Bob good morning. Thank you for joining us. I am bob ross, chairman of the Oklahoma City national foundation. I am grateful for this opportunity to come together as a community as we pause to remember. I would like to thank the memorials Conscience Community for their guidance. As you watch todays ceremony, we encourage you to take a photo of those joining you. Post your photo using the weremember. Lets all do our part to strengthen our community. For 25 years we have worked together to create something that has been come become world renowned as an educational institution. Over half a Million People visit the memorial and museum each year, coming to these hallowed grounds to show respect and learn about the power of the oklahoma spirit. Our Mission Statement remains our cornerstone in shaping the important work that continues today. Just as we do each time we meet or gather for a memorial event, we pause for the reading of the Mission Statement. Reading our Mission Statement today is
Tweet us, twitter. Com booktv. Or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Good evening, im chief of Community Programs here at the museum, and its my pleasure to welcome you to an evening with david grinspoon. We help promote understanding of the Natural World and our place in it, and we aim to inspire dialogue around the important scientific issues of our time. Tonights program is one of our after hours offerings. These include film screenings, lectures, conversations like tonight and game nights. In our evening lift series, it features leading researchers and thinkers in conversation with the museums director and paleontologist kirk johnson. Many of you have already joined us for these engaging conversation between kirk and speakers or guests like evolutionary biologist e. O. Wilson, journalist ed young, Science Exchange director ann merchant, philanthropist dade rubenstein David Rubenstein and president of the university of marylandbaltimore college. Our final Eve
Tweet us, twitter. Com booktv. Or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Good evening, im chief of Community Programs here at the museum, and its my pleasure to welcome you to an evening with david grinspoon. We help promote understanding of the Natural World and our place in it, and we aim to inspire dialogue around the important scientific issues of our time. Tonights program is one of our after hours offerings. These include film screenings, lectures, conversations like tonight and game nights. In our evening lift series, it features leading researchers and thinkers in conversation with the museums director and paleontologist kirk johnson. Many of you have already joined us for these engaging conversation between kirk and speakers or guests like evolutionary biologist e. O. Wilson, journalist ed young, Science Exchange director ann merchant, philanthropist dade rubenstein David Rubenstein and president of the university of marylandbaltimore college. Our final Eve
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Clobber new england when it combines with the northern one. Just cold enough to the west this little area of wet snow out to winchester and strasburg, toms brook those areas and Mount Jackson and the Shenandoah Valley and watch it in frederick, could have a few slick spots but most of the roads were hearing are wet. With more on that here comes Monika Samtani and timesaver traffic. You want to be careful especially as you saw coming south on 270 out of frederick and far west as well. Lets take a look closer in. No problems to report as you travel in from cheverly on the bw parkway and route 50. Heading into the northeast corridor you should be okay right now. A little bit of slow traffic here on 295 leaving the 11th Street Bridge but no big deals all the lanes are open. The beltway looks good here in Prince Georges County as well. A live look outside, show you what it looks like here, this is new york avenue at bladensburg road and as i said coming in through cheverly this is what you