revere. reve revere cringed at the volume. he reached in his pocket and handed something to the young man. the round man said something, a thank you and revere wanted to quiet him. he looked back nervously at the great ship come ago live with the glow of moonlight. again, another enthusiastic reading, glad to have you here, sir. sir, please lower your voice. the man turned. mr. revere, you're not in boston now. there's no danger here. there was more laughter now. revere looked up past the sandy bank to see bits of reflection, glimpses of faces. he realized the shoreline was alive with men. suddenly, he saw one clear reflection, sharp, metallic. yes, men with guns. come now, mr. revere. we have your horse right up this way. revere followed the man up the slope. i must wait for the signal. there can nobody mistake. they crested the hill. the man said signal, from whom? revere looked back across the water. he could seat church steep will framed in the moonlight. there, the church. i cannot leave just yet. i have to know by which

but he's not revered by african-americans in the way that he is by some other americans. but i must say he's not revered by all white americans either, because the celebration of the lincoln prize was held in richmond a few years ago, and there were people picketing because they felt that lincoln was a murderer, that he was responsible for the 620,000 people who were killed as a consequence of the war. so, there are some southerners who still feel very negatively about lincoln. i don't think that african-americans feel negatively about him. i think that african-americans just don't have an opinion about him one way or the other except he was a great president. there's no special feeling for lincoln, perhaps, that there was when the slaves were emancipated. >> let me ask you about a very unscientific survey that i've taken. as i go around to museums and historical places over the years, i find very few african-americans. is that what you -- >> that's exactly what i found as well. and it's because -- and i don't want to speak for all african-americans, but i think i underst

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come t

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they

by paul revere holding magna carta. another example is john dickinson's "the patriotic american farmer" and his elbow rests on magna carta. but it also continues later in our history, what you're looking at is franklin roosevelt's third inaugural draeaddress. and the detail here says the democratic aspiration is no longer in ancient history. it blazed anew in the middle an ages. it was written in the magna carta. so as far back as 1892, he is still fighting back in the magna carta. so we think this interactive device is going to give us a lot more strength to the display of magna carta. allow our players just to have a

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it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> and on behalf of the society, its board of directors, and want to welcome you to the celebration of the 2012 black history month kickoff program here at city hall. on behalf of our sponsors, comcast, represented by linda today, i believe, and mr. chang, from comcast, on behalf of our co presenters who are in the audience and listed on the back of your program -- i will read them off to you and ask that they would stand as i read the groups of. the alpha kappa alpha sorority. we have the bayview ymca urban services program. please remain standing, if you would. we have the black women organized for political action in the crown. we have a black women's during the waters with us today. gamma phi delta sorority. the museum of the african diaspora. the national coalition of 100 black women, san francisco chapter. the it san francisco chapter of the links inc.. let u

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ gentlemen, the voice of the san francisco giants and his radio personality -- kiss radio personality, ranelle brooks moon. >> thank you so much. thank you, everybody. thank you so much. happy valentine's day, and good afternoon, san francisco. [applause] i am so honored and thrilled to be part of today's celebration. we're going to have a great time as we salute a living legend today. it was 50 years ago, high atop noob -- nob hill in the venetian hotel that tony bennett sang a song for the first time, a song that would become a worldwide and the mind forever with our city. i'm talking about, of course, "i left my heart in san francisco." and what better way to celebrate valentine's day then with a tribute to the most famous love song ever dedicated to our home town by our city's most beloved troubadour, mr. tony bennett? [applause] and now, everyone, please join t

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> you probably think you know all about the exploratorium. but have you ever been after dark? did you know there was a monthly party called after dark? science mixes with culture and adults mix with other adults. no kids allowed. every week there is a different theme. to tell us about the themes is melissa alexander. tell us about some of the previous themes we have had. >> we have had sex ploration, sugar, red, blue. many things. >> what is the theme tonight? >> rock, paper, scissors. we are having a tournament tonight, but we have also used as a jumping off point to explore lots of different ideas. you can find out about rock, paper, scissors as a game as a reproductive strategy. you can interact with a piece of art created by lucky dragon. you can get your hair cut from a cool place called the public barber's salon. they use scissors only. you can find out ab

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ -- i am a sergeant. >> my name is michelle martina's. -- martinez, and i am an officer in san francisco. >> southern california. >> is very strange to me, because i have to start acting like one and working like one. goo>> i have this gro-- this cle friendship with my girlfriend. >> there was nobody i could talk to vetoes are was different. >> by the age of five or six, i knew i should keep it on the downloaw. i knew i was not supposed to talk about it. >> i knew i was not honest with myself or my family. >> you are raised with this idea you're supposed to grow up and find a family. >> find a man of your dreams, that i would have a husband. >> a wife, two children, but it stands. >> i did not have a positive a role model i thought was out there. >> all of the imagery associated with gays and lesbians was the liberals did -- limp-wristed hairdresser. >> i did not ha

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ we are proposing three audits for calendar year 2012. this is part of our proposed work plan. we have selected these audits based on what we have experienced in terms of our review of city

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, iridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater techniques. a lot of the work is content- based, has a strong narrative. the dancers have more of a theatrical feel. i think we are best known for our specific work. in the last 15 years, spending a lot of time focusing on issues that affect us and are related to the african-american experience, here in the united states. i

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> the question when i started 11 years ago when i started doing resolution work is can anything be presented on a really low resolution device where it is potentially a digital image? can anything be presented that way? or will it feel cold and electronic? >> the imagery will change. there will be four different sets. it is a two dimensional image. it is stretched out into three dimensions. the device is part of the experience. you cannot experience the image without the device as being part of what you are seeing. whereas with the tv you end up ignoring it. i make gallery work more self and budget and public art work where i have to drop this of indulgence and think about how people will respond. and one of the things i was interested in the work and also a little fearful of, it is not until you get to the first and second floor were the work is recognizable as a

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, iding a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> welcome to the february 15 meeting of the board of appeals. presiding officer is president michael garcia enjoining him as commissioner fung and commissioner hillis. commissioner hwa

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> good afternoon. i want to thank everyone for coming. this is going to be the it gets better video, the first of its kind, produced by a law enforcement agency in the united states. some months ago, the commander came to me and said that she had a guy. it was a revelation at the time. she meant shawn norcutt, who was going to do our video for us. he has become not only are championed but our friend. unbelievable. along the way, i would be remiss if i did not recognize mike and albea, who worked with shawn to produce a very powerful video on such a critical subject. the young people in this country and in san francisco. without further ado, it is showtime. >> my name is greg and i'm the chief of police for the san francisco police department. i was a small young man in san francisco and i would get bullied all the time. i had many brothers and sisters and i real

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it's seems like we have plenty of people to the back of the room. you may notice that i am not -- mayor lee. i have been filling in for him a lot this year. i have been filling in for his former position. my name is amy brown. the mayor since his regrets. he has a very busy schedule, as i am sure that you understand. welcome, everyone. mostly i want to just express to you that we do know in city government how important this industry is. we know it is important for our tourism visitors and our economy, the jobs that it directly and indirectly creates. most of all it is important because it is part of what makes san francisco san francisco. a vibrant nightlife is part of why tourists come here. the kinds of people that are creative and entrepreneurial, that come here and live here, creating jobs in

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> director of emergency management here in san francisco. it's a flows welcome you here today to commemorate our community celebration since loama created us. i think all of you here in the audience if you were anywhere in the bay area 22 years ago, have stories tell us about the earth shaking. i, myself, had a 4-year-old son who came running into the house to tell us mommy, mommy, the earth is moving. i was watching the early baseball game and hadn't even felt it. so it shows where my mind was anyway, i think we're going to learn today the whole approach to disaster recovery. we all know about preparedness and the initial recovery phases, but really we're talking about resiliency and how quickly we bounced back after this big one. we have lots of dignitaries in the audience today, our keynote speaker from fema. nancy ward who is our region nine fema director. we

it is nice to breathe new life into it in a way that is reverent and honors the past but also lets them breathe and have fun. it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ collects hello, i am director of the city human services agency. we're here today to celebrate an effort that began in 2009 with the passage of the stimulus act by congress has introduced by the president. one of the components of that act was a robust says -- subsidized employment program that we call san francisco jobs now. through that effort, over 17 months, we employ over 4,000 san franciscans and put a lot of people back to work for the first t

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ >> welcome to the rules committee for thursday, february 2. i will be the chair today. i am joined by supervisor campos and supervisor farrell. our clerk is linda wong. thank you to jennifer and carolyn from sffd. the record the meeting senate the transcripts available online. are their announcements? >> yes, the item and it -- the items recommended will go to the full board on tuesday, february 13. >> please call item number 1. >> the motion to appoint supervisor olague, a term ending june 7, 2013, to the reentry council. supervisor kim: thank you. this seat was previously held by supervisor mirkarimi and is now vacant due to his new office. we have a motion to appoint supervisor olague to complete the rest of his term on the reentry council. colleagues, is there any discussion. seeing none, we will open it up for public comment. if there is any public comment for

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, im building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪ here. commissioner lee: here. commissioner hyde: here. commissioner joseph: here. commissioner tan i believe is on his way. >> item one is discussion and possible action to send recommendation to the planning commission and the board of supervisors regarding entertainment and community planning.

. >> paul revere's ride, this edition, how does that tie into the abolition movement and the civil war? >> the irony is it is superficially a heroic of the midnight ride and the revolution war. the context was longfellow was always -- he himself was sort of a timid guy and weary of engaging in politics. he had become very good friends with massachusetts governor sumner, out spoken abolitionist. in the 1850s through 1860s, longfellow was taken up with abolition and the&slavery. so he infused with this passion i have to do something about this and he had several years earlier written some poetry about slavery. but here's thethe midnight ridee is this ride that he took to warn the red coats were coming. it is really the moral passion that infuses it is about ending slavery and the cause of the union. so if you read it through and actually jill lepore goes into great detail talking about how there are many, many references stipulate stippled through the poem about the black dead. he talks about the hanging of a slave. the whole idea is we are now engaged in this moment. this is now the 186

it is nice to breathe new life into it in a way that is reverent and honors the past but also lets themreathe and have fun. it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent

especially whether it is revered destiny and. it's. any ideas here when we start seeing like temples or like even bigger sort of more striking than mormons temples but they're built to chuck norris but then we can probably say that's freemasonry you know right. so this is what the freemasons need to do is if they just like associate themselves with chuck norris like two or three weeks ago it was going to be free. and he started to get behind that i think we just gave him. our welcome since let's move on to our last one and i do i really could care less about john edwards but basically he got the news about his sex tape the court took a look at a two year legal battle over john edwards sex tape is over a settlement was reached between edwards' mistress rielle hunter and his former aide andrew young he has given up the ownership but he claimed he had over that tape and a judge ordered that it must be destroyed within three days. i find this stuff kind of weird because why can't they just make him bring it to court and they destroy

i used to say to my brother, this apple thing, you have gotten from your grandfather who had a reverence. he would say that is ridiculous. when my brother announced he was going to give up his life as a trial lawyer to be an apple orchardist. my father said i have one thing to say, jews don't farm. but they did. his father clearly did. >> just to wind up, then, what are you working on next? >> i have become fascinated with the personal. this is the most excruciating difficult book. >> so you are going to turn around and do it again. >> i have been spending a great deal of time in india every year my next book is a memoir of going through india and what this has done to transform my own life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [applause]. >> [applause]. we have a very special guest. [inaudible] is here with us tonight. [inaudible] dancing. step dancing which we are familiar with. you may have seen this before. this will be a treat. [applause]. >> someone once told me this was from scandanavia. this is a different version. about 2 sisters that fall in love with the same guy. it didn'

now, nation, there is no one we americans revere more than our founding fathers, who created the greatestmblest nation in history. that's why we put them on our monumentes, our mount rushmores, and our camel cash. let us never forget general joseph camel leading his troops into flavor country. the liberals were always trying to sully the things our founding fathers did by talking about the things our founding farthers did. take chris matthews. >> everybody knows thomas jefferson had a relationship with sally hemings and had kids. james madison who draftlet the constitution had over 100 slaves, had them all his life. didn't even free them in his will. >> stephen: of course he didn't free them in his will. imagine the shock to his children-- first they lose their farther, then they lose their slaves. plus who is going to dig the grave and pass the biscuits at the funeral. and why, why, folks needlessly tarnishing his reputation for banging french who ares. i prefer to think of him banging american whors. o. ( cheering ) bravo. worst of all, folks, there's the new exhibition, slavery at jeff

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. >> when i grew up as a child i learned the -- a term called reverence for life. >> they have filed a lawsuit over it. >>> the house of delegates debate over the same sex marriage proposal is set to begin today in annapolis. they will hold a hearing to discuss the bill to legalize same sex marriage here. the hearing is expected to go well into the night. >>> an arraignment date has been set for the private accuse of weakening government secrets to wikileaks. he will be charged here. the hearing comes ahead of a court-martial they approved last week. he faces 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, which carries a possible life sentence. >>> the paramedic who fell from an interstate has died. he was responding to a car fire when he fell off an an elevated section of the road. they are still trying to figure out how it happened. >>> this morning a toast to ron smith. >> well, we are here tonight in honor over ron smith and in his memory, to celebrate ron's life and to have a sip of brew master jay lampert's new micro brew he has named reason cesar. >> a crowd of people came to johanson

fitting that we're dedicating this plot of land on our national mall for a museum that remembers, reveres and celebrates the great struggles and even greater contributions that african-americans have made to our nation's history. just down the road from here, both the white house and the capitol were built in part by the labor of african-american slaves. we don't know most of their names, but they left a lasting legacy in the bricks and stone and beautiful craftsmanship that now house our democracy's most vital institutions. here too in this city is where a young congressman named abraham lincoln was horrified by the sight of slave pens standing near the grounds of the capitol. and where later president lincoln would sign the transforming emancipation proclamation. here in this city is where the great abolitionist frederick douglas came to offer counsel to lincoln, and it was welcomed by the president into the white house. here on this very mall is where the reverend martin luther king, jr., stood and shared his dream of the nation where we're all measured by the content of our character

one is the reverence we show for the torah.t's not something that's to be used or to utilize in some way and to pronounce some kind of coronation ceremony, which frankly doesn't really exist is pretty deeply offensive. >> so as a non-practicing jew, i say torah and you say torah. in the handling of this, in the handling of the torah, why is it so offensive? it's not handled that way in the jewish faith? >> that's correct. the torah does not belong to the jewish people. it comes through us, but belongs to the whole world. it's used in a very special way, and it's meant to be guidance and instruction and inspiration. it's not meant to be treated as a prop, and i felt like he was putting on a show and treating the torah as a prop. we don't do that. we treat it with the highest reverence and wouldn't use it in that way. >> this notion of being anointed a king through a ceremony? >> look, i have to say it borders on the ridiculous. there's no such thing in any judaism that i know of and there's not much they agree about. across the

particularly it seems to me the more you immerse yourself in his presidency, beyond the ritualistic reverence that that 94% represents, there is a desire for a president like george washington. in his marvelous new biography chernot has a chapter called "man of moderation." lots and lot of us profess to want someone as disinterested, as compassionate, as visionary and yet practical, as willing to work with people across the aisle, as george washington. and so tonight, as i conclude this series, i don't know whether in term of lectures we saved the best for last but i know in terms of presidents we saved the best for first. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. we've got a few minutes for questions and i have been asked, very explicitly to point out that we have a microphone here from the folks at c-span. there it is. so if you are a question thrust your hand into the air where she can see it and wait until she reaches you and then everyone can hear it. >> is this on? why are there no great unifying leaders like george washington today? >> first of all, read the farewell a

. >> when i grew up as a child, i learned a term called reverence for life. >> reporter: many now hoping for a compromise as the battle brews. today vice president indicated the white house may be ready for a compromise. wjz eyewitness news. >> meghan, thank you and today world wide catholic broadcasting network filed a lawsuit against the white house over the policy. >> a fire caused students to evaluate their school. you can see them gathered in a field. heavy smoke from the boiler set off alarms around lunchtime. firefighters checked it out but did not find any flames. >>> new hope tonight for maryland home owners struggling to make ends meet. nearly a billion dollars is coming our way. wjz is live and explains who this settlement can help. >> reporter: for some this kind of help can't come soon enough and for some it comes too late. maryland will get nearly a billion dollars to help struggling home owners. it's part of a 25 billion- dollar settlement by five of the nation's largest banks. a deal made with the federal government that holds banks accountable. >> under the terms of the