that your sibling attends. this process is much simpler technically than what used to have which was the lottery which look at many different considerations when placed in the school. this process on it looks at where you live and where your choices are. we strive to give you the highest choice school. you can list as many as you like, we would like families to look at all of their options because there are so many great schools in the san francisco. what do we do her when we are looking -- let's go back here a little bit. we also have a lot of opportunities for families to come into our satellite collection sites which we started yesterday. we will be at certain schools throughout the city so that parents don't have to come all the way downtown to submit their applications, they can go out to the school cites the week before the deadline and submit applications there. our staff would be available. >> by march 18th, we will be sending notification to all of the families of a placement offer, hopefully to one of

so many of us carry around this sibling thing in the attic thing. to me because something happened in our life which transformed our relationship. it was huge for me and huge for him. we learned how to become a team. and we had, my brother had a crisis and wrote me a letter about it, kind of a stunning letter that came like a time bomb, when he was quite young, barely 50 that he had a rare form of non smoker's lung cancer. it was all typed out like the fruit in a control freak way, a lawyers letter that came by fed excompletely mysterious when we had just been together at thanksgiving for 4 or 5 days. i get this manifesto, i am asking you to save my life. my life changed completely when that letter came into my life. then the great task was with how to come together, which we did. again, it was a huge experience. i never thought i would write about it. i didn't think i could bring myself to. >> yet you took notes all the way through? >> of course. i write in a journal almost everyday. i was trying to come up with a new book idea. i wanted to write a

why do we love our siblings? >> no one with loves us better. william james often wrote about the core of self. that core of self is hidden from our parents. we hide from our parents but we don't from our siblings, they know every aspect of us. it is why they can drive us crazy, it is why when we have a problem, our impulse is to want our brother or sister right next to us. no one with could be closer. there is that pull. that pull is so powerful. it was a love story, always. >> do you think you knew that before you started writing this? >> i knew i had to be as close to my brother as i could possibly be. i am sure that pull is part of it. >> you have a daughter and stepson as well? >> i have 1 daughter and 1 stepson who i am close to. >> has this changed how you are around them as well? >> absolutely. my daughter casey has a half brother she is very close to. i say to all of them, you are a team. you have each other through life. you are a team. you do a lot of things together as the 2 families, very, very close. >> this seems like a good momen

the other siblings were citizens. by 3:00 in the afternoon, he was already in tijuana in his pajamas with no money, no nothing. fortunately, the other people who were arrested gave him $10 so that he could call his family so that they could wear him money and he could go home. -- wire him money and he could go home. these are the types of cases i see. we need this immigration reform, but what i wish we could do it is -- i would like to see a media campaign. we want you to present the benefits that immigrants bring here. what we see everywhere is that immigrants are taking jobs away, they are the pressing salaries, they are committing crimes. that is not true. republicans to press our salaries. -- depress ourur salaries. [applause] look -- [laughter] look at all of the major cities around the country. what do they have? they have a vibrant economic immigrant community. san francisco depends on tourism. who goes to those places? immigrants. we need to engage with the community to and -- believe their fears. i invited a

then followed by younger siblings, test score areas and attendance areas and dense population and other characteristics. the third approach, the phase in of the feeder pattern, no middle school offer. there would be a choice process and then also similar to the pattern, there would be a middle school feeder followed by younger siblings and attendance dense population and of course others. >> as i mentioned the recommendation of staff is for a phase-in k-8 feeder pattern. our r

the younger sibling would get the first tiebreaker, the test score area. then the middle school feeders would be used as a tiebreaker. we are also going through redesigning transportation. we are going through a phased in and phased out approach to line transportation with the current priorities. our vision is that by 2013, we will be in a different place in terms of transportation. today, we have an infrastructure that was designed in the 80's and it has never really been redesigned. it is difficult for us to do an assessment. we would like to design routes to support parties and we are going to reduce costs. we will be serving 33 elementary schools. we are trying to have an >> process so we know which students are using the bus service. all will attend affiant those which are lined in 2013. we want to minimize the impact on the students for the coming fall, 2011 we wanted to minimize the impact on the families in terms of transportation. we did not want to go and change any school times or morning start times, we wanted to avoid that. this is what we are

then followed by younger siblings, test score areas and attendance areas and dense population and other characteristics. the third approach, the phase in of the feeder pattern, no middle school offer. there would be a choice process and then also similar to the pattern, there would be a middle school feeder followed by younger siblings and attendance dense population and of course others. >> as i mentioned the recommendation of staff is for a phase-in k-8 feeder pattern. our rationale is very simple and very clear. it clearly communicates the commitment and need if creating k pathways and allow time for further commitment of the broader effort of middle school. it allows for leaders for the planning and effective implementation, especially around key issues including master schedule and inclusion and -- transportation, and finance and staffing. in terms of our next steps, our assistant superintendent, genie pon is going to bring it home. >> next up, we're going to make revision tots project plan based on the decision that you're going to have tonight and feedback from the commissioner.

even though she's the youngest of five girls her siblings think she looks and acts the oldest. i think we have a picture of her. she hasn't colored her hair in 15 years. are we supposed to guess her age, because i have no idea. >> no. that's hard to guess. tell what you say the issues were. >> rita, obviously she hasn't cut her hair in 15 years. she used to be an at-home colorer which is a great thing to do, to color your hair at home. but what we did is i changed her up. gave her this great haircut. >> i bet she's a redhead. >> you know what, you're right! blond washed her out. brown was too dark. red brightened up her blue eyes. >> rita, come on out from behind there. >> yes! >> come sit in your chair, girl! >> this is the hottest trend in hair right now. this is the new shag. >> i love it. >> the great thing is it's wash

the younger siblings tiebreakers should be prioritized. under option 3, it is priority no. 2, but unlimited time, so as a parent i think it makes life so much easier when both kids are at the same school. in terms of reordering the tiebreakers, the board has made a commitment to the strategic plan and equity. >commissioner maufas: i do appreciate this. i know we are going to half a meeting to talk further. i just want to talk about a reordering. i have areas of concern today really reflected strongly in the diversity of language program. the barriers are not on our side. folks are having a difficult time getting to us and what this will mean to their families. i believe it provides the opportunity for parents to learn more than two languages. think it gives them a chance to succeed in this world. we will find that students that do not have two languages and will really be struggling in life and work and society, and if we can provide that opportunity it has to be and must take, and that is what we should be pushing. i do not see it any oth

so what about a siblings? the other two brothers, they got their business in the month at the business that was meant for your dad -- for your father? do they still have it? is that through them? based on other big business clacks >> that's a big question. no, they don't. one parallel in those generations is when the patriarch passes in the family business kind of kid -- everything kind of -- it's not a bad thing necessarily, just the end of an era come at the end of the time and in this case they think of course there are not a question, what would've happened if, you know, my father took over the colonial thing and the radio stations? that's hard to say, although i think he would have done a great job. he was the editor of the open progresso. but she can't live in the past. you have to live in the now. i'm liquidy created from office. actually we would have cnn premises and, everything quite frankly access with this foot prints an imprint on it..by the way was fired sister politician. in 1982 we went to four

somehow, siblings, adults, children are not important. instead, we should have a point system that favors people with high educational degrees, who can speak english, who have certain health-care jobs. we should be prepared for that being part of the bill. we should be prepared for increased funding for employer sanctions and border control. we spend billions of dollars every year and there will be new billions that will be part of this legislation. both versions of the bill that is being considered today include expansion of the e- verify system. all of that is premised on the understanding or belief that people should be punished for working. that is what they are being punished for. the ice raids that i had the privilege of testifying about before you, the activity that enforcement officials visit on our communities is a result of the license that ice feels it has because of the employer sanctions. employer sanctions should be eliminated, but it will be expanded as part of the legislation. the other part of the legislation that will ex

the thing not to do is walk in and say, you know, the siblings and i have all had a conversation, andfound this great place for you, and we are putting your house on the market, and here's where you're going. you know, go in and ask questions and listen. what are you concerned about? what do you worry about? what do you hope for? what would you like? >> i had the conversation with my daughter. okay, i have one child. we've already talked about all the forbidden subjects, the wills, oh, my gosh, you know, i'm not at all afraid of any of these thing because i am -- you know, i'm prepared. i'm prepared i think, and you also have to say, you know, when to pull the switch, when to pull the plug. all those things. >> that's a whole other hour conversation. i can really get going on that. >> but, but -- >> what's the headline on when to pull the plug? what do you say? what did you say to your daughter? >> when i can't -- when i can't operate anything. when i can't roll out a pie crust. >> reporter: then i'm toast. over the next four days we'll cover everything from car keys and siblings to m

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i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't collect these stories immediately. and that's what i embarked upon doing. >> i grew up in brooklyn, new york. my experience was landing by birth into an urban town land. my family, my mother is first generation i'm second generation. my grand mother lived in the apartment building with us. i had aunts upstairs. another aunt lived close by. pretty much 4 days a week my great uncle would come in and visit all of these people my uncle, my grand mother and so forth, all were from a town land called outside of robin. when i was growing up i would hear the names. and they would conjure the sense of another world i was no longer a part of but was connected to. i think the -- i came to the brink of this sort of, you know, really quest gradualy by hearing the names. the other experience i had when i was growing up is music in my grand mot

i would like to reveal that i am on the edge of the baby boom generation, but i have three siblings who are seniors in an age. this process has been excellent and i have been educated by many neighborhood activists in the city. i want to say that the process began with joan and arthur chang from the chinatown north beach area. as well as lawrence cornfield and sarah hale from the richmond district and other neighborhoods as well. also the institute on aging institute in the community. my hope is that from this report will come legislative ideas that many of us will work on together. but the ad hoc committee of senior organizations that we have started, my hope is that we have generated activism and will build a movement for aging in place in an aging friendly city. with that, let me introduce mr. russo and mr. duffy to talk about the report. >> thank you. fred russo from the budget analysts office. i want to do a quick overview of our report, prepared at the request of supervisor mar. he provided a number of project objectives for us on this research. i guess that the machine is not don

the accidental fire killed four siblings between three and 11 that were living in a shack outside of rome. they have been accused of failing to address. elected officials have published the final results from last month's referendum. confirming that almost 99% of people voted for separation from the north. president obama said the united states will formally recognize them as the independent state. >> a moment in history in the capital of the country about to split into. 98.3% of sumner's -- it was more for some to take. it has inspired many around the world. race came in from barack obama at the ceremony itself. -- praise came in from barack obama and the ceremony itself. >> in to resolve any differences that may arise, and by peaceful means. >> the president met his old enemy, the former rebel. he promised in the south would be allowed to secede. >> we have the results today. they express the wish of the people of the south. >> the new country is going to be born. independence will not happen until july. there will be tough negotiations. after separation, it will be under developed

his father, mother and 5 siblings were asleep. his head was buried in his hands. all the clouds of the world were waiting on the threshold of his ice. let all man wipe off the sweat and start the digging the 7th grace. >> for nearly a hundred years there was a station in the middle of san francisco. chinese were detained before being allowed to enter the u.s. in this reading, writer nancy om, takes the audience to angel island. >> palm trees faced us when we landed. they were like garred yens to pass the golden gate we told them what wement todd hear. on the island of desperate dreams we shed our skins and wore new ones. burned our parents name and let our pasts curl into smoke. >> no longer my father's daughter. no longer my husband's wife. only the sea gulls know who i really am. for months we were held in separate rooms. the dampness seeped through the bunks and gnawed or bones. at night the wales of ghosts kept us awake. 32 steps to my father's house, 4 windows facing north. 24 steps to my uncle's house, 2 doors facing south. i have 3 sisters, 2 brothers, 4 co

may be their siblings worked on the mural. may be they decided to leave it alone. it's a cared for space. that's a key thing if people see that a community's going to come back and remove the vandalism it sends a powerful message. that's one of the key things. that was part of the conversation and involving the community. >> yeah. with the painted mural there is a varnish called sheer coat it's catalyzed varnish. the tricky part when you remove the graffiti you replace the varnish. with tile it's easier to remove spray paint because you can use solvants and remove the paint. not -- i had 3 projects that have been vandalizede and one o the murals. >> people have done things. on the back of the mission the safe way market safe way. and that has been tagged very infrequently. it's another example of a cared for space. it has been deemed by shopping carts. it needs tlc. she works with a guy who has done a lot of technical fundraising. his strategy was to have sort of the mural printed up in a long form and they sell that as a package that has the history of the mural o

he was really my uncle, but grew up like siblings. my uncle brother. but leon would come in the back door and stand by the refrigerator. when i would switch on the light he would jump out snarling like she was changing into wolfman. i would know it was him. he would -- i would start running and hop passed the table and out through the living room and my grandmother would say don't slam, bam, the screen door. i loved being deliciously frightened by my grandmother's stories. i loved being frightened as most young people love to be frightened. fast forward again, i decided i know, i am going to tell my grandmother's stories, so i wrote the dark:30, southern tales of the supernatural. i had never written anything longer. these are short stories, a collection of 10. based on southern stories, my stories but based on stories that i heard. they were like stories i heard. one in particular comes from my growing up. we managed our monsters. i was the founder and first president of monster watches of america. i ate 6 boxes of crinkle cereal and in the mail i rec

on the edge of the truck, 8 or 9 years old, surrounded by his family, his father, mother , and 5 siblings were asleep. his head was buried in his hands. all the clouds of the world were waiting on the threshold of his eyes. the tall man wiped off the sweat and started digging the 7th grave. the next reader is going to be diane dupris. thank you. >> i'm going to read a few things that i wrote sitting in a hotel room in, oh, whatever year that was, 01, i guess, when we started bombing afghanistan. these are short poems on the afghan war. 1, small bones of mountain children in the snow. two, bags of rice burst open, burlap flaps in the wind. even the label, usa, is fading. three, we air drop transistor radios. can you eat them? will they keep you warm? this one is called les american, october 5, 2001. we are feral, rare as mountain wolves. our hearts are pure and stupid. we go down, pitted against our own. there's one other short thing. we gathered there frequently, old scholars, printers, book collectors, old and young writers pass through the place on any given afternoon. all kinds of acti

she's the oldest of the siblings and my grandmother is devastated. >> macky and her partner a retired veterinarian had recently joined southern california residents jean and scott adam on board the yacht, quest. 19 pirates hijacked the yacht taking americans hostage. today firing a grenade from the quest at a u.s. navy destroyer shadowing the hijacked yacht. then small arms fire was heard. special forces moved in and found all four americans had been shot and tried to revive two, still alive including macky but all died. crossland says her aunt was smart and avid sailer living her dream of sailing around the world three years now. >> she was beautiful. and she lived live. to the fullest. she was, as i was growing up, one of my mentor autos pirates in waters get millions in money in 2009 navy sharp shooters killed two pirates rescuing a captain of a hijacked ship. >> this deplorable act by pirates that stalk vessels in waters off of somalia firmly underscores need for the international community to act more decisively, together. >> last weekend in a new york court a somali pirate was s

you would have younger siblings and test core areas. >> it can be changed. we want to have opportunities for our attendance areas and the school committees to kick in with this new process. if we were to use this process for several years, we would probably see a change over time of some of the students attending schools. we're hoping if their corn to be accessing their favorite schools, that that would become a natural cedar. at some point with this phase in, we want to give time for this process to come into play and then there would be an opportunity to use the middle school feeders as stronger links. at this time, it will be a tie breaker. >> what is the timeline -- what is the time line for this? this is important information to relate to parents. option b was what we should be talking about when it was being considered. i don't think that it follows through. it would be important for parents to be notified. >> i think that it can be negotiated. i know that there are conversations about which should take priority over others. it would also give an oppor