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
Gloves medical masks but a spirit of google has face shoots guns and prisons the richer has worn the lack of Vital Equipment is work ute in iran the mouse where irans Supreme Leader has told us citizens to pray for the end of the outbreak which is known to have killed 77. 00 people there although its thought this could be an underestimate visors of the Supreme Leader is among the dead in the cluster which is one of the biggest outside china schools have shot and major events have been suspended the iranian government has decided to call on the armed forces to help fight the outbreak so mr avi has more from tehran. This is very much a message to the public that the government is doing something ever since this outbreak began and the government has been criticized for not responding seriously enough and not responding quickly enough so certainly here the Supreme Leader trying to show that all branches of the government are moving forward but really it has to be said that the military has
And the world and that means anxiety as much as the covered 900. 00 virus itself staff at the worlds most Famous Museum the louvre in paris shut it down for 3 days this week demanding better protection against the virus tourists went to news to there isnt a place in the world that its not going to get to you and you cant just shut down the world and you can though shut down parts of it battling europes most prolific outbreak so far italy will close all schools and universities until mid march in an effort to stem the tide of infections and a rising death toll japan did the same last week and france has also ordered the closure of some schools affecting an estimated 35000 pupils. As dramatic for some italys decision to hold all sporting fixtures in empty stadiums spain has done so to life across the globe is changing fast the World Health Organization continues to stress the importance of containment in places with few infections in the hope of delaying the spread of the disease and to
Industrial heartland as well iran has reported a sharp increase in the number of corona virus deaths bringing the total number of fatalities to 194. 00 are now more than 6500. 00 infections across the country china has reported it slows daily number of new infections since the outbreak began the mall rescue crews are still trying to reach dozens of people buried one occurrence in Center Collapse at least 10 people are confirmed dead katrina you is in beijing she says the disaster has angered the local community. We know that this Hotel Collapse on saturday evening trapping about 70 people this hotel has about between 5 to 7 stories its a steel structure and its not an old building it was only built in 2018 so were trying to find out the reason for this Hotel Collapse there has been some speculation that some refer bushman being done on the ground floor was a reason behind why the structure gave way and theres been an awful lot of frustration around this because many of the people trapp
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