when her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. james, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. one day, during a sudden rain squall, he seeks shelter in the trunk of a giant redwood. that's when it occurs to james that he could actually make a home out of one. >> it was the tail end of the depression. he couldn't afford to buy a regular house. my grandma had already passed away. >> so james allen combs the forest for a suitable tree. he finally discovers the perfect one on the property of the georgia-pacific lumber company, near eureka, california. >> he traded the lumber company for that section of log for work. and then it took him four months to burrow out all the wood and a year and a half to complete the house. it was all done by hand. >> today, most of those lumber mills are gone. what was once called the "redwood empire" is now a state park. >> welcome to humboldt redwoods state park. >> oh, my gosh. these trees are so beautiful. >> and they'

james. west baton rouge. jefferson. st. charles, allen. st. bernard. two days ago six parishes were n this list. so obviously we have a significant problem here in louisiana. we've known this for some time now and this bears it out and it also reinforces the need to continue to do the things that we are doing. except to do them actually etter. to have more compliance and not ess. with respect to the information that we are sharing with you all, we're going to start showing more covid-19 deaths on our dashboard at louisiana department of health. starting today we're going to share aggregated data on race, he date of death, over time, and underlying conditions. all this will be on the dashboard. that will be updated not every day, but once each week. and you can see this as ldh.la.gov. and this is continued proof of our efforts to be as transparent as we can be about what the situation here is in louisiana on the ground. we want to also be as timely as we can be with the information that we provide to you all. disturbingly this information is going to show you that slightly more than 70% of all th

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james: the last book that i wrote about was a book called most recent book, in the book. life c encode. a personal history of technology by allench was published last year. that is a marvelous book. helen allman is a very interesting writer. she began herar career as a software developer. in the very early days of soaking valley and she was one of the few women developers. at the time. at about 20 years ago, sharon the book something called a classic, among coders focus to the machine which was really about how coders think and so on. then she went on to write two novels. when told by flood and other the blood. the last year she published his book called life encode. a series of essays and it's about, technology more about the world of technology is made for us now we live in it today. marvelous book. you learn a lot about technology and cutting to learn more about life. i want them to read it. when the not make it, is a children's's book, bert toast on davenport street. timmy can. it is a marvelously funny delightful book about a family and animals, a great picture book to read to a toddler. what is importantt to me becaue i d