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Daily 008: Farewell Friday and Article Club

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Summary

First Article Club discussing "Building a Peace Narrative." Online clerk Josh announces Minecraft Monday and history seminar. Rosh Hashanah greetings.

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0:00 All right, welcome to Arts and Ideas in the air, under the tent, and around Baltimore.
0:07 Today we had a bit of a cold morning.
0:09 I made a poor choice in wearing shorts at the time.
0:14 I was quite cold, it was very windy.
0:16 But the afternoon has warmed up beautifully, and now it's a nice breeze, and it's just
0:22 gorgeous out here under the tent.
0:24 That's really lovely, everybody.
0:27 Let's see, today we had our first article club.
0:31 It was a great discussion on building a peace narrative.
0:40 We had people who enjoyed the article and some people quibbled with it, and it was a
0:46 very lively discussion.
0:48 Next week we will be doing Asimov's Profession.
0:52 It's just a short 40 pages.
0:55 But it's a fun one.
0:58 Here's a couple of lines from it.
1:01 For most of the first 18 years of his life, George Platten had had it firmly in one direction,
1:08 that of registered computer programmer.
1:10 There were those in his crowd who spoke wisely of spatio-nautics, refrigeration technology,
1:15 transportation control, and even administration.
1:18 But George held firm.
1:21 Sounds exciting, right?
1:23 It's awesome.
1:24 Phil really loves this article, and we hope you all can read it and join us on next Friday.
1:35 And let's see, what else we got?
1:42 Today actually felt kind of a bit quiet.
1:46 I don't know, it might be this somber mood.
1:49 But it is Friday, it is farewell Friday, where we say goodbye to the week.
1:55 It was a great week, a lot of firsts.
1:59 First school meeting with a team, first JC with a team, first article club, just a lot
2:09 of firsts.
2:10 I'm looking forward to the first day in which there are no firsts.
2:14 I'm not entirely sure when that will happen, because it's kind of a contradiction, but
2:19 it'll be exciting.
2:21 I'm getting a little puzzled looks from the audience, but it'll happen.
2:28 I also wanted to mention, Ashley has been posting a bunch of photos on Instagram.
2:36 So if you haven't checked them out, go check them out.
2:39 They are at Instagram, with the username AI_Sudbury.
2:46 I can let you figure out why that username was chosen.
2:49 It's exciting.
2:51 Unfortunately, to see all the pictures and posts, you need to have an account and log
2:55 in.
2:56 But I'm sure all you crazy kids out there already have an Instagram account.
3:00 I know it's a little bit old fashioned, a little bit ancient and antique, probably at
3:04 this point.
3:05 But you should see what I'm on.
3:08 All right.
3:10 Anyway, let's see, I think we have our online clerk here to tell us about Monday's events.
3:17 Josh, take it away.
3:19 Indeed, James, I am here, because I am on Discord, it is obligatory that I do say, "James,
3:26 can you hear me?"
3:27 Yes, I can hear you just fine, but can the recording hear you?
3:30 Well, you won't hear until later.
3:34 Good.
3:35 So, yeah, I also am sad about the weekend coming.
3:44 Had a great time with online schooling in this past week and had some of the firsts
3:51 that James was talking about and wanted to make sure that I mentioned one more first
3:57 that's coming up on Monday.
4:00 Another reason, just can't wait for the weekend to be over.
4:04 And on Monday at 1130, after announcements, Harrison is going to be hosting his first
4:12 Minecraft Monday building event.
4:16 So if you are interested in that, please check out Discord to find that information.
4:22 It will be announced on Monday.
4:26 Also on Monday at 1 o'clock, there is the discussion portion of the History Seminar.
4:34 So if you came to the lecture on Wednesday, Monday is your opportunity to critique either
4:43 one of the two lectures that we had, one from Declan on the Haitian Revolution and one from
4:49 me about bicycles and the US Civil War.
4:55 So yeah, looking forward to doing that with you on Monday and yeah, back to you, James.
5:01 All right.
5:02 Thank you, Josh.
5:03 So on Monday, if you're interested, a little bit of Minecraft building competition and
5:09 some historical discussions or discussions of history or something along those lines.
5:15 All right.
5:16 That sounds fantastic.
5:17 Well, I hope you all have some great plans for the weekend.
5:21 I know it doesn't compare to being here, so let's all have to keep it clear in our thoughts
5:26 and know it's just the two short days until we're back here under the tent and around
5:32 Baltimore in the air.
5:35 And happy Rosh Hashanah.
5:38 Happy Rosh Hashanah.
5:40 All right.
5:42 See you all next week.
5:43 Bye-bye.