Heritage Village: In Touch with the Past- 11909 125th Street N., Largo, FL 33774
More than 28 historic structures and features, some dating back to the 19th century, include a school, church, sponge warehouse, railroad depot and store as well as a variety of historic homes. If history is your passion, don’t miss Heritage Village. One step into the 21-acre living history museum, with its native pine and palmetto landscape in Largo’s Pinewood Cultural Park, brings to mind what the earliest explorers must’ve felt when discovering this Florida peninsula.
The landscape is only the beginning. More than two dozen historic structures, ranging from the 1852 McMullen-Coachman Log Cabin, the oldest existing structure in Pinellas County, to the Queen Anne-style House of Seven Gables, are part of the museum’s collection. A school, church, railroad depot, general store, smokehouse and sugarcane-boiling shed add to the lineup.
Naval Station Norfolks Sorties Ahead of Hurricane Dorian
Video footage of ships departing Naval Station Norfolk as Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet orders U.S. Navy ships and aircraft in the area to sortie on Sept. 4 ahead of Hurricane Dorian, which is forecasted to bring high winds and heavy rains to the East Coast. Ships are being directed to areas in the Atlantic where they are best postured for storm avoidance
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EAA Museum
The museum at Oshkosh, kind of boring but if you like airplanes like I do you should find this interesting.
USS Adams could arrive in Jacksonville
VIDEO: Florida's first naval warship museum could be arriving in Jacksonville.
USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial
Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation's underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.
According to Ronald Tobias of Montana Public Television, The project came as a result of the realization that the Submerged Resources Center had been archiving images of the America's underwater parks for many years and that it was being under-utilized as a valuable internal resource. Since outreach is such an important part of our federal research mandate, Larry Murphy agreed to allow Montana Public Television access to the archives, and with the grant money awarded to us from NCPTT we were able to create a series of programs for public television about the work being done to preserve many of our country's treasures underwater.
As a result of NCPTT funding, six half-hour programs have been created that chronicle the work of the Submerged Resources Center's effort to save and preserve several important sites, including the USS Arizona in Hawaii, the B-29 Bomber at the bottom of Lake Mead, the Ellis Island ferry in New York harbor, and shipwrecks at Fort Jefferson and Biscayne National Park and at Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park. Public awareness of the Park Service's work to preserve our national heritage is an important part of the mission of the Park Service, and NCPTT's funding made these presentations possible. Without the support, the archive material would have slowly slumped its way toward oblivion.
Philanthropy and the Arts | How Giving To and Through the Arts Can Transform Communities
What role has philanthropic investment in the arts played in Miami’s economic and cultural growth over the past decades—and why is it so important for building community? Join Jorge Pérez, Chairman and CEO of The Related Group, and Dennis Scholl, President and CEO of the ArtCenter/South Florida and former VP/Arts of the Knight Foundation, in conversation about their roles in this transformation. Claire Costello, US Trust Philanthropic Specialist, moderates. The Smithsonian’s first regional Philanthropy Initiative program includes opening and closing remarks by Amanda B. Moniz, the National Museum of American History’s David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy, who explains the conversation’s origin in Alberto Ibargüen’s talk, “Arts Bind People to Place and Each Other,” in the Initiative’s 2018 POWER OF GIVING program. The program was co-hosted with U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, at the Pérez Art Museum Miami on October 22, 2018.
THE POWER OF GIVING: PHILANTHROPY’S IMPACT ON AMERICAN LIFE, is part of the National
Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos,
visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist, visit For more information about the Philanthropy Initiative, visit
Southern Utah Pioneer Museum
Southern Utah Pioneer Museum in Cedar City Utah
American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month
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Imagine Venice - Part 1 and 2
A History of Venice, Florida
Part 1 and 2
Artist Julia Christensen works w/ NASA scientists on spaceship & art concepts // Art+Technology Lab
Julia Christensen’s ongoing project, Upgrade Available, investigates how “upgrade culture”—the perceived relentless need to endlessly upgrade electronics and recordable media to remain relevant—impacts life on a range of time scales. The artist’s work with the LACMA Art + Technology Lab has allowed her to explore how upgrade culture impacts institutional operations at the scale of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work at LACMA additionally led her to a collaboration with scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she is helping envision long-term space mission concepts that defy our current measure of technological obsolescence. At JPL’s Innovation Foundry, Julia has collaborated on spaceship/art concepts for a CubeSat with a 200-year operational lifespan, and an interstellar spacecraft that would travel to Proxima b, 4.2 light years from Earth.
Learn more about her project and progress in this video.
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About the Art + Technology Lab
Inspired by the spirit of LACMA's original Art and Technology program (1967–71), which paired artists with technology companies in Southern California, the Art + Technology Lab at LACMA supports artist experiments with emerging technology. Through our sponsors, the Lab provides grants, in-kind support, and facilities at the museum to develop new artist projects.
To learn about projects and events presented by the Art + Technology Lab, visit
The Art + Technology Lab is presented by Hyundai. The Lab is made possible by Accenture, Snap, Inc., and DreamWorks Animation.
Additional support is provided by SpaceX and Google.
The Lab is part of The Hyundai Project: Art + Technology at LACMA, a joint initiative exploring convergence of art and technology. Seed funding for the development of the Art + Technology Lab was provided by the Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission through the Productivity Investment Fund and LACMA Trustee David Bohnett.
Watch more videos from the Art +Technology Lab: lacma.org/labvideos
About LACMA
Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 140,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
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White House Social Enterprise and Opportunity Series: Forum on Citizen-based Innovation
The White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in partnership with the White House Office of Public Engagement present the Social Enterprise and Opportunity Series: Forum on Citizen-based Innovation. July 3, 2012.
Central Florida Roadtrip: Melbourne
Central Florida Road Trip pays a visit to Brevard County and the Melbourne/Eau Gallie area. Did you know that Melbourne's history dates back to prehistoric times and that the city was actually founded by freed slaves? We will explore the history behind Naval Air Station Melbourne, Overland Park, the Rossetter House, Green Gables and the largest community-built zoo in the world.
Driving Downtown - Hollywood 4K - USA
Driving Downtown Neighborhoods - Hollywood - Los Angeles California USA - Episode 17.
Starting Point: Hollywood Boulevard .
Hollywood is an ethnically diverse, densely populated, relatively low-income neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. It is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios, and its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people in it.
Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
Motion Picture Industry
Four major film companies – Paramount, Warner Bros., RKO, and Columbia – had studios in Hollywood, as did several minor companies and rental studios. In the 1920s, Hollywood was the fifth-largest industry in the nation.
Hollywood became known as Tinseltown because of the glittering image of the movie industry. Hollywood has since become a major center for film study in the United States.
Development
In 1923, the Hollywood sign was erected in the Hollywood Hills, reading HOLLYWOODLAND, its purpose being to advertise a housing development. In 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce entered a contract with the City of Los Angeles to repair and rebuild the sign. The contract stipulated that LAND be removed to spell HOLLYWOOD and reflect the district, not the housing development.
During the early 1950s, the Hollywood Freeway was constructed through the northeast corner of Hollywood.
The Capitol Records Building on Vine Street, just north of Hollywood Boulevard, was built in 1956, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958 as a tribute to artists and other significant contributors to the entertainment industry. The official opening was on February 8, 1960.
The Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Dolby Theatre, which opened in 2001 as the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center mall, is the home of the Oscars. The mall is located where the historic Hollywood Hotel once stood.
Revitalization
After years of serious decline in the 1980s, many Hollywood landmarks were threatened with demolition. Columbia Square, at the northeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street, is part of the ongoing rebirth of Hollywood. The Art Deco-style studio complex completed in 1938, which was once the Hollywood headquarters for CBS, became home to a new generation of broadcasters when cable television networks MTV, Comedy Central, BET and Spike TV consolidated their offices here in 2014 as part of a $420-million office, residential and retail complex. Since 2000, Hollywood has been increasingly gentrified due to revitalization by private enterprise and public planners.
Notable Places
CBS Columbia Square
Charlie Chaplin Studios
Cinerama Dome
Crossroads of the World
Dolby Theatre
Earl Carroll Theatre (currently Nickelodeon on Sunset)
El Capitan Theatre
Frederick's of Hollywood
Gower Gulch
Grauman's Egyptian Theatre
Hollywood & Western Building
Hollywood and Highland Center
Hollywood and Vine
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Heritage Museum
Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood Masonic Temple
Hollywood Museum
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Wax Museum
Knickerbocker Hotel
Madame Tussauds Hollywood
Musso & Frank Grill
Pantages Theatre
Roosevelt Hotel
Sunset Gower Studios
TCL Chinese Theatre
2019 Hispanic Heritage Month Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
Small Auditorium
200 Independence Ave. S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
AGENDA
MC: Gerard Roman, M.H.R., Principal Strategist, Hispanic Portfolio, Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Unified Forces Color Guard/National Anthem
Opening Remarks: Julie A. Murphy, J.D., Deputy EEO Officer and Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, HHS
1:1 Elena Rios, M.D., M.S.P.H., F.A.C., President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA),
President, National Hispanic Health Foundation - “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving our Nation, and Shaping the Future of our Nation
1:4 Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) - “Latino Health in the U.S., and the NIMHD Research Agenda”
HHS Hispanic Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Panel Showcase
• Rosie Gomez, M.S., President, Amigos de ACF
• Gloria Sanchez-Contreras, M.A., President, Hola FDA
• Ahmed Calvo, M.D., M.P.H., President, HRSA Hispanic ERG
Closing Remarks: Bonita V. White, M.A., J.D., Director, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Division
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The Holt Lecture with - Dana Perino
The USC Bedrosian Center is excited to welcome Ms. Perino for its Holt Distinguished Lecture Series. Dana Perino served as the 27th White House Press Secretary from September 2007 to January 2009, under President George W. Bush, becoming the first Republican woman to hold the position.
The Holt Distinguished Lecture series, established by long-time Price School Board of Councilors member Dennis Holt and his wife Brooks, is intended to bring in speakers that are leaders in their field to talk about issues regarding communication and public policy. In the last couple of years we have been lucky to feature wonderful speakers such as Robert Caro, Nate Silver and LeVar Burton.
After leaving the White House, Perino has had an active career in the media, serving regularly as a political commentator for Fox News, and more recently becoming a co-host of Fox’s talk show The Five. Last April she also released a New York Times Bestselling book titled And the Good News Is … Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side, in which she reflects on her life experiences, including her terms as Deputy Press Secretary and Press Secretary at the White House.
In this new book, Perino mentions Peggy Noonan’s memoir What I saw at the Revolution (1990) and how influential it was in her professional life and in validating her political views. Noonan worked as a speechwriter for President Reagan and her book chronicles her experiences working in a White House that was very predominantly male and in a time of great changes. In preparation for Dana Perino’s visit we will be discussing Peggy Noonan’s book in this month’s Bedrosian Book Club Podcast (which will be published on our website on October 28th).
We look forward to hearing Ms. Perino talk about communication and public policy from her unique perspective, having been so closely involved both in the government and the media side of politics at a national level. It will be interesting to hear about what it is like to be in the public eye discussing politics, and to get a sense of how it has been for her to be involved in a field that is still predominantly male today.
Speaker:
Dana Perino
Co-host, FOX News Channel’s The Five
Former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush
Discussant:
Raphael Bostic
Bedrosian Chair Professor
Director, Bedrosian Center on Governance, USC Price
Garland ISD: 2020 District Spelling Bee
The 2020 Garland ISD District Spelling Bee occurred on January 14, 2020 at the Curtis Culwell Center. Students ranging from fourth grade to eighth grade competed, with top winners advancing to the Dallas County contest.
Florida's Upcoming Legislative Session & The St. Augustine Lighthouse Preservation
Two of Northeast Florida's representatives discuss the budget and other House priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Plus, the latest on the preservation of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum.
Team coverage: NAS Pensacola
Team coverage: NAS Pensacola
A World Worth Imagining - Jacque Fresco, The Man With The Plan
Produced by S.O.U.L. Documentary, this is a film on the life’s work of late, legendary visionary Jacque Fresco, founder of The Venus Project. The movie features never before seen archival footage and the inspirational last interview of his life.
In an intimate face-to-face, Jacque Fresco shares with S.O.U.L. founder Evan Gary Hirsch how he devoted his entire life to comprehensively designing a robust, workable tomorrow for our human family and planet. In this half-hour documentary, Jacque, who had just turned 101 years old, gives us a glimmer of hope as he describes the conditions needed for people to peacefully co-exist in a world without exploitation and abuse of one another. He lays out a bold new social design in which war and territorial disputes are things of the past, and where the true meaning of love and spirituality are manifested by translating them into a working reality. We also hear from Roxanne Meadows, co-founder of The Venus Project, and Jacque's partner for over four decades, who is now at the helm of The Venus Project.
After watching this film, you may just feel you had sat with an extremely wise elder who, although facing the ravishes of old age, was determined to share what he feels is necessary for humanity to grow up in order for us to survive and thrive as a species. You will glimpse a portion of the work he accomplished in his lifetime, which gives us an alternative path for society to take, solving many of our monumental problems. He also spent his entire life as a teacher so others could understand the validity of this new social direction which benefits all of humanity. It is our hope that you will come away with this understanding and look into and work with The Venus Project as well.
As this passionate man obviously devoted his life to designing something much more nurturing, harmonious, and sustainable for our human family, it seems the least we can do for him, his legacy, and our future, is to see his designs move from conceptualization to realization.
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Creating Opportunities for Latino Americans
October 11, 2010: Nixon White House and campaign officials discuss how President Nixon counted Mexican Americans in the census for the first time in history, and contributed to the economic and political development of America's Latino community. Participants included Martin Castillo, Deputy Director of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and first Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People and the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Mexican Affairs; Carlos Conde, Award-winning journalist and White House Staff Assistant for Communications and Hispanic Affairs; Henry Ramirez, Chairman of President Nixon's Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People and Adviser to Presidents Ford and Reagan; G.G. Garcia, Associate Director of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People and Senior Staff Assistant to Texas Governor William P. Clements; David Gonzales, early pioneer in Hispanic voter outreach and Assistant to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; Manuel Oliverez, Director of Policy Programs for the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People, Chief Equal Opportunity Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Deputy Chief Equal Opportunity Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense; Theresa Avillar Speake, Nixon Administration Official with National Economic Development Association, Director of the California Department for Economic Opportunity, and Director of Economic Impact and Diversity for the U.S. Department of Energy; and Stuart Spencer, consultant to Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan.
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Situated on nine rolling acres in Yorba Linda, California, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum offers visitors an insider’s glimpse into the events, people and world that shaped, and were shaped by, the 37th President.
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