Think we have the answer. Which is no. It was raining cats and dogs a few minutes ago. And i wondered, will there be people there . And sure enough, here you are. I tip my cap to all of you this evening. My name is andy graybill. I am the director of the clement center. I would like to thank the many people who helped make this evening possible. Thanks to jeff, who directs the cph. Especially for those people who have coordinated all of the logistics. During my first semester at the clement center, we received an anonymous 500,000 gift in honor of the governor who had died earlier that year. The donor wanted to hear our ideas first about how we put those funds to use before they were transmitted. Naturally, i proposed that this money be applied to my mortgage. [laughter] he passed. The benefactor liked much more the idea that we use the money to convert one of the junior postdoctoral fellowship lines to one that would support an invited senior scholar. That would cost more and they are
This event. Mr. Graybill good evening. Thanks so much for coming. It seems particularly appropriate given the subject of todays lecture to encourage you to pretend as if you are in church and to move in, scoot in if you would, to give folks who are, not necessarily late arriving, but people who are fashionably on time room to sit. I should say that this answers an ageold question for me. Which is if there is anything that can depress the turnout, i think we have the answer. Which is no. It was raining cats and dogs a few minutes ago. And i wondered, will there be people there . And sure enough, here you are. I tip my cap to all of you this evening. Raybill. Is andy g i am the director of the clement center. I would like to thank the many people who helped make this evening possible. Thanks to jeff, who directs the rhonda andpecially ruthanne who have coordinated all of the logistics. During my first semester at the clement center, we received an anonymous 500,000 gift in honor of gover
They will also be wearing clothing like the fans do. We have a group of officers that do nothing but patrol the residential and commercial businesses outside of the footprint of the stadium. Reporter the messages to follow the rules, be respectful and have a good time. We are looking for Great Results not only on the field but around the stadium as well. Reporter in addition to those at the stadium there will be thousands of fans who go out to their favorite locations to watch the games. The lot will open at 11 40 a. M. On sunday. Kickoff is that 3 40 p. M. Officials say to give yourself plenty of time to get back inside. Experts say the super bowl hopes and extra home games have provided an economic boost for the south bay. Restaurants and bar managers are stocking up. In san jose some bars are hosting watch parties. Many businesses did the same thing last saturday. Reporter it says San Francisco 49ers but this stadium is much closer to san jose. You should have seen the red and gold
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[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] how are you . Its really great to meet you. And how funny we have the same name. Lets get started, then. All right, here we go. This is one serious tree trunk. [ midtempo folk music plays ] and the root of the story, according to jamie, is in the late 1930s. When her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. James, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. One day, during a sudden rain squal