Discussing Herbert Hoover, some things he did to alleviate suffering in germany, which remember, had been a big enemy of the allies of the u. S. One of the things i enjoyed so much doing the research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular, and otherslity to encourage to also feel that compassion and save millions of lives. Here is the book. Im going to start by telling you about the british blockade. Thet when the war started, British Government started and interdiction of goods started an interdiction of goods. This blockade prevented many things from entering the country, including food and fertilizer. And since then, over the past century, scholars have discussed this. There are scholars who say the blockade had no impact whatsoever. Other scholars argue it had a huge impact on germany. I started this book because i wanted to ask the question, what were Living Standards actually like in germany . This debate that has gone on the last century began much earlier.
My name is mary cox and im pleased to be here. I just published my first book, ill do a little plug at the beginning this was released in the u. S. A few weeks ago and today lecture ill be giving a lot of what is inside this book and theres a lot more thats in there. What im going to try to do is tell you a story about what it was like to be in germany as a civilian during the First World War and the years following. As part of that story, ill be disgusting Herbert Hoover and some of the things he did to alleviate the suffrage in germany which had been a big enemy and ally of the United States. For me, one of the things i enjoyed so much of my research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular and were ready to encourage others to feel that same compassion and safe ability in life. Heres the book im, going to start by telling you about something about the british blockade. Right when the war started the British Government started the introduction of goods and they ha
Hall seattle and we are set up in the cafc right over here and our special guest tonight is you know howard, theyve been set up in the library showing off really cool mask games and im so excited to welcome you to tonights very special math theme doubleheader with Eugenia Cheng and Amir Alexander. This event is presented by townhall as sort of our big homecoming festival. Im hoping many of you might be returning for the first time after a couple of years while weve been remodeling the space and for a lot of you this might be your first time at town hall. This is the type of things we exist to do. Im excitedto present these fantastic authors tonight. We love all our lecture programs, all the political costs, all of the art programming that we do but i am especially fascinated by mass, mathematical approaches to thinking. Im a reformed college math student so having a chance to present Eugenia Cheng who we posted and a couple of times and Amir Alexander as a doubleheader was a great oppo
Yeah. All right. Air conditioner last night, crank it up and we all went to bed. Opened up the windows thinking there would an draft. Nothing, sal. Temperatures are continuing to climb, lets get over to steve paulson, we mentioned a few times, its going to be hot. We have . Yes, we have. A both counts using ac on the way in. Mike you are right, there was nothing. Crickets. We do have one more hot day sal and i have been saying since 4 00 this morning. Heat advisories now red flag warning are for the north bay hills, no longer the east bay hills even though there is still pretty good gusts there. Livermore forecast high 98 that is what they were yesterday. Forecast today 101. Tomorrow 84 and degrees in pope valley. 80 in wood acre. Bodega bay is the Concord Pavilion ail i dont know there is mid70s danville. 8degrees. That is a rarity. 90s and 100s today. Way above average. Probably near record setting territory. Vallejo 98. Hayward 99. San carlos 99 degrees. Here are some of the records
Right . No. I will talk and talk and talk some more. [ laughter ] you guys ready for a warm up . Its coming. It is coming. Well hit about 90 today and hotter tomorrow. So if you enjoy the summer like weather, its on the way back. There is a beautiful view of some blue sky above the low clouds this morning. We are with fog around the bay area as well. I could soak up the view. That is amazing. The temperatures are cooler. As we get into the second part of the afternoon, a look at the jump in temperatures. The Golden Gate Bridge, swallowed up by the fog, and low 60s in oakland and livermore and san jose. Here is a look at how much cooler we are, areas over napa, san jose, concord, and livermore, 5 to 7 degrees. So a noticeable one, and in the afternoon, a reversal. And across the bay, patchy fog reported over the north bay. You can see visibility is pretty good for the central and south bay locations. Novato and santa rosa, the stretch along highway 101, patchy and dense, visibility less