So the gold award is the highestearned award, as you said. What girls dos look at a problem in their community, a challenge, and they spend over 80 hours doing work to solve that problem. One of the things that we require is that it not only thelps that community bt it has a longlasting effect after they complete it. Ow n i know the gold award has been compared to the boy scouts eagle scout. Yes. Thats not a fairis comparon, though, is it . The gold award is project based. And unlike a rank, you dono haveve earned the other Precious Metals on your way to earn being the gold award. I call it the ph. D. In girl scouti, because it really is about having a girls, what she is curious and concerned about, taking that and making it something that she can improve. So there are 225,s this this region . This year. The girl scouts of the ncaions tal is the largest in the country. We have over 60,000 girls in maryland, virginia, western virginia and the districtf columbia. And it is the highest nu
Though, in i italy, where Prime Minister matteo renzi has resigned, after losing a referendum on constitutional reform. The driving force behind his defeat was the populist fivestar movement of beppe grillo. Well, in spite of their setback in austria, are europeans antiestablishment parties unstoppable, or can the political mainstream launch counteroffensive to contain them . To talk about that, im very happy to be joined by the austrian journalist ewald konig. He writes for a number of publications, including germanys die zeit. He says, the eu wont be able to easily resist the populists, but it will have to live with them, and become much more convincing. Also with us today, alan posener, an an anglogerman author, and regular commentator for the newspaper die welt. He says, europe suffers from modernization fatigue, and that explains the vote in italy, and the rise of the populists, but it also strengthens centrists like Angela Merkel in germany. We also have dw journalist federica ba
Residual traffic on northbound 101. All lanes reopened 15 minutes ago. What happened earlier this morning and backed up traffic for hours, there was a tragic fatal motorcycle accident, killed a motorcycle rider and shook up drivers on the freeway as well. When we arrived on scene the motorcycle was still here. So was the deceased rider. We dont know his name. The chp says its a man in his early 20s. The motorcycle was a blue yamaha. This happened before 9 15. Officers say the motorcycle rider was splitting lanes on northbound 101 and sideswiped a black chevy suv. The motorcycle rider lost control and ended up tumbling down in the number three lane where he was run over by a flatbed pickup truck. Emergency crews responded quickly but could not save the riders lives. It is legal to split lanes. However, we want them to do it safely. We dont know what was the cause of the crash yet. We do put a lot of responsibility on the motorist. We have seen a lot of motorcycles split lanes. We want t
Everyone on each item. How many minutes do you want . General Public Comment. Because we have 15 minutes in the first period lets give 3 minutes and well look at other items. 3 minutes on general Public Comment and then he will see how many people want to testify. During Public Comments the commission nor staff will respond to Public Comment while it is going on. Commissioners may ask staff to respond when comment is closed. We go to ititem 2. This will be brief. Many heard my say over the years 220 parks in San Francisco that everybody has a opinion and rarey do two people agree. Having said that the chamber of commerce in the survey of services enSan Francisco reported that the San Francisco Recreation Park Department had the highest rating of approval in San Francisco at 70 percent positive rating with only 14 percent voicing discontunt so i would like to give my congrat ulations to general manager and staff for do a extraordinary job. Any Public Comment on the president s report .
Producing devices please turn them off. In regards to Public Comment if you fill out a blue card well call those first and then open up to everyone on each item. How many minutes do you want . General Public Comment. Because we have 15 minutes in the first period lets give 3 minutes and well look at other items. 3 minutes on general Public Comment and then he will see how many people want to testify. During Public Comments the commission nor staff will respond to Public Comment while it is going on. Commissioners may ask staff to respond when comment is closed. We go to ititem 2. This will be brief. Many heard my say over the years 220 parks in San Francisco that everybody has a opinion and rarey do two people agree. Having said that the chamber of commerce in the survey of services enSan Francisco reported that the San Francisco Recreation Park Department had the highest rating of approval in San Francisco at 70 percent positive rating with only 14 percent voicing discontunt so i woul