is for us to be a bit special we used to be old quarry but since then they've used to train back militarydivers and even if you didn't like me. being used. it's going to be one of the interesting thing to see them. and turn on the bottom i wasn't disappointed. business sunken plane complete with nazi insignia. and it makes a pretty intimidating obstacle course. i was even able to bring away a souvenir as well. that is a great dive site beneath the clarity was a little bit of the water but i did notice the in particular. figure that. james cameron dropped. back on dry land it was time to take him some more of the local region and visit a poignant reminder of how modern kaliningrad was founded. the clinton grand region came into existence at the end of the second world war when it was an expired the soviet union and it was the scene of some fierce fighting from one hundred forty four to forty five and here in the little village of risk it's one of the few places in russia where you can find a soviet memorial next to a german war cemetery. several hundred german soldiers have been repaired h

it used to be -- remember in the '70s? >> no. >> i loved the 70s, greg. >> nicely done. >> and it used to be a glamorous thing to have to be a flight attendant. >> and american airlines would institute a fee for if you don't want your flight attendant to freak out. they charge more per passenger. it's outrageous. >> i don't know if i would pay. that bill you actually were a flight attendant with pan am, what happened to the free spirited person we used to see in the sky? >> i can't tell you. >> and number two, but if you really loved the 'open's, how come you were fired when it ended. did you peek that early. all this knowledge about the '70s? >> i also love the louie shr thing. i did my homework. i was born in 1991. >> 1991, you look old. [ laughter ] >> you said something i found interesting. [ laughter ] >> the thing about it used to be glamorous and prometheus you have to destroy to rebuild sometimes. the airlines industry has been so cut throat and theefg for so long. there is so much cut threat but now from the inside

but we could not come to an agreement on what that definition would be. those of us made a suggestion that perhaps instead of having that be in the charter and having it be a contentious item , instead we would allow that to be put forward a car of a legislative package so it would not live in the charter had it would be something that the parties could be able to provide input into. that was the purpose for taking it out of the charter originally. i wanted to make it clear, it was something that was negotiated before. >> i am going to call the next 10 cards. >> good afternoon, supervisors. >> sorry, i really can't read this. i am going to make a guess. gotten good afternoon, supervisors. i wanted to express our strong support for the housing trust fund, and in particular, can't say enough good things about the role of the mayor's office in the city staff. but they did the city proud. in an era of dwindling funding, the trust fund promises to lock in the bare minimum that we required to address our housing challenges in an extremely high-cost housi market, and it is

that is precisely why i am trying to be created here, to have a unit that will ultimately allow us to be self-funding, and take additional responsibility from the general fund that you're giving us now and have historically given. that is something that would be worth pursuing over the course of the next several years. i have had discussions with the mayor's office about that and they have been supportive of a pilot plan on that. that would be the one major initiative but i would say is a trend that i would like to pursue. supervisor chu: to be clear, you mentioned five new positions be requested for the city attorney's office, three of which relate to redevelopment agency work, and then the two for the consumer protection unit? >> correct. supervisor chu: and then with regard to some of the other areas where we ask departments to respond, it sounds like you do not have capital programs coming forward. do you have any jobs or internships available through the city attorney that is able to benefit youth, particularly, in the summertime? >> yes, supervisor. as you can imagine, most of t

basic human like you should this used to be living room this used to be a bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the router which came right up to the tops of the windows with the managed to escape and sat right on a neighbor's fence where house collapsed she was perhaps know his neighbors say just down the road a neighbor on a room and had her house collapse on top of. his top are reporting right there one of the deadly floods in southern russia have sent reverberations all across the country and the region is a massive tourist hub with thousands of holiday makers heading there each and every summer but with travel and communications now paralyzed news about friends and loved ones caught up in the disaster are limited his artie's character. i'm here in moscow standing in front of one of the major transportation halts this train station behind me are where the trains a depart to head into and we've been seeing cancellations and delays but more importantly it's the families who are suffering families of those people who are still stranded in cross and they can

to brings us really global reach. i would really hate for little bits to be a luxury toy that is only available in the first world. like us to be able to penetrate schools in all countries and develop in developing countries. i hope to be able to get our costs down so that it is a very affordable educational tool and so that people can start contributing and making their own and really for us to kind of reach beyond the choir and beyond our circle. >> when you look at ayah, she's truly global and has a global vision which is what we can help her with. so this is what excites us. i mean in today's world, geography is history when it comes to doing business. >> i'm working towards little bits becoming a staple in every household, much like lego is. alongside lego. and i think we could do it and we have -- we certainly have the right partners, the right people in place and we're the -- the community is very, very supportive so there is no reason we can't. so now it is just a matter of guesting to it. >> aya wants to inspire new generations of artists and innovators and she won't stop until little bits is a household

to fund, please let us know or let your offices know. the time to do that is now. it could fit in obag or could beop aa, it is all the same to us. we have got to get that out. supervisor avalos: thank you. ok, thank you for your presentation. we can open it up for public comment. any member of the public? seeing none, we will close public comment. this is an information item, so we can go on and to our next item. >> item 12, introduction of new items, information item. conversation around how the city is looking at expanding its accessible traffic stops with audible traffic signals, so i think that will be great to have as a presentation in september. that is a discussion we had earlier today. colleagues, in the other items for introduction? ok. public comment on this item? supervisor olague: i just have an item i would like to maybe request. yesterday, some of u3

nato ally medea benjamin is an anti-war activist and says there's no guarantee the money will be put to good use. but naming afghanistan and me not nato ally could sit in a category with israel in japan which allows afghanistan to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organizes so it keeps afghanistan within the nato orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged it really is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less then the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan there's no guarantee that this money will be well spent. now look at some other stories making headlines around the world for you this hour egypt's military council is to hold an emergency session after a new president mohamed morsi ordered the country's parliament to reconvene a month after it was dissolved he reversed to the original decision made by the van the ruling generals based on a court judgment ove

to be close to work again. dennis blonsky continues to bring us up to date via his twitter stream in his latest tweet he says a group of local residents have inspected the nearby reservoir by helicopter and concluded the rumors about water being deliberately released from it are baseless keep your finger on the pulse of the latest developments see the scenes of devastation read the stories of survivors and to get the latest reaction on all of our teams twitter. now the timeline of the tragedy as well as all of the latest news footage and photos from the disaster zone are always available for you at our two dot com. there we also have stories of outstanding bravery and heroism from the flooded areas a policeman has died rescuing local people there we managed to save two children before his boat was overturned log on to our t. dot com for all of the details. in a rare interview with western media syrian president bashar al assad lashed out at washington for supporting what he called a terrorist gangs in order to break up the state the president was speaking ahead of talks with the un's international envoy to syri

to general public comment. >> public comment will not be allowed on those items that have already been subject to public comment at a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the time to testify. if a member of the public would like the document to be displayed, please clearly state such and remove the document when you would like the screen to return to live coverage. president chiu: we do have a number of special accommodations so i would like to do a few minutes of general public comments and then go to special accommodations and come back. first speaker, please. >> [speaking foreign language] ladies and gentlemen, yesterday used to being july 23. july 23 is very good day for the egyptian people. on july 23, 1952, some gentleman, he make a revolution to my country. i still love him, i still fight for him. but look, when he died, they don't give more than $1 on his account. that is -- the decatur -- dictator has $620 billion he is telling for my country. i hope the gentleman, he is coming here in oakland, i hope to see him in september. at least have a chance to give welcome. very warm welcome to our new presi

emergency truck and iciness i got up there i saw my neighbors brief collapse it's particularly this used to be living room this used to be her bedroom the house has been completely gutted from the inside by the router which came right up to the tops of the windows with milla managed to escape and sat there and right on a neighbor's fence where house collapsed she was perhaps a lucky one no his neighbors say just down the road a neighbor on a river and had her house collapse on top of thousands of workers with heavy equipment trying to clean up the fast amounts of deborah and to provide people with shelter and with food but things are becoming more difficult as time wears on food supplies are short people here are exhausted they are hungry and increasingly they're angry. russian president vladimir putin flew over the area and is calm and met local leaders to try and decide what should be done to help people here as best possible and he's demanded an inquiry looking into if there could have been moved things that could have been done to help protect this town and its citizens and the region from

to the new mosque it was being prepared the intelligence service told us that more killings like in the could district were going to happen this time would be much more serious. i don't want to draw. violence and that's why we went along it was illegal and we are bruce's so for non-o. will go essentially says that he accepted this snappy trial to avoid provocations and eventually blood on the streets and this is most interesting because parent why could be an example of how even the threat of a provocation can be used as a tool to remove a democratically elected leader. but our full interview with parr way thousand president fernando go later on thursday here on our change. meanwhile independent journalist james corbett says trading interest in paraguayan might mean foreign forces were at play whether or not this particular cool coup or any particular coup was engineered by outside interests i think we have to be aware of the outside interests that do have economic incentives and political incentives for making sure that these types of coups happen and that the political elite who again

be demanding it. the field is going to change, and more and more people are going to be here. so the ability to make technology accessible is there. those of us charged with doing this have a really important role. we have to be able to provide the tools for the technology in ways that the people can hear. i am happy to be your speaking with you because i think this is an incredibly important topic. this afternoon, there is a workshop on addressing multiple barriers for accessing technology, and it will be a brainstorming session where someone from my office and a couple of other people will be leading a discussion of what issues people run into and how you deal with them. i think it is a really important topic and i think it is probably one of the most important things people could be talking about now. for all of us, technology is here and going to be here, and we all need it. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. i am really pleased to be up here -- well, not really, but you're so pleased to be able to tell you about two things before lunch -- i am pleased to be able to tell you about two things before lunch.

thank you again for inviting us to be a part of today's summit. it is truly an honor, and we look forward to continuing to see more great projects and more wonderful events like this here in san -- in san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> well, as the kids say, that is information you can use. thank you so much. our next speaker is the co- founder and chief scientific officer of post-it science. he heads the company's goal team that has for more than three decades. he has been a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research. in the late 1980's, he was responsible for inventing something that i hope to own on my own, and in plans to approve my hearing. in 1996, he was the founder and ceo of scientific learning corporation, which markets and distributes software that applies principles of brain plasticity to assist children with language learning in reading. we are plowing -- proud to have him join us today to take part in this forum. [applause] >> thank you. i want to one-upping the mayor and say that today is my 70th birthday. [applause] still ali

to save money. that frees up budgets for other uses. it is going to be a dynamo for innovation and jobs, a healthy uav industry. my contention is let's go ahead. let's be vigilant about the uses they are put an insurance that people's privacy and security is the top priority. >> let me thank you very much. i support technological exploration and advancements. i just want to be as balanced about it as we can. i commend you for your work. thank you very much. to correct thank you. did the chair now indulges the gentleman from texas -- >> thank you. the chair now indulges the gentleman from texas for one question. >> there our military type of uavs and then there is the hobby uavs and then the commercial uavs. >> those are good broad classifications. it was and $80,000 device. >> was it a hobby? >> and copies could use it but it was quite expensive for your average weekend hobbyists. -- a hobbyist could use it but it was quite expensive for your average weekend hobbyists. >> they can be easily taken over. my understanding is that most commercial uavs have b

some of the opposition groups would take to the streets with weapons and create havoc take a listen report. was being prepared the intelligence service told us that more killings like in the could it district were going to happen this time will be much more serious. i don't want to drop you want to be violence that is why we went alone it was illegal and bruce's so for nona lugo essentially says that he accepted this snappy trial to avoid provocations and eventually blood on the streets and this is most interesting because parent why could be an example of how even the threat of a provocation can be used as a tool to remove a democratically elected leader. and we'll show the full interview with park wise ousted president fernando luger later said state your knowledge he says stay tuned and let's not talk to james corbett at seven depended on that side of the court but a reporter james thanks for joining us great to have you as always so why does this the washington based trade and security group want to keep park why it before it's election in twenty thirteen while other regional trade groups consider what happened in the country. well the o

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to be in front of you today. it is a beautiful chamber which harks of the old days as broader -- as spend -- of splendor. due to budget constraints we are not where we used to be. there really is a tremendous effort that each and everyone of you is making to try to make this as pleasurable as possible. sean, it has been a pleasure seeing you on the board and we will miss you shortly. i am sure you are counting the meetings. but i would like you to bear in mind that san francisco had a culture of equestrians and those equestrians will not forget the fact that they worked so hard in the early days to build san francisco and create less ability and integrity that this chamber reflects. thank you. i will be back and forth, in and out of this chamber. it is nothing personal. the light at the end of the tunnel is ultimately, to go back to a victorian local handmade way of life. time will only prove that point, i think. thank you. president chiu: thank you. i would like to go to the special accommodations. if the folks who are in line, i am happy for you to stay in one or take a seat to keep the order. we do have a couple of 3:30 p.m. special accommodations. i

nato ally medea benjamin is an antiwar activist and says there's no guarantee the money will be put to good use. but naming afghanistan a major not nato ally puts it in a category with israel and japan which allows afghanistan to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organizes so it keeps afghanistan within the nato orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged it really is is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less than the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan there's no guarantee that this money will be well spent. twenty seven minutes past the hour now you've been watching the weekly here and brief recap of the top stories in just a few moments coming your way stay with us live here in moscow. and leave. you. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum physical impact. before the source material is what helps keep journalism honest we th

reaction now from inside syria political analyst what the team is waiting to talk to us in the capital damascus thanks for being with us hillary clinton calling on america's allies to take measures against russia and china saying they will pay the state she sees as close to the government of course what do you think these measures could be how could they pay. well i mean first of all the very statement that mrs clinton has made seems to be more of an election year rhetoric done something that should be said in an international conference i think the threat is really just as your report mentioned it's ranting and he hundred nations are still with us are gathered according to reports in paris most of them are not anymore to be sanctioned russia or china i think mrs clinton was talking mainly to the american electorate because there are of course friends also during the next couple of months which are very critical will be no two party conventions in washington about what the obama. administration has done with this crisis so this is more of a speech i think to the american electorate that's because the internatio

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my brother used to be home to one hundred thousand people now we're driving through ghost area people have left military almost the only human beings left in this area this is he can see behind me this is a cemetery almost untouched actually while the rest of the city looks completely like the cemetery buildings schools mosques all in ruins and no sign of life while many signs of this is one of the tallest buildings in the area and we can see from this balcony two completely different pictures two completely different realities look there beautiful pictures peaceful city while over there well we can see war homes the opposition hotbed has always been at the heart of the uprising against president assad was a weirdo bomb right that if you could have been be a percent of the clashes between the rebels and the army since it's been shelled heavily now so you can see it's quiet here but just steps away just misses away another. some time here and this is where the things are happening right now it's standing behind these raised strange rice quite safe but from time to time missiles reach t

it used to be that finding a black footed ferret in the wild was impossible. they thought they had gone extinct. >> in 1981, someone found it, kill kd it, brought it to its owner, oh my gosh, that's not extinct. their rediscover kicked off a second chance to bring a species back to the brink. at the mountain zoo in colorado springs is a building off limits to the public. here doctors are ferret match makers. we met them just as they were

us. they drop off the radar, and go to other issues. but this is going to be with us, so i think it is ok to keep folks engage with us. i would rather have them engage throughout the year, understanding the need to -- instead of a surprise, it is an ongoing understanding, and there is a partnership with us. i wrote down notes, but i want to better understand what you were saying about the 180 to 160. it is for 2012/2013. it is supposed to get reduced another 15 days in 2014. is that it? or do we do it any way we want? they have just given us 15 days. do we justify fat reduction? -- do we just make that reduction? >> it has changed significantly. if i can summarize that particular issue, just in chronology of what it used to be, what was considered normal, and the developments that have taken place? for many years, i am not sure how many, but for a long time, california had a minimum school calendar of 180 days. that was the standard for a long time. i believe it was starting in 2010/2011, or thereabouts, that the state, through legislative action, as a means t

to be able to talk to family and friends on video on your phone or computer? be able to see family members and friends talk with the right there live. it used kind of like "star trek" to be able to do that. you can do that these is a very affordable if you have train yourself on some of the equipment that we have and the resources that we have and be able to do that for the various senior centers that you live and work in and enjoy yourselves in. you're going to be able even to read a book online or be able to just have a game and download a game and play with your friends as well. as well. we are all lucky to live in san

to be able to talk to family and friends on video on your phone or computer? be able to see family members and friends talk with the right there live. it used to be kind of like "star trek" to be able to do that. you can do that these is a very affordable if you have train yourself on some of the equipment that we have and the resources that we have and be able to do that for the various senior centers that you live and work in and enjoy yourselves in. you're going to be able even to read a book online or be able to just have a game and download a game and play with your friends as well. we are all lucky to live in san francisco, because so many of our technology companies have located their headquarters here in san francisco. [cheers and applause] and because they're located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. david chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. we want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. we want them to enjoy the economy in san francisco. that is why we're working so hard to make sure ou