Welcome to the december meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Group was formed in ,he 1930s to honor the memory legacy, principles of Abraham Lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. , so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. Briefly. Troduce them all three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. Is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. Show,thor, david, will has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by elizabeth ex
Memories, the legacy, the principles of Abraham Lincoln for over 80 years weve had programs like this with outside speakers and our own members. And today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. So keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. I will introduce them briefly. All three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. The first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. As the author, david kent, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by Elizabeth Smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalists, talks about what is today called
If you would like a copy of todays program please check out our website at press. Org. Thank you all very much. We are adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] the 2015 cspan student can video competition is under way open to all middle and High School Students to create a 5 to 7 minute documentary on the theme of the three branches and you showing how policy, law or action by the executive, legislative or Judicial Branch of the federal government has affected you or your community. There are 200 cash prizes totaling 100,000 for the list of rules and how to get started go to studentcam. Org. Next, remarks by the new president of the john f. Kennedy center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter. She outlined her plans for the Kennedy Center and emphasized the importance of Art Education and cultural diplomacy. Agree easily served as president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and was executive director of the seattle symphony. This is an hour. [inaudible conversation
Have in the bill. But i say to congress, i will never sign a bill like this again. Ill never do it again. Nobody read it. Its only hours old. Sandra we have fox team coverage. Jennifer griffin is at the pentagon with the bills impact on the military. We begin with Doug Mckelway live on the north lawn outside where everything went down. Doug . What another whirlwind roller coaster here at the white house yet again. It began around 8 59 a. M. When the president tweeted unbut knownst to the staff here that he was threatened to veto this bill. All the staffers were caught blindsided by that. The president went ahead and did it anyway. In the interim, the fascinating period. We understand that at some point Jennifer Mattis and perhaps Jennifer Griffin can shed light on this, general mattis called the president and suggested that that would be an unwise decision because it was threaten the military funding that the white house has so craved and general mattis has needed. So the president wen
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How does a single fertilised egg divide and morph into an embryo with head, tail, limbs and organs? That question was an inexhaustible source of fascination to the biologist Lewis Wolpert, who has died aged 91. With a twinkle in his eye, he told audiences it was not birth, marriage or death, but gastrulation – the stage in which a uniform ball of cells folds to become differentiated layers with the beginnings of a gut – that was “truly the most important time in your life”.
Wolpert combined his interest in fundamental problems of development with a parallel career as a science communicator. He enjoyed performing in public, and brooked no compromise in his quest to persuade people that “science is the best way to understand the world”. He broadcast frequently on BBC radio and TV, and wrote a number of popular books. The best known of these, Malignant Sadness (1999), was a fiercely objective attempt to understand his own experienc