7 destruction on tuesday thats the destruction of San Juan Village by them ok no particular team in 1940 dont too bad the people had to move away it was a real catastrophe said to know the artist has made the volcano quite small to get the whole region was devastated but yes it appears from nowhere in a cornfield with all no one could have expected it when the village was destroyed it was still quite small but take all. You would call some balck a nose arent inimical to life on the contrary they were necessary for life to develop throughout earths existence to do cooling stones at them. But also are such explosions common. They happen but its not that office you know ive been here 6 years and ive seen 4 or 5 with an explosion like that ash may fall on surrounding villages forest and you guessed it so whats the gas made of composite ill say its 95 percent water vapor in all ok no the around the world its mostly water was on a preserve all along. The water vapor spat out by the volcanoes
Us for michaels last stop. Please. If we just take the time to observe it nature provides us with a fascinating spectacle. Over time the inhabitants of our planet of woven complex relationships of collaboration symbiosis dependence and predation. Earth the planet of life running crawling for flying life abounds everywhere. But for this beautiful diversity to have proliferated earth has had to provide a favorable environment for around 4000000000 years. More than with the conditions which enables the blooming of life on earth. And could these conditions be present elsewhere resulting in alternative ecosystems. In an attempt to answer these questions scientists get all the cosmos for signs of life. They built giant telescopes with which to probe the universe and listen to the whispering of the stars but space has remained resolutely silent. Scientists have sent probes to the very edges of our solar system. But all they have sent back has been images of planets inimical to life. Over the
Of them as i possibly can as time allows. We will be broadcasting excerpts of this interview on Second Thought this friday. You will hear me what we do reid to keep consistence while we are going. Im so excited to speak with lisa napoli, who got her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnn new york and dc bureaus as a teenager. Shes a reporter for the new york times, marketplace, msnbc, and many other outlets. She is author of two previous books ababout the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away. Lisa, thank you so much for being with us, really excited about talking about this book. Lisa back at you, thank you so much, i use the Atlanta History Center for research so im delighted to be virtually what the constituency now. Its difficult for people watching to imagine life before news was all the time or what Television News look like before cnn launched four years ago. Just how out there was this idea of 24hour, 24 7 Cable News Network before cn
The bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence drawn from my research and others on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas as evidence to talk about today. Tobacco culture, political friendships, and affairs of honor. Like we often do in the class, we are going to start with the image on the screen. Im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . Lady washington is on a platform. Prof. Balcerski how high do you think she is . Off the ground . Like a foot. Prof. Balcerski thats a good piece there. What else . Everyone is dressed up fancy. Prof. Balcerski like you are today. Exactly. Very fancy. The ladies are wearing gowns. How about a third thing . Go ahead, jimmy. It looks like they are fairly close together. They may be dancing. They are all close together. Prof. Balcerski very good. I should say about Lady Washingtons reception,
Leading up to the civil war, these friendship and alliances disintegrated. Prof. Balcerski welcome everybody. It is me, your professor. Im excited to offer you a lecture of the antebellum congress. The outline, we start with a review of the first and Second Party Systems. I will introduce a concept to you of a lyrical culture and compare that to something we have encountered before, Political Parties. Finally, the bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence on the antebellum political culture. As you will see i have three , major areas as evidence to talk about today. One,acone, Tobacco Culture. Number two, political friendships, and number three, affairs of honor. Like we often do in the class, i will start with an image on the screen. Im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . Lady washington is on a platform. Prof. Balcerski how high do you thi