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>> i learned how to sell door-to-door when i sold encyclopedias, no appointments. paul mitchell, it was salon to salon, knocking door to door. when we started patrón, even though i was a little more affluent at the time, we went from bar to bar, pouring bartenders a drink of our tequila, showing them how it's different than any other tequila. >> dejoria also got some help from friends like clint eastwood, who featured patrón frequently in his movie "in the line of fire." soon, customers were lining up to try the new premium tequila. the growth has been as steady and remarkable as john paul mitchell systems. today, patrón sells tequila and other spirits and had revenues of more than $540 million in 2011. >> when i started john paul mitchell systems with my partner, we went door to door... >> meanwhile, dejoria has thrown his energy and fortune into giving back. >> when in our hearts we know there's hope we keep going at it, then we get some good results. >> he's begun with funding organizations like chrysalis, which helps the homeless get their lives together and fi
>> i learned how to sell door-to-door when i sold encyclopedias, no appointments. paul mitchell, it was salon to salon, knocking door to door. when we started patrón, even though i was a little more affluent at the time, we went from bar to bar, pouring bartenders a drink of our tequila, showing them how it's different than any other tequila. >> dejoria also got some help from friends like clint eastwood, who featured patrón frequently in his movie "in the line of fire."...
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their rig this amazing encyclopedia with amazing injuries kind you really should read it. the city of this that i am on my shelf. this is truly the first hardcover book i ever bought. it's as much love as i can show anything. there is knowing in without dave barry. pat quinn of -- no one made fun of kraft earlier. with that said, without further ado. [applause] >> thank you so much. the onion would never write him back. folks cannot my name is will tracy. this is our new book. 183rd imperial addition. encyclopedia of all the world's knowledge, anything in the world that exists is in this book. anything that is not in the book does not come in fact, exist. so dave's new book is not in this book so it does not, in fact, exist. >> dave barry is not in the buck. dave barry is a figment of our collective imagination. we will come into existence of the power of the mind theater to read this book is, as i said, an encyclopedia. for those are not familiar with the most powerful organization in the world founded in 1756. oppression farmer heard traded sector hands for printing pres
their rig this amazing encyclopedia with amazing injuries kind you really should read it. the city of this that i am on my shelf. this is truly the first hardcover book i ever bought. it's as much love as i can show anything. there is knowing in without dave barry. pat quinn of -- no one made fun of kraft earlier. with that said, without further ado. [applause] >> thank you so much. the onion would never write him back. folks cannot my name is will tracy. this is our new book. 183rd...
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watson was educated by wikipedia and several other encyclopedias. and its education took weeks, not years. but it's operating thousands times faster than humans. but we are going to have to educate it. it's going to have to have goals. our goals are set by our own brain which provides our fears and our motivations. but the neocortex sublimates them. writing a poem, for example. >> so what about the body? they were a lot of our intelligence, many people think our rises from our physical interactions with our environment and our opinions can be swayed by, say, the temperature of the cup that i'm holding. how do you come is there a way to model that? if the computer intelligence don't have. >> guest: they have to have some way of interacting with the environment. you're right, the bulk of our environment has been devoted to meeting the needs and desires of our physical body, and it's actually, we have the luxury of spending much time at levels that are removed directly from that. most of our, up until recently in human history was really devoted to peo
watson was educated by wikipedia and several other encyclopedias. and its education took weeks, not years. but it's operating thousands times faster than humans. but we are going to have to educate it. it's going to have to have goals. our goals are set by our own brain which provides our fears and our motivations. but the neocortex sublimates them. writing a poem, for example. >> so what about the body? they were a lot of our intelligence, many people think our rises from our physical...
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i got a set of encyclopedias that is killing it right now. >> next video, penguin escape. >> that reallyike a penguin. i do not think that's a small person in a penguin costume. ♪ >> this is a penguin escape. >> you know why i think it's real? he did the run, he ran a little funny. >> real penguin, i think it's a set up. >> throw fakes, one real. >> when you see the eagle that snatches the kid? >> yeah. this is from the same class of students. this is another phony video. >> we knew it, see? >> the last video i'm sad to say is called meet johnny booger finger. >> no! >> he ate it! >> yeah. >> is he going inside his nose -- no he went inside. >> just super comfortable on the subway. >> which makes me believe this is fake. who would go to town like this? he's like scratching his brain he's going so hard at it. >> i kind of agree with you as well. >> how do you fake put your finger up your nose? this is real. >> i think he's so in his own world that he thinks he's at home. >> i think it's a setupme mense. i think the guy knows the cram is there. >> i think i'm sick. >> matt, thank you. merr
i got a set of encyclopedias that is killing it right now. >> next video, penguin escape. >> that reallyike a penguin. i do not think that's a small person in a penguin costume. ♪ >> this is a penguin escape. >> you know why i think it's real? he did the run, he ran a little funny. >> real penguin, i think it's a set up. >> throw fakes, one real. >> when you see the eagle that snatches the kid? >> yeah. this is from the same class of students....
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. >> you were a door to door encyclopedia salesman in your early career.did that teach you in terms of success and working hard? >> the greatest thing i can share with america is you are taught how to be prepared for rejection when you knock on 50 doors and they are slammed in your face and door 100 it is just as enthusiastic and you believe and eventually get through doors. >> what an inspiration. great to see you. john paul dejoria joining us. >>> up next, we will look at the news this upcoming week that will have an impact on the money. >>> and the course of true love never did come smoothly especially when it comes to finding the perfect holiday gift. why partridges and pear trees are subject to the whims of the economy. so if you're one of the who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> we have big news to tell you about, beginning in january, we will have a new name. look for us "on the money wit
. >> you were a door to door encyclopedia salesman in your early career.did that teach you in terms of success and working hard? >> the greatest thing i can share with america is you are taught how to be prepared for rejection when you knock on 50 doors and they are slammed in your face and door 100 it is just as enthusiastic and you believe and eventually get through doors. >> what an inspiration. great to see you. john paul dejoria joining us. >>> up next, we will...
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one member of the group told a reporter figures later the patent served as the groups walking encyclopedia. whenever they needed information about what country they run of the culture they were turned to her because she would have the information. her husband concentrate on the larger ship reassuring americans allies clarified eisenhower's policy and assessing attitudes toward communism. while he did that, pat's role is to go out and meet the people. neither he nor package ever been particularly interested in foreign socializing so he requested that official dinners be kept to minimum so they could meet with as many different people as possible in the countries they visited. pat recognize there is doubt to be done that she wrote in her diary that she could not help the caught up in the thrill of traveling. even her sadness of leaving the girls did not completely overwhelm her excitement. the harsh reality of such extensive travel combined with the little girls enthusiasm for seeing new and different sites left off the pages of her diary. she gleefully recorded her initiation ceremony as sh
one member of the group told a reporter figures later the patent served as the groups walking encyclopedia. whenever they needed information about what country they run of the culture they were turned to her because she would have the information. her husband concentrate on the larger ship reassuring americans allies clarified eisenhower's policy and assessing attitudes toward communism. while he did that, pat's role is to go out and meet the people. neither he nor package ever been...
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if you had a redskins fan on the christmas list, the redskins encyclopedia. >> the most comprehensiveistic account of redskins history. >> very good. >> and all the way back to the early years of the team. >> you told me something i did not know. this is a big game this weekend. it feels like a big game. it's bigger than we thought. >> this is a marquis matchup. the first game since 1979, and the two teams met. there were other games over the years between the teams, like 1976. the redskins were bidding for a play-off spot and locked up the nfc east. >> uh. >> and the last game at rfk. >> uh. >> the cowboys won a division 2007, the shawn taylor year, and this is. >> we're going show clips of the games you mentioned, the final game at rfk, which i was at. the redskins, they were not that great but beat the cowboys. >> right. >> and the shawn taylor game as well. of course, you know, when we think about the rivalry, we think about the big games, the nfc championship game, of course and 1983n. terms of what we're looking at -- in terms of what we're looking at and where do you think this
if you had a redskins fan on the christmas list, the redskins encyclopedia. >> the most comprehensiveistic account of redskins history. >> very good. >> and all the way back to the early years of the team. >> you told me something i did not know. this is a big game this weekend. it feels like a big game. it's bigger than we thought. >> this is a marquis matchup. the first game since 1979, and the two teams met. there were other games over the years between the...
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. >> i am getting my cnn heroes encyclopedia knowledge here, they are still cnn heroes, because oncea hero. they have been filling me in on all the great works they have zone since they became a cnn. dock henley, we were talking early about you were doing such good work before you became a hero, but since then, your project, wine to water, which brings fresh water to third world companies, the most basic thing we need to live -- >> now in just the three years since, we have zbrogrown, we're 15 countries now around the world. we have reached 150,000 people for water, in war stricken places like haiti and i was actually in syria providing r refugees with water. you've got people whose lives have been flipped upside down this last year, year and a half. and one of the most basic things we forget about is that when they get to a camp setting, they lack the most basic needs of clean water. if you think about food, someone can survive in a camp with seven days or more without food, but you can't survive for more than three stdays without water. >> doc's story is going to be mirrored on sta
. >> i am getting my cnn heroes encyclopedia knowledge here, they are still cnn heroes, because oncea hero. they have been filling me in on all the great works they have zone since they became a cnn. dock henley, we were talking early about you were doing such good work before you became a hero, but since then, your project, wine to water, which brings fresh water to third world companies, the most basic thing we need to live -- >> now in just the three years since, we have...
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should have had you on before christmas because if you had a redskins fans on your christmas list, encyclopedia, everything you want to know. >> a journalistic accounted of -- account of redskins history. back to the early years of the team. >> this rivalry, you just told me something during the break here that i did not know. this is a big game this weekend. it feels like a big game. it's bigger than we thought. >> this is a marquee match-up, actually this is the first game since 1979 that the two teams have met, first -- final regular -- first final regular season game where there's been playoff implications to both squads. 1976 the redskins were bidding for a playoff spot, same thing in 1996, the last game at rfk, cowboys already won the division. 2007 the cowboys had already won the division but this game is huge. >> we are going to show some clips from some of those very games that you mentioned, the final game which i was at which when the redskins weren't all that great but they beat the cowboys in the final game of the season and the shawn taylor game as well. of course, you know, when
should have had you on before christmas because if you had a redskins fans on your christmas list, encyclopedia, everything you want to know. >> a journalistic accounted of -- account of redskins history. back to the early years of the team. >> this rivalry, you just told me something during the break here that i did not know. this is a big game this weekend. it feels like a big game. it's bigger than we thought. >> this is a marquee match-up, actually this is the first game...
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fash: the hieroglyphic stairway represents an encyclopedia of copan history. what it's saying is that copan is a powerful kingdom. it has been from its inception, and all of the copan kings were great warriors. the interesting thing is, when you look at the archaeological context of the stairway, you realize that all was not well in river city. keach: workers enter a tunnel behind the staircase. twelve centuries earlier, other workers had built the hieroglyphic stairs on top of an existing building. the space between was filled with rubble, which was usually densely packed. this fill is very loose. why such shoddy construction ? was it evidence that the king who commissioned the stairway had little support among his workers ? what had gone wrong ? once again, a maya king had been killed by a rival kingdom. at copan, that king was 18 rabbit. the hieroglyphic staircase was built by his successors in a symbolic attempt to assert the status of copan's ruling dynasty. so in fact, we believe the stairway is a beautiful example of political propaganda. they were tryi
fash: the hieroglyphic stairway represents an encyclopedia of copan history. what it's saying is that copan is a powerful kingdom. it has been from its inception, and all of the copan kings were great warriors. the interesting thing is, when you look at the archaeological context of the stairway, you realize that all was not well in river city. keach: workers enter a tunnel behind the staircase. twelve centuries earlier, other workers had built the hieroglyphic stairs on top of an existing...
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] ♪ some nights i stay up cashing in my bad luck ♪ >>> from day one we knew he was a political encyclopediaistory buff but who knew professor kornacki would make phobia so fashionable in 2012? >> this is my state today. i have cycled down to the key swing state. well, i took the train. ♪ that's the mr. belvedere theme song for no reason. i love the show. >> i think we know what we need. nerds! >> make it rain. he went from three ahead in the seven-day track yesterday to five ahead in the track day. >> we have glasses. that's my guess. added skills to work here. >> don't mind me. i'm just reading my "tv guide" here out with the hot list for 2012. i can't believe this! toure's 41 years old. nbc's new daytime talk fest proves that you can disagree without being disagreeable unless your name is s.e. cupp. >> what? all right, steve. stop, stop, stop reading. >> oh yeah. supposed to give the -- read this and not this. i'm going the give you a super saver tip for the holidays from steve. i have taken grandson and i have changed it to alias and friend. i have taken birthday and changed it to hanukk
] ♪ some nights i stay up cashing in my bad luck ♪ >>> from day one we knew he was a political encyclopediaistory buff but who knew professor kornacki would make phobia so fashionable in 2012? >> this is my state today. i have cycled down to the key swing state. well, i took the train. ♪ that's the mr. belvedere theme song for no reason. i love the show. >> i think we know what we need. nerds! >> make it rain. he went from three ahead in the seven-day track...
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it actually read wikipedia and other encyclopedias. 200 million pages of natural language documents. it actually does not do as good a job as you would do reading a page person you could read one page and say it's a 97% chance barack obama as president if he didn't know anything about them watson road reducing page and say there's a 56% chance barack obama's president. he did not do as good a job, but it's been 200 million pages, maybe 100,000 of those -- >> host: this is a computer that beat a human in jeopardy, right? >> guest: so within three seconds they can access all of the knowledge in this 200 million pages at its level of understanding even though that level is below tyumen, the scale is far beyond the human. you and i can't read 200 million pages and remember it all. we'd never get through it. that level of understanding will gradually get better and better. my contentions of human intelligence will then be able to read lancet pages. lots being adopted to read medical general articles of blogs and be a medical diagnostician consulting system. the doctors can't read everythi
it actually read wikipedia and other encyclopedias. 200 million pages of natural language documents. it actually does not do as good a job as you would do reading a page person you could read one page and say it's a 97% chance barack obama as president if he didn't know anything about them watson road reducing page and say there's a 56% chance barack obama's president. he did not do as good a job, but it's been 200 million pages, maybe 100,000 of those -- >> host: this is a computer that...
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i didn't want to write an encyclopedia. i wanted to explain why a circumnavigation is distipghtive. why do we have the term "around the world" or circumnavigation. why does going around the world matter in the broader scheme of things? did it matters because it shows how human beings have been thinking themselves on a planetary scale for a long time. for nearly 500 years. this is really significant. we think the planetary consciousness is recent. something gopped in modern times. something we have and people in the past didn't. and especially associate the realization of things on the planetary scale with the ongoing environmental crisis, which we think of unprecedented which it is. the plan tear may go along with it may not be unprecedented. the circumnaters for a long time were by definition not only thinking of themselves in relation to the entire planet, but doing something in relation to it by going around it. circumnavigation is the oldest human activity done on the planetary scale and remarkably it's 16th sailers who did it first. so in the book, i define around the world tra
i didn't want to write an encyclopedia. i wanted to explain why a circumnavigation is distipghtive. why do we have the term "around the world" or circumnavigation. why does going around the world matter in the broader scheme of things? did it matters because it shows how human beings have been thinking themselves on a planetary scale for a long time. for nearly 500 years. this is really significant. we think the planetary consciousness is recent. something gopped in modern times....
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. >> a walking encyclopedia. >> he likes his sushi.s what it is. >>> time for the weather and ginger zee. >> good morning, everybody. i want to start in the pacific northwest, where they've been waiting for snow at some of the ski resorts. and snowboarders happy, too. snoqualmie pass, they got it. up to a foot of snow. a lot of people needed six inches to get going. they got well over six inches in a lot of spots. that same storm that drops that snow is moving through the northern plains. that's what will be responsible for the snow, not only in the northern plains and parts of the dakotas, but also from minnesota to wisconsin this weekend. so, there's some much-needed snow tracking across the northern part of the country. blizzard warnings include bismarck and aberdeen. not just snow, but usually a lot of wind. it's going to be treacherous on the roadways. one place that's a whole lot warmer, raleigh. 74 by monday. a warming trend from the southeast up to the mid-atlantic. >> this weather report has been brought to you by at&t. bianna
. >> a walking encyclopedia. >> he likes his sushi.s what it is. >>> time for the weather and ginger zee. >> good morning, everybody. i want to start in the pacific northwest, where they've been waiting for snow at some of the ski resorts. and snowboarders happy, too. snoqualmie pass, they got it. up to a foot of snow. a lot of people needed six inches to get going. they got well over six inches in a lot of spots. that same storm that drops that snow is moving through...
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god, this guy's like an encyclopedia. >> jimmy: no, it's like -- [ imitates slide guitar ] >> yeah, exactly play slide. i shouldn't say that. >> jimmy: can i get a lesson form bonnie raitt? i would -- please. are you kidding me? >> oh, man. such a piece of cake. >> jimmy: i would pay you a million bucks. that's unbelievable. i got to say, you know -- of course, i'm a fan of yours. i grew up in upstate new york, too. so i knew a lot of you through that scene. yeah. and then, i -- "nick of time" i bought that cd for me because everyone was buying it. that was the thing you had to have. and then, my mom just fell in love with it. and she kept singing "i can't make you love me." >> oh, beautiful. >> jimmy: and it's beautiful. but then, i go, "wait, her and my dad having problems?" [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: but then -- but, i think it's because she thought that she could really sing that one, belt that one. that was like an anthem. she would do it at parties. that would be her move. and so, like, "all right, everybody. everyone sit down. i'm going to sing bonnie raitt." >> so sweet. >> jim
god, this guy's like an encyclopedia. >> jimmy: no, it's like -- [ imitates slide guitar ] >> yeah, exactly play slide. i shouldn't say that. >> jimmy: can i get a lesson form bonnie raitt? i would -- please. are you kidding me? >> oh, man. such a piece of cake. >> jimmy: i would pay you a million bucks. that's unbelievable. i got to say, you know -- of course, i'm a fan of yours. i grew up in upstate new york, too. so i knew a lot of you through that scene. yeah....
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he sent me home with a suit case of source notes and notes and encyclopedia of military terminology. and i thought again, i can do this. i know about the blitz. i have 100 books on my own shelves about world war ii and african campaign and samuel elliot morrison's official history of the naval battles, u.s. navy. i thought i can do this. somewhere along the lines i realized i don't know what bill wants me to do. and we did discuss this somewhat. he said you have to put your man in his times. you have to have the detail of city life and country life and what were the roads like, what were the airplanes like. were they pressurized. all of the details have to be there so the character can move through his world and the reader understands and has a feel for it. host: how much reading -- i don't know if you can quantify it -- how much reading did you do? and where did you do it? guest: i had a nice library in the house we bought with a fair place and view of the blue ridge mountains and i had five desks set up in a u with all the material manchester used to cut and paste into his tablets,
he sent me home with a suit case of source notes and notes and encyclopedia of military terminology. and i thought again, i can do this. i know about the blitz. i have 100 books on my own shelves about world war ii and african campaign and samuel elliot morrison's official history of the naval battles, u.s. navy. i thought i can do this. somewhere along the lines i realized i don't know what bill wants me to do. and we did discuss this somewhat. he said you have to put your man in his times....
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outside of the united states, when you look at a place like indonesia and india right now, that encyclopedian people's pockets is empowering people all over the world. >> you were talking about the piracy issue. in china they not only have fake iphones that have come out before the official iphone which came out today, they have fake apple stores that are cropping up all over the place, having a huge impact and material impact on earnings for a company as huge as apple is these days. >> i was walking around the floor a minute ago and everyone is just, you know, blown away and so upset. they have got their tvs turned to the local news in some areas of the floor. this senseless act in connecticut is just so -- so daunting. it's hard to even -- it's hard to take. >> an impact on the market as well. as i said earlier, a subdued market, as we all are. the dow holding with a decline of about 38 points. >> we'll bring you the latest on the fatality in connecticut. facebook stock up nearly 40% in the last three months. when will it move past the original $38 ipo price? we'll take a lock and still sh
outside of the united states, when you look at a place like indonesia and india right now, that encyclopedian people's pockets is empowering people all over the world. >> you were talking about the piracy issue. in china they not only have fake iphones that have come out before the official iphone which came out today, they have fake apple stores that are cropping up all over the place, having a huge impact and material impact on earnings for a company as huge as apple is these days....
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. >> thank you for the rap encyclopedia acknowledgement. never sell no crack where you rest at. >> you planned that. you wrote that down. >> i write a lot of things down. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> but that notion that we know from politics which is not in my backyard. i think ezra is right. we have to look at where the bulk of these things are happening and understand why they're not serious. wealthy people do a lot of estate and charitable planning. the charitable deduction thing is not going to happen. it's also a terrible idea -- >> i mean independent of the people for the charities themselves. >> that was my second point. it's a terrible idea because the whole reason we do this, right, is that we want to encourage people to give to charities and we want public services also outside of the government. if you were a conservative and you think that there are problems in this world that should be solved by something other than the government it's charities and churches. we can't go down that road. >> finish by saying that's where we go nex
. >> thank you for the rap encyclopedia acknowledgement. never sell no crack where you rest at. >> you planned that. you wrote that down. >> i write a lot of things down. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> but that notion that we know from politics which is not in my backyard. i think ezra is right. we have to look at where the bulk of these things are happening and understand why they're not serious. wealthy people do a lot of estate and charitable planning. the...
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i did not want to write an encyclopedia. i wanted to explain why it is distinctive and we have the turn around the world. what does this mean? what is going around the world matter in the broader scheme of things? it matters because human beings had been thinking to themselves on a planetary scale for a long time for very nearly 500 years. this is significant. the planetary consciousness is recent, something developed in modern time, something that we have the people in the past didn't. we associate this realization of things on a planetary scale with our ongoing environmental crisis , which we think of as unprecedented, which it is. the planetary consciousness that goes along with it may not be unprecedented. second navigators for a very long time were, by definition, not only thinking of themselves in relation to the entire planet but doing something in relation to it by going around it. circumnavigation is the oldest human activity down on a planetary scale and quite remarkably its 16th century sailors to get it first. in
i did not want to write an encyclopedia. i wanted to explain why it is distinctive and we have the turn around the world. what does this mean? what is going around the world matter in the broader scheme of things? it matters because human beings had been thinking to themselves on a planetary scale for a long time for very nearly 500 years. this is significant. the planetary consciousness is recent, something developed in modern time, something that we have the people in the past didn't. we...
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besides that, it would support everything that i have said the encyclopedia britannica, by what's hisname -- oh, goodness, i always walk on his name, but the guy convinced me to be an atheist to begin with. bertrand russell. it was obvious. we already knew it. and then my next page wasn't about how the babylonians invented the 360-degree angle. how did i know that? because it was in the history of philosophy. it was everywhere. so i was about to write on and i thought oh, if eric is going to read this book, i want him to feel what it is like to be a babylonian. to feel what it's like to be a babylonian, i have to put that in your hands. and to make you feel what it's like to have this in your hands, i have to find out if that's made of clay or wood or copper. so for a month, i pursued the question of whether a protractor is made of clay or copper or wood. and i couldn't find it. somewhere in the back of my mind, this happens every day and you go, you amazing idiot, how could he you be so stupid, you are following up this obsession about this. get on with the book. you know you have to
besides that, it would support everything that i have said the encyclopedia britannica, by what's hisname -- oh, goodness, i always walk on his name, but the guy convinced me to be an atheist to begin with. bertrand russell. it was obvious. we already knew it. and then my next page wasn't about how the babylonians invented the 360-degree angle. how did i know that? because it was in the history of philosophy. it was everywhere. so i was about to write on and i thought oh, if eric is going to...
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he sent me home with a suitcase full of source books and encyclopedia and military terminology. and i told him, i can do this. i know about the blitz. i have books of my own about the african campaign and the civic battle and the official history the admiral samuel eliot morison's official history. i thought, i can do this. somewhere along the lines, i thought, i do not know what bill wants me to do. we did discuss with someone. he said, you got to put your man in his times. what were the roads like? what were the airplanes like? were they pressurized? all of the details have to be there so the character can move through his world and the reader understands and has a feel for it. >> how much reading did you do and where did you do it? >> i had a nice library with a fireplace and a view of the blue ridge mountains and i have five desks set up in a u with all the material that manchester had used. speeches, memoirs that were not available when bill was writing. also in the dining room -- chairs around the house. i would take two or three books and a note pad. if, for instance, it
he sent me home with a suitcase full of source books and encyclopedia and military terminology. and i told him, i can do this. i know about the blitz. i have books of my own about the african campaign and the civic battle and the official history the admiral samuel eliot morison's official history. i thought, i can do this. somewhere along the lines, i thought, i do not know what bill wants me to do. we did discuss with someone. he said, you got to put your man in his times. what were the roads...
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at seventh, the lego company presents an encyclopedia of their toy characters. at number eight, missionary sarah young writes a journal from god's point of view in "jesus calling," followed by mark owen's no ease she day, a detailed, firsthand account of the mission to kill osama bin laden. then at tenth, j.j. virgin describes her way to lose seven pounds in seven days with her book, "the virgin diet." for more and to browse other lists, go to wsj.com. >> it all started off, i was a typical high school student. 17 years old, and i was walking through my lunchroom, and, you know, i knew everything back then. [laughter] and i was walking through, and a marine recruiter was sitting in the black corner, and he had his dress blues on. i'm telling you, this guy looked like he could have been the president of the united states. i started asking him a lot of smart aleck questions, you know, what's this for? how'd you get that? oh, well, i can hit a deer at 100 yards, not impressing him at all. so he took it for a minute, and he said, you know, so what are you going to d
at seventh, the lego company presents an encyclopedia of their toy characters. at number eight, missionary sarah young writes a journal from god's point of view in "jesus calling," followed by mark owen's no ease she day, a detailed, firsthand account of the mission to kill osama bin laden. then at tenth, j.j. virgin describes her way to lose seven pounds in seven days with her book, "the virgin diet." for more and to browse other lists, go to wsj.com. >> it all...
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i didn't want to write an encyclopedia. i wanted to explain why circumnavigation is distinctidistincti ve, why do we have the term around the world or circumnavigation? what do these mean? white is going around the world matter in a the broader scheme of things? it shows how human beings have been thinking for themselves on a planetary scale for a long time for nearly 500 years. this is really significant. we think a planetary consciousness is recent, something developed in modern times, something we have the people in the past didn't and we especially associate this realization of things on a planetary scale with their ongoing environmental crisis which we think of as unprecedented. but the planetary consciousness that may go along with it may not be unprecedented. circumnavigate her ers for a very long time were by definition not only thinking of themselves in relation to the entire planet, but doing something in relation to it by going around it. circumnavigation is in fact the oldest human activity done on a planetary s
i didn't want to write an encyclopedia. i wanted to explain why circumnavigation is distinctidistincti ve, why do we have the term around the world or circumnavigation? what do these mean? white is going around the world matter in a the broader scheme of things? it shows how human beings have been thinking for themselves on a planetary scale for a long time for nearly 500 years. this is really significant. we think a planetary consciousness is recent, something developed in modern times,...
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. >> it's almost like a little car encyclopedia in a video format. >> his hobby got a bit out of handf practically anything with wheels and an engine. his mom began to worry. >> i thought it was the biggest waste of time. >> but his dad knows winners aren't always the most obvious. bill lindsay played eight months with the chicago white sox after nine years of trying. that's how kyle learned the small print in dreams. >> when he starts something, he finishes it, and he's not happy until it's perfect. >> he accepts no money from the car industry, but the folks at youtube started selling ads with his reviews. >> as the name suggests, the grand torismo -- >> now his part-time hobby pays him six figures. enough to buy four cars. what does a man who's seen everything prefer to drive? >> my real heart, my real passion it for the classics. >> like the '48 ford his grandparents built with love. >> that's okay. shift. >> he's teaching his girlfriend how to drive one just like it. on that first date, he picked her up in a hyundai. >> i guess he can tell you about how hyundai has been a lot bett
. >> it's almost like a little car encyclopedia in a video format. >> his hobby got a bit out of handf practically anything with wheels and an engine. his mom began to worry. >> i thought it was the biggest waste of time. >> but his dad knows winners aren't always the most obvious. bill lindsay played eight months with the chicago white sox after nine years of trying. that's how kyle learned the small print in dreams. >> when he starts something, he finishes it,...
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. >> a robot that does my homework and an encyclopedia of spiders and a new baseball hat. >> i'm sorryis your real name st. nicholas. if it is, mark the x. >> santa, go pack your sleigh. >> thank you for last year's gift. >> i hope i get my wish. sincerely zane green. >> jillian craiger. >> come and see santa. oh, ho, ho, ho. i'm so glad to see you. will you be good? will you be good? i have been a very good girl, right? this is a special p.s. >> help all children to get lovely presents, too. >> normally in the morning on christmas you always see crumbs all over the chair. >> you can eat as much as you want. >> applesauce. >> chocolate chips. >> sometimes my dad steals the cookies. >> give every reindeer two carrots and give a carrot to the elf. an eighth of a carrot will do. >> seeing everybody so happy. >> me and my brother sometimes go crazy on christmas day. >> i can't be too excited on christmas, because there might be a big bag of coal in there. >> merry christmas! >> merry christmas! >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas and happy new year! >> all right. so
. >> a robot that does my homework and an encyclopedia of spiders and a new baseball hat. >> i'm sorryis your real name st. nicholas. if it is, mark the x. >> santa, go pack your sleigh. >> thank you for last year's gift. >> i hope i get my wish. sincerely zane green. >> jillian craiger. >> come and see santa. oh, ho, ho, ho. i'm so glad to see you. will you be good? will you be good? i have been a very good girl, right? this is a special p.s. >>...
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or the encyclopedia. what did we do before uber.e you with us this morning up early and with a lot of good information there. web life editor for yahoo! of course, yahoo.com. >> this is "the bill press show" t museum now i'm cold. hmm. this is a better choice. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. ahhh. not just a sensation sensational relief. . >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any time, this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: all right. tom trojan wants us to know peter, he is a team physician. >> all right >> bill: director of injury prevention at uchc. i am not sure where that would be >> peter: okay >> bill: but he says kick-offs are the most dangerous plays in football. a player is twice as likely to get hurt during kickoff as any other play during the game. >> that's the director of injury prevention at a college. so let's. >> let's turn the n.f.l. into a flag football league >> bill: i think this guy prob
or the encyclopedia. what did we do before uber.e you with us this morning up early and with a lot of good information there. web life editor for yahoo! of course, yahoo.com. >> this is "the bill press show" t museum now i'm cold. hmm. this is a better choice. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. ahhh. not just a sensation sensational relief. . >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any...