the larger grouping of the liberal establishment media can you briefly talk about what is the land foundation and why it's so influential but of foundation is a liberal foundation that purports to have you know very pro free speech policies and of course if you look at their history they have championed many. free speech advocates and so forth this tale that the documentarian john pilger reports year this year uncensored twenty fourteen fearless speech in faithful times. is about his film the land foundation was sponsoring his film it was called the war you don't see and it was a film about media censorship and war it's an incredible film is an incredibly important film but ironically the the war you don't see became the film you don't see in the land foundation pulled their support for its u.s. turn me here and john tells that story in the book it's actually a painful story never gotten a straight answer from the lennon foundation they claimed that they they had low ticket sales numbers and didn't want to embarrass him and on another that was true but they prevented him from coming they kept

the larger grouping of the liberal establishment media can you briefly talk about what is the land foundation and why it's so influential but at foundation is a liberal foundation that purports to have you know very pro free speech policies and of course if you look at their history they have championed many. free speech advocates and so forth this tale that the documentarian john pilger reports year this year uncensored twenty fourteen fearless speech in faithful times. is about his film the land foundation was sponsoring his film it was called the war you don't see and it was a film about media censorship and war it's an incredible film it's an incredibly important film but ironically the the war you don't see became the film you don't see in the land foundation pulled their support for its u.s. turn me here and john tells that story in the book it's actually a painful story never gotten a straight answer from the lennon foundation they claimed that they they had low ticket sales numbers and didn't want to embarrass him and on another that was true but they prevented him from coming they ke

the larger grouping of the liberal establishment media can you briefly talk about what is the land foundation and why it's so influential but a foundation is a liberal foundation that purports to have you know very pro free speech policies and of course if you look at their history they have championed many. free speech advocates and so forth this tale that the documentarian john pilger reports year this year uncensored twenty fourteen fearless speech in faithful times. is about his film the lennon foundation was sponsoring his film it was called the war you don't see and it was a film about media censorship and war it's an incredible film is an incredibly important film but ironically the the war you don't see became the film you don't see in the land foundation pulled their support for its u.s. treme here and john tells that story in the book it's actually a painful story never gotten a straight answer from the one in foundation they claim that they they had low ticket sale numbers and didn't want to embarrass him and on another that was true but they prevented him from coming they kept the

the larger grouping of the liberal establishment media can you briefly talk about what is the land foundation and why it's so influential but of our nation is a liberal foundation that purports to have you know very pro free speech policies and of course if you look at their history they have championed many. free speech advocates and so forth this tale that the documentarian john pilger reports year this year and century twenty fourteen fearless speech in faithful times. is about his film the lennon foundation was sponsoring his film it was called the war you don't see and it was a film about media censorship and war it's an incredible film is an incredibly important film but ironically the the war you don't see became the film you don't see in the land foundation pulled their support for it's us poor me here and john tells that story in the book it's actually a painful story never gotten a straight answer from the lennon foundation they claimed that they they had low ticket sales numbers and didn't want to embarrass him and on another that was true but they prevented him from coming they ke

land there. and while the foundation of the building may very well be intact we've witnessed slippage on the yard that is adjacent to the case he will. earlier this year a large tree had to be cut down because the grounded shifted and pushed the tree over. also there was a brick overhang that went from the steps over to julius castle it collapsed because of no maintenance and probably the condition of ice it can be turned back into a restaurant we have major concerns about that. we understand we can't restrict the use of that property but there's noise and all those things >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon commissioners thank you for taxiing me at this hearing. i want to say on behalf of the architect that has done several historic projects both the city, state, and national level we're down from julius castle. personally as you walk past the case he will i pass by it.

yes the man who started the foundation to land people on the mars by the year 20203. , one. >> it soundsery ambitious but when you realize the difference between sending humans there tuesday and then you realize that is what makes it possible we have all the technologies to get them all alive. >> people are signing up and pay actual money? >> yes. people have been waiting for this for so ng. more than four years since humans have walked on the new and not much since then. >> all these people pay a fee. >> know when it is 65,000 paid the fee we see that as a first selection around do i feel confident enough. >> you go there to live see your a mars inhabitant you between the seven years before you leave finisher job for the rest of your life spee mickey based on the economy of the country they're from? >> we make it so people have to think about it is enough to thi about it but not so much that anyone cannot afford it. >> it is just $5 if you are from catarrh or $75 but without the fee is how you pay for it? >> the world has been waiting for this we are getting donations over the world and

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foundation, go to kpix.com. >>> birds are to blame for an emergency landing at san jose's airport early this morning. the dallas-bound american airlines flight had to power down an engine after an apparent bird strike shortly after take-off. the plane returned to the airport about 20 minutes later. the md-80 aircraft was carrying 139 passengers and five crew. nobody was injured. >>> later today, bart's board of directors is holding a special meeting to discuss a mistake in the union contract which ended the strike. buried in the tentative agreement is a provision giving workers six weeks of paid family leave. management says that should have been left out. >> is there any possibility that worst-case scenario we could be looking at another bart strike? >> uhm, i -- i don't think that's has much potential, but, of course, anything is possible. >> the unions already ratified the contract and in a statement, atu's president said, quote, bart management is attempting to go back on agreements that were part of the final deal. this is unconscionable." >>> the oakland teenager accused of setting a man on fir

foundation of government. will overthrow the assad regime and establish an islamic nation on this land. ok so the united states in cso says on the trusty up on trying to help and the whole day. it all over the stolen as he sold by the end of the year cb the amazing mean is there already has a lot he said. hero comes back here and got the house of government through today when the opposition forces are staging mortar attacks near damascus. oh just to draw media attention the government forces are winning battles in many regions the movie although president of the remains defiant. with the city has continued to hold for his tea pots. here in alaska i say this know it sounds all the stuff they do anytime soon. and in the meantime victims continue to show their true eighties he wrote down the steps. and i know more than ten days after typhoon honey and tore across the philippines the head of the world food programme says many survivors still have not received the helping me reality is that we know that there are many more people who have been impacted by the storm with what if we've reached

foundation of government. >> translator: we'll overflthro the assad regime and establish an islamic nation on this land. >> reporter: officials from the united states and syria's closest ally, russia, are trying to help end the conflict. they are hoping to organize peace talks by the end of the year. syria's information minister says he welcomes the idea and that the assad government will prevail. >> translator: opposition forces are staging mortar attacks near damascus just to draw media attention. government forces are winning battles in many regions. >> reporter: although president assad remains defiant, opposition leaders continue to call for his departure. here in damascus, i sense no chance for a political breakthrough any time soon. and in the meantime, the killings continue. sho beppu, nhk world, damascus. >>> japan's foreign minister says he's sending three experts from the self-defense forces to syria. they'll be there to inspect the process of destroying the country's chemical weapons. the minister's announcement follows an adoption on friday for the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons.

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foundation, go to abc7news.com. >> unbelievable. >>> passengers on board a flight that to h to make an emergency landing at san jose airport this morning, they have a harrowing story to tell after frightening moments shortly after takeoff. abc 7's matt keller is live. you talked with passengers. >> reporter: standing on solid ground never felt so good even though these american airlines passengers are now standing in line, wait, to be rebooked for another flight. their first flight this morning didn't go so well. the trouble started shortly after takeoff. >> i'm a nervous flyer. when i saw a ball of light and heard a big -- sounded like a bomb almost, yeah. it was just a loud bang and a flash of light. and then the plane went real slow after that. >> reporter: 139 passengers and five crew members were aboard flight 1118 to dallas at about 6:40 a.m. when it appeared to hit one bird. american airlines says the pilot followed protocol by powering down the engine and landing. >> then the pilot came on and said, you know, we hit a bird, we train for this. the engine -- fire engines came out to check the plane to make sure there was no fire

foundation for a good, marketable tool. >> also, it is a secondary terminal landing that will be done there. it is also a fire boat station, and it is going to be a very beautiful part for people. you'll be able to walk off a ramp, look in. people got -- people will look out and see the bay bridge. >> or the louis brown bridge. >> if it goes to the ballot, what is the timetable of trying to be up and ready by 2017? >> you know, they are still on on the path for 2017. if they go to the ballot, that has to be figured in. i don't know what happened there. we haven't talked to that. but we will be having that discussion probably very soon. >> what we just lastly, another big project go to the ballot and was defeated, overwhelmingly. if it does go to the ballot, what do you think? do think the sports fans wanting this will trump other concerns about building along the waterfront? >> there's a lot of concern about san francisco's waterfront. it is the premier piece of real estate both for the public and private sector, probably on the west coast right now. the former mayor, as the mayor pointed ou

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landing in a ditch. now fortunately no one was hurt in that crash. >>> volunteers stood curb side collecting turkeys and other donations. the foundation to collect 1,000 turkeys so it can meet the goal of serving 4,000 meals on thanksgiving day. >> it is important for us because we have to share our good with others. that's exactly what we're doing. >> st. anthony's is accepting turkeys through thanksgiving. organizers say they also need nonparishable food and toiletries. this year has been tough with fewer donations and an even greater need. >> you may notice some changes at the grocery store when you go shopping this week for thanksgiving dinner. a new federal labeling policy went into effect yesterday. that requires packages of meat to include labels listing the company where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. the rule applies to ground meat and so called muscle cuts of meat, veal, lamb, goat, chicken, wild fish as well as certain nuts and other food products. >>> hollywood is buzzing over a new bar that features a very expensive milk shake. >> yummy. >> you might remember this famous scene in pulp fiction with john travo

foundation for a good marketable tool. >> also, it is a secondary kusha terminal landing that will be held there in respect to the dcdc, fireboatnd a very beautiful park for people and you're going to be able to walk up a ramp, look in, people will look out and you will see the bay bridge. >> thank you. >> if it goes to the ballot, what that does to the timetable of trying to be up and ready by 2017? >> they are still on a path for 2017. if they go to the ballot, that has to be figured in. i don't know what happens there at the time. we haven't thought through that but we will be having that discussion probably very soon. >> if it does go to the ballot, what do you think? i mean, we just saw voters in san francisco shoot down the other big project plan for the waterfront. of course that was housing as opposed to a stadium so that might change people's mind. >> limited thing about walls on the waterfront versus a big project. on the other hand, i'd have to say that given the squeeze in the city right now, given the attitudes about trying to preserve the waterfront, this is the big battle in san francisco for the next couple of y

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land. the houses they built here were hardly impressive, just a row or two of stones as a foundation for whatwere probably pole and thatch houses. but something unusual was going on here because as the workers scraped away dirt from the floor of the compound's main house, pieces of metates and manos began popping up everywhere. in all, the team collected more than 400 fragments of manos and metates. but these were not like the broken ones usually found in maya trash. sanders: one of the interesting things about the metates that we found in petapilla is that at least half of them show no signs of wear at all. some of them are blanks that were never finished. perhaps they were broken during the process of manufacturing them. others are complete, but for some reason never left the point of manufacture. they never were distributed to whoever the consumers were. here's an example of what i'm talking about. this is a piece of a metate, but that surface is completely rough. it's never been ground by the action of a mano on its surface. over here is what looks like a partly processed mano. which was

essentially and didn't have foundation and put on the grounds and the ones that we saved were condemned in the 70's but lasted until this year. can you read more at www. outside lands. org. >> outside lands -- >> (inaudible). >> and you're doing a great job for the city preserving these and other work that you do out there. some people say it's the ololdest building in san francio or the presidio officer's club. this is an adobe building built in the late 1700's and survived the earthquake. >> second location of the mission and original was two blocks down. >> and this was 1790. >> when they realized they built the original mission in the best farming area and moved it and 18th street had a creek flowing down it and that's why they move toda moved away and ae street used to be the barracks for the workers and i will use that term loosely and they weren't happy to be there. >> unhappy workers. >> they didn't want to be part of the mission at that time. >> how thick are the walls? >> probably two to 3 feet thick. >> and performed well in the 1 1906 earthquake? >> it does. does did. i think t to it didn't do well but this is so massive. >> another building and the sun

what we never talk about in this country, the foundational issue in the creation of the american nation is the dispossession of aboriginal people of the land and the genocide that occurred in that, in that event, the ongoing event that actually remains a current issue. the little shell people is one of those stories, because it happened right on our border. and it shows the ethnic cleansing that went in. it shows how we deal with nationalism. it shows how we deal with racism. because it is a quote unquote as we group of people. throughout the primary sources, many, many times along the way these are not indians. these are children of squaw men, and that was a way the government didn't have to deal with the problem because they weren't indians. so this is one of the stories, and by reading the book, you see, it is a complex story but by moving through it, you date and -- you dive in and if you stay with it to the end to come out the other side, you come out, the complexities -- it is a path to the complexity that makes sense. you come to know that america is in all of its beauty its flaws and there are still places where we need to refine o

land air sea another space. olympic torch relay. on r t v dot com. welcome back to worlds apart we are discussing bitcoins rise and spread with patrick marg general counsel of the foundation mr mark. going back to that landmark senate hearing here got a pretty favorable the reception from the low makers on monday and contrary to what some may have expected bitcoin wasn't accused of being you know the currency of choice for online gamblers and drac traders and. i think many officials actually pointed out that crime had been the issue during the early days of credit card great cards and online payment systems i wonder if you were surprised by how friendly and accommodating the lawmakers seem to be i wasn't surprised at all but i was i was very pleased we've been working with these same lawmakers for months now. if there's one pattern that i've detected over time dealing with law enforcement regulators policymakers it's that the more those people understand the technology the less afraid of it they become and the more they embrace the potential for great societal good well well you know in some circles it's called low being bad at the same time they're low makers didn't rule

foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >> >>> next on kqed newsroom. what will san francisco voters decide to do with a prime land overlook the bay? >> it will bring revenue and provide parking. >> job growth is up in the bay area but so are housing costs, who is being priced out and what can be done about it plus billionaire mark, the force behind salealesforce.com. >> so on your first day of work at salesforce.com we show you where the toilet is and kitchen and at noon you go out and do something for the city of san francis francisco.

foundation's wish list for 43 years. when the owner died his estate wanted to make a deal. it's a spectacular piece of land. >> it's got six major peaks and canyons. dozens of smaller canyons. but i think up to this incredible ridgeline. >> reporter: keeping the ridgeline pristine is a priority. you may see houses on this ridge? >> they say scars on the landscape. they didn't want that here. >> mount diablo is a very rich biodiverse place in the first place. this is the heart of mount diablo, the most important resource property left in contra costa county. >> reporter: this property is also a biological treasure- trove. there's 730 species of plants and animals, 30 rare or endangered. there are all sorts of neat visual treats from wind caves to knob cone pines majestic oakland trees and deer. >> this feels more like a wilderness to me. anytime you just get out a little bit further away from civilization, you get more and more into the natural environment. >> reporter: that natural environment still lies behind private property. so for the time being it remains off limits. save mount diablo has one more bi

the in a corps, who works foreign land, will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of preening to man that decent way of life, which is the foundationcondition of peace. ♪ >> if art is to knew or roots of our culture, society must set artists free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. we must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda. it is a form of truth. the highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may. in serving his vision of the serve his artist must nation. i look forward to a great future for america, a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth, with our wisdom, its power, with our purpose. i look forward to an america which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. and i look forward to an america which commands respect throughout the world, not only , but for itsgth civilization as well. ♪ >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things i'm a not because they are easy, but because they are hard about because th

what we never talk about in this country is the foundational issue in the creation of the american nation and the creation of people, the people of the landde that occurred in that event and that ongoing event that actually remains a current issue. but this is part of one of the stories because it happened right on our border. and it shows the ethnic cleansing that went in and then it's how we deal with racism and this has to do with a great many groups of people. throughout the primary sources, many times along the way, these are not indians but children, and that was a way that the government didn't have to deal with the problem because they weren't indians. so this is one of those stories and by reading the book, can see that here is a complex story, but by moving through it, you dive in and if you can stay with it to the end, you come out the other side and there is a path through the complexity that does make sense. and you come to know that america and all of its beauty and its flaws, there are still places where we need to revise our society and our national identity. >> booktv took a trip to explore the history and literary cultur

foundation in san francisco is halfway to the gel of raising 3.3 million dollars. it wants to build a life size bronze sculpture depicting a battle that marine found themselves in when they landedsouth korea in september the 1950. south korea government committed to 1 million dollars in matching funds but unless donor in the u.s. help out the monument is in danger of not being built. >> we have not been able to raise any money from major american corporation. we have to do that because we can't him if small donation. >> find out more about the memorial link on our web site continued see it on tv. >> the president obama says that taking care of america veterans is a mission that must endure. president spoke at today veterans day festivities at arlington national cemetery where he laid a wreath at the too many of the unknown. president obama reassured veterans that they will not be forgotten long after the battle are over. >> we keep improving veteran health care including mental health care so you can stay strong. making sure veterans not covered by the va can secure quality affordable health insurance. >> president also paid tribute this man. 107-year-old richard overton who is

foundation of our manufacturing renaissance. thus far, states have done a great job of regulating hydraulic fracture option state and private lands. in texas the railroad commission set a variety of standards that protect the environment and oy allow for development of this vital natural resources. i'm a firm believer in property right, whoever owns the property should be able to regulate the land. i would not support the federal government regulating on state or private lands. more importantly, i can't support legislation that would prevent the federal government from regulating federal lands. unfortunately, that's what this bill is asking taos do i understand and support the idea to promote our natural resources in the most economical way possible with as lit relled tape as possible. i know the significant advantage of the shale gas boom has provided our petrochemical industry. let's make sure the department of the interior does their job and not have to transfer oversight of federal lands to state land. we need the department of the interior to allow resource development under federal law and i encourage my colleagues to oppos