Stop at 11 00 am this morning, weve got a series of votes, ant we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock. Its the first time in senate history, but thats the goal this morning. So we want to be able to hear from everyone this morning, ande have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here today to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of our electric grid and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase grid resiliency. In recent years, devastating wildfires and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn National Attention to the challenge of maintaining grid resiliency in the face of extreme conditions. Tragically, we remember last years camp fire, the deadliest and most destructive fire inou california history, which incinerated the town of paradise, killed 85 people. Ve state investigators determined that the fire was caused by degraded, 97year old power lines during socalled fire weather, strong wind
Book entitled the empowered university what exactly is that quick. Im delighted to be here with you the notion is that universities should be empowered to look in the mirror and be honest with ourselves leadership and talking about society with the institutions that are helping and secure should be willing to recognize whatever is going well but also to be willing to say we have a way to go go and the subtitle starts with the notion is not just the one person its about all of us working together with the version of educating students. I found the subtitle interesting because looking at the color of the book you dont have it as a higher priority they are laid out as concentric circles. And the notion of those circles that they are connected so when you think about culture change and through that intersection with the provost or faculty member can be in a culture to educate students building synergy to empower students to make your life story and your trajectory in this where empower uni
A small core remain mobile phones the main outlet to the world beyond the comes online round has been as important a battleground in the protests as any other it has helped galvanize the dissent but it has also become increasingly possible for the Chinese Government to use Technology Online to work against and suppress the protests. Earlier today my colleague kris kobach spoke to order time the digital minister in taiwan a democratic island with its own words about beijing he asked her how she viewed the situation in hong kong. I think in taiwan where were looking at hong kong were seeing the beginning of a new way of demonstration for liberal democracies that are what they called the water or a Leaderless Movement in our own some flora movement which i participated where we occupied the parliament for 21 days specing 2014 we started this way of coronating a Leaderless Movement by the time it was more like 20 leaders in hong kong is now like 2000 leaders. You started writing computer c
Online has been as important a battleground in the protests as any other it has helped galvanize the dissent but it has also become increasingly possible for the Chinese Government to use Technology Online to work against and suppress the protests. Earlier today my colleague kris kobach spoke to order tang the digital minister in taiwan a democratic island with its own words about beijing. How she viewed the situation in hong kong. I think in taiwan where were looking at hong kong were seeing the beginning of a new way of demonstration for liberal democracies that are what they called be water or a Leaderless Movement you know our own some foreign movement which i participated where we occupied the parliament for 21 days speck in 2014 we started this way of coronating a Leaderless Movement by the time it was more like 20 leaders in hong kong is now like 2000 leaders. You started writing computer code when you were a kid youve been active as a hacker now you are the digital minister of
Comes online round has been as important a battleground in the protests as any other it has helped galvanize the dissent but it has also become increasingly possible for the Chinese Government to use Technology Online to work against and suppress the protests. Earlier today my colleague kris kobach spoke to order time the digital minister in taiwan a democratic island with its own worries about beijing he asked her how she viewed the situation in hong kong i think in taiwan where were looking at hong kong were seeing the beginning of a new way of demonstration for liberal democracies that are what they called the water or a Leaderless Movement. Movement which i participated where we occupied a parliament for 21 days speck in 2014 we started this way of coronating a Leaderless Movement by the time it was more like 20 leaders in hong kong is now like 2000 leaders. You started writing computer code when you were a kid youve been active as a hacker now you are the digital minister of taiwa