Research team that developed the first commercially successful self idc in u. S. Postage stamp. He has written 20 civil war and underground railroad books. Of generalgraphy william extra billy smith won multiple awards, including dr. James i robertson juniors literary prize for confederate history. He has also written several articles for the gettysburg magazine as well as other historical publications. Scott and his wife debbie reside in north pennsylvania. Scott. Scott thanks for coming today. Roles to talk about the of the railroads here in pennsylvania. I have written three books on the three railroads that ran between maryland and pennsylvania during the civil war. They were respectively from east to west, the philadelphia wilmington and baltimore railroads which ran through those three key cities, the north and central rail right which ran from harrisburg down to baltimore and the third key railroad that ran between maryland and pennsylvania during the civil war. The Cumberland V
He is an ohio native, graduate of miami university. While working for avery dennison, he was part of the team that set up the first commercially successful selfadhesive postage stamp. He has written 20 books. His biography won multiple awards, including the a prize for confederate history. He has written several articles for the gettysburg magazine and other historical publications. Scott and his wife debby reside in north pennsylvania. Scott . Welcome. Scott thanks for coming today. I want to talk about the railroads in pennsylvania. I have written three books on the railroads. They were from east to west, the philadelphiawilmington baltimore railroad. The northern central railway, harrisburg to baltimore. The third key railroad that ran between maryland and pennsylvania during the civil war. The Cumberland Valley railroad will be the subject of our talk today. All three railroads were targeted by the army during the civil war. Two had their bridges burned near baltimore from 1861, 18
But we are also impressed by the woman who helped steer the voyager spacecraft and now helping steer the future of american girls as the ceo of girl scouts usa. Girls learning as much about technology as they are selling cookies. There are now girl scout badges for engineering and robotics. While the maybe of us try to lead a den, she watches over about 2 million girl skrout sc. And she is joining us. So that is i imagine trying to lead that many people, because ill tell you, cub scouts are like herding kittens. Its really fun being the ceo of girl scouts and we are united by our mission to make the world a better place. You were a girl scout you were. And i am so grateful because changed my life trajectory. I grew up in a small rural town and thanks to girl scout, i realized i had potential in science. So i began taking science and math classes a the a time when girls like me werent doing that, so that could prepare me so i could be doing engineering atted t at the highest levels and
Good morning, everyone. My sister lives in the midwest, she is very smart, she has more education, she more successful, but i mentioned to her that the founder of tesla went to the high school where she teaches and she didnt know what a tesla is. Its a reminder of all of the things we get spun up here in Silicon Valley do not translate to the res of the united states. That disconnect was on josh reeves mind when he decides to rent an rv and drive across america. Finds his customers and potential customers where they live and in some cases handing over checks. We would play that song about finding america. He went to 11 cities in two weeks from San Francisco, south, al albuquerque, phoenix, amarillo, jacksonville florida. He is on the 30 under 30 list by forbes, and the most admired ceo, joined by katie better of the New York Times and john schwartz. At a time like this, the most admired ceo in tech is a welcome guest indeed. This long list of cities, why those cities . So for this rout
To make it harder on an incoming president when the guy replaced wont shut up . Absolutely. Can you imagine any job do you want the last person that had it opining on your performance . And i tell you what makes it even richer. Barack obama really has had no criticism from george bush, even though he threw him under the bus every opportunity he could. George bush didnt say anything. He didnt comment. The economy was he never he had so many chances. I can see the first year, but nothing for eight years. But really to say somehow hes going to keep donald trump in check, hes some sort of a, you know, alternative out there, some sort of social conscious that will make sure that the new president does the right thing is absurd. But it does speak to his ego. What do you think . Well, i remember when jack welsh gave picked jeff immelt to run ge. Afterwards that was jacks pick, but afterwards they didnt get along. Right. Very much at odds about the management of the company. Immelt used to say