Gardner 225th Anniversary Parade, Gardner MA, September 26, 2010
Gardner 225th Anniversary Parade, Gardner, Massachusetts, September 26, 2010
Modern Lyceum at Old South Meeting House: Education part 1
This is the second panel discussion in a series called the Modern Lyceum organized by the Walden Woods Project. This discussion was held on April 14, 2016 at the Old South Meeting House in Boston. The panelists Megan Marshall, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, Dr. Lawrence Buell, a Harvard professor of American literature, and Jeffrey S. Cramer, curator at the Thoreau Institute spoke and informed about education in the 19th century and today. Listen and watch this talk and how reformers during the 19th century still continue to affect the American education system today.
Steve Bunker Dec. 7, 2003 Oral History Interview
Steve Bunker's background and a major love is the sea. Also a history buff, he originally came to Baltimore to help build a Baltimore Clipper in Baltimore Harbor, stayed on for a few years as Baltimore's maritime historian and eventually opened his shop in Fell's Point, The China Sea, a marine-salvage and antique shop complete with live parrots. A community leader for many years, Steve is remembered for representing the working waterfront community and helping to moderate development. He and Sharon Bondroff moved their shop to Maine in 1999 after they decided they could no longer afford the rents in Fell's Point.
In this interview, Steve tells his stories about Fell's Point and its history. The interview was conducted in his home in Maine on February 8, 2003 by Jacquie and Kraig Greff of Tonal Vision LLC in preparation for the documentary, Fell's Point Out of Time.
HLS in the World | New Technologies, New Dilemmas
New technologies with implications for human health and enhancement are developing at breakneck speed, with fundamental changes in genomic medicine, reproductive technology, neuroscience, and even how we die. Each of these technologies raises important questions at the intersection of ethics, law, and politics. What role should the government have in regulating scientific innovation? How should we weigh potential risks and benefits, to individuals, vulnerable populations, and even the environment? Can these technologies be used to promote justice, or do they risk entrenching existing disparities? Glenn Cohen ‘03, faculty director, Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School; Judith Edersheim ‘85, co-founder and co-director, Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Harvard Medical School; Atul Gawande, executive director of Ariadne Labs; and Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, discussed these pressing questions, and more, from their perspectives as lawyers, scientists, and clinicians. Carmel Shachar ‘10 hosted the panel.
Their talk was part of the HLS in the World bicentennial summit which took place at Harvard Law School on Friday, October 27, 2017. Read more:
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Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in The San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances. It has become one of the best-known poems in American literature. The poem was originally published anonymously (under the pen name Phin, based on Thayer's college nickname, Phineas).
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The Journal of Law in Society Symposium: Tribute to Edward J. Littlejohn and His Work: Panel 2
The Journal of Law in Society’s 2016 Symposium at Wayne State University Law School paid tribute to Professor Emeritus Edward J. Littlejohn’s scholarship, work in the city of Detroit, and time on the Law School faculty. Littlejohn is one of the leading experts on African-American legal history, served on the Law School faculty during tumultuous times in the 1970s and played an instrumental role in the implementation of the Detroit Police Commission. The symposium featured panels reflecting each of these three topics.
The second panel of the symposium was “The Struggle for Racial Diversity in Legal Education.” This panel explored issues of racial diversity in law schools from the 1970s to the present and beyond. Like all law schools, Wayne Law struggled with issues of race, affirmative action, and student activism in the 1970s. This panel examined the history of the Law School in this important period and looks ahead to innovative efforts to achieve racial diversity in legal education. The panelists were Carl Edwards, '74, partner at Edwards & Jennings, P.C.; Ericka Jackson,'97, WSU director of admissions and former Wayne Law assistant dean of admissions and student affairs; and Michael Steinberg, '89, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. The panel was moderated by Wayne Law Distinguished Professor Robert Sedler.
Gerald Ford | Wikipedia audio article
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Gerald Ford
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Before his accession to the presidency, he served as the 40th Vice President of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974. Ford is the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office.
Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended the University of Michigan and Yale Law School. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving from 1942 to 1946; he left as a lieutenant commander. Ford began his political career in 1949 as the U.S. Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district. He served in this capacity for 25 years, the final nine of them as the House Minority Leader. Following the resignation of Spiro Agnew, he was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment. After the resignation of Richard Nixon, Ford automatically assumed the presidency. His 895 day-long presidency is the shortest in U.S. history for any president who did not die in office.
As president, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, which marked a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the collapse of South Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended. Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four decades since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure. In one of his most controversial acts, he granted a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford's presidency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President. In the Republican presidential primary campaign of 1976, Ford defeated former California Governor Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination. He narrowly lost the presidential election to the Democratic challenger, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Following his years as president, Ford remained active in the Republican Party. His moderate views on various social issues increasingly put him at odds with conservative members of the party in the 1990s and early 2000s. After experiencing a series of health problems, he died at home on December 26, 2006. At the time of his death he was the longest-lived president in American history, a record he held until George H. W. Bush surpassed him on November 25, 2017.
Bloomington City Council March 27, 2019
Agenda, Committee of the Whole Memo, Packet :
Proposals Seeking Legacy Funding
Several proposals before the Senate Environment, Natural Resources and Legacy Finance Committee are outlined in an effort to secure funding from the dedicated sales tax account.
Lowell City Council Meeting - 8/13/2019