The presiding officer any senator wishing to vote or to change a vote . If not, the ayes are 97, the nays are 0. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of Stanley Fischer of new york to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer there are now two minutes of debate equally divided. Without objection, all time has been yielded back. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nom
Thankyou speech to thank you. James patterson is next on book tv from bookexpo america. He prevents his thoughts on bookselling and his intention to give 1 million in grants to independent bookstores. This is about 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i guess the quiet means i am supposed to start. Welcome. My name is mitchell kaplan. I am happy to be here moderating this very, very Important Panel this afternoon, but i have to apologies to make. One is, i am not l. Roper, as you could tell. The second is, i am a little jet lag. I was traveling match, you never make any sense anyway. That is true. I just want to put those two things out there. We are here for a really, really celebratory experience this afternoon. When James Patterson announced in september of 2013 that he would be giving away a Million Dollars yes, a Million Dollars to independent bookstores in 2014, i personally was delighted, as i am sure all of the booksellers or who are out there. Jim ha
Karen west is the director of events and conferences for book passage the San Francisco bay areas library and independent bookstore. One of the liveliest. I have friends out there as well. One of the liveliest independent bookstores in San Francisco. They carry over 1000 events per year in three major writing conferences. Karen has been in the Book Business for over 20 years with an emphasis on Community Relations and diverse programming. Coming from a museum and theater back and karen is a current member of the Shakespeare Company and she lives in laguna tossed california a Small Community on the way to point reyes which is a gorgeous place with her husband and son for the cultivate a massive hillside garden. David shellenberger is cofounder and coowner of little shop of stories of childrens bookstore located in decatur georgia. This year davis serving as a juror for the National Book award and the young peoples Literature Division so any authors out there this is the guy you need to
The people here dont have a clue about that feminism but there are women who want to instigate change in every day looking for justice and equality. Under the skin of russias women starts nov thirteenth on w. Hi Everyone Welcome to a new week of your romance im your host meghan lee weve got an exciting lineup for you today heres a look at whats in store. For Colorful Creations where french Fashion Designer simone portia still finds inspiration. In classical cartoon the next adventure of a belgian Comic Book Character who is set in court for east berlin. Place of
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And entice ing and burrows history has inspired many ghost stories. Hiking and sightseeing the spanish city of Santiago De Compostela is more than just a place of pilgrimage. Surfers i have always had a reputation for traveling or living in their vans with boards in tow theyre always in search of the best beaches and surfing spots well to portuguese surfers decided to make their surf experience more luxurious Eduardo Ribeiro and daniella camaro redesigned a mercedes truck so it can be transformed into a hotel now they call it the Surf Truck Hotel we met up with them on the beach in portugal to see how it works. Portugals west coast is one of the most popular spots in europe for surfers. The weather conditions and waves are particularly good between june and october. Headwater when a bureau. Spend as much time as they can on their boards. Its adrenaline i dont know it yet and we just want to do it. If we can to untie the moment. That the two dont only surf in their free time theyve also