it was half full when he talked about beethoven. he is the number one teacher, 28 courses on classical music. i am hoping on saturday is in the same room, bob greenberg will talk about music that has caused a riot. it is an interesting topic. but that is me. i am an eclectic person. i am interested in a variety of topics. i will never forget my first experience with steve forbes. i had known mr. forbes for many years. he spoke at money shows and so forth. i invited him to freedom fast. so his secretary called and said this is mr. forbes's schedule. he is flying in and give a speech and sign a few books and flyback to new york that very day because he is a very busy man. stick around and get a feel for the conference. oh note, he is a very busy man. he is a celebrity doing this or that. he doesn't have time for this. one week later his secretary called back and said mr. ford has reviewed your three day schedule that has changed his schedule and decided to stay all three days at freedom fest and he has been attending freedom fest ever

they perform beethoven's fifth. there were lots of children. it was wonderful. i would like to plug their upcoming free performance on sunday, july 24. i hope to see lots of people out there. just as a plug for community programming of the san francisco symphony -- they provide music education for every single first through fifth grade student at every public school in the city. they were especially great in providing curriculum to -- my daughter went to the ventures in music program, and it is a wonderful program. i hope everyone supports the summer symphony performances. i will be out there for the symphony on thursday night. i know there is an interesting performance coming up of abba music. and there is a symphony performing music from "casablanca" as they show the film. supervisor avalos: thank you. i am actually introducing a request for the office of legislative analyst's to look at how the city and county of san francisco invest our money in banks. i want to ask the legislative analyst to explore the creation of a municipal bank and different varieties o

innovation in music is the motto of the international beethoven festival in bonn 2011. your tickets online. >> welcome back. it is the end of an era in space travel. the shuttle atlantis launched on friday at the start of the final mission ever for the shuttle program. for many americans, there's a big degree of this dog just connected to the shuttle. 1 million people traveled to florida to catch a glimpse of the final lift off. we begin our in depth with a look at how the shuttle revolutionized space shuttle as well as some of the challenges it has faced over 30 years of operation. ♪ >> the space shuttle is the symbol of the u.s. space program for more than three decades. it began with the dream of flying weekly missions into orbit. they were on hand for the debut of the prototype. no one had seen a spaceship like it. after vertical lift off, it could glide back and land like an airplane and ready for another mission began. -- it again. >> everyone wondered what spaceflight with wings would be like. it was supposed to be simpler with less acceleration. it was uncharted

involvement in beethoven volman for a long time a lot of people have conspiracy theories i actually think. i think the afghans but we've seen a lot of benefit from the afghans from civilian lad peaceful movements n.g.o.s micro finance different cultural projects the west has done a lot of good for the afghans and so the afghans will certainly welcome it is long that's not necessarily a military and even and the pentagon is working on casting over leadership of the state department and the united nations to do basically. post-war reconstruction to stabilize gets in the future so there will be coolish and whatever it just may not be militarized once the afghan army takes over and that's that's a good thing for all parties involved ok and really quickly one analysis for general allen taking over for general petraeus is that his challenge is just to take over the legacy to a point where afghanistan can be handed over intact if not in peace is that really the endgame just like have it be intact enough so i think so i think the appropriate assessment to make sure that it's livable we don't have

via conference like this, i would have been delighted to have been here to hear the lecture on beethoven rush is filled with all sorts of cultural references and in fact in my speech i mentioned frankie valli and the four seasons in the last lion was from what show, rocking the boat? guys and dolls, very good. >> that is great and it is important for people o no. >> the other thing that i didn't have a chance to do and i will do very briefly. there was fascinating studies that have been done about cognitive abilities and work. and the compared across countries individuals in their 60s. people moving towards senior citizen had. in countries like france and austria, where people retire early. compare that to the u.s. and denmark were people in their 60s are largely still working. there's a difference in cognitive function. researchers asked people in their 60s in these countries and the researchers cited common household items, chair, and apple,, croissant nsba individuals to repeat back those items. in countries where people retire early in france and austria, they were unable to complete

through the area of homeless mantle was clinging to a shopping cart in front this fast-moving river beethovenital as a precaution. fireworks stands even got leftover. the workers there had to there was a bus crashed on a palms del fire and rescue had to extract three people from inside the bus. three people were hospitalized in the crash of former baseball star in be in court today the jury selection for roger plaza and start tomorrow. the trial starts tomorrow at a hearing today. it is all based on the case if plymouth slide when about the use of steroids. we're a little look at some cleanup efforts on the beaches and it what abet and we will have a live report and this is all looked at the golden gate bridge in it is still socked in with vodka 945 a at a culver hundred people help clean up after the fourth of july fireworks hubcap at the beaches on the senate crews. >> trash everywhere on the beaches of santa cruz >> cupcakes in plastic container a per cent of the trash we find today will be plastic. >> they hit the beach by is 8:00 in the morning leftover spent fireworks. >> they put them

later that decade and into the early '60s, fleisher made acclaimed recordings of beethoven and brahmsbegan to notice a problem: the 4th and 5th fingers of his right hand were cramping and curling up and no one could tell him what was wrong or how to fix it.ç so, literally, they just froze up and you couldn't uncurl them? >> only with enormous effort. they have to be ready to work. >> reporter: so you're sitting at the piano and you feel them go like that? >> yeah. it doesn't work. >> reporter: i'll bet it doesn't. >> i don't know any music for eight fingers. >> reporter: fleisher is laughing today, but back then, he writes in his book. his career was in jeopardy. his personal life-- including a second marriage-- was in tatters and he even considered suicide.ç >> i was in a state of deep funk, deep depression. yeah, i had all kinds of untoward thoughts. but then i woke up one morning with the help of friends, students, and i suddenly became aware that my connection, my relationship was with music more than with the instrument.çç >> reporter: what does that >> if there was a way that

flanked below by michelangelo and one side representing architecture, painting and sculpture, and beethovenn the other representing music. the other great feature in the room a lot of people miss because it is at the entrance is the great clock by john flanagan. it is not just to tell you what time it is. it is to advise you to be mindful of your time and use it well and that we are all here only for a certain time frame. as my grandfather would say, make hay while the sun shines. >> the theme of american art meets with american history is also prevalent on the outside of the building. >> the crown on the top of the dome over the main reading room is a great golden flames. we call it the torch of knowledge. sometimes it is the latin word. it is the symbol of the active mind and you see images of actively burning flames through the library, which might seem odd for an institution that had two disastrous fires in 1841 and eight -- in 1845 and 1851. but it is not about destructive fire, but creative fire, and it is to inspire. when you enter the building when you are supposed to, as the archit

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art is flanked by michelangelo, representing architecture, and beethoven, representing music.he other feature that a lot of is the greats clock. it's not just to tell you what time it is. it is to invite you to be mindful of your time and use it well, and we're all here only for a certain period of time, and as my grandfather were to say, make hay while the sun shines. >> at the crown, at the top of the dome, over the main reading room, there is a great colden flame, the torch of knowledge, sometimes he is looking latin word cientia, and it is the symbol of the active mind, and you see images of actively burning flames, tortoise, lamps, all through the library, might seem odd for an institution that had two disasters fires in 1814 and 1851. it is not about to start the fire. it is about creative fire. it is to inspire. when you enter the building, as you are supposed to, as the architects and designers plan ned, you experience that the side of the building, which three archways that represent art, science, and literature. the most beautiful thing and especially if the light is

and beethoven on the other side representing music.is that the interest -- is at the entrance, the great clock. it is not just to tell you what time it is. it is to it buys you to meet mindful of your time and use it well, and that we are all here only for certain period, and so as my grandfather was say, make hay while the sun shines. >> the theme of european art mixed with american history is all folk -- also prevalent on the outside of the building three >> at the crown, at the top of the dome over the main reading room, there is a great golden flames, the torch of knowledge. sometimes they use the latin word cientia. it is the symbol of the active mind, and you see images of actively burning flames, torch's, lamps, all through the library. it might seem odd for an institution that it had to disastrous fires and 1814 and in 1851. but it is not about destructive fires. it is about creative fires. it is to inspire. when you enter the building as you're supposed to, as the architects and designers and sculptors plan, by going up the gr