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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> welcome to "journal," here in berlin. wikileaks would founder the julian assange went to court after his arrest today. >> the euros on finance ministers approved a rescue plan for doblin. russia has had there been approved to join the world trade organization. -- their bid approve to to join
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the world trade organization. >> the founder of wikileaks has been arrested in london. julian assange will remain in custody until next week where he faces questions over sexual misconduct in sweden. he denies allegations against him and says that they are politically motivated for publicly revealing u.s. secrets >. >> julian assange was taken to jail after being refused bail. the judge ruled that there was a high risk he would flee. he questioned the allegations against him. >> many people come forward and send assurances for julian assange. many believe him to be innocent. many believe that the prosecution is politically motivated. >> sweden had issued a european
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war for his arrest. he is wanted their for questioning about complaints from women in august. the legal case against him as politically motivated, says julian assange. wikileaks has angered and embarrassed the u.s. government by leaking thousands of confidential cables. >> the government always tries to silence people when they leak secrets. this is about discrediting him and wikileaks. this is a conspiracy theory i have thought about. >> financial pressure on the web site is growing. visa suspended all payments of following the lead of mastercard and paypal. wikileaks says that the leaking of classified documents will continue regardless. >> our correspondent is in london and she has been following this story.
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she gave us this summary. >> it all started at 9:30 on tuesday in central london when julian assange and his lawyer walked into the central london police station and he handed himself in. he said he wanted to deal with the allegations from sweden and clear his name. there was a short hearing where the judge refused bail for julian assange and said that it is not sure if he would actually attend a second meeting because julian assange is saying that this is just about extraditing him to the states eventually and this is not about anything to do with sweden. he will remain in custody until the 14th of december and then there will be a second hearing and then it will be some decided whether he will be extradited to sweep it. probably yes because sweden is a member of the eu. -- there will be a second
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hearing and then it will be decided whether he will be extradited to sweden. the state of oregon is still investigating whether they want him to be extradited. -- the state department is still investigating. there is also questions as to whether there are grounds for him to be extradited. we don't even know if it is illegal in the u.s. to publish these documents at all. >> let's find out what is happening in ireland with that bailout package. >> the irish government is expecting to pass the toughest budget in the history of the republic clearing the way for an eu bailout worth 85 billion euros. they have 6 billion euro in cats. the finance minister says that the top 1.5% tax will stay. >> eyes are on the ireland
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finance minister. he has the task of releasing a tough budget to the irish parliament needed to secure the bailout from brussels. this is the fourth since the crisis struck days ago. >> we can get firmly back on our feet. this is a substantial down payment on the road back to economic health. >> the finance ministers could not agree on extending the bailout fund but did reach a deal on financial aid for ireland. the military affairs commissioner sees light as the end of the tunnel. >> it is good to note that the real economy of ireland is recovering and we have seeing exports grow and economic improvement in the private sector.
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>> doblin will only be able to access the 85 billion euro rescue package if parliament passes the budget. the vote is too late tuesday evening. >> thank you. the german foreign minister has called the two days of talks over iran's disputed nuclear program and welcome start after 14 months of no progress on the issue. the foreign policy chief of the eu were wrapped up meetings with the senior negotiator from tehran. she was negotiating on behalf of the six powers -- the u.s., russia, china, britain, france, and germany. western countries suspect iran of trying to build a nuclear bomb but tehran says that they are merely using the technology for civilian services. the german president was in
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warsaw today marking an important ceremony for german- polish relationships. he laid a wreath at a monument to the vic warsaw ghetto. on the same day, 40 years ago, the german chancellor famously dropped to his knees as a gesture of contrition for not see crimes. although he was appointed to the end of the war, the german president -- although he was born at the end of the war, the german president feels responsible for the war atrocities. we will now look at how the visit was received. >> in a very relaxed way, this is very interesting to compare this with the russian president's came here. i talked to people about the german president's visit. they said, all, he is here
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again. he has only been the president for six months and he has met the polish president and no more than four times. that shows how very routine and close the relationship has become. this year for the very first time in the two countries' history, children and both countries at school will be learning the history of the two countries from the same textbook. >> let's go back over to steve. >> your opinion has formally backed russia's bid to join the world trade organization on tuesday clearing the way for russia to join the party in 2011 after 17 years of trying. the eu is the world's largest trading sound and the biggest trading partner. -- the eu is russia's largest trading partner.
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>> this russian clipper is being loaded it to export products to the eu. the terrace is said to be abolished. there will also be a decrease in the rail charges. the russian president hailed the agreement. >> russia's entry into the wto will become a reality. this is a breakthrough after decades of negotiations. >> europeans appeared equally enthusiastic. >> this is a paramount step forward and a step that the world it is closely watching. we in now wish for a push in other parts of our bilateral agenda.
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>> russia would like to do away for visas for travel to the eu. the e would like to leave currency restrictions in place. -- the eu would like to leave currency restrictions in place. >> the dax made a steady recovery since the march of 2009. the euro stoxx has failed to perform as well. there is higher consumer spending in germany and hopes that they might be getting to grips with the debt crisis. >> there were other factors moving the markets on tuesday. >> capital gains in the u.s. would continue to be taxed with 15%. this caused demand for stocks
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here in frankfurt. the economic data fueled the demand for stocks. the factory orders of the german manufacturing sector increased by nearly 20%. also, the german services sector reported stronger sales and also more jobs that have been created in this sector of the german economy. all of this is due to an increasing domestic demand which means demand from german businesses and consumers. >> let's look at some of the market figures. the dax index closing at 7001. the euro stocks there 2802. the euro is trading at $1.32. shares in new york are running at two-year highs after barack obama proposed to extend all tax
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cuts for two years. speaking on tuesday, he said that the deal will help to bring the unemployment rate down from nearly 10% although he refused to predict by how much. he defended continuing tax breaks for the rich because he said that it will see unemployment extended for the long-term unemployed. the german government is conducting an i.t. summit and high on the agenda is data protection. a good number of german businesses have reported it fast and damage to digital data. >> a message coming out of the summit is that germany has one of the highest rates of mobile internet use in the world but overall, they only occupied a midrange position when it comes to i.t. they are far behind south korea. the government thinks they have identified why this is the case. >> infrastructure is not the problem but we have a small
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issue when it comes to -- we must have more cooperation between universities, businesses, and research institutes and we have to view this as an opportunity rather than a wrist. -- a risk. i.t. is a gross motor across all areas of industry. >> there are 30,000 free i.t. positions in germany right now but little chance of killing them. >> 200 people graduate every year. that means, we will not able to satisfy demand by ourselves. >> specialists could fill the gap. this german -- this question has secured a job but she is waiting for a visa. the i.t. sector would like to ease the process. >> we will have more on that later. >> he will talk now about education.
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the results of the latest stated assessment survey is out. you might remember that a few years ago, they scored rather poorly compared to their asian counterparts. this year, the performance was up but big problems remain especially among low income families and immigrants here in the country. >> at a special class in berlin, children who are new to germany are getting help with the language. falling behind now can cause big problems down the line. during reading practice, volunteers come in to lend a hand. this is one of about 1900 specialized reading instructors who are part of a private initiatives in berlin. this 12-year-old came to germany three months ago. >> i was here for two years before and then i went back
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home. now, i can speak a little german. >> he is starting to improve his german as fast as he can and he can move into a regular classroom. the education minister welcome to the study. the publisher said that german schoolchildren had made some progress in math and science. >> germany has gotten better. it went from the second leak to the first of this is still far from being in the champions league. there is still too much talent sitting on the bench. >> much of that potential is from low income and immigrant families. background plays a greater role in educational performance than in any other country in -- the study suggests that these children need more help than ever. >> this year's nobel prize
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winner for literature has a liver his address in stockholm. he praised that america for becoming more democratic. the 74-year-old llosa spoke of his love for writing and reading. fights between police and those protesting marred the opening of the opera house. hundreds of people were there to condemn the cuts. protests despite the conductor to give a speech ahead of the premier ofthe opera. he said that he fears for the culture in italy as well as in
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>> german government officials met with leaders from the information technology industry for talks on a sensitive subject and year -- data protection and security. they are also looking for ways to based in the -- they're looking for ways to boost the german i.t. rankings in the world. more people are needed for research and to counter a skills shortage. the heart of the i.t. sector is in southwest germany. >> getting information to where it needs to be, that is the task of this team. they are developing software that networks data quickly, for
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example for an emergency services dispatch center where information from fire departments, police, and hospitals can be coordinated. this is about the software of the future. >> the business software of the future will be more network by today's which is in bits and pieces. in the future, companies will have to interact with other partners. their software will have to be network. because they can change quickly, companies will have to be able to adapt their software quickly as well. >> this is home to almost 1000 software companies. they also have several research institutes and two universities. networking is a key word here. >> we don't actually believe that one individual institution can deal with these tasks along
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because there are so many different aspects to these challenges. >> networks are also important to the intelligence views. this software creates links between language-based data. this has the work force of just under 30. that is typical in the industry and many companies rely on support from outside, for example in research activities. >> we work together with universities and research institutes on specific research projects. another great advantage, it means that we can keep our software as up-to-date and innovative as possible. >> the higher education center is lead the way in computer science. one reason for that is the close relationships with injuries -- industries. they have a large number of graduates to employ and they get feedback on research results. >> we can best prepare by
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collaborating with industry because then research will always go in the required direction. >> the industry already provides 10% of the region's jobs. the southwestern stronghold profits between the 8 innovative small businesses, powerful global players. >> despite those efforts, a study found that the german i.t. sector is falling behind its international competitors. we spoke with the president of the german i.t. sector industry and we asked him why. >> we have different aspects of this question. on one side, we are very successful in parts of the i.t. industry, we are a big player in telecommunications and we also do a lot of exports of hardware and software services to the world. on the other hand, we see in the
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internet world, we have not established one big player like google or facebook or these companies based in the west. on the other hand, we have good infrastructure, we can make use of this to come back in our market. we have a lot of very good research at universities but also outside research organizations. what we need is more entrepreneurial ship in the younger generation and we have to convince them and motivate them to established companies and make them international players in our market. >> you have criticized some politicians for stoking irrational fears over privacy but aren't the right to point out some of the risks? >> especially if some
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politicians had established a very emotional discussion around this. i don't think that we need a new legal aspect for this special service. we have a voluntary approach in our industry to inform the people what kind of services would produce the data on hand and how the people can ask for the removal of some information. this is the right way we have to go. we also have to think about the new information systems which will offer the opportunity for new assistance, especially in the field of car communications and navigation systems.
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they are used for supporting business in other industries. this is a broad issue and we have to have a rational approach to discuss these subjects. >> thank you very much for talking to us. >> in our aging society, one area of research that will play a more important role is medicine. you will see that this is like paying the doctor a visitor through video conference. >> 18 patient suffers a stroke, speed is of the essence. quick and effective treatment can cause brain damage. small hospitals work together
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with a stroke treatment center as a teaching hospital in dresden. this woman was taken to the hospital after she collapsed while shopping. this hospital does not have a neurology specialists but she was treated by video link by the specialist in dresdena week aft- year-old has almost completely recovered. >> to this project has worked well for us so far. we have used this since 2007. there are now 12 clinics involved. we can provide around-the-clock care and an as been well received by our partner clinics. >> neurologists are consulted to treat patients twice a day. they carry out examinations,
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carry out brain scans, and give treatment that is devoted -- provided at a local hospital. doctors say that medical care was a whole new world that first. >> it took some getting used to. we can rely on our colleagues at local hospitals. >> this means patients who lives in small remote towns can't enjoy specialist treatment without having to make the difficult journey to the nearest city. >> this is an improvement for everyone. we is a very useful diagnostic method and we can provide our patients with stated the art treatment. >> those who benefit most are the patience. thanks to her quick and effective treatment, this patient is already back on her
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like good food. we are chalking chef randy and kerry. thank you for allowing us to our kitchen. >> thank you for coming. >> i noticed it's a new venture for u efft 2 ar with the hyatt. how has the experience been for you. love it. this is pretty much working in the hotel in the chef position, this is what i usually do is teh okine way that the chef would want everything to be ona everything from sanitation to inventory to acalcooking. this experience has been just incredible to me it's basically using my arofexperience and passing it on. >> you are doing well with the
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happened made pasta. you taught students before, what are crets for becoming a really good chef. do you have to be born or can you learn to be a great chef. t'abt attitude. if you love to cook, because i love to, i love to eat, i love to cook with someone whenjoys it. i enjoy my job and like to share my experience with students. >> we have a couple of items he. th ia ravioli with avocado. we have lasagna as well. what are you going to do with this o? it making a sample plate to follow when they are plating up. fairly simple, all pteup pending on how many you actually do, you want to make the process as simple as possible and that there is a flow wt ndf sauce is that. this is a manarama
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narra, house made. we do as much from scratch so the students get the basic idea of what they are doing. they may nonessarily be skilled that they actually need but if they do, they have it. >> depending on the restaurant, erhi inohouse made put ideally that's what you are looking f. >> even with processed food, you need to know how it's made, what it tastes like and at are the ways that you can do to make it better. >> what is that? >> this is just olive l. thought so. i don't want to assume anything. perfect ingredient that you are putting together here. that's great. >> we have a little bit of onions for a little height and a little color. >> and a ttle ttu.
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this is a fried basil leaf. >> nice. >>asally tre we have it. >> very nice. this is very good. can't wait to try that one later. you mentioned taste earlr. efer what's the secret to taste bug not gaining weight after sampling all the wonderful concoctions? >> you mean like me? >> i know that's one of the things you have to make sure it tastes just right. >> i taste everything. you always like to taste when you cook and then you always have to taste after you finish your product. that's the secret, that's the key. always taste after you put everything together. put your heart, your soul, when you are cooking then you taste it. >> just taste a little bit but not the whole plate. >> that's good. >> you want to add something there? >> most of our students are
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more used to chinese and asian tastes. so part of the development in the school is we need to alter their tastes so they are more customed to western cooking and this is what they want to do. prime example is cheese. cheese is not part of any asian cuisine but a part of western cuisine and they have to develop a taste for it, not just ones like slice american cheese but cheese that they consider to be -- >> what kind of cheese is that? >> parmesan. >> big flakes. >> it's not completely foreign, but it -- >> it is an aquired taste. >> our motto is over easy, not so easy.
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>> thank you so much for allowing news the kitchen. can't wait to sample. if you would like to contact the acemy, bay area vista.com. we have been talking about learning for life today. one of the most challenging lessons can be how to save and how to grow your assets. so in order to help us with that, we are talking with jill, a financial services director of earn. a program that really matches dollar for dollar up to $2000 for people who are beginning to save. jill, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me here today. >> this is a acronym for earn. i said a little bit about how it works. could you explain more in depth? >> sure, earn is a bay area based nonprofit. we work with people towards building assets to break the cycle of poverty and to create
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prosperity for generations to come. >> that's a big ambition. >> how do you do it. >> the way is through a variety of financial products and services. we offer microsavings. we are the largest provider of microsavings, that's the matched savings account. people can join our program and save up to $2000 have it match 2 to 2, they will have $6000 towards a first tame home purchase, small business entrepreneurship or education. >> that's amazing. what do you have to do to qualify for the program? >> our program is open to low wage families that are bay area residents. there is financial education coupled with the savings. in addition to learning to save money for the program, people are bill building the skills learning to budget, learning about credit and the importance, next steps they will need on the path to prosperity. >> that's a wonderful gift we
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are providing. especially during these times, people might feel like suppose they lost their job and trying to rebuild from a place and their income is lower, there is not a lot of hope or opportunity. this really provides them with that. >> it does. we have actually really seen an impact in the current economy with people that previously wouldn't have qualified for a program, now do because their income has gone down substantially. we are grateful we are here and available to help people to really take that next step towards getting back on the path to prosperity and really we seen amazing that are really inspiring us everyday, but are overcoming obstacles and changing the stories from the past in to really a hero story for the future. >> that is very important. one of the story involve as family, the edwards family. that's no relation. why don't you share what happened for them. >> the family had been in a
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serious situation where they were forced to move. ha layna was a foster child and grown up in a foster family. so after a series of having to relocate her own family and her own children, she one day came home to her house and the landlord's home was being foreclosed on. there was an eviction notice. she decided that was the last time she was going to move. she found earn and started saving money, went through a financial education classs and able to purchase a home here in san francisco. >> that's amazing, over what period of time did that happen? >> usually in the program in about two years. they do a lot of work. they often have to really work on their credit it and buildup their savings but that discipline continues throughout their life and teaching and modeling for the children. another part about the story that's inspiring is that she now too is a foster parent and
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recently certified to have her home be a group home for foster children. she is continuing to give back. >> to go from eviction to that. that's a poweringful testimony. it's so exciting. one of the challenges many times can be in addition to the learning the abc's of credit building is changing the emotional relationship with money. because we know that's one of the primary causes in divorces often cited and how we feel about money shapes so many things in your lives. >> it can be like a scar tissue we carry with us. part of our program really helps people to identify and to tap in to some of the emotions to let them be able to move on. we offer really very wholist ig approach with money management training and coaching to really help people improve their future and really breakthrough some of those patterns. >> thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us.
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thank you. thank you for the work you are doing to make a difference in the community. if you would like to contact them, go to bay area vista.com. we are talking with re rand floyd, the executive director of the west bacon freeness -- conference center. i met the academy while attending a special event at the community center. i had the tune to meet the staff there, the administrative staff and really was impressed with their professionalism, and invited them to come over to our location to do a sight visit. out of that relationship, we were able to birth the partnership, which i'm happy is excelling. >> we have been in the kitchen where delicious things are
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going on. do you get some of the -- lunches. >> amazingly, they bring me a meal every day, saving it in my lunch pocket. breakfast and lunch and the fact they are able to do marvelous things. they are able to see things of how they are catering presented their presentation and things they might do in the future in catering in the future. >> that's really what the conference center is about helping youth who come through have a vision for their future as well as helping community members of all ages . what oh programs do you offer? >> we have magic youth services which provides programming for youth through the city and also partnerships among nonprofits in the city as well. we have black infant health
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improvement project, which provides healthy babies for and healthy educational programs for mothers who are expecting children. we have also the african immigrant resources. we have urban solutions, pro sides mall business loans to small emerging businesses in the area. we also have brothers for change, focused on helping to get young men to have make more positive choices in their life by giving them sort of access to programs. we have the film moore community benefits district, concerned about safety and marketing of the area in fill mor, we also have the national association for the advanced set of color people fighting the cause for civil rights here throughout the bay area. we also have the st. john coal train church, which provides some services and activities to
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help bridge the musical gap for youngsters in the community. >> you have a lot going on here. >> a lot of different programs. we are so happy that now we have the new emerging and fledging culinary program that chef angelo and through the viable work of carmen is axeling in such a way. we hope it will be have a broader diversity student population and that person would get enrolled in the program. there is a class november 15th, so we really want a more diverse, ethnicity to understand there is valuable services that are provided here at west bay, they can get enrolled and get the skills. one thing that is for sure, restaurant business is very thriving in san francisco. you want to have the skills. >> thank you for all that you
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weeknesses and start them early to choose the right courses that will help them get to their dream purpose. we find out what they want to be when they grow up. we also find out where they are in school making sure that the classes they are taking are challenging enough. if they need help, we will help them after school so that they do their home work and do their homework well, then they will get the concepts and learn more. when they get good grades it helps them build their self esteem and keep going, work with the teachers and parents, to make sure we are all on the same track and take sat's some don't know they have to take sat. sometimes the schools tell them that they don't have to worry about sat because they might be
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going to community college. we tell them, take your sat as soon as possible, as many times as possible and give them the sat prep so we prepare them. >> it's so important. todd, you were nodding your head what grade are you in? >> 7th grade. >> how has it helped you? >> it helped me become a leader and helped me become more honest and learn the true meaning of friendship. you meet a lot of people along the way. >> when you say become more honest, that's unusual one to hear as well. how have they helped you in that regard? >> they helped me say what i need to say, they helped me influence people, helped me realize that i am getting to the age where high school is going to come and that new people are going to come and that challenges face me and how to overcome the obstacles.
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>> that's a wonderful testimony, when you first started with the future stars, what do you remember as standing out for you as being one of the first things that you learned? >> the first thing i learned is how to dance african dancing, yes. also along the way of the dancing, i also learned fencing, i also learned math enrichment. i wasn't really good at math. >> holly you are smile august you hear this. while you run the program, when you hear the testimonies of things that come out strike you in that way. when you are designing this curriculum for students, what do you think is most important you said for the prep, sat's but why is dancing incorporated and fencing, why do you keep those activities as well. >> it's what they like to do. we look for those things that are exciting to them, the
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production, video production, they like to play video games, we teach them how to design the video games. we try to make them more producers opposed to just consumers of the media. >> you recently took a couple of students to harvard for a special weekend as well. that was one of the exciting events that you offed. >> yes. actual -- offered. >> yes, actually. one of our students is at harvard right now. she invited the students to come over during the event that they have. we decided to make it a well event. college visit and you know that cambridge has a lot of schools around there. mit, boston college, uma, we went to all of those. we also thought harvard, so that the students can know that harvard is not as intimidating.
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we dance with the students, socialize with them and show them there is real life there. they say i want to go to harvard. >> which i'm partial to i have to say. my alma mater. >> what would you say to students who haven't participated in the program but ask you why this is a value to you? >> it's a value to you because you really don't know how much it takes to get in to college, how much work you have to put in to it. people really don't know how much -- how hard it is. you have the take things seriously if you want to go to college and make it far in life. >> that is so well said. thank you for joining us. if you would like to contact the silicon valley future stars the information is on our screen also at bayareavista.com. >> i'm excited. look at these delicious dishes.
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can't wait to dive in. >> this is all prepared by our students. >> these are delicious. thank you so much for hosting us here. >> thank you for coming and thank you to west bay and reverend floyd this is all partnership. >> that's one of the things that's exciting, community coming together in support and vision in for people having more jobs as well as great skills and something to learn. i want to thank you for making this is great place that it is. check out bayareavista.com. [music] b?ccc
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