Agenda this afternoon. House rules meeting this afternoon on the federal Government Spending measure. Wil in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain reverend aron mcenrees, Unitarian Universalist church of arlington, arlington, virginia. The chaplain creator god, spirit of light, we come here today with our spirits open to the sun of your loving gaze. We come, humbled by the work entrusted to us, to tend to your children, for we know that we are, all of us, your children, bearers of your divine spark. May we remember this, no matter how thick the stacks of paper on our desks. When we are weary, may we be filled with your generosity of spirit. We will pass it on with interest. When we dont know which way to turn, may we find stillness and listen for the soft voice of wisdom. Help us today to do justice, to serve mercy, and to walk humbly with you and the better angels of our nature. And most of all, beloved god, may we practice the arts of kindness in all that we do and
Stretch because that is a very political kind of thing. There is, however, a prize offered by the foundation for machines computing. It has now gone global. There is a chinese indian, the european council. I am former president of that organization. I am still serving in that role until the middle of 2016. The prize is called the tur touring award. That prize is 1 million. It is funded by google. We are proud to offer that through acm every year. I did get that price, along with bob, in 2004. So i feel more than adequately compensated. It was not 1 million back then, and they are doing it retroactively. [applause] i asked, but that didnt work. It is a coveted and very high recognition of contribution to the Computer Science community. I think that is more than enough. John hughes how about a pound of applause for our speaker . [applause] i would also like to thank National Press club staff including its realism institute and broadcast center, for organizing todays event. Remember, if y
Return on investment from the research that we do, if we dont fund the research we lose that fund and investment. You probably have examples of human benefits from the scientific research, which is foregone human costs, and you probably also pay some attention to the countrys Global Competitiveness in this field. If you could comment on those three areas on what you think is the payback for investment, or if you want to put it contrarily, not funding research. Dr. Collins i appreciate the opportunity to talk about those consequences. Put up another graph which reveals the difficulties that are present in this country beginning back in 2003. What i am showing you the opportunity that an investigator that comes to nih with their best ideas has of getting funded. Most Research Done in this country and our nations finest universities is supported by an age nih. That has been in the space of 2535 success rate. 13. That means two thirds of the people are sent away. Now it is about one in six
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On the keystone pipeline. She could be vulnerable on the left. Keystone is not the Biggest Issue out there regarding climate change. You get the president with his epa regulations on a Greenhouse Gases as part of his legacy and his policy on the environment. Host in terms of top issues, does that make it into the top tier . Guest i think its more pocket bush pocket book issues. The republican primary, im not sure its the Biggest Issue. It could be very big in the general. Guest host i dont know very many people who are stressed out about climate change. David is up next in ohio. Good morning. Caller good morning to everyone. I want to comment on lindas remark that Bernie Sanders would bring a debate for the soul of the Democratic Party. Who of the republicans is likely to find that soul of the Republican Party . Either one if you would respond. Guest what is so great about this huge republican field is youve got some diversity of views and you have a debate for the soul. Youve got the