Hi, im corn field and welcome to doing building San Francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. Lets take a look at that. Here at the spur urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. I have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both Structural Engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do . Both structural and maybe even important nonstructural things. You hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important. What you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make yourself fe
Thank you, friends. Welcome, mr. Vice president. My assignment from amity is to give a brief introduction. I im happy to do that. Im an abiding fan of the vice. I think he will go down in history of one of americas greatest Vice President s. Weve had some great ones starting with john adams and Teddy Roosevelt and harry truman. Its hard to think of any who has been more intensely tested than the Vice President. Were to hear from. In fact, i met mr. Pence only back when he was a congressman. I doubt hed remember it. The encounter was on the sidewalk in front of the harvard club of new york. Im not accusing just to be clear, not accusing mr. Pence of having been in the harvard club. This was on the sidewalk he was with a mutual friend, as i recall it, steve forbes, which might be why when we were introduced briefly, i leaned over and said to mr. Pence, did i hear . Youre for the gold standard. Im reluctant to repeat what . Mr. Pence replied because i hadnt informed him that i was with th
Thank you, friends. Welcome, mr. Vice president. My assignment from amity is to give a brief introduction. I im happy to do that. Im an abiding fan of the vice. I think he will go down in history of one of americas greatest Vice President s. Weve had some great ones starting with john adams and Teddy Roosevelt and harry truman. Its hard to think of any who has been more intensely tested than the Vice President. Were to hear from. In fact, i met mr. Pence only back when he was a congressman. I doubt hed remember it. The encounter was on the sidewalk in front of the harvard club of new york. Im not accusing just to be clear, not accusing mr. Pence of having been in the harvard club. This was on the sidewalk he was with a mutual friend, as i recall it, steve forbes, which might be why when we were introduced briefly, i leaned over and said to mr. Pence, did i hear . Youre for the gold standard. Im reluctant to repeat what . Mr. Pence replied because i hadnt informed him that i was with th
Good evening everyone. Hello. Is everyone good tonight . I am the marketing director at politics and prose. We are here to talk with diana parcell. Im really delighted about it. How many people have gone to see theow Cherry Blossoms the past w days and got caught in a traffic over the past few days . That was bananas, and as washingtonians we know that they are glorious, but the secret is through veteran neighborhoods. Ecso thats the secret. But we actually have them. Before we get to the meat of the evening i want to do some housekeeping. To take pictures, do whatever you want but nothing reading or blaring or doing all those things. We are happy about having them and we are Live Streaming on youtube. Also some other housekeeping things if you like what you hear tonight, and we know that you do and we are so happy you are here in the store. We still have some juicy things coming up and a few other housekeeping things. Whats going to happen here im just going to introduce diana for a f
Our afternoon conversation will explore and discuss how president ial sites and museums can be more inclusive through site interpretation and programing, community and descendant engagement and exhibits. The concept seems simple enough. Tell the full story. But storytelling, much like history itself, can be complicated, complex and contradictory. These speakers and their respective sites have all encountered different challenges while seeking to tell the full story. But theyve also experienced access, encouragement and praise for embracing and sharing the entirety of the american experience. Our moderator for this discussion is felicia bell Senior Advisor to the director at the Smithsonian National museum of American History, joe. Joining her on stage is meredith evans, who is director of the jimmy carter president ial library and museum. Sara bonharper executive director of James Monroes highland. Kate lemay, curator and historian for the National Portrait gallery. And Gayle Jessup Wh