The open this morning we will get really close again to 30000 on the dow. Heres another positive in all the transition from trump to biden has begun and investors like it, the dow was up 1 , 300 points, s p up three quarters in the nasdaq up close to half a percentage point, lots of green this morning and theres this, john kerry is back, the climate envoy and will sit on the National Security council, not good news for Americas Energy independence. Kerry will try to take us back into the paris climate record, but here is a guy taking us to the future, elon musk, yesterday as tesla stock rallied musk gained 7 billion in one day, he is worth 128 billion in the last week he surpassed Mark Zuckerberg and bill gates to become the second richest in the world, jeff bezos remains firmly in the number one spot. On todays show lets celebrate thanksgiving, the timing on the restrictions but resistance is growing, scott shalit he will join us from arizona hes part of the great exodus and will take
Poet and educator in seattle and the author of free poetry collections including 2012 room. Also the New Washington poet laureate 21222014 and currently serving on the board of jack straw a local studio. Here today talking about the apocalypse factory. Please join me to welcome steve olson. Thanks. As you know kathleen published a book of poems in 2012 and all of those are about hanford. And then she will we eat paul from her new book of poems entitled post romantic coming out in october from the university of washington press. So to make sure my slides will work i will project her words onto a screen. Banks. And to say before i read the poem how im pleased to be a part of this evening and its wonderful to celebrate the publication of this book not just because i have poems in it but they are not told us much as i think they should be and then to get the story out i have learned all kinds of things from it and out there for people to read. This is the poem and its called stories that w
Steve olson is a seattlebased writer and author of several books, 2016s eruption, the untold story of mount saint helens, the Washington State book award and named one of the best nonfiction books of 2016 by that aforementioned multinational conglomerate. In 2003 mapping Human History genes race and common origins was nominated for the National Book award. His work is featured in atlantic monthly, science, smithsonian and other magazines. He is a consultant writer for the National Academy of sciences and other National Scientific organizations. Kathleen Philip Mccain is a poet and educator in seattle and the author of three poetry collections including 2012 plume, and addition of nuclear aid songs of innocence and experience inspired by hanford. She was also the Washington State abshes currently serving on the board of jack straw a local audio art studio and cultural incubator. They are here tonight to talk about steves book the apocalypse plutonium in the making of the atomic age. Ple
We need to make sure everyone is Wearing Masks and social distancing. The county has no timeline for allowing customers to physically shop in stores, saying no outdoor displays are allowed. Social distancing plans must be in place including marking where customers can stand. Owners wonder how long they can operate like this with margins so tight before the pandemic. I think at some point people have to pay rent and eat. Shop owners and managers say theyre hopeful they can survive and theyre already preparing for that next phase when theyll be able to invite shoppers back inside their store, whenever that may be. Thom jensen, nbc bay area news. Thom, thank you. El fresco dining in a big way considers the plan to reopen sidewalks and parking lots to outside dining. One of its more popular eating spots reopened today. Were talking about san pay droes Square Market in san jose. Ten restaurants and cafes all now serving takeout. The the Business Owners and managers know this is a good step
German russian x. Ray telescope rosita took off from by canoe or in the summer of 2019 for many scientists the launch was the fulfillment of a dream. Now comes the next successful step even as he turns on track and training its 7 cameras on the cosmos. Over the next 4 years the telescope is to create a map of all the known galaxies the researchers hope to find clues as to why our universe continues to expand. Believe. This is the world as we know us but as we zoom as our earth looks a lot smaller. Its just one of many planets that orbit the star at the center of our solar system the sun. One of the 300000000000 stars that make up our galaxy the milky way. Imagine taking a galaxy the size of ours and shrinking it to the size of our brain isnt something cosmologist you are invalid dreams about. Distances are unimaginable despite that we can look out so far with our telescopes that we are able to get a good idea of how the universe as a whole behaves and thats fascinating. In some ways th