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maxine kingston. [applause] arts013 national matter of to maxine kingston for contributions as a writer. novels and nonfiction examine how the past influence was as a president in the voice has strengthened the and understanding of asia understanding. race.ulture, gender, and [applause] albert [applause] the 2013 national medal of arts to albert for rethinking and remaking documentary films in america. one of the pioneers of direction and a he offered people and communities around the globe for nearly 60 years by capturing raw emotions and revisitation s his work reflects the unfiltered truths of our humanity. [laughter] [applause] linda. [applause] the 2013 national medal of arts. for whatever one-of-a-kind voice and decades of remarkable brewis shen for influences defied expectations and condom american where your ways and help pave the way for generations of women artists. todd williams. [applause] [applause] james terrel. [applause] the 2013 national medal o ....
[applause] the 2013 national medal of arts to bill t. jones for his contributions for provocative performances that blend an eclectic mix of modern and traditional dance. [laughter] he creates works that challenge us and inspire us to greater heights. [applause] john candor. [applause] the 2013 national medal of arts to john candor for his contributions as a composer. for more than half a century, mr. candor has been on broadway, television, and film to evoke romanticism and wonder. [applause] jeffrey katzenberg. [applause] the 2013 national medal of arts to jeffrey katzenberg are lighting up our screens in opening up our hearts the animation and cinema. he has embraced new technology to develop the art of storytelling and transform the way we experience film. [applause] maxine hong kingston. [applause] the 2013 national medal of arts to maxine hong kingston. her novels have examined the past and present and her voice has strengthened our identity as understanding of as ....
they do and the solution is better than what came before this. there are very few cases in society where we elected inferior technology like the betamax and vhs story. so there are complicated reasons and we chose the worst technology. but that doesn t happen very often and then 10 years later we had dvds which makes the whole thing kind of obsolete. so it is the local market progress that tends to talk about this. the problem is the effects. and that includes air-conditioning get invented initially with an industrial technology and then they put in a movie theater for the first time which made the summer were popular. no one went to the movies in the summer until air-conditioning came along because many other people needed to be in cooler temperatures. so triggers the single digits where everyone moves to the sun belt in florida and the desert states and places that are basically uninhabitable. the truth is that s really out there and that rewrote the political map of ....
contrast to the old ones. we had people like governor pilling, senator mccain and had a great role during the 2008 presidential election. that was a lot of fun. and christopher walken and the scarlet johansson. so it s probably more than 100 interviews. how important is saturday night live to politics or has it always been a political show lacks right in the beginning when chevy chase fell down i think it s an important part of the political process every four years when there s a presidential election you look at saturday night live to see how they are going to characterize and a brand of some of the characters. governor sarah palen told me she thought people overestimated but it may not actually materialize in the voting booth like somebody that s going to vote for mccain and appealing doesn t say i m going to vote for obama and biden but it s an mh of somebody like bush 41 it gives us a sense of who we are fairly or unfairly. you wrote for the washington post ....
with the black emergency managers association. i think she summed it up in terms of disaster management, in terms of the emergency management network. guinea liberia sierra leone for the west african nations that needs to be established. i think your ims system was outstanding, setting that up, the coordination with stakeholders involved and that s going to be a key to rebuilding your health care structures especially from the community level level. i want to commend you for all the work you ve done. one other thing with dr. lacy that he mentioned with the response to that and usually response worldwide is how are volunteers getting reimbursed and paid? i think you re leading towards that. i met with him at georgetown and we discussed that. i didn t talk to you yesterday at the world bank but you mentioned that those plans you have in place, you re at that stage to build the liberian national emergency management system or agency. that s all i want to say. thank you. ....