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For this island. Sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. That is, until the u. S. Was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u. S. Commonwealth. That means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. And its people dont have a vote in the u. S. Congress or in president ial elections. Despite all of that, Puerto Ricans are unstoppable. And their Cultural Impact on the u. S. And the world . Massive. To really get to the bottom of how puerto rico has not only survived but thrived requires an understanding of the cultural history of the island. So thats what were going to do now. And in case youre new to this show, thats like our whole mo here. [upbeat latintinged music] [upbeat latintinged music] music has become the love language between the u. S. And puerto rico. From the ....
Good afternoon, everyone. I am the director of the museum and staff director of the museum of Natural History. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the next pandemic. Hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. You might think that the Natural History museum is not the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 million objects. I say that objects, whatever, but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last frontiers in preserving preserving those objects in museums, and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth, so the records have collect and over the years 300 years preserved at acceptable by research scientists. Last year over 400 species were described by scientists working the ....
I did want to hear some of his view. Some of you Vice President had a chance to hear it as we move into a new era. In this landscape the view of preparedness articulates a position where strategy implementation and evaluation of progress should be based on rather than a program base. They may be accidental or deliberate. We recognize the systems we put in place must be able to adapt to whatever type threats we are faced with. We develop health care we Response Strategies that hone in on federal resources ant support to state local stake holders as they identify risks and develop capabilities to address the known and immerging addresses. He aimed to do this through four key priority areas, first to provide strong leadership and situation awareness and secure adequate resources. Support the sustainment of reliable Public H ....
Plan to mark the 175th anniversary by expanding their reach in areas of research and education. They also discussed reaching one billion people a year through a variety of expanded additional arms are investment any an institution hosted this 42minute event. My name is porter will consent. I am the chief of staff at the board of regents for the smithsonian institution. I would like to welcome you to building, and thank you for joining us for this short conversation about the future of the smithsonian. This event is also being live streamed on the smithsonians si. Edu, andedu on facebook live, so i would like to acknowledge our viewership. We will have leaders unveiled their bold vision for growing the institutions reach, relevance, and impact over the next five years, leading up to the institutions 175th anniversary. The smithsonian is probably best known for its worldclass museums, but today we hope to show you we are doing as much to shape the future as we are to preserve the past. A ....
Accused can pick up a copy of the Smithsonian Magazine we publish them every month they are fantastic readings while you are waiting at the Doctors Office or whatever. Theres a handout you can also pick up on your way out and you will also notice tha that weved some post cards on the table. Two Nights Program a program in for science people and not science people and a way for you to curate. If you are curious about that, talk to me or check it out online. A couple of other orders of business, please silence any mobile devices and take the time to do so now and you will definitely want to do that tonight because you will notice we have cspan in the house. Tonight we have a professor of physics at th the university ofe sciences in philadelphia. His interests range from space, time and higher dimension to cultural as ....