a much more philosophical defense of sufism. so finally, well, like the monastic path in christianity or other areas, religions have to take care of their mystics, and so what we fd here is that the path is embraced and we're allowed to see it. so let me let a true sufi sheik speak just a bit about his experience. >> [translator) >> we take from jesus christ this- upon him his humility in dressing. humility in eating. i will mean the whole knowledge. nobody can become a mystic, a sufi, without having a deep knowledge. we love those who hate us. we bless who curse us. we do not keep hatred against anyone in the world. we're against rules. and we do not even curse those who are fermenting. we hope that god will illuminate his way to the right. >> you speak of love and humility in the sufi tradition. do you feel that then the violence that we sometimes see in the holy land is very painful, very difficult? >> [speaking in arabic] [translation] >> violence cannot emerge from people- it cannot emerge from people who love god, in any r

he edits a philosophical magazine and also teaches. his thinking combines oriental culture with western thought. he teaches in a college, a school for environmental education which he founded. he says for example if everyone starts to choose organic foods over processed foods it will bring about automatic charnge t the economy. it will bring changes to society naturally. after the great east japan earthquake, he met some students from the affected areas. >> through this difficult time, let us build a new future which is more resilient and more sustainable. >> reporter: what do you think the japanese people learned from the disaster? have they gained anything from it? >> now we also have to learn some lessons from this disaster. the lesson we have to learn is that nature is stronger than any technology, any science, any human industry or human ng knewity. so we have to be humble towards nature. >> reporter: kumar says the tragedy gives us an opportunity to rethink how we live, to co-exist with nature. >> be the change that you want to s

if it gets to a point there is a disagreement and philosophical or whatever it is have to meet one or one and figure it out and with what we know if it's pedestrian safety issue we need to move forward on it. >> can you think of other examples and you had philosophical disagreement s and the mta said we respect your position but this is important and we need to move forward with the project. >>i think most are resolved at that level. mostly it's when thinking about the project and the scope of work. sometimes there are issues with the width of the street and turning and that type of thing, the number -- it's very specific to the projects but we generally get to a point nonetheless we need to move forward and accommodate the needs and rarely do we have opposition from the city departments. on an on going theme as we do more of these transit type projects we need to come forward and think that through. >> just another observation i have sometimes i feel the projects when you have opposition or concern from other departments it ends up the project gets severely watered down. that is my e

the spanish mystic and philosopher teresa of avila insisted that everyone could experience intense andersonal knowledge of god. igtius loyol founder of the jesuiteaching order, inspired his followers to go to work with spiritual fervor in the real world, and the missionary francis xavier carried to india and japan the message of the roman church. to fulfill the needs of the resurgent church, artists and architects all over europe flocked into rome. they came to design and ornament the churches that were built in the explosion of activity inspired by the counter reformation. the church reformers called for works of art and architecture that would bring people into the churches, inspire faith and religious commitment. an artistic revival resulted, and a new style. it was an exuberant style reflecting the optimism and assertiveness of the 17th-century church. this style is known as the baroque. the fresco on the ceiling above our heads was painted by pietro da cortona in the 1630s. it decorates the reception hall of barberini palace in rome, home of pope urban viii, a great patron of the

you could say i'm somewhat of a philosopher. i like reading aristotle, socrates, homer, "the illyad," you know all that. >> he also does his own writing. >> i wrote these pieces. i don't pray with bibles, i pray with false idols. i have no enemies just deceased rivals because i am creating history with homicidal travels, swimming with crying crocodiles deep in devil's vile. i've been cursed since birth with a lifetime of trial. crime after crime with a pistol of denial. i've been flirting with death and [ bleep ] it with a smile. that's "suicide king." i have an extensive history of being suicidal and i overcame that, you know, like i tried cutting my wrists. i mean, i tried hanging myself. i tried shooting myself. i tried poisoning myself, and for me it wasn't my time to go. so that being said, i just put it on paper, expressed myself that way. and it's more than therapy, it's my life. >> coming up -- >> vegas, a bad habit. vegas. i would make $80,000 bets on a blackjack hand. retarded. i love the life. >> one inmate lives the

alarm bell your thoughts it definitely is an alarm bell you know there's a saying from an american philosopher if you ignore history you end reliving it and what portugal is doing is what happened in america after the war of independence instead of actually paying bills they should little pieces of paper and those little pieces of paper circulated discourtesy they're called bills of credit because the result was so bad the currency at the time the continental which was the first currency in america hyperinflated they put it in the constitution that you can't issue bills of credit portugal is trying to issue bills for credit they call it you know treasury bills but it's essentially the same thing ok let's jump over to cyprus ok cyprus there they're taking money out of people's bank accounts we saw out of the m.f. global united states more on the institutional side that kind of went over the people's heads they weren't paying much attention to and now the government just taking money out of people's bank accounts or thought yeah yeah it was a shocker for me in the sense that they were first. tal

well so i would imagine that bitcoin from an austrian perspective and we're going to get a bit philosophical here it seems to play into the austrian mindset however within the austrian school there are people who are expressed very negative thoughts on bitcoin james turk the man tell us your opinion or you put me into a big country or yeah you're part of the middle of this sorted out well you know the austrians have a prop some austrian school people have a problem with it because it doesn't tie neatly into the regression theorem which ok which is which is basically that money has to have some tangible substance some other use besides its use as a means of account and it kind of goes back to barter exactly he's a good back to the and how money eventually evolved in gold and silver became the most liquid form of commodity and therefore they had a monetary. role rice i'd rather use as your history and you're saying well was barter and then that a substitute for barter but has a value and that value is worth the value of the barter and that's that but they don't like it because it doesn't expre

this is really challenging the whole banking infrastructure but i want to go back to kind of a philosophical question you know we've had chats before in the past to kind of the bigger philosophy of big coin but i think people as particularly writers like felix salmon and reuters and others they look at it they're trying to evaluate it as a commodity or they're trying to look at it in terms of just a currency and they're trying to apply economic arguments to it but i think everyone misses the point that the first the place to start was when you talk about bitcoin is that something called a bit coin protocol which is a network protocol yes and that's something everyone seems to be missing talk about it sure so the value of the network is that individual nodes can transact with each other without going through a central bank or a central clearing that is the fundamental computer science innovation behind bitcoin ok so for example in it you've got h.t.t.p. you've got ip you've got ethernet these are all network protocols correct and so nakamoto pseudonymous founder could be one guy could be a gr

. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food.so natural for me to come here. >> we want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. >> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪ ♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thou

commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophicald spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former sovie

commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophicaland spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind,

there's an older and richer view which stems from the greek philosophers who say, we human beings are responsible for thinking about our -- not a set of laws or a code. we have to take responsibility for ourselves not about how we're going to live a good life but how to relate well to other people. it's really what humanism is all about. >> stephen: but how can you live good and flourishing lives if you did not have objective standards of morality. now with the ten commandments i would be sacrificing you right now. seriously tempted. that's where we get the god. even the humanism sin formed by the earliest laws given to us by god. it's a long story. >> stephen: i have all the time in the world, buddy. [ laughter ] >> the point about the objectivity it's an important point this one. it arises from the fact that we're social creatures, human beings. we need one another. we need relationships. we need to love people and be loved by them in return. we need friendships and cooperate with people. this is a constraint on just what you can do with other people. >> stephen: how do we make our

one time in the 16th century there was a polish philosopher and he said this.nd is like a spider's web. a big fly will get through but a small one will get stuck. i came to a conclusion that you have to find strength within yourself. >> and he would soon show us that strength was one thing he didn't lack. >> we were able to come back about a half an hour, 45 minutes later. and they opened up the security door and he is in there in sunglasses, a full like workout suit. he's got his water bottles all together. and the guy is -- is ripped. i mean, he is big. he's a big guy. and he makes it out, well, this is just a cell workout. this is nothing. this is all i can do right here. >> i was a little shocked by his workout outfit. again, i'm used to seeing guys in the little prison issued shorts. and he was decked out in this professional looking fitness gear. so i kind of made a joke with him. and i said you're going to get a lot of letters from female american television viewers. "lockup" viewers. which just delighted him. >> but he was clear about the one american w

she philosophically punches him with this knowledge. >> thank you. >>> if they decided to make a youngvie, i don't think they need to start casting. this girl is it. this is little milan. this video was sent to us on our my channel feature on rightthisminute.com. she is the itsy bitsy spider woman. climbs up the wall, dangles her feet down. she does something else amazing. >> my goodness. >> she lays on the ceiling. >> glue? something sticky on her hands and feet? >> i don't think so. just the space of the doorway is the perfect bid for her arms and legs. impressive stuff. >> go, girl. >>> christina, my friend, be hold the beauty of earth from above. all these images taken by the astronauts on the international space station, compiled by bruce w. berry. we've seen these before, but they're always fascinating to watch. you may think the blue and yellow is aurora? wrong. he calls it air glow. there is a posing volcano. >> is that mt. etna? in some shots, you see the space station in frame? just spectacular. let's not forget the space station is high up above us at 217 miles above the sur

it's just striking, all of these philosophical differences, ideological differences. lot of raw emotion because of decisions about war and interrogation of prisoners and all the rest all captured on that state. >> here he comes. we'll hear an amazing half hour now of presidential addresses in order. it's going to be jimmy carter first and then chronologically through the senior bush, bill clinton, barack obama. it's going to be fascinating now. >> ladies and gentlemen, president jimmy carter. >> well, it's a great honor for me to be here today, and it reminds me of my favorite cartoon in the "new yorker" magazine. this little boy is looking up at his father and he says, daddy, when i grow up, i want to be a former president. well, four of us have already made that goal and one is still working on it, but it is a wonderful thing to be with the other presidents and to have a chance to address this wonderful audience. i'll be very brief and i'll be limiting my comments just to the things that i know personally that have been important for me and for george w. bush. in 20

. >> jimmy: this next one is from 1600s french philosopher rene descartes. think, therefore i am." one of the most famous quotes of all time. another one from descartes. "i stink, therefore i bathe." [ laughter ] i don't know -- >> steve: he might've. >> jimmy: i don't know. yeah, i don't think -- [ light laughter ] here's a quote from one of my favorites, maggie smith. she plays the dowager countess on "downton abbey." she said, "when you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything." [ light laughter ] here's another quote from maggie smith. she said, "you guys know i'm talking about the old horizontal boogie, right?" [ laughter and applause ] i think we got -- well, we got the joke the first -- our next quote is from the ancient chinese philosopher lao tzu. "the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." he's right. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: here's another one. "especially if you don't have any friends that'll give you a ride." [ laughter ] i had that dude in high school. >> steve: yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: gerard bradford. >> steve: he would

. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food.so natural for me to come here.

i am a philosopher. as a philosopher i can analyze the arguments. i can't try to show where i think the arguments go wrong. >> i don't mean to put you on the spot. >> what do you think the people on my side of missing? >> it's not hard for me to understand why a gay man, people who are thinking of this is a question of how are we going to treat a gay friends, neighbors, fellow citizens, family members would be for a marriage. i think it has become a symbol for many people. any -- even many people who are not going to enter get marriages, it has become a symbol of the idea of respect for gay people and their relationships. >> i want to interrupt you because sometimes when you say symbol and a people on my side think you're being dismissive. a symbol for your people, they are important. >> symbols are -- >> the symbol. >> exactly. if you come by this from coulture perspective symbols the second -- sacred objects through which and by which we constitute reality. they're people on my side of the conservative side his say, well, it is just a symbol. but

the changing perception of nature, religious views, philosophical and political opinions, botanical knowledge and idiomatic sounds, everything new. i asked myself many times for a specific reason why my irish family went to cuba and began searching for missing pieces of my irish history in irish, cuban, and catalan archives to discover before me that i had a fascinating history of displacement and transformations in various geographic setings. my book, ticket it ride, is a personal journey towards the past and the present. there is no one but many places i belong to: havana, dublin, mahon, barcelona, and since the lay 80's, the bay area. so thank you very much. . >> i'm going to do this in about 5 parts. i hope you will bear with me. first of all, i want to thank cross roads for inviting me. it's a great pleasure for me to be here and i want to thank, in particular, professor mcfeek and hillary flynn, who made this possible. i'm going to first read from blood feud, sort of give you a small portrait of the protagonist in the novel. kenny had the soft, delicate looks of his mother, a girl who i

wrote a french philosopher exactly 70 years ago. these days, let's face it -- much importance is placed on looks. we have developed a number of tricks to improve them -- make up, nice clothes, worked out at the gym. some take it step further and seek help from plastic surgeons. men have long been just as concerned about their appearance as women. in turkey, for example, a growing number of men are undergoing facial hair transplant surgery. it is becoming big business. >> welcome to istanbul, a new national hub of help tourism. many visitors are from the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. these two men are from dubai, but they are not here for dental work and organ transplants or a knit and top. what they want is hair -- facial hair. >> they feel follicle challenge, which makes it tough to get ahead in dubai, where a full beard is a status symbol. their plight prompted them to book a transplant package in turkey, one of many deals that cover flights, surgery, and accommodation. >> we saw a report in a magazine about beard transpl

there is sort of visual connections to street photography and there is philosophical connections. you know there is some movement by me, that yet, the camera was a machine and it was taken from a height of about 7 feet of a fixed position. no one was wandering around and chosing various points of view and it presented to me this huge canvas of america, you know, that was pretty massive in terms of geography and yet just a small window and we don't see into these people's lives and we don't really know what is happening outside of the frame or where they are going and we don't know anything about them. so i went through exploring places that went from urban areas to small little towns along the border between mexico and the u.s. and a lits dusty towns or right in downtown baltimore and i spent a huge amount of time doing that. so if you think about it, this robot takes the picture and it takes a picture consistently from the same place and it is really i guess objective. more objective than any taking pictures. any journalist would also present a point of view. there is no point of

the theme of the book is so one you don't change the system, you can put in the most magnanimous philosopher king and he or she would still be subject to the same lobbying in which the connectivity the current commissioners are to. so i fear just getting the right commissioners are going to do the trick. for certain attributes would like to see. for example from what i can to recognize the intermodal competition because that would cause a rethink of how busy street broadband policy. i fear just getting the commissioner wright is not going to do the trick. >> host: mr. sub three. >> guest: same thing. we need somebody who realizes the world has changed. hal is right to be pessimistic but it is not conducive. having somebody say here in my jurisdiction and get rid of some nice stats here that's typically not the way things work. nonetheless, there are people who do these things. i wouldn't mind having someone there who says change her mission because the world has changed. by the way, there are examples of agencies that provided the distant. during their lifetime. the interstate commerce commi

kingee the high-minded with these fancy philosophic notions and you also see one bristling with indignation. one moment he is taking you in to a voyage deep into the white southern soul -- i wonder who worships there and who is their god? then he takes whites into the recesses of like boehner ability. it is fast -- recesses of black vulnerability. i felt i needed to say more about the tough substance of dr. king. in many ways, "letter from birmingham jail" is his fullest statement about race in america. if you know how to read the letter in light of all of his other performances and appearances, unique kenyan new and it is a -- you meet king a new and it is a surprising one. his view of social change, the role of moral up here, the limited role of moral appeal by itself the change white hearts. statement tremendous about black self-sufficiency that people don't understand is so central to the core of dr. king. all of those things are in the letter, a treatise on civil disobedience. it is more than that. that is the sense in which it is so full. the stage foret those who want around 50 years