Degrasse tyson, director of Hayden Planetarium in new york city and the author of many books including welcome to the universe, death by black hole, and his latest, astrophysics for people in a hurry. Host dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson, in your new book, astrophysics for people in a hurry, you open it by saying that the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. What does that mean . Guest get over it. [laughter] i think up until, well, really up til the year 1600 when we didnt have any particular tools to investigate be the natural world, our five senses were the primary means by which we obtained all information about the universe. And not even knowing that our five senses had limits. If its everything you know, you think its everything the universe is trying to give you but, in fact, its not. And so around 1600 with the invention of the microscope in one direction and then the telescope in the other direction, each invented within a decade of one another, then all of a sudden p
I am anxious to hear from robert. But i want to set him up because he is so important. The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination. It will be a slow extinction apathy, and difference, and undernourishment. But not with the librarians reach. We applaud the Madison Public Library and the foundations that bring us this book festival while the growing board of fiction and nonfiction feast to stimulate and satisfy, a sustainable table of ideas the cuisine of public life. And tonight we have special like because in this moment in the thick of president ial primary in this moment that reveals the depth of the political divide across the country and also reveals an emerging populist movement in both the left and the right, in this moment that is marked by a clear shared sense that too many of us have been moved to the margins dont see a path back and in this moment where there is widespread hunger for the truth it is our luck to hear from the unique truth teller and did debunk
The july 1st but for the september 1st, i wanted to say for the record, how much i love monica and will misher thank you. So my report. In your packets, today, you get this long laundry list that the activities, the department has been engaged in since the last Commission Meetings what i have done is pulled out a few things, i want to call to your attention, because i think theyre emblematic of the story we do with the department. The first one in the nail salon you heard about the nail salon project from our fearless staffer, who is anya is just a wonderful part of our department she has colleagues who work fearlessly with her on this as women, she mentioned a new york times, article, a big piece was done on salon workers, in new york city. There was a lot uncovered in that, we dont know how much of that is relevant here in terms of poor treatment flash flood salon workers, in terms of wages, and hours what we do know is the toxic chemicals are in new york are the same as here. Becaus
You can probably say, okay, well its technically correct and it meets all the space requirements, but is that what this board wants to support as the kind of buildings it is using to replace more compatible buildings that all the neighbors in the area oppose. Thats why i offered the board and i offer the board again the option of not choosing either or but requiring that there be a mediation in which we would come to some accommodation as to the design and the height limits of this building that would meet the interests of all of the parties. So i ask you to vote in favor of that proposition. Thank you. Mr. Stewart, before you sit down, i have a question or two. Sorry. If its more appropriate then mr. Bleacher could answer these. I understand there was a Community Boards process previously. Were you part of that . Yes, i was. That was held in Diamond Heights in 2008. At any time were specific proposals put forward by the neighbors with respect to the height. Yes. We did not have an arc
I have materials we passed out to City Employees and business and happy to answer any questions that you have. May i ask a question . Thank you. I actually just have one question. Since the launch of bmws recent one way car sharing program, could you talk to us a little about the benefits were getting out of the program where theyre working the downtown area . So, the bmw car sharing program, the reason that we got behind raising awareness about the launch of that program in San Francisco is its unique in that it added 50 plugin electric vehicles to the suite. So, that was an Unusual Development for a car sharing company. Because theyre a private company, we arent tracking the success and dont actually have any control over that program. Really from our perspective the compelling component was those 50 electric vehicle plugins are added to our space and are available to you. In terms of value, the the city gets urban bragging rights, we have the electric car . The Intrinsic Value, addi