His machine. Without the Cuyahoga River, the metropolis would not exist, the river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the reserves in the 1780s the river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio and, so, man came and continues coming, until today, nearly 2 Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex command has used the river as men have always use rivers. The flow has been put to work as a water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere, is this mark an epitaph for the cuyahoga . Joining us from the cleveland area is David Stradling and the coauthor of where the river burned the carl stokes and the struggle to save cleveland. Let me be been by asking physically where youre located and explained what happened 50 years ago this month. Thank you for having me. We are sitting near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, where the cuyahoga reaches lake erie so you can see over my shoulder one of
An allowance but in alignment of interest in saudi arabia and egypt and the Palestinian Authority and israel. Its the Muslim Brotherhood and hamas. It was less engaged in before and its natural they were quietly under the table in most respects to find a way to help each other and that is the phenomenon that is going on. I do think it is not in their interest if i may suggest for the United States to be seen as not being able to get concessions because of the strong support for the security because if they undermine the perception of their friends and we are israels best friends come if we undermine the ability to influence their adversaries or the belief of the adversaries and our beliefs to influence them, then they will face a much difficult situation. Then they may find themselves comfortable in the embrace in the quiet embrace of their neighbors. But as you referred to it, they would find themselves isolated in the community that would not accept the continuation of the occupation
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Morning to hear this anticipated but still sad and shocking news. Absolutely right, brian. Anticipated. Expected. Predictable but painful nonetheless. As i look around, the crowds here have grown to maybe 400 or 500 people. Mainly South Africans who were born after the birth of democracy. The socalled born frees who have no memory of the darkest years of ar par tide. They are singing and celebrating his life rather than mourning his death because, of course, his death was not in any way surprising coming almost six months to the day since he was admitted to hospital with very serious respiratory illness. People here celebrating his life, life of the man perhaps the world respects and reveres. Nelson mandela said, himself, im not a saint but a sinner who keeps on trying. Nevertheless, there is perhaps no one in this world who in the modern age has been more revered and more respected and because of that, what he gave South Africans, because of the free nation that was born under his pre