failure to accommodate. >> i would like if i could avoid it, explain opposition and disparate treatment, the phrase used in the brief was failure to accommodate is the kind of disparate treatment title vii was designed to prevent. we feel that is correct and accurate. what congress meant to do was put people who needed accommodation, head stock accommodation on the same footing as people who did not need to wear head year. that is the sense in which this is disparate treatment. however we recognize the lower court says disparate treatment in another way which is to say there is disparate treatment to prove discrimination, tell your toes, date. to highlight the difference, the disparate treatment would be you allow all had some but not religious at least that is disparate treatment. this is you don't allow any hats but we want to wear a religious cat. that would be failure to accommodate. we did not at any point in this case abandon or change our theory from failure to accommodate. with the other side has don

the only accommodation that has to be made is an accommodation for somebody absolutely for religious reason cannot do so? >> no your honor. >> you cannot ask the question you are telling them to ask. can you do it? yes, i guess i could. >> that's the exact dialogue that is supposed to happen. that is the bilateral dialogue. what congress wanted past the accommodation doctrine is precisely for the employer. >> so she says yes i could and later says i could but buoy is really uncomfortable for me to do that for religious reasons would she have a lawsuit? >> if she could she was hired and actually now it's it's quite uncomfortable that's a request for accommodation and she and the employer need to go into a discussion just like you would if they said i need this time off to attend a religious conversion which was in heller. >> how does the employers say we have a policy of no beards whatever do you have a problem with that? why does it have to be phrase could you do it? just they do have the problem with that and are you willing to do it? >> i think what title vii is about and what the

it is important to emphasize the opt out accommodations that exist in order to respect the religious liberties of these plaintiffs and relieve them of any substantial burdens. >> i am sorry for interrupting how does the court determine when a burden on religious exercise is substantial or somewhere in between? what is the role of the court here and how do we understand what we are supposed to be doing here and have a opt out cannot be part of this. >> certainly, you honor, the d.c. circuit's decision makes clear that there is a role to play. they are not rubberstamping the request of the point if and to cloak religious judgment over the entirety of the substantial burden inquiries insubstantiality helps as well. >> had you define whether a burden is substantial? >> a burden is not stand sure if what the plaintiffs are objecting to our the independent actions of the government and third-party. >> if this is substantial, and hobby lobby tells us that we have to defer to the beliefs of the objector. >> the government here does not contest the sincerity of religious beliefs, but, again a

from respondent's refusal to accommodate ms.nd the employer know rather than just correctly understand the need for an accommodation. neither requirement -- the. >> what is the difference between knowing and correctly understanding? >> the testimony it's a fair question. the tenth circuit perceived difference. ms. cook assumed that ms. elauf needed to wear the headscarf because she was religious and she figured the headscarf signified it was a religious headscarf and she figured it was a religious headscarf. what the tenth circuit said was that was insufficient. what was needed was actual knowledge. our position is when you assume when it signifies to you that a religious accommodation is needed that a sufficient notice for an employer to be on notice. >> does that's subjective used relevant meaning the issue is whether they fail to hire her because of her religious practice? >> whether the person thinks it is is the issue. and that is why it happened. >> we think that is what makes this a straightforward case. what the employer

, at that point there would be ability to accommodate. but the question is. >> i am so totally confused. that's not enough. >> that's right, because she testified that she did not know that she wore a headscarf or religious reasons. we want to avoid is what whether employers think or gas or sixpack. >> all they have to do is say this is what our policy is, do you have any problem as has been pointed out. [inaudible] [inaudible] and so i was [inaudible] that was the answer that he gave. no difference between a headscarf or 80 him a call or a turbine. >> to answer your question about why the employer can't just disclose the policy, that is not a solution because that is asking employers to treat applicants differently based upon stereotypes or assumptions about whether something is likely a religious practice. >> is there going to be a requirement and doesn't the employer have the obligation to tell the employee what the job requirements are? >> not under title vii. it requires applicants or employees that violate workplace rules to be give

don't have to accommodate them as he is one of the excuses under the statute. what's wrong with that? >> justice breyer i think what you just described as a rule for all cases and it's one that is entirely an administer vote for courts and lawyers and applicants alike. >> is it on administer both to say if the employer believes thanks this woman is religious in nature and accommodation and he is right unless you have an excuse. >> your honor that is an administer a boat because the eoc does not explain what level of certainty is required for

allow opt-out accommodations such as these. the supreme court in hobby lobby made very clear in relying extensively on the accommodation that's available to plaintiffs here, that accommodation did two things. it respected religious liberty at the same time ensuring that the government was able to -- >> the plaintiffs are arguing that the law requires us to do an affirmative act in a way that's contrary to our religious beliefs. and that is a substantial burden. and the lower court accepted that argument. how do you respond to that? >> well, the plaintiffs are being asked to effectively raise their hand, to state that they have an objection to providing contraceptive coverage and to provide either their third-party administrators or the government with the bare amount of information they need in stepping in to fill the gaps that are created when the plaintiffs opt out of providing that coverage. this is -- >> so being asked merely to raise your hand is not a substantial burden as a matter of law. >> it would be the equivalent of

sometimes there is a price to be paid with this accommodative policy. the problem over by constituents spend a lifetime to sacrifice so they could save for their retirement to have money on deposit at the bank using that jews supplement social security payments for right now they get nothing year after year. with the risk associated with this high would argue the fixed then, markets are like this henry facilitates access deficits and what are the benefits? at best to remove economic activity that would otherwise occur and has paid no afford officially own interest rates led to economic growth of every one have zero interest-rate leno be disagreeable i would suggest the crisis is over in the time for normalization is well overdue. yes said repeatedly the goal of price stability is 2 percent inflation but certainly there is a congressional mandate but the fact it is met to lose 2 percent of the purchasing power annually. the above the time she retires what she has saved at that plan would have lost half of the value how was that consistent with price stab

accommodates the dines this is our 8 rear yard set back it is 3 hundred square feet and incorporated a design that is 2 stories or in 9/ceda and 3 on the north side matching the properties placing our allowable deck space is 16 foot and third story office was removed no north sidelines and no south side rear windows in the master bedroom it mitigate privacy views and the third floor deck was reduced in length and width a ground floor was put on the south side and it is important to clarify that prior to the dr hearing scheduled on december 4th we contacted the planning department we'll be spending a lot of money on the renovation and it is for your offer sees family we worked to have a less impact to the dr requester and asked. a continuance we've made compromises a summary the third floor is built to the proper line and we had originally a 3 foot gap this change allows functionality for the master bedroom and bathroom the second floor deck is 10 feet and now projects 12 feet it allows a 15 foot that our deck will allow 80 us to enjoy this with our children the slides were the stairs

voted in favor and next on the agenda the ushlth accumulation for the dr zoning administrator to accommodate the needs of person with disability it was heard and voted unanimously for approval at the land use hearing supervisor wiener spoke for the flexibility of land use controls to accommodate people with sdabltsd and representatives from the mayor's office on disability was favorable the committee voted to recommend it to the full board next the uttering master plan the planning commission recommended approval based on the november 20th of last year several people spoke in favor this plan doesn't address funding for the urban forest but a number of comments focused on the for consistency and it was voted unanimously for approval next the sign and canopy ordinances 130r7bd by supervisor wiener that was the last portion of the northeast ordinance heard in 2012, the amendment to the code by modifying the buildings and requires building signs to be in conformity with the code the ordinance reduce the allowable height of signs from one hundred feet to 60 feet and the land use committee harder

. >> under the revised accommodation, there is no requirement that the plaintiffs talk to their tpa. >> they cannot instruct them not to provide contraceptive coverage, correct? >> they no longer would be telling their tpa not to provide contraceptive coverage. they would be notifying the government that they would not like the tpa to provide coverage. >> this is an accommodation that the court found acceptable in hobby lobby. >> acceptable in hobby lobby. and in the wheaton college, the court made clear that the notice that wheaton college was providing the government could be used by the government to ensure that women was even able range of contraceptive coverage under the act. that is essentially what the plaintiffs are being asked to do, notify the government that they are choosing to opt out. the tpa's we are talking about our blue cross, blue shield, emblem. very large third-party administrators. >> i do not think there would be an objection if the government contacted another tpa. would that be feasible. is that a less restrictive alternative? >> what is available under the r

there are also risks of waiting too long to remove accommodation.e. we have to be forward looking. as the labor market tightens, wage growth and inflation can pick up to the point we would overshoot our inflation objective and conceivably, this could be financial stability risks and we want to be attentive to those as well, so, this is balancing of costs and risks that we're trying to make deliberate and thoughtful. >> i appreciate that. it's that balance i hope your wisdom and those of your fellow board members can get just about right because i could see entering and choking off recovery before middle class families feel its gains and trapping a too low inflation or deflations at a certain sense so i appreciate that. let me ask you one other question. the i've i've heard several commentators say that the interest rate increase by the fed would signal yoetquote unquote confidence to the market about the health of the u.s. economy. and have a stimlative effect. do you agree with that theory and if so, what -- the more than off set potentially by con

we have a highly accommodative policy that's been in place for some time. we have to be forward looking. as the labor market tightens, wage growth and inflation can pick up to the point we would overshoot our inflation objective and conceivably there could be financial stability risks and we want to be attentive to those as well. >> right. >> so this is ball lapsing of costs and risks that we're trying to make in a deliberate and thoughtful fashion. >> i appreciate that. it's that balance that i hope your wisdom and those of your fellow board members can get just about right because i could see entering and choking off recovery before middle-class families actual feel its gains and trapping a too low inflation or deflation set of circumstances. i appreciate that. let me ask you one other question. the -- i've heard several commentators say the interest rate increase by the fed would signal quote/unquote confidence to the market about the health of the u.s. economy and have a stimulative effect. do you agree with that theory? and if so, wouldn't the so-calle

to accommodations to pregnant workers. early on, the commission concluded that if an employee discriminates against pregnancy that is a form of sex discrimination. another radical concept. the supreme court disagreed and in the dance that occurred congress disagreed with the supreme court and pass the pregnancy discrimination act. it amended title vii to use a yes, sex includes argosy and a pregnant employee must be treated the same as other employees similar in their ability or inability to work. here is the reality today. there are pregnant workers across the country who need accommodations to stay on the job. we have tons of employers today who will give male or female employees who have been injured on the job, have a disability and accommodation of modified job duties. if they have a lifting restriction and might change the duties on a temporary basis. but those employers will not give the same accommodations to pregnant women despite the plain language. well, this past june as you heard, the oc issued a new guidance

the law says employers must make reasonable accommodations for qualified people. what about the rite of an employer to fire an employee who is not pulling their weight because of excessive absences or the right of an employee that feels unsafe because they might be working with someone who has a mental illness. i'm holding an h.r. person to act next. you're watching "real money". tell me what is on your mind. keep it right here. >>> many workers who lost their jobs because of mental illness have successfully sued former employers. what about the right of a company to terminate app employee who is not performing. susan lucas spent 10 years in h.r. and consulted on the firing of employees suffering from mental illness and joins me via skype in switzerland. your twitter hand is real evil h.r. lady. what is that about. >> as you mentioned, who wants to talk to an h.r. person we have a bad reputation. let me ask you about terminating people with mental illness, you believe a company should have the right to terminate someone with mental illness. >> of course they have

there are also risks of waiting too long to remove accommodation.e have a highly accommodative policy that has been in place for some time. we have to be forward-looking as the labor market tightens. growth and inflation can grow to overshoot our objective and conceivably there could be financial stability risks. we want to be attentive to those as well. this is a balancing of cost and risk that we are trying to make in a deliberate and thoughtful way. >> i appreciate that. it is that balance that you and your fellow board members can get just about right. i can see entering and choking off recovery before middle-class families actually feel its gains. trapping a too low deflation or inflation set of circumstances. let me ask you another question. i have heard several commentators say the interest rate increase by the fed would signal confidence to the market about the health of the u.s. economy and have a stimulative effect. do you agree with that theory? if so, wouldn't it be confidence more than offset by a rate increase? >> i think it is fair to

it actually makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail to reasonably accommodateious beliefs or practices unless that would create an undue hardship on the business itself. a lower federal appellate court here ruled that abercrombie and fitch was not liable under title vii when it failed to hire samantha elove, who is muslim and wears a head scarf a what jeeb because the appellate court said an employer can only be liable if the employer receives direct notice from the job applicant or the employee that there is a need for a religious accommodation. the equal employment opportunity commission brought the appeal to the supreme court challenging that rule, and that was the case that the court heard today. >> ifill: in this case abercrombie and fitch this kind of caters to the youth market and has a certain look said her hajib, or the way she was dressed for this job interview didn't match their look that they wanted their employees to have. did they say at any point that it was because of religion? >> no, abercrombie and fitch's lawyer today said the so-called look

the law says employers must make reasonable accommodations for qualified people. what about the rite of an employer to fire an employee who is not pulling their weight because of excessive absences or the right of an employee that feels unsafe because they might be working with someone who has a mental illness. i'm holding an h.r. person to act next. you're watching "real money". tell me what is on your mind. keep it right here. >> writer taiye selasi shares her impactful point of view >> certain people have to explain there presence... >> when you're part of many worlds, where is home? >> in ghana, i was not going to be able to become the person i wanted to be. >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera part of our special black history month coverage on al jazeera america >> monday. >> this is the place where 43 students were handed over to criminal organizations. >> a crime that shocked the world. >> the military is about a mile away. they say that they didn't he

takes including the copy room and several of my teachers classrooms current campus is two small to accommodate the programs and opportunities for students in, your honor, is 2k3wr57b9d permission to expand constitutes like myself who are committed to bringing their instrument will expand their use additionally with the expansion of the stheert we'll be able to strengthen our sties in the argument ashbury district this will gives students the opportunity to practice and bring the art to the neighborhood what's more important the north campus expansion the school will increase the number of students including but not limited to that means nor students to pursue in their wildest dreams thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm sam a sophomore at urban as you can see it means many things to many people to some a haven to competence our ability of those who consider sports from soccer to swimming and others like me see it as an opportunity applying for high school in san francisco is a stressfully process getting into the school that by itself suits me is crucial i was one among

so we are adding additional funds to be able to hopefully accommodate more of the seniors. >> is that in the sunset area? >> champs --. >> the second site. >> the second site is not identified yet but, yes, we are targeting sunset because currently we only have one congregate meal site that falls into that supervisor district. yeah, it's one of the lowest resource in terms of what we fund. >> does this amount of funds provide a chance to rotate the menu, or is it the same menu over? do they have --. >> there is money in there, part of the nutrition compliance is developing the menu and making changes at least once a year. of course we can do that more often but it's self-help would need to work with the restaurant to be able to make those changes. now, the current menu for the champs actually is pretty diverse, has a lot of different choices. you know i think if you look at all the different combinations that you can have it's probably close to 20 different menus that you can eat there. of course you know, even the best food you get tired if you don't change the menu, right, so there

it's important to remember that monetary policy is highly accommodative. we've held the federal funds rate at a zero to .25% range and have a large balance sheet and these policies have been in place for six years now. we do have an economy that fortunately appears to be recovering and we do have to be forward-looking in setting monetary policy. but i want to assure you we want to see that recovery continue. we don't feel the labor market is fully healed and that's a process we want to go on and we don't want to take policy actions that will hamper that. but monetary policy is very accommodative. >> thank you. i urge caution. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam chairman, for joining us today. let me share a completely opposing point of view from that of the senator from new york. which will not be a shock to members of this committee. i can't help but observe what strikes me as a very obvious paradox here and that is, the financial and economic crisis is over. it's been over for years. at least six or seven years. and yet we still maintain crisis-

what we're looking at here is this is a kind of accommodation as to territory in patrol of la tuta's absence. other cartels will emerge. perhaps rival groups, and essentially the situation on the ground will stay the same. shortly what is likely is the short to medium run is there will be more violence. this is a victory but an empty victory from that perspective. it changes nothing in terms of the overall power of impunity and corruption, and in fact, criminality on the part of the government reflected in cases like the 43 missing students. >> la tuta had been hiding for a year, that he would rather be in hiding than be in jail. he was arrested without a shot being fired what do you make of the actual arrest. >> this is show man ship, staging. not a single shot was fired when it's known that he's very well armed, and in fact had a private army deployed in support of him and at one point had significant territorial control. it's an unlikely scenario that this was, in fact, a capture. i think much more this was something arranged, a surrender. it's also very interesting, of course tha

so the basis of the narrow accommodation by giving the corporate businesses the rights that have long been given to the churches, i don't think that really works when you haven't accepted the banality of that combination so if the court has applied rfra against the backdrop that is to restore it would recognize this is accommodation that shouldn't have been granted because it is against the rights of the employees and i think the justices got it right when they made that point. thank you. [applause] now you're going to hear a 15 minute response or randy barnett to give the speakers. i want to leave time for his talk because i could go on at great length in his introduction. he is the waterhouse professor of legal theory at the georgetown university law center where he directs the georgetown center for the constitution and the teachers constitutional law and contracts. he is the author of many books and countless legal articles. among his books are restoring the lost constitution, the presumption of liberty which plays into the question that i last post in my introductory remarks. also

some are housed in temporary accommodations. and others are sent to thousands much kilometers there their home land. measuremurmansk. >> it's been months since they left the bombs of ukraine. now they share one room in a college dormitory. they hadn't even a spoon or fork when they arrived but the family doesn't plain. >> he started working as a builder on a construction site, a month ago he got work at the port. a representative came here and said he needed men. several guys got jobs there. i work as a shop assistant. >> reporter: the dorm homes house 53 right now. down from a high of 128. home may be thousands of kilometers away but these days the internet keeps friends and family connected. christina is getting news from friends in murmansk. >> now we can only work half a day. they want to leave but they can't. you need to fet a permit get a permit to leave the city. >> it's cold here, the accommodation is cramped but as the man overseeing their building points out all of that is preferable to what's going on back home. >> tr

>> no, there is no excuse for that. >> what hospitals have to do to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing need some clarification from the doj website. cases across the country have settled with the doj. >> check this out. wild armed carjacking and chase caught on video. this happened in downtown los angeles. it slammed into several cars at full speed. he got out of the car and forced a driver out of another car. eventually he was shot by police and taken off to the hospital. this chase had our entire newsroom screaming. we do not have enough time to show you everything. if you have time, i urge you to do so. sections of the northeast are digging out from another big snowstorm. totals are obliterating winter records. >> boston and new england are buried under a sea of white. five feet falling in under two weeks. snowblowers and shovels cannot keep up. shoveling the roof is a new necessity. a warehouse bruce -- roof collapsed. commuter trains shut down and snow is everywhere. >> more wind, more snow. you cannot see the beach. it was just white. >> i am ready for summertime. i am tired of i

we continue to accommodate all. >> rose: are you saying accommodate. >> we are accommodating and tolerant and always emphasizing the importance of solidarity within the arab world. >> rose: do you think they are? >> i would hope so. but that's from the statements that they make they always indicate that they are. i hope they can demonstrate that as well. >> rose: how do you address those concerns that whatever is happening in egypt at this moment may very well be too thor tarrian and -- authoritarian and less democrat snick. >> i don't really see how that could be-- could be the conclusion. egypt has gone over the last four years through two revolutions two popular revolutions of nature that was not seen before with millions of people taking to the streets. but the developments that occurred have occurred primarily at the behest of the egyptian people and the demonstration of their will and determination to take a certain course. and certainly that course has been to forge a new system of government. egypt is not the egypt of the 1990s or 2000. >> rose: it is not the egypt of the mubarak

. >> to establish a procedure for requesting a reasonable modification to accommodate a disability pursuant to planning department practices and procedures to affirm the ceqa determination and establishing the appropriate findings. >> can we take this item same house same call without objection this ordinance -- excuse me, before i move on, supervisor wiener. >> thank you for item no. 21. colleagues, this legislation is part of the ongoing work around our updates to city's 2014 housing elements and specifically it prescribes a process for a person with a disability to apply for reasonable accommodations in the planning code. this is important to people with disabilities have full access to housing to make sure that people can age in place in their own homes and that people with mobility challenges or other disabilities have the same access to housing as everyone else. it will take the form of administrative variance and this is long overdue step to make sure that everyone has access to housing in san francisco. >> thank you supervisor wiener. not seeing any another names on the roster, coll

businesses decided to stay that has increased the demand for efficient pdr space in the city to accommodate those businesses to keep them in the city last year the mayor launched a 5 point pdr plan focused on new development of pdr space on public and private land this is the first project through legislation that is supported by supervisor david campos's and supervisor cohen approved by this commission and signed into law last year hearsay a innovative model and you know this is in addition to being one hundred and 40 thousand secret of new pdr space it is the first to be developed in the city over a decade it is significant the partnership this is developed between sf made and the developer to insure that and create

>> plumbing modifications may need to be made to accommodate major development projects. >> sometimes we have to go out and do something to get the development hooked up and just we put something in place temporarily then we have to go back in and put something in permanently. one frt things you have to recall is development is happening in the city quite rapidly and what tends to happen with developers or their contractors is they wait until the last minute to come in and say we need you to hook us up and they say can you do it tomorrow because they have to pay us a fee to do that. we try to schedule our crews as was stated a couple weeks out. we're behind, we're looking at other ways we can maybe speed up service, but we think this is the most efficient way to do it. we want to hook up these customers and they want to be connected. >> these are all funded? >> they will be 3 year positions. they are not tenured positions. >> if we get past the boom of those positions they will have to be reconsidered. >> those positions will have a time limit on them, they will have a sunset provisio

we were not simply trying to get people to register to vote or enter a place of public accommodation. we were threatening the way of life of a whole section of the country. we were saying everything you believed, everything upon which this section of the country has been built is wrong. you can't preach that to people, but you can show it to them. when you saw unarmed people, and particularly was important -- this is what we learned as a part of nonviolence -- when the police came at you -- this happened at the funeral -- with the police, it happened much more with sclc. martin luther king imparted to all of us when these police came at you full of hatred, just one year knees -- just go on your knees. the southerners were very religious people. the southern blacks were baptists too. when i saw those black people go on their knees much harder to raise your nightstick. some of them learned to do it. >> but what does it feel like to see the dramatic response of news consumers, viewers of television who got up to come to the south and get involved? >> you have to consider the fact that th

the food is cooked at an on site kitchen, it is very popular, they have two seatings in order to accommodate all the seniors and adults with disability who wants to go there. and this additional funding will allow them to continue to be able to serve those additional consumers who are attending the center. are there any questions? >> commissioner sims. >> linda, at the other site i see that you have a nutrition component compliance, but russian do not have. >> yes, with a few of our contractors who are smaller such as the russian american community services, also jewish community center, jscs they actually getting the nutrition services through a city-wide city-contracted dietitian and we have a contract with candace tang and she provides the nutrition monitoring, the nutrition information, et cetera, to those centers. >> any other questions? seeing none i will call for the vote. all in favor say aye. opposeds? ayes have it and so the motion is carried. moving on, i, requesting authorization to modify the grant agreement with self help for the elderly provision of nutrition services for seni

it is amending the planning code to make reasonable accommodation frz persons with disability. the reason it didn't come before this body is because we don't believe there is any effect to historic resources outlined in the past legislation and i'll pass aroind a copy to look at. i highlighted 2 areas for historic resources are called out. basically the ordinance allows for an administrative process to expedite any projects that allow for reasonable accommodation of a dwelling unit under the fair housing act. in particular are the details of the mauments are to allow parking with no physical structure is proposed, access ramp provided it is designed and constructed to meet provision and 3 is inhabitable space or elevator ovrides that don't [inaudible] the california historic building code is outlined in the ord nnss and in the amendments and also compliance with the variety of the interior standards is also required for any buildings either formally listed or determined eligible for historic status. that was passed i believe last week and will go into effect in 30 days and i'll

at this time, we have our 3:30 accommodations in honor of black history month. i would like to start by recognizing supervisor cohen for opening remarks. >> good afternoon everyone. thank you for joining us today in the chamber. i have a few brief remarks to set the tone of why we're here today and the purpose of this occasion. every february we get together and celebrate black history month which provides an opportunity for annual observation on the importance of african americans and the events that have happened in this country. black history month really isn't about beingdy visive. it's about recognizing the often mrishts throughout history. black history months gives us the opportunity to correct many of the misrepresentations and fallacies of the african american country. black history month opens dialogue and interactions. it's these conversations and interactions that can lead to a better understanding and of course, a better appreciation for what experiences and daily dilemmas each of us go through as we try to make accommodations to our family and frie

now some 25,000 people we're told are being accommodated here.y are getting water, food and shelter. but none of them knows how much longer they will remain here because the fighting is still going on across the border. this is a very tricky problem for china, because the rebels who are ethnic chinese are fighting the army of myanmar. now some of these rebels have appealed to china to provide aide, because they say we're ethnic chinese. but china has said there is no way that will happen. but myanmar is not so sure. a government minister said china should do all that it can to prevent chinese soil from being turned into a base for terrorists. that is the sort of language that will enrage beijing. china has also scoffed at notions that they will provide aid to the rebels. a few years ago china was probably the only friend that myanmar had. that is a friendship that is now being tested here on the border between these two countries. >>> still to come on the program, ukraine's government and the russian-backed rebels blame each other for outbreaks o

current service, expand and to accommodate the additional needs that they see in the community. in addition, the new center at the presidio will be serving adults with disability and this will allow us to be able to serve that population. are there any questions? >> just one. not all of these proposals include this information, but in this particular case there's a cost per meal breakout which is between $5, almost $6 per meal. some of the programs are less expensive. i know we talked a little bit about some of the culturally specific meal programs being more costly. is there a policy within the department around a ceiling or what parameters do you put on cost per meal as a part of the analysis for these proposals? >> all the appendix ab's for the nutrition program have a per meal rate that our department has agreed on to pay. and you are correct, i mean, there's a lot of factors that we take into consideration in negotiating the rate based on, you know, the type of meal that will be provided, the organization structure, what type of meal, what the meal preparation situation is,