in history from johns hopkins university. she has held positions at arkin vista john hopkins, assistant two with us historian at the office and are given us at the national archives. kathy currently is the curator of manuscripts at the schlesinger library at the history of women in america. i'd better try that again. slauson library on the history of women in america at harvard university. keying -- "king of the lobby" this is the book, which we will hear about two-day is most recently published 2x the reviews by johns hopkins university press. it is her third washington d.c.-based centura book. per first, oem the director of the center for the books i love to introduce them it is off my own shows and have for a number of years, high society in washington d.c. after the civil war was published in 1995 by the smithsonian institution press when she was assisted program director for the national historical commission. the second book, are you ready for this? testament to union from washington d.c. appeared in 1998 published by jo

.: johns hopkins university.hool is giving its full time employees real incentives to sign up. it sounds like a great deal. do they]xáí actually track the e you volunteer? >> there is no catch. the volunteer and you get time off, up to two paid leave days per year. it is all part of the employee'' benefit package. >> students at berkeley in a month treat middle school -- elementary and middle school listened to parents and the president and ceo of johns hopkins university. they showed up to kickoff a new program called take time for schools. a;>vthey hope tob<&b get more y workers into the classroom. lthose who give time will get time off from work with pay, two times a year. >> we want to harness the diverse talents of johns hopkins greatest resource, ourózm' peop, to make a substantial"9n difference to the schools. Ñolf>> it means we get moreq&hd that means we get more learning. mfthey can get help from the schls and teachers are around here. >> it will improve not only things at school, but at home and thr

this forum was part of a conference hosted by johns hopkins university's school of advanced international studies. this is in our and a half. >> good morning. my name is bill why. i'm the associate director here at sais. it is my great pleasure to welcome you back, or if you are not with us yesterday, to your first experience with our conference on lessons learned, lessons loss, counterinsurgency from vietnam to iraq and afghanistan. . . more than half a century ago marshal of the royal air force search on flusser warned that if there is one attitude more dangerous and to assume that a future war will be just like a last one, it's to imagine that it will be so utterly different that we can afford to ignore all the lessons of the last one. today we have three expert panels whose members will explore specifically how the lessons of vietnam have been transferred, ignored or adopted to contemporary conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. lessons learned convalescence lost, let's see. first palin counterinsurgency in iraq is chaired by dr. patrick turned one of the center for a new american securit

johns hopkins university announced a new initiative, allowing staff up to two days of paid leave to volunteera city school. >> an education can transform a student's life. inspiring a curiosity that stays with a student forever. >> reporter: from bookkeeping to reading to kids, officials say volunteers are necessary for well-rounded students. >> reporter: for example, the barkley school library wouldn't be possible without the help of the johns hopkins women's club, who has been volunteering here since the 1960s. >> reporter: in conjunction with read across america day, the ceo and university president, read aloud a book to barclay students. >> how many of you have heard of rosa parks before? >> i liked that book. and we miss martin luther king. >> actually, right now, we're working to get some of our third graders help with homework. and between mentoring. and our gardening and greening projects out back. it was just always a lot to do. >> besides promoting learning, educators say volunteers also show the kids that others care. >> uh-oh. >>> andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >>> and if you

. >> improper handling of radioactive materials will cost johns hopkins university $300 ,000.solutions that were stored improperly. 19 of the alleged violations dealt with security and not health. in one case a patient was given radioactive treatment to the wrong part of his body. hopkins said he was scheduled for treatment to that part of the body at a different tim >> we'll try to holt onto the good weather for one more day before things give up. you see these clouds drifting in our direction. today we'll see these high, thin clouds filter be -- filtering in. the rainy part of this storm system is expected to come in tonight and tomorrow. here's what the map will look like this evening, with the rain coming into the area. again, the clouds will be running out ahead of it. rain chances increase once we hit sunset. the forecast for today with that increasing clouds and the southwesterly so southeasterly breeze. we should be able to drive the temperatures up to 71, 72 degrees or so. a little warmer to the south and cooler to the north and west. more weather coming up shorltly.

this is part of an all-day conference hosted by johns hopkins university school of the advanced international studies. it's an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. my name is bill weiss, the director of southeast studies here at sais. it's my pleasure to welcome you back or if you were not with us yesterday to your first experience with our conference on the lessons learned, since lost, counterinsurgency from the yen, to iraq and afghanistan. once again i would like to express our great appreciation to dr. steve maxner at texas tech university and his colleagues for cosponsoring this conference with us and also again to give special thanks to lockheed martin corporation for its generous support of our conference activity. yesterday after an important keynote address by mike, assistant secretary defense for special operations and a low intensity conflict we discussed and debated somewhat spiritedly how we should learn a from the past from the past conflicts and what we should or could have learned from counter insurgency and the imam. more than half a century ago marshal

we also asked johns hopkins university applied physics lab to take an independent but the technology and give independent assessment of its safety. and in essence, for the two different types of technology it is equivalent to less than two minutes of airtime in an airplane at flout to your exposure or less than 10,000 times your radiation or exposure when you are on your cell phone so it is very minimal. dewitt have to fly i believe the standards 15,000 times a year to be exposed to anything that would reache safety standards. >> thank you. that's very helpful testimony to have. mr. aguilar, i want to first tell you and thank you for the extraordinary service we have had from the agency. he has really added to the knowledge of cbp and we appreciate it. i want to talk to you about the screening computer program that is known as the automated targeting system. this is intended to identify travelers for additional screening even if they are not on the terrorist watch list. so again, it's part of this leered approach to security. now, following the christmas day attempted attack, dhs sta

hope came at johns hopkins university medical center where neurologists concluded cameron was a candidateo one-half of the brain. >> we like to do children because of their ability or their plasticity, that's their ability of the other side of the brain that we haven't removed to take over and control the function of the diseased half that we are removing. >> reporter: after a long, but successful, surgery, cameron was left with only the right half of her brain. and awakened completely paralyzed on the left side of her body. the real challenge was just beginning. >> after surgery, she needs immediate therapy. the more therapy she gets, the faster that she's going to recover that side that's become paralyzed. >> reporter: with intense therapy, the remaining side of the brain was able to relearn and compensate for the hemisphere that was removed. cameron exceeded expectations and walked out of the rehabilitation center four weeks later. >> cameron's actually doing very well. she's able to walk and run around the office and certainly around the playground. and most importantly, she's able to

. >> improper handling of radio active material will cost johns hopkins university hospital $3 p 70 -- $370,000. authorities said most of the 19 alleged violations dealt with material security, not health. although in one case a patient was given radio active treatment to the wrong part of his body. hopkins said that patient was scheduled for that treatment to that part of the body at a different time and treatment was adjusted once this was detected. >> this the make it or break it vote on health care reform. you can hear both sides making their voices heard. >> while protesters were outside, president obama was inside trying to urge his own party to vote yes for the massive health care reform package more than a year in the making. here's brian mooar with the latest from washington. >> at the u.s. capitol president obama rallied house democrats for the -- on the eve of their cly mac tick -- climactic vote. >> don't do it for me, do it for americans. they are the ones looking for the change now. >> the senate will go along with change. >> i have the commitment to make that good law e

we also asked johns-hopkins university, their applied physics lab, to take an independent look at the technology and give us their independent assessment of its safety. in essence, for the two different types of technology, it is equivalent to less than two minutes of air time in an airplane at full altitude, your exposure or less than 10,000 times your exposure when you are on your cell phone. so it is very, very minimal. you would have to fly 15,000 times a year to be exposed to anything that would reach the very baseline of a question in terms of the health and safety standards. >> thank you. that is very helpful testimony for us to have. mr. ago larry -- aguilar, i want to thank you for the extraordinary service we have had from a detailee, matt hannah from your agency, he has added to our knowledge of c.b.m., and we appreciate it. i want to talk to you about the screening computer program that is known as the automated targeting system. that is intended to identify travelers for additional screening if they are not on the terrorist watch list. so again, it's part of this layered

naval analyst, he arrived with an impressive background as a phi beta kappa graduate of the johns hopkins university. he was also valedictorian of his class of the school of international studies where he obtained his master's degree. at c.r.s., ronald quickly distinguished himself as a leading expert object naval strategic and budgetary issues, and he frequently briefs members of congress and their staffs on defense programs and appropriations. he has even been called to testify as an expert at congressional hearings. although he already had a busy schedule as a specialist in naval affairs, he stepped in when the c.r.s.'s expert in military aviation passed away suddenly last year. ronald took responsibility for that portfolio in addition to his own. as his reports on high-profile aviation programs proved invaluable during the congressional debates on defense spending in the 2010 budget. mary klutz, donna sheier and ron o'rourke continue their work in public service at the library of congress to this day. they are just three of the many, many talented and dedicated men and women whose work benefits

co-hosted by johns hopkins and texas tech universities, this is about two hours. >> thank you very much. my maim is steve, identify the directer of the vietnam center at texas tech university. it's my pleasure to be here with my colleagues from our university to be co-hosting this conference with dr. bill weiss and his staff here. i think we are off to a remarkable start in this morning's first panel's amazed me. i've learned a tremendous amount. and i'm looking forward to this next set of discussions and panels as dr. colin jackson and his panel will discuss afghanistan. so with that, dr. colin jackson. >> yeah. good morning. i think this is a neat opportunity at this conference, we discussed the vietnam experience yesterday in some detail and touched on a lot of the complicated problems of iraq. i do think it's interesting in a conference titled lessons learned, lessons lost, lessons forgotten, this type of thing, that the question of what we mean by a lesson turns out to be a nontrivial issue. and i do think as mike bicker said in his opening remarks, there's a danger of us applying,

i represent iconic institutions, johns hopkins medical institution an the university of -- and the the university of maryland. and i listened to my primary care physicians as well, and they said, senator barb, please, reduce the hassle factor, too much paperwork and not enough time to be with patients, too many contradictory rules from yish companies and not -- from insurance companies and not enough after clear path on how to help people. we made sure that we're going to save money by reducing the hassle factor. by simplifying administrative costs by emphasizing medical health technology. we're going to promote the medicine through this comparative effectiveness research and we're going to also reward following the recommendations of the finance committee the -- really the encouragement of medical homes in order to be able to manage chronic disease. these are the many reforms that are in this bill and that i'm very, very proud of them. and i'm also, as the daughter of a small business, really excited about how we're going to be able to help small business be able to provide health car

johns hopkins school of advanced international studies and texas tech vietnam center. this is about two hours. >> thank you. my name is steve, the director of the imam senter texas tech universityt's my pleasure to be here with my colleagues from our university to become hosting this conference with a were friends, dr. bill weiss and his friends here. i think we are off to a remarkable start and this morning's first panel amazed me. i learned a tremendous amount, and i'm looking forward to the next set of discussions and panels as dr. jackson and his panel will discuss afghanistan. with that, dr. jackson. >> good morning. i feel this is a neat opportunity after the conference to discuss the diman experience yesterday in detail and that we touched on a lot of the problems of iraq. i do think it's interesting in a conference titled lessons learned lessons lost and that type of thing that the question what we mean by a lesson turns out to be a non-trivial issue, and i do think as mike said in his opening remarks there's a danger applying lessons that either are not valid from past historical cases or don't travel well. so i think in almost all of these discussions and certainly th

i represent iconic institutions, johns hopkins medical institution an the university of -- and the the university of maryland. and i listened to my primary care physicians as well, and they said, senator barb, please, reduce the hassle factor, too much paperwork and not enough time to be with patients, too many contradictory rules from yish companies and not -- from insurance companies and not enough after clear path on how to help people. we made sure that we're going to save money by reducing the hassle factor. by simplifying administrative costs by emphasizing medical health technology. we're going to promote the medicine through this comparative effectiveness research and we're going to also reward following the recommendations of the finance committee the -- really the encouragement of medical homes in order to be able to manage chronic disease. these are the many reforms that are in this bill and that i'm very, very proud of them. and i'm also, as the daughter of a small business, really excited about how we're going to be able to help small business be able to provide health car