No matter where you come from, if you are blessed enough and fortunate enough to rise to a level that she dont forget there are other people that are facing many obstacles, too and its incumbent upon you to take them out of it them as well. I think its just a great read. It is a human american story that i think in our time we could all benefit, just to be reminded that we are all in this together. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Welcome to National Press club. The washington correspondent in the 109th president of National Press club. And the author of an imperfect union in the aftermath welcome to our Live Audience today as well as hes been the tv. In his new book, check exports of the gettysburgs most stories searching for his soldier son in the haze of the battle while also touching on the journals of practice. In the full measure of devotion. Jim baron said of the imperfect union, hes perfect though, one that contains an aerial intimate view of the cost of the gr
Book does well maybe these places will not be so obscure. Places like the glowworm cave, people in new zealand know about. So sometimes its a case of case of spotlighting places that are only known locally. Im bringing in more people from outside so they know about it. In general that is a concern. In terms of cultural sensitivity , absolutely this is a big concern of ours after we never want to point to something to say thats weird, what are these people doing. We include things in the book because we want to celebrate them. We want to show i get a sense of what is out there the world. One of the prime reasons press doing this is how do people see the world. What perspectives can we view this from. So that was definitely something we thought about in terms of the language and tone we are using. Speaking to people who are part of these groups anywhere in these museums. That trying to to represent them without talking to them. I mean even the concept of exploration and discovery is a li
[gavel] good afternoon everybody and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, july 12. 2016. Mdm. Clerk please call the roll. Supervisor avalos be present breed, present. Campos, present. Cohen, present. Farrell, present. Kim, present. Mar not present peskin, present. Tang, present. Weiner, present. Yee, present. You have a quorum thank you. Ladies and gentlemen please join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you. Mdm. Clerk are there any communications . There are no communications to report colleagues, any changes to the june 7, 2016 for the Meeting Minutes were the june 8 special budget and finance committee Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, is there a motion to approve those minutes . Moved and seconded. Colleagues can we take that without objection . Without objection those Meeting Minutes will be passed after Public Comment. [gavel] mdm. Clerk please read the Consent Agenda items 16 [reading code] mdm. Clerk, please pull item n
Collies can we take this amendment without objection . Without objection dont passes unanimously [gavel] supervisor cohen thank you. I want to inject my voice. Supervisor peskin think the continuing this item. I think the resolution reflected comments did i do also think its important we after the recall history and also help jane kim as the 2014 winter legislation it i realize you are not here. There were earlier iterations was here for. That student may been earlier iterations were talking bout 2014, beatty and supervisor kim and i did that with you with incredible coalition. Was a beautiful momentous moment and important that our citywide legislation be consistent with a resolution that youre putting forward. When i first read it i was not in a position to support it because is very concerned that poor people and particular people of color would be often at the bottom would be excluded wrongfully. So, im grateful to see these men. I think we are going in the right direction and im a