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Up next on booktv after words with guest host maggie jackson, author of distracted. This weeks matt richtel and his latest book is a deadly wandering a tale of tragedy and redemption in the age of attention. In it a New York Times reporter tells the story of a tragic car accident due to texting from impact through the court proceeding. He combines the disturbing reallife story with a thorough examination of the distractions of technology and their impact on society. The program is about an hour....

About tragedy and redemption. I would say you could call it the canary in a coal mine case of how we live with our technology both in constructive and constructive ways. I think we have a lot to talk about. And i wanted to welcome you. Guest where was that when i needed an elevator pitch . That was great. Host i wanted to welcome you at also start off by asking, the word deadly is in the title. How deadly . Before we go into the story, how deadly is this trend . I we talk about historically, esp...

Largest town in north was without a real station, which bring social and economic benefits to the town as weve already heard. As the Prime Minister is in a spending mood albeit a little bit further south, i wonder whether people help the people and give us an early Christmas Present with the promise of a rail station . Im very happy to look with honorable lady says. What were seeing is more Railway Lines open, more stations opening, and more railways electrify. I think the entire period of the l...

Huge amounts of material. The newspapers, the source material is incredibly rich so that means if you want to get into it although its rich its not overwhelming. One problem with American History and why would never go into this are beyond 1775 when you get in the period of the revolution itself beyond that in the 19th century the source material becomes overwhelming especially through the war which is a lifetimes work in and of itself. In this particular come in britain you feel like a perimete...

Southern democrats had the history fraught with tension and how it meant that president clinton didnt turn to him for advice or to do things for him that you might have expected. Thats a story i remember because it was different from what everybody else was doing. I remember both things. Memorable events. Trying to get a story that was different from everybody else. The really interesting thing is you had a story idea and you talked to them about your story. Two president s. When did that stop h...

Home from those extended duration shifts. Its been recognized in the Transportation Industry since 1907 when in the United States Congress Passed legislation saying anyone working for more than 12 hours would be considered that its illegal and the Supreme Court has ruled that theyre considered impaired by fatigue if theyre operating a train for more than that time, and yet we dont have any limits, even though we now have limits for commercial drivers, train operators, bus drivers, pilots, marine...

Up ng the famine and i went and id just got on the appropriations and said can i go to ethiopia . Sure. You may not remember the famine but it was very bad. I got in a cample up in a place run by world vision. And the embassy didnt let me spend the night. I said im going to spend the night. The guy from world vision sfed you spend the night ill spend the night. Right next to us was a camp run by mother theresa. It rained the next day. It was a life changing experience. We saw i mean, in the morn...

Officialed attributed to fatigue underestimated. There is no roadway test. Fatiguedness. We do not have a fatiguealyzer as we do a breathalyzer. State reporting practices are inconsistent and theres little or no Police Training in identifying drowsiness as a crash factor. Self reporting is unreliable. Do know. We any resulting loss of life is tragic, needless and preventible. A drowsy driver can be a deadly driver. Even one night losing two hours of sleep is sufficient to significantly impair ou...

For commercial and bus drivers. Most people drive cars. They operate personal vehicles. For most of us, there are no hours of service or rest rules. We have to rely on our own experience for knowledge of fatigue and its affects. Unfortunately, our personal experience especially as it relates to selfdiagnosing fatigue is typically inaccurate. In january 2013, the ntsb investigated a collision involving three passenger vehicles. The collision happened at about 8 30 in the morning. A nurse was driv...

Various native american tribes. 10 a. M. Eastern followingw. Following washington journal. Justices atcourt 8 30 p. M. Eastern this thanksgiving week on cspan. For a complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. Michigan senator carl levin is retiring after serving six terms in the senate. He recently spoke about his political career in the current state of washington politics. This is a half hour. Senator carl levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee, why are you retiring . A number of rea...