or the japanese universities, the asian universities or those that are in europe. the european universities are in total disarray. i mean, extraordinary disarray. the chinese universities have far to go before they can really challenge the american universities. by the way, it's not that this won't happen. and it may well happen in the next 25 years or so. but i don't think it's imminent and i don't think that's the imminent threat. to paraphrase walt kelly's wonderful cartoon character pogo, the fact of the matter is i believe the enemy is us. and in what ways is the enemy us? well, you can see the way in which antiterrorism legislation was used and abused in the period between 2001 and quite recently. in fact, the legislation is still very much on the books. and whether it's being acted on or not, we don't know. there are huge numbers of immunologyists working on trying to find cures for diseases, antidotes, vaccines, et cetera who are subjected to fbi searchs or reporting very closely follow followed, look, i want to be clear some of these select agencies with th

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university, from the state. and that differentiates us from many other countries. european countries that generally have state controlled universities. there's little autonomy in the research mission from the state. and also in many other countries, does not fully recognize the importance of free inquiry and academic freedom. and then we've had unprecedented vast resources put into the system to enable us to build excellence, resources that went far beyond what european nations could do after the war when they were trying to recover from the war. and far beyond what asian nations were able to do until very recently. so what were some of the factors that contributed to the evolving idea of the american university? and there are a few. first of all, until the turn of the century, these were small colleges, basically, now harvard, yale, princeton and the privates, as well as some of the publics, were relatively small, focusing on under graduate education when, interestingly enough, when daniel foyt gilman began to r

athletes spent more than two decades into the old facility, until the university asked the state to build a new ascene. >> this weekend coppin opened the indoor/outdoor sports complex when most alumni were on campus. >> when people come to this campus and they see this, oh, god, it will make young people feel better about themselves and it will raise a generation of people who have greater expectations. >> reporter: now this isn't coppin's first gym. it's the newest with a pricetag of $136 million and 24 of,000- square-feet, the first basketball games begin this week. >> it's much-needed. >> she is a two-time coppin state graduate and most excited about the physicalid fitness classes that the university plan as to offer in the new gym. hicks says the sports complex is a coppin connection in the community. >> i'm glad to see it. >> we had a fitness center, but it closed about a year-ago and people had to really scramble for a place to go. so everybody is really excited and looking forward to the fitness sister opening up. gigi barnett, wjz, eyewitness news. >>> new facility. well, the spor

the world. many in a burst -- many universities are doing that. problem with that starts from a fundamental fact about universities and colleges, which is we lose money at whatever we do. we are extremely good at losing money. therefore, we need money to do what we do, and the only places where we have a set of branch campuses tend to be the emirates and singapore. therefore, it is no surprise that much this -- that most of the branch campuses are in cotter, abu dhabi, singapore -- quatar, of dobby, singapore. that is just not enough. we are setting up global research centers. we milk -- we open one up in the middle east and beijing. this coming march, we will open up one, rededicate one in paris for europe. mumbai for india and southeast asia, and then in africa. and the idea is very simple. it is to provide opportunities for students and faculty to work on series projects -- serious projects that are defined by the local, regional institutions, including government. grounded with working with local institutions, i universities, etc., to make a co

tonight, i challenge the university of memphis to do the same in its peer group. dr. es, i challenge you to leave your universities to become one of the top 25 metropolitan research universities in the next decade. to both dr. shinn and dr. raines who are sitting here, you have a job to do. we consistently reach those upper levels and are sports programs and there is no reason we can't do the same with our academic achievements either in knoxville or in memphis. [applause] this is the age of the final time that i will report to you on the state of our state, the eighth and final time i will present a budget to you. we have had a share of these years. we have had some tough years by any standard these past two years have been extraordinary. this coming one will be as well. the recession which has gripped the nation has been felt strongly here in tennessee. we have seen unemployment and housing issues affect far too many of our families. our state revenues have plummeted, creating tough challenges for us to maintain the services that our citizens want. there are many thi

there came this argument that, in fact, what really matters is that the whole universe, by nature, is divided into the symbolic to have the male and female, that this is a mystery about humankind, that god has chosen. it is represented by jesus and the bride of the church. it is represented in the heavens. it is why the mother of god is given such a great prominence within the catholic tradition along with jesus. and there is some great symbolic notion that the whole universe is made whole by this complementarity of the sexes, that anything that violates that complementarity somehow misses, so that contraceptives are in fertile sex -- sex between couples who cannot procreate because they modeled the form of the male and female are allowed, but because a man and a man or woman and woman do not represent this natural form of the universe it is some violation. now some of you have puzzled looks on your faces, and i don't blame you. jesus, one recalls, never married. jesus, one recalls, told all his disciples to leave their wives immediately without even saying goodbye. jesus, one recalls

two people who are impacted by what happens next in healthcare: the chief medical officer at the university of miami health system. he oversees one of the largest hospital systems in the country. and a small business owner in chicago. did they hear what they wanted to hear today? we begin with diane eastabrook in chicago. >> reporter: for abt electronics and appliances, health care is the company's third highest cost, just behind labor and inventory. that's why owner mike abt watched today's health care summit with rapt attention in his store's home theater section. >> i care about my employees a lot, but i care about my customers. and if they don't have insurance, they're not going to be able to buy as much. >> reporter: abt offers health and dental insurance to all of his more than 1,000 workers. some employees opt out in favor of their spouse's plan, and only a small percentage decline his coverage. those workers concern abt. still, he's skeptical about mandatory health insurance for everyone. >> this is america-- we should have a choice. but the people who don't have health care, a lot

vince carter in his 12th year from the university of north carolina. four plus seasons with new jersey after his first six plus in toronto. 5:50 to go, quarter number 1. miller between base line. fires out for foye. nice pass underneath, washington unable to get it up and a shot clock violation, so that will be turnover number 7 for the wizards. >> oh, wow. and it's a combination of, yes, this is a very good defensive team, they have a lot of confidence and they have been really on target over the last nine games. but washington really has not gotten into any kind of confidence or any kind of consistency on the offensive side. >> carter inside, he is fouled, meantime this orlando team has scored 14 of their 17 points in the paint in this game. a lot of it in the transitions after the wizards turn it over. >> yeah. >> there is stan van gundy who, back in 2003, took over the miami heat from pat riley, coached the squad for a couple of seasons until o'reilly came back. he was with the miami organization for a total of 12 years. carter's first free throw is

[applause] >> wes siler is at the university of virginia. >> thank you come millie. -- thank you, millie. how many of you have taken a class with a dogmatic liberal professor? pretty much everybody. somebody completely convinced of modern liberalism who cannot conceive there could be another perspective. as a conservative, what do you do? it seems to me you have two options. you can roll over and play dead. you can sit there and take it day after day, listening to the same propaganda. you can hope your professor does not blame too harshly. you can mitigate and try to get a decent grade with your integrity intact. two, you can fight it openly. you can go out in a blaze of conservative glory. i have done this many times. the downside is that you probably will not get a good grade. you fight bravely and die quickly. there is a better option, which is what we have come up with at the university of virginia. start your own class. we have decided to host our own class on conservatism, hosted by students. one day, we had 11 professors volunteer to t

the university provides its students with the sense of faith in community, on campus, with courses in, philosophy, ministry and spirituality as well as opportunities for religious expression and faith enhancement. throughout its existence, brescia university has helped the surrounding region. they provide each of its student with a quality liberal arts education, helping them shape into rounded citizens. brescia universe six different degrees in over 60 different programs, and offers small classes which frequent one-on-one time between teachers and students. continuing the emphasis on the sense of community, the university takes pride in knowing all of their students individually. each are provided all of the resources and opportunities they need to find success in their lives so that they may fully participate in the life of the campus. brescia university also excels athletically. the university is home to 15 intercollegiate athletic teams. the brescia bearcats, as they are called, are members of the national association of the intercollegiate athletics and in the kentucky intercolle

richard reeves is the senior lecturer at the annenberg school for communication at the university of southern california. he served as the chief correspondent on the pbs series front line and made six television films garnering numerous awards including the emmy for lights, camera politics for abc news. as a syndicated columnist his articles have appeared in more than 100 newspapers since 1979 and he's the author of several books including ford not a lincoln with the people know, freedom and the press, president kennedy profile of power and president nixon alone in the white house. leading tonight's conversations thomas childers from the university of pennsylvania where he has taught since 1976. in addition to teaching at penn, professor childers elkus in professorships at trinity hall college, cambridge, smith college and swarthmore college and has lectured in london, oxford cumberland, munich and other universities. he's widely recognized as an authority on 20th century germany and author of several highly acclaimed books on suffered a right and second world war. we are very honored

the world. many universities are already doing that. the problem with that starts with a fundamental fact about colleges, which is we lose money at whatever we do. we are extremely good at losing money and therefore we need money in order to do what we do and the only places that have money to give you to set up branch campuses, tend to be the emirates and singapore. therefore it is no surprise that most of the branch campuses are in qatar and abu dhabi. that is just not enough. we are setting up global research centers. we opened one up in the middle east and beijing. this coming march, we will open up one, rededicate one in paris for europe. mumbai for india and southeast asia, and then in africa. and the idea is very simple. it is to provide opportunities for students and faculty to work on serious projects that are defined by the local, regional institutions, including government. grounded with working with local institution, universities, eths, to try to get us out there and more importantly to build up the experiential level that w

the first time we came to the university we really thought we would be somewhere in the united states, and some elite university. because it is such a modern, how you call it, compound? >> campus. >> campus. and what we experienced there when we have our conversations and discussions with the students, and they do not hold back, is this energy of the next generation of chinese. what we don't really think of in the west, and what i have not thought of before. i really got into china, and analyzing what china is about was that where china comes from, what it has behind it is 3000 years of imperialism, and in the 20th century which was filled with humiliation by other nations and chaos. and they really, the generation after the cultural revolution really started from zero. and the chinese, the young people who are in your age now and a little older is a completely different generation, which a generation which has not experienced all the suffering and the poverty their parents and grandparents had suffered through. they experienced the social freedom that has never been there before. and

but the universities are absolutely central to this. and so, you can get the big job for universities to undertake this integrated comprehensive curriculum. but in order to create leaders for the 21st century, i think that it's essential to create these people. i did write a book last year, which was a memo to the president-elect. i did give it to president-elect obama and they wrote in it with the audacity to hope that this book will be useful. [laughter] the only reason i raise it is that just to tell you what the agenda was that i stated a year ago and it will tell you why you need these kinds of integrated educational systems and leaders. we have to figure out how to fight terrorism without creating more terrorists. we have to deal they broken nuclear nonproliferation system. we have to figure out how to minimize the gap between the rich and the poor, how to deal with issues of energy environment and global pandemics. and how to deal with a global financial crisis and how to restore the good name of democracy. we have to figure out h

so i don't think, in fact, if there's any edge that i would give to the great research universities over the liberal arts colleges is that there is an opportunity for young people to study with the people who are really pushing forward the boundaries and the frontiers of knowledge, creating new knowledge and are less likely to be simply transmitting core knowledge or knowledge that is at the periphery of the field to their, to their students. so i see no, not only no inconsistency, but, in fact, a necessary part of the mission is to link these two and to -- look, it doesn't mean that there aren't great researchers who are lousy teachers, and it doesn't mean that there aren't really poor researchers who are poor teachers, and there are, you know, you can fill out the fourfold table, and you're going to be able to find a lot of bad people around in terms of research and teaching, even at great universities. but it's not because they necessarily are devoted only to research. in fact, one of my feelings about columbia college is that there are so many faculty members here who love really sma

she is someone we actually had asked her at the university lately. s the deputy legal adviser in the united kingdom and she wrote a memo to the prime minister, tony blair, saying don't invade iraq. tell bush to go pound sand. it would violate international law unless the security council resolution. blair didn't like that and he went in and got another opinion from his attorney general and they said that the close call, but go ahead. because of that the u.s. and the u.k. did invade iraq in 2003. she resigned. she didn't tell anybody why because she felt that she given legal advice in confidence. that's one of the problems resided when your employer. like a policymaker doesn't every sign, you can't plaster resignation in "the new york times." you have to keep it a secret. no one really knows why he resigned. a couple of years later someone leaked her resignation letter and everyone understood what was going on. we has to legal advisers what they would do in that case and everyone of them said at some point there might be duty to resign. and they all sa

that's what we're frying to do also in the harvard university library. i mean, if i had one word tore describe this sort of policies that i'm trying to promote, it would be openness. we have an open access program that was voted by the faculty of arts and sciences two years ago now, and that means that all new scholarship in the form of articles, scholarly articles, will be put on an open access repository, made available free of charge everywhere in the world. i've created an office for scholarly communications, which is disseminating this work through the repository, and is also planning to expand things so that we will have dissertations, digitized and available free everywhere. we will have what's called gray literature also available. that's -- well, casual talks like tonight's. why shouldn't something like this be made available if anyone wants to see it, or work in progress reports, or, for scientists, all kinds of labs that -- lab work for which they keep logs. the possibilities are simply fabulous. so i think harvard should open itself up, share

. >>> the young woman who was raped while attending the university of maryland is speaking out tonight hoping her story will help other college students stay just a little safer. the 22-year-old was attacked last year after a night out with her friends. she got into a car that they shot was a taxicab but the driver didn't take her home. he drove to a wooded area and raped her. here's her message for other students. >> you just have to know that anybody from the outside including criminals can easily come on campus and jeopardize your safety. >> 24-year-old derek morales pleaded guilty to rape and assault charges in the case. he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. >>> the case has officially been closed but is there more to those deadly anthrax attacks back in 2001? shawn yancy on deck at 11:00. >> house of representatives wants more information even though the f.b.i. closed its case. the fbi says dr. bruce ivans is responsible for the attack but representatives want the government to check into the responsibility that others may have been involved. the anthrax atax killed five people

i have a friend in havana who teaches at the university of havana. he makes the equivalent of about $50 a month and also to push this a little bit more we are increasing our trade with cuba. ed is currently limited the export of u.s. medical supplies and agricultural goods but i understand that export figures the past two years have skyrocketed from around 325 million to over 750 million. so i think things are moving in that direction. i think that what ever i have read, and i also know the senior state department official in fact he is the one who took me to guantanamo who engages in these kind of talks -- i really think everything i've read about what goes on their just is common sense. it just is. centuries or guards making obscene gestures or firing shots over the fence line ended a long time ago. ever since these talks have begun if anybody does something like that they are out of their. they are just pulled out. other questions? yes? >> i assume you're in the directorate of intelligence. >> i was. >> [inaudible] >> yes i was. >> i'm not all that

bishop is now the woman accused of killing three faculty colleagues at the university of alabama huntsville. >>> crossing the line or just good kind of clean fun? caught on tape two teachers getting down and dirty in front of their students. >>> plus we put moms, teens and even bus drivers to the text. the frightening results when people try to text and drive in tonight's safe and sound report. topper. >>> the winds are getting very, very strong. we'll take you out with your wake-up weather. 8:00 in the morning. we'll see wind and snow showers. it may look scary at first. temperatures 26-31. wind chills in the teens. we'll come back and tell you how long the snow showers will last and how much is going to fall. there will be some accumulation. stay tuned. we're the watchful ones. we like to know where things stand. we keep a close eye on what we have and what we spend. suntrust would like to applaud our solid financial ways. now when you pay your bills online you'll not only gain more control of your money, you can also earn up to one hundred and fifty dollars. find out more at suntrust.com

decided to postpone tomorrow's game with the university of virginia until monday night, the universitytself has been closed since friday. a start time and tv arrangements for monday are still pending. the wizards have fined antwan jameson for his super bowl odyssey that led to him missing practice yesterday and missing the team playing to charlotte. louisiana native said he got log jammed was arrested. when asked how much he was fined, jamison smiled and said they got me. news tonight, interview former broncos to be their strength and conditioning coach. roman has four super bowl rings, but is an admitted steroid user who is linked with the balco investigation. as clinton portis continues to recover. the injury has not affected his speech. in particular, his pension for using that speech to controversy. the runningback was at the super bowl over the weekend, guesting on the pregame show, and in doing so, had some not so flattering things to say about lavar airington, that airington was jealous of paraties portis and the money he made. >> all of a sudden, lavar felt it was competition a

humor is the universal solvent against the abrasive elements of life and when they hammer on us...people who hammer on you are humorless. they don't know what a smile is or. (laughter) er the. they're 100%ers, they've got b.o. and heartburn and gas. those people are easy to handle. they get irritated and call us silly people. that's how that works. >> woodruff: we will be watching. >> i know you will! >> woodruff: thank you very much. senator alan simpson, erskine bowles, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: and now, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: fighting intensified today in a taliban haven in southern afghanistan. four more nato troops were a small plane crashed into a building in austin, texas today and federal officials said it appeared to be deliberate. fire and heavy smoke engulfed the seven-story building that housed offices of the internal revenue service. investigators said the pilot denounced the agency in a suicide note he posted online. the man was identified as joseph andrew stack. the local police chief said the

the university of mexico as apologists have been hanging around the villa they didn't really know him but he started hanging around and joined the swimming pool and all the lively conversation that they were having. one of the conversations with her, he mentioned that he knew a woman named crazy wanda. and old mexican schama who collected magic marshals on the slopes of toluca, a nearby volcano. they remembered how he had been talking last year in italy about the wonders of these mysterious fungi. maybe that's just the ingredients they need to spice up the summer vacation. why don't you see if you can find some? there is mushing connection to lived on the afternoon of august night, 1960. botanist classifying these fungi as, the aztecs call them the flesh of the gods. motions in the sacred indigenous religions that surround them have been most unknown to the american public until an event three years earlier when life magazine published a long and very sympathetic story in its issue of june 10, 1957. the piece was written by r. gordon lawson, a new york banker and amateur my colleges w

. >>> a student whoed admitted hanging a noose in the campus library at the university of california san diego has been suspend. it is the latest incident to ignite racial tensions on campus. students have been protesting since an off-campus party mocked black history month. hundreds rallied yesterday, denouncing the noose as a sign of intolerance on campus. >> people are aafraid, and they need to know what the chancellor is going to do to keep them safe on campus. >> it seems like this whole rally is insinuating this effect that everyone at ucsd is not supportive of this rally is somehow a racist and not supportive of stopping racism when i feel like the majority of the students, if not all the students are not racist. >> some students blocked the door to the chancellor's office for a while, but they did leave peacefully. >>> new york governor david paterson now says he will not seek re-election. he just announced his campaign last weekend. he took office in 2008 when former governor eliot spitzer resigned amid a prostitute scandal. paterson recently had a scandal with one of his top

i don't see most of the universities have that character any longer. ind them conformists slavishly conformist. intolerant. incapable of entertaining positions on the other side. and dogmatic about their beliefs rather than critical. and i think that's been well documented by studies of the contemporary university. yes. >> how are you doing, sir? i have two questions for you. i believe abraham lincoln once told us that. a house divided cannot stand. that was recently displayed in black and white in new york with the cycle political division between the republican and the conservative end. two of them became politically helpless. >> who are you talking about? i'm sorry -- >> the election in new york for the congress. >> are you talking about new york 2003? >> yes. >> at the end they became politically helpless and useless. within 24 hours you had the democratic winner playing an important role. so that's the question on the o-division. the last question to you, just monday, i believe, the prime minister of israel netanyahu made a bold statement that the

professor at went to university. he is the editor of oxford university press is of the "the american presidents." in addition to his contribution of the series, andrew jackson, he's the author of the dirt a previous books, including the magisterial chants democratic and equally distinguished the rise of the american democracy. he's also written on contemporary politics and history for "the new york times," "the los angeles times," the new republic and other publications. where specially grateful to dr. wilentz for being here. he was here a month ago to moderate a conversation with george mcgovern on abraham lincoln aboard alighted to happen back here at these join me in welcoming professor wilentz in our distinguished guests. caught back [applause] >> thank you a must-see for that wonderful introduction and happy presidents' day, everybody. i guess one of our chores tonight is to show that there have been presidents as the united states other than abraham lincoln. maybe no greater than abraham lincoln, but different than abrah

the unthinkable." he's a professor of law at georgetown university. elcome to you both. juan czar atee, starting with you, help people understand the distinction of the vice president, cheney was saying and what current vice president biden was saying. >> i think what you see at play, gwen is the grand debate of not only the past but current counterterrorism policy. i think a lot of the confusion and a lot of the fire around this debate stems from a bit of histrionics around what is really at play. i think and i've argued since i left the bush administration that we were likely to see fundamental continuity in our counterterrorism policy. and i think for the most part that is what we have seen. the problem with that is that has not matched the political rhetoric and frankly the requirements of this administration to appear to have been tacking against the past. and so the decisions that have proven most controversial and confusing for the obama administration, the khalid sheikh mohammed trial, the could closure of guantanamo by date certain, new interrogation policy has l

one person was taken to shock trauma with serious injuries and another was taken to the university hospital with serious injuries. no word on a motive or suspects. and police are looking for the man who stabbed another in a market. the victim was taken to university hospital. no word on his condition. >> a baltimore city boy will spend 20 years behind bars due to a deadly stabbing of a classmate. he pleaded guilty in november 2008 to stamping a boy outside of a middle school -- stabbing a boy and outside of a middle school. a man reportedly assaulted a girl in a church last month. he is a registered sex offender. he is being held without bail at the detention center. an arraignment is scheduled for next monday. >> gov. martin o'malley is calling on legislators to enact his plan for job creation in maryland. federal dollars intended for small businesses are encouraged. republicans are not buying his plans. >> this recession will end. our journey is not over. our best days are still in front of us if we make it so. >> he was realistic, but at the same time he was very helpful. >> he and has n

a student at the -- who's challenging the university of maryland for exactly those practices. -- i don't see how it can be legal, but it's -- it's -- it's ongoing and there's ample data, much of it from the aamc... c-span: what's that mean, aamc? >> guest: oh, association of american medical colleges -- who supp -- which support racial preferences, but ample data from them. they've been collecting it -- meticulous data sets for years showing, in fact, that there is a -- quite a discrepancy between the scores -- the mcat scores, medical college admission test scores, and grade point averages of minorities who apply vs. white and asian students who apply. c-span: what happens when, you know, someone gets into medical school and they have a less -- a lesser score? now what happens to their -- do they get out of medical school on the same percentage that the others do? >> guest: yeah. that's a good -- well, good question, of course. they probably don't. there's a fair amount of data showing that the failure rates on the boards -- one takes two -- you take two series of boards. medi

the proposal russell roberts at george mason university. what has been the impact of the wealth of nations? >> guest: teaching a lot of economics along the centuries was published in 1776 really saadi holds on for social science. the combination of empirical work, observation, logic, philosophy, all melted together. it's really an extraordinary work that ascendant norm if impact on scholars in the real world. >> host: professor fleischacker, when we talk about moral philosophy, what do we mean by that? >> guest: well, with which went by it was something close to a because social science in part. that is to say everything today recall sociology, economic, political science, all that would be called up moral philosophy as opposed to natural philosophy. now shofar lasciviously mutated good. but it also meant for him as it does for a the study of whites at right and wrong, good and bad, what human beings are aiming for. and those things are part of his vision of social science i would say. so how groundbreaking was his word? >> guest: it was eno

. >>> a student who admitted hanging a noose in the campus library at the university of california-san diego has been suspended. it is the latest incident to ignite racial tensions on campus. now, students have been protesting since an off-campus party mocked black history months. hundreds rallied yesterday denouncing the news as a sign of intolerance on campus. . >> the students are afraid. and they need to know what the chancellor is going to do to keep them safe on campus. >> it seems like this whole rally is insinuating everyone who is not supporting this rally is somehow a racist and not supportive of stopping racism when i feel like the majority of the students if not all the students are not racists. >> some protesters blocked the p door to the chancellor's office for a while but did leave peacefully. >>> we've got an update on the story here we've been following very closely since this disturbing video first surfaced. take a look. seattle transit officials are dumping the security company that hired the guards who stood by and watched this 15-year-old girl get beaten. the guard

in economics from the state university of new york. gy commission, and then move to the planning association in washington d.c.. he has served in positions of increasing research and managerial responsibility and was elected vice president in 1983. he joined the university of maine as a professor of economics in 1988, and was director of the canadian- american center. acknowledged expert on national -- international economics and agreements. he served with the reuters macro economics forecasting panel and and has served on television with the financial network, bloomberg news, cnbc, abc, fox, on and on and on. the fourth of our speakers this morning is paul wolfram. is president of the hillsdale policy group, consulting and tax policy and analysis. he served as treasury of the border trusties for university. he served as a member of the states -- michigan state board of education. he was chairman of the blue ribbon commission that has been a member of michigan enterprise and authority. his public policy experience includes chief of staf

from the university of california at berkeley. he has taught at several colleges and universities. is publications include an introduction to markets and the political system, and several works on michigan as well. he was named professor of the year in 2004, and he was also named as one of the top 25 runners in the state of michigan. i hope he does not have to run too fast today. in anyÑi case, we're going to start with diana. you can speak from their or appear, whichever. -- you can speak from the air for up here, which ever. >> thank you very much for attending. what a great pleasure to be here. i like to thank everybody who helped the conference. gore particularly like to thank herb for making events like this and putting them together so that everyone can come out. reclaiming liberty -- all large topic. to strike a balance between individual freedom and the socialism. we do not have unvarnished freedoms. i don't have the freedom to shout fire right now, if there is not a fire. i don't have the freedom to take out a gun and fired shots into the air. i do not have freedom these da

darshak sanghavi is chief of pediatric cardiology at the university of massachusetts medical school. dr. sanghavi, good morning. we should point out, you weren't involved in this research. >> that's correct. >> and when i say a certain chemical in the brain, more accurately, it is the lack of a certain chemical in the brain. >> that's right. there's a chemical in the brain, a neurotransmitter, that allows neurons to talk to each other. this is called serotonin. and it turns out that in babies who have died of sids, the amount of that chemical is reduced, possibly not letting those nerves talk to each other, and as a result, not letting those babies respond to potential life-threatening situations. >> so, these children, these infants are not producing adequate levels of this serotonin? >> that's right. and as a result, maybe they can't wake up or get themselves out of a situation. >> so, why is there a connection between serotonin and this ability? and let's give a good example. if the infant falls asleep face down and finds itself with its mouth or nose against the sheets, gets less

the private sector and universities. it's something i feel very strongly about that we need to improve that and certainly cybersecurity is especially important. the other thing that i understand is the need to have information. the more information sharing that we can have, the better we can do with cybersecurity. this amendment helps accomplish both those things so i strongly support, urge my colleagues to support and vote for this amendment. i yield back to ms. sanchez. the chair: the gentlelady from california. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. i believe i have no further speakers, therefore i urge my colleagues to support my amendment and the underlying bill. i yield back my time. the chair: the gentlelady yield back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from california. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider house amendment number 14 printed in house report number 111-410. fo

the generations. >> thank you very much. jonathan cole former provost of columbia university presents the history of the american university systemcity hosts this two hour and 15 minute event. >> well we can begin. i want to welcome everyone to this evening's discussion of higher education that is occasioned by the publication of jonathan cole's book, the great american university and its rise to pre-eminence, indispensable national polls and why it must be protected. my name is claude steele and loveless to be the host and moderator and mc and after the remarks have been made by will probably moderate discussion all but. it should be a very interesting discussion this evening. it is all too rare the topic of what makes the research universities so valuable to society gets talked about. even in those universities. a real hope of negative jonathan's new book which magnificently enters these questions will help change that, that it will help us take a step back and get a better understanding of these institutions. institutions that have been so central in many of our lives and will help society get a better sense of the value that

>> guest: that this the universe of the stand prolonged it. but what happens after world war ii is this was a secret on such a different scale from anything that we invented the nsa and the cia and the some leverage classification loyalty traps and they were all round the adm on something i will deploy and find out what everybody else knew about. after the mobilization of world war ii there would be a concentration of power which is true. >> host: because of the study -- state and the size? >> guest: that often leads to a recoil and demobilization as it did in england. they threw out churchill and did not have the secrecy explosion that we have because they did not have the ball. or any secret to keep. remember the manhattan project was awesome and it impressed the government people after words for a long long time as it should have. it was unparalleled that this concentration was kept secret and 80 locales, three big ones with thousands of people working in them, the general in charge had his own private air force, this by system abroad and a

she studied photographers in the university of tehran. she tells the story of for generation, a story that needs to be told. >> the british and irish prime ministers have released an agreement aimed at saving power- sharing agreement in northern ireland. the deal was reached after 10 days of talks between the irish political parties. the haitian prime minister has described the case of the 10 american missionaries charged with child abduction as a distraction. he says 1 million victims of the earthquake still need help and the missionaries have been charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy. russians are being asked about the example that the president is setting for the nation. his polygamy has raised little comment but his 20th child which is outside of his marriages is being discussed. >> he has plenty of charisma and plenty of wives. he married last month for the fifth time. people seem to like his down-to- earth style. he embraces a zulu traditions -- traditions like polygamy. he has fathered yet another child but with the

through the research colleges and universities clearly are playing a significant role in this revolution. another good trend is the tendency of women in business, profession education and government that women can be extremely effective problem solvers when they bring their right brain skills to institutions long dominated by left brain and. after all it was those left brain pragmatic preoccupation with simple bottom line and immediately turned and other practical issues that got us into this mess. surely another kind of thinker is needed to get us out. colleges and universities with new technologies are born where women are not held back our long-standing and hidden traditions stand at the headwaters of both these tribute were trends. so with the voices being raised by religious people of all denominations that they look at the state of the earth and see not just an industry problem not to some flawed rules that we inherited from the first industrial revolution, but a direct to solve on the creation of the prehistoric roots of their awakening to creation go back at least to the realizat

the rabbit holes, there's a universe of rabbits out there. let me just give you a quick example of who is running what right now at the u.n. the general asem assembly is chaired by libya, the former foreign minister of libya. i'm not sure whether that's a step up or down from last year. : there is dialogue with his and country al qaeda members, that's where we go and the folks we're dealing with when we go to the u.n. agency is supposed to be dispensing aid to help fix the u.s. image and make people happy and rich and what ever. one more on the is, although there is one of my favorites of with zimbabwe a few years ago chairing the u.n. commission of sustainable development. [laughter] that was just a sideshow. the u.n. flagship agency, first is a very serious one spends billions around the world and they're so balkanized they don't know what they're doing is that they serve as a great money laundering program for folks like kim jong-il for dictatorship. , the u.n. development program. anyone remembers the name mark brown he got this one into t

johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, austin. om which he is currently on leave. prior to his leadership in austin, he was vice president and director of foreign policy studies at the brookings institution. during president clinton's administration, mr. steinberg served in numerous, important and vital positions, among them deputy national security advisor, chief of staff of the united states, state department, directory of policy planning, deputy assistant secretary for a now says in the bureau of intelligence of research. he has held positions at the rand corporation and the international institute for strategic studies in london. he's also served as the late senator ted kennedy's principal aide on the senate armed services committee. he is the author of numerous books and articles on foreign policy and national security. a native of boston, massachusetts, he attended harvard college and yale law school. he and his wife, have two children. following his remarks, christian ostermann, who oversees our national creator, national do

she finished her residency at the university of south florida in june. she was hired to work at the community health center in july because of the recovery act. since that time she's been treating children with h-1-n-1 and referring them over to the new dental clinic that is now available because of the recovery act. i also met sophia, a hardworking medical receptionist who is grateful to have a job during this tough economy. and a popular new medical assistant who switched professions, retrained and is making a difference for our neighbors. in tampa alone we're about to break ground on two new community health centers that are vitally needed in east tampa. so more jobs are on the way. the recovery act is putting folks to work in my hometown, work that is making a significant difference in the lives of children and families in my community. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlem

i'm also an undergraduate at memphis the university of memphis. and i have a question and comment as well. miss eva clayton, you talked about inclusiveness. i guess we all know this would affect one affects the other indirectly so having these types of discussions open the and freely about race and politics in our society today's time is very important and to the lady's question earlier i appreciate the question. it's because we are past self politics or doing things quietly because young people of today, we are more open to talking about race and how it affects a were daily lives. so the question really is where it is our america, the capitalist ideolog fit into the midst of coleworts working together? [laughter] >> thanks, fred. i do think when you began to look at the current economic status and find how we are surviving the question is is a question of race or resources that creates a poverty, and i think how we discussed that still has to be based on your larger principle that what affects us all, what affects one affect soc all. examples to t

the errors in writing. this is a quote by dr. pilkey. he said -- "however, colorado university environmental science and policy professor roger pilkes said the errors point to a systematic breakdown in ipcc procedures. that means there could be more mistakes." unquote. further troubling is the revelation of several instances in which the ipcc relies on nonpeer review work mainly from left wing pressure groups. as "the wall street journal" reports in an article from january 18 entitledded climate change claim on glaciers under fire. the citation of an environmental advocacy group as a source within the ipcc report appears to be a rare but not unique occurrence. that same chapter on asian climate impacts also cited work from the world resource institute which describes itself as an environmental think tank. most of the thousands of citations supported the rest of the voluminous ipcc report were from scientific journals. now, let me add also that professor bob watson -- bob watson was the predecessor of pachauri. he said it is concerning that these mistakes have appeared in the ip

jeff zucker is the chief executive officer of nbc universal. ms. ulah is the president of cable and telephone. mr. michael tiorile is the chairman of the nbc tv's affiliate board, the president and chief operating officer of the dispatched printing company. dr. mark cooper is the director of research at the consumer federation of america. mr. adam tha dwrchlt er is the president of the progress and freedom foundation. we welcome each of you. thank you for your testimony. without objection, your prepared written statement will be made a part of our record. we would welcome your oral summary and ask that you keep your oral summary to approximately five minutes. mr. roberts, we will be pleased to begin with you. you need to turn your microphone on and pull it as close as you can so we can hear you well. >> thank you, mr. chairman. is that okay? it's a privilege to come here today to talk about comcast planned joint venture with ge regarding nbc universal. as has been mentioned, my father, ralph is sitting just behind me started the company almost a hal

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