it is our headquarters in waterloo, canada. >> how much time do you spend here versus waterloo? >> i try to spend about one week every month in waterloo. we still have 5,000, 6,000 people there in canada, between waterloo and mississauga. we are building a site here in silicon valley. i spend about a week or so every month here. the rest of the time i go around the world, seeing customers, meeting with analysts, investors, partners, distributors, and so forth. >> part of the reason you are opening the office here is the talent, right? >> it is so we can get much closer to all that is happening. at silicon valley, there are a lot of great ideas. 90% does not go anywhere. the 10% that go anywhere become the google of the world. you have to pay attention to what is happening in our industry, so we are not so insular or focused on our own thing. we have a lot of great technology, but you can't just say, this is it, this is the universe. i intend to broaden it and hire a lot more people here. >> you were born and raised in hong kong? tell me about your upbringing, your parents. >> i

not far from the actual site of the battle of waterloo.m will become the centerpiece of a new museum. opening next year in time for the 200th anniversary of a battle that changed the course of european history. the highlight of the commemorations will be a reenactment of the battle itself, and everyone wants to be involved. >> it's 169 guys in uniform, ready to fight. and to enjoy the moment, of course. >> reporter: and do you always play a frenchman? >> yes. >> reporter: you lose every time. >> yes, and more specifically in waterloo, yes. >> reporter: battle reenactment is big business. and it doesn't get much bigger than waterloo. people come from all over the world to take part. these are pictures of last year's event. hundreds of horses and cannons and 5,000 participants all individually screened. attention to detail is everything, and 2015 will see the biggest reenactment of waterloo ever staged. it's good for the local tourist industry, of course, but one big question, who will play the starring role? napoleon might have lost to well

. >> how much time do you spend here versus waterloo? week ay to spend one month and waterloo. we still have thousands in canada. we are building a unit so i spend about a week or so a month here also. the rest of the time i go around the world seeing customers, meeting with analysts, investors, partners, distributors, and so forth. >> part of the reason you are opening the office is -- >> it is so we can get much closer to all that is happening. there are a lot of great ideas in silicon valley. 90% do not go anywhere. 10% become the googles of the world. you have to pay attention to what is happening in our industry so we are not so insular and focused on our own thing. >> you were born and raised in hong kong? tell me about your upbringing. >> i came from a relatively poor beginning because my parents, although my father is quiet educated -- they were refugees from china. they were postwar, when the communists were taking over before the curtain got drawn. they escaped from shanghai. >> you lived in a one-bedroom apartment? >> yes, for a long time. we did not even have a dini

[abba's "waterloo" playing over speakers] how is it? pretty good taco meat.litary rations from an army surplus store. i didn't read your poker face, you left the containers in the garbage. oh, well, um, you guys have fun. i'm gonna go take out the garbage. you may also want to adjust your itunes setting. when it's not playing an endless loop of abba's greatest hits, it's playing what may be your personal voice memos. what? pelton: note to self: get oil changed. check netflix for that movie where greg kinnear plays a ghost. no, an angel. and something called human centi-- [abba's "waterloo" playing over speakers] david beckham. dragon turtle? t-rex. man, i wonder how much effort you put into being accidentally handsome for a costume every year. half the effort you'll be putting into eating and drinking. let me help you, dragon turtle. guys, shirley's costume is once again unwittingly ambiguous. i don't know what she's supposed to be, but i do know she's not miss piggy. i repeat, she is not miss piggy. you're on your own. hello. guess who i am. umm. can't you j

waterloo gets to the cluster of cap is occupied by 445 cam -- four or five families.i'm standing at the spot where the carol kevin was. this is where he was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of this big buffalo herd in the vicinity. lamar and the other man jump on their horses. congress avenue in those days was just a muddy ravine that led to the hill of the capital and galloped on their horses. they stuff their belts full of thistles and rode into the midst of this herd of buffalo firing and shouting. and lamar at 810 congress shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill where the capitalists and that's where he told everybody that this should be the future empire. in january the new congress will see the largest gop house majority since the 1928 elections. with 240 and 47 republicans to 188 democrats. republicans take the senate majority with 54 seats and 44 for the democrats. plus two independents who will caucus with the democrats. and the 114 congress will have 102 members who served in the military. in the house there will

this one from waterloo, iowa. they are attacking it from the front.ng the top, the fire seems to be out. all of a sudden -- the side wall comes down. a big gush of smoke and debris. fortunately, everybody was out of the way. once the smoke clears, the aftermath how big a fire it was. look at that. >> it destroyed the entire thing. >> there is another fire video i've got for you here. this is from detroit. arson investigators are trying to find this guy. you see here he is all dressed in white. he walks in. >> he is carrying something in his right hand. gets to the other end. he is pouring it down this corridor. i should mention this is a fully residential apartment building. fortunately they get out of the way. the red cross is trying to help. if anybody recognizes this guy, police are looking for him. this time he is in europe starting off in estonia. when you look at this one quick shot of his feet on the pedals and hands on the wheels, you think it would be brutal. he is completely finessing all three pedals. he's able to make this car do things it

. >> how much time do you spend here versus waterloo? have five or 6000 people. here --ilding a state site here in silicon valley's i spent a week or so here and then the rest of the time i go around the world seeing customers and meeting with analysts and investors and partners and distributors and so forth. usingf the reason you are an office here is because of the talent? so we could get closer to all the happening. you really have to pay attention to what is happening in our industry so you're not as insular. technologyof great but you can't say this is it this is the universe. >> you were born and raised in hong kong? tell me about your up bringing. i came from a relatively poor beginning. because although my parents are quite educated they were refugees from china postwar and kind of where the communists were taking over before the curtain was drawn. tothey escaped from shanghai hong kong. >> you lived in a one-bedroom apartment. >> we lived in a one-bedroom apartment for a long time. have a dining table so to speak. we put two suitcases on top of each othe

waterloo is one of the stations that is being connected to the tunnel through high-speed one.you can see the blended configuration. in spain and also in madrid and other places their tracks have other scales coming in at the platform heights. and in germany, and in berlin, this picture is from 2006. this is blending actually three different train lines, the high-speed rail, the s ban and regional train. two photos from japan showing the more regional trains and the high-speed rail in the middle. these last two examples are showing how these footprints can lead to these amazing also architecture footprints both in london and in belgium. quickly, for high-speed rail, this is a little bit about king's cross; which if you are not familiar is with the london station in the upper corner linking to the tunnel. and also high-speed one is responsible for reaching out to the kent existing rail. all of these stations are experiencing some level of urban regeneration. the presentation that we had at our workshop was really focused on king's cross and strafford, where the london olympics o

the slides unfortunately shows waterloo station which was abandoned in 2007. the issue there is that the trains coming from europe with 30" train, but every domestic platform is 36". it's compatibility with the rest with 36", but the foreign trains from france are 30". the question of the high-floor emus. there are many problems. head room and they actually made the trains 50" higher, which means that they are not able to go through the tunnels. on the width, where they increased the width by 66"s, these trains if you actually allow them in option directions in the tunnels will actually hit each other. the next problem that if you go double-decker, these trains unlike the single-levels are unstable, so they use non-standard tracks. they use a different gage. >> thank you. shirley johnson. >> good afternoon, chair wiener and supervisors. my name is louis, san francisco transportation authority. i would like to make a couple of statements of clarifications. we have been a big supporter of both high-speed rail and cal train for a long time. these are projects tha

waterloo was a cluster of cabins occupied by four or five families, including j carroll. this is where lamarr was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of this big buffalo herd. they jumped on their horses. congress avenue -- it was not really an avenue. in those days it was a muddy ravine. the men galloped on their horses gathered pistols, rode into the midst of this herd of buffalo's firing and shouting. lamarr shot of this enormous buffalo, and from their he went to the top of the hill where the capital is and told everyone that this should be the seat of the future empire. >> watch all of our events from austin saturday at noon eastern on t1 book tv. >> the british parliament is in recess for the holidays. members return on january 5. next westminster review. the rise of isis and scotland's decision to stay in the uk. this is an hour. >> hello. welcome to westminster review. coming up the economic recovery may be underway. a plan. >> a truly national recovery long-term economic plan to prosperity. >> we need to balance the books in a fair way. that is the s

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. >> waterloo did not work well. >> no. >> should never have gone into russia. >> should never have gone into russia. it wasn't some kind of ancient greek to do with nemesis following hebrew spirit he had an army twice the size of the russians. he had beaten the russians twice before. he had no idea he would kill so many of his men. he gave himself enough time to get back. he made one tragic error after that battle. >> why did he do that? >> because he fought this inconclusive battle. he thought the russian battle was on the other side of the hill. it is impossible for him. he could have pulled it off. >> you compared him to caesar. you also compare him to george washington. >> that's right. caesar was his own personal hero. he wrote a book about caesar. it doesn't break new ground, but it shows his immense reading. >> was the idea -- church hill was an eloquent writer. made a living as a writer as you do. but napoleon didn't do that. any of that. >> he wrote and he had nothing else to do. history isn't always written by the victors. he had lost, but his book came the bestseller of the 1

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about it because i regard it as the most decisive land battle since the allies defeated napoleon at waterloo in 1815. i regard its impact for have been spectacular. germany was denied victory and had germany over europe france was spared occupation britain maintained its foothold on the continent. without the marne, places such as verdon and others would not resonate with us as they do. without the marne, no lenin, no stalin, no hitler. ladies and gentlemen, i present to you today dr. holger herwig who will speak to us about the battle of the marne 1914, 100e >> well thank you so much you spared me about one-third of my talk, which i'm most grateful for. thank you. the story that i tell in this begins with a lieutenant albert myer of the 5th mount boden regiment on 1914 before war was even declared between france and germany led a patrol on the southern ridge southeast in the mountains where 1,972 years earlier julius caesar had advanced against a german force under ariel vistas. suddenly french guards of the 44th infantry regiment appeared. myer charged with be striking the first frenchman

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(narrator) the napoleonic war ended in 1815 at waterloo. duke of wellington had called the battle "a damn close run-thing." the fragility of civilization intrigued turner throughout his career. the decline of the carthaginian empire depicts the crushing penalty rome inflicted on the carthaginians. the architecture is elegant but the messy dockside suggests the end of a defeated imperial power. the women of vanquished carthage are bidding farewell to their men as they sail towards rome, human spoils of war bound for slavery or death. in 1818, turner was 43. in the twenty years that britain had been at war, he had become a public figure, his reputation based on art and enterprise. the new classes made wealthy by the industrial revolution were eager to buy his works. and he was favored with patronage from landed gentry like walter fawkes, who invited him to stay at his yorkshire estate. one morning at breakfast fawkes asked him to make a drawing that would convey the huge size of a man-of-war. fawkes' grand niece recorded how it was done. (rea

this schedule is going to be waterloo for the united states senate.ix straight weeks without at least one of them from each party keeling over. no way. and before they even get to that, over the next two weeks, they need to pass the bill that keeps the pentagon going, a big tax bill, a number of nominations, a veteran suicide bill that they better pass if they don't want veterans mad at them. and they have to keep something to keep the government running, and that all needs doing before christmas and before the senate is scheduled to work six straight weeks in a row. who thinks they're going to make it? "first look" is up next. >>> good morning, everybody. right now on "first look," ray rice and his wife. the couple at the center of the storm over domestic violence and the nfl speak out for the first time. >> and i'm hardly sorry for everything that, you know, i had to put my family through. >>> plus, more fallout for bill cosby in the wake of a growing sexual assault scandal. >>> and captured on video, the horrifying moment, a police helicopter explo

marne because i regard it as the most decisive land battle since the allies defeated napoleon at waterlooin 1815. i regard its impact for have been spectacular. germany was denied victory and had germany over europe, france was spared occupation, britain maintained its foothold on the continent.>o without the marne, places such as verdon, and others would not resonate with us as they do. without the marne, no lenin, no stalin, no hitler. ladies and gentlemen, i present to you today dr. holger herwig who will speak to us about the battle of the marne 1914, 100 years later. [ applause ] >> well thank you so much, you spared me about one-third of my talk, which i'm most grateful for. let me see if -- am i hitting the wrong one on here or -- thank you. first of all -- oops. that's a required. i often do -- this is what my students think i do in research. they don't believe it's for this, actually. [ laughter ] the story that i tell in this myer of the 5th mount boden yager regiment on 1914 before war was even declared between france and germany led a patrol along the southern ri1!r= southea

the things i'm aware of is that almost 200 years ago there was a battle in belgium, the battle of waterloo. there were hon ohhered burials, memorials. the other ranks went into pits. that's es what happened. there was no individual markers. that wasn't going to change until the 20th century. when it did the monuments of the western front that we are familiar with, later taken by the imperial, now the commonwealth war graves commission. as we have seen from another another image, some of these guys weren't so fortunate. we have the missing. partly what i'm talking about today is the missing. those missing are recorded on a number of memorials. not the cemeteries we are familiar with, but the monuments which actually record those people who ended up buried in trenches, sometimes but rash rarely blown to pieces. people in shell holes, lost in no man's land, buried in collapsed dug outs. imagine the multitude ways you could end up missing. put it in perspective. this is the monument with 72,000 names of missing on it. if you were a british soldier your chance of being on this monument or the m

it happened at a ruckus party in waterloo, iowa.rrived to shut it down, taylor grabbed one of the officer's pistols. >> i just shot the man three times, right? everybody broke and run. and the other police, he was still down, right? so i ran over there and i shot him three times. it wasn't because i was on no drugs or alcohol. i wasn't impaired, you know. >> and afterwards? >> trying to get away, it wasn't no remorse or nothing. i wasn't even thinking about turning myself in or nothing like that, right? i hid for about five or six days in the cornfields before they caught me, right? they give me a natural life sentence, discharged by death. >> for the next 20 years he was transferred to various prisons due to gang activity and predatory behavior. the aging inmate landed in anamosa in 2002. shortly afterwards taylor chose to participate in a victim pact program. but it wasn't out of remorse. he was hoping it would earn him a transfer back to his favorite prison. >> first, i was going to use it to try to get back to ft. madison. you k