eighth question is it true that the tallest plants on earth are the american sequoia and willingtoniae time? victoria, as far as i remember from the biology textbook for the sixth grade, there was even such a picture presented and both of these names. they were also included. so yes nikita and what do you think, which answer is the correct question. it seems to me the answer. no. well, i remember, in my opinion, in biology there were slightly different names in biology textbooks. which i don't remember exactly tatyana i remember that even on the basis of a special tree, they held a small score. and a lot of people there in the corporate party took part in this victoria small score, in my opinion, for about 30 people there was something like that, whether anyone remembers it or not. i don’t remember alexey exactly, but i remember that more than a hundred meters, as far as we know. by the way , this information is from a biology textbook for the sixth grade. they reach a height of 150 m and the trunks grow strongly and in thickness . given a small score. the correct answer to this quest

there is a growth with the giant sequoias. and yosemite valley, where there is a famous el capitan, and the domes. it wasn't called a national park at the time, but the first national park sort of official designation went to yellowstone, about a decade later. that idea of preserving land in america for the american public to use and enjoy and appreciate and to protect it from what they saw in the encroaching development threats. that really started during the civil war with lincoln. >> why was that a priority? the civil war was going on. they had much bigger problems on their hands. >> he would think that would probably be the last thing that they would take time for that. but there are number of reasons. a couple of them, there were a lot of influential people in california at the time. they were pushing for the public land designation, and to be crucial to the war effort, and in some ways, that was a bit of a hurrying up local favor did more importantly, there was a statement about the endurance of american democracy and th

-- giant sequoias and sequoia national park hopefully we will get that bill on the president's desk sooner than later. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> i will recognize myself for five minutes. mr. reynolds, you have only been in your position as the head for over a year now. you have had every job in the service from ranger to regional director to acting director at one point. i read that you are a third-generation and the national park service employee. tell me, what do you think personally that service could do from your vantage point to be more efficient and reduce wasteful spending? mr. reynolds: i am glad that you are asking a question about the parks service growing and changing and being a better agency. it is something we talk about and strive. i think if you spent time with some of our folks, there is different use of government these days, but the people i have known for 38 years, most of the 20,000 are some of the most dedicated people possible. one thing we can do is very much help the employee he invested and appreciated. this is true of any business you are running, but

nixon are planting a sequoia tree on the south grounds of the white house. he he actually liked doing tree planting seeing mrs. nixon like doing free plantings and as california as they wanted to put this sequoia in there. i don't believe it had it thrived. i'm not sure washington was exactly the place for this tree to thrive, but it did grow for a number of years and then as far as i know it's not still present on the white house grounds, but it certainly, you know presidents have been planting trees on the white house grounds forever many of them are still there going all the way back to andrew jackson's magnolias that flank the south portico just as a kind of way to promote the place where they come from and to promote the the beauty of the brands of the white house. so there is planning a tree wonderful. so click on the thing and now so yeah, so here. here we go. another tree related photo here. yes. now this is the president and mrs. nixon at their home in san clemente, california, which during this presidency was known as the western white house and th

in the breakup, the firm also spun off sequoia heritage.management business that michael morris will be focusing on following his departure. investment activity at the largest life and science firms finished on a disappointing streak with pending and completed deals down 45%. it continues, 2023's deal, can be one of the lowest for decades. a u.s. congressional committee investigating four venture capital firms for their investments in chinese tech companies. they were all being probed at the moment. both the white house and members of congress. policies to track and block u.s. investments in certain fields in china. let's get more into the micro of what check is being written in venture capital. i'm pleased to bring in jerry chan, whose focus, i'm sure with a lot of your compadres, his artificial intelligence. how much of your portfolio company is managing to embrace and pivot towards it? thank you for having me. everything is ai today. it is ai or die. it is not like mi aivc. pretty much ai is touching health care, fintech, consumer tech,

this one the to do this, you of the the pleasure of the morning to do what became of proper from sequoia when these uh right. uh the family to optimize it. i'm gonna do a dive for what, what i'm a do a need for just them for the ocean ocean, for the new cottage data finding that under if she had any file is over them on the bus y'all's up to where to move. what was your the, the she is the the, the, the . ringback the on the, to on the phone. well that going to use i started in england and america and came back that the 2 years ago when i became deal i made when the 5 elderly women. and they told me that is going need to extinction the, the beauty that i use, that's how i fall side. that's 822 years ago. set up a tool and for a woman that don't mind will have a police on high cheese. i've been done. i'm doing my will really soon as you. i guide you didn't know unique. it's under the entities 2 years ago. yes. he's only 100 years ago that there were some was started. we many pollution the what's on the stage, the development of women in africa, nigeria, woodland. and i know my using cleme

we hear from the graduating seniors at sequoia high school in redwood city, california, for their taken the future. >> hold on real quick. >> my name is becca rosenberg. i'm a high school senior at 17 years old. >> my favorite show is probably seinfeld. >> friends. >> euphoria. >> stranger things. >> i like all kinds of music. >> japanese jazz. it is very relaxing. my news, i try not to get a lot of it. >> social media. sometimes instagram, google. >> i'm very proud of my family. >> something i like about myself is to be proud of a mexican. >> i'm a good listener. >> i'm nervous at first, may be quiet and introverted. but once you get to know me more, i bloom out more. >> when the pandemic started i was 14. >> i had to rewire myself into a zoom. >>>> socially it was rough. >> i really thrived in online learning. >> it affected my family. my mom got laid off in a way. it caused me to pick up a job. >> it helped me become a more responsible student and son. >> i was 12 when i got instagram and 13 when i got snapshot. don't tell my mom. i was supposed to be 15. >> i was 11 years old when

there is a growth with the giant sequoias.osemite valley, where there is a famous el capitan, and the domes. it wasn't called a national park at the time, but the first national park sort of official designation went to yellowstone, about a decade later. that idea of preserving land in america for the american public to use and enjoy and appreciate and to protect it from what they saw in the encroaching development threats. that really started during the civil war with lincoln. >> why was that a priority? the civil war was going on. they had much bigger problems on their hands. >> he would think that would probably be the last thing that they would take time for that. but there are number of reasons. a couple of them, there were a lot of influential people in california at the time. they were pushing for the public land designation, and to be crucial to the war effort, and in some ways, that was a bit of a hurrying up local favor did more importantly, there was a statement about the endurance of american democracy and the unit

a brief video of the sequoia living senior center there with you. we also had dr. jacqueline contrara presenting on tobacco use harm reduction and the presentation focused on tobacco use among older adults to help providers understand how much older adults are exposed to tobacco, what we can do to help them quit smoking and learn of potential alternatives to reduce tobacco harm. among those not willing to quit smoking. also, shared the link to dr. via presentation there. and in august we are looking forward to vanessa suza, senior manager with community engagement program and alzheimer's association. vanessa suza will be presenting upcoming programs and services provided by the alzheimer's association so looking forward to that. it hasn't been a lot of case activity. quite frankly, we as a service provider working group are hoping to meet with das staff regarding their funding plan prior to the november dignity fund oversight and advisory committee meeting and we are-those dates are still considered. i think now we are looking at possible dates in a

i want him to do what came up proper from sequoia to short documentary spot for can filmmakers have been on the to on for over 20 is future with fish from the ship and the queen from nigeria, new series of africa, direct on colleges, sierra the . ready the israel's biggest assault on jeanine and decades have killed at least 11 spin. let's take you to nate's us pictures from jeanine. what is waiting for says austin, on the street. the color that i missed on the pay, and this is angela 0 at life and also come in at least 8 people are injured in a call running and standing attack until the v. the vs baffles. and then around 2 dogs, capital as the army tries to stop the advance of its rival power minutes, frequent and, and the amount of hands ends to release more than a ton of trees. and a radioactive was sent to the ocean. the 11 that palestinians have been killed since israel launched its biggest incursion into the west bank for 2 decades. thousands of palestinian refugees remained trapped inside the home. so that will tell electricity. for these were the scenes around the hospital earlier

now the forest is home to petrified sequoia trees that were buried in volcanic ash more than 3 million years ago. the 500 acre property has been owned by the same family for 100 years and has welcomed tourists since 1870. it will remain open to visitors until a buyer is found. new at 11, bart has changed the way it approaches sustainable fire mitigation as it switches out its landscaping goats instead for sheep. that's right . the switch is based on the animals preferred diets. goats eat more tall woody plants while she prefers shorter grasses. since bart had been using goats for a while, what was once brush is now fine grass. bart has also expanded its landscaping fleet over the years from 100 to 500 grazers. it's just going to get drier and drier, which is why this work is happening now. and we're going to continue to use the sheep for the next few months because we want to make as much progress as we can before we hit the fire season. this year. the sheep started near the berryessa north san jose station and will work in a u-shape until they finish at the pittsburgh bay point statio

appreciate the part services efforts to work with us on w our bipartisan bill on the giant circle is in sequoia national park that hopefully we can get that bill on the presidents desk sooner than later and mr. chairman, i go back. >> i recognize myself real quick for five minutes. mr. reynolds, you've only been in your position as head of head for little over year and after you fed every job in the service from ranger regional director to acting director at one point. i read that you were a third-generation and national park service employee. tell me, what you think personally the service can do from yourr vantage point to be more efficient and reduce wasteful spending? >> i am glad that you are asking a question about the park service growing and changing and being at that agency. itself we talk about and strive. i think if you spent time with some of our folks under this different views of government these days but the people i've known for 38 years there's always a couple but most of them of the 20,000, 19,998 of them are some of the most dedicated people possible. what other things we can

responsible for armed carjackings in other areas including tompkins avenue, piedmont avenue, and sequoiaheights in crestmont. during our 11:00 a.m. midday show, we caught up with the mayor of oakland to talk about issues impacting the city, including this recent attempted carjacking in the video you just saw. >> it is outrageous. it is disgusting. it is not appropriate, and it has to come to a stop. i know the oakland police department and city of oakland -- we are united in working to solve and prevent these crimes. right now, there are active investigations on this specific case, so i cannot comment much on specifics, but i can say our officers are hard at work working to solve these crimes and to hold those responsible accountable. we have also mobilized motorcycle units to really get all hands on deck. we have the most officers we have had on the streets for the last three years. we are going to see some of the response times actually be lowered. i just want to remind folks, too, that this is absolutely outrageous in the sense that i have been victim -- my family has been. i remember

but you know, i notice sequoia wasn't on the list to get a letter, se .s one of the premier venture capital firms in america. yet major chinese individual was running it for the longest time. he was actually a member of the communist party and se ch sequo, this is separate. he doesn't run sequoyah u.s. look how many investors they've been able to get into chinese companies and big money investors in america pretty much funding the expansion of the ccp. >> not only that, but funding the expansion of the ccp in the area of artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence, whoever wins the artificial intelligence race is going to have a very dominant position in the world. look, maria, artificial intelligence is going to be the way that the wars are fought in the future. wars will be fought in the future with robots and automated vehicles, unmanned vehicles, and artificial intelligence is key to all of that. we have to win this race for artificial intelligence. i can't believe that american companies, american venture capitalists are actually funding our

wild land firefighter near sequoia national park.w by 2.6 million people from april to july. teen employment does grow between summer months, however, the current numbers still do not compare to what they used to be. 1978, 58% of 16 to 19-year-olds held a summer job in the summer. fast forward to 2022, less than 37% of 16 to 19-year-ol you have to be available for doesn't look so glamorous on your application? >> i agree with you. i think that is a, you know, that is something that a lot of parents and students don't know and don't appreciate. i do agree with you that colleges look at that, and also taking care of family members over the summer is also something they care about. you know, if you're the one who has to take care of your little sister or brother, so those are all things that are very important. >> marie, can i also say this, that among the things that we lose, and there are a whole host of lessons, the value of a dollar, what it's like to punch a clock, et cetera, et cetera, but human interaction at a time when too many

as we see funds like sequoia shift resources away from things like crypto into a.i., with his increasingus on a.i., what is that at the expense of? do we see meta eventually say that they won't spend as much on the reality lapse division because they need to divert resources to a.i.? >> the good news for meta this quarter was that the revenue grew quickly enough will that felt like a less pressing question. earlier this year and to feel like maybe they would have to shut down reality labs to go all in on a.i., but now things are looking like they can keep investing. keep in mind, mark zuckerberg wants nothing more than a platform to call lizzo. he wants to own the next generation of hardware, whatever might be. i think you will be extremely reluctant to give up on it, even if it shows slow growth for years. >> he is prefer that we. this is the quarter where they are back. they figure out how to target ads as effective as before part of that he wants to run that game again when apple comes out with the vision pro. he has a good reason to stay hedged against apple with headsets. i don't kn

i don't see sequoia on this list in terms of receiving a letter. investors in a whole host of chinese companies. your thoughts on what needs to be done in terms of investing in chinese companies that are likely tied to the military. >> this is a good start the companies they identified qualcomm is particularly interesting many of the corporate investment arms that are looking to improve their own capabilities in china are going to be tied into the chinese state. the congressional committee understands the fundamental problem which is investment into the chinese technology sector. it's investment into the party state in the military and human rights abuses. qualcomm ventures was invented both of which are a.i. enabled facial recognition companies that are pretty deep and direct participants in the genocide taking place in changing and all those human rights oppression these so civil rights on the other side, if corporate investment in china yet to go pretty far out of your way to not be involved on those elements of the chinese state and white the p

some trees live a thousand years, the giant sequoias in the pacific northwest. 1 ounce chubby mouse. >> stephen: wow. [applause] >> neil: i've got one more. sorry. >> stephen: what i'm hearing. i want to hear one more but what i'm hearing so far is either save all of them or save nothing. i can't quite tell. >> neil: no, i'm not here to give you your opinions. i'm here to make sure whatever opinion you do have is more fully informed that it probably was to begin with. >> stephen: je comprends. okay. so your other example please. >> neil: another quick example. >> stephen: again, this all can be found in "starry messenger." neil degrasse tyson. >> neil: the next best thing to going into space. >> stephen: exactly. >> neil: okay. so i often introduce aliens because they don't have any preconceived notion of who and what we are and we get a sense of what they might say, okay. >> stephen: theoretically. >> neil: exactly. theoretically. i can't divulge. imagine photosynthesizing sentient aliens. they are basically sentient plants. >> stephen: okay. >> neil: so they'r

wild land firefighter near sequoia national park.by 2.6 million people from april to july. teen employment does grow between summer months, however, the current numbers still do not compare to what they used to be. 1978, 58% of 16 to 19-year-olds held a summer job in the summer. fast forward to 2022, less than 37% of 16 to 19-year-olds are employed. of course times are much different now. instead of money, students are often more focused on educational opportunities, they're taking summer classes, volunteering, doing unpaid internships, and yet, according to the bureau of labor statistics, unpaid roles are not considered a type of employment. summer jobs can increase success in college and beyond. my summer roles taught me valuable lessons before entering the work force full-time. why are the numbers dwindling? joining me is marie schwartz, the found over teen life, an online directory of enrichment programs for students in grades 7 to 12. what's the answer, marie? these kids today, do they not want to work? >> well, i think there's

the interaction between and sequoia in california.so that's just layer of environmental barrier to getting things done. it seems. so i'll answer the second part first. one wonders when when nepa and the federal environmental structure was put in place, there wasn't anything in place. so it was it was a blank slate. it's great that it inspired states and municipal polities to enact their interpretations, but one does wonder how many systems of environmental regulation we actually need to make decisions. and so i was talking last night with with matt, the executive director, common good, and he said, well, what about preemption? well, that would be a interesting to do, right? make one one system, it's the same across the country see don't get that that very in terms of you know the political aspects of you know, the short term versus the long term. i mean, i think educating citizens to understand that they can have a role and to educate how to observe and demand and more of their politicians and holding politicians accountable. part of

eighth question is it true that the tallest plants on earth are the american sequoia and willingtonia? victoria , as far as i remember from the biology textbook for the sixth grade, there was even such a picture presented and both of these names. they were also included. so yes nikita and what do you think, which answer is the correct question. it seems to me the answer. no. well, i remember, in my opinion, in biology, the biology textbook had slightly different names. i don't remember exactly what tatyana i remember that even on how to say, the base of a special tree had a small score. and a lot of people in the corporate party took part in this victoria yes, i remember that they also held a small ball there, in my opinion, for about 30 people. there was something like that. and how high does anyone reach or not? i don’t remember alexey exactly, but i remember that more than a hundred meters, as far as we know. by the way, this information is from a biology textbook for the sixth grade. they reach a height of 150 m and the trunks grow strongly and in thickness once upon a stump sawed

the forest is home to petrified sequoia trees that were buried in volcanic ash more than 3 million yearss been owned by the same family for 100 years. it has welcomed tourists since 1870, and it will remain open to visitors until a buyer is found . some transit advocates are pushing for a cable car to be named after tony bennett, the non profit market street railway is calling on the city to name one of the cable cars in the late singer's honor. bennett's signature song, i left my heart in san francisco, of course, talks about those cable cars. he also came to san francisco to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the cable cars. in 1973, bart has changed the way it approaches sustainable fire mitigation as it switches out its landscaping goats for sheep. the switch is based on the animals preferred diets. goats eat more tall woody plants, sheep prefer short grasses. so bart has expanded its landscaping fleet over the years from. 100 to 500 grazers. it's going to get drier and drier, which is why this work is happening now. and we're going to continue to use the sheep for the next few month

has the natural dominant edge any great institutions like sequoia capital for example famous for theort of investments. a confluence of capital concentrating into the u.s. and continued performance for a long time. that describes what i would argue is one of the key reasons the u.s. has outperformed for so long. clearly that process is coming to an end. so what is the cycle? as i have argued we are likely going to a global slowdown. that is bad for markets should the most expensive markets typically do down the most which is the u.s. relative to em which has been left behind. then we say why with the em cycle do well in the next site? we have two fundamental underpinnings. em has better demographics. it has a large young population that is not anywhere near as wealthy as the u.s. and can continue to grow its share of the economy. that has been the long-standing argument for why one wants to invest in emerging markets. if there is a global slowdown, what is the most logical policy response from governments around the world? it is something to drive a transition to new bulls to address

the forest is home to petrified sequoia trees that were buried in volcano ash.go. the 500 acre property has been owned by the same family for 100 years and has welcomed tourists since 1870. it will remain open to visitors until a buyer is found. an oakland grandfather is now back at home after making hiking history at yosemite. yeah, 93 year old everett catlin became the first known person to climb the top of half dome. at that age. he did it a week ago with his son john and his granddaughter, sydney, who documented the trip on her cell phone. caitlin says it's journey. it's a journey he will never forget. it's slowly but surely. we got up near the top and when we finally did get to the top, that was just a thrill. that was a great thrill. and i think the three of us found a rock and sat on it and cried a little. keep going and keep. well, caitlin spoke with us from his senior living community. the hiker says he trained for half dome by climbing up and down his 17 storey building and by walking around lake merritt five days a week. but he says even then, he didn

judith is currently the senior center director of sequoia living and has 13 plus years of experienceg in the senior community. and san francisco as a senior center director. the director in the system, living and nursing homes, and julia spend that active board member for the last several years with case so we welcome judith tour board now and lastly and, uh, a bit. sadly our behavioral health ask is certainly in jeopardy something that we were really hoping, um. to initiate this year, but with the with the suspended funding $3 million to the dignity fund, which we would hoping that the behavioral asked would be funded through has been suspended, so we are looking at other alternatives to try to create funding for that ask for behavioral health services throughout san francisco for older adults, so we're still working on that. but with this suspension of the of the technically defined contribution for this year. um it'll be a tough road all so and that concludes my report. cute any questions for mr gallagher? from commissioners. seeing none. thank you very much. thank you. commission