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he discusses his book at the cambridge public library in cambridge, massachusetts. it's just under an hour and a half. [applause] >> thanks very much. it's wonderful to be back in cambridge. and i appreciate that fine introduction from brian core of the cambridge peace commission. very interesting organization. i'm beginning to think maybe we need a peace commission in washington, d.c., too. [laughter] >> anyway, i want to thank brian for that intro. and also thank the cambridge public library, this wonderful building and thank marilyn in particular for inviting me to be here. i also want to say a special thank you to my classmates, to fritz donovan and the class -- the harvard class of 1959, several of whose members are here today. you make me feel very much at home. as i was listening to brian speaking about this book, i found myself questioning, wondering whether it's really an antiwar book. it's called "reasons to kill: why americans choose war" and i don't think i wouldn't have written it if i didn't believed the united states has become involved in too many un
he discusses his book at the cambridge public library in cambridge, massachusetts. it's just under an hour and a half. [applause] >> thanks very much. it's wonderful to be back in cambridge. and i appreciate that fine introduction from brian core of the cambridge peace commission. very interesting organization. i'm beginning to think maybe we need a peace commission in washington, d.c., too. [laughter] >> anyway, i want to thank brian for that intro. and also thank the cambridge...
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cambridge peace commission. very interesting organization. i'm beginning to think that maybe we need a peace commission in washington, d.c. too. and anyway, i want to thank brian for that intro and, also, thank the cambridge public library, this wonderful building, and thank marilyn in particular for inviting me to be here. i also want to say a special thank you to my classmates, to fritz donovan and the harvard class of 1959, several of whose members are here today to make me feel very much at home. as i was listening to brian speak about this book, i found myself questioning, wondering whether it's really an anti-war book. it's called "reasons to kill: why americans choose war." and i don't think i would have written it if i didn't believe that the united states had become involved in too many unjust and unnecessary wars. but on the other hand, the question that i'm asking, why do americans choose war, goes in a way beyond the question of which wars do you like and which wars do you not like. it goes to the qu
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professor of politics that of dr adrian pabst from the university of kent will be joining us from cambridge shortly now the idea of multiculturalism in the u.k. has failed so says prime minister david cameron who's urging minority groups to do more to integrate it comes as around three thousand and far right supporters gathered in the town of luton to protest against islam and the fascists and muslims are also there to hold their own rallies. and that is following the story. what we've got here essentially rory is two arch rival factions meeting to hold their various gatherings in the same small town about thirty miles outside of london you've got the english defense league on the one side who are the people who are gathered just behind me and they are and see islamic group essentially they proclaim to be against the what they call the islamification of the u.k. some of them say that they're only against extremist islam and some say that islam is inherently an extremist religion at its core and to therefore they're against islam as a whole and then at the other end of the high street toward
professor of politics that of dr adrian pabst from the university of kent will be joining us from cambridge shortly now the idea of multiculturalism in the u.k. has failed so says prime minister david cameron who's urging minority groups to do more to integrate it comes as around three thousand and far right supporters gathered in the town of luton to protest against islam and the fascists and muslims are also there to hold their own rallies. and that is following the story. what we've got here...
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from cambridge in 1967. he was appointed lecturer in history at edinborough and subsequently appointed senior lecturer and reader. he retired from final employment in 2004 and was appointed honorary research fellow. he has held research appointments at a number of leading universities in the united states and europe. his research interests have focused on the cultural and intellectual history of early/modern and modern scotland with a particular interest in the his -- history of scottish enlightenment. he is co-directer of the project on the science of man in scotland, and he is a founder/editor of a new journal, "modern intellectual history," published by cambridge university press. he is past president of the 18th century scottish studies society, and he has lectured extensively on his topic today in both europe and the united states. now, i hasten to add to finish the intro and get to our speaker, one reviewer of this book has remarked that the book reveals that adam smith lived a wholly unremarkable, a w
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[applause] >> this event was hosted by the cambridge public library in cambridge, massachusetts. and to find out more visit cambridge ma.gov/cpl.aspx. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of history, biography and public affairs. here's a portion of one of our programs.th >> why are white people called caucasian? have any of you asked yourself that? do you know why? no. and this was when -- well, it's still happening. the russians and the check in -e cher yangs were having troubles, so why are white americansme called czech yangs? the answer took me to germany in the 18th century. now, the idea of race was invented in in the 18th century. it doesn't go back to antiquity. theree 18 were not white peopled antiquity. but since so many people thought that, i thought i should addresn it. so my book actually starts with the greeks and the romans. and their commentary on the people who became europeans. and what the greeks and the romans discovered were peopleop who lived in various ways. the greeks talked about what we call culture and for the romans who ward in various ways bec
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harvard bookstore in cambridge massachusetts. the program is a little over an hour. [applause] >> thank you, thank you so much. thanks to all of you for coming out this evening to this, my favorite bookstore in the whole wide world. give it up for harvard oak store. is that a great place? [applause] now it is my pleasure to introduce kwame anthony appiah. he is approached with the rarest combination of break-through, africa and an afghan american intellectual history and political philosophy. poppy is a thinker and a writer. uses our brain and as warm as reflective and as accessible, as challenging and as generous as he is as a friend. a premier scholar of contemporary philosophical thought his work crosses disciplines as it crosses national boundaries. and celebrates human rights, ethnic and cultural pluralism, individual identity, intellectual liberty and a sublime mode of cosmopolitanism. let me review just a few of appiah's earlier accomplishments before talking for a moment about his new book, "the honor code," how moral revolutions happen. .. >> in our globaliz
harvard bookstore in cambridge massachusetts. the program is a little over an hour. [applause] >> thank you, thank you so much. thanks to all of you for coming out this evening to this, my favorite bookstore in the whole wide world. give it up for harvard oak store. is that a great place? [applause] now it is my pleasure to introduce kwame anthony appiah. he is approached with the rarest combination of break-through, africa and an afghan american intellectual history and political...
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when touring was at cambridge, nobody ever said to about what seemed -- how he would make that thing.ven though he might have been leaning toward making things, his relatives on his mother's side or engineers were makers of things, he was never encouraged to do that. in fact, when he would make something at the school he went to as a young boy in england it all gets thrown away. he would leave it on the windowsill and it would get cost. that was another thing that fascinated me. the way the land grant system focused on one thing and the way that of the type of universities like cambridge in princeton focused on other. >> host: another window of the history at the time and how there were certain values. value was assigned in some instances and not others. were you just particularly interested in that time? it obsessed kind of -- >> guest: from being interested in atanasoff. >> host: did you find yourself researching more about the history? >> guest: absolutely. i had to know. in order to learn about colossus that had to know the progress of the war. so the enigma code breaking machine
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we want to interview you on your campus in cambridge. i said, my brothers would like to, too. we have been putting this case for five months. basically, i said we are not going to do it. this is bogus. my porter rican red-haired cousin, he has funny hair. he was there, too. so we came back and they decided to do it with everybody. when that story came out, i started getting harassed. the police were giving out my social security number, my name. i had 50 cases of identity theft that followed. the next thing you ask to talk about was november 23, 2002. this experience changed my life. we started going to the prisons with a purpose now. we turned into touring artists for the prisons around the country. talking to the folks who were incarcerated, folks in the local community to inform the movement by those most directly affected. we came home for winning an award in grass-roots activism and then the police stop us for a taillight being out in the back of the car. when they run my license, they say i'm going to jail because there were three wards offer my arrest. it was bryonn bai
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medicine, healthcare and society executive director five years, board member three years and currently, cambridge insight meditation center, board member, 19 years and currently. mind and life institute, boulder, colorado, a group that organizes dialogues between the dalai lama, vis chair of the board and crefntly. just published, coming to our senses. healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. also, earlier best sellers "wherever you go, there you are" "full catastrophe, living and every day blessings." >> hobbies, running, inline skating, swimming, cosmology, string theory, high energy physics, backpacking and kayaking. name. >> -- jon kabat-zinn. >> dr. jon kabat-zinn. who is william james. >> he is spoken as of the father of american psychology. >> here's a quote from him. the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character and will. that means the power of voluntarily bringing back and focusing it. the wandering attention. no one is in possession of his faculties if he have it not. an education which should impr
medicine, healthcare and society executive director five years, board member three years and currently, cambridge insight meditation center, board member, 19 years and currently. mind and life institute, boulder, colorado, a group that organizes dialogues between the dalai lama, vis chair of the board and crefntly. just published, coming to our senses. healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. also, earlier best sellers "wherever you go, there you are" "full...
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medicine, healthcare and society executive director five years, board member three years and currently, cambridge insight meditation center, board member, 19 years and currently. mind and life institute, boulder, colorado, a group that organizes dialogues between the dalai lama, vis chair of the board and crefntly. just published, coming to our senses. healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. also, earlier best sellers "wherever you go, there you are" "full catastrophe, living and every day blessings." >> hobbies, running, inline skating, swimming, cosmology, string theory, high energy physics, backpacking and kayaking. name. >> -- jon kabat-zinn. >> dr. jon kabat-zinn. who is william james. >> he is spoken as of the father of american psychology. >> here's a quote from him. the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character and will. that means the power of voluntarily bringing back and focusing it. the wandering attention. no one is in possession of his faculties if he have it not. an education which should impr
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[applause] >> this event was hosted by cambridge public library in cambridge, massachusetts. >> dr. bush, how did the juvenile justice system get started in this country? >> it got started right around the turn of the 20 century. the first juvenile court law was passed in illinois in 1899, establishing a separate court for juveniles and along with it came separate institutions for juvenile offenders. the system was so popular that it was copied by almost every other state in the union by the 1920s your texas adopted juvenile court law in 1907. >> and you write that the juvenile justice system has failed in this country. why do you think that it has failed? >> it failed because it failed to live up to its founding promise which was basically that it would establish a more protected system for youthful offenders. the juvenile justice system was founded on the concept that children were different am adult offenders, that there were less responsible for the offenses, and that they were more capable of being rehabilitated. so juveniles are supposed to be separated from adults and treated
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the author discusses his book at the harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts. it's just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much to all of you two coming out this evening to my favorite bookstore in the whole word world. give it up for harvard bookstores. is that a great place. [applause] now it is my pleasure to introduce kwame anthony appiah. kwame anthony appiah has approached with the rarest combination of rigor in humanity african and african-american intellectual history history and political philosophy. he is the anchor underwriter. he is our bane and a swarm, reflective and accessible, challenging and generous as he is as a friend. a premier scholar contemporary philosophical thought is where it crosses disciplines at the crosses national boundaries. and celebrates human rights, ethnic and cultural pluralism, individual identity, intellectual liberty and the sublime mode of cosmopolitan this. let me repeat just view of his earlier accomplishments before talking for a moment about his new book, the honor -- "the honor code: how moral rev
the author discusses his book at the harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts. it's just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much to all of you two coming out this evening to my favorite bookstore in the whole word world. give it up for harvard bookstores. is that a great place. [applause] now it is my pleasure to introduce kwame anthony appiah. kwame anthony appiah has approached with the rarest combination of rigor in humanity african and african-american...
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top three golfers in order least westwards martin kaymer and woods fail to impress westwood and cambridge trail the leader by four shots while tiger is six back second place garcia lies two strokes behind mcelroy as thomas. probably could have been a little bit lower but you know i'll take sixty five any time i step out on this golf course and there especially with the conditions that we had on the back nine i felt as if i did really well and it's a great start to turn. and finally just over a week now before cricket world cup champions australia begin their title defense skipper ricky ponting who is still recovering from a broken finger saw his side lose the ashes for a second straight time last month a massive disappointment of the year's biggest tournaments. pretty fresh. a month from the saw and so on i was looking forward to getting back into it again into back into proper training and then more importantly back into international cricket as i said it's been a wall between between games for me and sitting back watching the gauze play the last few weeks have been pretty difficult deci
top three golfers in order least westwards martin kaymer and woods fail to impress westwood and cambridge trail the leader by four shots while tiger is six back second place garcia lies two strokes behind mcelroy as thomas. probably could have been a little bit lower but you know i'll take sixty five any time i step out on this golf course and there especially with the conditions that we had on the back nine i felt as if i did really well and it's a great start to turn. and finally just over a...
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an amazing chance when i started to write this book i got a summer fellowship at trinity college cambridge and that is trinity is britain's college, it is the great scientific college in england, and there when you done leyna, i was there for six months, you just sit anywhere on the table. there's a long table, you don't know who you're going to sit next to. and i have to say in the time i was there there were six nobel prize winners and i sat next to each of them and was very interesting to try to ask them questions. one of the things i found is unlike many literary professors, the scientists love it explanting things, and they were really good at doing it and that is something that fascinated me, and now let me give you one pure example of this that i sat down one evening next to a russian mathematician who spoke no english at all, and it's the one thing i knew is that he knew about the great romantic mathematician, so that is the one thing -- i turned to him and i said everest, and this wonderful smile spread across his face and then he leaned across the table, this college table with a
an amazing chance when i started to write this book i got a summer fellowship at trinity college cambridge and that is trinity is britain's college, it is the great scientific college in england, and there when you done leyna, i was there for six months, you just sit anywhere on the table. there's a long table, you don't know who you're going to sit next to. and i have to say in the time i was there there were six nobel prize winners and i sat next to each of them and was very interesting to...
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age lab in cambridge, massachusetts, researchers study how age and infirmity affect a person's driving. >> you have neurological changes in the brain which is just processing time, sending signals from one nerve to another. >> reporter: slower? as you get older. >> yeah, some get slower more than others. >> reporter: every year after age 65, the odds of getting in a car crash while turning left increase by 8%. so, what can we do? in six states, doctors are now required to report a person they believe can no longer drive safely. and 44 states allow the doctor or a family member to anonymously report someone to motor vehicle officials. this past weekend, we returned to florida to visit robert hill and cathy. it turns out he'd continued to drive. finally, alarmed, she turned him in to the florida motor vehicles department. >> i called them in kind of a panic. >> reporter: and when hill's doctor refused to certify that he could drive, he was forced to give up his license. >> i tried, but i lost. >> i think he made the right choice and i think deep down he knows he made the right choice tha
age lab in cambridge, massachusetts, researchers study how age and infirmity affect a person's driving. >> you have neurological changes in the brain which is just processing time, sending signals from one nerve to another. >> reporter: slower? as you get older. >> yeah, some get slower more than others. >> reporter: every year after age 65, the odds of getting in a car crash while turning left increase by 8%. so, what can we do? in six states, doctors are now required...
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information on this case to mass media as the case has not yet reached the quarter and investigate cambridge investigation that it will be the investigation is making good progress here to talk to us about the changes in security how it had been up since the attacks of course there's been very harsh rhetoric following the attack from the president and we witnessed a major. major was shaping russia's transport he's now the state duma is considering to introduce a new terror alert system which is in place in the united states of america for example several metro stations it must have been already equipped with new detectors including chemical detectors there are new scanners and stored as well that was leave the system as it produced a good definitely how both police have to be worked together in case if there is a terror alert it could help them isolate and prevent those security risks of course we all being out via the country's largest airport would build a number of gaping holes in security and public transport at the present border the major would beat up security for the macho train stat
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any information on this case to mass media as the case has not yet reached the court and invest in cambridge investigation that has been very harsh rhetoric following the attack from the president that we witnessed a major was shaken russia's transport police. porting right there well there's always more news blogs feature stories on our website that's. some of the items you'll find waiting for you on. how to stay warm. find out about a new subject that has been added to the school curriculum. and what happens to musical. language. now as the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is nominated for a nobel peace prize its founder julian assange may have lost himself an ally of the new york times which made a fortune off the leaked materials seems to be turning its back on the elusive australian. explores the twists and turns the relationship. it was a love story in the making i don't blame the new york times for running the story i know mattick are strongly in with classified u.s. documents and american newspaper with the power to print that in june of last year i got a fairly mysterious phone c
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medicine, healthcare and society executive director five years, board member three years and currently, cambridgeinsight meditation center, board member, 19 years and currently. mind and life institute, boulder, colorado, a group that organizes dialogues between the dalai lama, vis chair of the board and crefntly. just published, coming to our senses. healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. also, earlier best sellers "wherever you go, there you are" "full catastrophe, living and every day blessings." >> hobbies, running, inline skating, swimming, cosmology, string theory, high energy physics, backpacking and kayaking. name. >> -- jon kabat-zinn. >> dr. jon kabat-zinn. who is william james. >> he is spoken as of the father of american psychology. >> here's a quote from him. the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention over and over again is the very root of judgment, character and will. that means the power of voluntarily bringing back and focusing it. the wandering attention. no one is in possession of his faculties if he have it not. an education which should impro
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college visit and you know that cambridge has a lot of schools around there. mit, boston college, uma, we went to all of those. we also thought harvard, so that the students can know that harvard is not as intimidating. we dance with the students, socialize with them and show them there is real life there. they say i want to go to harvard. >> which i'm partial to i have to say. my alma mater. >> what would you say to students who haven't participated in the program but ask you why this is a value to you? >> it's a value to you because you really don't know how much it takes to get in to college, how much work you have to put in to it. people really don't know how much -- how hard it is. you have the take things seriously if you want to go to college and make it far in life. >> that is so well said. thank you for joining us. if you would like to contact the silicon valley future stars the information is on our screen also at bayareavista.com. >> i'm excited. look at these delicious dishes. can't wait to dive in. >> this is all prepared by our students. >> these
college visit and you know that cambridge has a lot of schools around there. mit, boston college, uma, we went to all of those. we also thought harvard, so that the students can know that harvard is not as intimidating. we dance with the students, socialize with them and show them there is real life there. they say i want to go to harvard. >> which i'm partial to i have to say. my alma mater. >> what would you say to students who haven't participated in the program but ask you why...
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what was this film like for you being in cambridge and also dealing with such a controversy movie? -- controversial movie? >> well dealing with a controversial, it is amazing and it is one of those gifts that rarely get to be experienced in this town. by the time you have someone selling the script and then the producer gets involved and they have to do rewrites and cast it and they have to agree on the final edit and then it is released and by the time all those steps are accomplished, it is very rare that the issue you are trying to bring attention to is still relevant but with something like facebook, a constantly growing company, it is only getting morel haven't as time -- more relevant as time goes on, but also getting a chance to work in boston and came bridge and charleston, it was the best. >> of course you play twins, how was that experience? [ movie excerpt ] >> he gave himself a 42 day head start but he knows but apparently you don't which is everything. >> i don't think you need to school me in the importance of getting there first. >> that was your father? >> if he thi
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hall many decades ago, and every time i entered and i was a modern young man straight back from cambridge and said what is he talking about? what sort of islam is this? everyone got sort of lost their ecstasy and devotion and really communicating with god in every personal matter. over time i grew to love that shrine and the piece i would find. you find muslims, hindus and christians in the audience. and that was attacked, and i was left with a sense of great despair. just before the attack, the community killing about 100 people, and then blowing up or attempting to blow up the shrine in the hall that is survived a thousand years. and i give this example, steve, the counterpart of this in india where very often there are rivals between hindu and muslim and that has never been attacked or blown up or attempt to injure. because again, if you go there you see hindus and christians all in the same universal brotherhood of man yet this shrine was attacked. so it has saddened me and i know the intentions of islam taking place and that is why i urge you to step back and of looking at the world
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as though he will be in the status thanks in no small port to the support that he received in the cambridge area. well, granting legal status of children like him should be our normal policy, not a lucky exception for those who happen to get the support of a powerful committee. in fact, there is a proposal before congress called the agreement to act that would do just that the land i'm bewildered as to why anybody would oppose that. the principal that regular status becomes irrelevant over time is clearly those. this applies to adults, especially when they have family connections. so take another case, the case of miguel sanchez. again, a true story that in this case changed some of the identifying details. so miguel sanchez could not earn enough to pay the bills in his hometown. he tried for several years to obtain a visa and was rejected every time. in 2000 he entered on foot making his way to chicago where he had relatives and friends and started working in construction spending money on his father. he worked weekends at tak and donuts, went to school in the evening to learn english. in
as though he will be in the status thanks in no small port to the support that he received in the cambridge area. well, granting legal status of children like him should be our normal policy, not a lucky exception for those who happen to get the support of a powerful committee. in fact, there is a proposal before congress called the agreement to act that would do just that the land i'm bewildered as to why anybody would oppose that. the principal that regular status becomes irrelevant over time...
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we decided to start here, on the campus of the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge. >> rushkoff: if anyone is a new species of digital native, it would be the mit student. >> dretzin: these kids are among the smartest, most wired people on the planet right now. they may hardly remember a time when they weren't able to be online anywhere they went. >> i have three tests this week. >> dretzin: everywhere you go on this campus, kids are looking at screens, sometimes multiple screens. >> i was productive on saturday. i went out friday. >> dretzin: take eliza. she's 20, a mechanical engineering major, and completely wired, all the time. >> is it going to stay in beta for as long as gmail stayed in beta? >> probably. >> a decade. >> probably. >> i have a few friends who, if they hear the word blackberry, they think of me. like, i am never off of it. it is glued to me. when it's more than arm's length from me, i start to get panicky. it's very disconcerting. are we gchat buddies? can i just... i'm always im-ing or texting or things like that. always checking my phone, taking c
we decided to start here, on the campus of the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge. >> rushkoff: if anyone is a new species of digital native, it would be the mit student. >> dretzin: these kids are among the smartest, most wired people on the planet right now. they may hardly remember a time when they weren't able to be online anywhere they went. >> i have three tests this week. >> dretzin: everywhere you go on this campus, kids are looking at screens,...
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my name is vitor, i'm the author of a forthcoming book with cambridge university press on the role of the state, so i had to discuss some of these issues. i have just one comment and one question, you know? the comment is that the view that adam smith had a very limited role of the state is really not correct for the time. this was an enormous expansion of the role of the state. what he wanted was to redirect the role of the state away from mercantilism, more efficient role. you know, that's my comment. the question is that adam smith had a lot of confidence in markets, you know, clearly. this is very central. at the same time, he was very skeptical about merchants, lots of statements, you know, through the wealth of nations and so forth. so my question, if you were leaving today after two years of financial market chaos, you know, what role would he assign to the state in terms of regulations? >> may i make a preface before you give your answer? is. >> of course you can. >> i'd give one addendum to your comment which smith was certainly quite critical of merchants, but he was critica
my name is vitor, i'm the author of a forthcoming book with cambridge university press on the role of the state, so i had to discuss some of these issues. i have just one comment and one question, you know? the comment is that the view that adam smith had a very limited role of the state is really not correct for the time. this was an enormous expansion of the role of the state. what he wanted was to redirect the role of the state away from mercantilism, more efficient role. you know, that's my...
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guest: well, i spent a lot of time at the schlesinger library in cambridge. c-span: why there? guest: well, because they had most of the amelia earhart material that was given by the family. and then i went to medford, massachusetts, where amelia earhart's sister, who is still alive, lives. c-span: how old is she? guest: she was born in 1900. c-span: she's still alive? guest: she's still alive, and she was very helpful. c-span: which sister? guest: it's--there were just the two of them. c-span: what--and her n... guest: it was muriel morrissey. c-span: yeah. guest: her name is muriel morrissey. c-span: and what did... guest: and her daughter was very helpful, too. c-span: and what did muriel morrissey remember? guest: well, it wasn't so much what muriel morrissey remembered, although she remembered a great deal. it was more getting from her a feeling of what their life was like. and also, she pointed me in quite a few new directions so that i came up with more new material. c-span: what was their life like? guest: when they were children? amelia -- their -- the two of them had,
guest: well, i spent a lot of time at the schlesinger library in cambridge. c-span: why there? guest: well, because they had most of the amelia earhart material that was given by the family. and then i went to medford, massachusetts, where amelia earhart's sister, who is still alive, lives. c-span: how old is she? guest: she was born in 1900. c-span: she's still alive? guest: she's still alive, and she was very helpful. c-span: which sister? guest: it's--there were just the two of them. c-span:...
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burkhard is the managing director of cambridge energy research associates in cambridge massachusetts, so we very much appreciate you being here. since the hearing was announced early last makai think it is safe to say members and witnesses alike but follow the developments in the middle east with much interest. fortunately it appears unlikely that the political turmoil will result in a major disruptions or transportation at least at this time. that's my impression. however, i know about what ever, whenever the geopolitical events of this kind ochre it reminds us of orval portability to the disruptions and it is a spur to consider policies that help to reduce that four of devotee -- vulnerability. that's why i am glad to see that eia is forecasting a decline in u.s. consumption of imported oil between now and 235. until recently we have seen the increasing oil all but impossible. we now see that 2005 might well have been the high water mark in u.s. oil import dependence increased vehicle efficiency and transitions to increase reliance on the biofuel together with u.s. oil production al
burkhard is the managing director of cambridge energy research associates in cambridge massachusetts, so we very much appreciate you being here. since the hearing was announced early last makai think it is safe to say members and witnesses alike but follow the developments in the middle east with much interest. fortunately it appears unlikely that the political turmoil will result in a major disruptions or transportation at least at this time. that's my impression. however, i know about what...
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period's end up trying, the occasional heavier downpour pushing to it holding a and the cambridge. 10continue seeing straw hours. everyone stands a chance for rain continuing threat the day. spotty showers in the north bay, this continues until a late evening hours. early morning tomorrow. right now sitting in the '40's. 46 san rafael. the afternoon will bring us an abundance of temperatures into the fifties. 50 degrees and to novato and napa. mid- 50s to the east bay into redwood city. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. wet weather rain and to the rest of the week. saturday-sunday slight chance of showers. keeping and the overnight temperatures. inland expected to dip them below freezing could we get to morning frost. temperatures getting down to 27 degrees. >> george: we are contending with a lot of weather- related problems. wind advisories for nearly all bay area bridges. richmond san rafael is wonder wunder a wind address 3. it has been moved over to the toll plaza. there is still somewhat sluggish traffic east bound. benicia bridge is under of wind advisories. cortines
period's end up trying, the occasional heavier downpour pushing to it holding a and the cambridge. 10continue seeing straw hours. everyone stands a chance for rain continuing threat the day. spotty showers in the north bay, this continues until a late evening hours. early morning tomorrow. right now sitting in the '40's. 46 san rafael. the afternoon will bring us an abundance of temperatures into the fifties. 50 degrees and to novato and napa. mid- 50s to the east bay into redwood city. here is...
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burkhard is the managing director of cambridge energy research associates in cambridge massachusetts, so we very much appreciate you being here. since the hearing was announced early last makai think it is safe to say members and witnesses alike but follow the developments in the middle east with much interest. fortunately it appears unlikely that the political turmoil will result in a major disruptions or transportation at least at this time. that's my impression. however, i know about what ever, whenever the geopolitical events of this kind ochre it reminds us of orval portability to the disruptions and it is a spur to consider policies that help to reduce that four of devotee -- vulnerability. that's why i am glad to see that eia is forecasting a decline in u.s. consumption of imported oil between now and 235. until recently we have seen the increasing oil all but impossible. we now see that 2005 might well have been the high water mark in u.s. oil import dependence increased vehicle efficiency and transitions to increase reliance on the biofuel together with u.s. oil production al
burkhard is the managing director of cambridge energy research associates in cambridge massachusetts, so we very much appreciate you being here. since the hearing was announced early last makai think it is safe to say members and witnesses alike but follow the developments in the middle east with much interest. fortunately it appears unlikely that the political turmoil will result in a major disruptions or transportation at least at this time. that's my impression. however, i know about what...
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at this sleep center in cambridge scientists wire patients up to measure brain activity.e cases the condition seems to have genetic causes. a faulty chromosome appears to be responsible. sleepwalking is a condition that affects about 1 in 10 children. most grow out of it but 1 in 50 adults still sleepwalk from time to time. if you carry the sleepwalking gene, there's a 1 in 2 chance your children will inherit it. scientists hope the discovery of the genetic code will help them better understand the condition. >> this is the first time we've had any genetic insight into what makes people sleepwalk as adults or children. it gives some hope we're beginning to unravel what causes sleepwalking. >> reporter: for those whose lives are blighted by sleepwalking, that brings the prospect of a more effective treatment one step closer. jane hughes, bbc news. >> i actually was a sleepwalker as a child. it's really common in children. a lot of people grow out of it. >> what were you doing? cooking? >> no, i was walking. i'd walk out to the garage and sort of knock on the garage door. m
at this sleep center in cambridge scientists wire patients up to measure brain activity.e cases the condition seems to have genetic causes. a faulty chromosome appears to be responsible. sleepwalking is a condition that affects about 1 in 10 children. most grow out of it but 1 in 50 adults still sleepwalk from time to time. if you carry the sleepwalking gene, there's a 1 in 2 chance your children will inherit it. scientists hope the discovery of the genetic code will help them better understand...
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the material that we were told about wasn't that material -- was in fact material at usamriid in cambridge again became part of 1029. >> therefore, can we say with certainty that the attack spores can only have come from 1029, given that these distinctive characteristics may have existed in a batch before that? >> i think we are saying that one cannot arrive at a definitive conclusion about the origin of the spores in the letters for a brighter reasons, including the general one that underlies your question. -- for a variety of reasons, including the general one that underlies your question. there are no longer any questions. right here. >> i like to follow-up on that. i had the privilege of attending of a number of your sessions. i recall from the discussion that the mutations in anthrax were not particularly unusual. and that these particular mutations or not especially unusual. so the question i would like to get to, of all the samples that were available for testing, given the rate of mutation within anthrax as we discussed, and the fact that there had to be one more growth stage to ge
the material that we were told about wasn't that material -- was in fact material at usamriid in cambridge again became part of 1029. >> therefore, can we say with certainty that the attack spores can only have come from 1029, given that these distinctive characteristics may have existed in a batch before that? >> i think we are saying that one cannot arrive at a definitive conclusion about the origin of the spores in the letters for a brighter reasons, including the general one...
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there was a debate he had either at cambridge or oxford -- >> [inaudible] >> in, like, 1950 or somethingt's a very interesting debate. so we don't have them, or i don't have them, but they exist. >> yeah. we have, we have a lot of still photos, but not terribly well organized. but hoover, as roger says, has the entire firing line archive, and they are working, they have a couple of donors who have given money specifically for that. so as they can they're making these available, and they're selling them through amazon. >> it's interesting that linda and i were talking about this because we had heard some rumors about documentaries being done of, of bill; history channel, bbc -- >> there is at least one, actually, because i was interviewed for it. >> okay, please. >> i think it's bbc, some establish group. >> but that's been killed, unfortunately. >> oh, it has? >> lack of funding, yeah. >> so the incredible fact is that at this point i to not believe that there is any documentary film being produced or -- of bill buckley. so if there's anyone out in the audience either here today or liste
there was a debate he had either at cambridge or oxford -- >> [inaudible] >> in, like, 1950 or somethingt's a very interesting debate. so we don't have them, or i don't have them, but they exist. >> yeah. we have, we have a lot of still photos, but not terribly well organized. but hoover, as roger says, has the entire firing line archive, and they are working, they have a couple of donors who have given money specifically for that. so as they can they're making these...
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shown to still -- stimulate the economy more than any other industry in the short term, and while cambridge systematics estimates every dollar spent generates $6 in economic returns. while taken for granted by most americans, our infrastructure is the foundation on which the national economy depends. as the economy grows, these assets must adjust accordingly. the current system was originally built in the 1950s and the 1960s at a time when the country had different transportation needs and a smaller population. with an expanding population and a larger economy, the nation needs a transportation system that can keep pace. unfortunately, due to the rapid growth of the country, highway and freight capacity fail to keep up. just last month the texas transportation institute released a 2010 urban mobility report which paints an accurate picture of urban congestion in the united states. the cost of congestion in the nation has risen from 24 billion in 1982 to 115 billion in 2009. the average cost to commuters has risen to over $800 per motorist in 2009 compared to the inflation-adjusted $350 in 1
shown to still -- stimulate the economy more than any other industry in the short term, and while cambridge systematics estimates every dollar spent generates $6 in economic returns. while taken for granted by most americans, our infrastructure is the foundation on which the national economy depends. as the economy grows, these assets must adjust accordingly. the current system was originally built in the 1950s and the 1960s at a time when the country had different transportation needs and a...
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and they found pictures of her as a young woman probably in her 20's in the safe deposit box in cambridge, massachusetts. that's their home where she and donald were living. the negatives of these pictures were on a brand of film which was a soviet film company. donald and tracy had two sons, a 20-year-old son, who was actually here at george washington university as an undergrad, and a 16-year-old son, who is studying at the international school in boston. i mentioned that one of the things they do to sort of build their legend as real people is go to school. donald went and got a masters degree in public administration at the kennedy school of government. i have a masters degree from the kennedy school of government as well. he got that degree in 2000. interestingly enough, after this whole story broke in 2010, harvard rescinded his degree. he did do the work. on the other hand -- i don't know. i don't know what i think about that. they said they wanted to maintain the integrity of the degree process. everybody at harvard knew donald as a joiner. which when you think about the role of a
and they found pictures of her as a young woman probably in her 20's in the safe deposit box in cambridge, massachusetts. that's their home where she and donald were living. the negatives of these pictures were on a brand of film which was a soviet film company. donald and tracy had two sons, a 20-year-old son, who was actually here at george washington university as an undergrad, and a 16-year-old son, who is studying at the international school in boston. i mentioned that one of the things...
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so they had to go to a small camera -- company up in cambridge, massachusetts.assive -- at&t did not want it. after we pass the telekom ag, the rise and said we do not want to open up our network to competitors. and the story goes on and on. but broadband barrier -- any time they have control of something, they did not want competition. but this internet revolution that created google and ebay and amazon and youtube and hulu, it is all a result not of the policies of the large companies. it is the government acting. here's the interesting thing. the paradox of competition is that it takes regulation in order to create a marketplace for small companies getting into the marketplace. that is what has happened over the last 30 years. the government has acted in number to make sure that a company that had already infected broadband, already invented digital -- at&t -- but not had supported it, so we were still using black, rotary dial phones 100 years after alexander graham bell in our living -- you do not go from black rotary dial phones unless the government finall
so they had to go to a small camera -- company up in cambridge, massachusetts.assive -- at&t did not want it. after we pass the telekom ag, the rise and said we do not want to open up our network to competitors. and the story goes on and on. but broadband barrier -- any time they have control of something, they did not want competition. but this internet revolution that created google and ebay and amazon and youtube and hulu, it is all a result not of the policies of the large companies. it...
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four rows of microphones is three sides over there of the far, far left, the obama left and the new cambridge right which defense federal reserve banking, and that's fine. but we need to get this people out in the open to say, look, we believe in central banking and have the opposition of, no, we don't believe in central banking because we a doing now is talking about the systems of central banking and not the cause of all these symptoms, high unemployment, inflation, lower standard of living, the pressures of fiat money. i think you all do a big disservice in the tea party not to specifically address the issue of central fractional reserve banking and its monopoly over legal tender loss. so as a movement at think we need to come around to galvanizing, you guys believe in central banking. that's fine. we don't and so yawl need to get -- i think that is how we need to the kind of organize our forces to reedbuck my question is -- >> we get the question. look, two things. don't tell that the party but they ought to do. let me say, but ron paul has done in educating people on this subject by havi
four rows of microphones is three sides over there of the far, far left, the obama left and the new cambridge right which defense federal reserve banking, and that's fine. but we need to get this people out in the open to say, look, we believe in central banking and have the opposition of, no, we don't believe in central banking because we a doing now is talking about the systems of central banking and not the cause of all these symptoms, high unemployment, inflation, lower standard of living,...
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. >>> and finally, a book known as the wicked bible is on display today for the first time at cambridge-old book. it contains a notorious typo that instructs readers, quote, thou shalt commit adultery. >>> it is now four minutes past the hour. let's get another check of the weather with al. >>> and our pick city today happens to be the big easy, new orleans. our question, why is new orleans nicknamed "the big easy"? two popular theorys. from parks to nightclubs, the city offers musicians many ways to earn an easy living. and then -- or the city's relaxed attitude toward alcohol consumption during prohibition. we'll never know. the forecast for the pick city looking pretty good. they've got snunshine and temperatures up into the 50s. there was a -- there was a window washer, but he jumped inside. but that window is clean. let me tell you. let's check it. >> you're seeing things, aren't you? >> i am. i was in the big easy earlier obviously drinking heavily. let's check your weather, see what's going on. santa ana winds, burbank, santa ana, san diego. we've got the strong, high-pressure sy
. >>> and finally, a book known as the wicked bible is on display today for the first time at cambridge-old book. it contains a notorious typo that instructs readers, quote, thou shalt commit adultery. >>> it is now four minutes past the hour. let's get another check of the weather with al. >>> and our pick city today happens to be the big easy, new orleans. our question, why is new orleans nicknamed "the big easy"? two popular theorys. from parks to...