and he was the president of the triangle neighborhood association. the neighborhood association's in upper market have always worked very closely together and it was always such a pleasure working with dennis in that capacity and going onto the board of supervisors and colleagues as you know we rely on the leadership of those situations in working with our neighborhoods. dennis is someone who for many many years has been involved in pretty much every issue of significance in the castro upper market area and the market octavia plan area. he is someone who has very strong core values and strong convictions. we don't agree on everything, but when we do disagree, it's in a very thoughtful and respectful way. i would also say having worked with many leaders as have you different people take different approaches to revolving conflict. although dennis has held strong views, he's always taken and approach to trying to find an agreement, seeing if there is a consensus to be had and seeing both reflective on the neighborhood association and understanding there

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is grace shanahan, from the strong builders association. he's unable to be here to speak in support of commissioner moore's reappointment to the planning commission. kathrin moore's professional background as an architect sphere heads her focus in the decision making process. once she's comfortable with a project she's able to convince all of the participants and neighbors that a design height of a particular project is appropriate. commissioner moore has invested thousands of hours in the planning, design and rezoning processes that have played out in these chambers over these years. she can with experienced hand guide especially those that lack professional background. there will be commissioners who support a project's good design, but with commissioner moore's level of skill and expertise she's able to convince the neighbors eloquently that a project is well designed, complies with the guidelines and will incorporate well into neighborhood. from her time in the commission, commissioner moore has always acted with integrity and earned the

dana fabricant, director of the national product association revealed as the largest trade association in the industry. we represent thousands of retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of houses, dietary supplements, personal care the millions of americans you supplements each year. of the members are household names, most are small business owners come in many women out who got in the business to help people live truly healthier lives. our first rule to customers as wealth with your health care provider in the dietary supplement part of a broader healthier lifestyle that includes diet and exercise. madam chair, remembers fully support efforts to combat fraud and rules and regulations of federal government has to protect tumors. deceptive advertising is illegal and should not be tolerated. like you we're especially concerned about fraud on the internet. our association is one of a brick-and-mortar retailers not internet only for fly-by-night firms. so there's no public trust is one of the vagaries of natural products are in high demand. no one has more than interested we

my name is dawn tren oris, the neighborhood association and member of the neighborhood network. i'm thrilled to be here to speak and support kathrin moore. i have that had pleasure of working with the commissioner for many years now and so much has been said about her qualifications and about her experience in urban design and qualification as an urban architect. i second all of that. may i also add that i have learned so much from kathrin moore in listening to her. she has made me a better neighborhood leader by educating me. i thank her for that and urge your support. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners, my name is rob levity from the valley association and transcommittee valley and the market octavia cac. i'm pleased to be here today to speak in support of kathrin moore's reappointment to the planning commission. it's already been said and i want to second what everybody else has said. every time i think of kathrin moore on the planning commission, i think of someone who is very thoughtful and fair and who has a lot of integrity and really cares for her decisions and

we have the freedom vote to join and leave associations. go to a different church, switch political parties, canceling magazine subscription. even become a washington redskins fan. people do these things every day without even a second thought. they would not have the ability to leave an organization they are dissatisfied with. we understand this in every area of life except for one, labor union membership. in 2012 the nevada policy institute ran a small information campaign letting the teachers in the las vegas area know they could leave the union membership by submitting written notice by july 1 and july 15. the reaction was stunning, teachers called us and let us know that they did not know they could leave their union. >> because they put the opt out time in the middle of my summer vacation, i forget. one teacher signed his card, he did not realize he was signing up. because he was a motivated teacher he decided that i'm going to be a member and be involved. he became a building are presented for the union. it wasn't until we told him th

and he was the president of the triangle association we got to work on any issues and since i've been on the board of supervisors i've had the pleasure to work with him. i cannot think of a more qualified candidate than dennis richard he brings a credible you breath of experience in terms of every imagineal air force issue and historic preservation and formula retail dennis is an amazing hard worker that dives into the details he will be a very, very well prepared commissioner on day one will take the time we know that planning commission is not glaushz he'll learn the facts. i'll also is this dennis and i don't ago on every issue but we've worked through them he's a professional person who understands you try to find common ground and times when you can't agree what we had you san diego it's okay it's a democracy so i'm proud to support this nomination >> supervisor yee. >> i share supervisor wiener's statements. i found in dennis richardson an open minded person that has a wealthy of experience that is going to add value to the planning commission, in fact, all 3 of the co

ivan moreno of the associated press joining us from denver. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> >> sreenivasan: returning now to the conflict in the middle east. temporary cease-fires have come and gone between israel and hamas, but the online battle between the two sides has been fought non-stop. newshour's p.j. tobia has our story. (explosion) >> reporter: as fighting in gaza moves into a fifth week, a parallel battle is taking place on a different front waged online through social media. both hamas and israel are seeking to control the message behind the fighting, and are taking to twitter, facebook and other online platforms to influence the public's perception. >> it is a competition for likes, recommends, tweets, retweets. >> reporter: adel iskandar is a professor of global communications at simon fraser university in vancouver. he says both sides of the conflict are pursuing similar objectives with online content. >> they realize that their footprint can be much wider, and they can reach sort of the deep crevices and far-out places in onlin

we also gave the bar associations every chance to do something about it, vis-À-vis the lawyers and thebar associations did nothing. the texas bar bounced the grievance was filed against the texas lawyer like a super bowl. it practically came back by return mail even though it was written by bill posed the co-author of the law of lawyering and considered one of the top three legal ethics experts in the country. there were numerous citations to all the rules and citations to cases and definitive explanations that showed the great couple of cents on the

there, and we are working with the merchant's associations in a number of different areas, to help, create them and to show them how to promote the neighborhood as a whole and what were some of the efforts that we are trying to pursue. >> all right. are you able to give me some i guess, i guess, so you ultimately you are saying that you have to be a member of the organization, and the next question is what kind of recruitment or advertisement or how do you let people know that hey, the membership organizations please, come and join us. >> we go into, well, first of all when we hear of the leads, and we have a whole staff, that basically is paid to do that and they go and reach out to any business that they see that falls within their area. so, it bohooves them to reach out and on top of that, now, we do, again, look to the leadership of each neighborhood and so your neighborhood merchant associations and so we go out into those, neighborhoods and in the twofold, and again, how the working with them to help to create their neighborhood as a destination but then, also, in th

. >> here's a story from the associated press on the situation in missouri. they write "when racial tensions erupted midway through his first presidential campaign, barack obama came to philadelphia to decry the "racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years." over time, he said such wounds rooted in america's painful history on race can be healed." six years later, the still may summon seems more entrenched than ever as president obama calm andr understanding of ferguson, missouri, struggling to determine what role, if any, the nation's first black president can play diffusing a crisis that has laid bare the profound sense of justice is felt by african-americans across the country." from the associated press. there's international view on the situation also this morning. "the washington post" tweeted earlier that egypt is urging the united states to use restraint in dealing with unrest in ferguson. armed groups in syria reportedly have several hundred portable antiaircraft missiles that could be diverted to extremists and used to shoot down low-flying comme

on the national president of retired enlisted association. the largest association that was created exclusively for enlisted personnel. from all branches and components of u.s. armed forces. i appreciate the opportunity today to address your concerns the military compensation. specifically the c.o.l.a. reduction for military careers. i am greatly concerned about the recent actions this congress has taken. quote, when you freeze salaries, eliminate bonuses and change their health care benefits, it's folly to think that is not going to impact on the workforce, end quote. that's a quote from bradford fish, president and ceo of the congressional management foundation, not two weeks ago in political. he was i talking of military retirees of course. he was speaking about the congressional staff and the effect that eliminating traditional health care is going to have a members of the congressional staffs leading and pursuing other opportunities. according to a recent survey, 90% of staffers said they are concerned about the benefits, changes under th

a new report from the entertainment software association states women now make up 48% of all gamers. >> now that anyone can play it, there's more girls playing it. >> reporter: the game creators at ubisoft is looking at women. they developed assassins' creed. but they created just dance, a family-friendly hit. >> it was the number two selling game at christmas for the last three years in a row. and the user is primarily female. >> reporter: tony is the senior vice president of sales and marketing at ubisoft. it says more lead characters in games are women. >> i think that's helping bring more women into the space. >> reporter: adrian and kerry agree. >> there's more indy games, yeah. you're not just a guy racing cars or killing. >> yeah. >> it's not just first-person shooter anymore. there's story lines. >> reporter: these two stepped it up a notch and streamed the games they play online so others can watch their strategies. >> we get a lot of international people. >> reporter: followers can talk with them as they play, and donate money for their time. >> you can make money for playin

today a commander for the dawn of libya militia told the associated press that the islamic group took control of the vicinity, that group even posting a video online of its fighters playing in a swimming pool in that come pound. the u.s. ambassador who is not in country right now, said the video appears to show the u.s.

third, we must address the health and safety risks associated with the athletic equipment and pursue a better understanding how this equipment might be improved. three years ago, congress and betterfield and i wrote to the chairman at the time of the subcommittee and full committee chairman calling for hearings about inadequate testing standards, lack conditioning standards and economic disparities regarding safety of football helmets used by millions of american athletes, we will touch on those beaches today but i believe those issues merit deeper consideration than they are likely to get at today's hearing and the subcommittee chairman might consider holding a separate hearing on these matters. i think it is valuable that the national football league is testifying here today given recent and ongoing dispute between the league and its players on this very topic. however i believe players organizations should also testified. unfortunately the late notification of the nfl testifying made it difficult for us to secure players. today's hearing is important. i appreciate the subcommittee

well now the association is giving the magnets out. >> they have made an exception in this case and now- they an e blast that went out to the community saying anyone wishing to purchase a bee and get one of these signs for their car should contact the office. >> libby tells thus while the experience with the condo association has been trying, it has renewed her faith in people. she says she's gotten a lot of support from her community. >> what you're doing right now in the minutes before you go to bed could determine your dreams. might sound strange but there are simple behaviors and simple changes you can make to alter what you see in your sleep. health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how. >>> dreams can be crazy and scary and recurrent. >> one where i'm late for class and i didn't study for test. forgot to get dressed or something like that. >> that's popular dream. being naked in front of people. infidelity too. one study found the most common nightmare was a spouse cheating. >> there's some scenes we're not sure they do recur mostly fear based or an expectation that you haven't qu

there are no costs to the city associated with this. that's why we don't have a budget analyst report. it enables not only critical cellular communications within the building given we have public safety officials, that's crucial, but also it enables further emergency communications. and other point to point connections that we are creating with the public safety building. as i mention it's a ten-year license agreement. there are two five-year renewals. there are no costs to the city with respect to the installation or the ongoing license. happy to answer any questions. i also have an at&t representative here as well if you have any detailed questions. >> okay, thank you, mr. updike. seeing no questions, there is no budget analyst report, so, we'll open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on item number 7? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> motion to send this item forward? >> so moved. >> we can take that without objection. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item number 8? >> item number 8, resolution app

nbc news has not been able to independently confirm this, but the "associated press" is also reporting now that hundreds of yezidi women in mosul, the second largest city of iraq, that hundreds of yezidi women there have been taken captive by isis. last night, the president said that although u.s. will not be entering war, no boots on the ground, it is coming to help.

but while everybody has to pay the fire tax, not everyone is a member of the homes association. and that means they don't have full access to the clubhouse or the pool. >> private citizens, we've raised about $500,000. >> reporter: john grubbs serves as chairman of the sleepy hallow charitable foundation, overseeing the construction of the new facility. >> that's going to be matched with the $2 million from the fire protection district. >> reporter: how critical is the $2 million to your project? >> it's very critical. >> reporter: so critical that the charitable foundation's website, tracking donations has already assumed it's getting the $2 million funding. even though it hasn't been approved yet. >> i just think that the money could be better spent. >> reporter: and that's the rub for residents like john who lives across the street. john does not pay to be a member of the homes association or the pool, yet his tax dollars would go to rebuild the new facility if district officials approve the deal. >> it's taxpayer funds and it should be used for taxpayer purposes, not for buil

the government. in effect of weight-loss, to associations in particular, the electronic retailing association and the council for responsible nutrition have stepped forward to provide the type of no strings attached funding that allows us to do are in partial monitoring and decision-making work. although there is no formal relationship between the advertising self-regulation process and the government, decades of support by the federal trade commission have been absent a critical and the success of the process. so although there have been significant efforts by the federal and state government to control unsubstantiated and exaggerated claims, more can be done obviously. one of the things that i think everybody agrees on is the type of state and federal enforcement actions of the ftc has been bringing our critical to controlling this type of advertising. in addition, trade associations members include representatives of the weight-loss industry need to follow the example set by the electronic retailing association and the council for responsible nutrition, and step up in support increased monitoring

the registration came into the wyoming stock owners association . the stock growers association had the take is that hard to police the theft of cattle to try and prevent it. the theft of cattle is simply larceny, so theoretically what happened is that the perpetrators were arrested and taken to the county courthouse and given a speedy trial. as a practical matter the distances involved often ended in death. if a person was found rustling cattle and caught they could the stocks to be coming back in. it sounds barbaric, but you realize how far out you were at any one time, bringing a person it is not an easy thing to do and people often just didn't do it. there has been a lot of dissatisfaction amongst the big interest in central wyoming. it began the process of some assassinations in the southern johnson county area where someone was taking the law into their own hands and there's a lot of talk about who was responsible for that an who was a witness to it. in the winter of 1891 and 1892, interest from the neighboring began to propose a solution, what

percent goals for affordable housing are way, way too allow given the balance and element even the association of the government recommendations that if we build housing well ero 60 percent should be affordable for the people that live here many organizations are not supportive of this but if the affordable housing community and others are supportive but in the interest of moving forward to protect the soul of the city and work together to build the housing i'm going to be supportive but i have hesitation with how the movement and but i know it wasn't easy to come up with a strong policy statement and an effort to pull in different groups i support that effort. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i want to thank supervisor kim for her leadership on this issue. i was extremely concerned about the rehabilitation of the affordable housing in my district and the i think ability to allow for development opportunities that would in especially pay for the 0 projects. i know we have a lot of affordable housing to build in this city i also expressed serious concerns about who gets the access to that hou