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Special thanks to jim moran and Shelley Rodman and also set carey who cannot be here tonight, for working together so i could speak. These organizations that i admire so much, the american aquarian society and mass audubon. We have been working at a variety of times maybe 30 years, always found it to be such an intellectually welcoming community here, a place where scholarship and friendship come together in such a remarkable way. Im very, very grateful to all of my friends here, the members of ...

Market. Good morning. The english Wine Industry has grown by nearly 20 in the last year so im at this vineyard in kent looking at whats been behind that sparkling performance. Millions of us already know how beautiful the Lake District is, now the rest of the world does too. We are live there this morning as the United Nations gives it World Heritage data is. Im at wimbledon where a place in the quarter finals is on offer for britains best. Andy murray and Johanna Konta are both in action today ...

Im kariehorn diethorn. I am the chief curator at the Independence National park, the National Park service in philadelphia. I oversee a large collection of Museum Artifacts here, almost 4 million of them. We are here at the second bank of the United States, a Historic Building that is part of the Independence National historical park. The second bank of the United States, which was finished in 1824, was literally the fort knox of its day. The building has been restored on the exterior, so when y...

Always found it to be such an intellectually welcoming community here, a place where scholarship anp an friendship ce together in such a remarkable way. Im very, very grateful to all of my friends here, the members of this exceedingly smart staff and this year to my fellow fellows who are also exceedingly smart. [laughter] gregory nobles and then there is mass audubon. I got to western western, i got the opportunity to go to the mass operative audubon, and i was struck by the energy and commitme...

City as a resort town, not just as a casino town. Christie would not go into specifics about what is being done. The group will again meet in 45 days. But they say the closure of three casinos unfortunately needed to happen to begin the process of breathing new life into ac. The fact is that when you have the kind of competition thats cropped up not just in the region but across the country, that Atlantic City at this size of a gaming footprint was not going to last. And so we need to turn that ...

I dont go im not a writer who is constantly badgering his publishers to get the sales figures. If the figures are poor, you get to know it sooner or later. People tell you, you know . If theyre good, well, you get your royalty check. So, so long as the second is healthy and the first doesnt happen, im content. Host and finally, paul johnson, what are you currently realizing . Guest currently reading . Guest well, i am reading quite a lot about fdr, franklin roosevelt, because my publishers have ...

Here tonight and that he would commend this institution on its civic mindedness. Franklin was what was known as a projector. He loves loud projects, social projects. Knowledge was a social activity and that was exemplified by the program get here at town hall. I do have to say one thing. I think he would probably frown at the roman revival architecture. [laughter] again as a hel hope to make cle, franklin was an implacable foe and felt it was a real weight around the neck of middleclass and a sp...

Mustafa when german submarines operated in the atlantic seeking vast amounts of merchant shipping. And basically strangling british supply lines. This island nation back then was very close to defeat. And the words of field Marshal Allen broke, britains top military leader during the war we were hanging on by our eyelids. The United States meanwhile, the only country that could save britain was sitting on the sidelines debating endlessly about what to do. And they have been running primarily, an...

More than 600 School District of Philadelphia employees came together earlier this month for the the district’s inaugural Accelerate Philly awards.

The American Ornithological Society will remove people’s names from birds. Many of those birds are now named after prominent Philadelphia scientists.