it's based on in truth and fact and research that you did in louisiana and family lore and other things. and, yet, there are conversations which were not recorded in any way and motivations you had to construe and phrases like, bleach the line, how do you put yourself in the minds of the mostly women but men as well? >> that was a process that took quite a lot of time. the book actually took 3 years to write. that doesn't include the year and a half of research. so i had a lot of time to try to get it right but -- i became these women each in their turn and when i sat down to write the book having no experience in writing, other than business plans. but when i sat down to write the book i was teaching myself how to do it by becoming each of these women and writing in a e diary as if i was emily or suzet or as if i was elizabeth. and i did that talking about their daily lives and what i thought they would be thinking about. and as i got more familiar with each one of these characters who has a very specific personality and specific place, as they started to jell for me i through them in

. >> welcome industry insiders have consistently rated germany over silicon valley and even bank lore as the home of the world's best video game programmers -- and even or bangalore. one-third of the players' own a video consoles -- players own a video consoles, but norway is at the top of the list. there is one in oslo we said a reporter to find out the secret of creating the magical world built with ferries and else -- fairies and elves. they have roots in their viking past. >> this person creates complete new worlds where players can korea alliances, celebrate victories, and even die. -- create alliances, celebrate victories, and even die. he cates story lines for fantasy games. >> you get a sense that this has been here for thousands of years, and think about those people, who were they, what did they believe, who were their gods, and you imagine what their ideas were, and you fill the spaces in your mind. >> he works for a norwegian company that is one of the most successful fantasy game developers worldwide. it's on wide world wide -- its online game has been successful. it took

these colleges which we have around the world which focus on the international back lore rat decree for last two years of high school are mini global villages, each one onto itself. concept was to promote a sense of cross cultural interaction, interfaith interaction. a sense of sol a -- sol atear ti among young people from different parts of regions around the world. arabs and israelis pakistan, india, china. kids from all countries in the world studying together in these ten colleges around the world. i think international education like this is one of the keys to a more peaceful and more toll rant and more stable future for every country in the region. >> do you deplore the fact that the united states curriculum seems by the standards of globalism today that prevail in the culture and commercial -- in the commerce and in the etiology and thinking and politics that is there so little that is international in nature. all the way down to teaching geography. >> i'm also heartened by educators in this country that reach out to me to other sources in the arab muslim world. they can't find t

. >> in the lore 94, the celebrated in the street and tumor nor lean sorrow. .ot everyone is back. but the view from always front porch, >> so glad that we came home. i hope we don't have another one. >> a concern neighbors want to make sure president barack obama understands. >> don't forget about the people, that can help themselves. was katrina and we made a lot of mistakes. >> hurricane katrina left its mark on your list. love the city say they are divided by something else resilience. after five years, the sights and city of the office reborn are everywhere. in norland science and math that pays kron4 news. >> many of people that evacuated have not returned home. the metro of that area's as a hundred 40,000 fewer residents since katrina. area it would talk to them about what they have not come back. >> our house was completely under water and we're on the roof on the building next door. it was horrendous. we were lucky in as much as we did have to go down to the superdome and we do not go to the convention center. so we did not have that horror. but what we

everyone was lored by this man who could get up and sing this song when he was a survivor, everybodyreaking out in tears and was amazing and the next piece i had to get up and sing. what an act to follow. i will go with the piece i was going to sing anyway. this is a gypsy song. [laughter]. free to love and -- [laughter]. i'm thinking this guy is going to walk out of the room and never like me ever again. he doesn't know me but he is going to hate me and remember me as the girl when totally ruinned the moment. [laughter]. i go and you will hear in a minute after this song and he's crying. he's like crying so much that i almost was going to stop but i didn't stop. at the end me got up and everyone was silent and he said, when i was in the concentration camp the only reason i survived is because a gypsy girl came and she would sneak me food in her apron everyday. and i was in love with her. that was the only way i got through. and he said that i looked just like her. [laughter]. worked out; right ? [laughter] think i look like this. [laughter]. and he was so inadd mirrorad with this wo

item one is case 2006.0848 he, for 23-34 doll lores are street, for continuance to september 2, 2010, item 212010.01 p 2d for 1027 hayes street, proposed for continuance to september 2nd, 2010, and commissioners, the first item, item number 7, 2001-.0054 u, personal wireless permit ordinance, this item is being proposed for continuance, to september 2nd, further on the calendar, item 9, case number, 2009.046d, i have been informed that the dr on this item has been withdrawn and this mat are is no longer before you for consideration, with that i am not aware of any other item on calendar proposed for continuance. president miguel: any public comment? if not it's closed, commissioner borden? commissioner borden: i move to continue the items to september 2nd. >> second. linda avery: thank you, commissioners, on the motion for continuance of items 1 and 2 as proposed on calendar and item 7 -- [ roll call ] linda avery: thank you commissioners those items are continued as announced. item 3 is commissioners questions and matters. president miguel: commissioner lee? commissioner lee: today i

the fact that emily was so part of your family lore and that reuniting that occurred did that pull your family closer together in later generations after her? >> yeah. i also think that's -- it's a way of thinking. this is a different line of family but the thought process is the same. when my father left louisiana to come to california he came by himself. he had he was married and had 2 children i was not yet born. he came. got a job. sent money back. when he had enough, then my mother came with the 2 children. and then when he saved enough money he sent money back and brought his brother over. when he it more money he brought his other brother. that's a concept that's not louisiana or the south it is a concept around the family unit and the importance of that unit. >> as you have been out over the past years touring and talking about this book what reaction have you had, particularly in places like louisiana and alabama and georgia? >> it's really been gratifying. now, i have to assume those people that would be upset don't turn out. [laughter] >> good thing. but those people that tur

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i have had a number of questions with the trustees and with the vice chance lore about the issues. and this has been a lengthy conversation that has gone on between the department about this particular site. there's reasons that city college had reduction in facilities. some are our own desire to provide services in our facilities at a time when we could actually staff them. many of our programs -- we do have programs, we have nonfee based programs. all of our recreation is seffly -- heavily subsidized. it is important that this is not a tradeoff between there one -- this free parent and childcare nanny program -- you know, fee based programming. our mission is to try to actually provide recreation for all of our kids regardless of ability to pay as you know. >> we will continue to work with city college on some site identification actually. speaking of good community relationships and organizational relationships, i was handed a note by -- by raymond from -- from richmond park saying this actually -- the elementary school may actually have space. it may be an opposite for a progra

supporters think capitalism is on its deathbed and it may be time to try out trotsky's philosophy lore and that london. brings us now to seventeen minutes past the hour in the russian capital with a look at our main stories in about thirty minutes from now. deep into the history of an ancient tellme that's no stranger to modern life style auto or of russia's golden ring continues with a visit to. a destination for the little gem of a place quite an old town that sits in the shop corner of the volga river it's hard to be think coach on the street fight it was even often that's parables favorite location so we're always on the outs is a good as we could see you at school of the gold my existence. which is most likely to be visited this part of a boat trip the approach into the town is one of the most memorable sights of the cruise along the phone. and as the town lies in a shop bend in the river here that's where it's name is said to have come from google in russia meaning cooler. is located two hundred fifty kilometers from the russian capital regarding ground transport you can get here

to come in pairs lore is true in the last winter was it was cold in much of europe and. russia we are working on the question because the obviously the pairs of hot summer cold winters don't carry on like that forever and they disappear often they come in through us but we need to work on let's talk in general about your long range forecasting explain to me in layman's terms how you do that what we saw is what happens on the song. to. the circulation patterns of the globe due to a lot of magnetic connections particles coming from the sun and the moon modulating the. impact of those particles and so what we say really is well similar situation of the. on earth magnetic lunar total slight in the pause of similar weather patterns then to sometime in the future when the patterns repeat does not clockwork so we have to do a lot of small things to understand but that doesn't able us to predict weather toys and indeed to draw a lot of detail many months ahead i mean for example we got the correct tolling of the breakdown of the european way for example was a ritual which happen

veterans who served in the region have returned home with psychological trauma and most of all aussies lore and that spoke to one ex soldier whose refusal to fight cost him his freedom. this is the soldier who said no to the to of speaking out against the conflict one he calls illegal and unjustifiable his advice to the government i was i was i listen to people to simplify. you know people in the morning with. these conflicts. you know the call of will to fall off the wagon which was the message which spin cycle fusion the song so it's time to start listening to public clinton joined the army in two thousand and four and fought for seven months in afghanistan he says he came home a changed man suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder which he claims he was bullied when he heard he was being sent back to afghanistan gone did from the army and didn't come back for two years initially his military superiors were understanding but when joe spoke at an antiwar rally in london they upped his charges to desertion which carries a ten year prison sentence joe's mother says that exposes t

concerned that the imperial age whether it's fight for resources and influence is coming back archie's lore and it spoke to veteran journalist john put pilger who shared his views on the past and present. today i'm in london speaking to joan poll just veteran journalist documentary writer who started his career cheering the vietnam war john paul just thanks very much for talking to me now let's talk about more media in general first if you don't mind recently the website wiki leaks published tens of thousands of documents relating to the afghanistan war what do you think that is the biggest impacts that modern technology has had owned journalism well i think the wiki leaks exposed is. look like they might change journalism altogether if not change your wake it up. because what we think leaks has done is what journalists should have done. you know here here is this dreadful litany of years of of disaster and killing in afghanistan done in a wrong. and i don't think we've gotten a sense they've got a sense of the disaster but i don't think we've got a sense of the real. the the political disa

it's on its lore and lyster it's the end of an era you know our t. in this is called new york. when it's story around the middle east first nuclear power plants to one more about this and the implications are. of a russian political analyst and directs the center for g. and a securities. based think tank. many thanks for joining us all this is a big day for a round story today and now how's the peaceful nuclear technology it says it's been seeking so we'll around now go back to internationally case ations avery its nuclear program do you think. i think of this is a very important step to improve the calamity around the uranium nuclear crisis and i think it will be much easier. p five plus one to persuade iran that we are ready to cooperate with their on the in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and i think russia. did a lot to improve the situation the round of the so called the range of nuclear crisis so i think now it's time for iran to persuade their countries that their nuclear tensions are really peaceful so i think it's time for iran to move from declaration to practical

supporters think capitalism is on its deathbed and it may be time to try out trotsky's philosophy lore and that. brings up today for the moment here along with a recap for you about eight minutes from now in the meantime let's have the latest from the world of business with charlotte that's coming up in just a moment. for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we do understand how we'll get there and. the best in some sense technology from across russia and around the world. our technology update on our g. hello welcome to the business program with me was folly crude oil is trading at a six week law it's been struggling to break out of the seventy to eighty dollars range from moments after briefly hitting eighty two dollars at the beginning of august prices have slipped back concerns about faltering economic growth and high inventories in the u.s. and as alexei caulking for metropol explains the risk appears to be mainly on the downside for the rest of the year. i rather doubt there's going to

lore and of reports. off for a week in the sun but if the european union project goes ahead these people could have their conversations and movements monitored while they're flying the plan has a law on civil liberties campaigners who fear further growth in the surveillance state but at passengers a divided yelling as this could be quite private personally when i don't know this i think is a line and you keep pushing and pushing it with like the regulations and i think it's so prevalent already. with this expected you watch t.v. you watch t.v. or you'll be surveilled to be surveilled that has a more in me but nothing to hide so we don't worry me personally. the e.u. project is aimed at tackling terrorism by analyzing the way passengers behaved in a bid to isolate potential bombers or hijackers when they're already on board at the moment surveillance on planes is mainly limited to a c.c.t.v. camera near the cockpit persons are the most watched people in the world with more c.c.t.v. cameras per capita than

president dmitri medvedev has given great importance to a name and its bid to reform the country's lore forces he's proposed to do away the title militia is still by the bolsheviks in ninety seven team and instead go back to the pre-revolutionary name police he sure somebody's man ever since the bolshevik revolution our law enforcers have been known as the militia this emphasize their popular or proletarian nature i mean they were volunteers in uniform but today we need professionals honest and well coordinated people who are good at their job this is why i think it's time we gave our law enforcers back their original name and started calling them the police. it's being seen as an attempt to rid the force of its image as a hotbed of corruption and bad practice but it's one that's not it's come at a cost. i can see tens even hundreds of different expenses to design and the custom tailoring of new uniforms for million workers design and production of new ideas for million workers repainting of hundreds of police cars and other vehicles designed of new forms stamps and seals and so on in t

either it's on its lore and list or it's the end of an era you know r.t. own this is called new york. well you can find more in the store and anything else we're covering at our website com here's what else is online feel right now russia has to prove it's the legal owner of the descendants of the country's founding. suing the state to get the property. built and. also find out why some german and american tourists on a russian cruise ship refused to leave the boat for it collided with a cargo ship details for you. when our chance discover parts of russia cut off from the traditional tourist trail teams on hand to take you to diverse and undiscovered areas of the country without leaving you know seat. well this week we've been in the coastal region of northwest russia for generations the local people's livelihood and heritage has been intertwined with the white sea communities of sailors fishermen. from the natural resources of the state. the way of life this is timeless as the sea itself. they were one of the first conquerors of the northern waters. fishe

supporters think capitalism is on its deathbed and it may be time to try out trotsky's philosophy lore and that. our close their team takes you want to journey to want to process it in perth. we're having a thousand kilometers north of wasc out of the small town of caught a couple its history dates back as far as the eleventh century something reflected in the town's art and architecture artist has are selling out of a cultural tore back to the future. a town frozen in time. these stone churches and centuries old wooden houses once owned by rich merchants stirred the imagination. once upon a time cargo paul was one of the wealthiest towns in russia thanks to bustling trade by the on younger river but it began to fade into obscurity when c. trade was moved to st petersburg and later on when railroads were built bypassing the town life here is simple quiet and for the most part that actually means nothing has changed some have automatic machines but they still come to wash the things in the river after they wash them in the machine and the room next to linen feel fresher. today there's n

civilians have been covered up the white house's fear is claiming the leaks threaten its national security loreand it might help with the follow the website that's up next here on out. i'm here in london talking to julian assaults the founder of the whistle blowing website wiki leaks which this week released a huge still say of documents relating to the afghan war which mr assaults describes as detailing the every day squalor war jew in the sauce thank you very much for talking to r t now you've had a wide range of responses to this publication ranging from praise right down to criticism is that what you were expecting you know we knew this was serious material it covers a six year period of war ninety two thousand reports and almost every instant serious incident the three i was in called me together with the times and locations number of people killed except for. so we knew that it's a. great thing for france as a historical document and as for the primary resource to be used for further investigations and we also know from those sorts of cases that we've dealt with previously that we always

supporters think capitalism is on its deathbed and it may be time to try out trotsky's philosophy lore and it's. time now to pack your bags as we take you on another tour of the lesser known part of russia with our close of team. and today we are one thousand kilometers north of moscow in the small town of cargo pole was an important trade center back in the sixteenth century as it was situated between what was then the only russian sea poor of our hunger and moscow however its history dates back as far as the eleventh century despite the town slowly falling into obscurity its art and architecture of a very much alive as artie's tests are cilia found out. a tone in time. these stone churches and centuries old wooden houses once owned by rich merchants steer the magination. once upon a time cargo bore was one of the wealthiest towns in russia thanks to bustling trade by the onyango river but it began to fade into obscurity when sea tree was moved to st petersburg and later on when railroads were built by passing the town life here is simple quiet and for the most part that actually noth

a los angeles judge sentenced 47-year-old gregory stale lore to 25 years to life under the three stretchaw for the 1997 crime. last january two students from three-strike project petitioned the court to reduce taylor's sentence and yesterday a judge ordered him free. >> i'm happy. we're just waiting for the 48 hours or whenever so we can see him and bring him home. >> this is what we hoped would turn out. we weren't sure what happened. >> taylor will be released by the end of the week. and you can hear more from the two stanford law students this morning on "good morning america" beginning at 7:00. at 4:37, time for our first weather check with mike. i didn't have to use windshield wipers. >> the marine layer clouds aren't nearly as thick as yesterday now that the low has passed. temperatures a little warmer except novato 48. 67 san jose. a lot of yellows, temperatures warmer from fremont and 3 degrees warmer in oakland. and so it looks like we'll see sunshine, a little cooler today, but then because the air mass above us is a little cooler also. temperatures still 8:00 mostly cloudy in

over seven hundred people renounced their us citizenship three times as many as a year before arty's lore and i asked one explain why his american dream turned sour. ken o'keefe grew up in america and had a nation that he believed was the greatest in the world a bastion of freedom and democracy in order to protect those ideals he joined the marine corps and went to fight for his country in the gulf war and that's when the american dream became a nightmare i was punished for speaking out about something that my superiors were doing and my life became extremely difficult upon my return with a different perspective i started to look at american history and politics and realized that my whole life i had been lied to and i believed in those ideals you know i believed in them and when i found out that these ideals were really the way america was presenting itself in the world it became clear to me at some point that i would renounce citizenship and renounce that he did apply to the state department to stop being american claim political asylum in holland and burned his u.s. passport o'keefe kno

from other countries are sending aid and there are some even want to help battle the blazes artie's lore ever discovered when she met up with a british former fireman this is a man whose sense of duty knows no national borders a retired firefighter daniel coleus saw the reports of the forest blazes raging in russia and felt compelled to offer his help so he wrote to prime minister putin i want to offer to volunteer to assist in firefighting operations and you win the russian federation vailable and request as a personal offer to your country with that in mind daniel prepares for action he says he's ready to go to the airport the moment he receives word his help is welcome. or still feel the. russian troops are because of the problem with. people from all around the world offering to join the fight against the force of nature volunteers from fellow roost spoke area and france are among more than one hundred sixty thousand people now estimated to be battling the blazes daniel started his career in rural fire fighting and says that's prepared him well the type of blazes sweeping through rus

but his socialist ideas are finding more support among those hit by europe's financial downturn as lore and it now reports. gone but not forgotten to many of the ideas of leon trotsky embody genuine socialism revolution an international coalition of the working classes and bureaucracy they might seem like outdated ideas but across europe they're alive and well trotsky's murder at the hands of an undercover and cave agent took place seventy years ago and five and a half thousand miles away from here in mexico but here as in many other places around europe his theories live on through organizations like this one which calls for the working classes to seize power from the capital lists and start the permanent revolution work his power is a movement active in twelve countries from the united states to sri lanka the organization simon hardy says it's relevant today more than ever as ordinary people feel they're suffering most common economic crisis brought about by the rich a lot of work of socialists now is focusing on talking to working people about how they're suffering and the recession

able to open it so far as its encrypted speculation is rife over what the fire may contain as are his lore and it reports. we know very little about this file we do know it's one point four gigabytes which is quite a large file and as you say. the documents much bigger than any of the documents the eighty thousand documents that wiki leaks posted last week it's name insurance and i mean it's not known why why they would have called it that but we can speculate somewhat on. an encrypted file. on the website so obviously we're not meant to be able to. expose all the experts in the business is saying that is that one file like this when one feels under threat in some way what they think will happen is that if any harm comes to judy national or any of his team possibly even the website itself then the key will be sent out posted on the website and everybody will be able to open it and it will reveal some sort of huge secret now as to why wiki leaks mice have done this he may have made some enemies last week of course he made this posting of eighty thousand documents which revealed secrets abou

open it so far as it's been scripted speculation is rife over what the file may contain as aussies lore and that reports. we know very little about this file we do know it's one point four gigabytes which is quite a large file as you say big and the over the documents much bigger than any of the documents the eighty thousand documents that wiki leaks posted last week. on the website so obviously we're not meant to be able to. experts all the experts in the business is saying that is that one posts a file like this when one feels under threat it's in some way what they think will happen is that if any harm comes to do to national or any of his possibly even the website itself then the key will be sent out posters on the website and everybody will be able to open it and it will reveal some sort of huge secret we should also examine the possibility that this is a publicist the start and if you just look at the timing. there was a lot of news about wishy leaks because of the release of baseballs that is just starting to die down now just as it is dying away he placed a file on his website c

and over sex abuse claims has let his ations the online whistleblowers at the suing a secret agenda lore and it has the details. there's been much less of a media florrie surrounding this than there was the beginning of the month when the afghan war diaries were released and i think there are people who reasons for that one because. it was seventy five thousand separate documents that came from inside the u.s. military and such a huge volume of information always creates an impression whereas to compare it with this this is just three pages although having said that it is a secret document from inside the cia. that came exclusively from the u.s. military. the other thing is the afghan war they were concrete evidence each of these documents was called the evidence of events to take place the deaths of millions casualties. casualties whereas this is an internal cia document describes a hypothetical situation which looks at what would happen if the international community received the u.s. as an export of terrorism it's written by departments in the cia called the red cell which is specific

there's a lot of lore about how many people he killed, though. some people say it's nine.say it's 21, one for each year that he was alive. >> interesting. we'll let the history buffs work that one out. we'll see. >>> coming up next, what a mixup involving a small town midwesterner who was looking for some extra money. n honking. a short time ago, this woman suffered from around his house. these people chose freedom over restrictions. independence over limitations. they chose mobility. they chosehe scooter store. and this is the team of mobility experts who made it all happen. ii great news, you've been approved for payment. dr. cruz, i'm calling on behalf ofmarie stanford. and they can make it happen for you. hi, i'm doug harrison, if you're living with limited mobility, call the scooter store today. i promise, no other company will work harder to make you mobile or do more to ensure your total satisfaction. i expected they'd help me file some paperwork with medicare and my insurance. i never expected them to be so nice or work so hard to get me a power chair at no cost to

maureen neigh lore, channel 2 news. >>> hasan jose man charged with assaulting a singer from vietnam pleaed not guilty in cour lee tonnage faces charges for an attack on.com syringe hundred in santa claire a he is anti-communist activist who dressed up like a woman and then attacked the vietnamese singer with pepper spray. he said i defended myself, i definancedded my community and i defended america. he is currently out on bail and is scheduled to return to court october 15th. if convicted he could face 6 years in prison. >>> oakland mayor ron dellums made it official today he will not seek re-election. his decision was not unexpected. he reportedly told city leaders history sons are personal. he has been cite sized recently for being missing from city hall during the budget crisis. in a statement released today the mayor talked about his accomplishments. he said "not a day goes by as mayor that i don't feel sense of pride and honor being the vehicle and voice for my constituents in oakland." >> the u.s. senate today approved a $26 billion aid package for states and california senat

lore. >> san francisco please our questioning five people. and a german tourist.treet, and the woman was caught in crossfire which was odd for a walk with her husband. >> 50 year-old was shot last night on mason st. she was out for a stroll with her husband on downtown's of francisco. two groups were attending and the downtown opened fire >> the victim was caught in crossfire with two different groups shooting and we are investigating weather it was gang-related. >> she was just steps from her hotel when she was shot. >> this map will show you how close she was, just one half block from her hotel room, the king george. the mason room, is packed but tourists, hotels, restaurants, and the mayor gavin newson commended eyewitnesses' and a taxi driver who helped comprehend several suspects. she was a mother of two and a director of an elementary school on a one month vacation with her husband and was going to go to san louis tomorrow. reporting in san francisco, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> more overnight gunshots you can see that 1015 folsom. near here we it street,

maureen neigh lore, channel 2 news. >>> hasan jose man charged with assaulting a singer from vietnam pleaed not guilty in cour lee tonnage faces charges for an attack on.com syringe hundred in santa claire a he is anti-communist activist who dressed up like a woman and then attacked the vietnamese singer with pepper spray. he said i defended myself, i definancedded my community and i defended america. he is currently out on bail and is scheduled to return to court october 15th. if convicted he could face 6 years in prison. >>> oakland mayor ron dellums made it official today he will not seek re-election. his decision was not unexpected. he reportedly told city leaders history sons are personal. he has been cite sized recently for being missing from city hall during the budget crisis. in a statement released today the mayor talked about his accomplishments. he said "not a day goes by as mayor that i don't feel sense of pride and honor being the vehicle and voice for my constituents in oakland." >> the u.s. senate today approved a $26 billion aid package for states and california senat