the united states naval academy was the very first service academy that i had the privilege to address as president. on that spring day four years ago, most of you were still in high school, finishing your senior years or finishing up a prep school. you were a little younger and i was, too. you had your entire naval academy experience ahead of you. i was started getting chest bumps of the graduates of 2009. soon after you got quite welcome. the joy of i-day, wonderful hair cuts, stylish eyeglasses, and all that free beer -- the high volume and a close range. michelle brought our daughter here for a visit. she got a somewhat different reception. it seems like the navy was doing some recruiting. she saw a name on the door, sasha obama, class of 2023. today, each of you can take enormous pride. you have met the mission of this academy. you have proven yourselves morally, living a concept of honor and integrity, and this includes treating one another with respect and recognizing the strength of every member of your team. you're the most diverse class to graduate in naval academy history. o

the united states naval academy was the very first service academy that i had the privilege to addresspresident. on that spring day four years ago, most of you were still in high school, finishing your senior years or finishing up at prep school. you were a little younger and i was, too. you had your entire naval academy experience ahead of you. i was started getting chest bumps of the graduates of 2009. soon after you got quite welcome. the joy of i-day, wonderful hair cuts, stylish eyeglasses, and all that free beer -- the high volume and a close range. michelle brought our daughter here for a visit. she got a somewhat different reception. it seems like the navy was doing some recruiting. she saw a name on the door, sasha obama, class of 2023 -- so you never know. today, each of you can take enormous pride. you have met the mission of this academy. you have proven yourselves morally, living a concept of honor and integrity, and this includes treating one another with respect and recognizing the strength of every member of your team. you're the most diverse class to graduate in naval

i did not realize how autiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> i think it ae's public and private property. i'm against graffiti. >> who can get it out the most who can be noticed the most. >> i i've seen seniors doing graffiti. >> the city is art, other people who have their names tag -- >> [inaudible] our unit there are 2 sections we are doing one is abating and others are notice of violation to private property. all the utility boxes in public right-of-way we abate. >> we abate calls that come within 48 hours. >> we are a small group in g f graffiti. we don't have enough help. >> i have a group in town down and china town and the north tunnel. [inaudible] the graffiti we abate everything

i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv.

the academy of arts has people who clean up around the neighborhood. the academy of arts will be receiving an award. accepting it on their behalf is me. on the next one. (applause) >> clearchannel outdoor, amazing, donated bill board, 30 bus shelters to advertise this conference. total views by this bill board in advertising, 5 million views. (applause) >> and only one of them got tagged. [laughter] l >> janna lord couldn't be here today to accept it. she had a family crisis. but this is for clearchannel outdoor for helping the conference. by the way, when those ads went up we were averaging 1300 hits a day on the website. (applause) >> another person who couldn't attend the award today, monica rose is our graphic artist who does a lot of work for us and she won the contest for designing the logo for the conference. pretty nice design, i think. so, monica rose will be receiving an award for the designing of the logo. she designed the programs and she designed the brochures to promote the conference. and she's already said that she's on board donating i

we have superintendent proposal and approval of material revision to the life learning academy charter petition and to reflect the change of governor ans structure, may i have a reading of the recommendation please? >> good evening, president norton, and superintendent carranza. and commissioners. what we have here is a proposal to approve a material revision to the charter for the life learning academy charter school. superintendents proposal, approval of the material revisions to the life learning charter petition to reflect the change of governor ans structure whereas san francisco unified school district is the charter authorizer for life learning academy charter school which is set to expire on june 30, 2014, and whereas the board of directors of this will be the delancy street foundation on september 27, 2012 approved the change of governor ans of life learning academy charter school to the newly formed life learning academy non-profit public benefit corporation and whereas the charter school submitted request of an approval for the revision of the charter school's provision to r

it's home to the philippine tennis academy. corporate executives, some of whom used to be tennis pros built this school with their own money. their goal, to now train junior filipino players to compete on the world stage. children between 12 and 15 are selected from across the country and travel to the academy to live and train. everything is provided for free. and a necessary arrangement as most of the children are from poor families. 13-year-old brian is a student here. he began distinguishing himself soon after entering the academy last november. he is the sixth in the domestic rankings for 16 year olds and under. >> i make number one in the philippines to play international games in other country. >> reporter: the children's day begins with a 7 kilometer run. representing the country provide the training. on this day, they work on their serves. >> put your right hand on your ear. >> reporter: brian was born in the mountainous region. it's in the southern philippines, about 800 kilometers from manila. he returned there for t

tavis: you get this part and it works out and you go on to win an academy award.ks and a golden globe. -- >> and a golden globe. tavis: you know the story. have had countless conversations in my career on tv what an academy award is worth for a person of color. -- if you and i had hours i would give you my list. it is a very short list. of persons of color who i believe have won academy awards and continue to elevate their game after they won. andywood gave them better additional opportunities to continue perfecting their craft. as a -- as opposed to winning an academy award and you are not heard of for years. after you won your academy award, how long before you did your next film? >> are you ready? seven years. seven years. film for seven a years. once i had my goal demand -- gold man, no more of those stereotypical -- i will not do any movies like that. boy, i showed them. i cut off my nose to spite my face. i was determined. i got the highest accolade in my profession and i will not denigrated or devalue it by going back to those horrible movies. that is all i

we have committed to police academied to get to full staffing levels, but i think it's equally important for the fire department to make sure that they have the resources to go forward and incumbent upon us to allocate the resources so this doesn't happen again in the future. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i want to start by thanking my colleagues for their comments, thank you supervisors campos and farrell, having the opportunity on budget committee to really dig into an issue and figure out exactly how funds should be appropriated and reappropriated or deaproprietied in any city department is important, so that we can understand exactly how a department is spending money. so thank you for your leadership on that issue. with the fire department as a former commissioner of the fire department, when i started a couple of years ago, one of the things that i had to have asked of the department to look at a strategic plan because over a ten-year period there were no new academies and simultaneously record numbers of folks that were retiring. in fact, in the 2011 over 80 people retired fr

naval academy. fleming, with the u.s. naval academy. he has written a book. welcome.the state goes on, several issues dealing with the military as we speak. how would you give your assessment as far as how the military has fared over these recent news that we've heard over the last few weeks but things going on within it? guest: things are not looking quite as good as it might how much of put it mildly. we have a problem with the sexual assault. read the newspapers for the past year, and we have had we're should scandal after leadership scandal. and all the services, there have been a record number of leaders removed for nonfeasance or inappropriate behavior, unacceptable behavior. secretary panetta, the last secretary of defense, was quite clear. he said these things have the potential to shake the confidence of the american people normally have in the military leadership. i have to agree with that. i think we are looking at something that needs to be addressed. host: it goes for to the issue of leadership? guest: it does and so far that leadership is something i'm w

that drew the attention of academy officials who scouted him. the family has no source of income. they have high expectations for brian's career. >> i have big hope. i hope, i hope bryan will get, will get his ambition in life so that he can help us. >> reporter: an asian regional championship was held in march. it was the first major international competition for brian. he played a south korean boy. brian tried to beat his opponent on the forehand, his strongest side, but the south korean player still dominated him anyway and won easily. the game made brian realize how tough it is to compete internationally. >> translator: i will practice hard from tomorrow again. i want to work harder to support my family. >> reporter: the children of the academy see tennis as a way to a better future, both for themselves and for their families. that's why when they're on the court, it's more than a game for them. it's also the chance to create the whole new life. nhk world, manila. >> actors who work in kabuki have performed their dramas for audiences across japan and around the world. they don

here at the academy.yder was the captain of the swim team, he deployed to afghanistan and while rushing to the aid of his teammate, stepped on an ied and lost both his eyes w the support of family and friends that learned to feel his way and move again. and before long, he was back in the swimming pool where he said, i'm free. and just one year later, brad competed at the london p paralympics. he said overcoming adversity is a decision. you can let that beat you or you can make the decision to move forward. matt lambert was on the rowing team. he deployed to afghanistan with his marine special ops team. matt lost both his legs, he endured a longe and painful recovery. but with his new legs he learned to walk again. he passed his physical test and deployed to afghanistan again, a double amputee back in the fight and matt recently completed his tour, he's back home and he's looking ahead to many years of service. and reflecting on his journey, his mission to return to his unit, he said he was determined how

do you want to say hi in an academy of art grad? [ applause ] and as you know, we are art for industry, and we are creating portfolios for students so that they can get jobs for the 21st century. and i am proud to say that asian pacific americans are leading the charge in getting those jobs for the 21 century. and we are, very, very proud of them as students and i am very proud to be here today. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you, and mark from at&t? [ applause ] >> thank you, it is a pleasure to be here and represent at&t, this is, this is 6 or 7th year that we have been around since the beginning, i believe of supporting this important month. and we, it is very much a part of our culture and heritage as well. and whether it is owning the ocean cables that connect us with asia here into california. or whether it is upgrading our network, i really appreciated the comments about the role that they play in the arts and they like to think that they have a major role in that in bringing arts and communication to all of the resident

over the past decade barcelona's la masia youth academy has evolved into world was a breeding ground for their senior team and an example clubs worldwide i came to follow especially during the global economic crisis and what we have for implementing financial fair play regulations to stop clubs spending more than they earn so it makes a lot of sense to recruit grassroots talent rather than expensive for employers. to football. bring so many money so many money but have so many many many many rosy small every type that means we have to do is the way we well working out. was it matters to. be clean and to be clear financial fair play will go away sions will bind clubs to balance their books to help avoid future financial difficulties qatari backed mollett was one of the first because it's been realised under the new rules despite reaching this year's champions league quarter finals after platter of signings the debt ridden spanish side now competes in europe for the next four seasons encounter a spark that is an almost unique position having your well fed chairman but also proud homegr

he runs the police academy. >> between the 31-week academy and 16 weeks of field training and probation, we are looking at toward a year before we have an officer really functioning in our community. >> the department is short about 200 officers from the staffing level of 1,971 mandated by the city charter. these new recruits will help fill the gap down the road. to help in the short-term the department is relying on another set of recruits. the 236th class. experienced veterans who are on the fast track. >> we are privileged to have the 236th lateral class starting with us and come together police department with years of experience. >> captain lazar is referring to this group of recruits. 23 officers dubbed laterals. those who transferred from other police departments. their academy training is only eight weeks. and after a brief 10 weeks of field training they will hit the streets. the sfpd has been flooded with applications from experienced cops. many of them from cities with troubled departments like oakland and san jose. gary is president of the san francisco police officers' asso

you were mentioning we have a brand-new exhibit here at the california academy of sciences so dr. luis roach is here to tell us about built for speed. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. yes. we have a new exhibit here. we'll talk about fast boats and fast fish, fast animals. >> reporter: first of all, name a couple of the fast fish. the one happens to be the tuna fish. >> yes. we have a tuna fish, sailfish, and a makko shark, one of the fastest in the ocean. >> reporter: i noticed an 18- foot orca that was washed ashore at point reyes. what does that have in common with everything? >> the orca happens to be a very fast marine mammal. it's not a fish, it's a mammal, but it swims very fast. we have the skeleton and assembling it here in realtime so we can see how a skeleton is assembled. >> reporter: i remember that happened on thanksgiving in 2011 and it's wonderful that the kids can learn from that experience now today. >> so we can give them a good introduction to science. >> reporter: i have another question. we have all these fast fish and then i saw the orca catamaran. >> yes.

he runs the police academy. >> between the 31-week academy and 16 weeks of field training and probation, we are looking at toward a year before we have an officer really functioning in our community. >> the department is short about 200 officers from the staffing level of 1,971 mandated by the city charter. these new recruits will help fill the gap down the road. to help in the short-term the department is relying on another set of recruits. the 236th class. experienced veterans who are on the fast track. >> we are privileged to have the 236th lateral class starting with us and come together police department with years of experience. >> captain lazar is referring to this group of recruits. 23 officers dubbed laterals. those who transferred from other police departments. their academy training is only eight weeks. and after a brief 10 weeks of field training they will hit the streets. the sfpd has been flooded with applications from experienced cops. many of them from cities with troubled departments like oakland and san jose. gary is president of the san francisco police officers' asso

we call in the heritage, starting with the academy of art and university, president stevens? >> thank you, and thank you for including me in this wonderful event it has been a pleasure >> my grandfather started the academy in 1929, he and my grandmother and they were very good friends with don kingman and sat on our board and taught at the academy and when it was in a two-room loft, they moved around quite a bit because the land lords kept uping the rent and they were in china town for several years in an alley over, i think ha it was lights of china restaurant. and they ran the school in china town. so, we have a strong affiliation with asian pacific americans. frankly, they set the standards of the academy art university and we welcome them with open arms because of their work ethic and

as a way that the academy is progressing quickly and it keeps in touch with the senior team so i think it's on the right path and we've got lots of youngsters will soon start blooming they just need to be to fail. pressure on the home nation to produce its own talent is also increasing with russia said to host the world cup in just over five years and spark docs academy with its long term experience of encouraging talent could be one towards al gore own for growing young stars who shine sooner rather than later i was landed by the arty. now from the russian stars of the future to the worldwide headline makers of today here's the pick of the week. on monday they usually cheer on others but a bunch of mascots themselves run a race at kempton park in england the boy and field included britain's former olympic sprinter human thomas however the former european champion proved no match for believe barrett as the safety mascot for a major building firm denied one of mr bond a trick of titles so tears of regret for the bonnet f.c. mascot and celebrations for the win out if it in kid of sprint

naval academy. jennifer franciotti has a preview of the ceremony at. >> we are here at the ceremony. the midshipmen will hear from governor martin o'malley e and the secretary of the navy. a big day for families. more than 30,000 family members are expected to be here. your son is graduating today. tell me about your son. >> he is a pistol. i am so proud of him. i cannot tell you what it takes to graduate. i am so proud of him. words cannot say how proud i am. >> it is such a big day. there is a lot of uncertainty that goes with this proud moment. uncertainty. hawaii.son is going to >> i am proud of my nephew. i don't know the words to use. >> you're glad he is not going to iraq or afghanistan. >> he we get to see him every other weekend. >> we are proud and happy for you. " we will bring your reports all morning long. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> officials say it looks like a piece of a parking deck collapsed onto two workers, killing one of them. rescue workers spent mo

he runs the police academy. >> between the 31-week academy and 16 weeks of field training and probation, we are looking at toward a year before we have an officer really functioning in our community. >> the department is short about 200 officers from the staffing level of 1,971 mandated by the city charter. these new recruits will help fill the gap down the road. to help in the short-term the department is relying on another set of recruits. the 236th class. experienced veterans who are on the fast track. >> we are privileged to have the 236th lateral class starting with us and come together police department with years of experience. >> captain lazar is referring to this group of recruits. 23 officers dubbed laterals. those who transferred from other police departments. their academy training is only eight weeks. and after a brief 10 weeks of field training they will hit the streets. the sfpd has been flooded with applications from experienced cops. many of them from cities with troubled departments like oakland and san jose. gary is president of the san francisco police officers' asso

>> there was. >> sergeant wally chin who is the range master is assigned to the academy. and he is a training and staff member. >> and that was it. that was the representation? >> yes. >> and is that just so if i could try to recall my recollection here. normally do they have the range master there, i know that the chief and i talked about adding someone from the tactics to the academy, not to see if someone is in or out of policy but what lessons are learned. >> yes, that is standard. >> so that is the change? >> no. our gos... >> it is standard. >> okay. in fact we have the range master who is part of the academy staff. >> that is what i thought. so no additional person. okay >> and the fact that all happened going forward. >> commissioner we do have, at some point before we left, mike presented a go that would have made some changes. >> that is just pending? >> yes. >> okay. >> it was presented. >> got it. >> thank you. >> and for the next plans to review session if >> it will be approximately, june, i don't have the specific date, but the second quarter would be i am

the book also mentioned others in the academy. those that explain why conservatives and liberals make different choices. we have a great conservative economist who studied in 1949 for the exceptionally able man who accepts the society of multitude of other avenues of influence and power. conservatives have equal talent and they may choose to go into this. into the military or other field. conservatives almost always have better things to do. now, these two explanations explain the directions. the first account is one that emphasizes distinctive episodes university. they have led us to develop this. the other explanation suggest that an anticapitalist society, conservatives are more likely to go into the military. i think this is where it would've been very difficult to get evidence about other societies. or is there a more general pattern. this is true in many other places. consequently i am inclined we will not make it depend on the history of the american university. as i finish up, the nyu institute. to talk in a theory on inte

made to what academics was an inspiring speech at the national academies. and it isn't accidental when democrats are in power and liberals are in power universities and institutions individually do better and i don't think they're relevant to the explanation of why academics are liberal. i also want to quarrel a little bit with this all selection theory that i found up to a point* persuasive but and two points, one is the point* that paul made that is so u.s. and specific and doesn't explain unless you want to say it joker's globally over many centuries , why, in general, academics are a left element in societies all over the world. there are exceptions but that may be generally the case procopius there is a more profound question about human nature. in a certain way and i will return, i think most people are less ideological and ideologically motivated and how they come across in this book. i would offer at least as a hypothesis the reason most people become academics is not because they are first a liberal and i went to find a happy professional home but

san francisco's academy is not one of them. a catholic middle school founded just last decade, they had one goal, give the children of the tender loin a chance, one they weren't getting. their milestone this year is tonight's bay area proud. >> today as we mark the completion of san francisco's 114th year -- >> among the 8,738 newly minuted graduates of san francisco state university, bee onka is not unique. >> your adventure is about to begin today. >> there are in fact many others here just like her who are the first in their family to attempt college let alone graduate. what does make her special, though is that she is also among the first to graduate from a different type of family, one that apparently means just as much to her. >> sorry. >> she was part of the 2004 class, the first graduating class of the academy, a catholic middle school in the heart of san francisco's tender loin district. it opened its doors in 2001 with the goal of offering the children an education that until that time was effectively out of reach. be