Infrastructure and construction has brought workers back into the city. But growth is still a lot slower than in previous years private consumption especially is lagging behind companies have cut wages and council bonuses for the employees in downtown beijing that traces of the past 6 months are still visible. Businesses have been hit hard by this crisis many have little to no income from month and month and many shops and restaurants have to shut john experts have long warned of chinas imbalance growth too much investment and today it will consumption corporate 19 has made these warnings ever more urgent. China has a history of ambitious projects the great wall of china the silk road and now its new silk road officially known as the Road Initiative its the largest Infrastructure Project ever seen the transport Energy Mining i. T. And communications projects spanned the globe and even reach into outer space the original so prob a same quaint according to todays standards but the fact i
Government bans large gatherings as prodemocracy protests and gained steam in the capital bangkok a group of camped outside the Prime Ministers Office. And unify mustang welcome germany has posted a record increase and covert cases with the infections jumping about 6600 the highest tally since the pandemic began though thats partly down to more testing it also shows how rapidly the virus is once again taking hold chance has said its crucial to prevent it becoming uncontrolled with winter still ahead. Of the countrys economy would not be able to afford another lockdown as she outlines you measures aimed at slowing the spread. People to put their potties on hold while underlining that everyone has a part to play. Im convinced that the actions we take and do not take in the coming days and weeks will be decisive in answering the question how we will get back to seize upon me common then disease. Were seeing a rise in the rate of infections a steep rise and there is a very high rate of inf
Maybe from tvs and movies if nothing else. Florida i watched this show called texas john slaughter. Song was texas john slaughter do what they outta, because if they didnt they would die. The lone ranger may be the most cinematic ntb radio rangers that started in 1933. Out of wxyz in detroit. The script was originally called man hunter. But then they changed it to lone ranger. We would still be talking about it today. In rangers have been hundreds of movies. There have been hundreds of books written about them, hundreds of magazine and newspaper stories. The image was built. I will go into that a little more. First i want to get a brief history of the rangers. Why the talk about Texas Rangers have residence and a place in a conversation were having now nationally about Police Brutality and approaches to history and all this taking down of the confederate monuments. The rangers have a place in that too. Will try to toggle to vintage photos. This is the first time i have done this. F i m
The rangers doug the rangers are one of the most famous lawenforcement organizations in the world. I would put them up with scotland yard, canadian police, the fbi, that sort of thing. They have been around longer than any state Law Enforcement organization in the united states. They have this worldwide image. That is what i am going to explore a little bit tonight. How they got this image, what this image is, but i think we all have some idea of what a texas ranger is. Maybe from tvs and movies, if nothing else. That was my first exposure to the rangers. Growing up in florida, i watched this disney show called texas john slaughter. Some of you may have seen that. The theme song was texas john slaughter, made them do what they outta, because if they didnt they would die. The lone ranger may be the most most cinematic most famous of the cinematic, tv, and radio rangers that started in 1933. Out of wxyz in detroit. The script was originally called man hunter. But then they changed it to
Craigs talk will be travels with dad, lous 1921 crosscountry trip. Craig thank you for that wonderful introduction. Thank you to everyone for tuning in and checking out this video. I am here to talk about lou henry hoover, one of my favorite ladies from history. I started learning about her 16 years ago when i began working at the hoover president ial library. Quite a woman before her time. Lou henry was born in waterloo, iowa march 29, 1874. She was very close to her father, who was a bookkeeper at the First National bank. For most of her young life, she was hoping she could go into banking as well. They were extremely close until he passed away in 1928. She had a younger sister who was born on june 30, 1882. Her mother, florence, developed chronic bronchitis, which caused the family to move around, looking for an environment that was more conducive to her mothers health. First, they moved to shuttle rock, iowa. That did not work out and they moved back to waterloo. They tried texas.