my father started in -- luxor cab started in 1928. my father was driving a cab in 1946 and became president of luxor cab company. he purchased his medallions, one in 1960. in those days, you bought a house for $17,000. his sweat equity, driving a cab from 1946, raising two children, native san franciscans, and luxor cab has been recognized as a legacy company and a historical company. we started the wheelchair program in 1889, before the m.t.a. or any regulator knew we had to do it. i was chair person for the paratransit coordinating council. our goal is to help people that can't get around san francisco through difficult time, and we continue to do that. and we've lost substantial amounts of income. these medallions that are regulated are saying they're free or given, is not true. when i met down with mayor lee in 2009, we had a sit down program to issue medallions to drivers. it took three years to put the first one out, and it was $250,000, so let's get the story straight, okay? that uber and lyft started in 2008, okay, so four yea

luxor taxi. i had a solution. i want to throw out a solution for the medallion crisis.the regulatory creation of what i call a temporary rest vehicle. i submitted a proposal of this new type of industry due to the insurance and liability i think the taxi industry would be perfect to create this new t.r.v. vehicle and it would actually allow the medallion holders to pay for their cars and eastern money and revenue creating a vibrant world. i've submitted and a t.r.v. is a car napping service so it's almost creating airbnb on wheels. and i believe there should be an exemption, special ex pemion for taxis. due to this medallion crisis. and what this would do is solve the problem of drivers working 12 hour days, you know, passing out due to exhaustion because they can earn money off their vehicles while they're not actually driving it. and that would be a facility like the sutter stock and garage. i believe that's what my solution is. i oppose these solutions being offered but my solution is like hey, let's put our heads together and find new ways for taxis to earn revenue.

this is luxor in southern egypt. home to the temple of karnak.ple of karnak. the walls inside a re covered temple of karnak. the walls inside are covered in ancient graffiti, created over 3500 yea rs are covered in ancient graffiti, created over 3500 years ago. in 2010, i began a major project to record every individual carving. having finally made it back, i am lucky to have one special team member alongside me. christophe is not only an excellent archaeologist, he is also a great husband. i couldn't have got through my illness without him. having that little time to watch something just take control and literally destroy her body. there was less than 36 hours when she showed symptoms of the flu to organ collapse. then there was weeks of not knowing whether she would survive or not. she wasn't expecting too. christophe and i have decided too. christophe and i have decided to bring arsen withers on this trip. i was less than a year old when i became ill and for months i couldn't hold him or change his nappy. if felt really important for us as a f

this is luxor in southern egypt. home to the temple of karnak.reated over 3500 years ago. in 2010 i began a major project to record every individual carving. having finally made it back i'm lucky to have one very special team member alongside me. christoph is not only an excellent archaeologist — he's also a great husband. i couldn't have got through my illness without him. having that little time, you know, to watch something just take control and literally destroy her body. there was less than a 36—hour period where she showed the first symptoms of a flu, to organ collapse. and then there was weeks of not knowing whether liz was going to survive or not and she wasn't expected to, she really defied the odds. christoph and i have decided to bring our son emeran with us on this trip. he was less than a year old when i became ill. for months i couldn't feed him, change his nappy or even hold him. it felt really important for us as a family to do this together because we've just been through so much. and every kind of triumph we do, we do it togethe