mr. joseph schmidt -- please come over here -- mr. joseph schmidt, who is a true san franciscoan in the fact that he's generous and in good times and in bad, everybody loves his chocolate. if you haven't had his chocolate, you don't know what you're missing. he for this occasion built and carved himself a coit tower out of white and bittersweet chocolate which is on display in the tower when we open the tower today. thank you, mr. schmidt, for doing that for us. in addition, mr. pll schwab donated $25,000 worth of graphic artwork design. this banner is made for this occasion only. we will give out free posters of this design today and that will be available for you. we also have half a dozen city guides here today to do commemorative tours of the tower the you can ask any question you have, no matter how esoteric, and they'll be able to answer it. also we will have jail productions, down here, to perform ragtime music. also, again, lots of history going on today, mitch morea zachaim, the author of the most influential book every writte

mr. joseph. madam clerk, item three? >> item three, appointment, veteran affairs commission, hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending january 31, 2014, to the veterans affairs commission. there is one apartment. >> i am deborah dacumos, and i this retired in november, 2010, after over 30 years and the army. i joined the reserves, and i have been in the reserves ever since. my unit is still deployed. they are in afghanistan as we speak. this is their second deployment. i am very, very -- i know, very emotional as far as being able to support the veterans. one of my soldiers will be veterans, i want to be there for them. my mission of being on the commission is hopefully to work with the departments and have a project of the arts. we are in the veterans building, and we have the war memorial. my vision is having music, dance, the library, workshops, to be a venue for our veterans to express their emotions. that is one way that i feel would be a good way, even for the families, to actually come in with their c

mr. joseph, mr. perez. >> yes. >> item #3. for a report from the executive director. >> good evening. as was mentioned earlier, there was activity around this long to live performance legislation. -- limited live performance legislation. in a nutshell, after all the commission took a look at it and send recommendations in support of the land use committee. again it was passed with recommendation yesterday. july 25. the board did discuss the item today. we did continue it for a week, they felt they had to have more discussion with community. the plan is to see that item by the board on its first reading. i have given new this legislation before. if anyone is interested, i have the package. the other legislation i wanted to make the commission aware of is something that was introduced, it is in the waiting period, a piece of legislation regarding a bowling alley in the mission. i think we attached this behind my memo there. a copy of the ordinance from june 21. i believe this will be heard after the summer break. in short, the genesis of the legislation is a new bowling alley and restau

mrs. you very much. >> to my brother, we will always miss you. >> manuel l. lopez >> joseph lostrangio >> chet dek louie >> stuart seid louis >> joseph lovero owesera elisabeth labell >> jenny seu kueng low wong >> michael w. lowe >> garry w. lozier >> john peter lozowsky >> charles peter lucania >> edward hobbs luckett >> mark gavin ludvigsen >> lee charles ludwig >> sean thomas lugano >> daniel lugo >> marie lukas >> and my husband. i believe them and all these other beautiful soul to die together this day have been walking alongside us these past 10 years and they will continue to be right here as we move forward to a bright and positive future. >> and my uncle of the new york city fire department. we all miss you and love you so much. i know you were looking down on us and you'll always be in our hearts. god bless you, god bless new york, and god bless america. [applause] >> william lum, jr. >> michael p. lunden >> christopher lunder >> anthony luparello >> gary frederick lutnick >> william lutz >> linda anne luzzicone >> alexander lygin >> farrell peter lynch >> james f

mr. joseph dic for his presidency of the general assembly in its outgoing session. i would also like to congratulate the un secretary general mr. ban ki-moon on his re-election for a second term as secretary general and wish him all success in his work. mr. president, it is an honor to stand in front of you one more time, to brief you and the notable developments that iraq is witnessing as it works on building of modern state that lives in peace with its people and neighbors. iraq is building a homeland where everyone lives in peace and stability, regardless of sectarian, ethnic, or factional affiliations. a system where the rule of law prevails and human rights are respected. and this system that is based on democracy and the peaceful transition of power. this is the basis for a path on which we embarked and continually implementing. the events that are currently taking place in the arab region have proved the correct choice that we of allah and are now following. the values of change and reform, which iraq has and will always continue to call for, has become an ess

not trigger if it is a request from the applicant. >> commisioner joseph: i am not sure if the applicant would request the continuance. mr owens. would you consider requesting a continuance until our meeting in august? there is no second meeting. august 9 is not enough time? >> we can push it back for a month or so. is that fine? >> commisioner joseph: when is the next meeting in september? >> that is fine for me. is it ok if i have the pool tables in their bacere? >> i think you can. >> just the pool tables. >> a motion for staff ith respect -- with respect for a request for continuance. but not the pool tables. >> you can coordinate -- she has a list of community groups in the neighborhood. i certainly suggest that you speak to the supervisor's office as well. and make sure the community groups they are concerned with as well that you reach out to. >> that is fine. >> make sure you get the security plan to us. >> it is ok with the president, i would like to make a motion we continue for discussion. if i can request to make it clear, a motion for the staff to direct us with respect to the request for a continuance on th

joseph. we love you and miss you. 10 years, but it is still not easy. your family loves and mrs. you.ould be proud of your family. give pops a hug and a kiss. thank you to all the workers who got today ready for us. winston arthur grant christopher s. gray james michael gray tara mccloud gray linda catherine grayling john m. grazioso timothy george grazioso derrick auther green wade b. green wanda anita green elaine myra greenberg donald green gayle r. greene james arthur greenleaf, jr. eileen marsha greenstein elizabeth martin gregg denise gregory donald h. gregory >> and my nephew. danny, we want you to know that you will always be our baby boy. you will be in our hearts forever and we love you. [speaking spanish] we love you. >> and to my husband, fy11. may his soul finally rest in peace. -- flight 11. your son and i grow strong. goodbye, my dear friend, my teacher, and my hero. florence moran gregory pedro grehan john michael griffin tawanna sherry griffin joan donna griffith warren grifka ramon grijalvo joseph f. grillo david joseph grimner frances edward grogen kenneth george gr

. -- joseph ma zzola training center day in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, mror. >> i would now like to introduce the supervisor. malia, thank you for taking time out of your schedule to be here today. [applause] >> thank you for inviting me. good morning. it is a great day. happy joseph mazzola training center-building opening day. it is a day that will go down in history. i am here to welcome you back to district 10. i know that many of you have been here before. i put the order in for the sun. it is coming. it is just delete. i am here to express my heartfelt gratitude for your hard work and leadership over the years. in my younger days -- that was a joke. he will be driving home when you get back. [laughter] when i first saw in front of mr. mazzola, he was straight and to the point asking if i could win. we had a very contested races last year in district 10. there were 22 candidates. i must have said the right things. we have a moment where we saw things i to buy. i was able to win his support. i am grateful for that. it is very appropriate that you have t

also there was joseph gomez severely burned and whose girlfriend jessica mr. al east died in the explosion. but first hers what the mary had to say. >> this evening is not the time to talk about regulations or recalls or statistics. this evening is our time to remember and celebrate the humanity of our community. >> i thought it was pretty beautiful in a way they did itment pidgeon represented everything and i thought it was beautiful well planned out sf. >>reporter: to put it hand them but this evening of course brought a lot of memories. for them it was nasty to see the support from other neighbors around them. that of course was at sky line college this evening. her in the neighborhood it was very quiet. miss set road block for those people who don't live in the neighborhood for non-resident. very peaceful evening. leif in san brown oshtion lee ann, abc 7 news. >> all right thank you lee ann. >>> allen and cindy pwront of that neighborhood say they will never move back there. instead they plan to start over in a new neighborhood. they agreed to speak exclus

mr. branch tonight. but we expect to hear the organization's viewpoint tomorrow when we interview joseph crowley, a former university president and n.c.a.a. historian. >> again, the major developments of the day. president obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes as part of a ten-year plan to cut the deficit. republicans said it would hurt those who create jobs. greece held an emergency conference with its creditors, trying to calm global fears of a default. and troops in yemen fired on protesters again, raising the toll to 50 killed since sunday. and to kwame holman for what's on the newshour online. kwame? >> sreenivasan: find a photo essay from miles' reporting in montana on gray wolves. on this week's political checklist, political editor david chalian and gwen discuss the president's deficit plan and look ahead to the next g.o.p. presidential candidate debate. we look at a report that estimates the worldwide tab for diseases such as diabetes, cancer and others could reach $47 trillion over the next two decades. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the

mrs. and loves him very much. especially here today. >> and my husband. we love you. >> suzanne youmans. >> barrington young. >> jacqueline young. >> elkin yuen. >> joseph c. zli

authorities announcing that michael joseph wogan, 22-year-old from arizona who suffered from muscular distrophy, wheelchair bound was in the v.i.p. section and died. mr. wogan described as a magna cum laude student and had a weapon development business and lived a life filled with independence despite his disability. we are told that george and wendy hewitt died. they lived in seattle. airplane aficionados, members of an airplane club. the medical examiners office needs to still identify some victims or notify next of kin. >> thank you very much, dan. . another plane crash is under investigation this weekend. this one in west virginia. it happened at an air show in martinsburg. the pilot of the t-28 had just kpleetd a demonstration when the plane dived to the ground. investigators are talking to witnesses. part of president obama's plan to reduce the deficit is to tax millionaires more. how will that fly? we will discuss it with our political panel next. is the state of georgia about to execute an innocent man? we are looking at the evidence against convicted cop killer troy davis. it feels like help is never far away. it feels like you're protected

joseph, this is the book, "wildcard: the promise and peril of sarah palin." >> up next on booktv, linguist john mcwho ther argues languages are open to growth by continuous usage. mr. mcwhorter reports only 200 languages are written. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you for coming, everyone. i'm going to start by reading briefly from the book. this is from the beginning of the book, and this is a book where i hope that we can look at language in a happier way than we're off trained to -- we're often trained to. so this is a happy book, and this is how it starts out. introduction. page through a grand old book on what was once known as natural history as we all so often do, and you'll find that almost all drawings of marine life are rendered from the perspective of someone standing on the shore. there'll be some fish bobbing out around in the waves, but clams, squid, see athem innies will be lying on the beach or artfully positioned on conveniently-placed rock formations or even just dangling from the margins of the picture. this is a standard procedure in illustration until past the middle of the 19th century. wouldn't it seem more natural to draw a squid swimmi

consideration of the generalized system of preferences act, joseph skovec and daniel dellerson if they could. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: madam president, i yield the floor at this time. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: i just wanted to say i appreciate the senator from oregon, and he and i have worked together on a number of issues, not the least of which is some of these trade issues and i look forward to continuing that collaboration. i do believe the senator from oregon is someone who really understands the value of opening up export opportunities for american businesses, and has worked and advocated on their behalf in his time here in the senate. i think the senator would understand the frustration, perhaps felt by him and others, that these things have languished so long. i understand the issue of trade adjustment assistance is very important to him and many other members on his side of the aisle, as well as to some on our side, but it strikes me at least that could have been at this a lot sooner, and not have relinquished and given up so many of the lost market opportunitie