many want to adopt the dogs. >>> and coming up, how some homeowners are recovering from a 60-foot geyser gushing on their street. >> only in the last month has it become very popular? >> how popular. >> very. >> and diving for sea treasures, without the ocean, the mysteries revealed by a strange low tides. >>> and fog giving way by mid- morning, more sunshine out there, we'll have the complete forecast coming up in just moments . >>> a fire hit an apartment complex in berkeley is coming down. the demolition of the structure will begin on monday, a five alarm fire eight days ago left it unmove able. a lot of the tenants there were cal students of the . it will be closed until the structure is brought down. >>> and repairs to begin next week in south san francisco, where an accidental geyser sent water rushing into homes, breaking yesterday, sending the water into the air. more than a dozen homes were flooded and the pipeline s
this is in monterey, look at the australia-shepherd mixes, found cold and hungry, the reporter working on the story found another one that was in nicknamed felix, many want to adopt the dogs. >>> and coming up, how some homeowners are recovering from a 60-foot geyser gushing on their street. >> only in the last month has it become very popular? >> how popular. >> very. >> and diving for sea treasures, without the ocean, the mysteries revealed by a strange low...
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they have agreed to forge an interim government that will shepherd through the you-imf austerity plan. >> many hope a new prime minister will soon be named. from outgoing prime minister papandreou to others, politicians are running from meeting to meeting to pave the way for a new national unity government. >> it is my feeling that tonight we will have a name. >> the tourism minister is not worried about things moving too slowly. >> i have the opposite feeling that everything is going well. things are going to be fulfilled soon. we will start working in the next days with stronger momentum. >> an independent candidate and foreman european central bank vice president, papademos, is said to have agreed to lead. that news is sparking optimism in greece. >> there is sincerity and responsibility in the relationships between the parties. the result will be good for the people, the party, and the european union. >> leaders of the political parties are still negotiating final details. time is the biggest factor, such as how long the transitional government will have to implement reforms deman
they have agreed to forge an interim government that will shepherd through the you-imf austerity plan. >> many hope a new prime minister will soon be named. from outgoing prime minister papandreou to others, politicians are running from meeting to meeting to pave the way for a new national unity government. >> it is my feeling that tonight we will have a name. >> the tourism minister is not worried about things moving too slowly. >> i have the opposite feeling that...
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i went to manhattan in the fall of 2005 and the big boss of the whole group, nancy shepherd and carlin coburn in publicity. we met in a little room and i stated my case and they said, this is your first book so you need to listen to a few things here. first of all only 12 percent of nonfiction books make a profit and 2/3 are pre chosen by the publisher. we'd like to put our marketing arm behind us but your having to fight tear riz m to this. since i grew up in africa and worked pakistan for many years you never settle a deal without driving a hard bargain so i said if the hard cover doesn't do well, i'd like the subtitle changed later on for the paper back. julia and our other board relently pounded away month after month. i was in pakistan of december of 2006 and there was a new editor on the book and they said they decided to change the title to one man's mission to promote peace. the hard cover didn't do that well. sold 20,000 copies. while the paper back came out on january 30th of this year and since out it's been on the new york times best seller selling over 700,000 copies now.
i went to manhattan in the fall of 2005 and the big boss of the whole group, nancy shepherd and carlin coburn in publicity. we met in a little room and i stated my case and they said, this is your first book so you need to listen to a few things here. first of all only 12 percent of nonfiction books make a profit and 2/3 are pre chosen by the publisher. we'd like to put our marketing arm behind us but your having to fight tear riz m to this. since i grew up in africa and worked pakistan for...