[inaudible conversations] my name is brian dear and im on the stature of politics and prose. Like to thankk everyone for coming to the store. We have brian dear in his book the friendly orange glow the untold story of the before it turned over to the author himself i have a fewew housekeeping notes. Recording the presentation of our web site and it would be distracting. Speaking of the recording everyones questions during the questionandanswer portion so please come to the mic right over here on my last for tonight. Also if i could ask everyone to pull the pictures when the event is over that would be a big help help. Now to our guest brian dear. He is founded multiple companies companies. He has written for applications such as Educational Technology and the san diego research. His experience in the field computerbased education. Plato and its engineers shaped the early digital ages and influence with chart rooms instant messaging emoticons creating a culture the veryy beginning. The
[music] [music] you are watching booktv on cspan2. With top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, Television Series readers. Coming up next, books about digital technology. Brian dear writes about Online Education in the preinternet age in his book, the friendly orange glow. Then, the history of Silicon Valley with the author the no one calls discussing the Tech Industry ethics. Brian dear is the author of the friendly orange glow. Computer systems developed in 1960 to provide Online Education. He talked about his book and the era of computer learning at a bookstore in washington dc. This is just over one hour. Hello everyone. My name is faith griggs members of the event staff. I would like to thank everyone for coming out. Tonight we have brian dear to present his book, the friendly orange glow the plato system. Before i turn my attention over absent housekeeping rules to go over. Please silence all devices. We are recording this for a website and would be distracting. S
We are on the verge of this. I have been woring closely with our council to try to be clear about what the role of the executive director and the hss staff is in this process as well as what our responsibilities are as a board as we go forward. So i thought with the guidance of council, after going through other it its other things i thought we wanted to do. To provide opportunity for the board if there are any concerns or articulated issues that we feel we would like to at least be sure that the staff at the beginning of the process and i dont see the board getting diagnosis muddling around in interviews and that sort of things but at the beginning of this process, before the recommendation is brought back, if there are issues and concerned that we wish to at least vocalize and be sure they are made note of as the staff undertakes it work, this would be time to put that on the table. So floor is open for commissioners comments around this particular topic. Are there any . Commissioner
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Against him crazy. And one year to rio. The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games 12 months away. Natalie has the preparations. We are throwing an olympicsized celebration on the plaza. Today, wednesday, august 5, 2015. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. One year from today well be saying [ speaking in a Foreign Language ] thats how you pronounce it . Two years of college portuguese. It will go by in a flash. On this wednesday morning lets start with the top story. The field of ten set for tomorrow nights highly anticipated republican debate. This morning at least one candidate who will not be on the big stage is slamming the process. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is in cleveland. Good morning. Reporter hey, matt. Good morning to you. The republican contenders are converging on cleveland. We have the main event in primetime tomorrow. The undercard hours earlier. One candidate is already calling the process preposterous. John