Science and invention were also joined by hugh karacher the great grandson of leo bakelund and the executive producer of the documentary all things bakelite which will be seeing a little clip from this evening. Bud micaterian awardwinning author and filmmaker whos currently doing research on leo bakerland and his journals and our moderator dr. Jeffrey michael professor of american studies at the university of texas at austin and the author of american plastic a cultural history. So please everybody join me in giving a great big march training house. Welcome to our guests this evening, please join us. It takes a moment for all them to get on camera and mike so here with us. Welcome and good evening, all of you. Thank you so much for being here with us tonight. Evening all the pleasure so jeff as our moderator when the time comes would you be so kind as to let me know when youd like me to come back up and help with the q a toward the end. I certainly do that. All right, i just like to ad
Department of history of science and technology at Johns Hopkins university and the author of beyond bakelite leo bakelund and the business of science. Excuse me. Science and invention were also joined by Hugh Karraker the great grandson of leo bakelund and the executive producer of the documentary all things bakelite which will be seeing a little clip from this evening. Bud micaterian awardwinning author and filmmaker whos currently doing research on leo bakerland and his journals and our moderator dr. Jeffrey michael professor of american studies at the university of texas at austin and the author of american plastic a cultural history. So please everybody join me in giving a great big march training house. Welcome to our guests this evening, please join us. It takes a moment for all them to get on camera and mike so here with us. Welcome and good evening, all of you. Thank you so much for being here with us tonight. Even though the pleasure so jeff as our moderator when the time com
Raise next year followed by 6 and 5 each year after. The city offered 5 the first year followed by 4 in three years. The city and unions reached a deal. The terms announced on tuesday. It is a 14. 5 wage followed by 5 the year after and 3. 5 to 4 in year three, depending on the budget scenario. Its not meeting the unions original ask, but it is terms they are happy with. We would have preferred to settle where we were at, as im sure the city manager and council would settle where they were at. Zach the unions are happy with the agreement, the mayor is not. He says he appreciates the work the unions are doing, but the city cannot afford the increases. They did their job. They have a responsibility to organize, advocate for higher wages, and represent their members. But our counsel do not do its job. Zach the wage increase would result in cuts to other city services. We are gambling with the Services People rely on. Services that take care of children, old folks, and get our homeless nei
Internet access as well. Ama the fires have had more than just a human told. The Maui Humane Society says 3000 animals are lost or missing. President biden address the issue in hawaii. Our prayers with the people of hawaii, not just our prayers. Every asset, every asset they need will be there for them. We will be there at maui as long as it takes, as long as it takes. Ama the Hawaiian Electric Industries Stock fell after the s p downgraded its credit to john. They believe the company may be the ones for the fires, they have blamed powerlines. Dan Leslie Brinkley looked into the strategies california is employing to decrease our wildfire risk and whether that could have made a difference in hawaii. Reporter lawsuits filed over the weekend claim Hawaiian Electric kept powerlines electrified despite high Wind Warnings last week. We dont really know what the ignition cause was for the maui fires but if it was downed power lines, which looks likely then a psps would have mitigated the enti
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