We have buck sex o sexton. Obviously we know when you have a car, when you have a knife, you automatically think if . You assume its terrorism. People are reporting on it as being a knife or a car attack. When you are talking about massey villain casualties which are the intent, well find out the full number of dead as this goes on. A lot of times the reports are coming in because people are going to the hospital and its not clear whats happening. But its terrorism. I think this time around the press has been quick tore get to the very obvious conclusion. They lost a bit of credibility in previous incidents where they would say its people who fell asleeve at the wheel. I think we reached a Tipping Point where this pretext that we cant come to an obvious conclusion about things this is right out of the isis playbook. This is what they have been specifically told to do online and it comes out . Jihadist propaganda. Lowtech attack. Very hard to stop. You have to stop the terrorist. Not th
We have buck sex o sexton. Obviously we know when you have a car, when you have a knife, you automatically think if . You assume its terrorism. People are reporting on it as being a knife or a car attack. When you are talking about massey villain casualties which are the intent, well find out the full number of dead as this goes on. A lot of times the reports are coming in because people are going to the hospital and its not clear whats happening. But its terrorism. I think this time around the press has been quick tore get to the very obvious conclusion. They lost a bit of credibility in previous incidents where they would say its people who fell asleeve at the wheel. I think we reached a Tipping Point where this pretext that we cant come to an obvious conclusion about things this is right out of the isis playbook. This is what they have been specifically told to do online and it comes out . Jihadist propaganda. Lowtech attack. Very hard to stop. You have to stop the terrorist. Not th
We are here to hear from Sally Thompson and joseph beck. If you buy their books at the selling area, the festival will receive a part of the proceeds. And remember while the festival does have some sources of income, the main source of income is donations from you. And they try and make it very easy for you to donate, you can donate on the festival website or facebook page, you can use the festival app or if youre oldfashion you can do it in person as the Festival Headquarters here. Our first author who will be speaking is Joseph Madison beck. Hes an attorney in atlanta, a Harvard University grad, he focuses on intellectual property litigation, particularly copy right and consumer products. Hes also a immediator and a winner of too many awards for me to mention here. He also teaches at Emery University school of law. Mr. Beck will be speaking about my father and Atticus Finch. Thank you for coming. How many of you read or saw the movie to kill a mockingbird. Thats what i thought. A phe
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the southern festival of books. My name is andy bennett, im your session host for today. We are here to hear from Sally Thompson and joseph beck. If you buy their books at the selling area, the festival will receive a part of the proceeds. And remember while the festival does have some sources of income, the main source of income is donations from you. And they try and make it very easy for you to donate, you can donate on the festival website or facebook page, you can use the festival app or if youre oldfashion you can do it in person as the Festival Headquarters here. Our first author who will be speaking is Joseph Madison beck. Hes an attorney in atlanta, a Harvard University grad, he focuses on intellectual property litigation, particularly copy right and consumer products. Hes also a immediator and a winner of too many awards for me to mention here. He also teaches at Emery University school of law. Mr. Beck will be speaking abo
So im going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. But ill start with how i came to this story. And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. In 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irvings book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. So it is a really important story. Its historically significant, and its a great adventure story. And thats partly what attracted me to it. And its also a story that i feel needs to be told because those events have had a big impact on the sha