Hungary has emerged as a Dog Breeding Power in europe. In the last two years, its legally exported over 70,000 puppies within the eu. A huge network of puppy farms grew up here after the collapse of the soviet union. The system changed. The state farms and co operative farms were privatised. So, people stopped working with cows, stopped working with swine and the italian tradesmen came into hungary and saw a big business, and they started to build up a network of Puppy Producers here in hungary, and then the people, step by step, realised that they can make money on dogs instead of Keeping Swine and rabbits, and they put these animals in the place of the swine and poultry and rabbit. The industry is controlled by the government through licensing and farms are expected to conform to Animal Welfare standards but anyone can register online to be a breeder without any initial checks. This is puspokladany. This town ofjust 16,000 people has 154 registered breeders. The nebih is the Governme
From the paris climate agreement. Later, Nancy Pelosis Weekly Briefing on capitol hill. Next, a look at the state of the media and the rise of socalled fake news. Topics include the 2016 president ial campaign and the role of social media. This was part of a daylong forum hosted by the Ethics Center and bard college. It is in our. An hour. Director in partnership with the Carnegie Council for ethics and national advance, a network of australians dotted around the world, i would like to welcome you here this evening for what is a very hot topic. I have only been in the states less than 12 hours, almost 24 hours, since i arrived last night. Newseeing how big an issue is. As i mentioned this morning when speaking to the very first group, it is a delicious thing that we are having this conversation on the first of april. Because of course, it is april fools day. The significance of that for me is, the role of a fool in history. As you know from literature and things like kingsley are, the
From the paris climate agreement. Later, Nancy Pelosis Weekly Briefing on capitol hill. Next, a look at the state of the media and the rise of socalled fake news. Topics include the 2016 president ial campaign and the role of social media. This was part of a daylong forum hosted by the Ethics Center and bard college. It is in our. An hour. Director in partnership with the Carnegie Council for ethics and national advance, a network of australians dotted around the world, i would like to welcome you here this evening for what is a very hot topic. I have only been in the states less than 12 hours, almost 24 hours, since i arrived last night. Newseeing how big an issue is. As i mentioned this morning when speaking to the very first group, it is a delicious thing that we are having this conversation on the first of april. Because of course, it is april fools day. The significance of that for me is, the role of a fool in history. As you know from literature and things like kingsley are, the
Been falling in the afternoon. We have had a number of reports, even gaithersburg, manassas sleet mixing in with the rain. North and west the snow here. Everybody is picking up on the gusty winds. The National Weather service cut back a wind advisory dropping montgomery, fairfax, arlington, the district out but northeast of town until 7 00 some of these may peel off as well. But the winds, the strongest winds so far is probably it. It wont get windier. It should ease up a little bit. The doppler, we have bands of rain but they are lighter. Everything is rotating north. We have a mixed area north and west. Then we have snow. It will snow for a couple of days in the mountains. The Higher Elevation you are, the more snow you are likely to see. Its coming down. Great for the ski operators. Even though the overall trend for warmer temperatures returning. But for now its good news. The big picture, the storms complex is here. Virginia, north carolina, slinging in the moisture and pushing nor
Im Walter Isaacson, and im Walter Isaacson and im with the Aspen Institute here and its our pleasure at the institute to be the host and the facilitator of the franklin project. The project began when general Stan Mcchrystal was out talking about the importance of National Service two or three years ago in aspen, and everybody related to it, and one of the things we try to do here at the institute is turn thought into action, so we said, well, if this is important, lets try to create a program around it. General mcchrystal agreed to chair it. He also thought to himself, im never going to raise another idea in aspen again. You get enlisted if not drafted to do something, but i think he was able to convey to us that this works on so many levels. I mean, this is an important thing that every kid in america could have the rite of passage that previous generations had. Secondly, the notion that theres an expectation and an opportunity to be able to engage in National Service. I think both a