Maryland. I am dwayne brown with nasas office of communication. We have an astronaut and associate administrator at nasa head quarters, alan stern, and Alice Bowman Mission Operations manager at john hopkins applied physics laboratory. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, pluto as never seen before. Three, two one. [applause] now we have remarks from dr. John grunsfeld . It has been an incredible voyage. I know many of you have been participating the last few days but what it all comes down to is an enormous team of people led by alan stern, a big team here at the john hopkins applied physics laboratory, university of colorado the list goes on and on. Hundreds of scientist, engineers, technicians, and people sewing blankets helping the explorer to visit pluto and fly on beyond. I am so glad you are here to participate in this true exploration exploration. That view is just the first of many, many rewards the team will get especially since pluto didnt turn out to be a featureless planet and
Jefferson building of the library of congress. Were very, very fortunate and honored today to have with us chief Justice John Roberts from the United States Supreme Court and the right honorable the lord judge former lord chief justice of england and wales. They have both graciously agreed to sit down with us today to have a conversation about magna carta and its legal legacy. Tomorrows a very big day for us here at the library of congress. And in particular, the staff of the law library. For three years, weve been planning and working, and so finally tomorrow we will be able to open officially our exhibit, magna carta muse and mentor. Itll be right upstairs here in the south gallery of this building, and it has been a joy working on this for three years. The exhibition is the beginning for the library to celebrate the 800th anniversary of magna carta which will take place next year. Now as i know many of you know, the centerpiece for the library of Congress Exhibition will be the magn
Characteristics of a superman. He is a man who lived normally before the war and set himself no goal but to live normally after it. Succeeded because he had patience. He had faith in himself, and he knew it could be done. It took a little while. But he got there. Next on American History tv, u. S. Supreme court chief Justice John Roberts joins the former lord chief justice of england and wales to discuss the magna carta on its 800th anniversary and documents of importance to the american and british judicial system. At the library of congress where a 13th century copy of the magna carta is on display. King john signed the document under pressure from his parents in england his barons in england. Good afternoon. I am the law librarian of congress. On behalf of the librarian of congress, i want to welcome all of you to the beautiful members room here in the Thomas Jefferson building of the library of congress. Were very, very fortunate and honored today to have with us chief Justice John
Operated on socialist principles, using time money that could be earned with an hour of labor and exchanged for goods that took the same amount of labor to make. At new harmony robert del owens edited the new harmony gazette which took aim at what they called the trinity of evils private property, irrational religion, and marriage, which in their view was based on the other two evils. Like other 19 century utopian experiments, new harmony failed quickly, but Robert Dale Owen continued to pursue his interest in social reform. With the feminist freethinker Francis Wright also born in scotland, he founded a community devoted to educating freed slaves. He wrote the first book advocating for Birth Control alecto to represent indiana in the house of representatives and the 1840s and in that capacity he drafted a bill to create the smithsonian institution. He subsequently sat on his first board of regents and shared the Smithsonian Building Committee which built what we know we now know is th
Ill leave that question hanging there, i think. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] did we get anything right . Um, well, i think that what did the get right in the middle east, well, lets just try and end on a happier note. I hope this doesnt sound frivolous, you know, but there is this, there is this earlier history of a welcome, benign presence of United States in the middle east, you know . The era which saw the creation of institutions. Fine, important institutions like the American University of beirut. [inaudible] excuse me . [inaudible] a lot of good stuff. Well, its and i think, you know, its worth remembering that moment. And i refer anybody here who isnt familiar with the work of medici to a historian of that relationship at Rice University to his work. Its a really fascinating moment that is less known than it should. And on that somewhat e evasive response [laughter] ill say thank you very much for your questions. [applause] for more information, visit the authors web sit