Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Announcement of time allotment for Public Comments please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item 5, Public Comment on items not listed on thugenda. I dont have cards. Is there Public Comment on anything not on the agenda . 6 a, executive directors report good afternoon president adams and prez dependent adams. Im elaine forbes. My 1st report is a innovative project under development being spearheaded by tom esh
The in memoriams. Madam president i believe that the individuals name is richard dick shaft yes. This meeting will be adjoined in memory of mr. Dick shaft. Colleagues this is the of the agenda madam clerk, is there any further business before this body . Theres no further business. Okay. Were madam secretary, call the roll, and commissioner willie adams, here. Brandon, here. Katz, here; approval of minutes for july 12, 2016 meeting. All in favor say aye. Next item. 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. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss respon
Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Announcement of time allotment for Public Comments please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item 5, Public Comment on items not listed on thugenda. I dont have cards. Is there Public Comment on anything not on the agenda . 6 a, executive directors report good afternoon president adams and prez dependent adams. Im elaine forbes. My 1st report is a innovative project under development being spearheaded by tom esh
And wrapping up is mitchell sue covers account of the attack on the u. S. Mission in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. For more information visit indiebound. Org. Gloos were pleased to be joined on our set right outside the history and biography room by former justice of the Supreme Court, sandra day oconnor. This is her fifth book, stories from the history of the Supreme Court out of order. Ourt justice oconnor, when did you discover that you enjoyed writing . Guest oh, goodness. All you do as a justice is write, so nothing changed there. And there were just lots of things to write about and tell about. Now, what are you doing at the book festival today . T because i dont think youre talking about your book. Guest no, not really. I know Jim Billington whos head of the library of congress, and my brother has a new book out. And so Jim Billington told me i had to bring my brother to the conference, so thats why were here. Host and you were in conversation with alan dray whn is a
What is called the evasive passive. And accordingly, all the classic style guides advice against using the passive voice. Use the active voice. The active voice is usually more direct and vigorous than the passive. Many sentences can be made lively by substituting a transgent for a per puncher to perfunctory. Notice something fishingal the advice . It uses the passive voice to tell people not to use the passive voice. Similarly, the other iconic body of advice for writing happed out to every college freshman, George Orwells politics of the english language in which he says a mixture of vague yes and sheer incompetence is the most marked characteristic of modern prose. I list the way that prose construction is dodged. The passive voice is used in preference to the active which contains not one but two examples of the passive voice. Now, the passive voice, and, for that matter, any english construction could not have survived in the language for 1500 years unless it was doing something u