his friends are embarking on a second expedition to the peninsula. once again they will retrace the steps of early russian explorers. team will have to go through a strenuous course of training before the second expedition they intend to use the same gear that the early russian explorers had no motorboats only canoes. since we're repeating the historical roots of the alaskan discover a. then we want to know the actual truth and that's why we didn't have a choice of transport means. then haakanson head of the community of indigenous people living in kodiak island takes a dim view of the desire of europeans to make their lives more difficult. his ancestors used to put out to sea in. keeper for. there's motorboats. certain things giving up the perks of civilization is a foolish thing to do. yet despite him bracing the modern era inwardly he still remains committed to the simple principles preached by his ancestors. we were here for thousands of years. but you know we didn't have this system of paper saying that we can claim this land because in our phil

those big sailboats milonga to an expedition led by a russian explorers bearing and cherokee. that was how kodiak island made its appearance on russian maps the first colonists were. guided by those maps with landed on the island more than forty years later seventeen eighty four the city of kodiak was the capital of russian america for fifteen years. could be x. streets to serve as a reminder of that time. many of them still bear the names of russian travelers and emergence. there is still the street name a shell a cult who all found good with this why not tell us where we first russian permanent settlement in alaska and then there's still a call son in law. and that can nikolai was. who i was representing the government of russia and also the russian american company. the russian american company was founded in seventy nine. primarily with the hunting and the selling of sea otters which dwelt in a large colonies on the alaskan coast. this building was used as a warehouse from here the fur went to russia and to china this sea otter pelt has the sickest fur of any animal the mo

two thousand and nine he organized an expedition to retrace the steps of his fellow countrymen. and was the first ever european to reach alaska's hinterland in this unexplored land and establish contact with you have the original people. looking p. . welcome to normally just as their ancestors welcome is a ghost in two hundred fifty years ago their homes may have changed a lot but their attitude to russians remains the same. shit over clearly we welcome them back or exist in the places that it once is bases of visigoths can expect. tell them about russians many of the local people says already they had russian ancestors. when the russians came to alaska the lives of the indigenous people changed. many of them began to work for the russian american company jobs involved hunting for sea otters fishing and taking part in the building of new settlements russian priests and monks visited alaska and baptized the locals in three orthodox faith russian men married local girls. or the. russian men learned local women and their children were called creole as they were some creoles were we

if you request an expedited service, there is a fee associated, so it is possible that some of my clients would be willing to pay that additional fees. in terms of the interface between dpw and some consultants, perhaps a warning leveabel, but in regards to the expedited permit fee, it helps significantly within the fire department as far as the review process. as far as a similar process were an additional fee will put u.s. ahead of the line, there are some exceptions that have been made for life-saving issues were potentially an additional fee may help people who are willing to pay that and expedite it. >> thank you. any further public speakers? seeing none, next item. >> item number six, presentation and discussion on gthe dbi online permit tracking system with vivian day. >> i am the director of dbi, and i am here to discuss our current tracking system. in 2006 and -- actually in the 2005-2006 fiscal year, and we had a private company come in to read a few for planning and -- to research for planning and dbi, and it was determined it would not meet the technology needs of the future.

at the weekend local dave has set out on an underground expedition. the most comfortable way to get around the depths of the underground maze because by car. these manmade caves are the world's longest more than two hundred thousand kilometers long look at it will show me the way does it translate to the right or to the left normally i go from that side but if you make your choice this is a short because but over there the scenery is more beautiful ok or go to the right . locals call these pits catacombs stone for construction used to be mine kid the first excavation began some two hundred years ago. the pits stretching over some one and a half thousand kilometers have already been mapped each year research is chart a new need is covered caves the schools of kilometers in length. and leg. scottish no longer there is no. hold the title of the site the other end of the arch. how many metres there. were twenty ok thanks. the adesa catechumens were home to parties and bases during world war two members of the underground expedition hope to find one of the

of the weekend local because sound on an underground expedition. the most comfortable way to get around the depths of the underground amaze is by car. these manmade caves are the world's longest more than two and a half thousand kilometers long to look at it will show you it was a slip of the right over the lives normally i go from that side but if you make your choice this is a short cut but over there the scenery is more beautiful ok i'll go to the writers . locals call these pits catacombs stones the construction used to be ninety as the first excavation began some two hundred years ago. pits stretching over some one and a half thousand kilometers have already been mapped each year researches chart new discovered caves the schools of kilometers in length. a leg to starvation how long as there's no. hold to tell you at all said the other end. how many metres than. twenty ok thanks. the inventor catechumens were home to partisan bases during world war two members of the underground expedition hope to find one of them the scientists who study caves

the administration has opposed that decision to expedite, but that is now before the court. the court will make a decision on whether they intend to expedite this case. >> i have a number of questions for the record. i will submit them in writing. my final question is on nih. several years ago we passed a reform bill to this committee that was signed into law. that bill was a reauthorization bill that lapsed several years ago and is up for renewal. i will encourage chairman at upton to have a hearing and we reauthorization. in that was the creation of a common fund to try to get more cross-examination between the various nih organizations. have you followed that? if so, can you give an update on how you believe that common fund is operating? >> i know that the new director of the nih has taken a great interest in the common fund and has been actively involved in not only seeking to fill gaps in research, but directing it to the most promising options that he feels in the research field. i think it has been something that has been definitely a stream of funding that has been

and he was an expediter, but not an attorney? "was a property specialist, not an attorney. -- >> he was a property specialist, not an attorney. president goh: thank you. >> if there is an interest in granting a continuance, someone can make a motion. if there is not, we can move into the three minutes for argument. president goh: i will make a motion to grant the continuance. i would give counsel two weeks. we do not have a hearing in two weeks. i would give counsel a intel march 9 -- until march 9, because we gave the permit holder time when they became represented by counsel, despite the fact that they had been represented by an expediter previously. commissioner peterson: do you want to specify any particular amount of briefing and a schedule for breathing? -- for briefing? president goh: if we go to march 9, that is a problem. the you have a suggestion? commissioner peterson: perhaps march 16. then there could be a week between. president goh: ok. commissioner peterson: the request for brief would be due on march 2 and the pe

what is being done to expedite the transaction?ting money to quake victims via text message is easy and frustrating t. can take up to 90 days for the cash to get to japan. >> i thought it was ridiculous, especially where the money is necessary now, it would be up to a 90 day life for the money we are donating. >> who knows. after 90 days, it may not get used. >> tax donations have skyrocketed. to give $10 pho the red cross, dial 90111 and sit send. but uchino says some cares are waiting for customers poo pay their bill before doling out the money. and he sated a petition on change.org to stop the delay. with nearly 50,000 signatures. >> they have already done this before. they did this in haiti, what is the difference? it's a siege lar crisis. >> wrote this let tore sprint, at&t, verison and t mobile and said, guaranteeing funds, their donations are having an immediate impact, but also ensure that donations are rushed to those most in need. we heard back from two of the carriers. sprint bark goes out to the people in japan. we are

the shop in the area and eat out in that area, so i think it expedited process for a beneficial relocation should be encouraged, if we could draft a resolution, i would be very grateful period -- grateful. president o'brien: it was mentioned in the president's report, but i did have a meeting with the senior plumbing inspector at dbi, and he has advised me, and this may already be documented, about the legislation, and very briefly, the gist of this conversation was, you know, if we can be successful in the outreach and allow people to be aware of the legislation, it is going to be a lot better than if the dbi is called out there because of a complaint. the key difference between the time -- two, if someone was trying to take care of fact, oil, in greece, -- and grease, then the inspector would only go up there to check that. they are not going to look for anything else, but if somebody is called out there not because of the permit but because of a complaint, to do with that, oil, and grease, they will look at more than was just in the scope of the work for which they were called, so i thi

who is stepping in to expedite this transaction? >> reporter: you would think in this day and age of instant communication and instant gratification that when you hit that send button on that text donation, folks like the red cross get that money right away. not so. >> donating to quake victims via text message is both easy and frustrating. that's because it can take up to 90 days for the cash to get to japan. >> it's ridiculous that, especially for something like this, where the money is necessary now is going to be up to a 90-day lag. who knows after 90 days, it might not even get used fore the purposes. >> to give $10 to the red cross, text 90999, type "red crossing" -- "red cross" and hit send. but some carriers are waiting for customers to pay their bills. so he started a petition on "change org" called stop the delay with nearly 50,000 signatures. >> what's different about japan? it's a very similar humanitarian crisis. the issue got the attention of senator barbara boxer who wrote this letter to at&t and verizon and t mobile.

that, in addition to securing the flow of goods, we need to expedite the lawful movement of goods. and in fact, we see that expediting of lawful traffic as being entirely consistent with and in fact critical to raising our security profile. it is only by expediting the movement of the vast amount of lawful traffic that we can actually concentrate our attention on the very small amount of traffic that prevents risks of harm to our security. and we include in the definition of security our economic prosperity and our economic competitiveness. so in fact we are revamping the relationship between our ports and the trade function at cbp to see to it that the trade enforcement of intellectual property rights, of various anti-dumping provisions has a new emphasis on our activities, because we don't see that as being antithetical to our security duties. and i think you will see over the weeks and months as you see a now cuss on the evasion of and the defrauding on the basis of nafta distinctions. i think you will see increased attention both from customs and bordprore tex and from immigrat

we also have an enormous responsibility with regard to the expediting of lawful trade and traffic. and the approach c.b.p. takes to this task is by risk management by assessing risks and being able to distinguish between trusted travelers, trusted shippers and those about whom or about which we have adverse information or lack sufficient information to make a judgment as to how we ought to expedite their passage across our physical borders. these two mission set, securing the land border, southwest border, the northern border, the latorals and also securing the flow of goods and people through programs such as the immigration advisory program or the container security initiative are the way in which we accomplish our task. the 2012 budget that's been proposed by the administration is under consideration by this committee and the congress provides us with the resources we need to do this job. it's not a perfect budget. it never is. but i hope that in discussions with this committee and generally between the administration and the congress that we can sharpen the budget, fill the gap

this is a solo expedition. i dark brown blob of slim e falls out. the mucous plug has to fall out.t's the mucous plug. i am in awe of dana. 1:30 a.m. i am naked. i modified downward dog. i think of the view everyone is getting. no one cares. 4:00 a.m., i am nine centimeters. i am pruned and exhausted. you are doing great dana says, i am not interested in being great. it's still nine centimeters. it's not time yet. she says me to blow out with my mouth. i say i might barf. 5:45 a.m. still nine, i hate dana. dana breaks my water. after 15 hours it's time to push. when you are this desperate, it's almost over. push, your pushes are excellent. 7:17. i can feel the baby's hair. you see your baby's head. 7:40. i do what she says. we rehearse. dana is guiding my baby's head. this is called ring of fire. okay. push hard. i moan like a walrus. my vagina tears to my ass. but i don't care. dana puts the baby on my chest. the cord is still attached. i am still shaking. the baby's eyes are wide open. i cry, the baby cries. i have a baby. it's a girl. [applause] that was wonderful. that was real

i would like to assist the board in an expedited the process of the property taxes. we would like to wait two years for timely adjudication of their claim for tax refunds. there are substantial declines in property valuations since the start of the credit crisis. thank-you. >> next we have edward kampala -- campana. >> the last time i did this you had to talk to the mayor. you raise your hand, then you are in. we will move over to the western addition. imminent coming to our house. we decided to move to the peninsula. during the first 20 years, i was a professor of research at san francisco state. i was involved in several research firms and then i had my own company for three years. after that, i went into real estate. i am a real estate broker and i have done everything from an little bar in the mission to the home in the sunset. most of the time, this is south of market. several colleagues said, you have some openings down there. i said, okay, i will come down. i am basically a property owner and a taxpayer. the city would like to maintain its tax base and propert

it will be done in an expedited manner. commissioner avalos. commissioner avalos will wait. miss miller? >> this item is before you pursuant to our policy 2.6 which allows you to conduct as you deem appropriate. i developed an rfp similar in format to what we have done in the past. typically, we have done and utility issues, but this is still a public service. the idea would be to do a fairly quick study of other agency's practices. this would be both collections, hauling, and disposal. i gave you a list of greater bay area joint powers authorities that provide this type of service with the idea being that we would pick not everyone on this list, but we would narrow it down to the larger jpa's. and more if possible given our time frame. supervisor campos: i know that i get a little confused about this. >> the original patent only had a few of the providers. we call this the greater bay area. there are quite a few. in our selection of the consultant, we are looking for a consultant that has some experience in dealing with studies of this nature that is an assessment of public

to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that through compelling and innovative exhibitions, public programs, and education programs. our goal is to celebrate and present for appreciation to our broad and diverse public the controversial energy contributions of people of african descent to world culture in all aspects in all areas, including politics, culture, economics, education, just in all aspects of cultural forms of expression. >> one of the fascinating things since 2005 when the museum was established, is that

>> you could guide an expedit n expedition. >> i could use a ship.my beloved pearl? >> taken. black beard. our own ship turned against us. >> captain, i wish to report immediately. >> perfect. >> what does it require? >> a mermaid, jack. >> we need one mermaid. >> you're killing her. >> i am a bad man. >> hardly appropriate for a first mate. >> was i the first? >> we've fallen behind. >> it's all part of the plan, yes? >> no. >> jimmy: penelope cruz, everyone. thank you for being here. please say hello to javier. we'll be right back with paul iacono. ♪ [ male announcer ] cowhide dries out. so does your manhide. regular men's body wash can dry out your skin. dove men + care is different. only dove has micromoisture to fight skin dryness. so that manhide of yours stays clean and moisturized... no matter what you put it through. dove men + care. be comfortable in your own skin. ♪ dove men + care, now available in antiperspirant deodorant. uh, before you say anything, it was 1995. [ kenny ] it was '93. kenny, 1995 was the year the song came out. it was '