parliament moved from bond to berlin and a man took on a new role as president of the pression cultural heritage foundation on the suresh told of the new millennium it was germany's most important cultural position. it brought with it the chance to reshape the face of the nation's capital with the help of a little political goodwill. the next change of government in berlin would also be good to leave. in 2008 he became president of the good institute chancellor angela merkel paid him a personal visit when he took office it was a 1st and also a sign of the growing global significance of cultural diplomacy or does it was important for us that the chancellor made such a clear signal so soon after i began my time as go to institute director in munich who was so 3 encounters and all positive i want my male independent spirit and independence has always been important to me i don't belong to a political party so i can always speak personally and based on facts that probably wasn't a bad thing to trust. in 2019 renowned german violinist and as a female scooped one of the world's biggest up prices the premium impe

parliament moved from bond to berlin and lehman took on a new role as president of the pression cultural heritage foundation of the suresh held of the new millennium it was germany's most important cultural position. it brought with it the chance to reshape the face of the nation's capital with the help of a little political goodwill. the next change of government in berlin would also be good to labor in 2008 he became president of the gerta institute chancellor angela merkel paid him a personal visit when he took office it was a 1st and also a sign of the growing global significance of cultural diplomacy or does it was important for us that the chancellor made such a clear signal so soon after i began my time as go to institute director in munich who was so 3 encounters and all positive i want my male independent spirit and independence has always been important to me but i don't belong to a political party so i can always speak personally and based on facts that probably wasn't a bad thing. in 2019 renowned german violinist and a safina scooped one of the world's biggest prizes the premium imperioli award

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parliament moved from bond to berlin and a man took on a new role as president of the pression cultural heritage foundation on the strength held of the new millennium it was germany's most important cultural position. it brought with it the chance to reshape the face of the nation's capital with the help of a little political goodwill. the next change of government in berlin would also be good to lay man in 2008 he became president of the good institute chancellor angela merkel paid him a personal visit when he took office it was a 1st and also a sign of the growing global significance of cultural diplomacy or does it was important for us that the chancellor made such a clear signal so soon after i began my time as go to institute director in munich who was so 3 encounters and all positive i want my male independent spirit and independence has always been important to me i don't belong to a political party so i can always speak personally and based on facts that probably wasn't a bad thing. in 2019 renowned german violinist and a safina scooped one of the world's biggest prizes the premium imperioli awarde

moved from bombed to berlin and a man took on a new role as president of the pression cultural heritage foundation on the strength held of the new millennium it was germany's most important cultural position. it brought with it the chance to reshape the face of the nation's capital with the help of a little political goodwill. the next change of government in berlin would also be good to live on in 2008 he became president of the good institute chancellor angela merkel paid him a personal visit when he took office it was a 1st and also a sign of the growing global significance of cultural diplomacy or does it was important for us that the chancellor made such a clear signal so soon after i began my time as go to institute director in munich who was so 3 encounters and all positive i want my male independent spirit and independence has always been important to me but i don't belong to a political party so i can always speak personally and based on facts that probably wasn't a bad thing. in 2019 renowned german violinist anna safina scooped one of the world's biggest prizes the premium imperioli awa

shake to around the turn of the millennium in his capacity as president of the prussian cultural heritage foundation new and old come together here to create a truly unique space. in the noise museum the modern stack case is a reminder of the many challenges lehmann had to face at the end of the 1990 s. . the grand ensemble of 5 museums on the island was in dire need of redevelopment but also on the list of unesco world heritage sites. there was no other way but to renovate modernize recreate and rearrange the museum island turned into a major construction site with laman increasingly becoming the main architect for the country's cultural landscape. in $99.00 the museum directors all agreed on a master plan for the museum island which is still in effect today with airbus order so yes surely that's also been mild clouds we could construct the noise more sam boredom with sam an alter not so nagasaki according to schedule without stretching our budget on. the newest museum is the heart of this big scale renovation project during the 2nd world war it had been damaged and parts of it were destroyed archi

is home to sculptor mario valley os and his family he fears for the future of greece's cultural heritage. foundation's used to always be the seat of the gods but now they have been supplanted by money and everything is about making money. pretty much he shows us videos of protests he helped to organize a special police unit beach demonstrators including him with nightsticks a shopping experience. i lived in a dictatorship for 7 years and i was in the army from 1972 to 74 and never did i experience anything like this story it was almost more democratic back then ok i'm exaggerating said dictatorship is a different kettle of fish of course. 2 hours away by ferry the island of the country is best known for its unspoiled nature and its mountains include protected areas teeming with rare plant life. here to be a deliberate scene could end. the private meeting they are scroope is planning $110.00 wind turbines to supply electricity to athens and veyron mentalists are alarmed. it is all in. the special areas. this is really a disaster will be a disaster for the whole mountain is going to be leveled so it is

moved from bond to berlin and lehmann took on a new role as president of the pression cultural heritage foundation of the suresh told of the new millennium it was germany's most important cultural position. it brought with it the chance to reshape the face of the nation's capital with the help of a little political goodwill. the next change of government in berlin would also be good till a man in 2008 he became president of the good institute. chancellor angela merkel paid him a personal visit when he took office it was a 1st and also a sign of the growing global significance of cultural diplomacy or does it was important for us that the chancellor made such a clear signal so soon after i began my time as go to institute director in munich who was so 3 encounters and all positive i want my male independent spirit and independence has always been important to me but i don't belong to a political party so i can always speak personally and based on facts that probably wasn't a bad thing. in 2019 renowned german violinist and a safina scooped one of the world's biggest prizes the premium imperioli awa

hermann parzinger is president oprussian cultural heritage foundation. >> we have so many facts to provenot a forced sale because the artworks were not n germany; they had been located in amsterd when the negotiations started. then the purchase prs fair and appropriate. this was a rumor tha ait was given irthday gift from goering to hitler. >> yang: over the last two decades, theoundation has investigated more than 50 claims of forced sales from the nazi- era. >> the facts tell, most of the cases, a clear story that the have been looted in the nazi period. but in this case, of the guelph treasure it facts tell a different story that this case has no merit. >> yang: today the case was before the u.s. supreme court. the question: whose cour should settle the dispute: america's or germany's. the dealers' descendants argue u.s. law gives u.s. courts jurisdiction. their attorney, nicholas o'donnell. >> the nazi government set out explicitly to destroy the german jewish people by taking their property and congress has specifically identified the nazis looting of art from the jewish people as g

plant turbines is home to sculptor and his family he fears for the future of greece's cultural heritage. foundation's. used to always be the seat of the gods but now they have been supplanted by money and everything is about making money. pretty. he shows us videos of protests he helped to organize a special police unit beach demonstrators including him with nightsticks a shopping experience. i lived in a dictatorship for 7 years and i was in the army from 1972 to 74 and never did i experience anything like this story it was almost more democratic back then ok i'm exaggerating so dictatorship is a different kettle of fish of course. 2 hours away by ferry the island is best known for its unspoiled nature and its mountains include protected areas teeming with rare plant life. here to the village scene trade and. the private. group is planning $110.00 wind turbines to supply electricity to athens and veyron mentalists are alarmed. it is all in. protected. areas in the. us that will be a disaster for the whole mountain is going to be leveled so it is really. transforming industrial zone although the plan

largest archaeological survey ever taken in the maya lowlands is the initiative of the foundation for mayan cultural heritage structure. it has never been researched, and it is massive. this is one of the biggest temples in tikal. what is lidar, what makes it such an useful tool? it really strips off the forest company. there are billions of laser beams that map individually. each return every time they hit something in the surface. that will give tremendous use for understanding the forest and the biomass. you said billions of laser beams, how many billions of laser beams? our first dataset had 60 billion returns. that is an incredible amount of data. how long did it take to collect that? only a couple of weeks. it was something like eight flights. it is a 2100 square kilometres of area that was covered in that time. you obviously have a great appreciation for understanding how sophisticated the mayans where, but that the lidar increase that understanding more? yes. the lidar showed without any doubt that we totally underestimated their engineering capabilities, in terms of landscape modifications, to make

the process of beaming lasers from aircraft, is the initiative of the foundation for mayan cultural and natural heritageigger temples of tikal. what is lidar exactly? what makes it such a great tool? it really strips off the fore st tool? it really strips off the forest canopy with billions of laser beings that met individually —— laser beams. that will give tremendous use for the rain forests and the biomass. and you said billions of laser beams. how many billions of laser beams. how many billions of laser beams?” billions of laser beams. how many billions of laser beams? i think our first data said 60 billion returns. so, it's an incredible amount of data. how long did it take to collect that? only a couple of weeks. we were something like eight flights. 2100 km2 of area is covered in that amount of time. you obviously have a great appreciation for understanding how sophisticated the mayans were. but did the lidar increase that understanding? yes, the lidar showed without any doubt that we totally underestimated their engineering capabilities in terms of landscape, modifications to make the landscape,

beaming lasers from aircraft, the largest survey, is the initiative of the foundation for mayan cultural and natural heritagemazing. probably a pre—classic structure. it's massive. this is one of the bigger temples of tikal. what is lidar, exactly? what makes it such a great tool? it really strips off the forest canopy with billions of laser beams that map individually, each return, every time they hit something on the surface. that will give tremendous use for the forests and the biomass. and you said billions of laser beams. how many billions of laser beams? i think our first data said 60 billion returns. so, that's an incredible amount of data. and how long did it take to collect that? really, only a couple of weeks. it was something like eight flights. 2,100ka of area is covered in that amount of time. you obviously have a great appreciation for an understanding of how sophisticated the mayans were. yes. but did the lidar increase that understanding even more? yes, the lidar showed without any doubt that we totally underestimated their engineering capabilities in terms of landscape modifications to make

archaeological survey ever undertaken in the mayan lowlands, is the initiative of the foundation for mayan cultural and natural heritagemakes it such a great tool? really strips of the forest canopy, with billions of laser beams that map individually each return every time they hit something in the surface and that will give tremendous understanding of the forest and the biomass. how many billions of laser beams are actually...? i think they said they had 60 billion returns, so that is an incredible amount of data. and how long did it take to collect that? really only a couple of weeks. it is something like eight flights. it is 2100 square kilometres of area that was covered in that amount of time. when you obviously have a great understanding of how sophisticated the mayans were, but did the lidar increase that understanding? yes. the lidar showed without any doubt that we totally underestimated their engineering capabilities in terms of landscape modifications to make the land more sustainable, to irrigate, bring water to places that they were cultivating. to stop erosion. pretty mind—blowing. that's how i felt. and

he argues that moral beliefs and culture are essential to a thriving civil society. >> welcome, everyone, to the heritage foundation and to the russell kirk lecture series hosted by the fuller institute and the simon center for american studies. i'm a director of the simon center, and it's a real privilege to be part of the russell kirk welcometure series because of -- lecture series because of the amazing work of russell wic. we are proud toonor his legacy at the heritage foundation. just som quick housekeeping items, you want to hav your microphones on mute, use the chat box over there for requests to the speakerhen we get into the q&a time. and this event will be viewable online, i think in about 48 hours after the event. so let me say a few words about our speaker, dr. david rose, professor of economics at the university of missouri-st. louis. he served as the department director of graduate studies and department chair over there. he received his ph.d. in economics from the university of virginia. he's published numerous scholarly articles, his work has been funded but the national city institutes of millionth

cultural foundations is prohibited. there worth more than 3000. more new months of autumn one heritage here in greece but in recent years we just have 300. the greek paul is see. about the historical monuments of all time and let them be demolished they don't want them here. the bay is a mosque indeed imitation is a masterpiece of autumn in architecture it is the oldest mosque in europe built in the 1400s. suliman speaks for the ethnic turks of did imitate chair. it isn't mr $110.00. b. or spawn the etc. yeah but the packing. of upon colville brought out the ovules of this is that it's intricate i mean. but disaster struck in 2017 when inexplicably the mosque caught fire. the official version is that spawns from welding equipment left in the building some high reach the wooden roof which thing caught fire but few vocals believe the story . did on full bore. actually. we are suspicious about fire. the turkish people mostly believe that it's. not accidents. against this backdrop it's ironic that there's no shortage of ethnic turks prepared to speak up for greece. what a pleasure to cause

i can say today is that there is nothing more important for the heritage foundation to do than to work to revive american civic culture by reviving civic education across the country. when i say this conservative statement. sure dave great idea but right now we need to fill in the blank. i had been hearing that for 30 years. now more young adults in ever's favor socialism. it goes beyond talking about the importance of culture and actually getting into it. and that concludes my remarks. thank you for that stimulating provocative discussion. and there are many questions that i have. i want to remind everybody out there. to submit your questions into the question box. in one of the phrases you used here. with the duty -based moral restraints. feel free to push back. it seems to me that in many ways this is near the heart of the struggle that we are having right now in the united states and we had been having for decades as we try to battle the progressive leftist and secular mindset. the idea of taking away the restraints on the individual and stripping away any kind of moral restraints in parameters that seems to be pa

what i can't say today's there's nothing more important for the heritage foundation to do than to work to revive american civic culture by reviving civic education across the country. and right now we need to fill in the blanks. i have been hearing that for 30 years. or young adults favor socialism over capitalism. time conservatives go beyond talking about the importance of culture and actually get into the game. that concludes my remarks. >> thank you for that stimulating, challenging, provocative discussion. there are many questions i have. i want to remind everybody to submit your questions and to the question box. one of the phrases you use, duty-based moral restraint. it seems to me, push back, seems to me this is near the heart of the struggle we are having in the united states we've been having for decades as we try to battle the progressive, leftist, secular mindset, the idea of taking away the restraints on the individual, stripping away any moral restraints, parameters, seems to be part of the progressive project in a social justice buzz but the whole idea of casting off the restraints and what you might sa

cultural foundations is prohibited. there were more than 3000. more new months of autumn one heritage here in greece but in recent years we just have 300 the greek pull is see. about the historical monuments of ottomans let them be demolished they don't want them here. the bay is a mosque indeed imitation is a masterpiece of autumn in architecture it is the oldest mosque in europe built in the 1400s. suman speaks for the ethnic turks of did imitate chair. it isn't mr $110.00. b. or spawn the etc. yeah but the fact i think what a lot of upon kyle brought out the of the of this was that it's intricate i mean. but disaster struck in 2017 when inexplicably the mosque caught fire. the official version is that sports from welding equipment left in the building some high reach the wooden roof which thing caught fire. but few vocals believe the story. did up on the book. actually. we are suspicious about 5. the turkish people mostly believe that it's. not accidents. against this backdrop it's ironic that there's no shortage of ethnic turks prepared to speak up for greece. but to take it to a