Business that she was inspired in the cinema what she saw on the screen to go to a place where she can live a life and pursue her dreams. She came here did not speak a word of english she wrote screenplays and books and then of course she wrote the epic novels that you know the fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Between those two books she wrote and thumb which is a novel that we chose to adapt as a graphic novel. We will get into that but what was her philosophy . Why is she still relevant among Society Today if you watch washington politics lately what we are seeing is entitlement the rich are to blame. The 1 percent causes the problem in society. The hatred for the good of being good we see the epidemic that greed that she defines it as a desire for the unearned. We are in a moral moment as a country where capitalism is questioned on the fundamental basis of fairness. That is why people are searching for answers and to challenge all of those ideas and those values. She saw first hand
Im Helena Humphrey glad you could join me here in a germany thieves have pulled off a spectacular heist at what it europes most renowned museums police in the east in a german city of todays didnt say that the break in the green falls collection took place in the early hours of monday morning the newt includes priceless early 18th century jewelry the state museum is home to around 4000. 00 objects made of ivory gold silver and. Dressed in Green Vault Museum home to one of europes greatest collections of treasures now its a crime scene after burglars snatch several sets of early 18th century jewelry including diamonds and rubies dressed in police say the thieves entered through a window went straight to a display cabinet which they then smashed before making off with the treasure. To come up we were told but 2 burglars can be seen on the cameras installed in the jewelry im pleased to see. When the Police Arrived no one was the. Emergency services arrived at the scene shortly after 5 am
And like i said when we were telling the same story and its a tough time right now. I dont understand why is our back line process so much longer than other cities . Well, i dont know how other cities do it. Part of it was staffing. You know, weve increased the background units. We have parttime employees. But thats something that weve increased and part of it is that and the captain who is in charge of Staff Services is honed in on than. All those things and weve also researchers actually look at our processes. That is helpful too because a lot of the recommendations that its part of the challenge. Something that the commissioner raised that i wanted to clarify. He asked whether the police department, when it comes to lateral transfers whether the background check is done and i wanted to know whether when we do background checks for lateral officers that come to sfpd, do we get both allegations and outcomes of discipline cases because i know that a lot of indications with some of the
President hirsch okay. Good evening, everyone. This is the november 6, 2019 meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. We do have a long closed session agenda, so well allow two minutes for Public Comment, and with that, were ready for the first item. Clerk line item one, adoption of minutes, action for the meeting of october 2, 2019. President hirsch is there a motion to adopt . So moved. President hirsch all right. Any discussion . We need comment on that. Any Public Comment on the adopt of the minutes, the motion . All right. Seeing none, all in favor . Opposed . Carried unanimously. Clerk motion passes. Line item 2, consent calendar. Police consent disciplinary action Third Quarter 2019. President hirsch all right. Is there any discussion on this that we need to have . All right. Can i have a motion on the consent calendar item . So moved. Second. President hirsch i need Public Comment on the adoption of the report, Third Quarter disciplinary actions. Seeing none, Public Comme
Good afternoon and welcome to the Washington Institute im delighted to welcome youut all to this post labor day gathering, a celebration of the publication of this timely, important new book by my colleagues. When you are a leader and you get your face chiseled into Mount Rushmore is not because you did nothing during your time in office. Or you waited out the term, it is because those were the decisions that affected the fate of the nation often at moments of great crisis often decisions that were unpopular or that risked this would be your last from an office. But decisions that reflected your vision of the vision of the people and if you made it to rushmore or on a coin it is n because decades later your people look back and said thank you. To have the boldness and courage to take those decisions and remarkably a strong selfconfident country for many reasons its too complicated to go into them just for this event but to be blessed with rushmore leadership from the founding of the st