He was as unlikely a champion as seen come any sport. Physically he was nothing to look at. He had a great big knobby of knees, his neck was too big, he had a big hammer head. He had this flailing motion when he ran as if he were swatting flies. They tried to give him away and was rejected by how bad he was. The day that Charles Howard discovered seabiscuit tell us how charles was first introduced to this horse. He and his wife were sitting up in the grandstand. Saratoga was the lowest level of horseracing going on. He looked down at a very ugly horse and so did his wife and they were watching him and he that hurt eliminated the horse would win and she felt this was silly and said no and took the best but said he wouldnt win and he did. They shared their lemonade and they both had a tradition and he was a man whose intuition was superb to be if he could recognize potential and he liked this horse. There was something about him. He told the trainer to look at him and he bought him. The
Brave the rain on the red carpet. We began with a breaking news from the vatican. That is where local media say Pope Benedict xvi has announced he will resign. We are hearing he will step down on the 28th of february. He was elected pope as the age of 78. We will be getting more information on this breaking news story in just a couple of minutes right here on al jazeera. Stay tuned. It just a reminder, we are hearing from the vatican that Pope Benedict xvi has resigned. Lets find out more and bring in sabine joining us on the telephone from italy. What more could you tell us on this announcement the pope will be resigning february 28 . It appears the pope made the announcement himself but the information is very, very sketchy. Of course, this is really big news. Having a poker resign is something we have not seen for hundreds and hundreds of years. It appears the pope gave the announcement in latin. That is all we have a moment. We are obviously going to be following this story very cl
Residents require anyway. The Botanical Garden is a museum that is living and breathing that requires care and maintenance for the collections to survive and thrive and to consider it merely as a place to picnic is doing it a disservice. Its far more than that. I urge you to support the Lease Management agreement and the non precedent fee. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker please. Hello supervisors. I am big rich and represent project level and we occupy and operate the Recording Studio of africanamerican art and culture complex. We could stay up here all day and talk about our list of accomplishments. We are a musicking Programming Program in a safe environment that the africanamerican Cultural Center has provided for the youth. This is a small fraction of us here but i wanted to speak on behalf actually we were requested by the District Attorneys Office to write the theme song and we performed it today on the steps here and we have been operating for the last year on a sho
Over and funding these programs will help keeping programs in San Francisco. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker please. Thank you for listening today supervisors. I debbie her man with the health and Services Network and i am here with the nonprofits and here to support the budget enhancement request. This is i group of asks put together by nonprofits, by the people that work for us, by the people that are served for us. There are several different areas. First of all we have been cutting the budgets for years. The economy is coming back and its time to restore services for the most vulnerable and secondly its unnecessary to accept a unprecedented two year two cut to determine the services. Third, its a priority to back hill hiv aids cuts in the budget and its important to fund a cost of doing business nonprofits who have lost 12 de facto budget cut over the last five years. That money will provide social justice for the workers that need raidses, health increases and rent in
Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker please. Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to speak with you. My name is peter demeris. Im a volunteer and serve on the board for the st. Francis living room on golden gate avenue in the heart of the tenderloin. St. Francis living room monday through friday provides hot nutritious breakfast, activities and a place to congregate off the streets for the elderly poor of the tenderloin. We serve about 100 clients each day and the numbers keep growing. We are a Secular Organization governed by a board of directors that volunteer, a volunteer board and financial officers. Volunteers serve our clients each and everyday. We have two part time employees that assist us. These employees like those before them are economically disadvantaged individuals who are graduates of the st. Anthonys recovery program. Our annual budget is approximately 100,000 of which only 41,000 is paid in salaries. St. Francis living room is very efficient in the ri