[chanting] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: this will never accept humility. this is a miscalculation here it's a wrong calculation. the consequences will direct those commanders behind the scenes. if necessary, people will get to know them in due time. [chanting] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i ask all these brothers of mine, all these friends to act based on fraternities, on friendship, abide by the law. legal means are there, peaceful ways are there. i ask, i recommend them to the take that way and i hope god almighty will help us choose that way. everyone watch the progress of the country. the celebration, the 40 million voter celebration should be appreciated. the enemy should not be allowed to ruin this celebration as it wants to do that. of course, if some people want to choose another way, then i will have to talk to people, but this time i will speak to the more frankly. [chanting] [speaking in native tongue] people announced the readiness to take the leaders orders. the third group i want to address, i want to address the leaders of medi

. >> host: your translator is wonderful. mark reed is your translator. you cannot tell this is a translation, and i did not have a spanish copy of the book so i couldn't make any of these comparisons, but i am really impressed with the quality of the translation. the other. >> guest: the other -- before mark, we had -- >> host: he translated this. >> guest: the book of voices. and we had a special relationship. very, very special. he had such a close connection with me that when he was translating, i think he references -- yes, and he died during the translation of the book of voice, and when he arrived to a chapter, one of the stories, which he would not write, i wouldn't say that. i wouldn't say that. i disagree with thisit was his right, of course -- he sent me letters insulting me. how could you say something so stupid, such unright? the entries about charlie chaplin i think he hated. i didn't know how young he was. and this was the proof, the evidence that we were becoming the same person because i think otherwise he would have allowed me to have my

translator is wonderful. mark freeman is the translator. absolutely cannot tell that this is a translation. and i did not have a spanish copy of the books like couldn't make any of these comparisons, but i am really impressed translation. >> guest: and the other translator i had before -- >> host: he translated this, right? >> guest: open veins, yes. we had a very special relationship. very, very special. he had such a close connection with me that when he blows translating i think there are three volumes, yes, and he died during the book of embraces, and when he arrived to check one of the 1,000 stories, which he would not write. i wouldn't say that. i wouldn't say that. i disagree with this bomb, it was his right of course. he sent me terrible letters insulting me. how could you say something so false, stupid, such a lie, for instance about chaplin, he was working in hollywood 40 years and in these words to prove the evidence that we were becoming the same person because otherwise he allowed me to have my own thoughts, ideas, feelings, bu

that is where this translation 0 effort needs to take place. it takes committed capital over a long period of time, and young researchers, whether they are here or somewhere else who are willing to stay with it, a young researcher, 42 or 43-year-old before they can start to do their work. they aren't seen as cool. they aren't seen as going to wall street or being an entertainer. we need to raise the level of public understanding, and admiration for that kind of activity. we have to get scientists to get in front of the public and tell what you do because it is exciting. >> staying on this football analogy, public health overall, prevention in the first place, we are talking about remarkable technology coming in the future including individualized madison. >> we don't know. we haven't invested nearly as much energy in prevention as we have in treatment. >> why is that? >> i think, as we follow the money again, there is money available to pay for treatment. there is not enough money to pay for prevention. most of the focus in prevention in the me

this translation research thing has got to be done. we have got to explain that to people. finally, we have to get health care reform. in 1993 we fail. we were pigheaded, including myself. we said it has got to be this way or we're not going to do it. that was stupid. that was really stupid. i don't want them to do that this time. i want them to compromise, find common ground. when you go into the emergency room, you are not republican or democrat, you are just sick and you want to be well. that is what people want. this is a huge. we cannot miss this opportunity. this year it has to happen. if it goes into next year it won't happen because there will be an elections. we have to do it this year. [applause] >> he is not running any more. >> never again. >> i am up their many days talking to my friends about doing this. i think we are going to get it done. i am optimistic. >> amazingly candid remarks about 93 and what happened and what didn't work. how optimistic are you? >> i don't know a great deal about the political process. i don't have -- i am a naturally optimistic per

so, i had a few iranian-american contacts right up and though farsi language translation request for questions -- which posted it on twitter. there is the farsi-language social networking poseidon which agreed to post my request on their front page, so we had a ton of questions there. we also used facebook and e- mail. we tried to be very broad. of course, it is still very few iranians who are able to use the internet, and those who do often just do not want to talk about anything associated with these demonstrations. again, it is very courageous for them to submit the questions, the ones who did. i really appreciate it. host: you mentioned there has been a bit of a buzz surrounding the question because of the way it was racist. there have been critics who claim that it was sort of a setup, but you say it is not the case. that the president did not have had up about what question you would ask. is that correct? guest: yes, of course. they were very professional and had no interest, nor would i have told them, with the question would be. their main interest was -- as i said, i posted

the book has not been translated into russian. it's going to be in portuguese. it's going to be an uncaring and other languages but it's not going to be in russia. the descendents of that i met with when i went to russia were in russia and they only spoke russian. so we are working on potentially seeing if we can get them the book and seeing what they would think. to be honest, they were not particularly enthusiastic about my project. at the time i started this, the lawsuit was still going on. and when i went to russia and met with smirnov great-granddaughter, no matter what i said, i could not convince her that i was an independent journalist pursuing a story that i found fascinating. she assumed that i had been hired by the company that owns the smirnov brand now and i was writing the book to help them win the lawsuit. so just the idea of an independent journalist, it just didn't work. and to be fair, they were too excited about talking to me either. we spent a lot of time in the archives. >> do you think that the smirnov vodka today taste anything like his sm

program for iraqi and afghani translators and interpreters and, a second s.i.v. program for contractors and their families along with providing refugee resettlement benefits. hour, as of 2008 report by the state department inspector general stated, the current process resulted in applicants receiving s.i.v.'s who, one, did not meet the program's criteria of working primarily as an interpreter or translator or, two, in the o.i.g. team's opinion, appear to be outside the legislative intent of the program. as a result, a number of s.i.v.'s that could have been allocated to other qualified applicants were not. this amendment seeks to address a number of those issues by requiring our state department to, among other actions, develop clear guidance on eligibility for adjudicaters, maintain a high level of vigilance due to the high level of fraud and abuse and many other items. i again thank the gentleman from massachusetts, i urge my colleagues to support this vital and important amendment and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from

where the family doesn't translate anything, is a 2 way street. in my view, cultural competence includes that sort of thing. we are much better off because today we have women health professionals as well as men. in many cases when some women are reticent to share with men intimate details of their medical care, they can do that with women and get better care. that is one example of cultural competence, has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. >> at this point i would like to thank you. this has been an informative exchange. >> mr. taylor? i will be brief. we are on a short schedule, the second cattle. i want to thank everyone for coming. i want to encourage, since c-span3 is here, the press to read the transcript and shy away from taking the blunt instrument approach to this issue that i see taken so often to label disparity as a result of bias or discrimination. i am concerned that what i hear, that minorities are clustered around a certain number of physicians, that is what i hear. i am not a physician. i have come to this as a consumer. i wan

for the most part, translations were correct and proper.again, you have to understand, i believe the case with almost any other language as it is being translated, some words, some phrases that have some specific nuances which only the indigenous people might understand and would not really reflect the same thing when you are translating. a great deal was said when ahmadinejad was talking about wiping off the map and talking about israel. a big debate about that. the words were not what came out in the western media, be that as it made. as far as commenting, "death to u.s.a." the usual chant is "death to israel" or "down with great britain" as well. essentially, these are groups that are put together. some come voluntarily. some do believe in the system, some do believe in the existence of the supreme leader, but there are also a lot of people because of their governmental jobs and recreations are encouraged to attend such rallies. host: our next call comes from doug in virginia on the line for republicans. are you there, doug? caller: good

in french with a simultaneous translation.ou so much for accepting my letter part by thank you so much because i eight newly arrived back in the united states, i don't have a large group of friends but now i have a lot of sisters barbara thank you so much [applause] >> good evening. my name is chock [applause] i work with the black history celebration committee but a couple of comments come of one is that i am half of the african-american and men at that the women represent our gramm does that the black women aren'tÑiçmk year two and u ought to be congratulated for that. >> the second thing i but like to do is make a commitment that i will make all efforts to make sure the public library places this book for cryer will also make sure that i make america i will try to make sure it isxd a caucus for thisxd and i do they did is something every library should have in school and i could make the commitment we can make that happen for you. thank you [applause] we wanted to thank the contributors to our here today for stepping up and

, new voices, gay and lesbian literature, poetry and translation f1 was to look at the last and think about the books i was talking love then walked through the store you would get the same sort of sense that the selection is curator for you and that is a very specific and intentional thing done by the bookstore buyer. and a whole host of other people working in the bookstores so i think the mission is one of the same that continues through the books that republish. >> how will this mr. for lang getty and it is the still unsolved? >> key is 90 years old and we just celebrated his 90th birthday with him. at this point* any poetry that we are publishing has to have his approval but he has not kept the company to himself and has delegated work to a lot of people and let us continue his vision so at this point* he comes int

we have the ability to refer calls to a translator service where they can handle 100 languages. if we get calls and hungarian, we can handle those -- if we get calls and hon gary, we can handle those. -- if we get calls in hungarian, we can handle those. only about 50% of the population has been substantially affected by the transition, so far. there is no question what remains for june 12 will be the better way than we will prepare so that people who have not already prepared will know what to do. >> we went to one of the stations that had not prepared. it is a public station here in washington d.c.. >> kevin harris, what happens to this television station on june 12? >> we transition at noon and go to our for digital channels. we are excited about it. it is about time. basically, we go to tv 26. we do 24/7 kids on weta-kids. we have those gorgeous pictures that public television is known for and now it is in high definition. >> why did the decision not make the job back in february? >> you have to talk to the folks on the hill that c-span talks to a lot. we were ready to make

we also have the ability to refer calls to a translator service where they can handle 100 languages, so if we get calls in hungarian, we'll be able to handle them. >> host: congressman says half the nation has already gone digital and there haven't been any problems. >> guest: that's a good thing because the tidal wave on june 12th will be smaller, but they tended to be smaller stations and smaller communities. only about 15 percent of the population has been substantially affected by the transition so far. so there's no question that what remains for june 12th will be the bigger wave, and we're trying to prepare so that people who haven't already prepared will know what to do then. >> host: well, we went to one of the stations that hadn't prepared, it's a public station here in washington, d.c., weta. >> host: kevin harris, what happens to this station on june 12th? >> guest: june 12th we transition. june 12th at noon we go to our four digital channels. and we're excited about it. it's about time, and basically we go to tv 26 which is more adult public television programming and som

we know some broadcasters are sitting of translators or transmitters to boost signal strength and in the and that is a good things and means the reach further and more households will be able to reach or receive the signals but we don't yet know the full strength of each of the broadcasts in all the markets will be. we also don't know what the real world impact of interference is going to be. there are challenges people are facing as they installed their converter box and antennas with interference. sometimes it's the building of a living, concrete building and sometimes it is a large tree that might sit in front of your house and might be between the broadcast station and where your antenna is set up but we know there will be variations the first time a snowstorm hits the twin cities what's going to happen to people's broadcast television digital signals on that day. what's going to happen when there's a hurricane or thunderstorms that hit areas of the gulf coast. what's going to happen to those signals. we also don't know what is going to happen with low-power television. low-power

it is interesting to read the exact translation. for my intermission i go to the international atomic agency website instead of looking atspin on the major newscasts. i want to ask your guest, you have been dismissing u.s.' madeleine and iran's situation in the past as would coup and 1953. then apax pushed -- the u.s. has meddled plenty in iranian's' political world. you said that iran has a desire for nuclear-weapons as if that was the fact come susan. host: i was interpreting of your skull. caller: no, you said that directly a few moments ago. guest: it is amazing that you can interpret the history and the written history and facts about the country by going to the site of the international atomic energy. you talk to the iranian people the majority of whom do not like up in the morning word about whether iran should have nuclear power -- they are worried about their next day's bread, whether it's the go into the streets there will be arrested. of course i do not be little. if you read my book, in my latest i do talk about the 1953

we have been working with the national association of translators, the virtual translation center, the national disability rights networks, and save the children. we also work with the u.s. humane society. i see that my time is short and i will move on. but the red cross is also involved in continuing to improve disaster response in a cost-effective way. the needs of the most will marble are magnified by disasters, at the same time that charitable organizations are decreasing. like many nonprofit organizations, we are faced with financial challenges. the major disasters of 2008 like the wild fires and the hurricanes created expenses with foreign based donations. >> could you please try to finish?

in addition, we worked closely with the national association of judicial interpreters and translators, the national virtual translation center, the national council of la raza, the disability rights network, and save the children. worked for groups such as u.s. humane society. seeing that my time is short, i will move on to say that the red cross is also involved in continuing to approve our response in a cost-effective way. the most vulnerable are magnified by disasters at the same time the charitable donations are decreasing. like many, we are faced with financial challenges. the major disasters of 2008, wild fires, flooding, and hurricanes, created expenses that far outpaced the nation's. with that, i will conclude my presentation. if you have questions, i would be happy to answer them. >> thank you. it is a privilege to be able to speak today on behalf of united way and its system across america. as you are aware, 211 is a referral line connecting people to existing resources on rent and mortgage assistance, as well as food and utility assistance. however, 211 plays a vital role i

i'm just sorry for the americans listening to this that there was no translation because it was extremely touching to pay tribute. >> tell us about what he said. >> he talked about. he went through a tribute to the canadians and what they had done. he said for the canadians there was no need for them, their land wasn't in danger. there was no need to be taken overtaken fwi germans. but he also spoke about the fear that these young 20-year-old soldiers must have imagined when they were coming to shore and to see the huge guns facing down. he said they realized that they either had to fight to kill or to be killed. and he said imagine what these young sons of farmers and the young sons of factory workers must have felt in a situation like that when they were just 20 years old. and he talked about the broad expanse of the beaches. and he said at that time it was impossible to walk the beach and to feel the sand under your feet because there were so many dead bodies on that beach. >> thank you for your interpretation, your translation from french president sarkozy. we appreciate it. from www.

, gay and lesbian literature, poetry and translation if one were to look at the city lights lit store think of the books we were just talking about then walked to the story you would get the sense that the selection is curated for you and a very specific intentional thing done by the book fair buyer, the system by year, a store manager, and a whole host of other people working in the bookstore. the mission is one and the same that continues from the bookstore to the books that we publish. >> how old as mr. firming getty and is he still love of with the bookstore and the publisher? >> lawrence's nine years old station 90 years old and we just celebrated his birthday. any poetry that we are publishing is headed by lawrence ferlinghetti and pass to have his approval but by he has not kept the company to himself but he has delegated work to a lot of people and let us continue his vision and our

translated into hungarian. even though these books of mine, 14 books, 15 books of mine translated there, and only one of them is in my native country. so every year i go there, national book week, don't misunderstand me, there's a little money in it but very little. so it barely pays my hotel bill, but still i have never expected this to happen. so my life changed. my life is change in other ways also. my writing career became to some extent successful and so forth. and so i decided to write this other election, not the history of the last 20 years, but how my beliefs and ideas and everything changed in the last 20 years, hence the title "last rites." but you see there is a much greater, deeper change there. confessional of an original center, i never write books are a bestseller. sold about 10000 copies. which is pretty good for an average book, you know. since then i have written a lot about. my name may be well-known, that "last rites" i will be glad if it sells one third of that because i have lived through

this book is translated in many languages. i was so happy that it's now translated into english because i wanted to send it to some american politicians. because i say those who started this war, they just don't know what a war is. they never go to the front line themselves. for example, i like obama. i like this man, but then i read that today or yesterday, he goes to a play, he goes to a military base. but this is not iraq. what i would suggest, and that's a really concrete suggestion i would suggest that all politicians, germans, americans who vote for war should be sent at least one month to the frontlines so that they know what they do, so they look into the eyes of the soldiers who die and of the civilians they kill. and have you ever heard that rumsfeld or bush or cheney or someone else from the new administration went to the front line, sat together with them, asking the family or the iraq he family. that is something that never happened. >> i'm going to hasten now to make clear to the audience, here in the audience wa

which means the rule of jurisprudence, loosely translated. the idea is in the absence of a direct descendent of muhammad to rule this country. this is a shiite belief also. in the absence of one of those leaders, his representative will overlook the islamic state. they believe in the 12 that will come back and reappear on judgment day. so they want to make sure -- again, resolving it to some theoretical issues here that is deeper than that. they want to keep pure islamic faith ready for us. the supreme leader is the man responsible for some of those important decisions that are made in regards to the country, particularly the foreign policy, in this specific case, the nuclear issue as well. and the president is the second in command, essentially. they don't have to like one another. in fact, the former president hasami, the sum prepare leader and he did not get along that well. the interesting thing is mr mr. hamanii -- i was in iran during the last round of elections, he doesn't necessarily like mr. ahmadinejad that much. nor does mr. ahmadi

, new voices, and literature, poetry, poetry and translation. if one were to look at the city lights list or think about the books i was just talking about and what the the store you would get to-- this same sense that this election is being carried it for you and that is a very specific, intentional thing that is done by books dire-- bookstore bair, the assistant store manager and a whole host of people working in the bookstores so i think that the mission is one in the same and continues through the bookstore for the books that we publish. >> how old is mr. fairland get a and is he still involved with the bookstore and the publisher? >> larns is 90 years old and we just celebrated his 90th birthday with him. at this point i would say that any poetry that we are publishing is headed by lawrence, that it has to have his approval but the great thing that he has done is that he hasn't kept the company to himself. he has delegated work to lots of people like myself, and let us kind of continue his vision and our own way, so at this point, we hope t

, a new voices coming game lesbian literature, poetry and translation. if one were to look and the city lies books are those i was talking about and what this story you'd get the same sort of sense this election is being carried for you and that is a very intentional thing that is done by a bookstore and assistant store manager, and a whole host of other people working in the bookstores. so i think that in the mission is one in the same that continues to the bookstores to the books that we published. >> now how old is lawrence and is still in well with a bookstore in the publisher's? >> lawrence is 90 years old at any the celebrated his birthday with m. at this point i would say that any poetry that we are publishing is vetted by lawrence, it has to have his approval. but the great thing that he has done is that he hasn't kept the company to himself appear he has delegated work to lots of people like myself and let us continue his vision in our own way. at this point we hope to see him, he comes into the office a couple times a week to check mail and wha

has been a leader in both basic and translational research, its researchers have been able to society 1/4 of all genes discovered to date with eye disease and vision impairment. the n.e.i. has conducted more than 60 clinical trials that have resulted in treatments and therapies to save sight and in some cases actually reverse vision loss. the national eye institute estimates that over the decade of 2010 to 2020 the number of individuals over age 40 who experience blindness, low vision or age-related eye disease such as age-related mack lar degeneration, glaucoma, and cataract will grow from today's level of 38 million cases to 50 million cases. as a result, the national eye institute's leadership in directing vital vision research over the next decade will be more important than ever. i have been pleased to work on this resolution with my co-author, mr. sessions of texas, and he has been a terrific co-author and worked very hard with me to bring this matter to the floor and to the attention of this congress. i commend this resolution to my colleagues and would reserve the balance of m

. >> translator: in this sermon, too, i recommend all the respected brothers and sisters who have attended here, i recommend them all to piety and to refraining from evil. what i'm going to raise in this sermon is the issue of the election which is the topic of the day in our country. for the time being. there are three issues i want to address, three different groups. the first one is i address the general public wherever they are in the country. i would like to mention some points here at this point to you respected people. there is one thing i want to address the political candidates of the presidential election, activists, and those who have been active in the process of election as well. and also i have something to tell the leaders of world arrogance in the western countries. some of the western countries, of course. and those leaders of some of the media that they are running. the first point which i'm addressing you, the respected people, i want to express my appreciation and thanks to you people. in my speeches i do not want to exaggerate while addressing my audience. but regardin

into a -- group based ito's is hard to translate into understanding. >> this is not simply racial or ethnic. it a good example of cultural competence is that half of the medical students are women. when i went to medical school, this was less than 5%. the presence of women in medicine has helped to improve women's health care because there are many efforts of communication, trust, compliance at sater road that women do feel much better having a woman physician. it does not mean that the male physician is incompetent, but if the patient is reticent in communicating, where the family does not communicate everything, it is a two-way street. cultural competence and clues that kind of thing. i think we are much better off because we have women health professionals as well as men because they can, in many cases, when some women are reticent to share with me andnn they can get type of care. it has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. >> at this point i would like to thank you. this has been an informative exchange. >> commissioner taylor? >> i will be brief. i want to thank everyone for co

reciprocity that a rise from the process is and give us all this aid and support and doesn't always translate into the desired degree of reciprocity. regarding hezbollah i think hezbollah response to a domestic constituents. much of their appeal we found in our field work in lebanon was due to rising sectarian tensions, the fear that there was this sunni empowerment, this growing radicalism -- salafi radicalism and reverting to his bow as the only defense in this arising sunni threat. but i think hezbollah is planned to that domestic constituents seem, regarding the elections i don't want to predict what the relationship obey. i think there could be a strong case that hezbollah will increasingly and as irresponsible political actor inside lebanon on that this increased political power could, in fact, moderated but i think the relationship will still be solid but again it won't translate into direct control and what we tried to convey understanding is it's certainly influences the group's but cannot control them and should not be thought of as automatons. >> okay, in the back over here. one an

in addition we were close to the national association judicial interpreters, translators, the national rich will translation center, national council later, national disability rights work and save the children, and also worked with groups such as u.s. him in society. seeing that my time is short i will move on to say that this red cross is also in moral two in continuing to improve our disaster response and cost-effective way, the economic turndown in the post magnified by disasters at the same time that the donations to charitable organizations are decreasing. like many nonprofits that depend on the generosity of donors, we are faced with financial challenges. the major disasters of 2008 such as the wildfires in california, flooding in the midwest and hurricanes and gustav and i'd, we were receiving support -- >> you can wrap up please. >> -- without i will conclude my presentation and if you have questions i can answer them. >> thank you very much. ms. durden. >> thank you chairman landrieu, it's an honor and privilege to have this opportunity to be able to speak today on behalf of

. >> host: you weren't a typical journalist relying on a translator. you were in the think of things and knew what was being said. >> guest: right. it was different in the northern frontier because i didn't speak the language but i want it to visit the taliban that had taken over swat in 2007. they had a series of suicide bombings and attacks on the government, and set up a miniislammic state so i needed some sort of introduction, and there was a local journalist who said he could supply it. he showed my article to the taliban members. they said, okay, this guy seems like he is objective. you can bring him. so i showed up and i took a bus into swat, and i met my friend, and two hours later were supposed to meet one of this taliban honchos and it was five-mile trial -- drive to a spot on the side of the road and where is where i will read. we had just been driving a few minutes when my friend's phone rang and the person said there's a taliban checkpoint between where you u and where the meeting is, 50 men with black temperature bans, shoulder-length hai

she's also one of the major women writers of our time whose many works have been translated into scores of languages from spanish to swedish, from turkish to thy, from italian to end news yan. she was born or not banks of the nile, was educated at carey university specialize anything psychiatry and rose to be directer of public health. but from the very beginning of her medical career and from before she was already a writer, and she told me to make it clear that that's what her primary identification is, as a writer. [laughter] writing fiction and, in fact, her first short stories were published in 1957 as i learned and were followed swiftly a year later by a novel, memoirs of a woman doctor. in an essay on writing and freedom of hers published in 1993, she wrote in a translation , from the moment the world of writing opened itself before me, i started to follow a route that was drastically different from the one preordained for me before birth. since these books she has written more than a dozen novels, scores of short stories, three plays at least and memoirs and autobiographical wor

the issue is how does that change the landscape and how does it translate back into climate models? there are people trying to work on that and forecast what human behavior will look like in the future is a nebulous at best. there's a lot of data but how do you forecast what that is likely to change in the future? those of the kinds of things. >> that is precisely the problem. itouch on it in the book that if

come as you say, translate the wisdom of the founders into our own day. host: our guest is editor of open "newsweek" and also sold a reflex on history often. he is the author of books including "american lion, " "american gospel," and "franklin and winston." "american lion" recently won the 2010 pulitzer prize for biography. since we mentioned your historical writings, looking back at past presidents, does it help influence you've as you look at, for example, president obama and his work. does it help you put it in political perspectives as events unfold? guest: it does -- trying to underhand -- understand history, is at once a liberating and pressing if you do what i do for a living. it is liberating because you realize that we have faced enormous seemingly intractable crises before and we have overcome them and have gone from strength to strength. the pressing in that you realize there is nothing new under the sun. we have dealt with almost every kind of

i do is much more technical and those people are more gifted on both sides of the aisle that can translate to the general public they're much more gifted at that and i will let them do that and i will stick to the more scientific banks brother has been a lot of assessment changes of urbanization and industrialization and some are available the intergovernmental panel but the issue is how does that change the landscape how does that translate back into climate models. people are trying to work on that and forecast what human behavior will look like in the future which is nebulous at best there's a lot of data but how do forecast what that is likely to change in the future? those other kinds of things that almost nobody. >> that is precisely the problem and that touch on it in the book. if this were 1908 and i was a seer and you said dr. michaels what will happen two energy in the next 100 years? imagine if i said we have the periodic table worked out it ends with uranium and we will in finns a new element called plutonium and if i get this much of it in a confined space for this short amoun

-- first ambassador to the saudis and he translated the text of fdr's conversations of why we know what happened there. he was, again, believe in the arab nation, and saw the saudi position as the just one and arab position as the just one and considered his role as ambassador. and before that, to explain to the united states the just cause of the saudis and the arabs. >> let me say one more thing about that. from what we could surmise, the united states really didn't have that developed a position about the middle east. and they sort of followed the british and they saw the british as the ones who as having the mandate were the ones that had the responsibility for palestine. so in essence, they had a very similar position to the british foreign office and that is why truman, when he came up with that st. pankewitz, the conspiracy in the state department, the striped pants belize referred to the british foreign office people. >> when you have to realize about the british is last year the british foreign office released the incredible memo on the cold war by earnest. you read these thing

. >> hasn't changed so they throw out the teachers and now have a shortage of translators in iraq and brought out the days you can do that. [laughter] >> thank you so much, there -- these books are so rich and i highly recommend them. there will be sold in the other room. thank you so much can i thank you for attending today's discussion and supporting the chicago tribune commitment to literacy. a book signing and will take place in the arts from, as you exit the room here left it is the first room on you're left. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] karen graves, author of the "and they were wonderful teachers: florida's purge of gay and lesbian teachers", and it c. todd white, author of an "pre-gay l.a.: a social history of the movement for homosexual rights", part of the chicago tribune printers row lit fest will return. >> this summer booktv is asking, what are you reading? >> i am amy, a reliable source, is for the w

it's not translated into russian, it will be in portuguese and hung carian and other language but not in russian. and the descendants that i met with when i went to russia were in russia and the only spoke russian so we are working on potentially seeing if we can get the book and seeing what they would think but to be honest they're not particularly enthusiastic about my project. at the time i started as the lawsuit was still going on and i went to russia and met with smirnov's great-granddaughters', no matter what i said i could not convince her that i was an independent journalist pursuing a store that i found fascinating. she assumed that i had been hired by the company that owns a the smirnov brand now and i was writing the book to help them win a lawsuit. so just the idea of an independent journalist, it's just not work. to be fair the label wasn't too excited about talking to me either so we spent a lot of time in the archives. >> do you think that smirnov vodka today tastes anything like this smirnov vodka? or do you have any clue as to what that would have been like? >> well,

get to be aware of something, because it may translate, if you are not at a newspaper tomorrow, there is somebody that wants to know about that. make yourself essentials somewhere. for god's sake, do not be a generalist. we've seen what generalissimo has done to newspapers. it has made them irrelevant. >> there is discussion of a not for profit model. do you see any future for that work? >> i see that if the chain newspapers in the second tier counts did not get it together, if they don't turn a corner and pull themselves through the keyhole of the pay model on line, it will fall to start ups. you will be able to hire the cream of the bought out, laid off crop of journalists, and if you are committed to putting the money back in, i think it will actually grow. if you do the math, pulled out a cocktail napkin and do the math of of six, seven, $8 a month for 15% of what the newspapers prior subscription base was, and realize that all that money, all that is now profit. it is not circulation costs. circulation is a cost center. we did not see it, but that has been transformed. on a small

the fda proposed translation of registered drug that requires a hearing etc., the weinberg grouper lead to ten additional years of sales before the translation-- cancellation of the traxel whatever this drug was did not work, we had ten additional years thanks to the weinberg group. now they by the way, since i wrote this book, to tell you about the defense industry they have changed their web site. they now call their work private support but i saved all of those screen shots too. i think it hurts all of this, and dill. understand this as well-- people see this all signs turning to scientists because we are being seen like the accountants at arthur andersen. i want to give one case example of something which i became deeply involved with. i was teaching about it when i was teaching environmental health policy george washington university. o'shea issued a proposed chromium standards. chromium is a chemical commonly used in the workplace, hayden medal extremely toxic, 100 years ago come 80 years ago factory workers would take the time come up put it up one nostril and pull it out the oth

, a new voices, gay and lesbian literature, poetry, poetry and translation, if one were to look at the city lights last week or think about the books i was talking about and then walked through the store you'll get the same sort of a sense that this election is being carried for you and that is a very specific intention of thing that is done by a bookstore buyers, our assistant manager, and a whole host of other people working in the bookstore so i think that of the mission is one in the same and that continues through the bookstore to the books we published. >> now how old is lawrence it and how involved is the? >> lawrence is 90 years old and we just celebrated his 90th birthday with him. at this point, i would say that any poetry that we're publishing is abetted by lawrence but it has to have his approval, but the great thing that he has done is that he

to national virtual translation center, national council of la raza, national disability rights network and save the children. we've also worked with pat rights groups such as u.s. humane society. seeing my time is short i will move on to say that the red cross is also involved and continuing to improve

in addition, we work closely with the national association of judicial interpreters, translators, the national virtual translation center, national counsel of la raza, national disability rights network and save the children. we've also worked with pet rights groups such as the u.s. humane society. seeing that my time is short, i'll just move on to say that the red cross is also involved in continuing to improve our disaster response in a cost-effective way. the economic turndown and needs of the most vulnerable are magnified by disasters at the same time that the nation's charitable organizations are decreasing. like many non-profit organizations that depend be on the general rossi of donors, we are faced with financial challenges. the major disaster of 2008 such as the wildfires in california, flooding in the midwest and hurricanes gustav and ike -- >> you could try to wrap up, if you could, i'm sorry. >> -- and expenses. with that i'll conclude my presentation, and if you have questions, i'd be happy to answer them. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, chairman landrieu. it's an h

let me ask the question, when will wall street's profits translate into a better life for everyone else? with wealth declining and unemployment rising, america should not be hollowed out by wall street, rather wall street's business should translate into a better way of life for the american republic. . we've wandered far from that mark. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize plsmed smith: madam speaker, quote, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have the right to an attorney present during questioning. if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. end quote. american citizens are read these rights when they're taken into police custody. but though because ma administration decided to give these rights to suspected terrorists overseas. why would the obama administration give terrorists the same r

gives all this aid, it gives all this support, and that doesn't always translate into the desired degree of resprospy. -- respaucity. regarding hes bella, you know, hezbollah, you know, responds to a dmesic constituent. much of their appeal, we found in our field work in lebanon, was due to rising sectarian tensions, the fear that there was this sunni empowerment, this growing radicalism, and that many of the shi'a were reverting to hezbollah as sort of the only protecter that could defend them in the face of this, this rising sunni threat. so i think hezbollah is playing to the domestic constituency. you know, regarding the elections, i mean, i don't, i don't want to predict what the relationship will be. i think there could be a strong case that, that hezbollah will increasingly act as a responsible political actor inside lebanon that this increased political power could in fact moderate it but i think the relationship wiran will still be, will still be solid but again it won't translate into direct control and what we try to convey in our study is that iran certainly influences these

because you took the trouble to learn urdo so you were not just a typical journalist relying on a translator, you were in the thick of things and knew what was being said. >> guest: right. it became more complex in the northwest province because i didn't speak pashtun zero. i wanted to visit the taliban and swat that had taken over in the summer of 2007 shortly after the red tosk. they started a series of suicide bombings on the government and set up a sort of islamic state in swat. so to get there and needed a sort of introduction and there was a local journalist who said he could supply. he had my article from urdo that i had about ghazi thailands' and he said he seems like he is objective, you can bring him in. so i showed up in swat and took a public bus from islamabad into swat and met my friend and about two hours later we were supposed to need one of these taliban honchos and it was about a 5-mile trippi from the city to the spot on the side of the road we were to meet and this is where i will read. we had been driving a few minutes when my friend's phone rang and someone said you sho

, new voices, gay and lesbian literature, poetry, poetry and translation. if one were to look at the city lights list or kind of think about the books that i was just talking about and then walk through the story, you would get the same sort of sense that the selection there is being curated for you. it's done by a several people and a whole host of people working in the bookstore. the mission is one and the same that continues through the bookstore to the books that we publish. >> now, how old is mr. getty and is he still involved with the bookstore and/or the publisher? >> lawrence is 90 years old and he just -- we just celebrated his 90th birthday with him. at this point, i would say that any poetry that we're publishing is vetted by lawrence. that it has to have his approval but the great thing that he's done is that he hasn't kept the company to himself. he's delegated work to lots of people like myself and let us kind of continue his vision in our own way. so at this point w

[translating to a chinchinese] >> we, the student leaders, and others slowly away. on the golden bridge in front of the forbidden city, of soldiers march toward a flagpole. above the salute of the soldiers, the five stars on the red flag rise smoothly into the sky and, and all the people of tiananmen square, including our students stand up to salute our national symbol. for a beautiful moment, our students and the soldiers, the community workers, and the newly built statue of democracy all seem to be in a state of peace and harmony. nobody knew that it would all come to a tragic and bloody end on that very night. [speaking in chinese] >> as i sit here 20 years later living in exile with little hope of ever returning to china i feel compelled for the brutality shown to my people in china. many believe it was one man posole decision garrett i am compelled, also, to the name of the democracy movement and on behalf of those living in china today, to call on the chinese government to bring freedom to our homeland. and to have the courage not to be held captive by the act

. >> apparently you're speaking without a microphone so the translator cannot hear you.we have a mike anywhere? >> yes, we do. right here. >> sir. >> who has the microphone? >> you said yesterday that you hoped to see significant progress in the middle east by the end of this year. what did you mean by that? and president sarkozy, you had a meeting earlier this week with the iranian foreign minister, what message was he able to give you to pass on to the president? thank you. >> ok. i think all of us understand what would constitute progress when it comes to the israeli-palestinian conflict. progress would mean that the parties involved supported by not just the united states, not just by france, but also other arab states, are in serious constructive negotiations about how to achieve a two-state solution. i don't expect that a 60-year problem is solved overnight, but as i said before, i do expect both sides to recognize that their fates are tied together and that it is in the interest of israel, its security interests as well as the interests of the palestinians to reso