David davis provides the history of the first Wheelchair Basketball Team comprise a world war ii veterans. Its a great honor to be at bromance. I spent many evenings on the second floor listening to local authors speak about their the o really appreciate the invitation. What to say hi to everybody out there who i havent i have beeo see facetoface in person, so thank you for tuning in. Obviously doubly honored ron kovic has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Ron kovic, not kovac. Not go back. We were introduced by tom hobart, sports need a writer and ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Ron of course was a vietnam veteran. Most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans are just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii if you are paralyzed you were pretty much a dead ender, and no hope or as they were called. The average life span was a
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On nick spicer thanks for joining us marathon u. N. Climate talks in madrid have ended with agreement on some key points but the most contentious issues remain unresolved after more than 2 weeks ago she enters failed to deliver a firm agreement on how to handle Carbon Markets thats where big emitters of Greenhouse Gases can buy the right to pollute from countries that emit less than their quota or fair share so the delegates from also almost 200 countries pass declarations calling for and vicious climate protection targets but the critical decision on rules for regulating Carbon Emissions was postponed to next year. They were the longest talks to date leaving representatives exhausted with little progress made on how to limit Global Warming to under 2 degrees but there was agreement on one issue regretfully after all the hard work that you have and we couldnt get our to an agreement it is my sincere regret that we were not able to reach an agreement we invested a lot of energy and find
Tens of thousands rally in the italian capital against the anti immigrant league party and its right wing leader Mikhail Celgene also coming up. The bold garion village thats better known in china than in its homeland the tiny hamlets fame is spreading and its all thanks to the delicious local. Unlike the locals so glad you could join us the u. N. Climate talks in madrid appear to have stalled in activists fear no meaningful deal will emerge theyve treated as though a lack of progress the meeting was supposed to end on friday but disagreements mean the negotiations are dragging on representatives of more than 200 nations are working to strike a deal on admissions targets and funding mechanisms. They aim to finalize the rulebook of the existing Paris Agreement on Global Warming which comes into force next year. The president of top 25 carolina schmid has pleaded with delegates to reach an agreement heres what she had to say. I request all the fixedly. All your training now on all of you