Movers was in the s p 500 this week. Tshirt. Ands and your underpants, right . I guess what. When you work at home, you still need your briefs. [laughter] still with us, hopefully, david balin. David, we are heading into the heart of the earnings season next week. Earnings companies next week, that is the real meat of it. What are you looking for to see from these companies . Margin improvement . Revenue growth . Or are you still concerned about the bottom line . Those three, but more importantly we are looking for the trajectory, the information they provide about the trajectory in their business at this point. The Balance Sheet health of the companies and their ability to fund operations, the degree to which they are bringing back employees and we are looking at changes in competitive position, which you touched on several times in the weeks passed to see if companies are actually gaining share in their respective businesses. So, its a lot of data that we think indicates the degree t
Quorum call quorum call mr. Sanders madam president. The presiding officer the senator from vermont is recognized. Sorry. Mr. Sanders thank you. Madam president , since last week the senate has been quote, unquote, debating the presiding officer senator, were in a quorum call. Mr. Sanders i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders madam president , since last week, the senate ostensibly one of the great deliberative bodies in the world, supposedly, has been quote, unquote, debating the 740 billion National Defense authorization act. Its been a very, very silent debate because of the 700 amendments that have been filed to this bill. There has been no roll call votes on any of them. I do understand that in the managers amendments have been accepted, and thats fine, but weve had a vigorous debate but nobody in the world has heard that debate because theres not been one amendment here on the floor. And knowing the way the senate does
Welcome . Welcome everyone thank, you for being here. My name is Jeremy Drouin im in the valley special collections and the local History Department in archives of the city public library. Our Research Room is headquartered just across the hall from this auditorium. In our collection, you will find books, manuscripts and journals of other Research Materials documenting kansas citys early history as a town and outfitter for travelers setting out on the trail. It is november 12th, 1927 were the sculpture was dedicated to allie park there. Not only celebrates kansas city s grand near history but is attributed to those who suffered great hardship and loss while traveling across the plains in search of a better life. And her new book pioneer mother monuments, constructed cultural identity historian cynthia press got worked through accessory of recognition in Pioneer Monuments and across the nation. Including those in the kansas city region. For honor to have her here today to discuss the re
Thank you so much for coming and braving the weather, what a great day to have a book about the weather. If you have been following the weather, who does not these days, you will have noticed at least two things, first it is getting weirder and wilder with bigger storms, hotter and more freezing temperatures and greater extremes seemingly all times of the year. Second the forecaster are Getting Better at predicting what is about to hit us, they still do not get it right 100 of the time but their accuracy is definitely improved and so has the timeliness of the report. These days were where not only of one weather model but of multiple ones simulating the fruifuture space of the atmosphe is north of a model, european model, global, and a number of others and their forecasting not just todays weather or tomorrows but whether over the next ten days and beyond. Andrew blum got interested in the stuff, he was not satisfied with explanations that attributed the advances and whether science fo
Next, journalist andrew blum on his book the weather machine where he first the Technology Used to develop daily weather reports. From politics and prose bookstore in washington dc this runs one hour. Good evening everybody. Im the coowner of politics and prose along with my wife in on behalf of everyone here, welcome. Thank you for coming. Congratulations on here braving the weather to get your weather. What a great day to have a book about the weather, isnt it if you have been following the weather and who doesnt these days you will have noticed, at least two things. First, that it is getting weirder and wilder with bigger storms, hotter and more freezing temperatures, greater extremes then seemingly of all times of the year. Second, forecasters are Getting Better at predicting what is about to hit us. They still dont get it right one 100 of the time, of course, but their accuracy is definitely improved and so has the timeliness of their reports. In fact, these days we are aware not