Out more at the w dot com smart. Memory is a miraculous creation it lets us learn from the past and find paths into the future but its not a perfect storage device where the truth is concerned memories can be like quicksand false memories and distorted memories and exaggerated memories or going to simply put memory isnt really there for storing information. Memory isnt always a private matter often there are contradictory memories of one and the same event then its argued out in court which version of a story is correct. I own jordan as my witness testimony is importance of court cases. But a bad faulty memory in court can land innocent people behind bars i know how often and how common it is for people to have these kinds of errors in their memory a memory is needed in the witness box your memory will also be tested and tricked during this film how susceptible are our memories to manipulation what does that mean for trials and how can we spot when our recall is just plain wrong. One o
[applause] i was about to say how special the slightest but you beat me to it. Welcome. My name is steve, im the executive director and on behalf of all the collects in the foundation and jamie the collects in the library, were thrilled to could be here. All of our forms are great, but tonight is a tree. Its also the beginning of the john f. Kennedy centennial weekend. We plan this months ago and we really thought would be the best speaker and moderator week again for this historic time. Were thrilled theyre both here. Before i introduce them, few brief announcements. First, want to thank our underwriters and sponsors. Bank of america, the Lowell Institute including bill and andrea, i media sponsors. As i say, were kicking off the centennial was information when you leave about what were doing over the next few days. Over the next few days there are opportunities to see new exhibits with a hundred items on saturday will be doing a special peace corps day, on sunday we have an astronaut
Think the problem he faces is who can bring him down allow him to withdraw other same time saving face its quite a big predicament i mean could she face is. It less than a month to go until general elections in italy tensions seem to be boiling over hundreds of anti fascist activists have come out to protest in the central city of maturity. Just hundreds of supporters of the far right party clashed with police that we could go much about to suffered a racially motivated shooting that left six people injured the shooter was targeting african migrants and said he wanted to avenge the death of an italian woman allegedly killed by a nigerian a silencing. I and the incident is fuel concerns about the possible rise of neo fascist forces in italy national as well as foreign media of weight. In on the story and the shooters lawyer told journalists his client was quoted as a hero in prison place a racial and religious violence has soared in recent years and i think that the shocking numbers tha
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Would you minds i went out and came in again. I would lake to say how special this night is but you beat me to it. Im steve roth rothstein, and on behalf of all the colleagues, were really thrilled you can be here. All of our forums are great but tonight is really a treat because of the speakers who is here and also the beginning of the john f. Kennedy centennial weekend and we planned this months ago, and we really literally thought, who would be the best pair about speaker of and moderator we can get for this historic time and were thrilled there here. [applause] before i introduce them, a few brief announcements. First i want to thank our underwriters and sponsors. The lead sponsor, bank of america, the lowell institute, our Media Sponsors, the globe, xfinity, bur and the Media Sponsor for the centennial, wcbb tv. As i say, were kick off the centennial and there are information when you leave or maybe on your chairs about what we are doing over the next few days but, there are oppor