we go to taipei. >> it's a painstaking art one that this man has been mastering over his 83 years. he's worried that the proper accurate depiction of the traditional characters used in taiwan is under threat. >> people usually write on computers. they don't do handwriting any more so they lack practice. when they try to write they just don't know how. >> you need to memorize 8,000 individual characters. to allow such a huge vocabulary to be rent electronically, shortcuts on screens and computers. you input a symbol related to the the pronunciation from that you can recognize and choose a character. that's very different from writing it from scratch stroke by stroke. to prove a point we approach people in this park asking them to write a simple phrase with an admittedly tricky character. it means to sneak around without being seen. only pen people we approached got it right. >> i forgot how to wright it. >> taiwan prides itself on the heritage. so if this is the last bastian of written chinese what happens if succeeding generations forget how to write it by hand? >> when children le

still some passing showers if you are down there in taipei with a high of 16.'s move toward the southern hemisphere where we still are talking about the rainfall in south america. i know the last couple weeks we've been mentioning this. it's been coinciding with flooding as well. and that is still the case. let's go to some of the latest video we have coming out of central peru, and it just shows you the images here of this flooding continuing to take place. most recently the torrential rainfall here triggered some mudslides, killing at least six people. houses were also destroyed. it created on some of the local highways. some were com completely buried in mud and bulldozers there being used to remove some of the roadways. the rocks built up on the roadways. and residents also used makeshift bridges as well. you can see the stumps piled up there using that to cross some of these rivers. it is a very ongoing but a very stressful situation for many people out here. it's continuing to be the heart of the rainy season, and it's not until late march into april when

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derek passed away in january in taipei in taiwan. it's taken some time for the family to take care of the business. last we're jessie wrote the tentative date for the memorial is april 18th, the plan location is the independent living resource center sf located at 825 howard street. i want to emphasize that we don't have that date fully confirmed yet. but we will commit to bringing you updates as we learn them. that concludes my report. at this time i would like to turn things over to joanna for a brief announcement and after heather for a report on our activities >> may i ask a quick question. will we be posting the website the exact date of derek's memorial service oovment >> we will be honored to post that on our website. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, council members, cochairs. i just have a brief announcement. this is this year actually this past month for the second year in a row we initiated the ada coordinator's training academy for occf departmental ada coordinators. this year we are conducting five sessions

earlier today earth hour swept through asia are an hour later earth hour hit taipei and hong kong.nt is meant to draw attention to climate change. >> "nbc nightly news" is next. more local news on nbc bay area right here at 6:00. >>> on this saturday night, searching for answers. new insights about the co-pilot who crashed a jetliner into the french alps including health issues and what he may have said as the grim recovery goes on. >>> train crash near downtown l.a. a commuter train hits a car and jumps the tracks leaving more than 20 people injured. >>> the backlash and new protests over a controversial w that lets businesses refuse to serve same-sex couples. >>> concussion tests. it's quick and simple and it could be the key to making sure young athletes get the care they need after being hit. >>> and second act for a grand old movie palace that fell on hard times. how it escaped the wrecking ball and was restored to all its glory. >>> this is "nbc

and then shanghai taipei, and hong kong, you will also see plenty of rainfall going throughout the day friday. extending into the weekend. still seeing some rain for shanghai saturday into sunday. tokyo will see rain for saturday and sunday. seoul will have a nice little dry spell but then cool down quickly on sunday with a high of 4. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, good-bye. l wells in the town of to create -- tikrit. they've been held since june. china looks for ways to kickstart its economy. the u.s. ambassador to south korea hurt in a knife attack in seoul. also coming up, could

last month a transasia airways passenger plane crashed into a river in taipei.t least 40 people died. taiwan authorities cited engine failure. flight 235 was the second fatal accident involving the airline within seven months. flight 222 crashed into buildings in july during an attempt to land in bad weather. 48 people were killed. in december, an airbus a320 crashed off indonesia. it's the same type of aircraft involved in the germanwings crash. the flight was run by air asia one of the largest low-cost carriers in the world. pilots had requested clearance to divert from the flight plan to avoid bad weather. indonesian authorities have recovered 106 bodies. 56 people remain missing. last march malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared from radar screens between kuala lumpur and beijing. search operations took months and involved at least eight countries. the plane has never been found. 239 people were on board. another malaysia airlines plane made headlines in july. flight mh-17 was shot down over eastern ukraine. the plane was en route to kuala lumpur from amst

an hour later it hit taipei taiwan, and hong kong. the event started in sydney back in 2007.ole purpose of it is to draw attention to climate change. >> you're going to like this story. talk about a superachiever. last week atb/v 10-year-old boy broke worldç records at the oakland half marathon. he averaged a 2k6 308 minute mile. now he's going for the gold in a 10 k. this is elliott daniels. he is training for tomorrow's race in campbell. while he looks like an experienced strider, he just started running a year and a half ago but he is already taking training very seriously. >> there's no trick. just train hard. i don't eat bad food or processed sugar and any of that. no i just eat like vegetables some meat. >> you hear that kids? that 10k race takes place tomorrow. our bay area cameras will be there. we'll let you know how he does. >> he just looks it acts it. he's such a supernatural 10-year-old. >> he's great. that 6 1/2 minute mile just a touch slower than yours. >> they slowed himú) it has been a busy day in sports. the sharks in philadelphia. also giants, a's and ncaa

harry fawcett, al jazeera taipei. >> and can you keep up to date with all the day's news and developments on our website. that's aljazeera.com. hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you are many the stream. what if instead of proeffect thing civilians they are protecting each other over crimes as serious as murder. >> what happened to tease guys. why are all all okay with this team. >> we will talk about the kiln team, that may inhibit soldiers about speaking out against injustice. plus, millions of dollars spent on anti-bullying programs with little to no evidence that they work. why it may be time for a new approach. >> a digital producer and co-host is here bringing in all of your feedback, you know these crimes they happened in 2010. soldiers were convicted but people are rightfully still hear fied and still looking for some accountability. >> you said hear fied these means these brutal murders were just shocking they are trying to figure out what caused this. who is responsibility, sew with have a wide range of opinions. mar they says the killing of any civil cabs is wrong, especially for sport.

and down through the south a little bit of a disturbance that's going to bring some showers into taipei and also hong kong as we go through the day. i want to take you to europe where we have this powerful low pressure system blowing through the central portions of the continent and also bringing snow for the scandinavian peninsula and peaks of central europe. plenty of rain. some areas seeing gusts sometimes up to 100 kilometers per hour as we go throughout the day monday look out for those gusts to pick up from time to time, and again, big story will be the rain. anywhere from germany into france, also further toward the east. even into ukraine, like kiev you'll see rain with a high of 60 degrees as opposed to the snowfall that we typically see, and we've been talking about for the past several weeks. now we're mainly going to see a wet weather pattern. not really the case as we look at the forecast for north america. cold air has been controlling canada, and also a good portion of the united states. and the moisture's all hitting the ground as snowfall. heavy knowfall still taking pl

a high of 32 degrees coming up on saturday 25 in taipei mid teens for tokyo, 18 in seoul, 19 in beijing. staying relatively dry. maybe some sprinkles from time to time. now here's a look at tropical cyclone nathan category 1. a bit weaker after it made landfall. it is expected to weaken even more as it crosses over queensland and then reintensifying back to a category 1 tropical cyclone as you go in to the weekend. as it goes over waters. now in europe we do have a low pressure system we were talking about this one stuck down here in the iberian peninsula. yes, more rain expected for places like spain, and also in to portugal. even some of that moisture heading into france. meanwhile the central portions of the continent staying dry as high pressure continues to grip the area. another area of rain will be moving in to the scandinavian peninsula, possibly even some snow from time to time. way up north. 4 in stockholm, 13 in berlin rain in madrid with a high of 19 degrees as we go throughout the day. wrapping things up with a look at north america, we are still watching out for a couple a

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a report from taipei. painstaking art, his family firm made cal igraphy pens since before he was born. his way to show off expertise. it's worried that the proper accurate depiction of the traditional characters used in taiwan is under threat. >> people write on computers. they don't do any writing anymore. they lack basic practice. when they try to write, they just don't know how. >> to read and write to a high standard, you need to memorize around 8,000 individual characters. to allow such a huge vo cab larry to be written electronically, and shortcuts on screens have been developed. for those worried about the loss of handwriting, they work almost too well. >> the difficulty stems from the easy to type characters. you input a sim bam related to the pronunciation and from that you can choose from dozens of characters recognizing and choose can a character is very different from writing it from scratch, stroke by stroke. >> to prove the point, we approached people in this mark asking them to write a simpl

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it happened shortly after the plane took off if taipei's airport and vanished over the java sea and upcrews coming in here and piecing everything together. but keep in mind, nearly a year later there is a list of improvements and takeaways here. here are there things that it has given us. first, you have new under water maps scientists have been mapping the floor of the indian ocean west of australia and that's where they think this wreckage is. and also new sonar, these images allowed them to map an area the size of nebraska. so look at that perspective, the comparison of that. they've already discovered new parts of the ocean that could unlock the mystery and second the takeaway here bear with me as we sweat through this rescue as well, knowing the makeup of the ocean floor could save some lives here. that's because it can help predict ocean currents and that can help predict movement here in the ocean. it can also help understand the distribution of heat through the ocean and third, now we have better airplane tracking as well and that's where the airline industry can actually benef

if you're in singapore, seoul tokyo, taipei you have to pay attention to that. i once suggested to the deputy minister of defense that perhaps, before the end of this century, that south korea would give up the mutual defense alliance for the governing body of the entire peninsula. i didn't get a response. but thinking very long range, i think those sorts of thoughts need to be considered. >> i will just toss in one thought on this if i could. with the u.s. korea relationship, in the mid 2000s, they asked seoul what they asked what they meant and to some extent we wanted advanced permission for other contingencies in the region. and the relationship between the president and some parts of the bush administration were not so strong in this period, and president noh, even though i'm not a being fan of his ten yur in south korea had a reasonable response. and he said you want to yous force about taiwan problem? or something else. i have to laif here and i need some say. but if you want to use may country as a staging base for continual air combat bases, maybe i sho

it is a privilege to be here we are five taipei individuals who have been working together for the public interest. three quick observations in keeping with your three-minute rule. the open internet decision as you indicated, is a watershed. your leadership has illustrated that they're really are not any differences about the need to do something. we need your rules. there are different approaches, to be sure. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> he almost ran out of things to say. >> sorry, mr. chairman. >> please proceed. >> as i said, there are different approaches we take no doubt, we will be discussing those. we have completed our work. a strong open internet rules also be in place. let me touch on a couple other issues. one is that there is a national emergency. congress holds the key to that issue. the the vast majority of calls to 911 services come from mobile. just a just a few weeks ago who require 911 location capability from wireless caller's. the carriers are stepping up the delivering location information

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>> a lot air in france or japan and taipei they never air here. some of them are small markets.ere am i? >> make an educated guess. >> oh there must be a mistake. >> we don't make mistakes ever. >> no see, it's not my time. >> maybe we could make an arrangement. arrangement. >> not a chance pal. so you always wear white? >> always. >> is there a bathroom here? >> we have lovely bothrooms. you do? >> i'm going to initiate a movie. do they do films up here? >>. there are no producers here. >> oh. good heavens. >> that's great. >> it's the perfect example of like the international cache that hollywood has and these guys, you don't see malcovich and clooney in u.s. ads very often, but they play really well in france and japan. >> and they pay a fortune. >> is it because he doesn't want to be on there? >> there is a bit of a stigma in the u.s. you may be quote/unquote selling out a bit in the commercial. >> nobody can see you. >> the next one is a snicker's ad. who is this? >> rowand atkinson. atkinson. . . >> that's cute. >> okay. >> that's like the marsha brady one. >> this is the