[inaudible conversations] heres a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening in september. On september 18th the brooklyn book festival in brooklyn, new york. Later in the month the annual baltimore book festival in the inner harbor. On saturday, september 24th book tvs live from the National Book festival at the Washington Convention center in the Nations Capital including author talks from an at gordon reed and joey warwick as well as your phone call for authors john lewis and others. For more information about the book fairs, booktv will be covering watch previous festival coverage, the book fair tab on our website at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Lets get started. I am albert teich, Research Professor for International Science and technology and policy at George Washington university and i want to welcome you on behalf of our center, and the center for science and democracy in the union of concerned scientists, they are cosponsoring
[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversations] our speaker is an Award Winning science advocate a man of many talents he is quite impressive when you get to know him a writer and teacher and speaker cofounder of science debates. Org in which he received the usa National Service award is a novelist and a filmmaker his novel since of our fathers which is a literary thriller which was a book prizes that house of cement in fog that isai years ago with ed is a terrific film and i would suggest that this is available on amazon in the tube and i was a just if we have a chance you view that. Nominated for three Academy Awards and he cowrote the screenplay. His latest book is displayed up here the war on science in that is what he is talking about today. He lives in minnesota and has a and environmental house, a solar and brainpower wind power. The way that we will do this is a power point presentation then we will have a conversation and open it to queue and day an
Yes, sir. The number of the population. In part because people are springing back and forth between the sides. There is a famous john adams statement a third were loyalist and a third were in the middle. I think that is almost certainly on the loyalist too high. And probably too low on the patriots. And too low on the people in the middle. My best sense, i would say about a fifth of the American People are willing to make a pretty strong commitment to the union of the empire. Two fifths are willing to make a strong commitment to military resistance and ultimately to independence and that leads another two fifths of the population that are in the middle. Those proportions well have an flow over the course of the war but that loyalist fit will keep shrinking over time. They are so frustrated with british treatment and they are so often experienced being subject to severe punishment when they fail to protect them that they make the quite rational decision that if order is ever going to be
Session. Welcome back, members. Mdm. Clerk, please call the roll thank you madame president supervisor avalos present; pres. Breed here;; compost present; christiansen present cohen, present farrell, present; kimpresent some; mar not present tang present wienerpresent emacpresent you have a quorum thank you. Ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you madam clerk are there any communications or yes mdm. Pres. This medication is meant to inform the public that the board of supervisors has expanded its existing Language Access Services Program by authorizing the office of the clerk of the board to enter into an abortive partnership with the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs. For an 11 Month Pilot Program beginning september 1, 2015 and lasting through july 31, 2015. During that time, the staff will provide spanish and Chinese Interpretation Services upon request and every regular and special board of supervisors
Welcome to countdown. Onat a 6 00 a. M. In london this wednesday morning. Today was a day of commemoration in Hong Kong Thomas at least for the beijingbacked authority to the 65th anniversary for the peoples republic of china. Demonstrations against chinas influence in the city continues. They call for the citys chief executive to resign and a successor to be democratically elected. They spend another night on the street undeterred by both thunderstorms and statement from authorities saying their demands wont be met. For more, we go live to one of the protest sites in hong kong shari isoomberg news standing by. Whats the mood like there today . Right now, it feels a bit relaxed. People are resting under their umbrellas. This is being called the umbrella revolution. Last night protecting them from the rain and today the sweltering sun. The mood is pretty relaxed at the moment. They are gearing up for a long day and it looks as though it is organized but there is a system. People have be