Know weve a younger audience, thats wikipedia without the internet. Thats where he was introduced to Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity. After the short time in the navy, he began his higher educati education, excuse me, earning his bachelors of science in physics and mathematics and a miner chemistry, by the way. A masters degree in physics and ph. D. Would follow from stanford. Summing it up like that makes it sound easy. In interviews he points out the hardships and rewards for his perseverance, fueled by the drive to silence his doubters. Through that perseverance, his resume now includes eight u. S. Patents, a professorship in the physics and Space Sciences at Florida Institute of technology, being named the chief science officer for discovery communications, you might have seen him from a show called outrageous acts of science, a Research Position at mit, and most recently a position at nasa in washington, dc. His research focuses on the development of instrumentation f
It looks at nasas role in civil rights in the years before the Civil Rights Act pass. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against of law. It was legal to say no, you cannot use this toilet, you are black or you cannot come into this restaurant, you are black and that is an important distinction that will become even more important as we talk about the achievements of some of the people in this book. We will be talking about the rules put in place by the tonedy administration address discrimination and how they were implemented by nasa and its contractors. We will be talking about the people whose lives were touched those rules. Our books tell the story of men most of them who came to work at the program during the civil some were nasa employees and some of them worked for contractors. President kennedy was forced into dealing with outerspace at the same time and forced into dealing with civil rights. These are not things he talked about during the campaign. He did
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And they know it was tough for guests. Theyre working to make it right. As you can see its hustling and bustling again at paris hotel and casino. It was a different sight this time yesterday. Hotel guests made their way back to the hotel today after 3thousand people were evacuated. Many had to stay at other hotels because the power didnt come back on until close to midnight. Paris hotel manangement tell us theyre focus today is working with guests displaced. Paying for any missed flights, mailing had to leave town, and also offering up two free nights stays beyond any rooms they comped last night. Gaming experts estimate paris could have lost about 1point8 Million Dollars having the casino shut down. And there are likely even more losses because of the massive power outage. Richard Broome Caesars Entertainment corporation there will be considerable costs associated with this event but we havent even begin to calcuate them because its been all about getting the power restored and taking
Now live. Brittany. The countdown to election day is on. And former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords stopped in town today Brittany Edney shariewhile early voting has wrapped up candidates alongside ballot measure advocates and opponents are all making that final political push before election day. Question one is among the most controversial ballot measures. Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords spoke in las vegas today. She is advocating for voters to pass question one. Saying backgrod communities safe. Gabrielle Giffords, former congresswoman stopping gun violence takes courage, the courage to do whats right. The courage of new ideas. Ive seen great courage when my life was on the line. Now is the time to come together, be responsible. meanwhile the opposition says voters should not pass the measure because not only will it not keep firearms out of the of the second amendment. 2 49 24 38 Ryan Hamilton deputy dir. , nranevadans for freedom i would tell people to do their own invest