st. francis hospital. according to the floor nurse at st. francis, her final hours were peaceful, but she sadly did pass alone. i never would have gotten to know alice if i hadn't been working to clean the b.a.r.t. plaza every week with b.a.r.t. commission director. we -- whether it was raining or freezing or a beautiful day, alice was always sitting in a chair in front of the burger king, knitting surrounded by her belongings, a big suitcase, overflowing with her possessions. we called her alice, but we learned later her name was alicia gonzalez and that she was born in the philippines and had a dual citizenship in the united states and philippines. i alerted a volunteer to my office about alice's situation, and she eventually became a daily visitor to alices place on the sidewalk, hoping to persuade her to take the offers of shelter by various city agencies. there were several nights alice insisted on staying out in the pouring rain evening on thanksgiving. finally on a morning in december, alice was even more sulliv vulnerable because her

st. francis xavier catholic church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: o god who are the hope of sinners and joy of the holy, grant this house a spirit of compunction for failures, perseverance for growth, and humility in success. for the good of our country we ask you to inflame the members of this chamber with wisdom, hope, courage, and all the other virtues necessary to secure prosperity throughout our land and equal justice unto the law. above all, help us to be a ople of loving and counter with our ther and neighbors around the world. establishing an ever more perfect society on earth we may one day know the joys of paradise with you. we ask this with our neighbors around the world. establishing an in your most ho name, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from innesota, miss mccall lum. ms. mccollum: i pledge alleg

st. francis circle. they want to get downtown quickly, and my concern with the disruption service that i've experienced personally is once you get to castro or wherever you're picking up the train, you're fine, but driving a bus around those hills and those streets, it's just very -- it takes a long time, and i personally have several times just gotten on the 52 or the 44 and gone to b.a.r.t. and found that to be quicker. so maybe i'm just wondering if there are some obstacles, other than to flood the glen park station. i'm just wondering if that has been explored. some of our riders -- they just want the quickest route. >> i think it's a great point. we could anticipate customers that are ambivalent between the enjuda, or the 44. that's part of the customer information that we'll make available. we also will have this loaded into the next bus, so the trip planner should also help people choose the faster route for them. >> in addition, the k line service will bring people to balboa park b.a.r.t. and the

st. francis s working to >>> spring training is the time for big league dreams for players and the parentsported them. one former st. francis star is working to make the eggs for mom. >> another time one phone call away. >> creighton bishop has been on pins and needles, working out all winter in beaumont, preparing for his first big league camp. but the magnitude of that a compliment is lost on his mother, -- >> i do not know if she can process what it actually meant, but you know to see her be happy over part of the dream of mine, that meant a lot. >> susie bishop suffers from early onset alzheimer's, a disease that began to ravage her brain when she was just 50. >> five years ago, she was normal. and, in five years she has completely changed. she cannot have any freedom. >> bishop chooses to remember the mom that was a hollywood movie producer, and a parent that took him to batting practice, not the person who cannot find her way around the kitchen and gets lost in a simple conversation. >> i lost it. >> you know, she used to be so good and speak so eloquently. >> he learned of his mothe

st. francis circle. they want to get downtown quickly, and my concern with the disruption service that i've experienced personally is once you get to castro or wherever you're picking up the train, you're fine, but driving a bus around those hills and those streets, it's just very -- it takes a long time, and i personally have several times just gotten on the 52 or the 44 and gone to b.a.r.t. and found that to be quicker. so maybe i'm just wondering if there are some

st. francis hospital are worried about getting the flu. they, like the rest of us, trying to avoid becoming part of another record-breaking week. the first state flu fight isn't over. >> looks like we're heading towards a peak, but we're not on a downslope yesterday. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> sky force 10 over breaking news in monroe township, gloucester county, where someone, we're told, is barricaded inside a home here. you're looking live right now. and as a precaution, people are advising people in this area to stay inside. this is the 1800 block of herbert boulevard. we'll continue to monitor that situation and keep you updated. >>> in about 30 minutes, friends and family of a philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty will gather to honor him. officer john plowski was shot and killed nine years ago in north philadelphia by a man trying to rob a cab driver. the vigil is at broad and olney streets where palowski was killed. >>> now here's a lack at some of the stories making headlines county by county across our region

st. francis xavier. and surrounded by pastel neoclassical buildings. a short walk away there's the ruins of st paul's in macao's historic center. (st. paul's was established in the late 1500s. the ruins you see today are all that's left after a fire in 1835.) you can have many moments where you're asking yourself, "where am i?". but it works both ways. just keep moving and views change in an instant. na tcha temple is steps from st paul's. it was built in 1888 and renovated in 1901. two diverse cultures coexisting right next to one another. a-ma temple dates back to the late 1400s and is the oldest temple in macao. take a walk through red market, one of the busiest markets in macao, it's easy to forget about the city's portuguese qualities. macau is the only place in the world with a mix of chinese and portuguese culture. it's only 12 square miles, so not a whole lot bigger than san francisco. macau is the only place in china where casinos are legal. but there's more to it than gambling. macao has more f

st. francis of assisi. his compassion for service led to them to act in times of extreme poverty and we reference him all the time. italian-americans have had a long presence here with the first arriving in the early 1800s. italian immigrants built strong traditions in fishing, winemaking, and ghirardelli started. and a college was founded, today 19 as the university of san francisco. in aftermath of the 1906 disaster, bank of italy set up a desk from two barrels and wooden plank to help provide financial resources. the network and institution expanded to what we know as bank of america. the city's reputation as a vibrant, world-renowned center is built on contributions by artists, singers, dancers, filmmakers and philanthropists. for example, first resident opera company was established in 1923, which in collaboration with other members, led to the creation of the san francisco opera association. the oldest surviving opera company on the west coast. he also organized the construction of the war memorial op

st. francis. >> we're working on ways to better the environment and this is a good way to kick off the event. >> the problems were minor. >> people from philadelphia, outside of philadelphia, coming together, we finally brought one home, it was a good time. everybody getting drunk and beligerant. there was one parade related stabbing that stemmed from a fight. >> it pretty much went off without a hitch. >> a sentiment echoed by andre p purnell. >> it was a great, great amading tribute. >> he stood shoulder to shoulder with the masses. >> the planning was nice, there was still knuckle heads, but overall i still give it an a. >> and i asked the mayor if he would do anything different hopefully next year, and he said he wouldn't. there was one big problem though. on broad and chestnut street, a septa bus blocked the view as they rolled through with the parade and people had been waiting for a long time for that. >> jason kelce's speech and outfit is still what people are talking about today. the police department joked on facebook that someone gave their uniform prototype for kelce for the para

st. francis childcare center. the past chair of the san francisco planning and advisory council and board member of the san francisco childcare association. my staff turn over has increased. my staff earns less than the subsidized children we serve. san francisco has invested in many remarkable quality features in the past few years. we have pfa coaches, mental health consultants and other resources but each year we train a new crop of teachers because staff cannot afford to stay in this career. even if they have housing, they cannot afford to send their kids to college to pay for transportation, to start planning for retirement plans early in life to have enough to live on when they retire after a long career in early childhood which they realize they can't do. the city quality money is like a turnstile. if we invest now, however, in ece wages teachers can stay in the career and use affordable housing and other necessities they'll be able to pay for. please vote for the ece part of this initiative and let's work

st. francis of assisi. >> dorothy sweeney and i go to st. patrick's in malvern. >> st.atrick's. >> reagan sweeney and i go to bishop shanahan high school. >> you are, oh, i got to come down here. >> i go to st. agnes. >> are they real curls. >> um-hmm. >> yeah. >> look at that. >> what grade are you in. >> first. >> i hear you like making your own you tube video. you will be famous. back here live in delco. we have taken over delco. we are here at empire diner but we have a lot of other local delco business that is come by and join us. one of them marty mcgees. >> thanks for joining us. >> what do you have for st. patrick's day. >> we start off with a daily routine, at 7:00 a.m. we kick it off early. we have breakfast. shamus keller, formally with black thorn and then we have shan agains playing all throughout the game. >> are you ready to play for us. >> yes. >> let's play irish music to get the girls dancing and do some jam cams. we will go out to the roosevelt boulevard, a live look between ridge and kelly drive, got a disable vehicle there off to the shoulder, attra

st. francis, and you provide light in darkness for a lot of people, and so i just want to thank you, thank you for doing that, and keep on keeping on, because it's important, the work you're doing, because you're bringing san franciscans, giving them taunt to take pride in the work that they're doing here in our city. when it comes to the issues around the warriors stadium, you know, i hope, you know, when we voted for this project, i was the one that moved the item because i believed that it was more than just building a building, but it was lifting up an entire community, and i hope you don't forget that, because that's the reason why i vote for all these projects because it's not just voting for something, it's like how do you lift this stuff, everybody? by providing jobs and opportunities to people in their city. my dad, who worked in construction, many, many years ago, for dinwiddie, many years ago, he would take us and we would watch these buildings take hips. i'm so proud that my dad's fingerprints are on these buildings, and i think that's what we need to continue to do, and that's

st. francis. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is hillary ronen, i'm the supervisor of district 9, which includes the mission district which has been plagued by tent encampments in many years. as in john's case, the only thing that really solves homelessness is housing. but the thing that solves street homelessness, people living in tent encampments on our street, dangerous conditions and squalor are navigation centers. i'm so proud of the work i did with phil ting. when i got into officer a year ago and was able to security the temporary navigation sent which allowed us to reduce the number of tents in the mission from at a high before the navigation center opened, of 246 tents, to today, or actually yesterday, of 40 tents in the mission. that work was only possible because we opened that temporary navigation center. i did that together with noou ryu and jeff co-sin ski. we opened that center to solve the crisis in the mission, but we know we only have that center for a certain amount of time. i wasn't to phil ting, the c

st. francis, and you provide light in darkness for a lot of people, and so i just want to thank you, thank you for doing that, and keep on keeping on, because it's important, the work you're doing, because you're bringing san franciscans, giving them taunt to take pride in the work that they're doing here in our city. i

st. francis. keep these foremost in mind as you take part in creating this contract. in short, no justice, no deal. so thank you again for your careful attention to this important contract. >> thank you for your comments. [bell ringing] >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is john crew. i've been a member of the no justice no deal coallatiition. i'm here as a resident for 40 years and a pissed off taxpayer. we spend an awful lot of money for police services in this town, and we're not getting anywhere close to what we're asking for. i'm going to quickly go through some history. the last time this negotiation or this mou was up for renegotiation was 2007. at the time, the city gave a package to the poa, which the president of the poa said at the time, this is the most lucrative package in the country. what did we get in return? father smith just went through some of the scenarios we went through. i don't have to go through it again. we ha this police department in the life of the last contract took several steps backwards, not forwards. we're now in a position,

st. francis and we do that and this department does an amazing job to do that. but i'm not here to rubber stamp my budget and that's not my job and frankly commissioners, it's not your job either. you should look at the budget and say this is where we need help. as i look at the wish list that we have come up with, the department has come up with, this is not us, the department has come up with it and some of it is our input, we have things on there that's absolutely necessary for the city. a lot of the stations are rundown. the firefighters who live there love them dearly but a lot of them are run down. a lot of the trucks are breaking down and through the leadership of this commission, you guys did a great job of being the squeaky wheel before i got here to make sure we get more people and more rigs but the reason it happened is because you spoke out, not because you rubber-stamped a budget and that's your job and you guys did a great job of doing that. but there is more to be done for this department. as we saw from department of emergency management, we play

st. francis foundation for helping us have an open space. thank there is really a need to have improvement here, as was mentioned, the civic center playground, we're looking at the wellness trail which is a way it connect all the parks and open spaces contracts with hearing to. for construction work, procurement and services relating to identified shelter crisis sites that will provide emergency shelter or housing to persons experiencing homelessness. >> thank you very much. we've got a presentation from the mayor's office. sponsors of the mayor, ronen, sheehy and cohe

st. francis circle or from west portal tunnel to go under ground. and so, with that discussion, i also was broadening the discussion that we study -- the city study the possibility of keeping the k under ground from the same point. and that would to me -- if you put the k-line under ground all the way to the bart station, that to me would really reduce the traffic congestion around that area. again, it's only possibilities. maybe when they study it, they will find out that my statement was totally ridiculous or not. if we don't study it, we won't know. >> chair peskin: all right. is that a motion commissioner yee? >> supervisor yee: yes. >> chair peskin: is there a second for that? seconded by commissioner kim on the item. a roll call please. commissioner breed. >> thank you. i have some questions about outreach specifically because there is information in the resolution that talks about an extensive outreach process as it relates to this particular plan with community input. and i was hoping to get more information on the follow through specificall

st. francis foundation for helping us have an open space. thank there is really a need to have improvement here, as was mentioned, the civic center playground, we're looking at the wellness trail which is a way it connect all the parks and open spaces contracts with hearing to. for construction work, procurement and services relating to identified shelter crisis sites that will provide emergency shelter or housing to persons experiencing homelessness. >> thank you very much. we've got a presentation from the mayor's office. sponsors of the mayor, ronen, sheehy and cohen. are you speaking on this one? jeff, director of the department of homelessness, i welcome you to the mic. the floor is yours. i don't need to tell you or member of the public, we're in the midst of a humanitarian crisis on our streets in san francisco. we currently have approximately 7500 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, 4300 or 58% of the homeless population in san francisco is literally unsheltered. the other -- the remaining population is in the shelte

st. francis foundation for helping us have an open space. thank there is really a need to have improvement here, as was mentioned, the civic center playground, we're looking at the wellness trail which is a way it connect all the parks and open spaces

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st. francis and we do that and this department does an amazing job to do that. but i'm not here to rubber stamp my budget and that's not my job and frankly commissioners, it's not your job either. you should look at the budget and say this is where we need help. as i look at the wish list that

st. francis school of nursing in 1954. in 1955, she moved to beaver fall, pennsylvania, where she was hired on at providence hospital as the first african-american registered nurse in beaver county. eventually she was promoted to head nurse. dee face maryland obstacles as an african-american nurse in the 1950's such as the reality of segregated dormitory housing. however she did not let those barriers discourage her, believing people would accept her for who she was. she loved her job and continued her career as a nurse for 36 years until she retired in 1990. she was a blessing to those who came in contact with and made the caregiver until her health declined at the end of 2017. we are grateful for her decades of exemplary service and the outstanding model she was. may god grant her eternal rest and may her family be consoled with many blessed memories. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. ms.

st. francis. its massive basilica remains a favorite destination for countless pilgrims today.s an etruscan capital centuries before christ. within its wall, the town's rustic center offers an evocative tuscan charm. and san marino -- all 24 square miles of it -- is unique in that it's still an independent country. while novel today, tiny two-bit dukedoms like this were once the norm. medieval italy -- like most of europe before the rise of modern nation states -- was a collection of independent, little san marino-style city states -- many of them no more than fortified towns on hills. gñçñ has been provided by the richard king mellon foundadatio, the heinz endowments, the mccune foundation, the pittsburgh foundation, upmc, and bny mellon foundation of southwestern pennsylvania. (crickets chirping) (mellow jazz music) - i was born in the hill district of pittsburgh. people call it a ghetto. ghetto? i thought it was paradise. - i can remember as a kid hearing my dad talk about wylie avenue, which was the main boulevard through the hill. i wasn't old enough to really know

language of signs on january twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen hope francis prayed for ukraine addressing thousands of people at st peter's square in vatican city. speakers. after the prayer two white doves were released from the papal window and were immediately attacked by a crow and siegel those who understand the language could easily read the meaning of this ailment soon great forces the siegel and the crow would be tearing apart two slavic nations the white doves this omen gave hope to the ukrainian people saying that by god's will the doves would be saved but it also predicted severe hardship and many victims. of. the events which could enter into the history of the color revolutions as the most massive human sacrifice yet arrived right on schedule one month later. for weeks this european capital has been the scene of a violent uprising. today but yesterday yet could be testers are pushing up towards the government district arms here with molotov cocktails that we saw handguns and short films today. there are casualties. on both sides of it would say. which is just said that there are six dead people out th

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