This crisis. This Opioid Crisis that has taken hold starting in Rural America and you do such a great job of telling the story maybe i could begin by asking you why the title dope sick. What is dope sick mean . Its kind of an inyourface title. We need a reality check on how bad this issue is gotten. I think a lot of our leaders and a lot of people in our country still dont have. Dope sick is the word that her number number from users. It is the word they use to describe the very painful withdrawal when they cant get the opioids that they are now addicted to. Its like the worst flu times a hundred. His diarrhea, vomiting, nauseating restless leg and somebody early in the book says, at the end of the journey, you are not doing drugs to get high, you just doing it not to be dope sick. I was in importance concept. The people and get. Says not only to get that but try to not get sick. In an ironic way. Right you started out this journey as a reporter in virginia. You discovered that there w
Great at sfo oakland and san jose for inbound flights so the weather. So were not getting in your way right now. But the weather is definitely going to affect us over the next couple of days, its because were seeing this heat wave, kick off later on today and a red flag warning in effect because of the fire danger. So were going to see temperatures were going to see low humidity and also the winds are going to start picking up up to 40 Miles Per Hour thats were expecting so all the red color on your screen. Thats where this red flag warning is in effect so a pretty much the entire north bay were looking at the north bay mountains. The east bay hills and the diablo range so just keep that in mind we were going. Were definitely in a closely monitor that for you temperatures outside the right now theyre comfortable 50s to low 60s. But of course things are going to be changing this afternoon 77 for the high and downtown San Francisco with a lot of sunshine 80 in oakland. Were expecting 86
And comparing it to other cultures which arent as functional. We gave some examples and that immediately caused a firestorm. Sunday night at 8 00 pm eastern on cspans q a. Jennifer grossman, who was ayn rand . Ayn rand was an immigrant, she was born Alyssa Rosenbaum in 1905. She and her sister witnessed the Russian Revolution when she was 12 from the window of her parents apartment. After the revolution the communists came and took her parentss business, all their money him of their home. She wandered and struggled. She was inspired by what she saw on screen that there was a possibility to go to a place where she could live her life and pursue her dreams. She came here six years after women got the franchise to vote. She worked many jobs, she became a writing machine, she wrote screen plays, she wrote books, then she wrote of course you pick novel the we know her best buy, the fountain head and Atlas Shrugged. Between those two books, she wrote anthem, a short dystopian scifi novel whi
I do it to help you be a better do it yourself investor or client and i do it with a team regina who has been with me since inception and with the help of dozens of fabulous people responsible for the look and feel of the show to the research we have a team that helps me with memos that back up the research and we have a head writer who is really the only writer and been the only writer since inception when he was a freshman in high school, thats cliff mason my sister nan and her husband today todds son, my nephew. The show is a labor of love. Weve been doing it so long we take it for granted what we do and tonight ill change it, correct it tonight i want to talk to you about the show, the evolution and how you can best use it or worse, misuse it and im doing so because there is so much we throw at you that you might not be able to use it as affectivel as we like i know this because i talk to enough people and interact with email and callers and twitter that i have a pretty good idea w
Already know she is a wonder. Not only a fearless activist. She has put her body in front of buses and the defense of the white house and has also a great warm and tender heart that makes her a National Community builders who is a combination. You find her in the streets with disabled in action, and other groups. She has also tireless mind. Youlyou will read about it in r memoir, but she became an educator and a top italian for many years and also create and post the first disability studies course at the new scho school. This is the first book sold through its printing in the first week. We are already printing your buck. She doesnt even notice. [applause] she isnt a beginning writer disabled in action and ragged edge as well as her personal blog, but said that disability culture. She also has an author website. Her disability culture. Org, it is a beautiful website. She has been a recipient of awards for her writing and activism and is known for her speeches. In 2008 the womens march