if there is a theme to the johnstown book it's really that it's peerless. because people are in positions of responsibility that they are behaving responsibly. the mistake that all were making at the cost of more than 2000 lives. it wasn't an act of god was the fault of human beings. and what happens in life and certainly happens in publishing is a very quickly typecast. and after the book came out i had two publishers approach me. at the age of about 35 i was been typecast as bad news mccullough. i didn't like that. what i really wanted at that stage in my outlook i wanted some symbol of affirmation. we do know how to solve problems. we do have the capacity to do greater things than we know. imperfect people working together can often achieve noble and creative works. and listening to these two men talk about the brooklyn bridge at that lunch i suddenly thought that's it. that is the symbol of affirmation that i've been looking for. and i came out of that restaurant and i was working then as it's an editor in new york. i have someone waiting for me back at

that is the mistake that all were making in johnstown and that the cost of more than 2000 lives. it wasn't an act of god. it was the fault of human beings. what happens in life and certainly happens in publishing his viewer quickly typecast and after the book came out ahead to publishers approach me. one wanted me to do a book about the chicago fire and the other one to do a book about the san francisco earthquake. [laughter] and at the age of about 35 i was being typecast as bad news for cola. [laughter] i didn't like that in fact what i really wanted at that stage in my outlook on the human condition with some symbol of affirmation because we aren't always short-sighted. we do know how to solve problems as human beings and we do have the capacity to do greater things than we know and imperfect people working together can often achieve noble, creative works. listening to these two men talk about the brooklyn bridge at that lunch i suddenly thought, that's it. that's the symbol of affirmation that i have been looking for. i came out of that restaurant and i was working then as an

host: we go to john in pennsylvania in johnstown. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have two questions for the doctor. , have theyhemselves waived fda approval for these tests in a rush to get them available to be used, and my second question -- used? my second question is, i am at a loss to understand why the trump administration has decided to and severalwho things they are trying to do. i think it sends a message the world -- message to the world that the poor people of the world do not matter. thank you. on the first question, the tests are being approved. they are being trialed and approved. it is important to recognize that different test characteristics are useful in different situations. if you are going to survey an000 people, you might want easier test and except a higher error rates. if it is you making the decision on what you should do, you might want a different test with a lower error rate. the tests have different use profiles, which makes them all valuable, but it is important to know what they are. i 100% agree with you about the who. if we think

human responsibility the, there's a theme to the johnstown really perilous. certainly extremely dangerous always. assume that because people are in positions of responsibility they are therefore behaving responsibly . and that was a mistake, that all were making in johnstown and at the cost of more than 2000 lives. it wasn't a act of god, it was the fault of human beings. life, certainly have is you very happy came out i had to publishers of what the chicago fire. . age of 35, was as bad mccullough. and i didn't like that. in fact what i really wanted to stay in my outlook on life on the human condition was some symbol of affirmation. cause we aren't always shortsighted. we don't know how to solve problems, we human beings and we do have capacity to do greater thingsthat we know . and an imperfect people working together and often achieve noble creative works. and listening to these two men talk about the brooklyn bridge that lunch, i suddenly thought that's it. that's the symbol of affirmation that i have been looking for. and i came out of that restaurant a

york it, new england reported 9 inches or this is video you're looking at what what it was like in johnstown pennsylvania, little earlier today. this spring, snow and accompanying low temperatures come courtesy of that a polar vortex we referred to it's a batch of cold air being pulled down from the north. 19 us really is a new virus, but the threat of a pandemic it it's nothing new for years health experts have warned that the u.s. needs to be prepared for one. and now they have a new warning. brian todd reports. the prediction was daunting quote this is a critical point in history time is running out to prepare for the next pandemic we must act now with decisiveness and purpose that was in 2005 and the author was doctor michael osterholm one of america's top epidemiologists who issued those warnings in an article in foreign affairs magazine. i think you're going to ignore the media ignored a government ignored or private sectors ignore. >>because they didn't believe the infectious agent could do to us what this one is doing. >>doctor osterholm wasn't alone listen to what doctor larry brill

born in johnstown, new york, her father was a judge and her mother was a descendent of a revolutionary war hero. they were quite conservative. wealthy, property owning, slaveowning. people often forget that that was still the case in upstate new york. much of the north. traditional, as stanton remembered it, on matters of gender. the famous story that she told was that when she was 11, her last brother died, she crawled into her father's lap seeking to give and receive comfort and he put his arm around her and said -- my daughter, i wish you were a boy. everybody groans at that, and the sting of the remark is certainly something many women feel. but it's not actually an irrational comment for a father of a brilliant daughter who recognized her life was going to be quite limited by the time and place in which she lived. there were not very many options for a wealthy young woman born in 1915. she got the best education she could for girls, but she was always resentful that she didn't get to go to college with the boys after handily beating them in all subjects in grade school. she took t

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well, my first book had been about the johnstown flood which is study of human short-sidedness and human irresponsibility. the -- if there's a theme that it's perilous, extremely danger because people are in positions of responsibility they are, therefore irresponsibly. at the cost of 2,000 lives. it wasn't an act of god, it was the fault of human beings. and after the book came out, wanted me to do the book about chicago fire and the other about san francisco earthquake and at the age of 35 i was being tight news mccullough and i didn't like that. in fact, what i really wanted to in my outlook on life and the human being condition was some form of affirmation. we know how to sob problems, human beings, and we do have capacity to do things than we know and imperfect people can often achieve noble, creative works and listening to these two men talking about the brooklyn bridge at the lunch, i suddenly thought, and i came out of the restaurant andrew: somebody waiting for me back at the office to talk about something rather and i was excited about the idea and motivated i went immediately

host: we go to john in pennsylvania in johnstown. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have two questions for the doctor. , have theyhemselves waived fda approval for these tests in a rush to get them available to be used, and my second question -- used? my second question is, i am at a loss to understand why the trump administration has decided to and severalwho things they are trying to do. i think it sends a message the world -- message to the world that the poor people of the world do not matter. thank you. on the first question, the tests are being approved. they are being trialed and approved. it is important to recognize that different test characteristics are useful in different situations. if you are going to survey an000 people, you might want easier test and except a higher error rates. if it is you making the decision on what you should do, you might want a different test with a lower error rate. the tests have different use profiles, which makes them all valuable, but it is important to know what they are. i 100% agree with you about the who. if we think