Todays form with juliet schor with her book after the gig. She is doing today conversation by vina. Julia sure is a professor of sociology at boston college. She is also a member of the Macarthur Foundation connected learning research network. She has written and edited many books on the economy and sustainability including sustainable life sales and a quest for platitudes. She is a fellow meant former guggenheim fellow and has won multiple awards for her work and research. She is joined today by vina, who is a professor of law at the university of california hastings. Her work has been cited by the California Supreme Court in her writing has been published in the los angeles times. The sharing economy what it is what it couldve been what it could still be. I will leave you with this quote from bill himself, juliet schor and her team have done something extraordinary. Extensive research has let them understand what the economy feels like to its participants and their storytelling abili
Turns them into hot spots literally. Not a good look at the rising temperatures in the us cities welcome to tomorrow today the science show on t. W. The Northern Hemisphere is 2nd hottest summer since records began is just coming to an end. In the last 140 years theres only been one summer hasa than this 12016 thats here august was particularly roasting the fall of hottest some is all in the last 5 years Climate Change is catching up with us its particularly evident in cities because they become heat islands. Have been heating is the name given to the socalled heat island effect temperatures and towns and cities rise more sharply than in the surrounding areas. Because of the density of streets and buildings and the many people cars and trains all of which produce heat. Spread over the year the mean air temperature in areas is around 1. 00 to 3. 00 degrees celsius warmer than areas outside them only spaces within them. On top of this town and city center has often cooled down far less a
Another 5 days. Germany has held an official ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of its reunification president frank. Addressed the event in potsdam you know berlin he described the past 30 years as a triumph of democracy of oppression he also warned against populism and extremist. Sudans Transitional Government and rebel groups have signed the landmark peace deal and in decades of war that has killed thousands you freeman signed in neighboring south sudan he called couples power sharing between the warring groups the return of refugees and land rights. This is d. W. News from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the deadly news or visit our website thats d. W. Dot com. Well blue planet is becoming increasingly dominated by concrete over health the global population now lives in cities and the number is rising. Not only are millions of people moving into urban areas wild animals are entire populations of them. Urban areas are covered in cement bricks and asphalt whic
But then it said that information was basically published in error. And they took it back down saying it is still being reviewed. Here is what it said before it was removed. The coronavirus is most commonly spread the respiratory droplets or small particles. Such as those in aerosols which are produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even just breathes. And it can remain airborne for a period of time. It can then spread to others who inhale it. This is something that many scientists and Health Experts a been warning for months. In the meantime the u. S. Is nearing 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus. The latest predictions say that number could double by the end oftheyear. The latest prediction coming from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation says 410,000 deaths by january first. But the figure is not yet set in stone. Well over 100,000 lives in the u. S. Between now and ary fi ma thing so ue practi as for the cdc website, they say that was a draft version of some
Wrong. That said the rest of it thats not to fly to San Francisco as we all know where as you can see my hair is blowing. And thank you for joining us on this tuesday night im pam moore and im ken wayne in the middle of all of this a covid19 controversy House Speaker nancy pelosi admits she got her hair done inside a San Francisco hair salon com forced out of them a call live in the city tonight with reaction from other salon owners and what the speaker is saying tonight yeah, a lot of folks definitely not happy with that news, pam and ken inside of that hair salon that door right there is where that all that infamous hair appointment took place yesterday afternoon, some of the silence say they are upset because theyve been playing by the rules for the last 6 months but it appears that the House Speaker may not have been. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now finds herself in the middle of the hot seat involving a covid controversy. The owner of the San Francisco salon says that the longtime