Domestication right now than in the last 10,000 years of domestication until 1960 combined. Huge numbers of livestock that were keeping right now, and many of them live in these factory farms. We have a million or more individuals crowded together. So theyre basically, the animal equivalent of urban slums. This similarly allows pathogens to amplify and change to make them more virulent. One example of that Avian Influenza virus, normally live in waterfowl. But when the viruses drop into these factory farms where captive animals are come together, they start to change and replicate and mutate. That is what viruses do. They become more virulent. We have problems with more virulent forms of Avian Influenza. Some involve ways that can infleck humans. They started carrying these pathogens found in more efficient way. That is something cholera took advantage of. That was steam travel. We started streaming across the atlantic. Also with clipper ships, steaming up and down all of our rivers an
Up the project and run with it. Great. Please, yes. Give her the mike. Please stand up so they can see you to give you the mike. Im the executive director of the u. S. Afghans council at georgetown university. We are so grateful you are here and id like to publicly thank you for staying up in the middle of the night. Very quietly, i dont think people know this. And you have been sending us support and at times when you dont have the staff to do it. Were so grateful for reaching out to us here in washington, d. C. Id like to ask specifically if you could talk further about one of the myths that you brought up. The myth of the afghan male, the afghan man as being uncivilized. Part of why i the about that, in my work, what i found is with all of these successful, beautiful, talented afghan women that you talk about, there is always usually a strong and supportive and feminist and wonderful father, husband, brother, cousin, uncle. That i think we dont always hear about. So if you could tal
Deactivation of 7,500 Nuclear Warheads, and the destruction of more than 500 icbms, and close to 500 submarine launch ballistic missiles. Senator louvre was also instrumental in gaining Senate Approval of the last Nuclear Weapons treaty, signed with russia, the socalled new start treaty of 2010, which reduced significantly the number of deployable strategic Nuclear Weapons. To his right, research professor, by training the professor is a Nuclear Scientist from 1986 to 1997. He directed the laboratory that most of you know had the chief mission of ensuring the safety and reliability of the American Nuclear arsenal. In recent years, they worked with the laboratories to secure the enormous stockpile that russia inherited from the soviet union. And he is now compiling and editing a book. That hasnt come out yet, has it . It has. He compile and edited a book between american and russian laboratories since the fall of the soviet union. And at least as i understand it, you can update me, his
Its very fancy. The ladies are wearing gowns. Good. How about a third thing . What else do you see . Go ahead, jimmy . It looks like theyre all fairly close together. Like i cant tell, they might be dancing or i dont know. But they are all very close together. Exactly. Very good. Okay. Thats good. Yeah. I should say about Lady Washingtons reception that lady washington herself is standing literally center stage, an elegant gown. What you might not have noticed was that there is someone else who we sometimes think of as important, sort of receding into the background here. Thats good old george. George washington here in the center in black formal republican gown, sort of overshadowed by lady washington. Now, the title was Lady Washingtons reception. The word used at the time was that of a levee which is a formal reception which was held and hosted by the first lady, martha washington. Any of you notice how she was standing on a platform. Thats right. You also noticed the opulent attire
Donald trump is set to begin the townhall in janesville, wisconsin about an hour ago. It is running later than we thought but we will have it live once it gets underway on cspan. On this day that the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker endorsing ted cruz for president. He made that announcement earlier today on a local radio station. On the line the governor of the state of wisconsin, Governor Scott walker. Gov. Walker good morning. It is a beautiful day. I appreciate you coming on to the show. Thewant to make announcement about your decision of who you will endorse. Gov. Walker absolutely. I have spent a lot of time in prayer about this. , i think these years it is time we elect a strong new leader and i have chosen to endorse ted cruz to be the next president for three simple reasons one, i fundamentally believe he is a constitutional conservative. I know as a governor and talking to other governors across the country, we need a leader in washington who understands our founders intended