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5 Great Book Ideas 'The Man' Is Too Scared to Publish
#5. My Cookbook
Look, I've seen the cookbooks on the market today. They're OK, but you know what the problem is? They are all for people who already know how to cook, basically, or at the very least having a functioning kitchen. (A "rolling pin?" Fuck you, Julia Childs.) No one has made any cookbooks that cater to regular folks and your average Joe who would only cook when he's absolutely forced to. I'm here to corner that market.
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#4. My Book of Poetry
It's 2011 or thereabouts. The men of yesteryear--men of steak, and beer, men of calloused hands--are dead. Modern women want sensitive, caring men. Since, at my best guest, modern women are the only people who buy books, it follows that the book-o-sphere needs sensitive, caring books. And I'm, like, eight different kinds of sensitive, like, you don't even know. To prove it, I've written a series of love poems. *
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From Page 22, Three Poems About Butts
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*Just to be clear, the poems contained in this book are, in fact, love poems, but I would also settle for being best friends with pornstar, Joanna Angel. I've honestly been actively seeking a pornstar best friend for quite a while and Joanna Angel seems like the perfect candidate. We have so much in common. We're both from Jersey. We even went to the same school (though, I graduated Summa Cum Laude and she graduated Summa Cum, you know...all over the place). Plus, come on, she's got an engaging and active Twitter feed, and I also have a Twitter feed.Twitter buddies! It's totally fate, and we don't have to have sex, Joanna, just be my best friend. In fact, as long as Evan Stone is a working adult film actor, you will always have at least one coworker with whom I can in no way compete with sexually, so I'd actually prefer it if we kept this relationship non-sexual. At least until Evan retires.
#3. My Mystery Novel
I haven't actually been to a bookstore since 1992, and even then I was lost. Are Hardy Boy mysteries still popular?
From Chapter One
It was foggy. Lightning struck the road about 100 yards ahead. DOB thought he could almost sense reluctance oozing from his old Ford Pickup. But of course that didn?t make any sense. Reluctance is an emotion, and his old Ford Pickup doesn?t have any feelings.
Or does it?
(It doesn't.)
Lightning struck again, horizontally this time forming a smile in the dark clouds and there was a hearty guffaw of thunder to accompany.
Dark-haired Frank Hardy sat in the passenger seat, idly twirling his magnifying glass in his hands. There was plenty of room up front for a third or even a fourth person, but blond Joe Hardy rode outside in the bed of the pickup truck, because fuck that guy.
Frank rolled down the passenger-side window to let some air in. Both boys seemed to sense it: It was getting foreshadowingly uncomfortable inside. It smelled like murder outside. The fog poured in the open window, settling in between DOB and Frank, occupying the spot on the bench seat that perhaps Joe would've occupied, were he not such a stupid fucker.
"That fog out there sure is thick," Frank remarked with characteristic over-excitement.
"Uh huh. And talking about it sure makes it easier to drive through. Dipshit."
"Sorry," Frank said quietly, and he went back to messing with his microscope, or whatever I said it was.
He was right though. You could just barely make out the rain through the fog; it was so thick. And you could just barely make out the lighting through the rain; it was so dense. And the lightning was so heavy DOB didn?t even see the ominous "DANGER AHEAD" sign on the site of the road.
"Where do you suppose this road leads, Mr. DOB? I sure hope the next stop is a mystery for us to solve!"
"I thought we said we weren't going to talk unless there was an emergency. We had a whole conversation about it. Remember that? It was your ability to grasp the No-Talking-Unless-Something's-on-Fire concept that got you a seat up front and What's-His-Name a cold spot in the truck-bed."
"Joe," Frank offered, "is his name." DOB pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, like his thumb was thunder and the lightning was his forefinger and they were both hitting... the... the bridge of the sky's nose, I guess, I don't know. Shit.
"I don't want to know his name, Frank, I'm selling him as soon as we get to Mexico. If I learn his name, I run the risk of getting attached. Fuck, you're thick." Thick as thunder. Ooohhhh.
"You're gonna sell my brother!?"
"Yeah, figured we'd go halfsies on it, maybe see some sights while we're in town. If the policia are preoccupied, maybe we can go ahead and solve the mystery of 'The Two Guys Who Ordered a Bunch of Mexican Hookers And Never Paid,' if you catch my drift."
"Oh... OK, yes, I would like that." DOB patted Frank on the shoulder affectionately. Then slapped him a few times.
"Atta boy. But keep in mind, I am not against turning that mystery into a solo adventure, if you follow. So just keep quiet."
"Sorry. I'm doing my best."
Magnifying glass, that's what it was. Well, fuck me.
"Well, I did my best not to have sex with your sister, you know? Sometimes our best just isn't good enough."
"...Are you saying-"
"Hey, is that lightning? Oohwee, we're having a time here. Aren't we having a time?" Before Frank could respond, the boys were interrupted by the sound of hard, intense banging on the back window of the old Ford Pickup. At first they thought it was thunder inside the car, but it turned out to be Joe, from the bed, pounding his fists into the glass. Frank reached to slide open the window to see what Joe had to say. DOB raised his voice.
"No no no no no no don't- Ooohhh, you fucker, I hate you. You're the worst." Joe poked his stupid face through the open window.
"Guy's, I don't mean to be a bother," he began, bothering, "but the storm's getting pretty intense out here. I was just thinking that maybe we could-" Suddenly, and without warning, every passenger in the car felt and heard the unmistakable thud of an old Ford Pickup slamming into a human body. The next sound anyone heard was of the three boys shouting in unison
"Golly," Joe yelped.
"Goodness," Frank called.
"Fuck me," DOB screamed, slamming on the brakes. When the old Ford Pickup finally screeched to a halt, DOB reached under his seat to retrieve his shotgun. He then grabbed the backpack the boys brought along, the backpack that was filled with a first aid kid, some food, all of their collective savings and, for reasons that were never clear to Frank and Joe, jars of urine that DOB demanded they each fill.
"Idiots," he said, addressing the Hardy Boys. "Stay in the car and don't come out for any reason. I don't care if there's a storm, or a fire or if Dipshit back there only has 20 minutes to take his birth control pills and he's out of water- you do not get out of this car, is that clear?"
"Clear as lightning," Frank said.
"I don't take birth control pills," Joe said. Frank and DOB sighed in unison.
"This fuckin' guy. OK, Frank, do me a favor and slap the shit out of your brother for 20 minutes or so while I tend to this situation."
"On it," Frank said, unbuckling his seat belt and warming up his slapping hand, just like DOB taught him.
DOB walked through the mysterious rain, the feeling of lightning pumping through his veins. The thunder was blinding out here. He followed a trail of fresh blood. It was hard to follow, because of all the fog, you see. But he followed it anyway and it led right to a crumpled mess of a man on the ground.
"Fuck," he said. "Fuck fuck fuck, oh man. OK. Fuck. Alright, this is fine. Fuck, OK. We know what to do here." There was so much lightning around it's not even funny.
Back in the car, having exhausted himself slapping the shit out of What's-His-Name, Frank was content to sit and speculate as to what DOB was doing.
"What do you suppose he's doing, Joe? It's been a little over an hour."
"I don't know, but I know we won't find out sitting in this car!"
"DOB told us to stay in the car, Joe, no matter what."
"But what if it's a mystery!"
"Settle down, Joe."
"If Dad were around, he'd encourage us to investigate and look for clues," Joe said. And then lightning.
"DOB said you're the reason Dad died."
"It was a heart attack!"
"Yeah. Brought on by your cowardice and how fat you are, DOB suspects. He's great." A few minutes passed, silent but for Joe's soft weeping, tears dropping down his face like rain, which was also dropping, and also on Joe's face.
Finally, the Hardy Boys decided to get out of the truck to investigate. As they slowly approached the body, the thunder started its crescendo. Frank's heart beat with no discernible consistency, no rhythm. Joe screamed a minor chord. The whole ordeal was very atonal and dissonant, come to think of it.
"It's a body," Joe yelled.
"Yeah, I got that," Frank said. "God, I am so sick of your shit." But who wouldn't be, am I right?
"I wonder where DOB is," Joe wondered. He was nowhere in sight. "And... hey, is it just me or does this corpse smell like it was doused in my urine?" That's a weird thing to notice.
"Hey, you're right, Joe!" What?
"And look- he's holding a picture of me. Is... Yeah, it looks like there's a lock of my hair in his teeth, too. Golly, if some cop stopped by, with my DNA and picture all over this corpse, they just might think I had something to-" The boys turned, startled by the sound of the old Ford Pickup starting up and immediately speeding away. The otherwise deafening thunder seemed to cease briefly, leaving only enough time for the boys to hear DOB yell "Eat shit!" out the window as he sped on by.
As Joe, still not totally up to speed on what was happening, watched the truck drive off, Frank sprinted away into the woods. A stream of lightning got struck by lightning in the distance. The fog was deafening. Then more lightning happened. Or did it? It was all so thundery, out here, Joe wasn't certain. Maybe he'd never be certain of anything in his life again, ever.
What an asshole.
#2. My Flavor-of-the-Month Coffee Table Bullshit Book
There is a book of random tweets. A book about cats with stuff misspelled. A book about that F My Life Trend. AND there's going to be a Look At This Fucking Hipster book (which I'm actually OK with). If you go to a bookstore and see one book based on a quick-hitting, viral blog, you'll see a hundred books based on quick-hitting, viral blogs. And I'm not whining, or lamenting the downfall of literature or anything. I want in. All I need is a hook. So, America, you like weird animal stuff and making fun of hipsters. Alright. I'm on this.
Really, this one's so self-explanatory I don't even need to show any sample chapters.
But, OK.
#1. My Novelization of a Popular Movie
Walk into any bookstore right now. Go ahead, pick up your computer, continue reading this and walk into a bookstore. I guarantee that you'll find a table just loaded with the word versions of movies. Sometimes it's a re-release of a book upon which a new movie has been based, and sometimes it's a brand new novelization of an about-to-be-released movie. It's like there's an entire publishing house dedicated to making novelized versions of every movie that comes out. To speak to the demand, I've taken to writing the novelization of one of the most popular movies of all time.
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Lost Love, Serendipity and TittiesCancun, Mexico. 1997 Spring Break.
Joe Francis sat alone in the dark, a cigarette dangling unenthusiastically from his lips. The cigarette was more ash than cigarette at this point, but Joe Francis didn't have the energy or spirit to give it the simple flick required to send the ash sinking to the floor of his van. It was like a last-man-standing match now; the ash was building up and building up, waiting for Joe to give up and snap it away, and Joe Francis, with his stoic, bitter indifference, was content to sit and wait for the ash to abandon the cigarette as a result of its own weight. Whether the ash fell of its own accord or if Joe Francis actively flicked it away, sooner or later, someone had to win. Regardless of the outcome, Joe Francis knew he certainly wouldn't feel like a winner.
If anyone ever thought to put words to it, and if he'd ever allow anyone to see him in this state, people might say that Joe Francis most closely resembled a broken down carousel: It was clear that, at one point, he was capable of great joy and energy and light, but all that remained now was the shell, and the memory, the idea that, once upon a time, Joe Francis had within himself the potential for brilliance.
The van of the door slid open, the Mexican air warming everything in the van except Joe. Joe's cameraman, Randy, stood in the open doorway, his hands full of camera equipment, his pockets full of contracts and his eyes full of concern.
"Joe, man, you OK? We're ready to shoot out here." Randy indicated the scene behind him: thumping bass, tiki torch fires and dancing twentysomethings, the ink on their tattoos still fresh, practically dripping. Joe thought it looked more like some kind of ancient ritual than a party. And, he supposed, in a way it was.
Spring Break, that is.
"I'll be ready in a second," Joe said into the floor of the van.
"You know, Joe... We don't have to do this..."Joe let out a soft, empty chuckle. Yes we do, he thought, and you know it. He took one last drag, not concerning himself with the fact that he was down to the filter at this point. Let it burn, he thought. Let me feel something.
Joe raised his eyes to Randy for the first time and stood up.
"Let's do this."
The ash floated lazily down to the floor.
The Joe Francis that strutted down the beach was a different animal from the Joe Francis who sat borderline catatonic in the official Girls Gone Wild minivan. Confident, cocky, he had a presence that demanded your attention. If the Joe Francis in the van was a broken down carousel, the Joe Francis that stormed the sand was a new rollercoaster; you knew at a look that he was dangerous, but you also knew that maybe you liked it. This was how Joe Francis found his participants.
His victims.
At the sound of some not-too-distant nervous and excited giggling, Joe Francis turned to Randy, who, professional that he is, already had his camera at the ready. The gentlemen nodded to each other and, by the time he'd turned to face the source of the giggling, Joe Francis was already armed with his charming, Cheshire Cat Grin.
Caption: Joe Francis, concealing years of inner turmoil.
It used to surprise him how quickly and effortlessly he could "turn it on." Nothing surprises him anymore. Joe licked his lips, flipped on his microphone and made a silent prayer to coax the lump in his throat back from whence it came. Had to be a quick prayer. The victims were approaching. Time to go to work.
"Ladies, ladies, ladies," Joe called to the excitable young women. "I must be in Anaheim or heaven; either way, all I see are angels!" The girls laughed enthusiastically and Joe Francis felt sick to his stomach. "What are you ladies here for?" He already knew the answer he was just trying to gauge their level of intoxication.
"Sprling Breeaaak," the girls slurred in unison.
"Oh yeah? You girls lookin' to have some fun?" Say 'no,' Joe Francis willed silently, say 'no,' and leave. End the cycle.
"Whooooo," they answered, a universal and resounding 'yes.'
"Alright, now that's what I'm talking about. We've been looking for some party girls, we were wondering where they were hiding."
"Right here," the tallest of the three said. She tried adjusting the already crooked tiara in her knotted hair. She just made it worse. Her eyes were familiar. She reminded Joe Francis of Noelle.
But, then, everything reminded Joe Francis of Noelle.
"Where are you girls from," Randy asked.
"Glassboro University," the brunette answered. Her breath was thick with tequila, she wore a too-tight shirt that read 'Yo quiero BEER!' and featured a little Chihuahua with exaggerated features. Noelle loved dogs.
"Glassboro," Joe Francis said derisively. "Forget it, Randy, turn the camera off. Glassboro girls don't know how to party." The three girls simultaneously attempted to slur an argument to the contrary. Randy, knowing his part, lowered the camera.
"Nah, you girls got nothing on some of the other chicks out here. We're looking for some real party girls. Some..." He paused to let Joe finish. Joe obliged.
"Some wild girls."
"We're wild," said the tall one. She was the most sober but that was by no means an endorsement. It simply meant that, if there was a bonfire, she was the least likely of the three to burst into flames as a result of her blood alcohol level.
"How wild," Joe Francis asked, his eyes narrowing as his grin spread.
"So wild," the girls said. Randy's camera was already back on his shoulder. Such a professional. Noelle would've really liked Randy.
"Oh yeah? Prove it." The girls looked to one another, brilliantly playing the part of the sorority sisters who didn't know. As if they didn't know what the camera was for. As if they hadn't seen the unmistakable Girls Gone Wild van pull up. As if this wasn't the moment they'd been waiting for all night. We all have a part to play, Joe thought.
"How about you show us a little skin," Joe asked. When the girls responded according to the unwritten, unofficial script, which is to say, with mock shock and exaggerated outrage, Joe Francis a veteran performer in this particular play, shrugged his shoulders.
"I told you they weren't party girls, Randy. They weren't ready to go wild. I guess... " Joe paused before going on. He knew what was going to come next, what had to come next. He knew that the events had already been set in motion, that the outcome of this night had already been decided, and that he couldn't stop it. That didn't mean he couldn't delay it. Several seconds passed. "I guess these girls don't want some free t-shirts."
The sorority sisters shrieked and drunkenly lifted their tops before Joe Francis had even finished speaking. Cameras flashed, any bystanders still sober enough to see straight cheered, the rhythm of the flopping titties syncing up with the rhythm of the distant dance music. The sorority sisters wiggled their young bodies like seasoned professionals, like they were born for this exact purpose and, in a way, they were. It was serendipity that brought them here, serendipity that arranged conditions so perfectly such that these women were destined to end up shaking their breasts on camera, for a VHS tape to be sold to millions of men across America for $12.99. Serendipity that put these women in front of Joe Francis and Randy's camera at this exact moment. The same serendipity that felt it necessary to separate Joe Francis and Noelle forever.
With the focus of a sniper, Joe Francis quickly scanned the exposed bodies of the young women. He clapped his hands and screamed "Wild!" but, make no mistake, Joe Francis was studying and looking for a unique birthmark. Noelle's birthmark. He didn't find it.
On some level, he knew he never would.
"Oh my God, so wild," Joe said as he tossed three t-shirts to the still-shrieking women. Joe looked up briefly. There wasn't a cloud in the sky but, to Joe Francis, it was always raining.
"Let's keep going," Randy said. "It's going to be a long night."
They all are, thought Joe. They all are.
"No doubt," Joe Francis replied. "Waazzzzzuuuuuuppppp?!"


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You think that posting it here is going to make any difference? Modders rarely, if ever, visit these forums. If you actually want this to get made, you're probably going to have to make it yourself.
I do not expect this to make any difference. I merely placed this up because I thought of it last night and I wanted to post it somewhere before I forgot. I do not care if it is, or ever will be created.
Now, any way, the Planet's names would also be changed.
Hoth- Delta Vega
Geonosis- Vulcan
Tatooine: Dune Sea- Torothan Homeworld
Tatooine: Mos Eisley- Removed from mod
Naboo: Theed- Quo'noS
Naboo: Plains- removed
Rhen Var: Citadel- Removed form mod
Rhen Var: Harbor- Tholia
Kamino- Removed from mod
Yavin 4: Temple- Orion
Yavin 4: Arena- Carraya IV
Bespin: Platforms- Stratos
Bespin: Cloud City- New York, Earth [its futuristic looking, obviously]
Endor- Amerind
Kashyyyk: Islands- removed from mod
Kashyyyk: Docks- Risa
So neutral enemies would be added as well
Vulcan- Vulcans - Rebel Soldier in a gray uniform. equipped with a phaser pistol. Aids Federation.
Delta Vega - Operations Engineer - a rebel soldier in a red uniform. Equipped with a phaser pistol. Aids federation
Operations Security Officer- a rebel sniper in a red uniform. Equipped with a phaser rifle. Aids federation
Stratos- Stratosians- a rebel sniper. Equipped with a blaster pistol. There blaster bolts are yellow. Aids federation.
Amerind- Native American Hunter- A rebel soldier in a tannish uniform. Equipped with a spear (like the ewoks). Attacks all.
Native American Gatherer- a rebel sniper with a tannish uniform.Equipped with a health/ammo dispenser. Attacks all.
Risa- Fleeing Risan- a rebel vanguard. Equipped with a fusion cutter. Killable, but allied with all.
Quo'noS- Klingon Warrior- a rebel vanguard in a tannish uniform. Equipped with a blaster rifle. The blaster blots are red. Aids Klingons.
Torothan Homeworld- Torothan Warrior- A Rebel Pilot in a tannish uniform. Equipped with a blaster pistol. Red Blaster bolts. Attacks all.
Earth- Fedration Cadet- A rebel soldier in a silver uniform. Equipped with a phaser pistol. Aids Federation
Tholia- Tholian Soldier- A red geonosian. It cannot fly. It is equipped with a plasma rifle. It fires like a sonic blaster. Attacks All
Carraya IV- Romulan Local- A rebel soldier. Equipped with a blaster pistol. Attacks all.
Klingon Local- A rebel vanguard. Equipped with a blaster rifle. Attacks all.
Orion- Orion slave girl- a rebel sniper with green skin and black uniform. Equipped with a health/ammo dispenser. Cannot attack, but hostile to all.
Orion Thug- a rebel soldier with green skin and a black uniform. Equipped with a shot gun. Attacks all.
Note: The natives that are hostile to all groups are not hostile to each other. They also do not attack other natives from that planet.
Apology: I'm sorry master, I was just saying you were a son of a meatbag
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Joan Theresa Collier (nee Letendre), 74, of Brunswick, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013. She was the daughter of Leonard A. and Annabelle (nee LaRock) Letendre. She was born on February 23, 1939 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
She was a loving daughter, wife, mother, sister and friend to many, who enjoyed spending time with her family. Joan was an avid reader who also enjoyed doing crossword puzzles and watching lifetime movies. She enjoyed working on crafts, home decorating and shopping.
She will be dearly missed by her loving husband, Thomas; daughters, Kathy (Bill) Dann, Susan D'Angelo and Kristen (Dennis Bajko) Collier; sister, Sandra Gazda; brothers, Anthony (Joy) Letendre, Leonard (Chris) Letendre and Dennis Letendre; grandchildren, Krista (Bobby) Bouchillon, Nick, Corey and Kelsey D'Angelo.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother-in-law, Edward Gazda; sisters-in-law, Maureen Letendre and Ann Marie Letendre.
Friends may join the family for visitation Saturday, November 30, 2013 from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M., at Carlson Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, 1642 Pearl Road, (1/2 mile south of route 303) Brunswick, OH 44212. A memorial service will follow at 4 P.M., at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations please be made to the Seidman Cancer Center, 18697 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
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Swiss bank UBS faces a fine of around $1bn - or £620m - for fixing the interbank lending rate Libor.
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UBS is expected to be hit with a fine of around $1bn to settle Libor manipulation charges.
The total amount - worth around £620m - will be a combined penalty from US and UK regulators, and is expected to be confirmed early next week.
UBS declined to comment on the news.
It comes two days after the Serious Fraud Office made three arrests as part of its investigation into the fixing of the interbank lending rate.
Sky sources suggested that one of the people detained previously worked as a trader at UBS, which has a big presence in the City of London.
Last month, the Financial Services Authority fined the Swiss bank £29.7m for internal failings that allowed a London-based rogue trader to cause the biggest fraud in British history.
Unauthorised trading by Kweku Adoboli resulted in £1.4bn worth of losses for UBS.
To date, Barclays is the only UK bank to have been fined in connection with the rigging of Libor.
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The must have trend for Spring and Summer is tribal prints. We saw it on every designer's runway. From neon tribal prints to rich embroidered collections, tribal prints are the it girl of the season. You can trot the globe without ever leaving your city!
We have seen tribal prints before but never this fierce and feminine. This trend is definitely one of our favorites for Spring and Summer. Don't be afraid to try this trend. Just don't over do it, stick to just one tribal piece per outfit to ease your way into the trend. Check out the slideshow for some pieces we picked as some of our faves.


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sunday stash: how do i measure up?
July 19, 2009
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love them and that is a very nice photo...ReplyDelete
Love it! That snap would make a great header for my blog...ReplyDelete
Great stash:)
PS. I will get back to you re your email about catching up, I've been very slack lately I'm sorry.
Tam xo
you're making me feel guilty that i still haven't used the mesauring tape trim you sent! perhaps guilt will turn to motivation - we shall see.... ;)ReplyDelete
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These are gorgeous, do you make them? Looking forward to saying hello at Sisters Market next weekend.ReplyDelete
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Name or Online Code Name: Mark / Sole Adventure
Blog URL: Sole Adventure
1) Outdoor Activity of choice? I love almost anything outdoors, but my true passion is bowhunting. I am also getting into trail running quite a bit.
2) Outdoor Mornings. Up at 5 a.m.? 6…7…8…9…Or when the sun heats up the tent and you can't take it anymore? I am habitually early, especially when it comes to outdoor activities. I am usually up by 5, but I'll leave the house at 2am if that is what it takes for a given trip.
3) Snicker Bar or Granola Bar on the trail? Usually a Clif bar, which I guess is sort of a combination of both. (Crunchy peanut butter!!!)
4) Santa is coming. What outdoor (dream) present should he put under the tree for you this year? Hmm… I could use a bow case for my new Elite Pure. (Hey honey, are you reading this?)
5) Seven days in the Alaskan Wilderness or Seven days on a Tropical Beach? Alaska. No doubt!
6) What kind of Outdoor Store would you own? I would own an online store that specialized in featuring the smaller companies in the industry.
7) Finish this sentence: When I was a little kid, I loved to go outside and...try to be cool enough to hang out with my older brother and his friends. It usually didn't end well.
8 ) Biggest Outdoor Pet Peeve? Finding trash.
9) Fill in the blank. When I head outdoors I need to have_________________with me? I have to have… something from my Grandpa with me – his knife, his lighter, or one of his old deer tags.
10) What's the story behind your blog name? I have a little blurb on my about page explaining what Sole Adventure means to me. "Sole" is a play on words with multiple meanings.
Courage Level Question: It's You and a Grizzly Bear face to face on the trail. Knowing yourself, will you 1) Hold your ground and see who blinks first 2) throw your gear at the Grizzly and run for your life or 3) faint on the spot?
There is a fine line between courage and stupidity, which is a lesson that I have learned the hard way. I think I would freeze and let the grizzly make the first move.
Thank you Mark for stepping into the ring of fire!
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Online CRM account management.
While a sales team works to close deals with small to large businesses (Business to Business - B2B scenario), it is necessary to maintain individual accounts and keep track of contacts under them. Effective organization in interacting with your contacts, who may represent or account for a particular company or such other bigger concern is of high priority.
The relationship with the concern as a whole would become inharmonious and cause potential deals to slip if interaction with contacts is disorganized. Account management helps maintain harmony and makes the process of sales to businesses with multiple contacts easy and efficient.
What are accounts?
An account represents a company, organization, business or a similar concern that has many employees and personnel working in it. They could all serve as contacts at various levels. In a B2C (Business to Consumer) scenario where the end customer is an individual, an account is redundant since he or she is a single contact.
Whereas in B2B scenario, the end client (customer) is a business body involving many individuals or contacts, common to the business that can be aptly represented by an account. A large concern may have other sub-divisions and personnel working in each of them. These sub-divisions can be represented by accounts that are children to the parent account , representing the larger concern.
This way management of relationships with contacts is in synchronization with their specific roles in the sub-divisions of the concerned business organization.
What is account management?
In simple words, account management is the process of managing the communications and transactions with businesses having many contacts and divisions. This makes it possible to cater to the needs of specific divisions inside a business. By categorizing contacts to accounts by their sub-divisions and functions, communication is directed to the proper personnel in charge. This saves time that may be lost in approaching the wrong contacts and wasting effort in improper directions.The success of a B2B sales operation relies heavily on account management.
What do I gain from Zoho CRM account management?
The Zoho CRM account module presents a simple and straight forward interface to manage accounts. Apart from basic information fields, the history section at the bottom helps in monitoring potentials, contacts, notes, activities and products categorized by account.
This aids in visualizing prospects and opportunities for deals that may otherwise be hard to identify. With the parent-child assignment to denote accounts and their subsidiaries, it is easy to focus on businesses specifically and assess their position with regards to closing deals. So, it would suffice to say that with Zoho CRM you are certain to raise your revenue.


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At the Carrington College Pleasant Hill campus, we think that hands-on, practical experience is a valuable part of the learning process. Because students can only absorb so much in a classroom, we have our Pharmacy Technology students practice their skills in a realistic simulated pharmacy setting on campus, and in an externship in a real retail or hospital pharmacy off campus.
The Pharmacy Technology program, available at our Pleasant Hill campus, can provide students with the skills and experience that employers look for when recruiting entry-level Pharmacy Technicians1. So if you're researching Pharmacy Tech schools in Pleasant Hill, you should consider the Carrington College Pharmacy Technology program because:
- Our Pleasant Hill program culminates in an Associate of Science degree in Pharmacy Technology2
- Graduates are prepared to sit the certified pharmacy technician (CPhT) exam3
- Students learn to compound medications and to chart & dispense prescriptions
- Our students are prepared to pursue careers in retail and hospital pharmacies
Pleasant Hill Pharmacy Technician classes – Dose up on reality
The saying goes that you can never have too much experience; and where better to get real world experience than in a real-world pharmacy prior to your graduation. But before their externship our students need to complete their coursework including Pharmacy Technology classes that cover pharmacy calculations, terminology, and drug distribution methods and systems.
Students are also taught the abbreviations and symbols used when prescribing, dispensing, and documenting medications, as well as the chemical and physical characteristics of drugs. The Pleasant Hill Pharmacy Technology faculty also focus on the important administrative skills and legal guidelines required.
Graduates should leave Carrington College in Pleasant Hill with the necessary skills and the confidence to:
- Display their readiness to sit the CPhT exam3
- Complete the tasks and duties that employers expect an entry-level Pharmacy Technician to perform
- Maintain accurate patient profiles & histories
- Prepare patient prescriptions
- Demonstrate their knowledge of the legal and ethical guidelines of Pharmacy Technology
20% growth projected in Pharmacy Technology jobs
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of pharmacy technicians is expected to increase by 20% from 2012 to 2022; that's faster than the average for all occupations.4 Pharmacy Technology classes are enrolling soon in Pleasant Hill, so now is the time to go for it! Make a call that could change your life; speak to a Carrington College Enrollment Services Representative today.


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At first we thought this was a jewelry box, but then we realized that it's a Cedar Japanese Bento Box($60). Wait, you can put food in this beautiful thing? Cool. It's sealed with a natural Urushi coating that makes the box waterproof and bacteria proof. It has two levels for your munchies and is all held together with a sturdy elastic band. Lightweight, eco-conscious and pretty, this is waayy better than brown bagging it.
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As Spring dawn on our place on the planet again this year, we have been told of the beginnings of this universe billions of years ago. It's the kind of data scientists and the common individual has wondered about. Well, not really. Most of us commoners have not explored beyond our noses about how this earth and what we can see in the heavens all began. We were programmed to believe "In the beginning God…" But the scientists have looked beyond and have announced an amazing something big, big, BIG, INCREDIBLY BIG from something small, small, small. Such findings should give those of us believers and doubters pause—pause akin to awe. I have copied the latest popular report in the search from whence we came:
Traci Watson, Special for USA TODAY 8:21 a.m. EDT March 19, 2014 New observations capture evidence of unimaginably fast expansion of universe in its infancy.
"In the thinnest sliver of a second just after the Big Bang, the universe was smaller than the end of your pinky finger. To explain its current state, scientists have posited an event called "inflation," when space expanded violently and almost instantaneously, growing roughly by 100 trillion trillion times, said cosmologist Daniel Baumann of the University of Cambridge.. . That should have magnified tiny ripples in the universe called primordial gravitational waves, which in turn left a stamp on light created some 13.5 billion years ago.
"That light still pervades the cosmos today as a faint glow invisible to the naked eye called the cosmic microwave background. A team of U.S. scientists announced Monday that they'd used a telescope in Antarctica to detect a telltale "curl" in the microwaves' orientation – a pattern that's the fingerprint of gravitational waves. Overturning expectations, the researchers said the evidence for the patterned microwaves was much less subtle than had been predicted."


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By the 1980s, Amitabh Bachchan was at the height of his stardom. While the decade was not the most vibrant for the Hindi film industry in general, Amitabh went on to do some of his most iconic movies at the time. Their success can in no small part also be ascribed to some of the great songs that came out of them, because this was a time not all that far back in the past, and yet Kishore Kumar was still around to sing songs. In spite of the slightly downbeat trend in film music at the time, some happy gems did come out of it. Inteha ho gayo intezaar ki from the 1984 film Sharaabi, manages to be both by changing its mood half way through its length.
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According to a March 7, 2014 story in the Washington Post, Sen. John McCain slammed Sen. Ted Cruz for the latter's remarks at the CPAC convention. Cruz was criticizing the fact than many past Republican nominees for president have been moderates who, in his judgment, were insufficiently principled in their failed campaigns.
"All of us remember President Dole and President McCain and President Romney — now look, those are good men, they're decent men, but when you don't stand and draw a clear distinction, when you don't stand for principle, Democrats celebrate," Cruz said.
This caused McCain to wax wroth.
"He can say what he wants to about me; he can say anything he wants to about Mitt.... Mitt can take it. But when he throws Bob Dole in there, I wonder if he thinks that Bob Dole stood for principle on a hilltop in Italy when he was so gravely wounded and left part of his body there fighting for our country. Bob Dole is such a man of honor and principle and integrity. I hope Ted Cruz will apologize to Bob Dole because that's crossed a line that to me leaves the realm of politics and discourse we should have in America."
There are a couple of takeaways in this exchange.
First, McCain exercised becoming modesty in not invoking his own war record, which involved long years or torture and confinement in the notorious prison known as the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. Dole's injuries were far more serious, involving years of surgeries and rehab to bring him from a hospital bed to becoming a distinguished United States senator and presidential candidate.
Second, Cruz might be forgiven if he wonders what McCain is talking about. Cruz's critique was solely about how Dole, McCain, and Romney conducted their presidential campaigns, not about their entire lives or even their entire political careers. He did say that they were good and decent men. There was nothing in Cruz's remarks that could be seen as disrespect for either Dole's or McCain's war records.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2005
October 5, 2005
Oct. 2-8 is National 4-H Week. This is the week to celebrate an excellent program that has offered experiential learning activities for youth for more than one hundred years.
The 4-H Program helps youth to develop leadership, citizenship and life skills through a wide range of clubs, workshops, youth exchanges, camps, and other special activities.
Here in Hood River County, the Oregon State University Extension Service 4-H Program is a well-established program that seeks to provide educational and healthy activities for youth in grades K-12.
The opportunities that Hood River County 4-H offers to youth are numerous, from traditional animal, sewing and cooking clubs to clubs in new areas such as Gardening, Art and Mexican Folkloric Dance.
We currently have more than fifty clubs, with approximately 500 youth and adults involved throughout the year. It is important to note that because 4-H offers such a wide range of youth programs, the best way to find out about everything that is available is to contact Billie Stevens at the Extension office.
In addition to established clubs, there is always the opportunity for 4-H to help create new clubs and programs based on the specific interests of area youth. One recent example is the new 4-H Art Club that formed earlier this year.
A young mother of four contacted the Extension office to ask about an art club, but we didn't have one at the time. With her interest in getting an art club started, we were able to locate other interested youth and adults.
The Art Club has now had a successful summer, with all of the participants displaying their artwork at the County Fair. Furthermore, the group has been awarded a grant to pursue their art skills while also assisting with anti-tobacco education in the community.
Another wonderful program new to Hood River County 4-H is the after-school program starting this fall. "Nutrition Fun" is a series of three fun classes emphasizing healthy eating and physical activity. The Junior Master Gardener Program, a fun hands-on gardening project, begins Oct. 24. Both programs are offered to all third through fifth graders and take place after school once a week at Mid Valley, May Street and Westside elementary schools.
There are numerous ways in which adults can volunteer with the Hood River County 4-H Program. We rely greatly on the wonderful adults who volunteer to share their knowledge and experience as club leaders. Parents and other adults can also assist groups as club co-leaders or volunteer at special events and workshops.
Want to learn more?
For more about the Hood River County 4-H Program, please contact Billie Stevens or Sonja Huebner at the Extension Office, phone: (541) 386-3343 or visit the 4-H Web site: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/hoodriver/
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If you haven't noticed already, your body is playing by a new set of rules — causing a new bulge here, some excess avoirdupois there. These changes require a new approach to fitness, one that will not only help you feel and look better but also make menopause a whole lot easier. Want proof? In a three-year German study published last year, women who embarked on a program of three or more intense workouts a week were able to fend off major menopause demons: bone loss, increased heart disease risk, loss of muscle strength and aerobic capacity, plus insomnia, migraines, and mood swings. Exercise worked so well not only because the women worked out, but they worked out smarter. Small, consistent changes in your current routine will make all the difference.
Tip #1
IF YOU'VE BEEN Doing mostly cardio for fat-burning benefits
FROM NOW ON Do cardio that gives you other benefits too
"If you were doing 80 percent cardio and 20 percent strength training in your 30s, by your 40s you need to shift to 70 percent cardio and 30 percent strength, flexibility, and balance workouts," says Pamela Peeke, MD, author of Body for Life for Women. "And in your 60s, it needs to be 60 percent cardio and 40 percent strength and the other stuff." The changing ratio doesn't mean you can cut back on cardio — it simply means you can't skimp on other areas. Your best bet is to do crossover workouts that provide several benefits at once: Hiking, jumping rope, tennis, cross country skiing, and ice or inline skating can provide aerobic exercise and balance with strength and flexibility benefits too; a kickboxing class can cover your cardio, strength, and balance needs in just an hour.
Tip #2
IF YOU'VE BEEN Scheduling cardio three times a week for 30 minutes
FROM NOW ON Double up to six or seven times a week
"Maybe I'll get to the gym" should no longer be part of your vocabulary. You need to fit in activity every day. A 2004 review of exercise studies done with women who had just completed menopause found that walking 30 minutes a day plus strength training twice a week preserved bone mass, increased muscle strength, and helped keep off extra pounds.
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IF YOU'VE BEEN Occasionally breaking a sweat
FROM NOW ON Sweat a lot each session
"You can live a lifetime without thinking, months without food, and days without water, but you'll only last minutes without oxygen," says Walter M. Bortz II, MD, a professor of medicine at Stanford University. In exercise terms, that means you need high-intensity cardio that increases your lung capacity and works your heart.
"While people focus on cholesterol and blood pressure numbers, fitness level may be a stronger predictor of heart attacks," says Miriam Nelson, PhD, of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science at Tufts University. A 2004 study found that exercise leads to a 30 to 50 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease in women. Like any muscle, your heart needs to be challenged, so add hills, speed, or distance.
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IF YOU'VE BEEN Hit or miss with a stretching routine
FROM NOW ON Stretch daily
Of all the fitness variables, flexibility is the one we lose fastest with age, says Lawrence Golding, PhD, an exercise physiologist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "Older people can remain very flexible, but they must work at it daily."
The key body parts to stretch are hamstrings, hip flexors, quadriceps, calves, back, and shoulders. Allot 10 minutes at the end of each workout for simple moves.
Tip #5
IF YOU'VE BEEN Blasé about bettering your balance
FROM NOW ON Focus on finding physical balance
Around 50, your sense of equilibrium may start to falter. Test yourself: Put on a pair of pants while standing on one leg. "If you need to grab the wall, start balance training," Nelson says. Challenge your balance with tennis, skiing, yoga, Pilates, or tai chi. Practice daily: Stand on one foot while waiting in line, putting on socks, or tying a shoe.
Tip #6
IF YOU'VE BEEN Sticking to one routine
FROM NOW ON Cross-train
Consistency is important, but so is variety. You may love the rhythm of a daily brisk walk, but if that's all you do, you won't necessarily get stronger or healthier at this age. In fact, you can end up with muscle imbalances that can lead to injury. Mix it up at least two to three days a week.
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IF YOU'VE BEEN Taking calcium for your bones
FROM NOW ON Do weight-bearing exercise and strength training three times a week for 45 minutes as well
Bone loss speeds up as you approach menopause. After your periods stop, you can lose 1 to 5 percent of bone density every year, Nelson says. Weight-bearing exercise doesn't just mean pumping iron; it's any activity in which your body is moving and bearing its own weight — walking, tennis, skipping rope. Using your body weight for push-ups, downward-facing dogs, squats, and lunges counts too.
Some weight training is good, but more is better. Target places that need extra toning (such as the abs), injury protection (such as the back), or bone-building (such as the arms and shoulders, which cardio doesn't hit). If you can breeze through your routine and don't feel a little bit sore the next day, bump it up. Add 10 percent more reps or weight every four to six weeks.
Tip #8
IF YOU'VE BEEN Doing crunches for flatter abs
FROM NOW ON Do a targeted routine to tackle your pooch
During menopause your weight may shift to make you rounder in the stomach — what Peeke calls "the dreaded menopot." A bulging belly has been linked to increased risk for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Yoga, Pilates, or abdominal work on a stability ball will strengthen your abs and back muscles and protect your spine from the natural tendency — particularly after age 50 — to bend forward.
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IF YOU'VE BEEN Skipping workouts because you feel crummy
FROM NOW ON Work out to keep yourself from feeling crummy
Regular exercise can regulate hormone levels, which can mean fewer hot flashes, night sweats, and episodes of erratic bleeding. It also eases achiness. Your body gets stiff and your joint lubrication wears out as you get older. If you have aches and pains that make it tough to walk, jog in a pool or pedal on a recumbent bike. Whatever you do, don't sit still, or you'll get stiffer.
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Barcelona will meet Real Madrid in the Copa Del Rey final, after holding Real Sociedad last night to a 1-1 draw on the night, and ensuring a 3-1 aggregate win.
Read Madrid had previously confirmed their spot in the cup final on Tuesday night, with a 2-0 away win at rivals Athletico Madrid (and 5-0 aggregate win) thanks to two penalties in the first 20 minutes, dispatched confidently by Cristiano Ronaldo (who else).
Barcelona knew what they had to do, and struck just before the half hour mark, with Lionel Messi rediscovering his form since his injury lay off, fired a powerful shot from 25 yards past Sociedad keeper Zubikarai.
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I have spent a year in Rotterdam with OMA, working on projects in RIBA stages A-C, which involve high rise developments, feasibility studies and a masterplan. I subsequently returned to London and joined Zaha Hadid Architects where I spent 3 years delivering the Riverside Museum in Glasgow to completion, which opened 21.06.2011. I completed a 4 month feasibility study for a residential masterplan in China before leaving the office in May 2011.
During a period of transition, I briefly worked as a freelance visualiser for Heatherwick Studio, producing CAD models and images for their book "Making" and the "Designing the Extraordinary" exhibition at the V&A in 2012.
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well, this was friday.
Super Mario Galaxy-40$
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FLINT, MI--After some delay, Morrissey will be performing at The Whiting Jan. 24
The former lead singer of The Smiths was originally supposed perform in October, but due to his mother being ill, had postponed his touring dates.
While Morrissey told Rolling Stone that The Smiths will never reunite, the magazine did say that he's already "induced swooning" among his crowds.
The concert starts at 9 p.m. For ticket information, check out The Whiting's ticket page for the concert.
What's your favorite Morrissey song?
Atkinson is an entertainment reporter for the Flint Journal and can be reached
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The Atlantic Cities: Now You Can Experience the Nasty Stench of Cities Throughout History
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 by Laura Braun
David Gissen and Irene Cheng, the exhibit's architectural-historian curators from the California College of the Arts, searched far and wide to amass this surreal collection of odors. They tapped into the collections of rock-star perfumers like Laudamiel – who fabricated "Paris 1738" using "cassis note for urine, and [pyrazine] molecules for the other sewage effects" – and solicited tips from odor-obsessed writers like Chandler Burr, the one-time perfume critic forThe New York Times. Gissen and Cheng hope their show will provoke visitors into considering how a place's smells change over time, and in fact sometimes push that very change forward.


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Aug. 26, 2011
Robert Gates Featured Speaker for Fall 2011 Distinguished Lecture Series at Trinity University
Tickets for "An Evening with Robert Gates" will be available to the general public on Monday, Oct. 3 on a first-come, first-served basis.
SAN ANTONIO - Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense from 2006-2011, is the featured speaker of the 2011 Distinguished Lecture Series scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Laurie Auditorium.
The lecture is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Monday, Oct. 3, at the Laurie Auditorium box office. Limit two tickets per person. Tickets must be claimed in person; phone reservations or e-mails will not be accepted. For more information, visit www.trinity.edu/laurie.
One of the most respected leaders in recent U.S. history, Gates served as a trusted adviser to eight U.S. presidents, driving U.S. intelligence and defense policies over the past four and a half decades from the Cold War to today's ongoing war on terrorism. Drawing upon his experience as Secretary of Defense under two presidents-Barack Obama and George W. Bush-and through two wars-Iraq and Afghanistan-Gates will share candid insights on global politics and world affairs, U.S. intelligence and defense strategies, leadership and leading change in a large institution, and the global challenges of the 21st century. Considered "The Soldier's Secretary" for his commitment to placing the men and women in uniform as his top priority, Gates made significant advances in soldier safety including replacing vehicles in the field with heavily armored vehicles, which according to USA Today, reduced roadside bomb attacks and fatalities by almost 90 percent.
In June of this year, Gates was awarded the Presdential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor. A three-time recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Central Intelligence Agency's highest award, he is the only career officer in the CIA's history to rise from entry-level employee to director. A nonpartisan senior level official - considered an anomaly by the Washington Post-Gates' leadership and guidance earned him the National Security Medal, the Presidential Citizens Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. Successes include the reshaping of U.S. nuclear weapons policies, the removal of troops from Iraq, and the resurgence of troops in Afghanistan-culminating in the death of Osama bin Laden.
The Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by an endowment gift by Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Brown of San Antonio. For more information, contact Mary Anthony in the Office of University Communications at 210-999-8441.


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Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
Good morning. Thank you very much Ed. I forgot that I was at your inaugural meeting in 2009. It goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished that I am back here today in a different job, in a different role. I want to thank you very much for your hard work and your commitment to these issues that are so complicated and dense and opaque at times and for your patriotism.
I also want to tell everyone how honored I am to share the podium with Ambassador Kislyak of the Russia Federation. We get to spend a lot of time together. We do it for two reasons. One because we need to because we are working on so many critical issues. But more importantly, Ambassador Kislyak has the best chef in Washington. So it's always wonderful to be invited to the Ambassador's residence to have lunch or dinner because he is a fabulous host and he is great friend.
So good morning to all of you. Some of you know me from one of my previous lives, I have had three or four, I was a member of Congress from California's 10th Congressional District for 13 years. I was chairman of the strategic forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. I represented the smartest people in the world the people in the 10th Cong District who, not surprisingly, worked at Lawrence Livermore and Sandia California. It was my honor to represent them for the last 13 years and then be invited to come into the Obama administration about a year ago. So I am happy to speak to you as a former member of Congress and I'm also happy to speak to you as a current member of the Obama Administration. I guess I am really happy to see you because this is not a health care town hall.
But I guess it's most important to remind everybody it's really great to work in the Obama administration because we have a president who is so animated and so interested, and has talked so early in his presidency about the issue of the elimination of nuclear weapons. The President is not the first president to talk about these issues, but he is the first one to talk about it so early in his presidency. And he is certainly one that is truly animated about this. President Obama didn't need to hear about this from a staffer. This was not a paper that was given to him on the campaign trail. This was an issue that Senator Obama and state Senator Obama cared about prior to coming to the presidency. Something he talked a lot about on the campaign trail. Something he talked about for a long time. I think it's safe to say he truly understands the issue.
Some of you may know that last week, actually the week before, I was on an 8-country, 10-day trip through the snow belt, which included Paris and Bucharest and places that are supposed to have snow, and it even included Atlanta, Georgia, where I had to go because I couldn't get back to Washington.
So today I am here to talk you a the Nuclear Deterrence Conference and while these are two different audiences – the folks that I spoke to in Paris 10 days ago at [Global] Zero – and the folks that are inside the industry and understand the weapons, who have worked at NNSA, DOE, and at the labs, and work in the industry, as I said. While you are two different audiences I can give the same speech. My core message is always the same. The Obama Administration will work to reduce the role and numbers of nuclear weapons worldwide while ensuring that our nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, and effective so long as nuclear weapons exist.
There is nothing contradictory about decreasing the size and role of our nuclear weapons and increasing our confidence in our deterrent. Our growing knowledge of the reliability of our stockpile, through our stewardship efforts, enables us to safely continue reducing the number of weapons that are the legacy of the Cold War. Too many weapons of that era remain even though the Soviet Union no longer exists and even though we're moving from an era of Mutually Assured Destruction to, Sergei, an era of Mutually Assured Stability.
Our primary focus today is no longer deterring a large-scale nuclear conflict between two superpowers, but preventing the use of even a single nuclear weapon. That's why I am working to implement the President's agenda and strengthen our deterrent. As the President said, we might not achieve the goal of a world without nuclear weapons in his lifetime. It may take patience and persistence. But the journey is perhaps more important than the destination. As I said in Paris earlier this month, we don't view nuclear disarmament as a Holy Grail. Instead, it's the concrete steps that we take to enhance our national security on the road to zero that will reduce risks and increase international stability.
Let me describe several of those steps. We are at the end game, we see the finish line of negotiating a START follow-on treaty. Our intent is to conclude an agreement that will help preserve stability and predictability at lower nuclear levels than ever before. While I won't negotiate with myself in public or with Sergei at lunch, I assure you that this treaty will be verifiable and will advance our interests. We will accelerate our efforts to transform our nuclear weapons posture through the Nuclear Posture Review, which will submitted to Congress next month. And we will continue our work to keep vulnerable nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists by preparing for a successful Nuclear Security Summit in April and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in May.
At this point, I do want to talk about stockpile management because it's just starting to get attention from Congress and the media even though it's something I know that everyone here has paid attention to and written about for years for years. And here is where I should just start by reading from the Wall Street Journal opinion editorial written by four of our wisest statesmen: George Schultz, Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, and Bill Perry. They understand the importance of moving toward eliminating nuclear weapons while making sure that we have a deterrent that protects us and our allies.
They're absolutely correct in saying that our scientists and engineers at the three national labs deserve to be "applauded for the success they have achieved in extending the life of existing weapons. Their work has led to important advances in the scientific understanding of nuclear explosions and obviated the need for underground nuclear explosive tests."
They went on to argue that we will need to invest in our nuclear complex. And I couldn't agree more. I did my best as a member of Congress to support the complex because I know, like you do, whether we have 2,000 weapons or 20 weapons, we will need the personnel and the infrastructure to keep our nuclear deterrent safe, secure, and effective.
As you know, President Obama's budget devotes $7 billion for maintaining our nuclear-weapons stockpile and complex. That's a $600 million increase. That's a $600 million increase. And over the next 5 years we intend to boost funding for these important activities by more than $5 billion. Five billion dollars. Now it's up to Congress to do their job to appropriate the money.
We are fully funding Stockpile Management to increase the reliability, safety and security of our nuclear stockpile, to reduce the likelihood that we might resume underground testing, to achieve reductions in the future size of the stockpile, and to reduce the risk of accidental detonation as well as the risk of nuclear terrorism. Now I'm not saying anything new … all you have to do is read the 2010 defense bill that both chambers voted on and approved with bipartisan support and that President Obama signed. It's the law.
I hope we can work together to make sure that Congress does its job, too. Members of Congress need to know – and this audience includes some of the best messengers possible that we must continue to attract, develop and retain the best scientists, engineers, and technicians who we need to maintain our nuclear deterrent, whatever its size.
The result will be a more credible deterrent. I want to emphasize, again, at this point, that RRW is dead and that it's not coming back. But maintaining a credible deterrent means having a sound nuclear complex that can confidently and safely extend the lives of our existing weapons as required. Our military leaders responsible for the deterrent also support this sensible approach because, as they like to say, they do not need new nuclear weapons capabilities. They just want to be confident in what we have.
Another thing a credible deterrent does not depend on is testing. This Administration supports the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty not only because it serves our national interests, but because we possess sufficient knowledge and understanding on how our nuclear weapons work. We simply don't need to test to maintain our deterrent. As I said, by smartly managing our nuclear stockpile, we can move forward on other parts of the President's nuclear agenda. We can seek Senate ratification of CTBT.
Let me return for a moment to the role of nuclear weapons in our defense posture. While nuclear weapons have a clear role, our deterrent extends beyond nuclear weapons. It includes developing better and more effective missile defense systems and strategies. It includes bolstering our conventional forces' interoperability, their precision, and their reach. Our improving conventional capabilities make it possible to reduce our reliance on nuclear weapons for some targets and missions. As our conventional weapons have become more precise, we do not have to cling to nuclear weapons to accomplish our objectives.
Our military men and women operating on battlefields strive every day to reduce collateral damage and prevent the loss of innocent lives. Our strategic planners should be guided by the same goals and seek alternatives to nuclear weapons to hold certain targets at risk. That does not mean, as some suggest, that we should explore smaller yield or "more-usable" nuclear weapons or anything of the sort. A nuclear weapon, no matter what its yield, is still a nuclear weapon. The firewall between nuclear and conventional weapons must remain bold, not blurred. We are not in the business of seeking new nuclear capabilities. They are not needed to preserve a strong, credible deterrent.
Let me close as I began just so that I'm clear. This Administration will work toward a world without nuclear weapons and we will continue to maintain a safe, secure, and effective deterrent as we proceed toward that goal. It's a pleasure to be here again today. I know that Amb. Kislyak is going to be an enjoyable speaker. I think you very much for your attention and I'm happy to try to answer any questions that you might have.
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Take a Look at What $5 Gets You in Big Macs and Bananas Around the World
Here's where to live if you really, really like bananas.
Here's a mind-blowing new way of looking at exchange rates: BuzzFeed takes a look at how much $5 will buy in terms of basic foods like rice, but also the Big Mac, in various countries around the world. If you like to eat a lot of egg-salad sandwiches, for example, you might not want to go to Sweden, where $5 buys 15 eggs — go to China, where you'll score 57 for the same amount. Coffee is dirt cheap in India, as is ground beef in the U.K. (though, watch out for horse). Of course, none of this means the eggs are fine in Beijing or that you'll get good crema in New Delhi, but it's a fun food math exercise nonetheless. Lots of potatoes and coffee and other groceries, straight ahead.
How Much Food Does $5 Buy Around The World? [BuzzFeed]


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Notes on the Program
Today's concert takes us on a musical journey through the fascinating intercultural history of late 15th century Spain. For nearly eight centuries, Muslims and Christians lived together on the Iberian Peninsula through alternating periods of peace and conflict. There were large Jewish communities in the Christian kingdoms of Castille, Aragon, and Navarre, as well as in the Moorish caliphates of al'Andalus. Paintings from the court of Alfonso X depict Christian, Jewish, and Arabic musicians playing together.
The marriage of Isabella, Heiress to the Kingdom of Castile, and Ferdinand, Prince of Aragon and Catalonia and King of Sicily, in 1469, would put an end to this marriage of cultures. Any opposition to their policies was eliminated in 1476 when they created a national police force, the hermandad, to decrease the power of the independent nobility. With the sanction of the Papacy and the Inquisition, Ferdinand and Isabella undertook the forcible conversion or ethnic cleansing of Spain to create a unified Christian nation. Their military campaign to Christianize Spain culminated in the defeat of the Moors in 1492. In that one cataclysmic year, which we normally associate with Columbus' discovery of the New World, Christians recaptured Granada and the Alhambra and expelled all of Spain's Jews from the region. Despite promises of religious tolerance the Muslim expulsion followed a mere ten years later. Ferdinand and Isabella's focus could then turn to converting and colonizing the peoples of the New World.
The Sephardim scattered across the Ottoman Empire and other parts of Europe, resettling south in North Africa and east in safe havens such as Amsterdam, Venice, and Ferrara, where they preserved their Judeo-Spanish language (Ladino) and a wealth of beautiful folk music. Our program opens with Morena me llaman and Avrix mi galanica, traditional songs collected in the Balkans and published by Isaac Levy in his Chants Judeo-Espagnols, 1970-1973. Sephardic melodies have been subject to many generations of oral transmission; this is music that, according to Spanish scholar Ramón Menéndez Pilár, "lives in its variants".
Christian engagement with Moorish society is evident in the courtly poetry of the time. Tales of great battles (La mañana de Sant Juan), some told as if from a Moorish perspective (Una sañosa porfía), as well as love songs involving Moorish women (Di, perra mora – cited by several writers including Cervantes and Lope de Vega) are to be found in all the songbooks, or cancioneros, and the books of the vihuelists. Stories of the great voyages and discoveries are conspicuously missing from these same sources.
Further evidence of Moorish influence in Spain is seen in the instruments themselves. Percussion such as the riq (Egyptian tambourine) and strings like the rebab (rebec) came into Spanish courtly culture with the Moorish musicians and instument makers. The predecessor of the lute (oud or al'ud) was introduced into Europe via Sicily and southern Spain (al'Andalus). Due to its Moorish origin, the role of the lute diminished in Christian Spain during the later Middle Ages, but it became the prime instrument elsewhere in Europe during the Renaissance. Spaniards replaced it with the guitar-shaped vihuela, an instrument with stringing, tuning, and notation identical to the lute. Lutenists and vihuelists undoubtedly played each other's music and there are several examples of European lute pieces in the vihuela books. In tonight's program, Ronn McFarlane performs Fuenllana's vihuela setting of Morenica, dame un beso, a three-part villancico by Juan Vasquez, on solo lute.
Even the "tablature" notation for lute and vihuela derives from the Moors. Using numbers and/or letters to indicate fingerings, it is a graphic representation of the strings on the fingerboard. According to Douglas Alton Smith (A History of the Lute from Antiquity to the Renaissance, 2002) such notation was known as early as the ninth century in al'Andalus. It may have been invented by a court musician and oud player named Abu-'l-Hasan (also known as Ziryab), a black slave who reportedly fled from Baghdad.
The bulk of secular and non-liturgical Spanish vocal music from the Renaissance can be found in a handful of manuscripts called cancioneros. The Cancionero de Palacio, the palace songbook from the court of Ferdinand and Isabella, is a monumental collection of nearly five hundred pieces in three and four parts. It is extraordinary for its large and diverse repertory: salacious villancicos (Cucú,cucú, cucucú and Calabaça) appear alongside non-liturgical religious pieces and heroic romances. The seven published books of vihuela music (1536-1576) are the other prime source and they provide concordant settings to many works in the cancioneros.
The repertory preserved in all the cancioneros is of two principal genres: romance and villancico. The romance is the Spanish corollary to the English ballad; a strophic, narrative poem consisting of lines of eight syllables. The villancico is a lighter, dance-like form that coordinates rhyme scheme and textual refrain with the musical refrain. On occasion, composers utilized the contrast between the romance and the villancico by writing them as a pair (Qu'es de ti, desconsolado and Levanta Pascual). The villancico was then known by the term deshecha. This combination yielded a potent reflexive form. The narrative established by the text of the romance was expanded or commented upon in the deshecha. The emotional tone established by the music of the romance was likewise developed in the deshecha. (For more information on the deshecha see Deborah Lawrence's doctoral dissertation: In Other Words and Music: Deshecha Practice in the Sixteenth Century, University of Chicago, 2000.)
Juan del Encina was a master of these forms, and his Cancionero (Salamanca, 1496) was the first Spanish publication devoted entirely to the works of a single author. Encina's Cancionero contains the verses to his romances and villancicos as well as his short pastoral plays (Eglogas). The musical settings of these romances and villancicos, sixty-two compositions in all, are found in the Cancionero de Palacio. Encina's representation in this songbook is three times larger than that of any other composer.
Diego Ortiz was director of the Spanish viceroy's choir in Naples, and his Trattado de glosas, a treatise on improvisation, was published in Rome. The music of the cancionero of the Duke of Calabria (Ferdinand of Aragon, exiled in Valencia) was published in Venice in 1556 under the title Villancicos de diversos autores. It is now known as the Cancionero de Uppsala, after the library in Sweden where it is housed. These publications mirror the close relationship between Spain and Italy that developed through the Spanish popes and through the Aragonese court at Naples.
Improvisation pervaded the instrumental practice of Renaissance Spain, indeed, of all of Europe. In addition to embellishing cadences, performers routinely expanded upon, or "glossed", pre-existing tunes, using them as repeating tenors or foundation melodies for ornamental improvisation. We present two distinct genres of improvisation in tonight's program: the fifteenth century basse dance, in which a single, lengthy bass line lies beneath a newly spun-out melody, and sixteenth-century pieces based on repeating chord progressions, not unlike the modern twelve-bar blues. Ortiz's recercada primera and segunda are based on the minor mode passamezzo antico and major mode passamezzo moderno, respectively. His basse dance La Spagna and De la Torre's Danza Alta are each settings of an old tune called variously La Spagna, Re di Spagna, La baixa de Castilla, Spanier Tantz, etc., which was so popular in its time that over two hundred pieces, including an entire Mass by Isaac, employed it as their foundation.
We end tonight's program with Juan del Encina's popular Oy comamos y bebamos, written as a deshecha-finale to his carnival play, Egloga representada la mesma noche de antruejo o carnestollendas. Its message is "live for the moment"; a sentiment, which we hope, will inspire spontaneity in our performance.
—notes by Mark Cudek