But, im going to try to introduce soon. To catch you from the remarkable and lengthy biography the Communications Director broke from a. It was hardly a brief. If i used all the info he provided me i would be speaking longer than the minutes assigned to bill himself. So i cut it down considerably. Bill has a 56 page cv. Its not packed with anything trivial. Ill come back to his scholarly him policy contributions. I miss start with a few of his titles and honors. Sociologist is the louis p and london kaiser professor at harvard. At the time of his appointment in 1995 National Media covered his addition to harvard stream team of africanamerican intellectuals including skip gates. I met bill when he was at the university of chicago and a major force there as he has been everywhere. I was a slightly younger scholar than and he was incredibly supportive as he is. As a mentor. He started his teaching in 1965 at the university of massachusetts amherst. Charlotte before completing his phd in s
Role women have played in history. Notre Dame High School in san jose, a place that also develops women of impact. All that on our show today. Well, mike honda is one of the most recognized and beloved members of the community, a bay area boy who graduated from san jose high school, then san jose state, before going into teaching, then the peace corps, then becoming an educator, a school board member, county supervisor, assemblyman, and then seven terms as congressman. And yet, for all of that, i know him mainly as a mentor in high school and a man who performed my wedding ceremony, and did a darn good job of it. Welcome to the show. Mike honda it was scary doing that. Robert yes, well, arlene and i are still married, so it was a successful ceremony. Mike well, it was a beautiful, beautiful ceremony. Robert well, thank you very much for being here. Its good to see you. Mike its a pleasure, thank you. Robert tell me something, now, first of all, youre going to south korea soon, so whats
That ben jerrys was willing to take a stand on an issue that was not in its own financial selfinterest. It was for the common good. That was the big difference. Business is always taking political stance. Business is a very political animal. It is always lobbying to not raise the minimum wage. Business is always lobbying to not add any more environmental regulation. Business is always looking out for its financial selfinterest. But when business takes a stand for the common good, people stand up and take notice. This is something that is different. That really set ben jerrys on the path to being a different kind of company. And as ben said, soon there after the cold war ended, so it was very successful. [laughter] host i must say, there are most days i have to say i love my job, and today is one day i especially love my job. I got to have this amazing conversation and on behalf of all of us that put this together, we have something for you. [applause] host thank you so much. Mr. Greenf
California to explore its history. San jose was founded in november 1777 as californias first civilian settlement. Learn more about san jose all weekend here on American History tv. Right now, we are in the revolution exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View california. Behind me are over 1000 artifacts that tell about the history of computing, going back to thousand years. It is laid out into 19 galleries, each one focuses on a certain theme or object from the history of computing. One of those themes is realtime control. Here we look at things like pacemakers for hearts. These are Computer Systems that must function. Theyre not like your laptop, which can crash once in a while and the worst is that you lose your work. If a pacemaker crashes, you die. The oldest item is a set of what are called napiers bones, small ivory counting sticks from the 17th century. The most recent thing we have is an iphone, the first model. We are in the punchcard gallery. Behind me you see
No suspects in custody. Less than two hours later a man walking his dog found a dead body. Here in the bay area, at least two people have died in motorcycle crashes over the last few days, and data shows the overall number of motorcycle accidents are on the rise. Were live at the bay bring toll plaza tonight. Reporter one of at the deadly accidents happen when a motorcyclist was riding between lanes. California is close to becoming the first state to make lanesplitting a officially legal. The controversial maneuver, lanesplitting, is getting the attention of lawmakers. This is when motorcyclist zip between cars. A lot of motorcyclists that lanesplit safely and loot that dont. Assembly members passed a bill that would make it legal in california. Its not in vehicle code. Its a gray area. This would give Law Enforcement the ability to set guidelines, like safe speed limits. The goal for me is to be visible. The most visible thing i can do in traffic is to split lanes. Tony, general manag