We are advantage evangelists on behalf of the study of history. And one of our judges in a conversation today began talking about a High School Teacher he had had when he was 14 or 15 years old. And that teacher, and teachers of adolescents are the Unsung Heroes and heroines of our profession. Thats when you plant an abiding, lifelong affection and even addiction to history. One to have historical muses has been sadly, neglected in the American Academy the american university, for a generation. And one of the ideas of our founders, one of whom i will introduce to you in a moment was that something that the h. F. Guggenheim family could go to arrest could do to arrest this malady and reverse it, is support an annual prize for the best work of military history in english during the preceding year. Finish and that is why we are here this evening. History, as written by practitioners of it who have produced works that indicate enlightened research, who write gracefully, who have in the bac
N of east asia encompasses three subregions japan; north and south korea; and china, mongolia and taiwan. The late 1900s saw the reemergence of east asia as a world political, economic and cultural force. Nearly 1. 3 billion people reside in the regions largest country, china. The province of guangdong is on chinas southern coast. This area has sustained extraordinary growth in recent decas, thriving as a basof manufacture for a obal economy. Advancements in communication and transportation facilitate globalization. Containerized shipping is a costeffective means of transporting a variety of goods. Guangdongs relative location to hong kongs ports and financial infrastructure is key to determining its position at the epicenter of chinese economic development. Through guangdong, we see the forces of globalization at work in the pearl river delta and beyond. Manybservers argue the costs and benefits but few dispute that globalization is the most profound reorganization of the world since
So theres that. When will it clear up . Well find out in a couple of minutes. Welcome to mornings on 2, sunday may 31st. Im claudine wong. Good morning. Im mike mibach. When will it clear . Good question. Rosemary, its kind of the cap on what has been a gloomy month and most in month of the bay area. Right. Were cooling down again today. Parts of the coast where its been mostly cloudy and folks at home are saying it never warmed up, what are you talking about . Well, we have a cooling trend coming our way. It will be most pronounced for our inland cities because what some dont know is areas like antioch hit 88 yesterday. Oakdale was 93. So our inland communities definitely had a big warmup yesterday. The temperatures coming down by 5 and 10 degrees for the afternoon. Were going to continue with our cool pattern into the afternoon. We have a system sitting off shore. That is bringing on the changes. Right now fairfield reporting 23 mileperhour winds with a gust to 26. This is going to c
They be celebrating after the Champions League final . School children have begun to return to classes in nepal. It is a month since an earthquake killed more than 8,000 people. Thousands are buildings were destroyed. Teachers are working hard to make lessons as normal as possible. Its a big morning for the children time to take out uniforms taking out school bags and tie a tie. I want to play hide and seek with my friends. I want to hang out and find out what happened to their houses. Finishes touches come from their mother along with a reminder not to panic if there is another either quake. I know theyll be safe at school but my mind is not at ease today. School start reassures students to the building was safe. Earthquake drills practiced even this a welcome chance for a laugh with friends. Throughout Nepal Schools were marking an important day. Here the principal welcomed his students far more than he expect. He offered reassurance they were as i have in the open. If the ground sho
Tumble in france, flown to a hospital for treatment. The very latest on his condition. And fantastic journey, the plane powered only by the sun, its trip across the pacific right now. Hoping to make history. The worst is not when you fail. The worst is when you dont dare to try it. This morning, theyre in the middle of the toughest part of their round the globe mission. Can they make it . Hey, good morning. Take a look at these shots out of houston, baseball fans outside minute maid park, sprinting for cover, wearing trash bags. Well get the braking weather news from texas in just a moment. But first, we want to talk about an extraordinary public father son bond. Overnight, we learned that Vice President joe bidens son, beau, died from brain cancer. These two men were extremely close. Here, you see then the senior biden sending his son beau off to iraq. Where he served in the National Guard for nearly a year. Beau biden was only 46 years old when he died. Twotime delaware attorney gene