Life changes the incident, the ordinary instance, its from the year of magical thinking encapsulates the experience that many people feel they describe changes in their own health for the loss often unexpected of someone they love. And that although great writers throughout time have found the language to portray what loss and grief and facing mortality file, having discussions on these very topics remain elusive in the united states. And i would say even abroad. There writers on this panel have been on the forefront of instructing people, public members of the public as well as physicians and how to acknowledge the University Alex he and the importance of mortality and how to talk about it. We are living in a time when the work of doctor bj miller, Shoshana Berger, katy butler are more important than ever. Doctor bj miller encouraged me to it encourage my career he has been on the forefront on this field which helps with patients, families and physicians who are working with someone w
There was difficulty with literacy. I dont know or maybe it is my block but there is a very good book called voices of the emancipation specifically that looks at the pension and what every feels about the experience as well as during slavery and the construction. I has been to the National Archives to research all of the soldiers i was familiar of the records for the National Archives but are the pension records that you speak of for the colored troops located in the same repository . Yes exactly the same severe intermingles of the process to get those records are the same . All the Union Pension records of our one regardless of race. If you recall can you give is a chronology of the pension filing said when they first began to occur in the political aspect . I came across a president ial election topic a lot of people for it and against it in these days of disagreement of washington financing. [laughter] i will do my best i dont surer and not sure if i can do that off the top of my h
Follow what is true and do what is right. Lord, inspire our lawmakers with a renewed trust in you and commitment to Work Together for your glory. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 211 s. 1569, the debt limit legislation. The president pro tempore the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to calendar number 211 s. 1659 a bill to ensure the timely payment of the obligations of the u. S. Government until december 31, 2014. Mr. Reid the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. At noon there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture
Taking a pulse the pitfalls of modern medicine. Some of the top tracks that take place of this festival will be held in this room so i do have these brochures if youre interested in the other speakers of related topics with the situation of modern medicine and in the political and personal situation because we have had such a Great Partnership to put together this program and went to think that she vanities at vanderbilt and also received support so we thank them as well. The author of todays session is katy butler author of knocking on heavens door the path to a better way of death. Before she wrote the book but she will be discussing her words already reached many people in the work had also been published in such diverse outlets as the new yorker in the best buda writing. Many suspect we heard her voice to the essay web broke with fathers heart. She described i remember a the day i read it cover the story of her aging parents and how and when and why the doctors put a pacemaker in h
Why did you call your new book the girls in the balcony . The balcony is a wise about any of the National Press club. The institution until just 20 years ago. And win in 1955 the men decided that they would let anyone into cover to report on events, they put it in a very narrow, extremely uncomfortable about any at the far end of the ball room. Guest but just 20 years ago i was standing this that balcony. We could not ask questions, we were not allowed. It was, um, it was frustrating. And so one of the three women in the New York Times bureau told Scotty Rustin one day that she would not go there anymore and two other women, myself and Eileen Shanahan who covered finance and high economics, said that we wouldnt cover assignments there. Its very difficult, you know, because the newspaper business used to be kind of like the army. You were given an assignment, and you went on that assignment, and you did not discuss it, and you did not argue against it. And scotty could hardly believe th