the show thank you thank you very much i love coming well first of all you want academy called both the academy of sciences and academy of arts well for example in russia this sounds strange because we have the russian academy of sciences and the russian academy of arts and has been. for this what for centuries to be like that in many other countries so why many combining. is it an attempt to re and i these two men if the stations of human spirit. thank you very much for the very interesting question we seal is obvious when we see these scientists and art is one entity it's. also a part of the sciences we hear a lot of bird how we did take it's all to say mission isn't inquiry and therefore we see says scientists in odds is in one hundred the whole be link of thinking well it's only for it's only right for medicine i think because medicine isn't a science medicine is art isn't it's more of the are you are there is true. and now here in the middle of our discussion we are saying scientists are coming from our relation stu's in each into human relations and relation to spiritual sinks and when we are taking so relation that we

a lot of time has been spent on the academy of art. and just a note that the board of appeals have issued their first appeal, decided their first appeal related to the historic preservation and the upheld the decision in that case. on the preservation side, we have finally completed all the eastern neighborhoods surveys which i am pleased to say and the board -- commission has adopted a number of administrative procedures for certificates of permits to alter. finally, the long-range planning side, the housing element was adopted late last fiscal year. the better streets plan was adopted, the part blend plan was adopted. we initiated the central corridor plan for the fourth street area. we produced some of our initial thoughts for the future land use scenarios for that area. of course we're continuing to work on a number of urban design and park projects for the city received the latest round of proposals for the park place for the coming years. before i turn it over to keith, a couple of highlights for the coming fiscal year which will

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my resolution that is coming up, item 31, that reference is the national academy of recording arts, their decision to eliminate from the grammy awards 31 music categories was driven by a concern expressed to me by many musicians who felt that many working artists, especially many of our neighborhoods are overlooked, and their cultural styles are not respected to the value they bring to the neighborhoods and the city, so this decision puts their economic livelihood kind of on shaky ground, though i am withdrawing item 31 later, and i will explain that in a moment, the issue is how we as a city can support all sectors of the music industry in the tough economic times that remain. so i am calling today for a hearing with the support of our president, supervisor david chiu, and i hope i can get supervisors kim and wiener, but this is in the land use and economic development committee about the role they play as an economic driver in san francisco and what the city can do to support local artists, menus, and others. since i brought the issue of the upcoming resolution that we will hear in a mo

>> item 40, urging the reinstatement of the 31 categories of music eliminated by the national academy of arts and sciences for grammy consideration. gosh the oscar nominations came out today and i like to continue this item so i can consider making some amendments to this. i would like to do a motion to continue this item. >> seconded by supervisor farrell. if we can do that without objection. is there any more business? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. before i read that, a supervisor called off item 36 from the adoption calendar, financial win this week. my apologies. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. sylvia moreno, mr. michael petrie, the late mr. rich chicotel, the late elaine mc quien, and for the late miss grace delanes, and mr. walter johnson. >> thank you. unless there is any more business, we are adjourned. >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technol

life form and qualities of each hawaiian blossom at flowers and plants of hawaii at honolulu academy of artsthat's your pacific event of the day. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. when it comes to wedding bells, aretha franklin has put hers on hold. she called off her summer wedding posting on facebook she and her groom-to-be were, quote, moving a little too fast. >>> chris brown is shooting down rumors he and rihanna are back together, insisting he's dating an up-and-coming model. however, reports say rihanna and that model had to be physically separated at a nightclub. >>> finally, katherine heigl, who ended her run on "grey's anatomy" a few years ago to pursue her movie career now wishes she hadn't. she told "the view" monday she approached the show about possibly returning. that's got to be a little bit of the tail between the legs. you're pounding your chest. >> how are you supposed to know? jennifer aniston left. her movie career did okay. you never know how you're going to go. >> do we put that in quotes? i don't

resolution urging the restatement of the 31 categories of music that were eliminated by the national academy of arts sciences for grim consideration on april 6, 2011. -- for grammy consideration on april 6, 2011. president chiu: i feel in many ways the same way as supervisor weiner, except for the people in our city who are directly impacted. it feels strong, the impact on them. i will repeat what i mentioned. at the request of local musicians, respected, grammy- nominated musicians, i move to table item 31. it is at their urging, because we can focus on other ways to create more diversity in the music industry, and respect for cultural forms, whether it is cajun music or native american music. i did want to also say that i am going to continue to work with the music industry, like the executive director of the recording academy, to bring awareness of how music and the industry is an economic driver for the city. i also have a hearing today for an economic study analysis of the critical role of the music industry and local artists, nightclubs, and the entertainment industry, as an economic driver of

has taught at academy of art university and is also a recovering alcoholic.he shares his journey to recovery in his book drunken angel. alan caff man. glad you can be here. >> was it difficult to write this story? >> well, it was very difficult to go through the journey. the journey involves 22 years of drinking, hard drinking, chronic drinking. and then, are i have been clean and sober for 21 years and it took me all that time to get to readiness. >>> it did. you know, whenever i would go back to new york, i had this little private tour i would take of all the places i had, all the door ways i had slept and curled up, blacked out, all the park benches i had passed out on. i would take this little private journey. it was a personal story that i hadn't told publicly. so, reliving that was quite difficult. >>> do you remember why you started or how you started? a lot of people just start drinking they get to a certain age they start party wing their friends you get to your 20s or younger, unfortunately, these days, i think. and do you remember when you started

also i've been working with local artists like arts commissioner john cola way and others in challenging the april national academy of recording arts and sciences adopted awards that eliminate musical categories that san francisco artists have relied on, in latin jazz, native american, cajun and hawaiian categories have been impacted. in addition, the proposal we're challenging is consolidating of music forms like blues, folk, mexican manner and regional styles and the rationale behind the eliminations was low number of entries and difficulty drawing distinction among styles of music. in all, 31 categories were eliminated. so many san francisco local musical and cultural communities believe that this change has errorred with respect to due process and part of a nationwide coalition is involved along with our san francisco coalition to challenge the academy. many grammy award-winning artists such as carlos santana, john santos, arts commissioner john calaway and john santos and internationally renowned artists like paul simon, bonnie wait and herb hancock support this. many local artists in san francisco are potential

of arts goes back centuries. we arrived at the russian art academy low. catered in a grand building in the sense of the city it brings together art lovers of all ages and nationalities you can almost feel the creativity as you walk in here. many students have taken sabbaticals to come to florence and learn more about art the school is angled towards classical russian teaching methods and takes individuals back to basics studying the works of old masters. nice work but. classes are taken as part of a full time course we can't or evening classes and a whole range of subjects to study from canvas painting too much drawing but why come to a russian art school in florence. because we're kind of training to see fair play where you can get to do their city years later. our schools around here it's just very focus of spirit affected it actually i never planned to come to parents to painting i can't do sculpture but i was convinced by the russian math and all the way that they they teach me my dream and improved as soon as i came here most of the buildings are stil

he's been the first minority elected chairman of the board of national academy of television arts andin 1984. he's an emmy award winner of course. but more importantly, i think, is that he's used his position all these years and also as a member. asian-american journalists to promote others. that's really to me the key to success. when you get to a position of dignified contribution, you then open the doors for others. that's what i continue to aspire to in this position. so i want to thank the judges for putting forth david louie as a finalist. for janana hero. we've grown up with jan. evening magazine from the mid 1970's to the 1990's, all. great wonderful shows that she's sponsored, pacific fusion and others. and you know jan is all around the bay area. all around the san francisco communities. she's helped us on engagement with our public and helping us dialogue with a difficult -- with difficult topics and being moderator or immediate -- mediator and hosted so many nonprofits and being there for every important fundraiser like the ones we've had with kristi yamaguchi and always d

war in the russia of the russian government academy. many of the art schools around the world they focus now on contemporary arts maybe here the training is more strict with its russian roots maybe dependence and because our opinion of where giving plastic foundation school base without foundation a classic school base you can develop your own style a diverse a school the nonprofessional way. which is it's me in our opinion that we're bringing school in the people and. and the business school will develop their own style. it was great to meet you and good luck with it thank you there was a lot but. so what other cultural links does florence have with russia one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director undertow kosky lived in france in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the capital of tuscany to work on his two last films and the sacrifice he was even pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authorities took the left italy and nine hundred eighty six and moved to paris where he died the same year now a memorial

was unceremoniously fired from the academy of fine arts after a professional period lasting many years. i spoke out against the regime in public i gave interviews i didn't keep silent. in the chancellor this is what he said to me afterwards you don't let us live this is because i was there. may have decided that giving me the sack was the easiest way of resolving the problem. lost his job but not his work so he began to devote more time to painting however there's hardly a place in today's georgia where he can show his paintings to the public. is not a wealthy country and there just isn't enough money to support. museums can barely make ends meet. your campaign seek to create the impression that all is well in the country. do you know what kind of a nation is in the making. of people of well everyone else lives to ensure. a cushy existence. his wife marina is an actress she's employed. the director for decades. this is one of the latest newspapers robert still writes in an article that dina ivanishvili will emerge victorious. oppositionists he writes that unless saakashvili leaves his

the local chapter of the national academy of television arts and science is considering criminal chargesst its former treasurer. bruce leshan has been looking into it. reporter: just about everybody is familiar with the emmys. they are among the most prestigeous awards in television. all the local reporters and tv stations, even the washington post and washington redskins pay hundreds of dollars apiece for each entry and for membership fees. it adds up and now it looks like a whole lot of that money has gone missing, prance as much as half a million dollars -- perhaps as much as half a million dollars. the local emmy board has voted to pro with filing criminal charges against its -- proceed with filing criminal charge says against its -- charges against its former treasurer and trustee mike cephas, but the charges have not been actually filed or the fbi or local authorities contacted. the allegation is that cephas took somewhere between $250,000 and half a million dollars in natas money. he did not answer the door friday at his silver spring apartment. we heard plenty of stories about ho