Symposium director and the director for the peace and war center. At the universities and Global Resilience Center for global insecurities and the peace and war center and in the initiative for the university. The 2020 military writers award. We would like to mention a couple of details before i introduced hiintroducing and wet the award. For those of you that are not familiar with the award we created a special video that provides context and background to the award from the previous recipients and we ask that you go to the website. The link to the website has been put out on chat and take a couple of minutes after the presentation to watch the video we would also like to ask you go to the page in the military writers symposium website. You will see theyve given an introduction to the symposium this is why we are doing some of the things we are doing right now in this particular theme. As you can imagine this is the inaugural event virtually we bring the guests and authors here to the
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Really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us. Tom foreman slash science. Germany is celebrating its 30 years anniversary of reunification in 190 west germany and east germany reunited to become one nation what was it like to join us and shift today to take a virtual journey through time. This is what the berlin wall looked like and unbreachable stone obstacle on the close god dividing the city for most citizens of the g. D. Are leaving the country for west germany was not possible you had to go to extreme lengths to flee like digging underground tunnels using Virtual Reality its not possible to experience what it was like when people try to escape and one from khosla got to experience what it was like for his grandfather who dug a tunnel underneath the berlin wall. This man in this picture is tells me here from go is that hes my grandfather and in this picture you see him building a tunnel under the burden wall losing of your car goes o
Abuse of minors and athletes they are responsible for protecting. [chatter] [bangs gavel] i would like to call this hearing back to order. At this time i vitamins witness, mysteries cologne, ceo of the u. S. Center for safe sport to join us on i like to call this hearing back to order. At this time i like to call the ceo for you is safe sports. Join us at the table. In 2017 Congress Gave safe sport jurisdiction to process all types of abuse and develop policies to prevent all forms of abuse and harassment. Both physical and emotional within sports. This was in the aftermath of horrific abuse cases coming to the publics attention across several sports along with some governing body efforts to minimize or even cover up abuse and the refusal to take action against abusers or even promptly notify Law Enforcement. Safe sport was launched to fix the broken system. We are very grateful to have the seal with us today share safe sports view with the commission and i will now yield five minutes
May 14, 2024. madam clerk, call the roll. Supervisor chan present. Supervisor dorsey present. Supervisor engardio present. Supervisor mandelman present. Supervisor melgar present. Supervisor peskin present. Supervisor melgar present. Mvrnld present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton mr. President all anybodys are present. Thank you, madam clerk thank you, madam clerk unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush rahmytoosh ohlone olonee who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. Responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. Ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Colleagues please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk do we have a