renaissance hasn't add profit since 2010. company executives say that has to change. they have unveiled a plan it turn things around. bottom line, they are cutting jobs, thousands of them, and closing plants. the company will cut up to 14,000 jobs at head offices and affiliated firms. that's about 30% of the payroll. managers will close or sell eight of 18 plants across japan and they are considering selling another two factories. renaissance president says he is sorry about the job losses but he argues pain and sacrifices are unavoidable and that executives must keep the company alive. >> translator: we'll take every step we can to build a strong revenue change to withstand changes in the market, including human resources, and domestic product facilities. >>> renaissance is the biggest supplier of micro controllers. amid intense competition, the company is struggling to keep afloat. to understand how things got so bad, we look back on the company's recent history. >> reporter: renesas after nec merged the semiconductor unit with mitsubishi electric. they are focused

sharon of the renaissance entrepreneurial center. melanie with the san francisco chamber of commerce. brigid from the san francisco african american chamber of commerce. jim from the council of district merchants. eric and pat from the golden gate business association. edith of the as the entrepreneurial center. susan, ella, a and katy from wells fargo bank, and adam and allison of strauss events. [applause] >> and thank you very much to our sponsors who make this week- long bigger and more meaningful to small business every year, starting with our title and presenting sponsor wells fargo, of entrepreneur sponsor sfmta. if you have seen that we have been able to promote small business to where we needed the attention. we wanted small business to know we were throwing a party and a weeklong celebration and a week- long opportunity to educate and inspire a small business. visa, at&t advertising solutions, a constant contact. recology, pacific gas and electric company, kaiser permanente, zero, chevron, and vertical response. >> t-mobile

one of them -- one of the most famous books on the renaissance, by john addington symonds, is called "the age of the desperates," which is a title i borrowed for my chapter onpots totalitarianism.n and i kept running into this roadblock that, when you tried to track where freedom came from, the conventional historydo didn't provide the answers. and so over the years -- and that's why i say it took 30 years -- i'm 60 years old now, and i've been noodling with these things at least since i was 30 and maybe earlier. now and that's why i wrote the book c-span: where did you go tole college? >> guest: i went to yale. c-span: what did you study? >> guest: i studied englisho ale literature, and then i did somee graduate work in economics at new york university after i got out of yale. if you are an english major and you want to make a living there are two ways to do it. one is to teach english, which i didn't want to do, and the other is to become a journalist. so i went into journalism and worked on a number of magazines and went out to indianapolis and worked on the paper out there. >> wh

. >> reporter: no 7 renaissance from ward four -- such renaissance from ward four. >> if the mayor concentratesis legal concerns so we can get on with the business of government. thank you. >> reporter: do you want to be the mayor? >> what i want is a city that works. and i want a government that our residents can be proud of. >> reporter: do you want to be the mayor? he wants to be the mayor. do you expect to finish your term? >> i have no plans to do otherwise. >> thank you. >> reporter: the mayor tried to draw a distinction between his campaign and his administration which he says is not corrupt. anita. >> okay, gary. now what? what happens next? >> reporter: well, the federal investigation into that election corruption continues. the u.s. attorney making it clear yesterday that this is not over with guilty pleas in federal court, everything was law breaking. but everything changes if he is ever charged. >> gary nurenberg, thank you. >>> the falling house of cars that has become the dc government isn't doing any favors for the state hood push. those fighting for district representation in co

mayor buckhorn expressed the idea showing off tampa's urban renaissance might actually get a bunch of republicans excited about cities, and nevertheless this whole thing still is viewed as a largely issue as the transportation bill outcome showed and i'm wondering whether you think or how might you your and highlighting your cities and the urban renaissance of those cities and these partisan events to actually make those issues maybe even less partisan. is that possible? >> yes, i do think it's possible to make them less partisan and in fact, miss torqually, they have less partisan. one of the folks i most admire on transportation issues is the current u.s. secretary of transportation, ray lahood, who is a republican, and he talks a lot about the way these infrastructure investments pay off for our country, they pay off in direct jobs in terms of getting can construction workers and engineers and architects and others employed from a perspective, but then when you look at the ability of cities to but also to create morer mobility choices for people, it's really charlotte is growing by

>> of renaissance gathering economics, philosophy, scien ce and technology, religion from a healthy living we have of wide group he been investment conference, concerned citizens but the focus is political, economic and financial freedom. this growing. we have 2000 this year next year we're moving to caesars palace. it should be a good topic. >> are you a libertarian? >> i always tell them treat everyone as individual. we don't like political labels. whimper terry and maybe the closest to identify me. freedomfest is not collect -- connected to any political party. we are for profit but we invite nonprofit think tanks we don't compete with them at all. and to bring the intellectual feast two las vegas. >>host: what is your background? >> i am an active mormon on a mission for the mormon church and worked for the cia. then broke out to into the financial world. married, children, saved enough money to move to london where we bought a flat to and have been to 71 countries. primary source of income is my investment newsletter i have been writing since the 1880. i teach economics in business --

. >> this is a renaissance fleet. i have made these for about 40 years. is made of bamboo. >> this is my our work. it is all sculptures made out of forks. the title is "woman laying." it consists of 175 to 200 forks. >> i love it. everyone has expression and they like to show it. >> it is an opportunity for every one of all ages to explore. there's something for everybody here. music for the kids. theater. there's even cold beer. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast. >> yesterday, obviously we're talking but the big thunderstorms. is quite right now. thunderstorm showing up on the radar around baltimore. there are some more showers coming out of the mountains west of hagerstown it is altogether, we will pick up anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 inch of rain. there could be a flooding problem. let's take a look at the rainfall amounts from yesterday's. just over 3 inches downtown. again, the ground is saturated. if we get a little bit of rain, there could be mining -- minor flooding problems. even though there -- it is not raining right no

>> it is kind of a renaissance gathering. we talked politics, philosophy, technology, religion, healthy living, we have a little bit of everything for everybody. we get a very wide group, we even have an investment conference, we get concerned citizens about where our country is headed. our focus is on political economics and financial freedom. it is growing. we are bigger every year. we have over 2000 people here at this event. in fact, next year we will be moving to caesars palace. i think it'll be a good, controversial topic. >> isn't sponsored by the libertarian party, the libertarian groups, and are you a libertarian? >> well, i hate labels. when i get up and get my talk, i always say let's treat everyone as an individual. everyone has different points of view. we don't like political labels at all. libertarian would be the closest thing, if you wanted to identify me in some sense. >> okay. >> freedom fest is not connected in any way to political party. it is a for-profit organization. we invite the think tanks, and cato

the osha program, sometimes university and the renaissance from notre dam college and seniors do likeeep their minds active. >> wouldn't want miss betty as your next door neighbor. here's a look at some of the top tier. number one on the list, provo, utah, boston, new york city, washington, d.c. for retirees and 13th, baltimore towson area. >>> calling on all artists. they need one to work on a permanent display being held at the library. the waverly branch is being renovated and the art will be included in the new design. it's in -- in the north baltimore area. the deadline is september 3rd. your submission must include a cd image of some of your work. we have a link on our website at abc2news.com. >>> jamie, you want to retire in d.c., too much redskin coverage? that and the price of meals and drinks. take a look north and west. big storms over carroll county, but these are not severe. actually in the far north eastern frederick county getting up into the northern reaches of the state with the additional storms and the city we were talking about north and west of d.c., rain coming d

. >> the railway is undergoing a renaissance in much of southeast asia. cambodia is the weakest link in a plan to connect singapore with china. specialists have come from india. the tropical temperatures are nothing new to them, says this man. but the tracks suffer in the heat. the air may be 46 degrees centigrade, but the tracks are 55 degrees. china is especially interested in a train network to southeast asia. there are many options for a singapore-china connection, says the australian project leader. kunming in china. cement rolls out of phnom phen. ticket inspector sovanaphuong tang accompanies us. again the train makes its way through the slum. people living there aren't used to it, but that's changing. as yet, there are no safety gates at the railway crossings. a worker disembarks to stop traffic. the railway connection to thailand is expected to be completed by 2013. a new one to vietnam is planned, paid for by china. china is a driving force in south east asia's railway boom. beijing plans to build additional railway lines for its neighbors in th

what's most important about being part of this great renaissance in the film art district. >>> it has so much a rich history in the film world and a lot of people don't know that. it is gone through many changes as all neighborhoods have the because of the history of the fillmore and all of the jazz clubs in his been good to me and embraced me. and i feel like a good fit for that. but if he had already been a work and for our retreat the restaurant located at 1521 eddy st. san francisco a visitor website as well. or call 4154092529 injured going to love it there. i have a free gift for you a 90 minute seminar on breaking the patterns in your brain that hold you back and then in to live from gratefulness to to the web site to get your gift right now. we will leave you with the jazz performance july 11th to 15th and july 18th to the 22nd. blessings every run. ♪ ♪ ♪

and the final part of classical guitar is the repertoire, which ranges from renaissance to baroque tol to romantic, and even some modern songs, such as by the beatles. >> well, i think that was more than three, but never mind that. check out those nails! >> when i first -- i went to a new school about a year ago, and when i got there and they saw my long nails, they're like, "dude, cut your nails!" i have to keep them long 'cause i play classical guitar, because some people use their fingertips, but traditionally, you use your fingernails -- these four fingers -- to play, and it makes you play easier and faster. >> nick's guitar teacher gives him high praise. >> nicholas can go any place he wants with his guitar in a scholastic sense and in a career sense. he plays from his heart. >> but nick doesn't just play from his heart. he givefrom his heart, too. >> well, when i did my first concert, i was 10, so i didn't really feel i had to keep all the money at 10 years old. >> so what did he do? he donated his earnings to charity. his generosity did not come as a shock to his family. >> tha

renaissance people is a splendid look. they are all splendid oaks, aren't they?ife that shaped the modern age. the general format of this book are discussing 94 people profiled in this book. each one gets a chapter and they talk about the authors write about the most famous ones, leonardo luther galileo etc. but they have also chosen lesser likes, people who lived in compared up with security and personified their reawakening that is the renaissance. in each separate chapter there is a biography of one person and there are one or two illustrations of the person, painting a drawing or something from a book. there is a bibliography that provides suggestions for further reading. there are many different reasons why we chose this profession but it's a pretty safe bet that we all like to read. the paradigm for us is the book. author martin lang is a historian of the book. his expertise is the processes by which words are written and transmitted in a blaze of civilization ever guarded and abuse that transmission. for two and a half millennia he managed to have used the

paradoxically, lignite is enjoying a renaissance because the most important climate protection tool here emissions trading doesn't punish major polluters enough. >> that's no doubt because the current price for emissions permits is relatively low, 7 euros. if it were 17 or 27 euros, things would be different. then irsching would be running at full capacity, and the lignite-fired power plants would be working less, because for every tonne of carbon, you have to give in a permit, and that has to be bought on the market. converting lignite to power emits 2 to 3 times more carbon than running an efficient gas- fired power plant like the one in irsching. >> converting polluting lignite to power instead of climate friendly natural gas makes business sense because of the drop in prices for permits in european emissions trading. for the 11,000 or so participants - steelworks, power plants and other high- carbon companies - the current 7 euros per ton of co2 is hardly an incentive to cut their emissions or invest in climate- friendly technologies. emissions trading has virtually ground to a halt

with our energy reserves, we are going to see a manufacturing renaissance in this country lake most of us have never experienced if we're allowed to utilize it. america has more energy than china, saudi arabia and canada combined, and yet we're the only country in the world where we as citizens own that energy and our government refuses to allows us to use it. that has to change. [ applause ] 2012 is important. to me it's a seminal moment for our country. we always hear elections are important, but we've seen the largest, strongest move towards collectivism by this administration that has ever before been seen in this country, and we can see the failure of the chief justice, and in my opinion a failure to fully understand and comprehend the founders' intent of a limited government. and so the balance of power, if we're to change that, it depends on us. it depends on you, we, the people. and they counted on us to control washington rather than washington to control us. it is time we do it. it is time for us to move. it is time for us to sacrifice in many ways to make sure we accomplish

. >> so there is a renaissance story. i want to read your description of it because given how important it is built into history, cultural history as well as the political history, it's still sort of imagined in the world as it once was described to me for a mecca of america. he described chicago renaissance this way. you say pinheiro true passionless advertisers and syncopated rhythms that it become the soundtrack of the burgeoning southside. he was handy with the drums themselves and for a data lover, there is no better place to be in the 1920s than chicago, the epicenter of the nation's blues and jazz recording industry. >> was lovely of a writing in chicago was coming at them in areas where they are. links in his through chicago or louis armstrong and his first days playing fair. a lot of important people were going through chicago. >> just to affirm, they thought it shahram brn was blamed on training for langston hughes and we spent many, many years here at the library during research, contributing work to her collec

might you and the mayor use your cities and highlighting your cities and the urban renaissance of those cities in the partisan events to actually make those issues maybe even less partisan. is that possible? >> yes. i do think it's possible to make them less partisan. historically they had been less partisan. one of the folks i most admire on transportation is the secretary of transportation, lay la hood who is a republican. he talks a lot about the way these infrastructure investments pay off. they pay off in direct jobs in terms of getting construction workers and emergencies and architects and others employed from a jobs perspective. when you look at the ability of cities to manage congestion and air quality, but also to create more nobility choices for people, it's important. charlotte is growing by 30,000 new people every year net. >> 2/3 of the people in the county are from elsewhere? is that financial services or why? >> the largest employer in charlotte is carolina's health care system. health care is an increasingly large part of the economy and then we have energy companies an

san francisco is undergoing a renaissance along the waterfront. it is important that we do not forget its rich history. there is also an opportunity for great bulk cargo at pure 80. -- at pier 80. thank you for your time. chairperson kim: any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. supervisor farrell: it was great to me you the other day. we have a great conversation. rarely do i get a chance to speak with someone that i was so impressed with. you are just a straight shooter and i know you are well regarded both within your professional community as well as here at city hall. i do not think we have a better person to a point to this position. i will be happy to make the cono the port commission. and i will make that with recommendation byrum >> we do have a motion to appoint with recommendation. supervisor campos backs -- campos? supervisor campos: i want to echo that and second it. i was extremely impressed with him and i am very impressed with his application. i think it is the kind of appointment that when you think abo

that's when i started to learn about the harlem renaissance. >> on the shoulders of giants, a documentaryleased last year, tells the story of the harlem rens, a black basketball team that won the first integrated professional tournament in 1939. >> black americans have never been given credit for the things they contributed to american life. it's always seen as something that happened in the shadows and in the corners. i wanted to shine a light on that. >> 7'2" is still the nba's all-time lead scorer with 38,387 points and his place in 345er7b sports history is ensured with his signature sky hook. >> okay. for those who don't know, what is a sky hook? >> sky hook is just a hook shot on the basketball court. put my own stamp on it. >> you want the ball to come down through the hoop. up and over and down. >> that's it. perfect. >> so what did you learn in sports that helped you in life? >> oh, jeez, you learn so much team work, you learn perseverance. and preparation. one of coach wooden's favorite sayings was failing to prepare is preparing to fail. we used to just think these are corny sa

slavery, reconstruction, the harlem renaissance, the great migrations to the north and west, segregation, civil rights and a beyond it also will celebrate african-american creativity and cultural expressions through art, dance, theater, and literature. the museum will be located on a five acre site adjacent to the washington monument on the national mall. in washington, d.c. home to the world's largest collection of museums and at the center of one of the most public spaces of the nation. scheduled to open in 2015, the museum exists today through a vast array of programs nationwide, including special exhibitio exhibitions, an online presence, and numerous educational a programs. in vision, in many ways there are few things as powerful and important as a people, as a nation that is steeped in its history. often america is celebrated as a place that forgets. this museum seeks to help all americans remember, and by remembering, this institution will stimulate a dialogue about race and help to fosse area spirit of reconciliation and healing. there are four legs on which this museum will stan

i hope there is a renaissance as the automotive industry is starting to rebound. inside "engines of change," i referenced earlier that the toyota prius made your list. let us know what you're trying to make us understand about these 15 cards. >> i was trying to dig the automobile as a lens through which to view the ebb and flow of american culture, if you will, tavis. american culture is sort of a longstanding tug-of-war between the practical, the pretentious, the ordinary, and the ostentatious. and all of these swings, our national psyche is reflected in these 15 cards. for example, the first two and the book, the model t, it was a very practical car. henry ford. it was the first people's car. henry ford's a favorite joke was about the farmer who wanted to be buried in his model t ford because the car had gotten him out of every hole he had ever been in, and that says a lot. the model t could go anywhere, but it was not stylish. it had 20 years. by the early 1920's, you could buy it for as little as $260. after 20 years, people wanted style, a little sex appeal i

and that's when i learnedd about the harlem renaissance. ♪ >> on the shoulders of giants, documentaryabbar released last year, tells the story of the harlem renens, a black basketball team that won the first integrated professional touournament in 19. long before championships came with product endorsement deals. >> black americans have never been given credit for the things that they've contributed to american life. it's always seen as something that happened in the shadows and in the corners. i wanted to shine a light on that. >> 7'2" kareem abdul-jabbar is the league's all-time scorer. and his place in american sports history is ensured with his signature sky hook. >> for those that don't know, what is the sky hook? >> sky hook is just a hook shot on the basketball court. i put my own little stamp on it. you want thehe ball to come dow through the hoop. up and over and down. that's it. perfect. >> so what did you learn in sports that helped you in life? >> oh, geez. you learn so much. teamwork. you learn perseverance. and preparatio one of coach wooden's favorite sayings was, faili

it's a very mixed picture and not what people talked about two years ago we talk about a nuclear renaissance it's a mixed picture of renewables is very interesting and i had a lot of fun in in the quest really trying to understand the rise and fall and rebirth of renewables and i talk about the rebirth of renewables because this was an industry. with great enthusiasm in the one nine hundred seventy s. a nine hundred eighty s. but it was very very small and technically mature renewable industry today it's much more mature industry wind machines are much bigger solar costs are coming down but they're still more expensive and they still haven't got to scale so it's going to be a further evolution before i think that they really gain more market share unless you're a country like germany which says we're rich country we're willing to really subsidize these resources but i think they'll continue to grow and become part of the mix and i think the big changes in the energy mix probably won't come until after twenty thirty because of the scale of conventional energy growth in the needs of countries

we are experiencing something of a renaissance in the hour sunset. other issues we have been addressing include oversize vehicles. some are stored there by residents elsewhere in the city. some are inhabited and we have had ongoing issues of sewage disposal, waste disposal, drug use and so forth. homeless this is another issue. many people might consider a quiet backwater, our neighborhood, but we do have a homeless population of maybe a dozen or more in our neighborhood. they are sleeping in parks and so forth. needless to say, a lot of these folks struggle with drug and out called addiction. we could use support in that regard. there is also the issue of illegal activity taking place around the murphy when the bill in golden gate park. it is kind of a dangerous and sketchy place and many neighbors do not feel comfortable going into the park on that side. what do we need? more police officers certainly -- we've worked with a succession of captains and they have been phenomenally supportive of our efforts to address these various concerns, but their

he was a renaissance man and you could see many of those books still in the library of congress, history, architecture, science, agriculture. he was into everything and in many languages. and so congress liked the idea. they paid him just under $24,000. he said "i have so many books. it will take two weeks to fill 20 wagons and come from my home in monticello to washington." >> how long did it take to rebuild the white house and the capitol? >> the white house was rebuilt within three years, and the capitol took five years because they kept altering the plans, and they ran out of the original free stone which the capitol had been built with from acquire creek in virginia. that was no longer there. and so latrobe paced the countryside, from maryland, virginia and sound a fusion of speckled rocks which he wrote to jefferson and he described as native magnificence, and these would replace the marble columns that were destroyed in the house of representatives hall and in the senate chamber. if you go to the capitol today, will you see the long columns with over turns of gray and they called

the mayor buck horn said showing off tampa's urban renaissance may get republicans excited about the cities. nevertheless this whole thing still is viewed as a largely partisan issue. as the transportation bill out come showe