which is acceptance of the gift. the gift has been very generously offered to us by the labor of local 261 community and training foundation. i believe i got that correct. and they presented us with the idea. so i can say that from the city's perspective. we think this is a wonderful -- it's very passive use. but it's very popular recreational activity. and we think it's a wonderful -- it's an urban sport that doesn't require a huge amount of infrastructure. and we think it's a wonderful match in terms of attracting people who can come and have some food and sit on these seating walls and play the sport. commissioner bonilla: what i want to know is were there actually in fact -- were there other ideas that were talked about, discussed, in detail in terms of what to do with this parcel? i mean, what were some of the other ideas that staff -- >> we were actually presented -- staff considered -- commissioner bonilla: i know. but in terms of public input, what ideas were there that were presented for the use of this spac

order the enchilada for somebody else and make it a wedding gift. what a great wedding gift!ch better than a toaster, absolutely. this will help their marriage much more. so let me just run through it because we're getting very close to the end here, and i don't want you to be sitting on the fence. i am going to have to sing a song. davidson: i keep hearing the threat of the song, wayne. dyer: after hearing cecilia. let me just run through it, there you see it on your screen. it includes the companion book with the 81 verses of the "tao," complete in there, and my 81 essays on it. in addition to that, each section at the end of the "tao" -- i do a section called "do the tao now!" so you can practice doing it every day and begin to get that feeling of love and compassion and kindness and joy that you've probably been missing in your life for some time. also "you can heal your life," the other hardcover book that is written by louise hay. it is just a prize of a book about how to change around from a great visionary the thoughts that you have, that you've come to believe, parti

be thankful for this day and for all the gifts. i mean, people give to us because they're grateful for all they've been given. >> reporter: here residents not only get shelter but medical help, counseling, and spiritual guidance. >> where is god in this recovery for you? >> reporter: and here faith is a component of healing, but no doctrines are taught. nothing is force-fed or imposed. there is a very spiritual, loving foundation, magdalene graduate katie lynn says, but -- >> they don't push religion on you, so that you can make the choice of your own, because a lot of people such as myself come from a background where i was told that if anything bad i did god was going to get me. >> i think most of the women have pretty strong feelings about what their spiritual path looks like, and i'm more interested in encouraging them to have that religious and spiritual voice, where nobody's saying like this is what you need to believe. >> reporter: for the women who come here there is no staff hovering about, no one telling them what to do.

for me to receive gifts. >> the next morning, she looked inside. >> i saw a few stones. they looked very small, dirty- looking stones. >> over breakfast, she told the story and someone suggested they must have come from charles taylor. >> what did you think? >> i assumed it was. >> why? >> i don't know. i don't know anything about charles taylor, never heard of him, never heard of liberia before, never heard of blood diamonds before. i just assumed it was. >> carol taylor was eventually put on the u.n.'s most wanted list. he faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over his alleged role orchestrating civil war in sierra leone. it cost tens of thousands of lives. he is accused of selling blood diamonds to fuel that conflict, buying weapons for rebels, who were notorious for hacking off limbs of civilians. prosecution lawyers, linking charles taylor to uncut diamonds as important in building the case. they hoped naomi campbell would make that link, but she did not, instead complaining about being forced to give evidence she said could put her family at ri

americanisms as verbs, she gifted her piano. what do you think? >> i don't like americanisms but i would not object to gifted. >> what about lawmaker? >> it's not at -- not a word of would use. -- not a word i would use. >> the one i cannot stand is in airports were they say this is the last and final call. >> you do not like tabloid

it's a wonderful package of gifts. remember, we're talking here about a dollar a day for public television, one dollar a day, the price of a newspaper to give to this public television station and support the high energy coming into your home. this enchilada contains many, many items. the first is a brand-new hardcover book that this entire program is based upon. it's over 400 pages, it includes the entire tao te ching, along with 81 essays, and at the end of each essay, there's a section called "do the tao now." so i give you very specific things to do. this is going to be a companion book that you'll want to have with you for the rest of your life. there's also a second book in here called "you can heal your life" by louise hay. i consider her to be one of the greater visionaries on our planet today. she teaches people about changing the way that you think. you can change your body, you can change things around, but if you're not changing your thoughts, everything that isn't working for you will continue to come back

thank you for your gift. you have already exceeded our expectations. like to give you the president of the arts commission. >> thank you. on behalf of the city family and all of our elected officials and especially the arts commission, it is on honor to be here and to mark this incredible vacation. -- occasion. with this addition to the city's civic collection, san francisco will become home not only to this last public memorial but also the artist's first multimedia work. if you have not had a chance to get up close, please do so as a very exciting and innovative art work. i would like to thank the academy of sciences for being such a wonderful partner in this project with us and for welcoming not only the artist but the arts commission. some of us grew up in these avenues and it is a very joyous occasion to come back and rekindle our love in this new incredible facility. what could be a better home for these two artworks, these two pieces, then this incredible building? we now have to two amazing pieces by a world class -- one of the greatest artists

it's not about noral to get gifts. i get gifts at any hour of the time. it's quite normal for me to receive gifts. it was only the next morning she looked inside. >> i saw a few stones and they were very small, dirty-looking stones. over breakfast she told the story and someone else suggested she -- it must have come from charles taylor. >> and the judge asked -- >> i just assumed. i never heard of the country liberia before. i never heard of the term "blood dimetsdz." so i assumed it was. >> charles taylor now faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over his alleged war orchestrating the civil war in neighboring sierra leon a conflict which costs tens of thousands of lives. he's accused of buying blood diamond. so for the prosecution lawyers linking charles taylor directly to uncut diamonds is important in building their case. they hoped that naomi campbell could put him there. >> are you a bit nervous? >> no, well, i didn't really want to be here. i was made to be here. i'm wanting to get this over with and get on with my life. this i

room, check off the boxes, visit the stations, and present it to a big raffled jar, you could win a giftertificate to one of the restaurants. all right, now, our finale. here to explain our finale, please welcome our producers, the producer agile in the mist asian america pageant. please welcome rose. -- producer of the miss asian american pageant. >> it is my pleasure to be the entertainment coordinator for this wonderful awards ceremony. i want to acknowledge the quarter not -- the choreographer, and the coordinator of all the community groups to participate. before we begin, i just want to invite those of you in the audience that if you want to participate next year, just go on to our website. hope you have a wonderful evening, and do not hesitate to apply because the folks are really dancing their heart out for you. so of music, please -- so, music , please. ♪ >> ♪ there comes a time when we keep a certain call when the world must come together as one there are people dying the greatest gift of all we cannot go on pretending day-by-day that someone somehow lessons they can change. we

in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere -- using words like innate and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere. i am not saying that there are things not out of your control, but we're learning more and more about how to tap into the psychology of this, build skills in all these areas. it is no accident that runners, swimmers, chess players, and the skill that you can imagine in the 21st century, we are all better than one-half years ago, 200 years ago, -- better than 100 years ago, to add years ago, so we're transmitting this knowledge. tavis: you actually give tips on how to advance the genius process. one of the items is practice. you also talk about the fact that it is about how you speak to your child, how you speak to the person's a new universe. did not surprise me, i have lived this, it is fascinating to read the science there are kids in certain environments to end up having their a genius stunted, in part because they did not hear a certain amount of words in their universe. >> that is right. tavis: the words they here are sophomoric and basic.

a new law slides into the scene governing the gift card industry. >> under these new rules, gift cards will last longer, and some credit card fees won't be quite as brutal. >> reporter: the cards will no longer be allowed to expire before at least five years. each time you reload the card, the five-year clock starts again on the amount you add. consumers will also be shielded from annoying hidden fees like service or non-use charges. >> that's good news. >> there is one big exception. a fee can be charged if you don't use your card in 12 months. >> we hear complaints from consumers who give gift cards but find throughout is a lot less money on them when they go to use them. >> reporter: which is why the consumers union applauds the changes. the rules apply to store cards along with mastercard, visa, american express and discover branded gift cards. and soon more user friendly than ever. leanne gregg, nbc news. >>> coming up on the bay area saturday, here in california the most exciting thing that happens in swimming pools is usually a cannon ball. not in florida. how a gator wound up i

>> "a gift for your." >> did they say anything other than that? >> no. >> did you ever subsequently live who -- learn who this gift was from? >> @ no. >> the prosecution is trying to prove that charles taylor was using the so-called blood diamonds to fund the rebel militia in sierra leone. that militia was notorious for its brutality, the hacking off of lands its signature atrocity. tens of thousands were killed in the war. taylor faces 11 criminal counts and denied them all. today naomi campbell's evidence was also contradicted by this former french. carole white was for years her agent. she was also at the man to lead denver. she said she sought ms campbell and mr. taylor flirting with each other at dinner. >> he was leaning forward and they were laughing. and he was agreeing that there was a gift coming. >> she said that two men arrived at their guest house later that night. >> they came in and they sat down in the lounge, and they then took out a quite scruffy paper, and handed it to ms. campbell. and they said, you know, these are the diamond

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any new gift card must hold its value for five years. if the physical card expires.. j. >> any any gift card must hold the value for five year, you can get the balance transferred for free and fully disclose any fees and termsover use. it can't be charge an inactivity fee until a year after the gift card was bought. >> you can get free wi-fi just about everybody where, starbucks but local coffee shops are pulling the plug. why they say fee surfing is bad for business. >> winning the title of best wi- fi hot spot means big business for the cafe. >> we have so many that come in everyday to work, investors talking about business. if it wasn't for you know, the internet and the ability to do online and show your product and work on your product, then maybe we wouldn't be as successful as we are. >> while wi-fi is what keeps people coming back, it's the no wi-fi on weekend policy. >> people are getting so incredibly antisocial like going to coffee shops and everyone is at their lap tops with ear buds in. >> the cafe just one of many coffee shops nationwide reducing or elim

if you use a gift card, any gift card, the changes starting today that you should know about. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. the news starts now. some bay area coffee shops are pulling the plug on wi-fi. internet service brings in the crowds. owners say a tech free zone is drug in customers that want a more friendly and social atmosphere. the coffee shops that are returning to their roots. here is julie watts. >> reporter: winning the title of best wi-fi hot spot means big business in this town. >> we have so many start ups that come in everyday, meeting, talking about business. if it wasn't for the internet and ability to go online and sour product and work on your product, then, you know, maybe we wouldn't be as successful as we are. >> reporter: while fast wi-fi keeps people cooling back during the week, it's the no wi- fi on weekend policy that attraction customers like don. >> people are so incredibly antisocial. i go into coffee shops and everyone is sitting with laptops and their another buds in. it's creepy. >> reporter: this is one of many coffee shops that are re

>> no. >> did you ever subsequently learn who this gift was from?> no. >> the prosecution is trying to prove that charles taylor at liberian president was using so-called blood diamonds to fund the rebel militia. that militia was notorious for its brutality. the hacking off of limbs was its signature atrocity. tens of thousands were killed in the war. taylor faces 11 counts and denies them all. today, naomi campbell's testimony was contradicted by this former friend. carol white was for years her agent and was also at the dinner. she said is he saw mrs. campbell and mr. taylor flirting mildly with each other at dinner that night. >> naomi was excited and told me he is going to give me some diamonds. they were leaning forward, laughing and nodding, and he was agreeing that there was a gift coming of diamonds. >> she said two men arrived at their guest house later that night. >> these guys came in, and they sat down in the lounge, and they then took out a quite squishy paper, and they handed it to ms. campbell and said these are the diamonds. >> it ha

what are the gifts? >> the gifts are that, you know, you are reminded time and again.asiest example is wade's death because it's not so -- there's not so many other parts of it. when wade died it was just terrible burden. but it also reminded you both of the fact that you needed to grab hold of each day. you couldn't just take each day for granted. you had to make each day matter. make each interchange with people you cared about matter. in my family, my dysfunctional family, it was lots of i love yous, lots of hugs, lots of constant reminders that we cared about one another. and i think that was a gift wade gave us. i think he made us understand that it was really important. emma claire when she was a baby had colic and cried for hours and hours. i could just rock her and sing to her for hours and hours. even though she screamed back at me the whole time. i thought if this were wade and i got to hold him but he was crying, i thought would that be okay with me? you bet. you've got to understand that even if she's crying, it's a gift this moment that i have. and it's --

when you do make that call, we have some very special thank you gifts.n you pledge $75 or more, you can ask for the pbs newshour ceramic mug. for a $100 donation, you can ask for the pbs newshour h20 water bottle. >> if you've already invested, thank you. you've helped to secure a place for the program in our broadcast schedule. perhaps you may not -- you might consider making an additional gift at any level to show your appreciation. many of our friends give several times a year to support weta because they understand that the more financial support we have, the more work we're able to do on your behalf. >> here, pace is different, the available of more time to tell a complex story if you need it is different, and those are all great things for a reporter. if they gush about the newshour, say, well, good, i hope you give to your local public television station, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course, i do, of course, i do, i have the tote bag to prove it or i have the mug to prove it. so they are happy to talk about it, they are happy to talk about the fact th

among the great things we've achieved here is you've helped select the thank-you gifts. let's tell the audience a little bit about that. i have put together the dollar a day for public television, which is something that i have really believed in for the past 10 years, and a lot of people have responded to it, and when you think really about breaking it down to a dollar a day, it's the price of a cup of coffee, about a third of a cup of coffee anymore, or any number of things that would be well for you to give up, like a beer or cigarettes or something like that. and if you do make that decision to give a dollar a day to public television, we're going to return the favor to you by offering you a multimedia library -- this is a beautiful library of important materials. the first is the book, "change your thoughts -- change your life: living the wisdom of the tao." this is a book that i lived and practiced every single day and it totally transformed my life, as you can see on the screen there as well. i think i'm more peaceful, less stressed, less anxiety, less fear -- get

his belated 49th birthday today with the ultimate gift.sketball game with some of the greatest names in pro basketball. it took place in a gym in washington's fort mcnair, a short drive from the white house. we have seen obama's game before, but today there were no cameras allowed in the gym while he played with the likes of lebron james, duane wade, alonso morning and magic johnson. but they were not alone. the president invited several wounded soldiers to watch. >> what a game that would have been. shu is here. >> the a's refuse to lay down in the dog days of august. they take two of three from the rangers. this team is a scrape group, and they lead the charge against texas. 26 and 11 during day games. trevor cahill get him looking. the rangers strike first. andres will score and texas takes the lead. now it is 2-1 in the 7th. cocoa crisp takes care of that one. pennington scores and we are now tied at two. a's off a sac fly. the a's win it and are 7 and a halfback of the rangers. the giants scored 8 runs to show the giants are not playo

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it not abnormal for me to get gifts. i get that all the time at any hour of the night. >> reporter: the man she says she gave the diamonds to was the director of the nelson mandela children's fund. >> my intention at that moment and time was to give them, find jeremy and give them to him. don't recall his reaction. i just said, take them, do something with them, and make sure children benefit from them. i didn't want to keep them. >> reporter: he could not be reached for comment today, but officials at the children's fund tell abc news there is no record of diamonds received from campbell at the time or since. she did make contributions of $50,000 that year and the year after, according to their after, according to their records. the skarps of what happened have not healed the case against charles taylor is being closely watched here, especially by the many victims. this man first had his left hand chopped off by the blood diamond rebels. when they threatened to chop off his son's hand, he offered up his right hand, whic

that is the gift.ost brides and grooms will be and -- will accept that. >> saying if you can afford traechl money give a gift f it's causing financial pain, she says consider giving a gift on the couple's first anniversary. >> oh, goodness. we did a destination wedding this summer. and thank you very much. >> just head why the governor schwartzeneggar and state legislature in the base rais to get a water bond proposition off the ballot. >> why actress mia farrow took center stage node a war crimes tribunal. >> how food pets eat could be putting your children at risk.%t the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models with an average finance savings around $5,800. >>> lawmakers and the governor back pedaling trying to get a measure they originally wanted on the november ballot pulle

. >>> if you use a gift card, the changes starting today that you should know about. ,,,,,, my mercury moment happend right after our wedding, when i realized that along with all the gifts that i'd be getting a lot my husband's old stuff. fortunately, i got his mercury insurance too. mercury had better coverage, better service and and we saved hundreds of dollars by combining our home and auto insurance policies. and he got miss pookie. see, everyone wins. insure your auto and home (together) and save up to 15%. get a quote and see for yourself at mercuryinsurance.com. new homes tonight. this is the scene at berkele >>> thousand of uc students will be spending their first night in new homes. this was the scene at berkeley today. by thursday, 6,000 under graduates will have moved into the dorms. another 1200 will move into apartments and family run housing. starting tomorrow, new students will take part in campus tours, attend workshops, lectures, receptions. some students have been planning for this for years. >> my goal since, like, the beginning of high school that i get into berkele

i know one of them i had actually no longer worked about four years later. >> the gift card was the gift that kept on giving for the retailers. and now they're changed. you can't charge an inactivity fee or a dormancy fee for a gift card unless you haven't used it for a year. it has to be a five-year period that the card is good for. and that they can only charge, once they charge a fee, it can only charge one fee a month. >> i know for the companies, i think the estimates i have seen is about $3 billion that the credit companies could actually lose if this goes into effect? i assume they're going to do something to get the money back. >> absolutely. they never met a fee they didn't like. there's probably somebody with an eye shade in a small room using an algorithm inventing a new fee. we've seen the rebirth of annual fees. we saw a short-lived attempt at an inactivity fee. we see higher atm fees, foreign transaction fees, foreign currency fees. reward restoration fees. you name it, there's a fee for it. it's kind of a fee-for-all. >> this is great news for us. thank you so much, adam.

turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo.ith you when it's time to save. ♪ >>> welcome back to indianapolis from our affiliate here. we'll get to the football not that i remember a moment but, first, remember jonathan sanchez who predicted the giants would sweep the padres. with 43 left in the season they needed only to take two out of three. here it was the fib finale. and 1 for 3 and on tuesday. tim lincecum gave up 4 in the second. 4-0, padres. and posey did his ghost keep it close. two runs. blast off. cutting the dev tota 3. nineth homer of the season for the catcher. but he could not get on track. singles home another one. and he is has now lost three straight starts. giants puts a point on it for the pad drys. they win-2. they take 2 of 3 to extend their lead to 3 and a half games over the giants. >>> the a's trying to avoid a sweep. and the pitcher was masterful. he looked his best. striking out the side. and on the day. they got two runners on in the 7th and davis grounds into the double play and that was it he was p

thanks also to gifts, we are now planning to build another phase of construction, which will include a flood of floor exhibit as well as an area for risky squirrel monkeys. programming for the exhibit will focus on the negative effects of the illegal animal trade that plague south america. lastly, the zoo's attendants in may, which is above projection, and i thought actually i could take a break and grieve for a moment. unfortunately, june's attendance has come in below expectations, and overall, this summer's attendance is looking lower. our west portal business papers are reporting a 20% decline in their business, cut by the slow west portal rail project. this combined with the closure of the southbound traffic on highway, is making access to these two very difficult this summer. we are trying to explore alternative transportation methods for visitors as well as employee very cat -- various types of signage, as well as discounts, some of which you have just heard. thankfully, we will be closing this fiscal year with a positive balance, and now, i have finished my report. commission

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turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. ♪ regulators found that drivers failed to brake in many of the cases of so- called "runaway" . >>> a report by federal safety regulators found drivers failed to hit the breaks in many of those cases of so-called runaway toyota vehicles we investigated and reported on, a review of data reportedders -- recorders involved with drivers where they say the car sped out of control found that the break were not applied in all 35 cases. they say it's too soon to reach a conclusion of whether they had solved the problem about sticking gas pedals or whether the break had been applied. >>> he could spend several years in jail. steven slater could spend time in jail. he cursed out a passenger on the intercom and deployed the evacuation slide and jumped out. his lawyer said the trouble started when two passengers fought over space in the overhead compartment. he came over to assist she started cursing and she slammed the overhead luggage on his head. >> i think he h