Milesmarch 1954, seven from operation castle, a device 100 times of the bomb that , make thehiroshima weapons are here, stockpiling with potentialities of previous military concepts. But with apple concepts, the Intelligence Division is impossible. The Armed Forces Project conducted tests for the three services during castle. It will shape our tactical ,lanning towards new dimensions taking us from the familiar grounds of low yield capabilities into an era of new problems as well as in power. Wasnt castle was a twofold operation. Five of the six castle shots were fired at bikini atoll. Two on barges on the north side of the lagoon and oneshot on an island. One shot was fired from the old iv my crater. Many of castles projects were handicapped. It was not practical in most linesto layout instrument over dry land for sizable distances. It should be remembered that all castle shots were surface bursts. Two of them fired on Ground Surface cabs. The other two on barges. Looking out at the d
President s life portrait exhibit at the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum in west branch, iowa. North carolina painter and sculptor created the portraits for cspan in 1999 and recently added president trump. The traveling exhibit created in conjunction with the White House Historical association was brought to the Hoover Library by cspan in partnership with media. The curator shows us the additional artifacts that accompany each of the portraits. Today we are at the Herbert Hoover president ial library in west branch, iowa, and the museum portion of the building. This is our temporary exhibit, which is cspans american president s life portraits. The idea for this to them about from thinking about taking the temporary exhibit from cspan. And then adding something personal from each man to show Something Different about them. We think of them as about the president s, but we want to show them as human beings as well. That is an interesting aspect. Some of these guys were v
Photos, sound clips that i want you to enjoy. As we get to the photos, i like to have this interactive, i will point out people and say, let me know if you know who that is. As soon as people are wellknown, they may not have been well known in the 1940s and 19 these, but i think you will recognize them. There are different categories we will go through. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, military people. If you have questions or comments, let me know. We will start. The first section is entertainers. Can anybody identify who is in the photo beside president truman . Jack benny. Correct. Jack benny. This is president truman and jack benny. They are playing and he filmed one of his shows here in the Truman Library in 1959. This is a newspaper clipping from about the 1948 election. Somebody added comments to it. There is a collection here at the Truman Library. Many of the letters that are in our collection from truman, he expresses interest in their families. As well as people writing
Welcome. Im the director of the athenaeum and im delighted to welcome you to this, the third and final program in our wonderful collaboration with the poets theater. If you missed the earlier presentations, you will find. Ideos of those on our website at this point, it would be a perfect time to silence any noisemaking devices you might have with you. Just a note, there are illuminated signs that will lead you to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency. David is the playwright of this evenings performance. Professor emeritus of english at Simmons College and literary director of the poets theater, hes appeared in productions with the actors shakespeare project, the Harvard Center for the arts, the Repertory Theater committee drama club my National Public radio and many others. He holds a phd from the university of north carolina. Consumer of astute the rare materials in our library from all of which are available for anybody to see upon request. Think about inspiration you might t
In the zero days series is to take pieces of itand elain theundamentals and the platonic ia is that everybody from my mom and dad t congress, um, and peop around the country can undstand and so maybe start the process of coming up with ways for us to defend cyberspace better. Hos wel if look at cyberace the United States rinow, how wouldou debe surityverall . Much as we would deribe, maybe, crime or breakins in a neighborhood . Guest well in the spirit of the explanatory mission we have, you cant really talk about cyberspace in the United States. A computer user in washington, d. C. Or in wichita or San Francisco is effectively working shoulder to shoulder with a computer user in beijing or in moscow. Theres literally no seconds of difference in space and time in cyberspace. So i thought id point that out. As for the security, the reality is that, um, its almost remarkable how vulnerabl comp sysms are. And cyberspace, um, is not what most people think it is. Most people now equate cybe