mark aaronson is a historian, author who brings edge international voices to young adult readers in thenited states. his most recent book is "trapped: how the world saved 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the desert." his next book "master of defeat, jay edgar hoover: america and the age of lies" will be published in the spring, and it's a great pleasure now to introduce mark aaronson. mark? all yours. >> thank you. [applause] you know, it was a bad year for muffled phone conversations with disastrous consequences. of course, i'm thinking, as we all know, of the fifth game of the world series in which the cardinals lost because of a bad call to the bullpen, and, of course, we had our own little oral malfunction, but the cardinals went on to win the world series, and i have to say that i hope you'll agree with me that in the end, even though we had our little detour, there was ultimately a triumph because the nba board stood for the one principle that everyone in the room shares which is the integrity of the judging process, and i had the distinct privilege of serving of the most marvelous