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in 1969 i learned and have reason for you to come back to that beautiful city soon.'d love to work with you on a relationship between amsterdam and san francisco because there's so much in common between the two cities. and a lot of things that san francisco can learn from san francisco and the other way around. and my hope for these two days is that we will have something out of it as well and i'm sure we will have something out of it as well. and you probably will not remember amsterdam in the 1960's and the 1970's. i'm old enough to remember amsterdam in the 1970's and it was all different at that time. there was a lot of congestion, a lot of cars in town and it changed. it changed by changing the culture, changing policy and implementation of policies with hard work and i think hillie talens will show some figures and numbers about the travel that we did in the nether land as well. and about the economic benefits that investing in bicycle infrastructure gives to us. if people from here -- they just did a great city -- study about additional investments in the net

city, charleston. if you've never been to charleston, it is one of the most beautiful, charming, historic and hospitable places you'll experience. we're here today largely because we needed an excuse because we needed to come to charleston and envoy this lovely city and beautiful campus. i want to introduce a special guest. honored to have the governor of south carolina, nicky haley with us, governor haley? welcome, thank you so much for being here today. [applaus [applause] >> well, you may know that since 1980, no g.o.p. nominee has been able to win without south carolina. how painfully i know that. but someone who comes on this stage tonight is going to be the nominee for the republican party. and for many of us, we hope, the next president of the united states. the format is going to be unique, because what we're going to do is to let undecided voters ask questions. now, sometimes people say, why are there so many undecided voters and gives people some sense of pause and anxiety. let me assure you, it's not because these are not great candidates because i believe every last one of them are truly gre

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entrance to a spectacular beautiful city. will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves. >> 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. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the

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entrance to a spectacular beautiful city. it will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves. >> the evening, and welcome to -- 2012. this is the regular board meeting of the board of education, tuesday, january 10, and this is now called to order. >> ms. mendoza/ ? maufas? maurasi? ms. wynn? mr. yee? and mrs. tom? i pledge allegiance to the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the special school facilities tax, with the greatest district in california, and the teacher's act that led to $2 billion in critical support to our schools. mr. helman was in the every child a-- can learn foundation. we can't forget his annual three-day event. a dedicated concert for students to enjoy and celebrate bluegrass music. to quote him in an interview with forbes magazine, what does move me is the philanthropic stuff. giving does move me. part of it is selfish and it is fun to be appreciated. it goes without saying that hsi is g

city, charleston. if you have never been to charleston, it is one of the most beautiful, charming, historic and hospitable places you will ever experience. in fact we are here today largely because we needed an excuse to come to charleston to enjoy this lovely city and this beautiful campus. i want to introduce today a special guest in the audience. very honored to have the governor of south carolina nicky haley with you wills. governor haley, welcome. thank you so much for billionbe today. (applause) well, you may know that since 1980,no gop nominee has been able to win without south carolina. how painfully i know that. but someone who comes on this stage tonight is going to be the nominee for the republican party. for many of us we hope the next president of the united states. the format is going to be unique. because what we are going to do is let undecided voters ask questions. sometimes people say why are there so many undecided voters? that gives people some sense of pause and anxiety. let me assure you, it is not because thighs are not great candidates. i believe every last one of them are truly gr

cuisine so join us as we explore various locations connected with one of the most historic and beautiful cities in the world . because he missed one of the main symbols of the roman empire it stands proud in the city after almost two thousand years actually called the fluffy the empty fater it was given the name of a colossal statue of nero that was later destroyed beneath the hundreds of tourists from all over the world including many russians the glorious history architecture through style and the climate are all reasons why rome a superior especially with modern day muscovites. i live in moscow and i think that the roman mosque will have many things in common and are really great cities each street. full of history coming to. it's really an eternal city i enjoyed an impressive architecture. this is a nation with which and then. and many russians are very much into history they like to study it and that's why they like rome so much i was born and grew up in most cases and when i first came to all more than ten years ago i had culture shock i was so impressed with its magnificence and its hist

i became american in the beautiful city of san francisco three years ago, so i can relate a lot to whatre today because we are presenting a collection, an important collection of original art from iraq, and i wanted to share a very brief story about how i came across this article and why we are sharing it today. it is back in 2003, there was just a ceasefire in baghdad, right after, you know the second world war,. and someone flew straight into jordan, hired two bodyguards, hired a four-wheel drive, and went straight into baghdad. why did she do that? because she knew that the baghdad art scene was one of the most vibrant in the arab world and actually in the world. there was a lot of very good talent that had been under the operation of the former regime still building a fantastic collection of art. she went to the bag that school of art. she asked to meet with the top 10 young artists there. she got a few their paintings and smuggled them back to france. she had a show, and i fell in love with this art. tin years later, we sell art online. i wanted to find a way to expose people world

it was great for them to be about to celebrate here in our beautiful city of san francisco.y night, we had a celebration with the filipinos eddy pinay educational partnership, who are our teachers and being trained to come in and remind our students of our heritage and our culture and the beauty of the work in the belief we have in our filipino community. last month, we were able to secure the funding to start our -- to restart our program at balboa high school, with the wonderful support of the united way of the bay area. these are all wonderful things for us to celebrate, and it is such an honor to work under our first asian-american mayor here in san francisco. and these are too many firsts that have taken way too long for our community. but it is one that we should always celebrate and embrace, because we have so much to be proud of, so much culture to share, and so much of our heritage to remember. on this month, we celebrate. but it is not just this month that we celebrate. this is something that we embrace 355 days a year. because we, as a people, are proud, and it is

as one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the world as a popular tourist destination it's clearwhy millions come here trevi fountain here for example office the state photo opportunity but it's quite often it's the small influences and nuances that make up a substantial soul and roots of the city and with the cultural connections italy has to russia it only helps create a culture and of creativity elegance and style. was an incredible city full of fortunately that for the time we have left on this week's program i'll see you again at the same time next week and sell them for me and the rest of the crew from the magnificent trevi fountain here in rome bye bye bye now. receive the top music in the headlines and commentary directly from moscow russia's capital this is our. headlines now. a suicide bomb attack targeting a police bus in the syrian capital damascus leaves at least twenty five dead and dozens more wounded this comes as one of the country's largest armed opposition groups calls for the overthrow of the assad regime by military force arab league observers remain in the c

we can't replace a cold and beautiful trees with something new and the lesser when there is so little of the in the city. it is important to retain what we can and cannot get rid of things like these beautiful green spaces. and the neighbors, i work with the neighbors. it is a wonderful sense of community created by having these kinds of places. supervisor wiener: the last three speakers. if there are any other speakers, please fill out a card. >> i am a 16-year resident of the neighborhood. i would not in any direct way be affected one way or the other. i do support this. one thing that hasn't been said is that many years ago, this was a neighborhood maintained a garden area. apparently there was an incident that caused the property to fence it can have access over concerns for liability. it is a difficult piece of photography, as you have heard. it is difficult to market which probably has a lot to do with why it has been vacant. it was never considered a site itself but might be sold to generate funds for public housing. this date back to the prior use. thank you. supervisor wiener: next speaker. >>

you can appreciate this beautiful city and this beautiful national park, which is the reason so many of us are here today, so i hope to see you soon. >> how is the lighting? usually we are out of here by 10:00. [laughter] >> everything is good. rex good evening, commissioners. i am the director of organizing for the international longshore warehouse hunan region where ross union. i want to follow on the remarks made in support of certification and in support of the coup. one thing vathe eir does not deal with is social equity, and that is something we have to deal with, making sure these are jobs with good benefits and good working conditions, and i am sure that is an issue that is going to be played out as we go forward, but i am in support of the cup, and one benefit of these meetings is you get to meet people, and i had the occasion of meeting the event manager. we have agreed to get together over the next few weeks to discuss these issues of social equity, so i hope these will be positive and we can move ahead with a successful america's cup, so thank you for your time, and thank