But it has the best of both worlds. It is a very intimate form because you have an actual human being giving the story to you and i love that i love listening to the audiobook it is sharing the feeling of how that person is telling the story sparing. To be transformed into an audiobook it is an honor and a privilege with that in titled experimentation. And often times the way also let people experience Great Stories you are the reason 50 percent of americans listen to an audiobook 2019. Here is to amazing audiobooks and 25 years of the audie award awards. Ladies and gentlemen we are thrilled to introduce the master of ceremonies mr. Mo rocca he is the author and audiobook narrator of the New York Times bestseller great lives were three living published by Simon Schuster and also the host of the podcast we are excited to have him as our host this evening so without further ad ado, mo rocca. [applause] thank you. This is a dream for me i have to say. Here i am in this fabulous then you a
Truly informed, every public fries. Get informed straight from the source on cspan unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like there cspan, powered by cable. I am delighted to move us to our second panel, olmsted junior, the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meier, history and Landscape Architect serving as both moderator and kickoff speaker for this event. Lorren has a longstanding relationship with the olmsteds, having edited the master list of Design Projects which i just mentioned as well as parts of the papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, a mere 12 volumes, thousands and thousands of pages. Of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic site as well. And with that, welcome, lauren. Thank you, deedee. And if i can figure out the technology here, im going to pull up the next. My. I might need i made the someone. I mi
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. stories, and checking out police in nottingham have charged a 31 year old man with the murders of two students and a school care taker, who were stabbed to death on tuesday. valdo calocane, who s 31, has also been charged with attempted murder after three people were hit by a van and injured. live now to our correspondent simonjones in nottingham. tell us more stability has been charged with three counts of murder and attempted murder and here in the city, that will take place tomorrow morning. city, that will take place tomorrow morninu. . ., . ., morning. the three chance of murder relate to two morning. the three chance of murder relate to two students morning. the three chance of murder relate to two students were - morning. the three chance of murder relate to two students were stabbed l relate to two students were stabbed to death as they w
I strongly urge you to abandon this scheme. The second part is the accountability proposal. Let me note there are policies in this proposal we are pleased to see. That is how states set longterm goals. In a number of ways the bad habits for making decisions that must be left to states. This is troubling given the laws specific prohibitions. Years, states grappled with a rigid accountability system. The every Student Succeeds act turns the page on that bill and restores these decisions back to state and local leaders. I urge you to adopt a proposal that follows the law. Were raising his concerns because it is important for the law as written by congress to be faithfully executed. We are concerned because we want to ensure every child is the best chance to receive a quality education. We cannot go back to the days when federal government dictated national policy. It didnt work then. It wont work now. The department refuses to follow the letter of the law you will prevent state leaders fr
Democratic conventions, with Ronald Reagan becoming the gop nominee and president jimmy carter accepting the democratic nomination. On july 1, the smithsonian air and space museum will commemorate anniversary. And unamerican artifacts upin 1976, we were wrapping a golden age of human exploration with the Apollo Missions to the moon and we were launching into the first golden age of planetoid exploration with the missions of the 1970s to mars and the outer planets. We are now in another golden age of planetoid planetary exploration, particularly on mars. We tour the museum with the head of the Space Department and we learned about the story of human space exploration, from the moon to mars. And at 8 00 on the presidency, the former Deputy Assistant to president reagan and author of the book, true reagan. Thishave come to see that, relates again to president nexen, that a great nixon, that a great leader is a person that can discern the future and lead a people to it and threw it. For th