amidst the wind blown sound appears the mythical city of babylon. in his delusions of grandeur saddam hussein emerged himself to be its king the heir to threaten the president of the iraqi republic saddam hussein in one nine hundred eighty eight inaugurated the restored city of babylon first built by nebuchadnezzar between six o four and five sixty two b.c. . at the height of his power like the ancient kings before him. built his palace in the heart of the legendary city. his tower of babel crashed down around him and the dust of pride and ambition. his memory has been left to the ravages of time and the insults of his survivors. wealthy british style. markets why now. can't. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on r g. liz. liz liz please. please please liz liz . you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and real

this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field o

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san francisco chronicle and san francisco gate.com and san francisco mag magazine and beach pointed babylon and thank you to awful you who support the foundation, the general and this event we look forward to seeing many of you this evening at hearts after dark. ladies and gentlemen ... >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt

we're going to keep you very attend let's get this program started with a beach blanket babylon with an original song and let's welcome renÉe wilson. ♪ ♪ to keep you clean is why we gather here. it's time for us to care. that's why i'll help our mayor to polish every street with one big giant sweep. oh, whistle why while you work. and carefully together we'll show our pride. just like the giants we will triumph but there's work to do. no litering so make sure you pick up your trash. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so whistle while you work. we must work hard to reach our goal keep san francisco beautiful. just work don't be a quiter. keep our city all a glitter. san francisco. open your golden gate you've let no stranger wait outside your door. san francisco here is you're wondering one saying i'll litter no more. others loose only make me love you best. so listen everybody i have one request. clean up the mess. san francisco. welcome me home again. i'm coming home to leave no more. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> did you all enjoy that? let's go mustangs. that's right keep that energy going. of course, the cheerleaders are right

. >> thank you seaner and beach blanket babylon. ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the heros and hearts awards. our first award will be presented by tracy. president of san francisco market, wells far go to assist with the presentation of the awards please welcome louisa house worth. san francisco foundation board member and this year's luncheon cochair. >> good afternoon gosh i almost wore that dress i'm pleased i didn't i would have been embarrassed if somebody else had it on. so i'm here i found out a couple of hours ago i needed to do this presentation because my boss had a minor accident last night and he should have gone to san francisco general trauma center and then may be he would be here and so i'll try do him justice and so it's our pleasure to be here and as you know wells fargo has been a part of this great community for 150 years and we are proud to call san francisco home and proud to be part thf vibrant community over the years, we have also seen the general always provide us central services for this great ci

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i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed. ( cheers and applause )

san francisco chronicle and san francisco gate.com and san francisco mag magazine and beach pointed babylon and thank you to awful you who support the foundation, the general and this event we look forward to seeing many of you this evening at hearts after dark. ladies and gentlemen ... >>> i'm maria, executive director of the transit joint powers authority. i can't tell you how excited i am to be here on this special occasion. congratulations, everyone, we did it. before i jump to remarks i wanted to recognize senator boxer along with senator feinstein and pelosi has been extremely helpful to helping us where we are today. also from railroad association and secretary los angeles -- we received grants that has the project under construction today. thank you for all of your support. [ applause ] >> as everyone knows six years ago we held an international contest to design the property where we stand today. the architects won that competition with a design for the transit center that stands as a model of elegance and functionality. 3 years ago we broke ground for the construction and now it's

hole in the north of travel down through l b let some ammonia cook was soon tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and. a road map of the iraqi tragedy. serve obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we are rockies are very happy not to see them here anymore enough was enough of the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they're responsible for the whole tragedy of them and of course we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and also but all of us of the. journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kurdistan. an army of two hundred thousand soldiers called peshmerga watch over this rather particular region of the country. of. origin. was. my first stop is an l.b.o. the capital of iraqi kurdistan is the only region of iraq today that is seeing peace and an economic boom the miracle of being made possible by the discovery of oil on kurdish territory. from. long time dominated by baghdad and saddam hussein kurdistan dreams of achieving autonomy. the first customer the first pass

san francisco chronicle and san francisco gate.com and san francisco mag magazine and beach pointed babylon and thank you to awful you who support the foundation, the general and this event we look forward to seeing many of you this evening at hearts after dark. ladies and gentlemen ... >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas.

little ammonia was soon tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and i'll file a road map of the iraqi tragedy. serve obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we're rocky's a very happy not to see it or hear anymore enough was enough the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they're responsible for the whole tragedy because we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and also we want all of us out of the. right andrea says bringing in the buff crane ahead of the weekend's of formula one grand prix with the protesters fear is that the government plans to her use and the lead to a sports event despite the country's poor human rights record now there's already been some of violence with activists hurling petrol bombs that drive police or who responded with tear gas the demonstrators accuse of formula one of ignoring rights abuses as security forces clamp down in the lead up to the grounds of race organizers insisted the protests

they played a leading role in destroying many historical objects one of the examples was the city of babylon that was occupied and said to be an area of responsibility for a polish military contingent the poles cause a lot of damage to the area by using heavy engineering with tanks helicopters and digging underground communication trenches and american off origins gave an insignificant sum of money about twenty million dollars to the restoration projects and limit the impact of the occupation by a few years ago during a conference in paris in which many high ranking representatives of the u.s. state department and other key officials took part i personally asked the u.s. to release one billion dollars at least one billion dollars to carry out restoration work but they ignored my request and this is just one of the numerous examples of their destructive actions that went unnoticed the iraqi museum for example was plundered before their very eyes the plundering lasted for three days without the occupation forces stepping in a toilet. that. being ensconced in the ecuadorian embassy thought over

and she came from babylon. i live right around the block from the preschool. dressed impeccably. there was never, like, a stain on their shirt or tooth paste on the corner of their mouth, a hair out of place. very on top of things. she chaperoned for school trips. she put herself on a list to donate things for school parties and everything. she did it all. you know, and she worked full time. so. >> so do you think she was, like, the supermom think she was like the super mom, i think it drove her to be, definitely laid the groundwork for what type of mother, you know, she was going to be. >> how do you as an investigator explain the toxicology report with high levels of marijuana in diane 'system? how do you explain that? >> i can't explain it. what i will tell you is what we are doing, is i wanted to determine if those results are correct. >> the schuler family has been trying to raise the money among the family to pay for the additional tests that need to be done to try and clear diane's name. >> daniel schuler and the schuler family felt so convinced in dian

little ammonia kirkuk mosul tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and. a road map of the iraqi tragedy. of obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we're archy's a very happy not to see it here anymore enough was enough the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they are responsible for the whole tragedy of them and of course we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and us over of all of us of the. journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kurdistan. an army of two hundred thousand soldiers called peshmerga watch over this rather particular region of the country. was. my first stop is an l.b.o. the capital of iraqi kurdistan is the only region of iraq today that is seeing peace and an economic boom the miracle of being made possible by the discovery of oil on kurdish territory. from. long time dominated by baghdad and saddam hussein kurdistan dreams of achieving autonomy. the first customer the first passenger on our trip is a member of the new kurdish parliament

another one, back in 2006, edward jones, not going to say the first one, fashion babylon, said she hadme of these models take laxatives to maintain the 0 size. >> change the culture. nasty. little kleenex, chile pepper, lemon. awesome. >>> "finding dory" sequel to "finding nemo" and "finding dory" ellen degeneres is going to play dory, again. so funny. i waited a long, long, long time for this. not mad it took this long. people at pixar were busy creating "toy story 16." 2015. film picks up where dori forgetful fish left off with nemo. trying to reunite with loved ones. >> going to be great. >>> another story for you. what are they thinking categories. airplanes are trying come up with ways to make more room and more money and more seats. they will shrink the size of the small laboratories. >> how can it get smaller? >> 3 x 3. delta coming out say they're going to make it smaller from the 3 x 3 foot dimensions it is now. >> kind of crazy. people get sick in there. what are you going to do? >> yikes. >>> this is very interesting. the end of men. males will become extinct in 5 million ye

it was the bridges to babylon tour. and my seats weren't that great., a bridge comes out of your stage and lands right next to my crappy seat! [ laughter ] i'm like, i think i have the best seats in the world. and you walked over this bridge. and people were like, "oh, my god, keith!" they're pulling their -- trying to pull your clothes off, which i don't get. [ laughter ] because, i mean, i do get it but i don't -- that's not what i meant. >> they didn't get them. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: you know what i mean. >> yeah, yeah. i know what you mean. >> jimmy: you're walking by. and you're walking by on this bridge, and i look up, and i'm saying, "keith, keith, keith!" and i'm wearing a rolling stones tongue. i'm so -- i'm the geekiest fan. and i go, "i'm from new york! i'm from new york!" like that would somehow trigger something. >> i remember -- >> jimmy: and you're like, "okay, cool." you looked at me, and you slapped me five. and everybody around was like, what? and i was, i know, i know! [ laughter ] like, i'm from new york, i'm from new

little ammonia kirkuk mosul tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and i'll file a road map of the iraqi tragedy. of obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much of what we are rocky is a very happy not to see here anymore enough was enough the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they are responsible for the whole tragedy because we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and us over at all of us of the. journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kurdistan. an army of two hundred thousand soldiers called peshmerga watch over this rather particular region of the country. was. my first stop is an l.b.o. the capital of iraqi kurdistan is the only region of iraq today that is seeing peace and an economic boom the miracle of being made possible by the discovery of oil on kurdish territory. from. long time dominated by baghdad and saddam hussein kurdistan dreams of achieving autonomy. the first customer the first passenger on our trip is a

hammond and co-direction toer of the school redesign network and raymond williams, principal of north babylonisland, new york. so the atlanta story is horrifying but i also think, you know, you're a teacher. if you give tests, some kids writing on their armor getting it texted or on the bottom of their shoe. this is the whole system going this way. but is it because we've created an incentivized system to cheat because of the tests themselves? >> you know, in 2000 -- 2002 we passed a law called no child left behind. that law tied high stakes that is sanctions for schools to test score gains. every school has a certain amount of gain it's supposed to make every year. if it doesn't make the gain, the school goes into sanctions, can lose money, can be closed down. teachers can be fired. principals can be fired. that's been exacerbated with more recent policies that wear on. you can see how there are huge incentives in the system for people -- if the scores don't go up. currently, almost 90% of the schools in the country have failed to make what the law calls adequate yearly progress and are in d

sin does not care that you are -- and if you look at empires that have imploded, babylon the persian empire alexander the great, greece, rome and the decline of the roman empire, sin can destroy. i think people of faith should recognize the contribution they make to national security. and i talk about genesis 18, abraham negotiating for the survival of sodom and gomorrah. he started up around 35 and whittled it down to 10. he figured there has to be at least 10 righteous folk. after all you have lot and he has daughters, a wife and if he is doing in kind of work, so i believe alexis de tocqueville is on target that we do need to appreciate goodness and celebrate goodness and be willing to die for goodness because it's a national security issue. anyone from my staff? [laughter] >> if not -- [applause] >> we do of course have copies of both of his books available if you would like to have them signed by chaplain black. while i do have the podium i do want to thank you chaplain black for your service to the nation and your career in the navy. thank you for your service to the senate whe

and if you look at empires that have imploded -- babylon, alexander the great in greece, rome -- "decline and fall of the roman empire." you know, sin can destroy. i think people of faith should recognize the contribution they make to the national security. . talked about genesis 18 abraham negotiating for the survival of sodom and gomorrah. he started up around 35 and winnowed down to 10 -- he figured there got to be at least 10 righteous folk in the whole town. after all, you've got lot, he's got daughters, a wife. if he is doing any kind of work -- could not even find 10. so, i believe alexis to tocqueville is on target that we do need to appreciate goodness, celebrate goodness, and be willing to die for goodness because it is a national security issue. >> one more. >> anyone from my staff? [laughter] >> if not, thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> we do, of course, have copies of both of his books available if you would like to have them signed by chaplain black. while i do have the podium, i want to thank you for your service to the nation during your career in the navy.