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Housekeeping notes before we begin. We will have 15 minutes of question and answer after each presentation. So please line up behind the microphone to ask your questions for those here in person and for those on zoom. Please type your questions in the chat and we will ask them in real life. We do have author books for sale downstairs, so if you would like any of our books, our authors to sign your book, please visit with them over the course of the day. And then lunch is on your own and there ar...

Housekeeping notes before we begin. We will have 15 minutes of question and answer after each presentation. So please line up behind the microphone to ask your questions for those here in person and for those on zoom. Please type your questions in the chat and we will ask them in real life. We do have author books for sale downstairs, so if you would like any of our books, our authors to sign your book, please visit with them over the course of the day. And then lunch is on your own and there ar...

Housekeeping notes before we begin. We will have 15 minutes of question and answer after each presentation. So please line up behind the microphone to ask your questions for those here in person and for those on zoom. Please type your questions in the chat and we will ask them in real life. We do have author books for sale downstairs, so if you would like any of our books, our authors to sign your book, please visit with them over the course of the day. And then lunch is on your own and there ar...

This upcoming 250th anniversary. Examining our american experiment as key. This revolution of ours created waves across the world. With its lasting impacts, felt even today. This symposium the world turned upside down the American Revolution. Its impact on a global scale. Well study the effects of this revolution that trans formed governments and the governed across the globe. Appropriate as we consider the birth of our nation, is to acknowledge the Ancestral Lands of our Indigenous Peoples on w...

In order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We come to the end of a short week. For many the winter has outlived its welcome and the longing for spring and its warmth is palpable. May the longing for goodwill and the fashioning of policies benefiting our nation be equally manifest in the actions marking these days. Now we approach a weekend during which many members of this assembly wi...

Wednesday, face book Mark Zuckerberg and fund raiser for chris christie. Thursday, mark your calendar. Valentines day. Samesex couples in illinois may be shopping for wedding rings soon. They could vote as early as thursday. On friday, an asteroid the size of half a football field will fly pretty doggone close to earth. I mean 17,000 miles. Consider this your headsup. Nasa Scientists Say the object this size really hasnt come this close to earth ever. But dont let that worry you. Relax. Theres n...

And more than half of those are in massachusetts alone. We now know the storm has claimed at least one persons life. Police say someone died in a stormrelated crash in poughkeepsie, new york, please be careful if youre out traveling. Also the storm has caused more than 1,700 flights to be canceled today. And that number is certainly expected to increase. There will be no flights out of bostons logan until at least sunday. Its a similar story at new yorks airports, no flights in or out. And remem...

And surcharging Medicare Coverage for smokers and the obese. You can watch this and other q a interviews all this week at 7 p. M. Eastern here on cing span 3. Cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your its provider by your television provider. Host and this week on the communicators, gordon smith who is president and ceo of the National Association of broadcasters, our guest reporter is paul kirby of telecommunications report. Senator s...

Those limited days of a temporary restrange order, that restraining order, shouldnt be able to go out and buy a weapon. This isnt a denial of due process that the judge actually has to make a finding that there is a threat of violence. Those are fairly limited circumstances, but if this amendment is passed, we will save lives. You know, senator blumenthal closed and ill close in the same vein by noting that, well, this amendment will save lives; it is not going to dramatically change the reality...

For the American Revolution institute and i am pleased to welcome you to anderson house. The American Revolution institute promotes the knowledge and appreciation of the achievement of american independence, for filling the aim of the Continental Army officers who founded the society in 1783. The institution supports advanced scholarships, conduct Public Programs, and makes Resources Available to teachers and students to enrich the understanding of the war of independence and to the principles o...