Since 2000 focusing on alzheimers disease. The burden of the disease, a state of the research and the challenges faced. Going back many years we have heard predictions from experts about the farreaching consequences this disease will have on the quality of life for American Families and the burden that will place on our economy in the years ahead. Last april and a major study predicted that these consequences will be far greater than previously imagined. We will hear from the author of that study today on the next panel. Reviously imagined. Well hear from the author of that study today on the next panel. I wont steal his thunder, but i note this study commanded the attention of the nati, there are few americans whose life has not been tested in some way by alzheimers disease life hasnt been touched in some way by alzheimers disease. Whether through a Family Member or a friend. Its the most common form of dementia among Older Americans and its risk increases with increasing age. For tho
Policy. Or definitively saying what diseases money has to go to. Instead, we allow the peerreview process to support the most promising science. However, we were able to provide 131 million increase for the National Institute on ageing in the recent fiscal year 2014 omnibus. Again, with the expectation that promising science in alzheimers disease will be supported. We have a distinguished panel of experts here today, scientists, economists, patients, family members. We also have quite an audience. Let me welcome representatives of the Alzheimers Association. Some of you came a long way to be here today. We thank you for your tireless work to educate members of congress and the press about the need to do more to help you and your loved ones. Also in the audience are students, i am told, from the university of virginia. These young people are spending a day here learning about budget and appropriations, and we welcome all of you here also. On our first panel, of course, well hear from dr
Okay. Welcome to our special rules Committee Meet for thursday october 31st, 2013. Im specify norm yee ill be chairing this meeting and periphery cowen and supervisor breed to my right. The clerk islipid pr the committee wants to acknowledge the staff at sftv they record each of our meetings. Madam clerk, are there any announcements and please silence all electronic devices. And all documents should be submitted to the clerk and all items on this agenda will be on the list for please announce the finding. Supervisor breed to be put on the supervisors list for the finding and any comments by my colleagues. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, can we have a motion to forward this appointment for the full board recommendation arrest without objection. Motion passes. Madam clerk, call item 2 the mayors nomination for the appointment to the treatment commission. Before i call mr. Perez im trying to make this go fast and all of us want to get b
To make a motion to approve this appointment with a positive recommendations positive. Yes. Positive without objection motion passes. Item 3 motion confirming the term of the Preservation Society commission. Please approach the microphone mr. Carney thank you supervisors for our time today. I would like to thank mayor ed lee in giving me the appointment. Im patrick im a member of the institute of architects and have a decreasing from berkley. I was honored to work in city hall during the restoration. I know the restoration intent and therefore have the background necessary to understand how this complex building should be agriculturely maintained. I was a liaison nor the engineering firms to meetings within willie brown and couped the mayor. I worked on the prestige of the San Francisco project i helped in the lashgd process. I worked on the Hampton Building restoration and was the personal recipient of an American Institute of nra for work on the building as well as a preservation awa
Thank you very much. Thank you for coming out. [applause] i guess i will just go into the book store. And sign if if you have a book here ill sign them now. Whatever. You dont have to buy a book. Thank you, mark. You want me to do this . You tell me. You like this . Okay. Youre watching book tv. Nonfiction authors and books every weekend on cspan2. Now on booktv, Danielle Allen, author of our declaration a reading of the declaration of independence in defense of equality, and joseph ellis, author of revolutionary summer the birth of american independence talking about their books. This is about 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Im jane daily, i teach American History at the university of chicago and i dont want to take up too much time introducing our panelists because each of them is so accomplished that it would take most of our time just to speak about all the things theyve done. I will say that professor Danielle Allen is a member of the institute for advanced study at princeton remember