So were going to hear from Patrick Odonnell and learn the story of those eight bears. Patrick odonnell is a critically acclaimed military historian and an expert expert on elite units. He is the author of 11 books and he is the recipient of several national awards. He served as a combat historian in a marine rifle platoon during the battle of fallujah speaks often on espionage counter operations and counter insurgency. Foras provided consulting the awardwinning series band of brothers and just to read you a couple of snippets of reviews on this, his newest book, Exhaustive Research with fluid, mr. Odonnell relates the history of the unknown soldier their part in world war i through the soldiers experience. And from usa today a gripping story from one of the best and most gripping stories. Few authors have the same kind of enthusiasm that odonnell brings to this topic. Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome Patrick Odonnell to the stage. It is really quite an honor to be introduce
As Connor Knighton will explain. Reporter the past few months, bears have been packing on the pounds, getting are there get r their selfimposed quarantine. The first time i got to see them during quarantine, they were so cool. Reporter scientists study the mystery of hibernation. Underneath all of that fat may be everything from diabetes tools to space travel. A long winters nap ahead on sunday morning. Pauley from there it is on to one of the great comic legends of all time. And his name is bob newhart. And he is talking this morning with our Ben Mankiewicz. Hello . Bob newhart had not one, but two, hit tv shows named for him. Not bad for an accountant. If i had been with enron, they would have still been in business. The government would never have figured out my books. Reporter laughs with the trailblazing comedian later on sunday. [laughter] pauley and then we consider a question over mind over matters, those matters being the daily challenges of living with covid and the emotional
Cspan2. Tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern booktv features several programs with the late author and columnist William F Buckley junior. And joy booktv on cspan2. I am the director of programs and partnerships for the massachusetts political society. Our program is a look at tradition summaries. We are joined by professor Donna Harrington who will speak about books for 19thcentury publishing. She is a professor of English Communications in new rhode island, she has a degree from marymacs college and a phd from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor her Research Interests include 19thcentury culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we begin i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining us for the first time. If you are not familiar with the massachusetts Historical Society, we are the first Historical Society collecting and publishing and sharing our histories in 1791. An amazing collection of 14 million page
And im the director of Community Partnerships for theMassachusetts Historical Society. Our program this evening is a seasonal, its a look at the tradition of Summer Reading we are joined by professor donna harringtonlueker on her new publication gavin kleespies, 19th century publishing the rise of Summer Reading. She is a passer in Newport Rhode island and she has an undergraduate degree from rhode island and phd. As a former magazine writer and editor, Research Interests include 19thcentury print culture, womens magazines on any period and radical or alternative press. Before we begin id like to extend a special welcome to anyone joining the Virtual Program for the first time. If youre not familiar with the Massachusetts Historical Society we are the first Historical Society in america and have been preserving publishing and sharing our history since 1791. We hold a collection of 14 million manuscript pages including the papers of the first three president s of the unitedstates. Or im
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 as i described in my testimony, we know that Nursing Homes with a higher proportion of black and latin residents have higher death rates, however theres not universal reporting of the race and ethnicity of those individuals within Nursing Homes who have been affected by covid. That presents for us a significant challenge when it comes to targeting resources in order to prevent the transmission of covid. Because, you know, when covid19 enters a nursing home its because someone has brought it in and what its telling us that if those Nursing Homes are following the same safety procedures of restricts visitors, ensuge that providers have clean ppe every time theyre coming in, then we shouldnt see these disparities. However we do. And the likelihood these disparities in rates of covid infections within Nursing Homes are going to occur are going to be even higher in communities with a higher burden of covid19. And so what were