Austin. Ladies and gentlemen please join me in a warm welcome thank you its my pleasure to be your mc for this dedication for the lunar year of the horse forest stamp but before we give up the program well shatter or start with a color guard from the Police Department and a National Anathema a learnted person and a ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of colors and the singing of our national anthem. Oh, can you see by the dawns early light. What so proudly we hail as the twilight last gleaming. Whos bright stripes and bright stars through the perils night over the ram parts we watch were so gallantly dreaming. And the rockets red glare the bombs busting in air. Gave proof through the night that our flag was still tdr there are. Oh, is does that stair spaniel banner yet wave. Over the land of the free. And the home of the brave clapping. thank you michelle from Ambassador High School give her another round of applause please. Id like to mention that our speaker eddy w
I think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. It is good for us. We kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. Msk music we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. We are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. My ambition when i came on as music director here it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. Also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. This was my purpose. And after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. My plan and im absolutely dogmatic about my plans were delayed slightly. I would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and everyone, especially the arts, its phenomenal how new century has grown where many unfortunate organizations have stopped. During this period we got ourselves on National Radio presence; we started tour
To grow the economy, especially as they struggle with less take home pay, and worries about their jobs. While there are signs of improvement in the economy, the Unemployment Rate rose in january to 7. 9 . So what is the current state of the economy . Erika miller talked to two experts with different views. Reporter it may seem strange to many investors that the stock market can be hovering at five year highs, when the economy is so weak. But whats fueling the rally is not the current situation, its hope. Weve taken out some of the downside tail risks. So, were feeling like although its not going to be a boomy year, at least it will be a year where we can reasonably expect that the economy will continue to, you know, make progress. Reporter he expects there will be a continued slow, but steady, fall in the Unemployment Rate. In addition, the Housing Market recovery is spreading. Weve seen a pickup in household formation. So, more people are moving out of homes, starting new families and
President of oca, organization of Chinese Americans. Every year is special; this year is specifically more special because historically the first year honoring chinese heritage was in 1993, this is the twentieth Year Anniversary of that; we are proud and happy that the happy new year series is continuing by the United States Postal Service. Oca is a National Organization 20 years ago urge the Postal Service to issue a series of stamps to honor the contributions of Chinese Americans and we have the support of many local organizations, the Chinese Chamber of commerce, the chinese consolidated benevolent associations and many other National Organizations and National Leaders that joined asking the post office to consider doing that. We see the stamp as an important part of the american cultural heritage; chineseamericans are a big part of it. This is a special year, our twentieth year. I would like to introduce our mayor, ed lee, this is his press conference. Mayor lee has been to many, m
Their previous that pg e was a client in the past. We did have an independent panel. One of the Panel Questions was to disclose any conflict of interest and talk about relationships with p g e which davis and associates did have as did other folks who completed for this contract. The independent panel who scored ultimately selected davis and associates felt confident that there wouldnt be any conflict of interest. Also in our existing contract with davis and associates we have privacy clauses and conflict of interest clauses. I think we at the pc feel confident that there is no conflict of interest and any work that davis and associates will do for the pc will not be conflict future work with pg e. Its wonderful to see Daniel Webster students in the audience with us today. Ms. Fox, i did want to ask, davis and associates will do an extensive Public Outreach in education campaign. Was there any discussion how they will reach immigrant communities . Youll see in the budget for the custom