, island's future.base closed in 1997, the treasure island development authority was created to develop and implement a reuse plan. >> the navy has completed their environmental cleanup in that area and last week, the california department of public health issued a radiology unrestricted recommendation for that portion of side 12. it's a bigilestone for the project. >> the treasure island development facility was setup to implement the master plan that was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2011. >> given the importance of housin■óg in the city, both the affordable component and the market rate housing, we felt that it was important to review what the housing plan is at treasure island. >> the development facility and (indiscernible) that oversees the implementation of the master plan to make sure that the master plan, which was adopted by the board of supervisors and adopted by the city and after meeting, that's plan that the city approved. the members of the board was appointed by the mayor and th

and treasure island. literacy for environmental justice, a community volunteer educational program involved with restoring local habitats and preserving san francisco's unique bio tie varsity, teamed up with the redevelopment group to grow the 50,000 native plants to -- to repopulate treasure island. >> the city of san francisco set up meetings between leg and they came in with high expertise and urban design, and architecture, and green infrastructure, but they really hadn't worked with flytive plants -- worked with native plants at scale and they were also kind of scratching their heads, like how are we going to grow 50,000 native plants from remnant native plant populations. it was a unique partnership of figuring out what plants can grow, what plants will function in stormwater gardens. not all native plants are ascetically pleasing to landscape architect, so we kind of worked around what plants are going to be pleasant for people, what plants are going to provide habitat, what plants are going to act

right here in rhode island.applause] but at's not all, this year, rhode island became the homef "good burger 2," "hocus pocus 2," and "the gilded age." and we're not stopping there. i'm excited about another new movie that's going to be filmed in rhode island this year. it's called ella mccay, a story about a lieutenant governor who becomes a governor. and while it's a familiar story, i've been assured that it's not about yours truly. aughter] i want to thank rhode island film and television office director steve feinberg for doing the work to attract these blockbusters which help put rhode island on the map in a big way. give steve a round of applause. [applause] not sure if steve is here tonight. we made a little history this year when we moved the independent man from the top of the state house to undergo an historic repair and preservation effort. th was the first time in nearly0 years and only the second time state history that rhode islanrs could come see the man up close the independent man is source of p

rhode island as a life science leader.my budget will propose building a new life science school at the university of rhode island, through a bond referendum. i will be out across the state with our uri president, rallying rhode islands behind this important income raising initiative. [applause] >> is mark here? i'm not sure whether mark made it. he is here. here you go. mr. president, we're on tour. we're all going statewide, all 39 cities and towns. thanks to rhode island college, president jack warner teaming up with former congressman, we launched the first state institute of cyber security and emerging technology at rhode island college. [applause] >> tonight, tonight we're joined by jillian costello and nigel gomes, two students who are already enrolled in the institute and on a path to a good paying job in this emerging industry. jillian and nigel, please stand up and be recognized. [applause] >> thank you for being a part of team rhode island. cyber security is a rapidly growing field with thousands of unfilled posi

over the island. saudi arabia and the former government of mansurhadi protested the move by their former arab allies. it triggered heavy conflicts between the two sides in southern yemen, it left thousands of forces from both sides dead or wounded in different areas, including aiden and shawwa. two weeks after the occupation of sokotra by the uae, after riyad and supporters of massur hadi ramped up pressure, the uae army agreed to hand over the administrative control of the island to the... designed government of mansur hadi, but has still had military control over the island and airport. the emirati see this as an opportunity to demonstrate some real kind of arab style nation building, economic rebuild them, and they see the ports as the fundamental way to do this. so now the emirates control the port of mucula that we talked about earlier, they took back from aqap, the port of aiden, port of moka. if judada gets resolved, then they control a port of judada on the on the red sea, so all the major por

sister islands. my ex shows and the 1970s to remain with bronze you pay with us here in french is differential language. approximately 300000 inhabitants of the island also entitled to social benefits, health care and education, much as in maine and from an island of relative prosperity in one of the forest regions and the world a portal to your of the up to 10 boats with hundreds of migrants arrived from the commerce every day. the nearest island is only $72.00 inches away and the board, the police are completely overwhelmed. they are now as many foreigners living on the islands as they are french citizens. many of them without papers. mohammed, well i don't want to use cousin originally, a korean came to evaluate there's a teenager, you know, helps young people from the slums to obtain a residence permits assigned to measure they've got when i look at these teams, it pains by the state henders young people who want to succeed and who are motivated to some with the french government, wants to come t

what knowledge his parents came from the neighboring islands. the commerce years ago, she was born in my yacht, went to school there and has french citizenship. she's unable to receive an id cards and is therefore prevented from such twice she has been picked up by the police. the officers intimidating her. she now no longer there is to go to the all star which is for help me. i will stay here loose this. yeah, i'd have to give up every thing i had imagined. one of my dreams. and then sometimes i asked myself why it was i phone to live this life on. and i was told that with french citizenship that you can have every single home, but it's not what made it easier for me. why don't you sole consolation, her daily chats on the phone with her friends, they all ready another, you know, another french island with better prospects for the future. waiting for her my yacht is about 8000 kilometers from paris. the island is part of the commerce archipelago, which was once french colonial territory. unlike its sister islands, my ex shows and the 1970s to re

the 18 year old grew up in a slum on the island. around 4 and 10 of the islands inhabitants lived in informal settlements, hunger and high crime rates, a part of everyday life. for those that must lives there, the fear of being picked up by the police and the porter is also ever present. what knowledge his parents came from the neighboring islands the commerce years ago, while she was born in may, yacht, went to school there and has french citizenship. she's unable to receive an id cards and is therefore prevented from such twice she has been picked up by the police. the officers intimidating her. she now no longer there is to go to the all star which is for help. see, i will stay here. lose this. yeah, i'd have to give up every thing i had imagined, the board of my dreams. and sometimes i asked myself, why was i phone to live this life? and i was told that with french citizenship that you can have every single home, but it's not what made it easier for me to write down to sole consolation, her daily chats on the phone with her frie

and treasure island. so we want to start off by just kind of introducing you to the to the current team. the current natural areas management team, myself and peter. and then of course, our colleagues juan and sergio and the rest of the crew at rubicon, who have been doing great work over the last, um, years working with us. so uh, and just pivoting to one of our most important natural areas on yerba buena island, the oak woodlands overlooking downtown. um, this this photograph was taken in january of last year. so. and all the photographs, most of the photographs we're showing you today are all from 2023. so this is all very current imagery. uh, this is the yerba buena chapter of the california native plant society. long time partners of ours, of course, on the island and citywide. and they came out to help us do some invasive plant control, uh, on the oak woodlands. and here's another shot of us in the in the understory of this beautiful natural area that we have overlooking downtown. and we, of course,

and on the commerce island, they're also considered unwanted. they're called the ne, a whole generation stuck in an impossible situation for todd, you, jack keeps on believing in full collision on keystone, done. and people in the same situation as me don't have to give up on that dream. new scene. god is the, he sees a move done that for it gives us strength. you just have to be patient as well as seals my art acts as a gateway to europe for many african. the asylum seekers mainly come from central africa in somalia. one example is it is a teacher who has been here for 2 months. he said from the militia as an eastern, come to protect him, we have made him unrecognizable process it be we fully crossing the congo then, or wanda intends ania for foot. yeah. and then we hear about maybe i'd say miles, there are minutes. somebody's human rights and protections in france, and it's a way that defines the conditions. we must live in our unbelievable physic shares the husband mattresses with 9 not hundreds of asylum seekers, a homeless because there's n

island. the uae's presence on the island dates back to 2000 when a strong storm hit the island. the uae's red crecent sent a few planes carrying humanitarian aid to the island. abu dhabi has been seeking to gain a foothole on the island ever since. eight months after the yemen war was launched in november of 2015, cyclone meg struck sokotra. the cyclone was once in a lifetime opportunity for the uae army so they could deploy their military forces and station them on the ground under the pretext. of sending aid to the island. as of october 2016, 31 cargo airplanes and few logistic ships containing food and medical supplies were sent to the people living on the island. at the same time, they increased the number of emirati forces on the island as well. on april 30th, 2018, the uae's military. planes and warships occupied sukutra and took control of the airport and the pier on the port of the island. about 100 uae military forces were stationed in sensitive locations on the island and grabbed co

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of these are located on the japanese islands.eadquarters of the us pacific fleet is also located there. there are currently three operating points in australia: an intelligence center in alice springs and bases in exmouth in darwin, on the island of guam in oceania the naval base of apra harbor is located, the permanent home of los angeles-class nuclear submarines patrolling the pacific. ocean. the largest us base on the red sea is cample magnier, located in djibouti. it appeared in 2002 and is administered by the us africa command. several thousand troops are permanently stationed there and conduct raids against islamic radicals in yemen and somalia. neighboring the americans in djibouti there are also military bases of at least four other countries, china, japan, italy and france. the chinese base, which is called a logistics point in beijing, was built in... 2017. its number personnel is unknown, but according to the china delhi newspaper, it can accommodate up to 10 thousand people. the fifth fleet of the us navy is located i

, island's future.the treasure island development authority was created to develop and implement a reuse plan. >> the navy has completed their environmental cleanup in that area and last week, the california department of public health issued a radiology unrestricted recommendation for that portion of side 12. it's a big milestone for the project. >> the treasure island development facility was setup to implement the master plan that was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2011. >> given the importance of housing in the city, both the affordable component and the market rate housing, we felt that it was important to review what the housing plan is at treasure island. >> the development facility and (indiscernible) that oversees the implementation of the master plan to make sure that the master plan, which was adopted by the board of supervisors and adopted by the city and after meeting, that's plan that the city approved. the members of the board was appointed by the mayor and the board of supervisor

chris: this is my first island. my first island ever. mined for manganese, which just gives it it's red color, which just gives it its name. joe: as far as islands go, red rock is a fixer upper no running water, no electricity. but when it comes to boasting bay views, chris: you have everything from the richmond bridge to the bay bridge. san francisco city, marin belvedere, mount tam, it's truly panoramic. it was a real estate attorney who acquired the island and he had a friend business partner who said, whoever dies last gets the island. and that's exactly what happened. joe: the island has been owned by the same family since 1964. they once used it for family camp outs. now they've decided it's time for its next steward. female: whoever buys it i think is gonna be a critical thinker. someone that's a risk taker, someone that's exciting. joe: part of the island is ringed by small rocky beaches with a steep, jagged hill. in many ways it's a microcosm of california's great outdoors. chris: it's got this incredible beach, some rocky areas

sunny island, sunny island., and not the holy thing, remember your daily life, don’t forget, like a neighbor’s treasure. remember, like a dear day, there was a conversation behind the syabrowsky table. don’t forget how evil the marozes are. klyamka solder pyache, palyucha, and hell on your steel, vokan fresh odorous bread. you need to be at home for a while, you need to be at home, not a guest. so that with your soul you become a part, and it’s not the sacred things that are needed at home. we get to see each other often! until dawn the music sounded, the velvet season was coming to an end, we said goodbye to you at the pier, and summer suddenly went away like a dream, and summer, and summer. and summer suddenly passed away like a dream, again it sounds lonely among the gentle waves. the accordion again, i’m in a hurry because i love you, and it’s placed among the affectionate goals, it sounds lonely, so the galbion, again, no, i’m in a hurry because i love you. you will quietly tell me, goodbye, i will only com

status quo is about the existential state of this island today. given the fact that china is constantly talking about the need to unite. sitzenpin insists on this. sydzenpin said several times on the eve of the elections that he was in favor of a peaceful union, but might have to use military means. and that's all. led societies is a request for peace, none of the candidates spoke any such rhetoric that would be bellicose, because taiwanese people are very afraid of war, they see these threats, and accordingly, not every candidate avoided those points that could be this threat, if we take lai tsinde, he is known for his pro-democracy, pro-independence politics, and his opponents talked about it a lot. that... that is, if he becomes president, they used this component, which means he will declare independence, but he realizes that declaring independence is actually declaring war on taiwan, and the people do not want that, so he is already in his election campaign the company said that there is no need to declare the independence of the island, sinc

there are two main ones on the island...an took 13 mandates, occupying the mayoral chair in four of the six main cities, including the capital taipei. following the announcement of the vote results, tsai-ing-wen announced her resignation as party chairman, which she had held since may 2020, but will remain as taiwan's chief of staff until the elections, which will be held in early 2024, and in the meantime she is trying to avoid an abrupt change. political course, the kuomintang party, which essentially created taiwan and even represented china at the un for more than 20 years, traditionally follows a course of interaction with beijing and does not reject the opportunity to reach an agreement. the commandant considers it important not to provoke the prc and not raise the issue of the status of the island. taiwanese politics resembles a pendulum. the rapprochement between taipei and beijing began in 2008. after the gumildan came to power. led by smandyu. over the next 8 years, beijing and taipei signed a number of major agree

tirzah statia: and we all live together, friendly-- enjoying the island life. i noticed the spoken language here is very unique. it's called papiamento. papiamento. exactly. it means to speak. ok. and it is a combination of spanish, dutch, english, french, and portuguese. johnny bananas: you just throw them in a blender-- - all together. - --and out comes papiamento. exactly. so how then would you say, welcome to curacao? tirzah statia: [speaking papiamento] [speaking papiamento] [laughs] johnny bananas (voiceover): the warmth and vibrancy of curacao hits you the moment you touch land. and we've only just scratched the surface. [music playing] johnny bananas: i am about to embark on an absolutely incredible experience. [music playing] this experience isn't just exciting. it's also unique. [music playing] all right. climbing aboard, captain. hatch coming down. woo! curacao was one of only three locations on the planet where someone like me can get into a submarine and dive to depths of up to 1,000 feet. johnny bananas (voiceover): this is substation curacao. [mu

island, sullivan island and fort sumter ordered these. swamps, inlets, waterways swept the periphery providing alternative routes to the city. the u.s. defeat at eight in 1862 made it precarious. instead 1863 saw major thrust against charleston harbor entrance. charleston's geography made both sides rely on interservice coordination. beside facilitating better cooperation between component commands would succeed. ultimately both the united states and confederacy changed commanders hoping adjustments guaranteed victory. for the confederacy, the biggest change occurred in the fall 1862. when general john pemberton was reassigned from charleston to command visburg. replacing pemberton was general pierre beauregard. commanding armies tennessee and mississippi. althou he resented the demotion. he turned his eye on charleston as the linchpin. the naval squadron was led by captain duncan ingram who joined the navy at age 9. in 1862 ingram's squadron was on the side of the palmetto state sporting angled iron plated cases armed with four to six gu

island line was critical. heavy artillery bolstered these fortifications and reserves concenated to shuttle by rail between charleston and savannah, georgia, to support ingram's ironclad wooden stmers were acquired. there was already s.s. indian chief, the squadron's ceiving and training ship. in january 1863, soldiers captured uss isaac smith, transferring it to the confederate navy as keystone to funnel enemy ships into killing fields. confederate sewed layers of obstructions and underwater mines contemporarily called torpedoes. beauregard also supported constructing torpedo boat prototype ships, specifically the october 1862 proposal by army captain francis lee to build a torpedo room named rch. this small cigar shaped semi-submersible based on the famed innying steamer was designed to plant explosive torpedoes on enemy hls beauregard sent lee to richmond for government sanctioned, even lling confederate and navy secretary steven mallory he did not mind if the navy commandeered the project as, quote, all th

side brijss on yerba buena island, improvement to the ferry terminal. creation of a bike pedestrian pathway connecting the east bridge that serve the ferry terminal and transport to the ferry building and san francisco. i want to congratulation the water transportation authority winning a $16 million grant to put the ferrys in production. thank federal transit administration and congressional delegation lead by nancy pelosi. i will attend a open house january 20 at the ship shape center. this will be a opportunity for the public to learn about what is going on on treasure island. the infrastructure improvements, building production, new parks transportation program and tida effort to facilitate the transition for current residents. thank you to all staff and everybody who works on this. i appreciate your work and with that, i concrude conclude my remarks. questions or comments from colleagues? anyone in the chamber who wishes to comment on the chair's report? operatoring, any remote public comment on the chair's report? >> good morning chair, checking f

huge family. him the island. we know where everybody where they well and we know everybody correct or where they will. we know everyone. this became a really well traditionally the women to celebrate together as well us and with no man allowed biscuits read kind of stands for happiness. the more read to more beauty in their lives. life and the both public hasn't always be most beautiful, save the islanders for the 50 years until 1991. estonia was part of the soviet union. the scholars left by socialism can still be found. for example, in the status of religion, which during the soviet era with lunch and a request in the mainland of close to the church, community is disappear, doing so at the time. but the here sex where women at the a it's been continuous women the local church need. this isn't very high position in our society. on the island of case new estonian orthodox christianity survived in an old consider to form the little village church is put to good use, especially for whittington select this one almos

she functions as the voice of the island and keep up with its traditions. she says above all these new sense but equal rights for men and women. and this is rooted in the traditional way of life. the island does live in harmony with animals and nature. men are connected receive and this spent long perio it's, it's a see all raising the history and says find the navigation barrier sauce here. usually on april i'm in october hall, so yeah, that was almost wasn't the to so women, uh, pick everything and speak about are responsible for everything. what's happened on the land? there's traditional kind of full patented scarves, blouses and woodlands. goods, just as common, place on the line and now as a century ago, most of cycles, a part of life here to the i and probably needs of the fastest way to get from one end of the island to the other, to visit a mother in law. for instance, the women of keith knew have no of them without leaving, sewing and knitting. that's how much will they keep and also need their own family supplies with handmade clothes, but friend

an island with women's empowerment is a timeless tradition. the germany is famous for its picturesque path timbered houses, and they do look stunning when they're in good condition. that's what young polly thought when he bought a rundown hot tempered house 10 years ago with a plan of renovating it himself. needless to say, it was no small task. could you imagine renovating and nearly 500 year old crumbling, half timbered house on your own? with almost no professional health. yeah, i totally did just thought he didn't realize the project would end up taking a full 9 years. first he had to teach himself all the necessary d i y skills which is of kind and fine. there's no way i do it again, but because you'd never commit to doing all that work if you knew exactly what was coming your way, my office named the oldest was open to come. but now yeah, and half tempered house is a thing to behold. it stands by the most old river about a 150 kilometers west of frankfurt to yeah, i had to say welcome to my house in spite and so, but i was like 9 years o

in 1945, the island returned to chinese hands. beijing immediately sent troops to the island . mandarin became the newest official language. and japanese names were band. it wasn't until 2005 that called us utica was able to go by her japanese her name in local elections in 2022. she ran as a candidate for the democratic progressive party. its leader was the 1st one east head of government to offer an official apology to the countries indigenous inhabitants and to recognize their importance to taiwan since itself. does the jingle are too much to sit by the one in the timeliness of shape to new identity out of these 400 years of history with its unique cultural, religious unlink lipstick. blend all way of life. even off cuisine is a product of these 400 years. the sins are somewhat of the incidents with us, utica and bodies. this new taiwanese identity open, inclusive, and democratic. that's a provocation for beijing. the it also represents a break with the traditional self image of taiwan as pronounced by chiang kai shek . his national memorial hall stands in the center of the capital t

confederateefse is at morris island. sullivan's island and fort sumter guahi more fortifications protected the inner harbor and city inlets, waterways and islands swept charleston's periphery,ido the city. th u.s. defeated secession vote in 1862 made these seem precarious. instead, 1863 saw a major thrust against charleston harbor's entrance, as charleston is geography made both sides reliant on interests service coordination. the side facilitating better cooperation between component commands would succeed. ultimately, both the united states and confederacy changed commanders hoping adjustments guaranteed victory for the confederacy. the biggest change occurred in fall 1862, when made when general john pemberton was reassigned from charleston to command vicksburg. replacing pemberton was general pierre gustav tuten beauregard, fresh from his stinging reef command. armies in tennessee and mississippi, though he resented that demotion. beauregard turned as engineer's eye on charleston, a is departmen's linchn, charleston'

the island serves as both a model and a place of refuge. for example, the l g b t to plus community is welcome to year and 2019 taiwan became the 1st asian country to legalize same sex marriage typing pride. march is growing every year with 120000 people taking part in 2022. the less than 4 decades after martial law was lifted, taiwan commands respect. it also inspires arches like the film director 0 tool who sprays the rain to attend pride with her partner or the challenge with the watson way. those kinds of atmosphere makes me feel proud of my country. what's in the hank? i'm high when the toner and some way porch. i love the fact that taiwan has done away with strong man politics. a great nation doesn't need a strong man called what a civil society. that's what makes. i'm a towards the side down to so we'd purchase the open, strong and confident. ty wants new identity, excludes optimism. but the question remains, will that be enough to hold off spacing, the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the shift your guide to life and it did to, t

the whole island is ours. but the enemy escaped us, gilmore signaled to dahlgren, who wanted to capitalize by demanding fort sumter surrender. the 200-men garrison replied, "inform admirable dahlgren he may have fort sumte when he can take and hold it." unwilling to let gilmore sweep the glo, dahlgren ordered a bombardment of the noble mass of ruins to force sumter. and several monitors covered while u.s.s. weehawken sounded the gap for channel destruction. in had the process, they ran aground. confederate gunners targeted the ironclad the next morning after they tried refloating it. u.s.s. new iron sides and monitors montauk and passaic covered it until the ironclad refloated during the next semi high tide. this incident may include the first naval combat photographs ever recorded. as a photographer on morris island, captured an image supposedly dated september 8, 1863. of u.s.s. new ironsides and several monitors engaging confederate fortifications. a second image dated september 8, taken inside fort sumter

this is washington's de facto representation on the island. the delegation will include senior officials from the white house and state department, but all with a prefix. ex, current congressmen can visit taipei after the inauguration of the new head of the island’s administration. this was announced in the house of representatives. laitsinde, from the current ruling party, won the elections that took place the day before, which means that the anti-chinese course of the island authorities will continue. after this news, the people's republic of china expressed hope that washington would stop, i quote, sending false signals to the separatist forces. together with the elections of the head the island administration in taiwan also voted for members of parliament. ksenia nekrasova sorted it out. the candidate from the ruling democratic party celebrated his election victory in a big way, but speaking on stage in front of supporters, taiwan's newly elected chief of staff did not address them to beijing, saying that he was determined to defend taiwan

it showed that there's a relatively large 1800 meter air strip under construction on the island. the israeli web. depca file affiliated with the musad spy agency for the first time claimed in a report that the uae was behind the construction on pedium, the israeli media said airfield for planes to land and takeoff as well as infrastructure for espinage activities on the island were coordinated between the uae and israel to control the ships that sail through boblom dub towards the suas canal. with iranian commercial ships as a prime targets. what's more? construction of the airport on pedium island gave the uae the chance to transfer some of its equipment from the asab airbase in eritria to this island, which is only 3 and a half kilometers away from yemen's mainland, so in case of aerial backup for its forces, it could be done in the shortest time possible. on the... elements of pediem island by the uae, democratic us senator chris murphy said that construction of the base on the island reminds us that as opposed to what the uae claims, it hasn't gotten out of the yemen war. rec