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i mean, turn on new york one, and you'll hear about the school system, ect., ect.. same issues back then. this is the most famous school of the early 19th century. it's an african free school called the mullberry street school and that's where my great, great grandfather went to school and went there with a bunch of young men who turned out to be real leaders to have the black community both in new york and beyond, and i'll just name the ones i'm going to come and talk about later. there was george downing, charles reissen and patrick reissen and james mcewen smith. today we call this the solid foundation of a liberal arts education. in addition to that, there was education in other areas, character was one, can respectability another, the acquisition of wealth, this is new york. basically, work hard, become very skilled in your trade or in your profession, and make money in the process, but then give money back to the community, and finally the idea of cos moo -- cosmopolitan. read the important works of the world. the way in which we say black-american or african-
i mean, turn on new york one, and you'll hear about the school system, ect., ect.. same issues back then. this is the most famous school of the early 19th century. it's an african free school called the mullberry street school and that's where my great, great grandfather went to school and went there with a bunch of young men who turned out to be real leaders to have the black community both in new york and beyond, and i'll just name the ones i'm going to come and talk about later. there was...
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this is e invading army, fighng t insll the ivory ast ected president.bruptly, a radio announcer declares that e bale is over. the man refusing to give up power is prepang tsurrender. e ne is the adjted caious at first. >> ifou s it is too lateit isoo late. it will beoo late tnlyor me, but for the ivory coast i not a kamikaze. i loveife. i love le. my voice ishe voice of the mortar. no, no, no, i dnot see death. it is nomy goal here to die. >> ts was theinal straw. th united natio to in a furiousbombdment ohis coound trapped in the cllaris genels a defecting. it is berlin ment in an african ci. but the maleadg the attack says that ere's nothingo celebrate. he should have gone before, says the colonel. instead, waits uil a of the pele have been killed. only nowe thinks it is the me to qu. he is abandon. he lost th election. he must go. sos it really over? we head cautiously into ghost town. then a rare fight. we spot group of civilians. a group h the arms race. another small grou of civilia arewalkg out othe ty cent. seth as you can see, they are raising
this is e invading army, fighng t insll the ivory ast ected president.bruptly, a radio announcer declares that e bale is over. the man refusing to give up power is prepang tsurrender. e ne is the adjted caious at first. >> ifou s it is too lateit isoo late. it will beoo late tnlyor me, but for the ivory coast i not a kamikaze. i loveife. i love le. my voice ishe voice of the mortar. no, no, no, i dnot see death. it is nomy goal here to die. >> ts was theinal straw. th united natio...
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protests on the reets of jordan's capal as monstratorsontinued to demand chang to the cushion and an ectedernment. th ptest,hichook place undea heavy pice psence, pass off peacefully. an air strike in the gazatrip has killed at least thre palestinians. itas aar they alleged were carry hamas. hamas has confirmed they were indeed mitants but has refused to mment on the plot. still ahead, the han cost on theighting in lib. we hava rert fro t hospital treating e wounded in benazi. >> unacceptable in a g country, theords of one aid encyo desibe e nditions of thousandsf north african mignts. the people are having to le in substandard accommotion italn authorities h promised t move them alloff thisla by turday. >> italy's mt southeastly outpost. noally 5,000 people ve re, eekingut a living thugh fishing, agriculture anouri. w the onl people coming her armyrants, mainly tunisians. mountain those thousands have been here fokes. at one point, as many as 22,000 living inonditions thatt let onaid agen h called unacceptablen a g-8 country. >> the high neralic conditionsre cpletely out tandards. the snd
protests on the reets of jordan's capal as monstratorsontinued to demand chang to the cushion and an ectedernment. th ptest,hichook place undea heavy pice psence, pass off peacefully. an air strike in the gazatrip has killed at least thre palestinians. itas aar they alleged were carry hamas. hamas has confirmed they were indeed mitants but has refused to mment on the plot. still ahead, the han cost on theighting in lib. we hava rert fro t hospital treating e wounded in benazi. >>...
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obama and eisenhower with respect to their resonance with superpower active engagement of the enemy, ect., ect., the history of eisenhower speaks completely, completely different from obama in my humble opinion. if you go back to world war ii, he almost preempted roosevelt in saying no, we're not going to go to berlin. there's too many american lives lost, let the russians do it, and i don't think roosevelt had had come to that decision, and yet eisenhower wrote directly to marshall stalin concerning that subject where our troops shipped south towards south eastern mew nick hour and so on. >> sir, two minutes, get to the question. >> he had a relationship with marshall stalin, a relationship with general conon, he was very involved with the crisis, an i don't see how the obama background compares in any circumstance to that. >> i wasn't trying to say the backgrounds were comparable at all, and clearly couldn't be different. there are some moments that confront obama today in which eisenhower provides a valuable lesson. >> and sir, last question in right on the wire. >> mr. powers, do you
obama and eisenhower with respect to their resonance with superpower active engagement of the enemy, ect., ect., the history of eisenhower speaks completely, completely different from obama in my humble opinion. if you go back to world war ii, he almost preempted roosevelt in saying no, we're not going to go to berlin. there's too many american lives lost, let the russians do it, and i don't think roosevelt had had come to that decision, and yet eisenhower wrote directly to marshall stalin...
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they get ected and p out. they sometimes get put out amatically. i ink it was very good. was tim when margare thatcher wen boreohn jor. we knew the queen was waiting to al wh whoever tned up as theew leader. shwil always deal with the elected prime mister and give them great suprt. she has huge benefits inhis way. the first pre mister winston churchil w born in the 1800's. you sawhe cnges in the market came whehe was tust into the position. it was a ver hushush. now erything is much more open there is les of a mystue t it all will the lack of mystique mean that interest will wither ay? >> there sti the constitutional function and syolicunction that will continue. look a sweden. is a very pgreive and mode country. itas dominatedy t socl demoaticarty. in their pgramthey have the abolition of the monarchy. there w talk about alishg the narc. they didedo compromisin the 1970's. they removedvery polical role from the maet. e monarchy remnsith cor and mbolm. but you do n have the sort of offensive volmentn the litil process. >> you a still choosing one family almost rando wean
they get ected and p out. they sometimes get put out amatically. i ink it was very good. was tim when margare thatcher wen boreohn jor. we knew the queen was waiting to al wh whoever tned up as theew leader. shwil always deal with the elected prime mister and give them great suprt. she has huge benefits inhis way. the first pre mister winston churchil w born in the 1800's. you sawhe cnges in the market came whehe was tust into the position. it was a ver hushush. now erything is much more open...
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hundred 50 years ago today -- 150 isoday, it offially plung thenited ates intoivil wa the event ware-ected at the scene. it ca jusa month after president abram lincoln took the oath of office. frank williams isaking sure that lincoln legacy lives on through a vast collectn o arfacts. isart of our week lg seriesn thcivil war. he isriveto sharlincn stor >i think it is that americ dream, the rig to rse, you can become anything u asre to be if youork hard enough. i was dra to the man and his story. these are t fir two books i bought with my lunch mon when was in t sixth and seventh grade. it w frothat moment that began this pason of studying lincn a getng tngs about and by h for the coection. this is a first priing of the lincoln-douglas detes has taken do by stenographers in e seven towns whe lincoln and douglas debat f the.s. senate seat i 1858. is o is presenteand gned by. lincoln tos.spenc er. this artt would betra himself as lincoln in the oilaintings thate -- what porty hielf asincoln in the oil paintings th he did. is own for many of the illustrations, especlly erican rruitg post with c
hundred 50 years ago today -- 150 isoday, it offially plung thenited ates intoivil wa the event ware-ected at the scene. it ca jusa month after president abram lincoln took the oath of office. frank williams isaking sure that lincoln legacy lives on through a vast collectn o arfacts. isart of our week lg seriesn thcivil war. he isriveto sharlincn stor >i think it is that americ dream, the rig to rse, you can become anything u asre to be if youork hard enough. i was dra to the man and his...
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the bond mket would ect pelty on th.s. long bere thatapped, and thats not something the u.s. wants. >> on th not we ed to lee it. thank you ry much indd. from new york. at's a pleasure. >>ne o the drag on the.s. economy is unemployment today, mcdonald's stted to do its part. it started and as a pr campaign, attempting to hire 50,000 worker in a single that. it has a vesd inrestn changing t cpany's business. on the business oftimating petis and jobs,t unrwent ruti in theocumtary "ser sed me." 1 d 8othi but mcdonald's for a month -- on man ate thing but mcdonald's f a mth with disastus consequenc. nowehas new movie. it isonderful tohaveou on e prram. >> this the greate deal you'll evewear for t greate mov. these are the people who ha actually mad-- pomondeul presents the greatest movie ever sold possible. hyat jblue pm,al-- pom, all e brds. >>our name is xic in the corporate world. >> do some pureed t to these 20rowns. >> want to make a film entirely funded by ads. far do it ? where ll wdraw the line? i tnk f a comny t say, we wantoe pa of that, it is pretty increble. >> is is
the bond mket would ect pelty on th.s. long bere thatapped, and thats not something the u.s. wants. >> on th not we ed to lee it. thank you ry much indd. from new york. at's a pleasure. >>ne o the drag on the.s. economy is unemployment today, mcdonald's stted to do its part. it started and as a pr campaign, attempting to hire 50,000 worker in a single that. it has a vesd inrestn changing t cpany's business. on the business oftimating petis and jobs,t unrwent ruti in theocumtary...
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. >> host: sarah, what about google's competitors, amazon, microsoft, yahoo, ect.. what was their reaction? >> guest: to the best of my knowledge, i think the reactions were mostly lodged with in court documents. from what i understand though, they were certainly pleased that the settlement was not approved because each of those parties were certainly lodging objections with the court. amazon, for example, essentially said that if you give google this unfair advantage, how is this good for copyright, and that was actually another big issue of judge chin which is that if -- it's a good idea to have a digital library to have these works scanned, but should google be the arbiter and decision maker, the entity to decide how it scan, what is scanned, which books are made available, and i think in judge's opinion, he felt very uncomfortable that one entity and corporation could have that much power and it's an unfair power every any other corporate or public entity. >> host: recently in the new "new york times" wrote that the decision is a victory for the public good, but
. >> host: sarah, what about google's competitors, amazon, microsoft, yahoo, ect.. what was their reaction? >> guest: to the best of my knowledge, i think the reactions were mostly lodged with in court documents. from what i understand though, they were certainly pleased that the settlement was not approved because each of those parties were certainly lodging objections with the court. amazon, for example, essentially said that if you give google this unfair advantage, how is this...
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russian government wins they get faster growth and the investor should win by having more protected ect environments then if i can go back to you there's always the issue of corporate wars in the corporate boardrooms we have the. k d p ongoing affair which will cross the aft we. are all cynical roussel i mean these make the wall street journal this makes it into the headlines here is how do you sell russians saying well this is just business as usual this happens all companies here but that's the story that makes the headlines when it comes to russian companies to this day russia economy fast growing these companies these businessmen building large companies and there's a lot of opportunity if you look at the west there's a moral status quo people who have established themselves and their leashes and backless force at street level in the terms of marketing and consumers whereas here everything to play for you countries to actually markets to end you've got consolidation process that's going on and so you know we're still very much in the swashbuckling. development and that leads to corp
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the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the right way. >> maybe it's cancer. maybe that's what's going on with my shoulder. >> there's an interesting thing about cancer. >> what do you say to the patient? >> anything's possible, but it's not likely, and so i would just say there's no reason to believe that that's possible, and you would try to talk to the person. again, i think that's why i like that little price there. >> yeah. >> they absolutely have the right to an mr, but there's no way that kind of an insurance pool should have to pay for something that unnecessary that's outside of clinical guidelines and evidence. >> now let's talk about men and prostates. >> men with localized prostate cancer where in most cases it grows slowly and you don't need to do anything, but you can do surgery and radiation and so on. surgeons and radiologists are aggressive saying we have to radiate it or take it out. when you give patients ology the information, forget about price, when you just give them
the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the right way. >> maybe it's cancer. maybe that's what's going on with my shoulder. >> there's an interesting thing about cancer. >> what do you say to the patient? >> anything's possible, but it's not likely, and so i would just say there's no reason to believe that that's possible, and you would try to talk to the person. again, i think that's why i like that little price there. >>...
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the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the right way. >> maybe it's cancer. maybe that's what's going on with my shoulder. >> there's an interesting thing about cancer. >> what do you say to the patient? >> anything's possible, but it's not likely, and so i would just say there's no reason to believe that that's possible, and you would try to talk to the person. again, i think that's why i like that little price there. >> yeah. >> they absolutely have the right to an mr, but there's no way that kind of an insurance pool should have to pay for something that unnecessary that's outside of clinical guidelines and evidence. >> now let's talk about men and prostates. >> men with localized prostate cancer where in most cases it grows slowly and you don't need to do anything, but you can do surgery and radiation and so on. surgeons and radiologists are aggressive saying we have to radiate it or take it out. when you give patients ology the information, forget about price, when you just give them
the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the right way. >> maybe it's cancer. maybe that's what's going on with my shoulder. >> there's an interesting thing about cancer. >> what do you say to the patient? >> anything's possible, but it's not likely, and so i would just say there's no reason to believe that that's possible, and you would try to talk to the person. again, i think that's why i like that little price there. >>...
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street and patronized by the families on bond street, the white elite with last names like ward, low, ect., so these men were doing very well. wealth was not the only important thing for the black elite as i said before. one was respected, another was respectability. you had to behave in respectable ways, and as well as character, so character is the formation, the moral formation; right? of the self- and outward manifestation, if you work hard, go to church, if you treat your family well, and so forth, then it would automatically show on the outside in proper behavior, proper forms of dress, and so forth. respectability was as important, probably more important than wealth in acquiring in becoming part of the black elite. to give you a sense of -- oh, let me see, wanted to show you -- that's my great grandfather phillip white. he's the image of respectability, okay? he has a drugstore, makes money, promotes black education, he's the pillar of st. peter's church, he is mr. respectability himself. i now want to go on to the disrespectful because we get a lot about respectability by looking
street and patronized by the families on bond street, the white elite with last names like ward, low, ect., so these men were doing very well. wealth was not the only important thing for the black elite as i said before. one was respected, another was respectability. you had to behave in respectable ways, and as well as character, so character is the formation, the moral formation; right? of the self- and outward manifestation, if you work hard, go to church, if you treat your family well, and...
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., ect..can you tell us what differences, if any there are in terms of labor practices, pay differences, insurance issues, safety, moral, ect.? what's the differentiating factor would you say? any of you. >> i mean, in our experience, you know, we tend to hire people fairly young. i mean, a lot of our staff we don't pay as much as a contractor or the u.s. government so people come to us often straight out of college. we have people who came to us, first job back in 2002 and are still working with us because we place an incredible emphasis internally the same as externally in capacity. we have staff who, you know, english teachers on site for cooks and our cleaners. we offer everybody university education, we take care of people when they get sick. we have unlimited health care services, and so we are going to be around, we hope indefinitely. the same reason communities work with us and take tremendous risks to guarantee our safety and secure, our staff takes significant factors of three or fou
., ect..can you tell us what differences, if any there are in terms of labor practices, pay differences, insurance issues, safety, moral, ect.? what's the differentiating factor would you say? any of you. >> i mean, in our experience, you know, we tend to hire people fairly young. i mean, a lot of our staff we don't pay as much as a contractor or the u.s. government so people come to us often straight out of college. we have people who came to us, first job back in 2002 and are still...
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have to do something, the republican position was for a smaller one, one targeted towards tax cuts, ect., but health care was the something you didn't have to do. there was no particular emergency. obviously, it wasn't the bailouts and stimulus, and even dodd-frank where there was arguably a huge financial crisis and people thought you had to do something about the banks and the financial system. this was a matter of choice b on the part of the president and democrats in congress proposing it was a matter of choice on the part of republicans. they could have gone along, and they have in the past with lots of liberal and democratic pieces of legislation, try to modify, but not challenge them, so this tells you more about the governing visions of the two parties of the two major political philosophies than most other issues do. it's unusual in that respect. two, the president chose to make this his signature priority. they chose to force it throw on a matter vote even after losing in 2010 when they could have had an institution. it's there, it's law. if democrats keep control of the senat
have to do something, the republican position was for a smaller one, one targeted towards tax cuts, ect., but health care was the something you didn't have to do. there was no particular emergency. obviously, it wasn't the bailouts and stimulus, and even dodd-frank where there was arguably a huge financial crisis and people thought you had to do something about the banks and the financial system. this was a matter of choice b on the part of the president and democrats in congress proposing it...
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. >> ect., and hopefully maybe he'll be down in the dc area since he's there often too. that's my gift to you for a very enlightened afternoon. >> okay. well, thank you so much. i will follow-up. >> hi. >> hi. >> my question is in what ways do you think you can project these vital pieces of information to the younger african-american community being that, you know, we're the up and coming, and we have to pass it on. through what medium do you think you could project it to? >> well, apparently, i have to do facebook -- [laughter] the internet, and it's very different way of publishing now, but it's become inevitable and inescapable, and so i'm working with my publishers. they put up facebook pages and internet pages, but i'm also thinking about this in terms of this exact question you're asking. how do you begin to reach through the mediums available now the kind of audiences who are not necessarily going to pick up a book. it's not that bad to deal with it. people are going to get information in different ways. how do you accept that in us older guys, the mode we are com
. >> ect., and hopefully maybe he'll be down in the dc area since he's there often too. that's my gift to you for a very enlightened afternoon. >> okay. well, thank you so much. i will follow-up. >> hi. >> hi. >> my question is in what ways do you think you can project these vital pieces of information to the younger african-american community being that, you know, we're the up and coming, and we have to pass it on. through what medium do you think you could...
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barrel less shortly thereafter, and so what role does the cftc have things like limits and oversight, ect.. that shock, i don't care what business you're in, if your number one cause is tickets or shipping boxes, that's difficult. more recently, when you look at world events whether it's the middle east or northern africa to some extent in terms of japan, you know, oil at 112 and the crack spread that's now delinked such that, you know, wti and brent, this is what are you taking a look at from the standpoint of a hedging strait ji if you have one; right? some companies have decided nod toot that, but any -- not to do that. i don't think the high cost of oil is a bad thing as long as it's like a governor that disciplines of what kind of capacity should be in the market place, and because we have had a lot of capacity in the marketplace. doug talked about consolidation, and that is the number one issue that drives the ability to sell a ticket. >> others would argue for new airplanes. >> new airplanes, the nextgen engine, and the winglet as well. [laughter] i'm looking at the audience now, m
barrel less shortly thereafter, and so what role does the cftc have things like limits and oversight, ect.. that shock, i don't care what business you're in, if your number one cause is tickets or shipping boxes, that's difficult. more recently, when you look at world events whether it's the middle east or northern africa to some extent in terms of japan, you know, oil at 112 and the crack spread that's now delinked such that, you know, wti and brent, this is what are you taking a look at from...
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there's cabinet ministers, international seekers, local politicians, ect. are coming. now, i tell you this because britain has got the home of the english speaking media. i know america is the front of real power, but worrying facts. two years ago the bbc's research showed that there was a 26-year low in american-owned medias on foreign affairs. there was a corresponding 58% growth in elite households from alaska to tennessee choosing british online media sources. the biggest market for the bbc,ed guardian, the financial times, the economist, and now online, the daily mail and followed by the telegraph is your market, america. the biggest news gathering monopoly in the world is the bbc and the way the media market is growing, that is only going to continue. now, i am the biggest, and for all intensive purposes, the only organization dealing with the media in london. guess what my budget is? $-- 1.6 million pounds, and i get asked consistently from friends across the pond, what are you doing? everybody is very bothered about what is happening in london, by minority supp
there's cabinet ministers, international seekers, local politicians, ect. are coming. now, i tell you this because britain has got the home of the english speaking media. i know america is the front of real power, but worrying facts. two years ago the bbc's research showed that there was a 26-year low in american-owned medias on foreign affairs. there was a corresponding 58% growth in elite households from alaska to tennessee choosing british online media sources. the biggest market for the...
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that there's a safe dose of radiation and low dose radiation is good for you, good for your children, ect. we're not worried about x-rays here. we're worried about a longer term picture. most of the data comes from hiroshima. that was a one time radiation. it was like a large doze that the population got. here, there's a continual dosage. people continue to digest it because of the iodine and plutonium that came from chernobyl and now the japanese plant. we don't know what the long term effects are. we're looking at an experiment where we have to watch the environment and the population for hundreds of years to know what the effects are. this is a very, very cruel experiment. because it enters the food chain and the food chape starts with a deposition of the radiation and works its way up through grass that the cows eat, concentrated in the milk and the children drink the milk and in the meat then, chickens, cows, and grains which we'll show pictures of in a few minutes. we're at the top of the food chain. again, we don't know the long term effects of it. this leakage comes through the co
that there's a safe dose of radiation and low dose radiation is good for you, good for your children, ect. we're not worried about x-rays here. we're worried about a longer term picture. most of the data comes from hiroshima. that was a one time radiation. it was like a large doze that the population got. here, there's a continual dosage. people continue to digest it because of the iodine and plutonium that came from chernobyl and now the japanese plant. we don't know what the long term effects...
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the first, you spoke about the prospects for business, american business in pakistan, investment, ect.. i wonder -- i think that one of the hold ups has been the lack of an investment treaty, and my impression was when this was negotiated or the effort was made and negotiated i think during president bush's visit that the hold up was on the pakistani side, and i wonder if you could fill us in where that sits today. the second question, another area to evolution. a very, very sweeping change, lots of new responsibilities to the provinces. i'm wondering about the financial side. do the provinces have the basis for paying for these new opportunities or these new functions, and particular, i was wondering about -- i think it's part of the evolution, the pact that the provinces now will have the right to borrow money. thank you. >> yes. i think excellent questions. first of all, i'll share with you my own humble view about the role of these business treaties in promoting investment. my own view, and i could be wrong, is that the role of having a business investment treaty between two count
the first, you spoke about the prospects for business, american business in pakistan, investment, ect.. i wonder -- i think that one of the hold ups has been the lack of an investment treaty, and my impression was when this was negotiated or the effort was made and negotiated i think during president bush's visit that the hold up was on the pakistani side, and i wonder if you could fill us in where that sits today. the second question, another area to evolution. a very, very sweeping change,...
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the first, you spoke about the prospects for business, american business in pakistan, investment, ect i wonder -- i think that one of the hold ups has been the lack of an investment treaty, and my impression was when this was negotiated or the effort was made and negotiated i think during president bush's visit that the hold up was on the pakistani side, and i wonder if you could fill us in where that sits today. the second question, another area to evolution. a very, very sweeping change, lots of new responsibilities to the provinces. i'm wondering about the financial side. do the provinces have the basis for paying for these new opportunities or these new functions, and particular, i was wondering about -- i think it's part of the evolution, the pact that the provinces now will have the right to borrow money. thank you. >> yes. i think excellent questions. first of all, i'll share with you my own humble view about the role of these business treaties in promoting investment. my own view, and i could be wrong, is that the role of having a business investment treaty between two countri
the first, you spoke about the prospects for business, american business in pakistan, investment, ect i wonder -- i think that one of the hold ups has been the lack of an investment treaty, and my impression was when this was negotiated or the effort was made and negotiated i think during president bush's visit that the hold up was on the pakistani side, and i wonder if you could fill us in where that sits today. the second question, another area to evolution. a very, very sweeping change, lots...
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this month we have author, novelist, playwright ect., essayist, ishmael reed. we're talking about his nonfiction books on here. i'll begin with "old new orleans, god made alaska for the indians" published in 1982. "writing a fighting" air airing dirty laundry," "another day at the front" "blue city, a walk in oakland" "mixing it up," and "barak obama and the jim crow media" is the most recent book coming out last year. we'll put the numbers up on the screen if you want to participate in the conversation. you can also send an e-mail at booktv@c-span.com. when did you first start writing? >> guest: i ran all the way home. i was so excited about writing my name, and that was the beginning. i wrote things in second grade, and then i started really writing in high school, and my tutor was a right wing teacher. that's amazing because i think most people put me on the radical left side, but there was a teacher in high school named annette laincaster and she gave me pamphlets and john burke things, and i would read them at breakfast, but she inspired me to write essays
this month we have author, novelist, playwright ect., essayist, ishmael reed. we're talking about his nonfiction books on here. i'll begin with "old new orleans, god made alaska for the indians" published in 1982. "writing a fighting" air airing dirty laundry," "another day at the front" "blue city, a walk in oakland" "mixing it up," and "barak obama and the jim crow media" is the most recent book coming out last year. we'll put...
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that it was intentive to stop the women from collecting money, ect.?when are they going to get a chance? if they're going to get a chance, is that an individualized period? >> wal-mart will have ample opportunity through the arguments over which variables to use. there was a very robust debate already on which variables to use that will have a significant impact on whether women are shown to be underpaid or underpromoted compared to men, so wal-mart will have that opportunity, and frankly -- >> no, no, no. that sounds like their only opportunity is on the model. they are precluded from attempting to show any individual evidence that a particular decision was not made. >> if wal-mart comes forward, and it hasn't done so so far, and is able to purr suede the -- persuade the district court in a way consistent with reliable determination of who should have been paid what and promoted -- >> you're not answering me. >> i'm trying to. >> what you're saying is we're going to preclude them from doing anything but offering a mathematical model because otherwise
that it was intentive to stop the women from collecting money, ect.?when are they going to get a chance? if they're going to get a chance, is that an individualized period? >> wal-mart will have ample opportunity through the arguments over which variables to use. there was a very robust debate already on which variables to use that will have a significant impact on whether women are shown to be underpaid or underpromoted compared to men, so wal-mart will have that opportunity, and frankly...
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. >> i have a clarification question for don on your accumulative multiple decisions ect., there was a bullet point not incorporating the float should the bottom of the casing. as far as i know there were float vol ofs there not just set properly. >> a number of issues associated with the design of that and whether or not the design would have permitted a complete cement bond log to being one. note that cement bond log could have determined the type of cement in this particular situation, but would not have been able to fully explore and that has to do with the way in which it was designed. >> all right. the cement bond log would also buy 12 hours of time to set the cement. >> yes. >> tom, i got -- >> yeah, steve. >> this is a question for you, don, but it's about the very high pressure used to convert the float valves, and it was clearly very complicated procedure, did not proceed as planned, and there was a comment in the report that someone on the rig thought that maybe the casing had been damaged by the high pressures that were reached in attempt to convert the float so that it c
. >> i have a clarification question for don on your accumulative multiple decisions ect., there was a bullet point not incorporating the float should the bottom of the casing. as far as i know there were float vol ofs there not just set properly. >> a number of issues associated with the design of that and whether or not the design would have permitted a complete cement bond log to being one. note that cement bond log could have determined the type of cement in this particular...
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decades, it's these things we need, the storage technologies, the new fuels, the new safety modules, ect.. i urge in your consideration of the doe budget that these are given a lot of attention. >> you make a lot of sense. senator? >> may i ask permission to include in the record an article from the guardian in london on sunday from a leading environmentalist in the country that headlined from fukushima made me stopped worrying and love nuclear power. his comment was atomic energy is subjected to the harshest test and the impact on people and the planet has been small. the crisis of fukushima converted me to the cause of nuclear power. this is -- >> oh, my goodness. >> well -- >> the effect has been -- >> of the reactors. >> on the reactors, but the effect on the country and on the people and the economy, on the seabed, i mean, it's enormous. >> the effect of the reactors. this is his comment, but he reviews in his article that the disaster goes through all the other ways of producing energy and concludes that atomic power has to be a part of the discussion. >> we will put it in the reco
decades, it's these things we need, the storage technologies, the new fuels, the new safety modules, ect.. i urge in your consideration of the doe budget that these are given a lot of attention. >> you make a lot of sense. senator? >> may i ask permission to include in the record an article from the guardian in london on sunday from a leading environmentalist in the country that headlined from fukushima made me stopped worrying and love nuclear power. his comment was atomic energy...
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want to revice things like the qualified industrial zones or the selling of natural gas to israel, ect., but what's not mentioned which is important to know to make policy towards egypt is that the dpoaks who are at -- folks at the fore front of calling for change on these things was not the muslim brotherhood. the fact is these are very unpopular policies there. you know, people in tahir square who would be secular asking them about selling natural gas to israel, they would say no or the price would be higher. the point is that we just need to be very careful and understand democracy in egypt could lead to divergence on how they perceive their interests and us ours. if we label that a function of islamism, we don't know what's going on there, and we will do damage to our own credibility in dealing with that region. very important. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. dr. mansur, i wanted to give you a chance because we cut you off with ideology, but i wanted you to have a chance to finish your statement. >> yes, thank you. talking about the muslims here, the majority of them are
want to revice things like the qualified industrial zones or the selling of natural gas to israel, ect., but what's not mentioned which is important to know to make policy towards egypt is that the dpoaks who are at -- folks at the fore front of calling for change on these things was not the muslim brotherhood. the fact is these are very unpopular policies there. you know, people in tahir square who would be secular asking them about selling natural gas to israel, they would say no or the price...
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the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the right way. >> maybe it's cancer. maybe that's what's going on with my shoulder. >> there's an interesting thing about cancer. >> what do you say to the patient? >> anything's possible, but it's not likely, and so i would just say there's no reason to believe that that's possible, and you would try to talk to the person. again, i think that's why i like that little price there. >> yeah. >> they absolutely have the right to an mr, but there's no way that kind of an insurance pool should have to pay for something that unnecessary that's outside of clinical guidelines and evidence. >> now let's talk about men and prostates. >> men with localized prostate cancer where in most cases it grows slowly and you don't need to do anything, but you can do surgery and radiation and so on. surgeons and radiologists are aggressive saying we have to radiate it or take it out. when you give patients ology the information, forget about price, when you just give them
the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the right way. >> maybe it's cancer. maybe that's what's going on with my shoulder. >> there's an interesting thing about cancer. >> what do you say to the patient? >> anything's possible, but it's not likely, and so i would just say there's no reason to believe that that's possible, and you would try to talk to the person. again, i think that's why i like that little price there. >>...