Hall seattle and we are set up in the cafc right over here and our special guest tonight is you know howard, theyve been set up in the library showing off really cool mask games and im so excited to welcome you to tonights very special math theme doubleheader with Eugenia Cheng and Amir Alexander. This event is presented by townhall as sort of our big homecoming festival. Im hoping many of you might be returning for the first time after a couple of years while weve been remodeling the space and for a lot of you this might be your first time at town hall. This is the type of things we exist to do. Im excitedto present these fantastic authors tonight. We love all our lecture programs, all the political costs, all of the art programming that we do but i am especially fascinated by mass, mathematical approaches to thinking. Im a reformed college math student so having a chance to present Eugenia Cheng who we posted and a couple of times and Amir Alexander as a doubleheader was a great oppo
Are using agriculture to protect their land from illegal israeli settlements. And rebuilding the bahamas the cleanup operation resumes in the islands battered by a Tropical Storm and hurrican. How it will cause impressive weather now making its way across spain weve still got a little area of clouds circulating away here but the heaviest showers they are pushing in land a little further north but some westward so we will see some weather coming in here over the next few days but that may well the system is now easing out theyll be a few showers across northern parts of spain maybe even into Northern Areas support cubical to the right here its been particularly dry over the past few weeks to try me mom across central and eastern parts of the mediterranean much of based in europe not faring too badly but he pushed further north and it is certainly on the blustery side quite a cane wind blowing through open office and snow way over the the mountains there in the way some of that western w
A vacant post for the countrys leadership could spark a power struggle among tunisias Political Party is definitely what candidates who are considered to be quite popular and quite strong but also very controversial. Have been barred from running the president ial elections by parson parliament not too long ago this was not yet been signed by missteps and before he passed away and i think well hear a lot more about this controversy next couple of days president benjy kind a sense be who spent the last few weeks of his life in a not of the hospital was a leading figure in what was known as the arab spring uprising as Prime Minister and then tunisians 1st democratically elected president he helped draft a new constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech. And then to have his accomplishments though were often overshadowed by a weak economy and high Unemployment Rate there is disparate nobody can deny that there is the sense of hopelessness nobody can deny that however in comparison to othe
To the influence of powerful interest groups. Calling me a lobbyist is a mean spirited allegation look. At you is now negotiating a new multiyear budget will it include farm policies that do more to protect the environment. And. Farm fields as far as the eye can see this land all 2600 hectares of it belongs to one of germanys largest farming businesses agro berta. Weve come here to talk to the companys managing director or bun huge. Its a successful enterprise optimized for efficiency and production but units doesnt seem to be truly happy in his work. So this one with a lot of it its not farming in the traditional sense we use the latest technology and our productivity is extremely high but theres always pressure to do more. But a good one produces 10000 tons of potatoes a year for a company in payment that makes french fries they grow only one kind of potato here and they have to be as large as possible. Like most farms burdekin uses fertilizers and pesticides to keep by they also rec
A lot in store for you on the program today heres a quick peek at whats coming up. How to charge your fund by riding a bike. Why recycle tiles are good for more than just artistic creations. And why the disappearance of wild dogs in zimbabwe is a threat to the environment. We stop the show in south sudan a country that banned the use of plastic bags following kenyas example the countrys government says the Plastic Bag Ban has already reduced pollution in the countrys capital city by up to 50 percent but there are still big challenges ahead many say more needs to be done and are continuing their campaign in the countrys markets. Imposed a ban on the important use of plastic bags some time ago but there are still plenty around thats why jubas former deputy mayor. Talks to the people directly about the hum plastic bags cause while the number of bags used since the law was introduced this still allow for whenas about the issue he said my dream is to have even a citizen in juba realise that