Glaude, jr. Good evening and welcome to knights live online author event with greenlight bookstore. I am chelsea from green light and we are thrilled to host to knights event with perri klass presenting her new book a good time to be born how science and Public Health gave children a future. She will be talking with andrew solomon, so youre in for an excellent time. Before we start i just want to say a huge thanks to barry, andrew, and the team at norton for making this happen, and to all of you for showing up. So were not able to events in our store spaces, our community, authors and readers is still here. We are grateful for your support and for the chance to make the space for conversation and connection. Now just a couple of housekeeping things. In our zoom webinar tonight you can see and hear the speakers but they cannot see or hear you. They can see you are here though and you can see an account of your fellow attendees at the top of your zune screen. Theres a couple of functions
The anti protesters urge the king to give up control of the fast of royal fortune. Despite their leader is facing charges of insulting the monarchy. Ok, lets take you straight to wilmington, delaware now where u. S. President elect joe biden is giving his thanksgiving speech slowed. Every decision we make matters. Every decision we make can save lives. None of these steps are asking people to take our political statements. Every woman is based on science, real science. And the good news is, theres been significant record breaking progress made recently in developing the vaccine. In several of these vaccines look extraordinary, really effective. Who happens to iran track for the 1st immunization began by late december, early january. Then well need to put in place the Distribution Plan to get the entire country immunized as soon as possible, which we will do. But its going to take time. Im hoping the news of the vaccine will serve as incentive to every american to take these simple step
The nasdaq up by about 120 yesterday was a down day for the markets. The dow off by about 270 points. But if you want to take a look at november hes historic gain, check this out, the dow actually up by 1. 8 for the month, that is its best month since january of 1987. The s p no slouch either it gained about 11 while the nasdaq was up nearly 12 november by the way was the best month for all of those indexes since april which was a huge month. Also small cap stocks were some big winners. The russell 2000 finished the month up more than 18 , 245ethas right, 18 in one month, the best month since that index was created back in 1984 so here we are heading into december and year to date, the nasdaq is the superstar, up nearly 36 the s p 500 is up by 12 and the russell 2000 up by 9 . The dow up by 3. 9 so fantastic november for all of these indices. Nasdaq leading the way in terms of year to date. Joe. Yep, coincident with the surge. Go figure. The second surge are you sure it is never too ea
His fans with tax cuts. And a belgian food designer makes edible art that will take you by surprise. But 1st we begin in london, which can appear quite gloomy in the darker days of fall and winter, but french, a Graphic Designer come in while law is trying to change that by injecting bold colors and shapes into the city. She believes strong colors, like these have a powerful impact on people. So she turns building facades, bridges, and even cross walks into a high catchers. Her style is inspired by the postmodern Italian Design Movement called memphis. Well, we met up with her in london to see how she is transforming the city. Cammy was a french designer, colorful, and playful. Mission to turn london into a more cheerful place, through geometric and colorful patterns. Just want to change a bit of the of the city by bringing a lot of bright corals on buildings. All i can from the space, like umbrage, i think, is just you dont realize the impact of corals how he does on people can meet h
Free country is threatened by the water. So supposed to be is right on top of the world. Its not as floats or a house, its a hybrid clement curiositys happening. Its not tightening in the future, or possibly its already going on. Its the future of humanity is in the sea levels will continue to rise, but by how much the earth is getting hotter. The polar ice caps are melting in greenland and antarctica. The ice is receding. 6 times faster than expect. Sea levels around the world are rising. Geo mark the Helmholtz Center for research is located in kiel, germany. Some of the worlds top climate experts work here, including moji blood, teef, who studies Global Warming and its effects uses golson ice ponds. These enormous ice caps hold an immense amount of water. Just imagine if they were to melt away completely. Gooden global sea levels would rise by about 60 meters. This cease meter. And the increase of that magnitude would radically alter the earths geography. Much of Northern Europe coul