Is betty ferdinand magnificent disrupter. She came to the school at the university and our moderator is the author of seven books, three historical novels and for biographies and a play that focusesyt praised for combining rich storytelling and literary with deep research to provide, to bring alive in 19th century chicago and the disco era manhattan. Her books have been translated into several languages and she has been a judge for prominent literary contests. As a journalists shes written for many publications including the New York Times, the wall street journal, the chicago tribune, the los angeles times, theit smithsonian and te town and country. Rachels book will be available for purchase outside the black curtains once again and we will have a signing right behind us. So i will turn the rest of the program over to you. Thank you. Can everybody hear me . Thank you for coming. Betty ferdinand and as you probably know is a monumental figure in the history of feminism. Her bestsellin
Airlines. 280 passengers and 15 crew members were on board the boeing 777 when it went down in ukraine near the russian border. 23 americans were on that plane. Craig boswell has the latest on the crash. Reporter amateur video shows black smoke rising from a field in ukraine near the russian border. Its believed to be the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. 295 people were on board traveling from amsterdam to koala lumpur. Bodies have been found miles from the crash site indicating it broke up at cruising altitude 33,000 feet. This picture from russia today appears to be part of the fuselage. A ukraine government adviser says a missile was fired. Both sides in the region denny involvement. The ongoing conflict has made the air space dangerous. Its a mystery to me given the recent shootdowns how a civilian airliner was routed that way. It could easily have gone an adjacent path. Reporter the faa has prohibited u. S. Carriers from flying in the region. Malaysia Airlines Says its i
Is j u. S. Tino david here . Adam pavlaka and anthony ballister. Im a resident of the palms a condo building at brannon and 4th street one of the reasons i purchased the building was because of its accessibility i have a number of family members with disabilities so i wanted an accessible unit so on 4th street the sfmta intends on removing the loading zone directly in front of the building i know our Building Management is working with members of the sfmta but i wanted to bring it to you guys because you are the ultimate decisionmaking body. Its in front of the building allowing for passenger pickup and drop off for residents and wheelchairs being able to wait in the lobby is key they have the safety and security of the building lobby while still maintaining the ability to use Public Transit or Ride Sharing Services like uber and when they arrive at the building its a very short walk to the front door. They intend to move the loading zone to around the block zero protection from the el
Boosted and theres no reason whatsoever that we dont have free muni for, seniors considering all the hits we seniors are taking in this town due to all the cut backs. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon. Good afternoon sir. I am a senior and the increase in population and of course we ask to muni for us to transport. Thank you. Please please consider it. Thank you. Next speaker please. Good afternoon miss torrez. Good afternoon. I am a disabled i have impaired vision and i have a broken left arm so i have so many appointments going to the hospital so i think i i need the support of this government for free muni and also for our owe [inaudible]. Thank you so much. Next speaker please . Good afternoon mr. Torres. I hope and pray i am i am a disabled i have a disabled wife so i hope and pray you will approve the Free Transportation for all the seniors and disabled because we have so many appointments in the hospital. Thank you very much. Next speaker please. Good afternoon mr.
To approve a free muni because we go we go to the hospital a lot of times and for us some of them are really handicapped and financially not supported and they can not supervisor themselves support themselves so many i would appreciate if you could approve that and god bless all of you. Im glad we can express what we feel about it. Thank you. Next speaker. Is j u. S. Tino david here . Adam pavlaka and anthony ballister. Im a resident of the palms a condo building at brannon and 4th street one of the reasons i purchased the building was because of its accessibility i have a number of family members with disabilities so i wanted an accessible unit so on 4th street the sfmta intends on removing the loading zone directly in front of the building i know our Building Management is working with members of the sfmta but i wanted to bring it to you guys because you are the ultimate decisionmaking body. Its in front of the building allowing for passenger pickup and drop off for residents and whe