On behalf of everybody at p and p and the staff here at sixth i welcome. You know we and pnp have been doing jointly sponsored author talks for a number of years. As much as we would have liked to have had you at our store on connecticut avenue, you just all would not have fit. So we really are very excited to be able to use this spacious and very beautiful and comfortable setting for author talks like the one this evening. And what a treat to have Thomas Friedman with us. And im sure youre familiar with his columns of the New York Times in his books. Note how great explain on just about everything he is. You can cut through the complexity of something and write about them as clearly as tom can. He says that the start of his new book that he went into journalism in part because he loves translating from english to english. And that has been evident in his work. When he focuses on in his new book, thank you for being late. Our several portions that he singled out as defining the world t
Essential measures with the engagement of both nuclear and nonNuclear Weapons treaties. The aim of the proposed treaty will be to oppose Nuclear Weapons on the grounds that they violate international law. School officials in japan are facing tough questions after a mtd climbing Safety Training session ended in tragedy. On monday an avalanche near a ski resort north of tokyo killed seven students and one teacher, injuring dozens more. Reporter one of the described the incident by phone. S mountain climbing Safety Training. It was mandatory for high schools in the prefecture that were planning climbing trips in the spring. An avalanche advisory was in place at the time. It remains in effect. Translator its truly regrettable this sad incident happened. We express our sincere condolences to the students and teachers who were involved in the accident as well as to their families. Reporter the head of the prefectures board of education faced questions about how this happened. He said organiz
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Around on two legs, pick up boxes. It can do everything that you would normally pay a teenager to do. Only without showing up to work three hours late in a hot box honda civic, right . And the demo videos of these robots is really fan task tuck and interesting to watch. And then it gets weird. Thanks, guy, thanks, yeah, here i what, worried that robots were developing so quickly they wouldnt have time to resent us. Yeah, yeah. That robot just came online five seconds ago and this is how we introduce it to humanity. Beep boop beep, are you my father, i love wo, ow daddy, why are you ow. You know, you can tell a lot about a culture by the robots they build. France has developed a robot that can judge artwork. That is a real robot in france. Germany made a robot that can solve a rubix cube more efficiently and japan is working on a robot that cares forth elderly. And probably does some sex stuff too. It is japan. Its japan. Come on. But its interesting that america is building robots that