alastair could back me up on that. alastair's not in a position to back anyone up.he spent the night in the carlton watchhouse. is that what al told you? and carlton station confirmed it. i'd like to remind you this is a murder investigation, not a friendly chat. where were you? that was me at the watchhouse. al and i have an agreement. he lets me use his name whenever i get into strife with the law so that i can go to the bar unblemished. are you saying alastair agreed that you could impersonate him to protect your own indiscretions? i'm happy for him to share my accommodation, and he's happy to protect my reputation. we do look alike on a rough description. and someone of that rough description, either yourself or your friend alastair herbert, was seen unlawfully boarding the ballarat train the night your aunt died. i'm glad you understand the seriousness of my inquiry. oh, hello, miss. uh, you might like to have an urgent word with miss jane. i see you've found yourself some more valuables. and who's this? my friend ruth, miss. i think it's time to tell me what's

(applause) >> thank you, alastair. all of you are gathered here today should know that this gift was alastair's idea and that he and his family are the majority donors of the park. alastair and i and our partner peter started working on this park seven years ago. isabelle wade, one of the founders of the san francisco parks alliance, handled our community outreach and she did a great job. we had meetings with hundreds of neighborhood residents including one of our wonderful supporters jamie whit a kerr, right there, jamie, wave. these residents working with landscape architects cliff low and katy taylor designed this park. later kirsten -- where is kirsten? a city planning and don of parks and rec as well as tradection professionals studied the park to ensure it met all the professional standards required of a san francisco city park ~. thank you, don. and kirsten, thank you, parks and rec. thank you, jamie, and thank you, cliff and katy for all your hard work. the children's play structure will be coming in the next f

alastair, do you want to take that? >> we estimate around $45,000 a year. >> we're guesstimating somewhere around $45,000 a year. once we run it for a while, we'll know much better. >> additional questions? we'll see you, then. let's call this press conference to a close. thank you all for coming. we'll remain available for individual interviews on an as call basis. thank you all. ... >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >>

marine biologist alastaire harris first came here on a college funded expedition. >> so much of whatre is disappearing in front of our eyes. >> when he first did a survey of the reef as part of his studies, he realized that overfishing and climate change were slowly killing it and threatening the survival of the local people. >> conservation here for these people, it's about the bottom line. it's about a future for their kids. >> alastaire's breakthrough came when he persuaded just one village to close a small area of the reef to fishing for six months. when it's reopened, he encouraged them to use only sustainable fishing techniques for catching their main target, octopus, their single most important source of income. the results were staggering. >> people before the closure were catching up to weight of 300 grams. after closure, they're catching weight up to 7 kilos. there's a real pulse of revenue coming into these villages. >> today, the reef is teeming with life again, and the project has gone viral. >> hundreds of kilometers of this coastline. villages are working together to m

marine biologist alastaire harris first came here on a college funded expedition. >> so much of whatppearing in front of our eyes. >> when he first did a survey of the reef as part of his studies, he realized that overfishing and climate change were slowly killing it and threatening the survival of the local people. >> conservation here for these people, it's about the bottom line. it's about a future for their kids. >> alastaire's breakthrough came when he persuaded just one village to close a small area of the reef to fishing for six months. when it's reopened, he encouraged them to use only sustainable fishing techniques for catching their main target, octopus, their single most important source of income. the results were staggering. >> people before the closure were catching up to weight of 300 grams. after closure, they're catching weight up to 7 kilos. there's a real pulse of revenue coming into these villages. >> today, the reef is teeming with life again, and the project has gone viral. >> hundreds of kilometers of this coastline. villages are working together to manage thei

harris. >> alastair harris has transformed the lives of thousands of people.fished the seas along madagascar's endangered coral reef. >> now we turn to the winner. >> i'm thrilled to announce that the winner is tom lalapama. [ applause ] >> tom is a peacemaker, a man who's brought together warring tribes in order to end the suffering of innocent animals. >> and lastly, a special award for a man doing some of the most important work in the natural world. >> it is my very great pleasure to announce clive stockholm as the winner of the 2013 prince william award for conservation in africa. [ applause ] >> clive stockhill has fought tirelessly to save the black rhino from extinction. for 40 years, the animal has been his obsession. >> there's your rhino. [ applause ] >> needless to say, i'm a little bit out of my environment. [ laughter ] when i received your letter, informing me of the judge's decision, i was humbled, encouraged and excited that you are committed to protecting some of this planet's most valuable assets. [ applause ] >> it is unfathomable to imagin

harri harris. >> alastair harris has transformed the lives of thousands of people. the seas along madagascar's engaged coral reef. >> now we turn to the winner. >> i'm thrilled to announce that the winner is tom lalpama. [ applause ] >> tom is a peacemaker, a man whose brought together warring tribes in order to end the suffering of innocent animals. >> and lastly, a special award for a man doing some of the most important work in the natural world. >> it is my very great pleasure to announce clive stockholm as the winner of the 2013 prince william award of conservation in afric africa. >> clive stockhill has fought tirelessly to save the black rhino from extinction. for 40 years, the animal has been his obsession. >> there's your rhino. >> needless to say, i'm a little bit out of my environment. when i received your letter, informing me of the judge's decision, i was humbled, encouraged and excited that you are committed to protecting some of this planet's most valuable assets. >> it is unfathomable to imagine a war in which children who have been born in the past

the sharp park golf course being designed by one of golf's greatest and most famous architects, alastair mc kenzie. it's been the cultural center of the sea side community. we appreciate greatly the work that park and rec has done -- rec and park has done to improve the conditions at the port for the golfers and most importantly for the protected species. we realize what a long process it's been to put together the significant natural resource areas, managements plans. we've watched that process for years, attended many of the meetings. and we hope that you can now go forward with that as it stands and not to remove sharp park from the plan. to do so and rechoirv a separate e-i-r for sharp park would be to obstruct the excellent work that's going on right now and would just needlessly endanger what we consider a municipal masterpiece. thank you. >> thank you. >> richard. >>> commissioners, i'm richard harris, the san francisco public park alliance. we have 6,000 members. i'm also a san francisco resident and have been a golfer in sharp park for most of my life. we support funding for the

as to sharp park, i've never hidden the fact that i'm a fan of not only golf, but alastair mc kenzie. i was told literately two days ago and i don't know it to be a fact, but it was told me by a golf historian. when sharp park was built it was ranked as the number one course in america. now it's been compromised over the years by the ocean, by highways, by frogs, by snakes, and it's been modified. but this effort is to restore it to the greatest extent possible that's compatible with providing a good environment for both frog and snake and golfer. and i think it's a good plan. i've looked at it carefully and wholeheartedly support it. with that, let me ask commissioner, you had a com? ment? >> yes. ~ having served as a commissioner during all of these discussions, i can unequivocally attest to the fact that we had numerous -- we had countless number of experts come before us to discuss the merits of the nap plan, the existence or the continuation of the sharp park, and all the different configurations for how -- how to preserve sharp park and have the coexistence and protect the speci

i had a quick word with alastair dickenson, our silver man, and he came to the conclusion that thesen in india, that this was probably actually made round about 1925, 1930. they're not even silver. they're silver plate. really? but, frankly, i don't think it makes that much difference in a situation like this. when it comes to the value, well, it's all in a name. and the name, in this case, is the maharaja of... gwalior. gwalior. because if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for anybody, isn't it? so, consequently, although it is only silver plate, i've got no problems in saying that, if this should appear on the open market, i'm not going to be able to buy it for less than £1,000-- without question. ever since i first started to learn about sculpture and animal sculpture, i literally fell in love with the american western image. perhaps it's from watching too many cowboy films as a child. i don't know. but it just speaks to you, doesn't it? yes, it's very emotive. tell me about it. it came to us about ten years ago, on the death of my wife's father, richard griffiths. he was

alastair and i found ourselves standing side-by-side, not hand- in-hand. [laughter] in front of the exuberant london gay men's chorus. they were singing abba's "dancing queen" while dinosaur opponents of the bill were having another go at killing it. awkward though alastair and i must have appeared as we clapped along to abba, at that moment we were exactly where we belonged, on the outside, welcoming in reform. [applause] liberal democrats, three years ago i told you that we had an opportunity our criticisms would have given anything for, to govern, to turn our liberal principles into practice. today, i tell you that an even bigger opportunity awaits. the cycle of red, blue, blue, red has been interrupted. our place in this government has prevented the pendulum swinging back from left to right. we are now where we always should have been. in power. in the liberal center. in tune with the british people. everyday, we are showing that we can govern and govern well. that pluralism works. if we could do this again, we would be a step closer to breaking the tw

alastair doing any different? >> private companies can do as they please engage in business with each other. the difference is this is the united states government. that is the big difference. why our constitution tells the government what it can and cannot do. it does not talkbout private parties and do. it is a restriction and constraint on the government him th powers of governmentnd the cftc is out of control. gerri: i would think the name of that organization sounds like something of a 1984. it is orwellian. they're to protect you. >> soda protecting us from? gerri: okay. this particular thing and doing, they said it would collect the dataase. the idea is that this is somehow going to allow them to have better insight into consumer practices so that they can write better laws. at the same time, the organization that they are collecting this data from which is called mgan direction is working with bankruptcy attorneys all over the country. and they are under investigation. help me understand that. what does th

alastair, do you want to take that? >> we estimate around $45,000 a year. >> we're guesstimating somewhere around $45,000 a year. once we run it for a while, we'll know much better. >> additional questions? we'll see you, then. let's call this press conference to a close. thank you all for coming. we'll remain available for individual interviews on an as call basis. thank you all. ...