that's a great gift the city of san francisco. also a great gift to the one on one aides that seek employment. they learned and developed as human beings. learned something from this. and finally, it's a great gift also to the neuro typical campers there at silver tree because what we need to continue to do, as we know 80% of awe at this timists are under 18 years old. we need to cultivate this relationship between the autistic community and the neuro typical community. as many kids really don't understand autism. this was a great opportunity for them. in four weeks to get to know some and make friends with them and understand it is a developmental disorder. but these are kids just like any other kid that want to be outdoors and loved and have a really, really good time. one of the other things that we did is we did -- were able to get releases by parents who felt comfortable with their children being videotaped and have a private utube channel so that these parents who were quite frankly many parents were a little bit scared. the

remember that oprah moment, that $100 million gift to a troubled school system? tonight we're going to look at how they've used the money. >>> and "making a difference." a generous gift for a woman who didn't think she'd get to see her grandson play in the high school band. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we're going to begin tonight with a crippling trend in america that simply cannot go on without taking entire families with it. if we all agree those who have health insurance is the lucky ones in this economy, that usually means someone has a job with benefits. listen to what we learned about the cost of being among the lucky. the cost of health care insurance premiums has now more than doubled for american families since 2001. but, of course, no wages are rising that fast. it comes down to the choice american families are being forced to make on a daily basis. as millions of families already know, it's too often between your money or your health. we begin here tonight with nbc's john yang. >> reporter:

that's a great gift the city of san francisco. also a great gift to the one on one aides that seek employment. they learned and developed as human beings.

we just said, everything is a gift in our city. you cannot buy or sell anything. there is no advertising. you are not surrounded by this nattering pandemonium of commercial messages, which is so relentless. and lo and behold, we discovered, had a certain point in a community, when everyone is giving, -- people began to have experiences that were revelatory. they began to feel like they were in touch with that unconditional reality, which perhaps in their youth they identified as their life's goal. it creates a world in which -- just saturated with meaningful encounter. and it seems to have been contagious because people have now left our event and they have left our world and they continued to do activities. they did not go to a festival and say their appetite. they came back and tried to change their world. that is why we are starting this burning man project. we think there is a law that we can do together. try it sometime. try living for eight days without buying, selling, listening to an ad, and tell yourself, disco to give things to people. see what that is l

the whole gifting thing -- people were sharing things. it would have been in bad taste to sell things. one year, firewood. they desperately want offsite to do it. we did not think it was evil, but we just thought it was tacky. and we stayed true to that sort of thing. it would be too much to expect, we are going to make it not commercial. that is how people are going to bond to our brand. not even rupert murdoch would come up with that. we just did that because it is what made us feel good. now we are thinking, with the burning man project -- it is interesting. my partners and i are thinking beyond our lifetimes. it is a bit of a legacy project. which is really interesting, an interesting exercise. that makes you feel differently about the present. so what would make something that durable? what would keep it alive that long? we have been alive and have grown for a quarter-century. it may not be hard to imagine an entire century at all. now we are found in an institution that will house and generate culture, and function as a community. w

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. >> for love is truly the greatest gift we are given to share. love's compassion is the glory of life. >> i work in the juvenile department. the mayor asked the liasson from all departments. i wanted to be a part of this history. some parts i wouldn't want to be. this part was really wonderful and a joyous occasion and a long time coming. it's absolutely the right thing to do. to bring 2 loving people together, in helping acknowledge and certify that relationship, i find really wonderful and a joy and one of the most pleasurable things i have ever done in the city in my life. i will be continuing this afterwards >> when i was conducting the ceremony. some of the friends said, now it's real, now it's legal. in other words, they had gotten married before. this time, it's legal. you know, a sanctioned. it was hard for me to get to the end. i was starting to get emotional too. >> it's really one of the most extraordinary gifts to be given in life and that's to participate in a ceremony where you can celebrate the ultimate gift in life and that was fa

some of the gifts we received were a generous gift from coca- cola. we got a gift to help with the golden gate park irrigation of great britain mercedes-benz donated $15,000 for our youth scholarship program. we got a gift from the u.s. soccer foundation for mission soccer field lighting. improving our environmental stewardship. we are committed to being stored of our parks -- being stewards of our parks in many ways. we implemented and they are being installed as we speak, dual recycling in golden gate park. we have continued efforts to reintroduce the mission blue butterfly to twin peaks. also, a dedicated by calling in golden gate park. our department was recently the recipient of an award from the department of the environment for these efforts. the department has recognized the water resources conservation pre in partnering with th. we have partnered with the puc to reduce water at 12 of the most water-consuming parks. leed silver certification. we've begun using a variety of alternative fuel, including electric power and compressed natural gas i

oh sure well in part much the side is very interesting because i mean one of the things about gifts is that you know you you're supposed to give back a little bit more a little bit less and ideally you really want to give back a little bit more and if you enter into competition often you want to get back a lot more this is one of the things that always be puddles economists because their prediction is that society is about ash they're going to operate on border everybody acting exactly like they would in the market trying to get as much for as little as possible but in they'd just be doing without money so of course that being convenient they have to invent money in fact when anthropologist went out to see how people actually behave it's not the competition it doesn't exist but often the competition was to see who could get the most not the least. you want to show off what a great man you are and sometimes your real objective is to completely by giving him a gift he could never possibly write and there are stories in celtic. greek accounts of celtic societies that when nobles were tryi

>> reporter: their gifts are a huge part of their lives now but what about the future?n's choice whether he paints or not. we hope for his sake that he doesn't lose it completely. >> reporter: whatever would make her happy is what we would want to do. so if she wanted to take a break or wanted to stop, we would be all for it. >> reporter: the time being, these amazing kids are amazing kids. it's something no one can ever take away. one thing is certain, we can't all be prodigies. teach me to play something. [ plays one note ] i can play that. ♪ i can't do that. i'm john berman for "nightline." ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there e♪ ♪ ooh baby, (what) can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. you carry them around everywhere. yes i do, because cravings are everywhere. would you take

any public comment on his gifts from my hearing nine -- on this gift? hearing none bowma. it has been accepted. >> line item 2. >> general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the condition regarding items that do not appear on the agenda. speaker shall address remarks to the commission at all whole and not to individuals. under police commission rules of order, during a public comment, neither police or commissioners are required to respond to questions asked by the public and but may provide a brief response. individuals should refrain from entering into any debates. public comment is limited to 3 minutes per speaker. >> good evening, commissioners. in front of you once again on behalf of my brother, who you know was murdered at the beginning of this year, we are getting close to a new year and are still in the same position. a person who devastated my family is still free, and we want some resolution to this situation. anything that can be done, we appreciate it. we basically what some resolution to this. thank you. >> feel free to comment. i know the po

it's a gift in return something inadequate you might say about really cheap if you're unlikely to come up with a mathematical formula to say exactly how cheap you think that person is on the other hand if somebody gets in a fight with you and your eye is out and you know well codes in state with the site it's a very detailed list of exactly how much you pay for any type of injury that's when people get exact you know the law says i get forty seven heifers for that and if not that means war when there is that potential for violence that's when people insist on exact songs and in that context you know you have to say well i don't have twenty seven heifers and what i wear substitute that's kind of situation we have to create money so the violence is the is the enforcement mechanism basically for the end for the credit how does this i do i used to do a fair amount of business in japan to study the language in the culture. were part of a book about it actually about two decades ago and you talk in your book a lot about obligation societies and i don't recall running across the good mood tho

>> to a gift. a true gift.applause] talking about highs, last night we had the kickoff of the blu-ray edition for lebowski and i got to hang with all of the -- john goodman, juliean moore, steve buschemi. it was a lot of fun. >> jon: what kind of music are you playing now? country or jeff bridges? >> who was also there was was t bone burnett the producer of album. >> stephen: it's called jeff bridges. >> keep it simple. bone wanted to not just make a sequel to the crazy heart and has it country but it's he can check tick thing. pop, jazz. >> stephen: do musicians have to suffer? because your life seems pretty good. >> yeah. >> stephen: does that hold you back at an artist at all? >> i fight it. i give myself indian burns. that keeps the blues in check. [laughter] >> stephen: that's a rough life. you paid your dues. >> that's it. >> stephen: you really paid your dues. [laughter] people recognize your voice from a lot of commercials. you do hyundai, do you duracell. >> yes. >> stephen: is it manly gravelly stuff

part of her proposal was $500,000 gift in her proposal for the rehabilitation of the tea house and the gift shop in the japanese teagarden that was very generously given by jack hirose which probably spurred the idea of naming the tea house for jack to begin with. but once i started doing a lot of research on jack, i mentioned at the committee meeting, i was very impressed by his broad background in the city and more specifically in the japanese american community. jack was born and raised in san francisco. his parents immigrated from japan along with other japanese and japanese american individuals was sent to internment camps during world war ii. during that work he helped bring extra dollars. at that point he joined the united states army as a translator and worked under general mcarthur and stayed in japan after the war for a period of time and then he moved back to san francisco and went to college and got a degree in accounting. ended up starting his own business because the prejudice still remained after the war and he was really not able to be hired by large companies. but the

an item with or without a gift receipt.ome wal-mart were routinely refunning the lower sale price instead of the actual price with gifts receipts. the store promised to recommendy the situation by sending a memo reminding clerks that customers should get the actual price paid. not everyone got it. some stores are still refunding the sale price. and that has lawmakers like senate majority leader allen corbett threatening to step in. >> i'm going to look into it. consumers shouldn't be ripped off like that. >> reporter: senator corbett is considering whether legislation is needed to require stores to give the actual amount when receipts are presented. wal-mart says it's just employee error. >>> if you think airline baggage fees are high now, be sure not to overpack for your next international flight. it could cost a whopping $450 if your bag weighs more than 70 pounds. american airlines leads the pack with the highest heavy bag fee on asian flights. continental and united airlines charge up to $400 depending on the destinatio

get a $5 cvs gift card if you're not covered. i'm bonnie and this is my cvs.ocked wind no power many people in the south suburbs in a report of 60 mi. per hour wind during the evening and beautiful rainbow stibnite in the wake of those showers that went through and produced the wind beautiful shot tear a larger shot hancock building rain shops from indian the beach interesting a lot of rainbows and the last week because we have had holes in these clouds every now and then allowing some through sunrise to sunset rainfall coming through skies cleared about 100 mi. wide a drive which and it is breaking out again coming at us tonight as we said goodbye to the storm closed flow being kicked out sat around for seven days new autumn storm responsible for the bid tonight showers that went through this afternoon. backwash showers rotating all around us tonight wind rebate check in with 47 mi. per hour wind gusts more where that came from wednesday through tomorrow wind advisory coming down at 5:00. does not mean it will be gone but the strongest would have passed by. w

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morning, supervisors, is an administrative code amendment that establishes a recreation and parks gift fund. it also refreshes what is currently named the mayor's earthquake release fund. that particular fund as it exists right now pertains only to the 1989 earthquake. what we're proposing is that this fund be updated to include any emergency that may occur in the future and would allow donations to be used to repair the infrastructure of this city and county. the third change that is before you this morning is the mayor's home for the homeless. that has existed for many years. when the fund was originally created, the department of public health was named to administer the fund. the fund is better suited for the human services agency, since they run of the home -- since they run all of the homeless programs on behalf of the city. others agree with this change. what this will do is approved, by the board of supervisors, is that it will allow these three funds to be placed on the city's portal, along with a couple of other funds for the arts, funds for neighborhood beautification. those

a gift was made possible by that the media through a gift from cirque du soleil. it allows users to manage lighting by computer or by phone. detailed schedules can be entered into a website to manage specific needs field by field. emergency schedule changes can also be made easily in the case of rainouts. control rain produces energy uses only when they are needed, as an automated system, it does not require staff to travel from field to field to turn lights on and off, thereby maximizing staff time for other needs. our lighting systems are currently scheduled to operate from sunset until 10:15 p.m. monday through friday in the month of february through october regardless of income at weather. the department does not have the capacity to send staff members to each of these sites in order to in the lighting off when they are not needed, it is often the case that the lighting at the sites is in operation even when the fields are: -- close. it is estimated that by controlling the system, we will reduce energy usage by 26% for a total of 475.5 hours a year. it was sec

going to take you inside and introduce you to one firefighter's family, as they receive a priceless gift from an unlikely source. >>> and good morning, america. from ground zero on this weekend where america remembers, we are also getting a fresh dose of the fear that we first tasted at this very site nearly a decade ago. >> that's right, dan. security is extra tight throughout new york and washington, d.c., with checkpoints and searches tying up traffic all day friday, into the night last night and this morning. now, here's what we know, there is a credible, though unconfirmed report, of three men planning a car or truck bombing in new york or washington on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. a senior official telling abc news that this is a real plot, quote, it is well planned and there is an intention to go forward with it. we'll go to our chief investigative correspondent brian ross in just a moment with more. >> thanks, bianna, but first, i want to give you a quick tour. of ground zero. for so long, this place sat empty. there were so many political and emotional battles that this mornin