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the universe is expanding. sign stein kind of euphemistically smacks himself in the forehead and says why did i change the equations when i could have predicted this amazing fact about the universe, just from my own mathematics. >> he calls it his biggest blunder. then they walk the cat backwards, so if it's expanding, had to evolve in this single point. >> that's right. basically in the hands of a belgium priest was the first person to articulate this most precisely, he used einstein's mass, face value math, not the math einstein mangled to meet his philosophical prejudice, he used the math to turn the universe cosmos in reverse continue gets smaller and smaller and smaller and therefore he comes to a prime or thal nugget in which everything emerged. he called it prime ordinarily atom. the name big bang came later on. it was a radio interview i think with fred hole, this was a critic of the theory, talking about it on the radio, big bang, derogatory description but, of course, name that stuck and it's our best
the universe is expanding. sign stein kind of euphemistically smacks himself in the forehead and says why did i change the equations when i could have predicted this amazing fact about the universe, just from my own mathematics. >> he calls it his biggest blunder. then they walk the cat backwards, so if it's expanding, had to evolve in this single point. >> that's right. basically in the hands of a belgium priest was the first person to articulate this most precisely, he used...
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the county to find placement. we can do better. saving university mound ladies home will go a long way towards preserving residential care beds in san francisco and save the remaining university mound ladies home from the tragic disruption of moving from one facility to another. thank you. >> thank you. next speak. >> good afternoon. my name is peter, thank you president chiu, supervisors. as supervisor campos noted, the concerns that i have are with the lack of transparency of the current board that operates the facility at university mound ladies home. this lack of transparency in their voting, in their movement towards eliminated the facility itself for its current use and the fact that there is a vested interest in a lot of the supervisor -- a lot of the board members who have invested money in that mound and i would like to know what it is that they're gaining from the sale. are they incurring some kind of interest? i'm sure that that is what is motivating their interest in decided immediately what needs to happen. one of the board members has
the county to find placement. we can do better. saving university mound ladies home will go a long way towards preserving residential care beds in san francisco and save the remaining university mound ladies home from the tragic disruption of moving from one facility to another. thank you. >> thank you. next speak. >> good afternoon. my name is peter, thank you president chiu, supervisors. as supervisor campos noted, the concerns that i have are with the lack of transparency of the...
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today the latest on the national hispanic university. what is happening with that campus. plus, silicon valley latinos. this is your "communidad d "communidad delvalle." >> we begin with the genealogical society. with me here on the show is the president of the organization, welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> so tell us about the genealogical society. who started -- why did we start it, and what is the purpose of it? >> it was started in 2005 in sacramento. and just recently in april, we -- they granted us the opportunity to start a charter here in silicon valley so that we could serve the community here of silicon valley. and it's to provide the latino community with a little bit of assistance on how to trace their -- their genealogical roots. whether it be -- it could be from any part of latin america. >> not just one region we're focusing on? >> that's correct, that's correct. the name probably implies a certain part of mexico, but it would be for all of latin america. they all came here vie at same route. and so it's not only genealogy but history of latin america, d
today the latest on the national hispanic university. what is happening with that campus. plus, silicon valley latinos. this is your "communidad d "communidad delvalle." >> we begin with the genealogical society. with me here on the show is the president of the organization, welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> so tell us about the genealogical society. who started -- why did we start it, and what is the purpose of it? >> it was started in 2005 in...
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at the university of north carolina, football players were one of the only teams not allowed to participate in university camps that would create another source of income. in fact during a panel discussion about the documentary school, the price of college sports, head coach of the george mason men's basketball team, paul hewitt, stated his team has to do an internship before they graduate, a mandatory one. i think this is a great practice. if the ncaa truly wants to develop student athletes and prepare them for success in the field, they should mandate that all athletes complete an internship. the reason is it needs to be mandated is because of the existing culture that demonizes any activity that won't directly help a program. players that go home for a semester, and i have friends who have done this are labeled as selfish and lazy and almost a cancer to the team. but in fact he's just going home he's still working out, just trying to improve his own value for the likelihood he's not going to make the nfl. i have come to realize there's a void in college athletics. the incncaa as an insti
at the university of north carolina, football players were one of the only teams not allowed to participate in university camps that would create another source of income. in fact during a panel discussion about the documentary school, the price of college sports, head coach of the george mason men's basketball team, paul hewitt, stated his team has to do an internship before they graduate, a mandatory one. i think this is a great practice. if the ncaa truly wants to develop student athletes...
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at the university of north carolina, football players were one of the only teams not allowed to participate in university camps that would create another source of income. in fact, during a panel discussion about the documentary school, the price of college sports, head coach of the george mason men's basketball team, paul hewitt, stated his team has to do an internship before they graduate, a mandatory one. i think this is a great practice. if the ncaa truly wants to develop student athletes and prepare them for success in the field, they should mandate that all athletes complete an internship. the reason is it needs to be mandated is because of the existing culture that demonizes any activity that won't directly help a program. players that go home for a semester, and i have friends who have done this, are labeled as selfish and lazy and almost a cancer to the team. but in fact, he's just going home, he's still working out, just trying to improve his own value for the likelihood he's not going to make the nfl. i have come to realize there's a void in college athletics. the incaa as an ins
at the university of north carolina, football players were one of the only teams not allowed to participate in university camps that would create another source of income. in fact, during a panel discussion about the documentary school, the price of college sports, head coach of the george mason men's basketball team, paul hewitt, stated his team has to do an internship before they graduate, a mandatory one. i think this is a great practice. if the ncaa truly wants to develop student athletes...
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the controls that are before you extends beyond the site of the lum. university mound ladies home. it is a temporary measure to allow the study of neighborhood to ensure balance of uses. i'd like to address my concern that a for profit entity without substantial plans for affordability would also -- is a potential purchaser of this site. i will be asking the planning department to examine ways to designate this site as a local landmark so we limit the ability to make significant changes. it is my hope that as a city we can find the right balance of this neighborhood and i am concerned for this neighborhood but beyond that i am concerneded for san francisco. i think that we are fighting for who we are as a city by trying to protect these women and men who have dedicated their lives to making the city what it is totd if we allow them to be evicted. i have stated on numerous occasions my immediate concern for the 27 remaning residents, as well as those who have already left. i actually have worked with the mayor's office, my staff and have even identified $250,000 as part of the budget
the controls that are before you extends beyond the site of the lum. university mound ladies home. it is a temporary measure to allow the study of neighborhood to ensure balance of uses. i'd like to address my concern that a for profit entity without substantial plans for affordability would also -- is a potential purchaser of this site. i will be asking the planning department to examine ways to designate this site as a local landmark so we limit the ability to make significant changes. it is...
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that the universe is within us. and... >> and that's a concept, by the way, that was sort of pioneered by carl sagan and his contemporaries. >> hinojosa: you know, after we... and my husband is a huge carl sagan follower as well. but that became something that we talked so much about. i mean, for weeks after that we were like, "well, what does that look like?" so when you say that... because i'm sure people are thinking, "what are you talking about, the universe is within us?" we embody this somehow? >> no, no. no, no. it's actually very simple. it's not trying to be deep and new agey on you. it's very simple. so you've got sort of molecules in your body. they have atoms. and where do those atoms come from? and i remember in chemistry class, you ask the teacher, "well, they're just here on the periodic table of elements." but actually, we learn from astrophysics that those elements are tracable to the crucibles in the cores of stars that have lived billions of years before our own sun. >> hinojosa: okay, i just got,
that the universe is within us. and... >> and that's a concept, by the way, that was sort of pioneered by carl sagan and his contemporaries. >> hinojosa: you know, after we... and my husband is a huge carl sagan follower as well. but that became something that we talked so much about. i mean, for weeks after that we were like, "well, what does that look like?" so when you say that... because i'm sure people are thinking, "what are you talking about, the universe is...
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that's almost seven times what the university of california san diego got. act, the center for investigative reporting found, the university of phoenix san diego campus received more g.i. bill money than the entire 10- campus u.c. system. last june, the school's accrediting body, the higher learning commission, put the university of phoenix on notice, saying the school did not "support student learning and effective teaching." students at the university of phoenix often have trouble repaying their loans. more than a quarter default within three years of leaving school. and, at this campus, fewer than 15% of students graduate, according to the department of education. i met with retired u.s. army colonel garland williams. he oversees military programs for all university of phoenix campuses nationwide. do you feel like this almost billion dollars of taxpayer money to the university of phoenix is a good investment for the taxpayers? >> the veterans have chosen us because of the programs that we offer. we have over one hundred programs that we offer and they have
that's almost seven times what the university of california san diego got. act, the center for investigative reporting found, the university of phoenix san diego campus received more g.i. bill money than the entire 10- campus u.c. system. last june, the school's accrediting body, the higher learning commission, put the university of phoenix on notice, saying the school did not "support student learning and effective teaching." students at the university of phoenix often have trouble...
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>> i'm satisfied the university received all of its facts. >> the investigation that concluded that were no fiscal improprieties despite finding use of an unauthorized checking account for personal expenses by a university department head. >> our definition of a fiscal impropriety is if we're made whole f we didn't lose any funds and we did not in the end, no fiscal impropriety occurred. >> dean, how are you? tony kovaleski. the dean also declined our request for an on-camera interview. are you satisfied with the conclusion of this investigation? >> if i weren't, i would be doing more. >> what's your answer to their claim that you didn't go far enough? >> i think i just told you. seems to me what i thought needed to be done was done. >> he's in charge of the justice studies department. we met him at the san jose airport. but does it add up that there were no fiscal improprieties when it's an unauthorized checking account? there are questions by the staff -- your students, your staff and your faculty say the investigation raises questions. >> i said to you, if i thought there needed to be
>> i'm satisfied the university received all of its facts. >> the investigation that concluded that were no fiscal improprieties despite finding use of an unauthorized checking account for personal expenses by a university department head. >> our definition of a fiscal impropriety is if we're made whole f we didn't lose any funds and we did not in the end, no fiscal impropriety occurred. >> dean, how are you? tony kovaleski. the dean also declined our request for an...
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and the reason is we're the universe is very infectant with habitats for life. congressman smith mentioned the number of stars in our galaxy. with respect that number is larger. it's something like 200 to 400 billion stars. but we now know at least 70% of them have planets. recent results from nasa's keppler telescope, astoundingly successful instrument, suggests one in five stars may have planets that are cousins of the earth. what that means is in our own galaxy, tens of billions of other planets that are the kind you might want to build condos on and live. tens of billions. if that is inadequate for your requirement, let me point out there are 150 billion other galaxies we can see with our telescopes, even with similar complement of earth-like world. what that means is the numbers are so astounding if this is the only planet in which not only life but intelligent life arizin, we are extraordinarily exceptional. it's like buying electricals of lottery -- trillions of lottery tickets none a winner. that would be very unusual. although everyone likes to think the
and the reason is we're the universe is very infectant with habitats for life. congressman smith mentioned the number of stars in our galaxy. with respect that number is larger. it's something like 200 to 400 billion stars. but we now know at least 70% of them have planets. recent results from nasa's keppler telescope, astoundingly successful instrument, suggests one in five stars may have planets that are cousins of the earth. what that means is in our own galaxy, tens of billions of other...
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i still love the university of arizona. i will always be devoted to them, and i think this was just the decision of a few shortsighted, negligent administrators who don't see the value of this work. >> there's a lot of fear out there still. >> yeah, there really is. >> appreciate you coming on the program. it's a challenging time for you, but hopefully this will help shine some light on it. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> you got it. >>> up next an experimental treatment that doctors say just might be able to reverse the damage from a heart attack. , i have occasional constipation. that's why i take doctor recommended colace capsules. [ male announcer ] for certain medical conditions where straining should be avoided, colace softens the stool for effective relief from occasional constipation. go to colacecapsules.com for savings. >>> consider this, this year alone more than a million americans are going to suffer a heart attack and the thinking has always been that the damage is permanent. that eve
i still love the university of arizona. i will always be devoted to them, and i think this was just the decision of a few shortsighted, negligent administrators who don't see the value of this work. >> there's a lot of fear out there still. >> yeah, there really is. >> appreciate you coming on the program. it's a challenging time for you, but hopefully this will help shine some light on it. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> you got it....
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we call athletics the front porch of the university. that might not be the most important thing you see when you drive by but it's the most visible messenger of the brand of the university. >> thank you senator thune. senators coats. >> thank you for testifying today know you didn't have to do this but it's very constructive. the reforms that you have initiated and those that you hope to initiate it sounds like they're somehow positive things are happening relative to the issues as you have that knowledge are challenges for the ncaa and the challenges for the universities and challenges for our committee. mr. chairman i want to thank you for following through on your commitment to me and to others that we are going to have a good solid nontheatrical investigation and committee process here because i think we are all in on the same page in terms of how can we best reserve the student athlete, best provide for them wax how do we address some of the challenges we are facing today with revenues and sore throat -- so forth and i think this is
we call athletics the front porch of the university. that might not be the most important thing you see when you drive by but it's the most visible messenger of the brand of the university. >> thank you senator thune. senators coats. >> thank you for testifying today know you didn't have to do this but it's very constructive. the reforms that you have initiated and those that you hope to initiate it sounds like they're somehow positive things are happening relative to the issues as...
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i still love the university of arizona. i will always be devoted to them and i think this was just the decision of a few short-sighted negligent administrators who don't see the value of this work. >> a lot of fear out there. >> there really is. >> appreciate you coming on the program. i know this -- it's a challenging time for you. hopefully this will help shine light on it. >> thank you so much. >> up next experimental treatment that doctors say just might be able to reverse the damage from a heart attack. care, if frustration and paperwork decrease... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. could help your business didavoid hours of delaynd test caused by slow internet from the phone company? that's enough time to record a memo. idea for sales giveaway. return a call. sign a contract. pick a tie. take a break with mr. duck. practice up for the business trip. fly to florida. win an award. close a deal. hire an intern. and still have time to spare. check your speed. se
i still love the university of arizona. i will always be devoted to them and i think this was just the decision of a few short-sighted negligent administrators who don't see the value of this work. >> a lot of fear out there. >> there really is. >> appreciate you coming on the program. i know this -- it's a challenging time for you. hopefully this will help shine light on it. >> thank you so much. >> up next experimental treatment that doctors say just might be...
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of coaches maybe the university presidents that university presidents present a difficulty they cost i think. quietly they understand this is a had papa say and yet they they are silent in the face of that hypocrisy coming from institutions of higher learning in terms of teaching young people what principles should or should not prevail and that's kind of astounding in and of itself after the break we'll continue our discussion with obama michael house felt this is very important trials stay with. you like you want your. t.v. . comedy news to be a bare fisted no holds barred fight to the dad. like a vampire fighting into the next of the corporate elite billionaire freaks while they're going. well that's what you get with my new show projected tonight. with that old. anna michael housefull is very very important to him maybe his star of case how on this good try going to last a long time three weeks ed do you support the payment of current college athletes i do support that i think. the student athletes should get paid an interesting statistic the revenue generated by colleg
of coaches maybe the university presidents that university presidents present a difficulty they cost i think. quietly they understand this is a had papa say and yet they they are silent in the face of that hypocrisy coming from institutions of higher learning in terms of teaching young people what principles should or should not prevail and that's kind of astounding in and of itself after the break we'll continue our discussion with obama michael house felt this is very important trials stay...
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the relays chief legal officer donald remy. northwestern university's football players are the first in sports to seek union representation northwestern courses a fight they regarded school less the school as well the make of that i think it's great i think the fact that. they are again coming together. getting on the same page and speaking out and speaking up for themselves. you know it has a starts somewhere someone has to do it. it's about time and for the northwestern football team to do that i think it's it's admirable i think they're. doing a great thing i'm so this is a sidelight do ok so intimate how do you view this in regard to your case michael in order to exercise a voice you have to first realize that you have a voice and that is a step basically as as an offshoot you know of as efforts you know in the litigation to bring the athletes together to say yes i have rights and i'm going to start talking about having a voice in those rights even though the teams will struggle of doing i'm not sure other teams will but clearly that there is an eff
the relays chief legal officer donald remy. northwestern university's football players are the first in sports to seek union representation northwestern courses a fight they regarded school less the school as well the make of that i think it's great i think the fact that. they are again coming together. getting on the same page and speaking out and speaking up for themselves. you know it has a starts somewhere someone has to do it. it's about time and for the northwestern football team to do...
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the rest of their lives. university mount is not just a facility, it's a community. a place of warmth and care and loving people that work there and friendships. i urge you to support university mount's continued operation. thank you so much. >> thank you. before you go, can i ask you -- (applause) >> i think sometimes we lose the human side of this. could you tell us just a little bit about your mom? >>> my mom will be 89 july the 24th. my mom was a world war ii [speaker not understood]. there are a couple world war ii veterans there. she's not the only one. bruce is also a world war ii veteran. he would have been here had he been able to. many people that would have actually like to have been here haven't been able to. my mother worked all her life. she worked up until her 80s. she was a transporter for hertz car rental, transporting people all around, people from out of town. so, she's very vibrant. given the fact that she was born with a disadvantaged right arm, it was broken at birth, she's very vibrant. she's very
the rest of their lives. university mount is not just a facility, it's a community. a place of warmth and care and loving people that work there and friendships. i urge you to support university mount's continued operation. thank you so much. >> thank you. before you go, can i ask you -- (applause) >> i think sometimes we lose the human side of this. could you tell us just a little bit about your mom? >>> my mom will be 89 july the 24th. my mom was a world war ii [speaker...
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i called for this hearing is that i believe that what's happening with this institution, with the university mount ladies home, and the fact that the board of directors has given eviction notices and that there are dozens of retirees, many of them, most of them women, that are facing eviction at ages of 80, 90. the fact that that's happening, to me, is symbolic of the larger issue that's happening here in san francisco, which is that our city is changing to the point that i believe we are forgetting what we are about as a city. and the fact that we can evict dozens of elderly women and men, and in so doing, for many of them it's essentially a death sentence to be relocated at that point in your life. the fact that we're doing that, to me, goes against everything that san francisco is supposed to be about. and i think that we in city government have a responsibility to make sure that we do everything we possibly can to prevent this closure and to prevent these evictions. and, so, i want to begin, before we hear from university mount ladies home, i want to just ask lonnie from the mayor's offi
i called for this hearing is that i believe that what's happening with this institution, with the university mount ladies home, and the fact that the board of directors has given eviction notices and that there are dozens of retirees, many of them, most of them women, that are facing eviction at ages of 80, 90. the fact that that's happening, to me, is symbolic of the larger issue that's happening here in san francisco, which is that our city is changing to the point that i believe we are...
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>> absolutely. >> scientists at cern say we only understand about 4% of the known universe. turn the discovery of electrons into an ipod. there's not likely to be a eureka moment here. it may take years of analyzing data to produce the first results. but bob stanek believes the collider will go down in history, and not for swallowing the earth. >> i think the fact that we're given the opportunity to do these experiments enhances everybody's life. i mean, people will get smarter because of it. we learn. >> so you expect big things from this. >> oh, i expect big things from this. you know, just think about it. 100 years ago, we knew nothing. and 100 years ago is not that long ago. can you imagine what we'll know in 10 years? even the next 100 years. >> after a variety of delays, on march 30, 2010, the large hadron collider began its work of smashing subatomic particles. and the hunt for the elusive higgs particle shows some encouraging signs. in december 2011, the collider's two main detectors reported seeing a hint of the higgs particle. that, along with other similar evidenc
>> absolutely. >> scientists at cern say we only understand about 4% of the known universe. turn the discovery of electrons into an ipod. there's not likely to be a eureka moment here. it may take years of analyzing data to produce the first results. but bob stanek believes the collider will go down in history, and not for swallowing the earth. >> i think the fact that we're given the opportunity to do these experiments enhances everybody's life. i mean, people will get...
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the university nonpopulation is by and large ambulatory and by and large the fair percentage who have some degree of cognitive deficit. and with the money they're paying right now on university mount, they have limited placement options just based on the economy in other places, let's say receiving facilities, they have limited optionses on where to go. assisted living that specializes in dementia care they start at 7 or $8,000 a month. no can do. and, so, i want to assure the board that i will be visiting for the duration of this unfolding or unwinding plan at least twice a week and then collaborating with department of aging services and dph staff to try to have a more coordinated approach in terms of relocation. it only would come through some kind of coordinated approach. and at the end i want to make sure that the care is better coordinated or as well as coordinated and that there is no loss of continuity of care. and that there is none of that emotional devastation that we subsume under the term transfer trauma. this is a long line of closures. most of the ones that close are fr
the university nonpopulation is by and large ambulatory and by and large the fair percentage who have some degree of cognitive deficit. and with the money they're paying right now on university mount, they have limited placement options just based on the economy in other places, let's say receiving facilities, they have limited optionses on where to go. assisted living that specializes in dementia care they start at 7 or $8,000 a month. no can do. and, so, i want to assure the board that i will...
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is that true of the universe? does it come into existence only when there's stuff populating it or can there be an empty stage cause space time that could exist even in the absence of matter? i think it's the latter. >> there's a wonderful thought experiment, which you deal with i think in your first book, newton's bucket. >> yes. >> explain how that helps think there's a fabric of space. >> this is a thought experiment isaac newton came up with when he was trying to understand basically if space was a thing. and he imagined taking a bucket and filling it with water. he noted that as you spin the bucket, the water climbs up the sides of the bucket. i think even kids do this at the beach, right? you spin it around and climbs up the side. >> we would call inertia? >> that's right. so the water has intrinsic quality called inertia that causes it to resist that motion and when it resists, it kind of gets pushed out and goes up the sides. so you can you imagine doing that in a completely empty universe? there are some i
is that true of the universe? does it come into existence only when there's stuff populating it or can there be an empty stage cause space time that could exist even in the absence of matter? i think it's the latter. >> there's a wonderful thought experiment, which you deal with i think in your first book, newton's bucket. >> yes. >> explain how that helps think there's a fabric of space. >> this is a thought experiment isaac newton came up with when he was trying to...
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what is the value of a university president? >> make no mistake about it. even if you say i am at the lower range of the ivory league, i make a lot of money and are and a lot of perks. these salaries even if it was three times my salary don't have a substantial influence on the overall university budget. cornel's budget is year. if the president is making x or two x, it's not going to affect that. it does affect people's morale and it affects people's thinking about what do we value. so, i do think that it's importantly to look at the broad group of staff and faculty who actually make the university do what it does. got to make sure that teachers that affect our kids' lives and our country and our world so substantially are getting reasonable compensation. >> one of these conversations i have had on "talk to al jazeera" is with emla shalmalot who did a lot of studying on high school education and he has come up with a theory that a lot of people hold, that our education system is not actually broken. it's just really bifurcated. there are some people in amer
what is the value of a university president? >> make no mistake about it. even if you say i am at the lower range of the ivory league, i make a lot of money and are and a lot of perks. these salaries even if it was three times my salary don't have a substantial influence on the overall university budget. cornel's budget is year. if the president is making x or two x, it's not going to affect that. it does affect people's morale and it affects people's thinking about what do we value. so,...
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the enormu.s.a. societal expenditure. >> can universities play a roll in make make, the heights system better? well, they can in multiple ways. those universities that have big teacher training orientation can sure do that and by interacting a lot with their fellow faculty in the k through 12 system and with the leadership of districts, i think we can get that done. one of the bigger controversies is about the common core standards. >> yeah. >> right now, we have the ultimate definition of local control. it's dodge locally. people have all kinds of choices in both higher education and k through 12, and i for one thing it's reasonable to find a way to do the common core standards or something like the common core standards the right way so that people feel good about it and so that we have some more common standard of measurement. we want to make sure that where our child is born, the neighborhood that he or she grows up in doesn't determine what the outcome of that education is. >> the truth is, it does. >> absolutely. demographically and geographically both. >> how do you manage that at a univ
the enormu.s.a. societal expenditure. >> can universities play a roll in make make, the heights system better? well, they can in multiple ways. those universities that have big teacher training orientation can sure do that and by interacting a lot with their fellow faculty in the k through 12 system and with the leadership of districts, i think we can get that done. one of the bigger controversies is about the common core standards. >> yeah. >> right now, we have the ultimate...
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the universe is expanding. ign stein kind of euphemistically smacks himself in the forehead and says why did i change the equations when i could have predicted this amazing fact about the universe, just from my own mathematics. >> he calls it his biggest blunder. then they walk the cat backwards, so if it's expanding, had to evolve in this single point. >> that's right. basically in the hands of a belgium priest was the first person to articulate this most precisely, he used einstein's mass, face value math, not the math einstein mangled to meet his philosophical prejudice, he used the math to turn the universe cosmos in reverse continue gets smaller and smaller and smaller and therefore he comes to a prime or thal nugget in which everything emerged. he called it prime ordinarily atom. the name big bang came later on. it was a radio interview i think with fred hole, this was a critic of the theory, talking about it on the radio, big bang, derogatory description but, of course, name that stuck and it's our best u
the universe is expanding. ign stein kind of euphemistically smacks himself in the forehead and says why did i change the equations when i could have predicted this amazing fact about the universe, just from my own mathematics. >> he calls it his biggest blunder. then they walk the cat backwards, so if it's expanding, had to evolve in this single point. >> that's right. basically in the hands of a belgium priest was the first person to articulate this most precisely, he used...
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at this time i'd like to go to our 3:00 pm special order regarding the university of mountain neighborhood. could you first call item 72 in order for us to sit as a committee. >> item 72 is a motion to sit public hearing on the urgency ordinance approving an interim zoning moratorium on constitutional changes of use in the university mountain neighborhood. >> we first have to pass a motion and order to allow us to sit at this moment. let me ask if there are any members of the public that wish to speak in public comment. this is only about whether we should have a hearing today so if you want to talk about the item itself, we'll have please step up. needs to be to that matter. >> sure. i think if the united states of america from the federal level, state level, [inaudible] every city, if the united states of america, the government does have such wealthy, wealthy, wealthy potential for every citizen [inaudible] benefit. america is truly wealthy if it can a allow each citizen [inaudible]. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on whether we shoul
at this time i'd like to go to our 3:00 pm special order regarding the university of mountain neighborhood. could you first call item 72 in order for us to sit as a committee. >> item 72 is a motion to sit public hearing on the urgency ordinance approving an interim zoning moratorium on constitutional changes of use in the university mountain neighborhood. >> we first have to pass a motion and order to allow us to sit at this moment. let me ask if there are any members of the public...
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what's your sense of how the university mount has handled this situation? >> well, the closures of nursing homes have not been done very well. the closures of a small mom and pops over the 20, 30 years, there's always been availability of space. and, so, i'd say that university mount, the board of directors have not handled this closure very well. there were some promissory statements in earlier public meetings that they would entertain, a letter of intent from a similar institution, and that created a sense of expectation and hope that the family members, that individuals would not have to move out. i think there's been consistent mixed message. other facilities that have closed have not had such a public meeting. i do not know of any large assisted living facilities yet that have actually closed. most of the experience has been with the closure of nursing homes and they have not been done very well. they've been regulatory compliant, but there has been no reaching out to public institutionses for some kind of assistance not to close. and i think university
what's your sense of how the university mount has handled this situation? >> well, the closures of nursing homes have not been done very well. the closures of a small mom and pops over the 20, 30 years, there's always been availability of space. and, so, i'd say that university mount, the board of directors have not handled this closure very well. there were some promissory statements in earlier public meetings that they would entertain, a letter of intent from a similar institution, and...
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and the reason is we're the universe is very fecund with habitats for life. congressman smith mentioned the number of stars in our galaxy. with respect that number is larger. it's something like 200 to 400 billion stars. but we now know at least 70% of them have planets. recent results from nasa's kepler telescope, an astoundingly successful instrument, suggests one in five stars may have planets that are cousins of the earth. what that means is in our own galaxy, tens of billions of other planets that are the kind you might want to build condos on and live. all right? tens of billions. if that is inadequate for your requirement, let me point out there are 150 billion other galaxies we can see with our telescopes, even with similar complement of earth-like world. what that means is the numbers are so astounding if this is the only planet in which not only life but intelligent life arisen, we are extraordinarily exceptional. it's like buying trillions of lottery tickets none a winner. that would be very unusual. although everyone likes to think they're special,
and the reason is we're the universe is very fecund with habitats for life. congressman smith mentioned the number of stars in our galaxy. with respect that number is larger. it's something like 200 to 400 billion stars. but we now know at least 70% of them have planets. recent results from nasa's kepler telescope, an astoundingly successful instrument, suggests one in five stars may have planets that are cousins of the earth. what that means is in our own galaxy, tens of billions of other...
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the bayview district in 1944. my dad had lived in that house since 1928. my dad was at university mount before he passed away and because of the level of care there was so good we brought our mother there. we went to university mount first of all because of the convenience and the cost. everything else in san francisco is prohibitively expensive. we stayed because of the level of care provided by the university mount. it isn't quite university mount ladies home for nothing. it is a home. ~ isn't called we're one of the families that had to relocate our mother. it did not go well. mom still wants to go home. she's not in san francisco any more. we could not find another facility in san francisco. i think it's tragic, terrible injustice that this facility be closed, first of all, and secondly be reopened as a school [speaker not understood]. thank you very much. >> can i ask you, where is your mom right now? >>> she's at atria [speaker not understood] facility. it's got all the bells and whistles. i think because when you first walk into university mount you don't have all the bells
the bayview district in 1944. my dad had lived in that house since 1928. my dad was at university mount before he passed away and because of the level of care there was so good we brought our mother there. we went to university mount first of all because of the convenience and the cost. everything else in san francisco is prohibitively expensive. we stayed because of the level of care provided by the university mount. it isn't quite university mount ladies home for nothing. it is a home. ~...
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the university [inaudible] was founded at that time in history. it has survived world war i, world war ii, the great depression, and many other recessions, the earthquake of 1906 and other earthquakes. so here we are today, we have a building there, they're doing a good job, taking care of elderly women. this makes no sense to eliminate that site. it should continue as is . so where do i go when i'm old? do i have to go to bakersfield? no, it's too far. do i go to sacramento. that's too far. i want to stay in my neighborhood and live in a house where i'm safe and taken care of and when it's time to die, go to the mounds hospice. we have a hospice there too, you can't forget that. so please consider rezoning this area and keep it as is. thank you. >> thanks, next speaker. >> hello. thank you again for having this hearing, this zoning change resolution. i am jacquelyn, i have lived in the port la since birth. the mound has been a part of my life since i was a little girl growing there to sing christmas carols to the ladies that were there. it is an i
the university [inaudible] was founded at that time in history. it has survived world war i, world war ii, the great depression, and many other recessions, the earthquake of 1906 and other earthquakes. so here we are today, we have a building there, they're doing a good job, taking care of elderly women. this makes no sense to eliminate that site. it should continue as is . so where do i go when i'm old? do i have to go to bakersfield? no, it's too far. do i go to sacramento. that's too far. i...
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said if the unionation rule was applied university of new hampshire, they feellike this will diminish the athletic program and it will diminish it for women and nonrevenue-again nonrevenue-generating sports. i understand what you're saying but that's not what i'm hearing from other universities. >> i would say that probably a university president by the name of chicken little might have been the first one to say that. because the sky will not, in fact, fall. by denying profit athletes just compensation in the market does not preclude colleges and universities from supporting intercollegiate athletics as an educational opportunity. if they're employees they should have all the rights of employees. title 9 does not apply in an employee setting. >> i would like to see what mr. bradshaw has to say about what i just said as well. thank you. >> we probably don't have time but i'd certainly like to hear that model that works. i believe it's going to be devastating to all those student athletes including women who don't produce revenue. who a
said if the unionation rule was applied university of new hampshire, they feellike this will diminish the athletic program and it will diminish it for women and nonrevenue-again nonrevenue-generating sports. i understand what you're saying but that's not what i'm hearing from other universities. >> i would say that probably a university president by the name of chicken little might have been the first one to say that. because the sky will not, in fact, fall. by denying profit athletes...
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but the universal team is racing towards another deadline. e press and public get a special sneak peek at the diagon alley preview event. it's a challenging project that will take the years and bring their own magicians around the globe to turn the world of harry potter into reality. to understand how they got to the finish line we have to take you back to a point in time when diagon alley was just a dirt lot in orlando. our story begins four years ago to the day when the winds artding world of harry potter first opened at the islands of adventure in orlando, florida. >> lumos maxima! >> i would come out and just absolutely wish that world could be real and i could be part of it. >> but hogsmeade was just the beginning. universal orlando already had its eyes set on the next goal, diagon alley. >> we knew there were other places to go. in particular, diagon alley was in the back of our mind as a place people would love to be. >> the create i have director for hearry potter hogsmeade was challenged to bring this next to life. >> the guests may h
but the universal team is racing towards another deadline. e press and public get a special sneak peek at the diagon alley preview event. it's a challenging project that will take the years and bring their own magicians around the globe to turn the world of harry potter into reality. to understand how they got to the finish line we have to take you back to a point in time when diagon alley was just a dirt lot in orlando. our story begins four years ago to the day when the winds artding world of...
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the home is not forthcoming with their financial information. when i explored university mount ladies home as a possible placement for what i was led to believe would be my mother's final care facility, it has since become quite apparent that the board now has plans to quickly sell the building, turning the senior facility into a private school. have there been financial records kept that have been kept more easily, i would have considered other residential care facilities to avoid having to move my mother a second time this late in her life. it is a well known fact seniors have frequent difficulty with major life changes. clinical literature suggests that moving to another facility is one of the greatest stressors for all people and much more for seniors. the last few weeks my mother ha expressed increasingly more anxiety about her move and how she'll get her things together. ~ i would additionally like to state my mother and other residents have formed deep relationships and which would unfortunately be severed if she were forced to move. i would like to believe that we
the home is not forthcoming with their financial information. when i explored university mount ladies home as a possible placement for what i was led to believe would be my mother's final care facility, it has since become quite apparent that the board now has plans to quickly sell the building, turning the senior facility into a private school. have there been financial records kept that have been kept more easily, i would have considered other residential care facilities to avoid having to...
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she currently serves as the president of the university of california, a system with ten campuses and five medical centers. she previously served as the secretary of home land security between 2009 and 2013 and governor arizona from 2003 to 2009. thank you. just from a point of personal experience, i still call her madam secretary but it really was a great amazing experience for me to be able to work with her and truly a leader in the country during some very, very difficult times. >> our next panelist, gym garinger was the governor of wyoming from 1995 to 2003 and served as the chair of ecs between 1999 and 2000. since 2005, he was served as the chair of their board of trustees. governor. [ applause ] willi he recently announced he will retire after 50 years in higher education. prior to his current position, he served as president of both the ohio state university and i know how to say that because i'm a proud graduate of the ohio state university and university of maryland, college park. >> jeremy anderson is going to moderate the session. i'm looking forward to another fabulous di
she currently serves as the president of the university of california, a system with ten campuses and five medical centers. she previously served as the secretary of home land security between 2009 and 2013 and governor arizona from 2003 to 2009. thank you. just from a point of personal experience, i still call her madam secretary but it really was a great amazing experience for me to be able to work with her and truly a leader in the country during some very, very difficult times. >> our...
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the first one was a yale university press. she has been with me on a long and brilliant publishing journey. >> the opening is another book coming out the collapse. >> the collapse. >> this is exciting. this is the anniversary of the fall the berlin wall. a scholar at harvard has a really interesting story to tell which is that everything you thought you knew about the fall of berlin wall was wrong. pretend to think of it as reagan, tear down this wall, the story of american triumphant. this was all planned somehow. it really is story about a lot of accidents coming together. america had very little to do with it. it is a story about middle level bureaucrats making mistakes and decisions based on resentments and miscommunication. it was an event that was never supposed to happen. somehow america ended up taking all the credit for it in the end >> founder sun. >> this is rick brook riser who is known as the biographer of the founding fathers. this is an exciting book. it is more of a half step away. what he is writing about is ab
the first one was a yale university press. she has been with me on a long and brilliant publishing journey. >> the opening is another book coming out the collapse. >> the collapse. >> this is exciting. this is the anniversary of the fall the berlin wall. a scholar at harvard has a really interesting story to tell which is that everything you thought you knew about the fall of berlin wall was wrong. pretend to think of it as reagan, tear down this wall, the story of american...
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and of those universities in terms of spectrum, howard university would be the largest private university in that segment as well. when you look at the breadth of offering, probably about 105 now that have that designation of historically black college and university, looking among those i would say that we have one of the widest offerings. we have a divinity school, law school, med school, the only dental school in the district of columbia and a wide variety of undergraduate programs that we offer as well. we are the only one in that category as well. so we really represent a unique offering in that space. >> i read that they are north of the 105 hcbu's there are 200,000 plus students nationwide. you though say you're a private school but you get a couple hundred million dollars from the federal government. why? >> that's correct. back in 19 -- well, with the funding of the school we did receive money from a governmental agency right from the founding based on the charter that was in place at the time. subsequent to that, and around 1922, there was actually an act of congress that create
and of those universities in terms of spectrum, howard university would be the largest private university in that segment as well. when you look at the breadth of offering, probably about 105 now that have that designation of historically black college and university, looking among those i would say that we have one of the widest offerings. we have a divinity school, law school, med school, the only dental school in the district of columbia and a wide variety of undergraduate programs that we...
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cynthia otto's work is underway at the university of pennsylvania. now, she takes her data and sends it to a top chemist who is attempting to isolate and identify the unique compounds that are present in a cancer smell. >> information is used by one of the university's most renowned physicists to attempt to develop a nano sense that can mimic's a dog's knows >> dr. at charlie johnson is in charge of building and programming that enose >> there are molecules floating in the air the dog is going to smell. they come from whatever he is smelling. the dog draws those molecules into his nose. they interact with cells in the dog's nose and those cells are different types of sensors. the dog has, i think it's more than a thousand different types of sensors. people only have 350. the enose will be made up of nano sensors from odorous compounds will be lightly applied over the sense for detection and analysis >> we would like to take the information from those nano sensors and process it using a computer, not a dog's brain and that's the trajectory we are on to
cynthia otto's work is underway at the university of pennsylvania. now, she takes her data and sends it to a top chemist who is attempting to isolate and identify the unique compounds that are present in a cancer smell. >> information is used by one of the university's most renowned physicists to attempt to develop a nano sense that can mimic's a dog's knows >> dr. at charlie johnson is in charge of building and programming that enose >> there are molecules floating in the air...
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the experiments went on at the university of chicago. e first person was a 68-year-old man with advanced cancer of the mouth and lung and the next was a 54-year-old woman with advanced breast cancer. it was used in patients who are likely to die. the third patient had hodgkin's. we learned that the excretion was different. the fecal excretion rate was lower in humans than it was in animals. so, that was useful information in trying to predict what would happen to people who ingested plutonium. again, it is unclear if the people we injected with this plutonium were even told what they were being injected with. similar kinds of things happened at other institutions as well. the massachusetts general hospital took patients with brain cancer. 11 patients with brain cancer, terminally ill. they were injected with uranium to see where the uranium would go in the body. one did not have brain cancer actually. they thought he did. all of the experiments were done without getting consent, without informing patients in order that we could continue t
the experiments went on at the university of chicago. e first person was a 68-year-old man with advanced cancer of the mouth and lung and the next was a 54-year-old woman with advanced breast cancer. it was used in patients who are likely to die. the third patient had hodgkin's. we learned that the excretion was different. the fecal excretion rate was lower in humans than it was in animals. so, that was useful information in trying to predict what would happen to people who ingested plutonium....
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now, the thing is she ended up getting into trouble with the university of arizona. here is what she had to say about the sort of trouble that began at that point. >> the university of arizona has never conducted marijuana research on campus, where we stored the study drug and administered it to patients on campus. that will be the tricky thing. the problem is the word marijuana is so politically radioactive that i think university administration are concerned about how do they manage this, plus the public relations nightmare of trying to persuade the lawmakers that this is not a drug den here. >> now, the thing here is that the dr was fired by the university of arizona abruptly. here is an interesting side bar. they had settled on the place where the veterans would be administered marijuana. it was basically a back alley. the university of arizona is a sprawling university, this is what they had to mind for these p.t.s.d. afflicted vets. it's a bad sign, the location that is was chosen. >> they have a back alley set up. if the doctor had government approval. why did
now, the thing is she ended up getting into trouble with the university of arizona. here is what she had to say about the sort of trouble that began at that point. >> the university of arizona has never conducted marijuana research on campus, where we stored the study drug and administered it to patients on campus. that will be the tricky thing. the problem is the word marijuana is so politically radioactive that i think university administration are concerned about how do they manage...