in the medium term, the committee also seeks to achieve a mandate consistent inflation rate which participants longer- term projections for inflation suggest is 2% or a bit less. although the recent surge in commodity prices have led inflation to pick up somewhat in the near term, the committee continues to project inflation to return to a mandate of consistent levels in the medium term as i have discussed. consequently, the short-term increase in inflation has not prompted the committee to tighten policy at this juncture. importantly, the committee outlook for inflation is predicated on long-term inflation expectations remaining stable. if households and firms continue to expect inflation to return to a man they consistent level in the medium term, increased -- to a mandate consistent level in the medium term, inflation -- not commodity prices and in nominal wages. thus besides monitoring inflation itself, the committee will pay attention to inflation expectations and possible second round effect. in the aftermath of the crisis, the committee has not only reduced its target for federal funds

the e.i.r. would be on whatever terms changed. so if the transportation infrastructure changed and there's some better idea than what was analyzed here that surfaced, that better idea could not proceed until additional environment orders review was done and that's made across the board. if there are elements of what the agreement is and they are changed either by the parties or by court action, if there's something that is different than what was analyzed here, it would need to be reanalyzed. >> thank you. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: if i could follow up, going back to staff. earlier if it were noted it were found by a court some of the protections that are accorded to tenants are not enforce annual -- enforceable, that under the e.i.r., you would have to come back and probably do an additional analysis of the environmental impact, is that correct? >> that's -- yeah. supervisor campos: and that assumes that if there is displacement of those tenants because those provisions are not enforceable, that in fact there could be

the nature of these disorders. talk a little bit about that. well in terms of, we've, we've learned a lot in the last 25 years in terms of i think particularly neuroscience findings, that have really elucidated the mechanisms, the kind of brain damage that occurs as a function of chronic exposure to alcohol and other drugs. and this has really helped us really understand what's really going on and why people who historically have been viewed as having weak character and weak will, is really a function of brain damage which impairs their ability to regulate those impulses. and that's i think very, very important. and i think given that understanding, i think it's very important that we establish and convey the new terms as people have talked about. for example, calling it a disorder, if it's a disorder, a substance abuse disorder, and of course when you use the term substance, according to someone, as having a substance abuse disorder as, as opposed to a substance abuser. the distinction there i think can be, when you stop and think about it, can be quite cle

the case. but "common sense" is not a copyrighted term, it's part of our vocabulary. in fact, it's a common senseical part of our vocabulary. if you go to amazon and type in common sense, you'll see there's the common sense of investing, the common sense of, you know, reseeding your backyard. there's a common sense for everything. >> host: second book? >> guest: this is my second book, yes. >> host: and, sophia rosenfeld, professor at the university of virginia and author of "common sense: a political history" has joined us here on booktv. >> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >> host: nathan hodge is the author of "armed humanitarians: the rise of the nation builders." mr. hodge, define nation building. >> guest: it's one of those tricky terms that nobody wants to own, and that's one of the reasons i chose to write about it. i'm using it in the way that people like george w. bush, barack obama or even dave petraeus would have used it which is this is a way of describing this kind of mission of armed nation building that we're invol

the drivers that, you know, in terms of that hunger for spectrum. so we're having some very interesting and difficult conversations as it relates to that, especially with the broadcasters as you know. >> host: are they being treated fairly? >> guest: i think they are. they might not agree with me necessarily, but i go back to the keyword "voluntary." i think there is, if there are persons who are station owners who might not have the economic wherewithal to sustain themselves, i think that they should be given the option to maybe vacate or partially vacate or fully vacate that spectrum in which they have possession and get fairly compensated for it. and so those are the types of conversations we, that i think we should have. again, i am a proponent of a voluntary means to any type of acquisition if we go down that road. >> host: howard buskirk, final line of questioning. >> host: yeah. just what's the likelihood that congress is actually going to approve incentive auction legislation, and also do you have a sense that broadcasters genuinely, a lot of

this is a synopsis of the proposed terms. , the new information, the number of parking spaces at each lot. proposed terms for city car share or the following -- the term would be the same, but they will have an incremental commencement. it will be adding locations incrementally. base rent, $4010 monthly. the use will be limited to the ingress-egress. this shows the layout of how many spots will be in each location. i should note that collectively, the department will receive $142,320 annually and then after the beginning of the construction, $91,120 annually. many of these are used for just what we are proposing already. there were a couple of areas that we wanted to do a specific outreach to improve it would not have a negative impact on the community. we contacted the north beach merchants association, which supports this initiative at marina greens, they do not oppose. marina harbor association asked that we locate them at the east side of lot and we have agreed to do so. in sum, we are excited to support something that sup

when we all want the same results in terms of the public benefits, in terms of having a healthy business and economic ecosystem. when all of us have the same goal, then i can deal with some of the differences in terms of how we get there, that there might be differences on that, that's what makes the world goes around. that's a positive to me. there is no one right answer. commissioner clyburn, the house recently voted to suspend the f.c.c. neutrality order. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i cannot say that when i heard that that i was jumping up and down with joy, but i'm comfortable with the decision i made. i felt that it was important for the american public, for the consumer, to have an open engagement in terms of their online experience, that if you have a device that's not harmful to the network, if you have got information that you want to have access to that's lawful, there is to be transparency in terms of your engagement, you should no exactly what you're signing up for, all of these things are important to me. so i felt comfortable with the vote i took. i felt comforta

in most cases, the franchise agreement is what we would term as pass through costs. is built into the rates. the lowest when i know of is less than 1%. that is a unique situation in an old contract. the highest i am aware of in an actual franchise agreement is close to 20%. there are all kinds of other fees also paid. it's as franchise fee payments range from 2% to 21%. >> the one i am thinking of that is less than 1% is really a dollar value. it is $1.50 per household. >> do you know what that would mean for san francisco in terms of the amounts? you have an idea of what the amount would be for other jurisdictions? >> i believe you are somewhere in the middle to low on the range. if it is passed through, it will affect your rates. you could probably come in and ouask for a 50% fee. i am sure recology would be happy to provide that, but the new rates would go up. >> something else that caught my eye is on page 29 of the report, it says that the study found that average residential customer rates that selected competitively were slightly lower than the jurisdictions th

ok. >> when we look at the length of the term of the agreements, we found the average agreement term was 11 years. most or a majority of the jurisdictions are 1 to 10 years. seven is about the shortest juicy. -- 7 is about the shortest that you see. the run-up to 30-year agreements. seven jurisdictions have an evergreen contract. the contract extends by a year at the end of each year unless the jurisdiction elects not to extend it. those just go on. if it starts a seven years, it is always a seven-year contract until the jurisdictions as they do not want to extend it anymore. san francisco is the only one in our survey that does not have some type of term limitation that can be extended but does not have been there. -- does not have it in there. we also looked at disposal agreements. this is considerably different. we did find some jurisdictions competitively procure their agreements. the majority even have negotiated -- i have negotiated a separate agreement or the collection hauler is the person in charge of disposal. i would tell recology to take it to the land go where they can ge

for example, we use the term abuse, generically, but also it's a diagnostic label, it's actually a, a dsm diagnostic label, which creates a lot of confusion when you see it written. are they referring to the more generic issue, you know, regarding the whole range of problems versus a particular diagnosis, that has specific meaning? so it's imprecisely used and this is a problem, of course, in communication. so one of the things that i think we need to, we need to have a term that describes these problems generically... and the institute of medicine has tried to deal with that, have they not? yes and the world health organization too, so in the 1970's they were advocating against using the term abuse, even though the american psychiatric association adopted that term which is unfortunate because then that gives rise to the term abuser, naturally. and that was the warning actually, back in the '70's that was saying, this is what's going to happen is that you're going to you're going to generate this term by using that term. so what do we replace that with? so there are, there are a coup

the term of july 2011 through 2021. approving new agreements with air canada, berlin, hawaiian airlines, abx, hawaii and cargo, and ameriflight. some of these leases would authorize landing rights and terminal rentals. three of the leases are cargo only airlines simply requesting landing rights. i would be happy to answer any specific questions you might have. supervisor chu: let's go to the budget analysts report on this item. >> as we stated on page 7 of the report, the subject airlines have paid the airport landing fees for fiscal year 2007. on page 8 b. point out that with respect to two of these airlines, canada and new zealand, they are producing some of their space because of less of a need for the space, resulting in a reduction of revenues. as you know, it will have no direct fiscal impact on the airport because of its policy where it necessary with a projected budgetary shortfall, they would realize approval of this resolution -- they would realize. we recommend approval of this resolution. supervisor chu: are

the ratio falls within the spectrum. in terms of how the density compares with other neighborhoods in the city, the proposed density is about 59 units per acre. it falls within that middle tier of san francisco neighborhoods. it is half as dense as some of the densest neighborhoods in the city, but sort of comparable to the lower haight and other middle-tier neighborhoods. taking a little bit closer look about the scale of the neighborhood and how it will be experienced once it is further built up, this is more than just about height and distribution of units. the team has taken a lot of care in drafting very specific design guidelines and standards in terms of how buildings will be articulated in used so that the buildings really feel like a residential neighborhood that has a vibrant character and the unique character we think of in terms of our best san francisco neighborhoods. there is a series of mandated building setbacks that are further articulated into a series of common landscaping setbacks and private transition zones

in the medium term, the committee also seeks to achieve a mandate consistent inflation rate which participants longer- term projections for inflation suggest is 2% or a bit less. although the recent surge in commodity prices have led inflation to pick up somewhat in the near term, the committee continues to project inflation to return to a mandate of consistent levels in the medium term as i have discussed. consequently, the short-term increase in inflation has not prompted the committee to tighten policy at this juncture. importantly, the committee outlook for inflation is predicated on long-term inflation expectations remaining stable. if households and firms continue to expect inflation to return to a man they consistent level in the medium term, increased -- to a mandate consistent level in the medium term, inflation -- not commodity prices and in nominal wages. thus besides monitoring inflation itself, the committee will pay attention to inflation expectations and possible second round effect. in the aftermath of the crisis, the committee has not only reduced its target for federal funds

on the radio site for women and minorities respectively, 3% ownership. in terms of on the radio side, it is 6% -- back on the television side if i was not clear with 3%. when you see those abysmal numbers and if you see the boardrooms and were they producing content and the like when you see a lack of diversity in this space it manifests itself and i think sometimes a disconnect in what we and hear on the air. and i hear and see a lot of complaints about bad and if there were more of a presence, i think we would hear and see less and less of that. because you will have america truly reflected whether decisions are made and that would be reflected in the content heard or seen. >> guest: what can the fcc do about that? >> guest: the fcc can talk about it. the fcc can make rules and encourage when someone is in the space and if they are selling off assets. it may encourage those entities that look first at underserved communities, look at the communities in which they do business and possibly find buyers and those particular markets. targeted approaches where it is

of the on -- on term performance -- the on-time performance, can you describe that and what the headway typically is for the j? "headway" is the gap between the first train and the next train after it? >> i apologize. that is transit speech. i will try to translate that into english. it is the interval between trains, so if you have a five- minute headway, where even if some of the other old-timers, not myself but people much older than me, they would say it is a five-minute street, and if it is five minutes of a hedwig, it is five minutes between trains. -- if it is five minutes of a headway. supervisor wiener: it takes quite a long time for a train to arrive. i know sometimes that statistics can mean different things. >> the way we measure on-time performance is both a combination of visual observations as well as some data we get with our systems, so they should died fairly closely, and there is going to be certain trends that we look for. we really do have a lot of data, so there will be instances where somebody said, gee, you are telling me that it is, 77%

the third option seems like it might be a short-term option. that is, and barging recyclables from the pier 96 facility. this is a pilot that could happen at any time. recology said they are willing and interested to try it when there is interest. we asked one of our consultants, htr, to put together a memo of the cost of barging from various points in san francisco, the port being one. it was concluded that barging is more than twice as expensive as trucking. the numbers we received was $21 per ton versus $8 per ton for trucking. as an infrastructure perspective, we could consider this in the short term, but the costs and economics are not there. the department did look at other regional barging options, including barging to oakland or sacramento and from there to landfill by rail. according to art consultant, it would add $123 million to $343 million to the price of the contract over 10 years. additional considerations make it less desirable. no landfill is directly bars accessible today. for environmental reasons, leakage as well as littere -

and the long-term that the port of san francisco could take part in. so, there are three main elements that we looked at. moving all refuse collection infrastructure. barging of the refuse from port property. third, recyclables from port property. it seems that the interest of the committee was -- would there be a way to gain funding for the city entity through a solid waste structure and ensure additional revenue for the port? i would like to go over these three options to make sure that committee members are aware of what we discussed with the pore over the

the short term actions items are listed here. we want to enact a state law of bringing school zones coospeed limits down to 15 miles per hour. we want to work with city agencies to buy the 20-mile for our home zones. we want to use that data to target the data we have about where the fatal and serious injuries are, to target an engineering program for a long those corridors to use the injury prediction model and pedestrian environmental quality index, as well as looking the best practices. long term, developing a pedestrian safety action plan for the city. the executive directive provides quite a bit of opportunity for the agencies involved. for the first time, it elevates the importance of safety for walkers in san francisco, establishes for the first time targets for reducing pedestrian injury. it recognizes the need for the first time that city and agencies they call this can work together. for the first time in a long time, i have seen a lot of energy around the table with all of these departments working together helping us t

the long term and the short term and the value that ngos bring for the long-term. there's a paucity of short-term and in iraq and afghanistan we find a tremendous amount of time has passed for their resources and contingencies for all of the military and the u.s. aid and the role of ngos, how do we as a country plan for and prepare for short-term contingencies, how does that change the equation for your role of that of the u.s. military and usaid and i would ask to go down the line starting with ms. cole. >> it's produced in the working group you will see we recommended that the interaction the umbrella organization for the ngos have a memorability the scope of the body with the command as the are preparing for contingency operations in the very short term. so that's one recommendation. it's not going to solve everything. we do need a more predictable that the process and i think that the military and others have recognized they can't plan the abstract. they need to consult with the organization here and elsewhere that have some very specialized skills and will all

it would amend the current lease term. the 49ers have two years left on their most recent lease extension before having five additional options for extension, ending in 2023. the proposed settlement would have the forty-niners, upon approval by the board of supervisors -- they would immediately execute a five-year lease extension with the city, and then there would be a series of 71-year lease extensions thereafter come up with the -- of seven one-year lease extensions thereafter, with the same eventual settlement date. there would be a capital improvement payment to the forty-niners of $3 million from the litigation reserve fund, upon approval of the settlement agreement. a series of $3.50 million in additional rent credits over the five-year extension, and $6 million in rent reduction that the niners would be able to climb. the rent reductions are reflective of the condition of the stadium. they would be put off to the later years of the extension so that we would be making investments and saving in further years, the out

i will not go over the statistics again in terms of the numbers. we see that there is an annual rate in san francisco that is five times our national public health goal for pedestrian injuries. this likely represents an undercount of pedestrian injuries. that is comparing the police reported injuries with data from san francisco general hospital. it is approximately a 20% undercount. this is probably an under estimate of the magnitude of the problem. supervisor mar: there is probably 20% more than the 800. >> that is a conservative estimate because we're only looking at san francisco general. we also looked at injury rates across different age groups. these injury rates are higher than the national health objectives across age groups. one thing that is stark is the age of deaths among the elderly. we're talking about severe and fatal injuries. this is disproportionately experienced by our seniors. we're trying to better understand the causes. they are well established. they include the environment, traffic, were pedestrians, higher speeds. the vehi

how does that deserve the term socialist? >> guest: it is precisely the government providing nonpublic goods and using the central planning to do it. if you think of the school as a means of production, as a kind of factory that the government owned, government employees. the curriculum approved by the government agencies and we've got all these wonderful plans about investing generation in science and math engineering so more competitive in the world and this time we are going to do something else and have a national fitness program to make americans less fat and is the work now? movies come to proper fruition. one of the things you always see about socialism -- one of the things i hate about socialism is it doesn't help poor and it's set up through advertising as helping the poor but if you look at mexico and venezuela come soviet union, the poor are always the first ones to get and in the united states we have a great frederick built up around the public school system that the government doesn't provide education poor kids

the service. so i think in terms of schedules, there are some adjustments. i would urge the committee strongly to consider. i'll come back and give you a more detailed analysis, but scheduling a straight headway of, say, 10 minutes, so that the public would understand during peak periods when a train is supposed to be there. secondly, based on the ridership and the heavy ridership from 30th and church in, there is an opportunity to consider and analyze, taking a look at whether or not we ought to be scheduling trains through 30th and church. there's a number of options that we would -- calling here on page 12 "engineering," but they also could fall into the category of traffic management. and somebody mentioned earlier, one of the operator mentioned a turning on the mission, a left-turn arrow at church and 16th. i think there is a need to look at expanding the signal priority and i'm not suggesting we wait until 2013. that's when the new radio system will be in and will tie it closely together, but there are some things to to. i think there's two other traffi

we have commissioned a study about a month ago with the port of san francisco looking at the long-term possibility of the port been the site for an integrated transfer facility. both studies are currently in process. i wanted to make sure the commission knew that. supervisor campos: colleagues, i do not know if anyone has anything to follow up. from my perspective, thank you to all of the individuals involved in the process, beginning with our lafco staff and the stuff from the department of the environment. there in the unenviable position of having to write another report in a few weeks. given the time line, i think you did an amazing job in pulling this together. i want to thank recology for being open to sharing with us all the information available to them. i want to thank them for their open-door policy in terms of answering our questions. i believe the study points to some positive things and some things where there are questions. one positive is that we have a program that is working very well. the focus of this process has never been about questioning the substance of the work

we need an investment and the short term. in the long term, we will save imports of oil and gas and that will save money the economy will -- that is worth a short- term investment. >> a lot of the resistance against new power lines and reservoirs' for energy storing often cos from the same people and received -- to see themselves as environmentalists. how can the problem of acceptance be tackled? >> public acceptance i the bottleneck of this big transformation. we need new ways to compensate those who are affected by the infrastructure and other installations. a key issue on the long term acceptance is that we need a long-term accountable vision that we will go for a nuclear free carbon free energy system and if you build this transformation, if you combine this tnsformation with the long-term vision, acceptance will i incree. there are a lot of small pieces and legal procedures and public participation which could also contribute to an i incree of public acceptance. it is hard work, but it can be done. >> thank you. alternati

the vote. his second term ends in 2014, the indonesian constitution has a two-term limit. the president hasn't decided what he will do but he has a passion to write and sing. ♪ ♪ >> rose: there is great interest in indonesia's future because of its role in asia, the g-20 and because it is a democracy with the world's largest muslim population. president susilo bambang yudhoyono spoke to these issues, indonesia's future and its aspirations a 2009 speech at harvard's kennedy school. >> several months ago, president barack obama made the misstore i can speech in cairo speaking of the relations between america and the musl world. as the president of the country with the world's largest muslim population, i would like today to rpond to that speh. 16 years ago the late samuel huntington, a son of this university published an essay proposing that after the wold war civilitions, regions and cultures would become the defining feature of international relations and would constitute the primary course of conflict between and within nations. to me, the term in itself counterproductive.