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i think when this generation passes, kennedy will be css important for the people in this room, if you can remember where were when something happened, that was a significant moment in your life. people get older, they passed from the scene. i'm going to guess your grandchildren are not going to be as enamored of john kennedy as many of you are. >> right here in the front. i'm going to repeat the question. [inaudible] >> how do we get the millennials nudges involved in politics but in history? >> one of the problems when you're teaching us history now as to feel them all the information on their device, like white like to read a book about valley forge? i can just go valley forge and i have it all on me. it creates the kind of history illiteracy disorder. yet the person feels they are very empowered because they had the information on their hands, right at a nanosecond, they can carry the answer. i just think where to do better job with teaching history in high school and not just history, geography. we got to know the map of the world where places are. >> i've got another question for
i think when this generation passes, kennedy will be css important for the people in this room, if you can remember where were when something happened, that was a significant moment in your life. people get older, they passed from the scene. i'm going to guess your grandchildren are not going to be as enamored of john kennedy as many of you are. >> right here in the front. i'm going to repeat the question. [inaudible] >> how do we get the millennials nudges involved in politics but...
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what the strength of your sewage is in terms of discharge through the sewer system, in terms of pod, css, and oil and grease. so that's how we currently charge our customers for water and sewer service. what are some of the changes that we're proposing in the recommended rates and charges? so we're proposing a fixed monthly service charge for water, which we currently have, and then also a small fixed monthly sewer charge for the wastewater enterprise. we're proposing phasing in the fixed charge four wastewater over a four year period so it can mitigate the impact to low volume users. it would be about $1 peryear increase in the rate for users. one way of looking at fixed charges is to consider the share of enterprise revenue that's considered with the fixed charge. so california urban water conservation council recommends a rate structure that recovers no more than 30% of your water revenues on a fixed charge so that there's an incentive to conserve that resource. as you can see here, what we have is a graph of what percentage of revenues from our water system are collected on a fixed c
what the strength of your sewage is in terms of discharge through the sewer system, in terms of pod, css, and oil and grease. so that's how we currently charge our customers for water and sewer service. what are some of the changes that we're proposing in the recommended rates and charges? so we're proposing a fixed monthly service charge for water, which we currently have, and then also a small fixed monthly sewer charge for the wastewater enterprise. we're proposing phasing in the fixed...
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it contracted with british shipbuilders to build some ships, a handful of ships, one which was the css alabama. these were built -- the georgia, shenandoah, others. they were built in british shipyards and then they went outside british territory and were armed. it looked like they were simply nonmilitary vessels when they were being built. what did they do in the war? their job was to go on the high seas and serve as commerce raiders, attack union commerce on the high seas. merchant ships. they were very good at it, others.many, capturing there was tremendous loss. after the war, america thought, britain did not enforce their own neutrality laws. they should be held responsible for part of the cost of the losses related to the alabama and her sister ships' activities. andrew johnson had made a treaty with great written to try and settle it and it was a terrible treaty and the senate rejected it 54-1. so that is on grants plate as well. it was more than just a passing issue. some people were talking about the difficulties between the two english-speaking nations might lead to war. quit
it contracted with british shipbuilders to build some ships, a handful of ships, one which was the css alabama. these were built -- the georgia, shenandoah, others. they were built in british shipyards and then they went outside british territory and were armed. it looked like they were simply nonmilitary vessels when they were being built. what did they do in the war? their job was to go on the high seas and serve as commerce raiders, attack union commerce on the high seas. merchant ships....
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it is inevitable as computers get smarter they will want to control more resources and css rivals and think that is a fallacy. there's a more sophisticated argument, the value alignment problem that maybe they won't actually want to dominate or displace us but we will be collateral damage. so we say cure cancer, then it will draft us all as guinea pigs and fatal experiments, nothing we can do about it or say increase happiness, and it will cover the universe with smiley faces because every atom in the universe into a:-). i think these scenarios are self refuting. for one thing they assume we are going to be so brilliant that we will design an artificial intelligence with the power to cure cancer but so stupid that we will give up control over all of our bodies and all of society without thinking what could possibly go wrong? and intelligence itself would be so brilliant that it could devise experiments that would cure cancer but so idiotic that it would interpret our rules so literally that it would kill us all instantly in the process. i think these are not just exotic but badly conc
it is inevitable as computers get smarter they will want to control more resources and css rivals and think that is a fallacy. there's a more sophisticated argument, the value alignment problem that maybe they won't actually want to dominate or displace us but we will be collateral damage. so we say cure cancer, then it will draft us all as guinea pigs and fatal experiments, nothing we can do about it or say increase happiness, and it will cover the universe with smiley faces because every atom...
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it contracted with shipbuilders to build some ships, a handful of ships, one which was the css alabama. the georgia, shenandoah, others. they were built in british shipyards, they went outside territory and were armed. they were simply nonmilitary vessels when they were being built. what did they do in the war? their job was to go on the high seas and serve as commerce attacked union commerce on the high seas. merchant ship's. they were very good at it, catching many, sinking others. american thought, britain did not enforce their own neutrality laws. they should be held responsible of thet of the cost losses related to the alabama intercessor ships activities -- and her sister ships' activities. president grant tried to settle it. it was a terrible treaty, rejected. it was more than just a passing issue. some people were talking about the difficulties between the two english-speaking nations might lead to war. quite a number of problems were on grant's plate. another was the continuing existence of the spoils system, the government personnel system based primarily on political patrona
it contracted with shipbuilders to build some ships, a handful of ships, one which was the css alabama. the georgia, shenandoah, others. they were built in british shipyards, they went outside territory and were armed. they were simply nonmilitary vessels when they were being built. what did they do in the war? their job was to go on the high seas and serve as commerce attacked union commerce on the high seas. merchant ship's. they were very good at it, catching many, sinking others. american...
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last year, an fis student was killed trying to css the same intersection. the bridge was part of a project to create a safer path for students. >> the bridge fell on us. >> reporter: a mix of confusion and horror. >> the bridge at fiu just collapsed. >> reporter: witnesses say it sounded like an explosion as the walkway crashed down sending dust high into the air. the surveillance video shows the moment 950 tons of concrete and steel flattened cars and sheared others in half. as they waited at a red light across the highway. sergeant jenna mendez was one of the first on the scene. >> i jumped on top of the bridge where we had four injured construction workers. we had one not breathing. one that was unconscious. and two that were just in a state of shock. >> reporter: emergency workers drilled holes into the heavy slabs of broken concrete searching for any signs of life. rescue dogs were also used to comb through the rubble. jose mejia tried unsuccessfully to rescue a man trapped. >> very traumatic. i think a lot of people aren't going to forget this. at lea
last year, an fis student was killed trying to css the same intersection. the bridge was part of a project to create a safer path for students. >> the bridge fell on us. >> reporter: a mix of confusion and horror. >> the bridge at fiu just collapsed. >> reporter: witnesses say it sounded like an explosion as the walkway crashed down sending dust high into the air. the surveillance video shows the moment 950 tons of concrete and steel flattened cars and sheared others in...