And the other one, which is a problem, its wage theft that happens very often in construction. Damian see, i mean, we have the pictures. You seeyou see the high rises in any downtown, you see the cranes, the construction. And itsyou know, its raza thats doing the work. Josue yep. Yes, in fact, 70 in the bay area, but throughout the state, 70, a little bit over 70 of construction workers are latinos. Damian wow. And so, what happens, al . Sometimes, some of these folks are taken advantage of, and yall are trying to address that . Al well, yeah. You know, i see that a lot happening. I speak to a lot of the workers out there, and they are taken advantage of. Example, their pay, for example. Their breaks, their hours they work is doctored on their paycheck, and there is a wage theft problem throughout san jose. Damian and what recourse do they have . I mean, theyre probably if they dont have any backing, how are they going to speak up and say, hey, im missingyou need to move that decimal p
Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. This is a ledger. I bought it at office depot for five bucks. You can make an argument this is one of the most important inventions in public history. Public ledgers help people keep track of who owned what property. Important in the growth of colonial america and as far back as egyptians, they allowed banks and businesses to offer credit and make payments. Today ledgers are on the computers and theres a new computerized ledger that captured everybodys attention, called the blockchain. I cannot show you the blockchain because its inside computers but all it is is a ledger, who has paid what to whom. What keeps it honest, there are copies of that laedger on computers all over. The change is reflected in ledgers all over the world. Brad garlinghouse runs ripple. Martin jiles with m. I. T. Technology review. How did i do . Is that what the blockchain is . You did a really nice job. So lots of people have heard of this. They know its important, why
In at the de young. Raquel garcia del real yeah, so this exhibition is really, really unique. Its about over 20 years of collaboration with Mexican Government and el inah, which is the National Institute for anthropology and history. And what we have for you at the museum is over 200 artifacts, many of them recently excavated, new findings, so stuff you have never seen before from this city of teotihuacan, which is a city that is in central mexico and it predates the aztecs. This city was flourishing around the year 400 common era. And we have beautiful murals from them, we have objects made up of obsidian, seashell, jade. And this exhibition is really good cause its really showing you a lot of their culture and a lot of the art that they were producing, but also how teotihuacan was a city. Damian now, ive been to teotihuacan, ive climbed one of theor walked up to one of the pyramids there. Raquel yeah. Damian talk about [speaking in foreign language] talk about how you feel when you e
The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority today revealed details of an ambitious program to dramatically improve air quality and the health of residents.
The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority today revealed details of an ambitious program to dramatically improve air quality and the health of residents.