The port, my team and i have the awesome responsibility of 7 and a half miles of water front and it includes this they majestic building. I want to thank the people who put this together, lillian and justin of my group. Thank you people behind the scenes who made it happen. [applause] weve got some very special people here today to make this celebration very grand. We have our mayor, mayor london breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also we have commissioner Ed Herrington joining us today. Thank you Ed Herrington. So it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. For nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city. The bridge went up in 1936. So today, this building is such a special place of travel, of welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepand
To be here today. Lastour first ceremony was room 201 and we stuffed in there and had a great time and recognized officers and families but grateful to make it formal and thank you mayor breed. Alright. Round of applause for mayor breed, please. [applause] so, before i call the mayor up, i just like to recognize many people in the room today and many of our sponsors. Chief scott unfortunately couldnt be here. We were all planning to come together. We had a incident in the city the chief had to respond to so ill fill in for him and his remarks. I like to recognize the president of board of supervisors aaron peskin. [applause] thank you. Supervisor rafael mandelman. [applause] our San Francisco Police Commissioners walker, benedicto, yee and burn. Thank you commissioners for being here. [applause] our sheriff for paul mimamoto. See this is what we put together, a nice backdop so identify have something to take a photo with. I like to recognize members of command staff and professional st
Shaped by the expansion of the american democracy and the cotton economy. Indian nations like the cherokees were victimized by the United States government, the state of georgia as well as land hungry settlers, but the nations willingness to adapt and press all possible advantages illustrates how indians continued well beyond the colonial area to change to make colonialism work in their favor. With that in mind, i want to revisit california today. And consider the ways Californian Indian societies continued the practice after the mission era, and helped to build californias economy, attract settlers, and transform the territory into a economically vital american state during the gold rush. This transformation hinged on the work of indian people. As you remember, catholic missionaries where the vanguard of Spanish Colonial settlement in california. Franciscan missionaries envision the Northern Frontier in which indians would be converted into spanish subjects loyal to the crown and will
Will examine them from a different perspective. About indian removal in the 19th century and how it was shaped by the expansion of american democracy and the cotton economy. Indian nations like the cherokees were victimized by the United States government, the state of georgia, settlers, but the nations willingness to adapt and to press all possible advantages illustrates how indians continued well beyond the colonial area to change to make colonialism work in their favor. Mind, i want to revisit california today. I want to consider the ways Californian Indian societies continued this practice and helped to build californias , attract settlers, and transform the territory into a vital american state during the gold rush. Hinged onformation the work of indian people. As you remember, catholic missionaries where the vanguard of Spanish Colonial settlement in california. Franciscan missionaries envision the Northern Frontier in which indians would be converted into spanish subjects and wi
Again, stocks marching higher despite any noise that is out there in the political world. Overnight, youll see what happened. The nikkei was up by half a percentage point. Hang seng was slightly weaker. Shanghai composite up by a quarter of a percentage point. In europe, the biggest surprise, even though the conservative party was not able to win back a majority, and even though there are all kinds of questions about theresa may and her government, you can see right now the ftse is trading higher. It is up by about three quarters of a percentage point. Stocks in france up as well. Germany, the dakotx is up. And the current sy market, youve seen more of a reaction. The pound is under pressure, the dollar pound is at 12736. Dollar up against the yen and up against the euro as well. Check out the ten year, the yield, at this point, looks like it is trading at 2. 199 . Just below 2. 2 . And if you look at crude oil prices this morning, crude oil is down yesterday. This morning, up by 15 ce