Steve berry he has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. It is really neat. A really interesting place, kind of where it started. The smithsonian was started by a man named james smithson. He was an innocuous british chemist. He was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. He died at he had 500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. His nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, he would have cap the money, but he died childless. The provision said the money would go to washington, d. C. To found the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. That is what the language says. Here is the neat part. He had never set foot in america. Why did he leave a half Million Dollars to place he never set a foot in . To this day, nobody knows. The guess is he was somewhat bitter. , soas an illegitimate son for the 30 years of his life, he first was known as james lewis macey. Because he was illegitimate, he was never all
Special science conversation and humanities seminar. I also welcome you this morning heartily from my cohost, brian boone and charles zimmerman. My name is vanessa summers, coordinator of the humanities, special Research Division set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities and what better subject to bring science and humanity together. To discuss science and society to study the deeper relationship that people always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, object of the light, places of peace and wellbeing. Everyone here, i am sure, will have their own favorite tree. Think about your favorite tree. What better place to speak of urban forests, famous as this place is for its unique 68 acres of forest, the oldgrowth forest that the last remnants of the 17thcentury woodlands that once blanketed this whole area, this region on the east. The same words where the indians hunted, some of the very trees standing. This is also the reason t
Different. A College Friend of mine says i am an editor and she probably needs help with events and book festivals now. I call the editor and chief as the nonprofit person and i think a week later i was set up as the associate publisher of the magazine as a volunteer but its pretty much a fulltime job. So then we worked on the infrastructure for the magazine and learn ho learned how to make popular and robust and thats how that job came to be a. What was your selling point . Prior to the research firm. I didnt approach them and i was actually getting some ideas for people. Somebody said what about you. What about me. I ended up talking to them and i was so intimidated at first by the class act i said this is what i believe, this is what i think is exciting. I dont know that i thought much about being a black woman thinking about can i do this job and how do i articulate the successful Board Members that are interviewing me into different fields one is a nonprofit person somewhere in pu
Why eel find out why eva longoria is celebrating something special. And hes been called the Justin Bieber of scandinavia, 15yearold isaac elliot. Hes toured with one direction and hes about to take the u. S. By storm. Really nice kid. And she changed her life after seeing vacation photos and crying over her appearance. He was a new dad who couldnt keep up with his kids. Together they are our newest club members who have lost 400 lbs. And later well look at your favorite celebrity tips to make if you want Kim Kardashian eyes well have an expert who shows you how it is done. How about that . What were you doing over the weekend, hoda . Well, you know what i couldnt stop thinking about . There was a little girl on friday her name is zia victoria. She came out, she was scared to death to perform. Our producers said she was adorable. Listen to her. This is the last night of my old life and now its my new way to brush off what happened yesterday beautiful. Its hard to believe shes 11 years o
Why eel find out why eva longoria is celebrating something special. And hes been called the Justin Bieber of scandinavia, 15yearold isaac elliot. Hes toured with one direction and hes about to take the u. S. By storm. Really nice kid. And she changed her life after seeing vacation photos and crying over her appearance. He was a new dad who couldnt keep up with his kids. Together they are our newest club members who have lost 400 lbs. And later well look at your favorite celebrity tips to make if you want Kim Kardashian eyes well have an expert who shows you how it is done. How about that . What were you doing over the weekend, hoda . Well, you know what i couldnt stop thinking about . There was a little girl on friday her name is zia victoria. She came out, she was scared to death to perform. Our producers said she was adorable. Listen to her. This is the last night of my old life and now its my new way to brush off what happened yesterday beautiful. Its hard to believe shes 11 years o