at the end of it is an ied and at the time of the choice they initiate the ied. >> push the button and an electric circuit and you've got a detonator? >> what we saw a lot of in iraq is the radio-controlled ied. very simple cell phone, key fab, improvised device. and easily hidden, but all they have to do there is press a button and it completes a circuit and initiates the ied. again, 50 to 100 meters range. what we're seeing most prevalent in afghanistan is the pressure blade. and this is representative of the type we see, very simple, very crude, but very effective. as a low metal content as they can make them. as you can see when simple pressure is applied, completes a circuit and detonates the blasting cap. >> and low metal content makes it very, very hard to detect with any sort of clearing device you have. >> absolutely. so with all of these you have a switch, you have a power source, a 9-volt battery and an initiator which is usually a blasting cap or something like that. they just put it in the back of the ied and put it in the right position and then it's set up. >> you're off

in addition, i am an original board member of a committee that is 8 years old. i have had a lot of experience as an administrator, essentially as a small-business owner. i do operate my own law office. i have tried hard over the years to make it predominantly and electronic office. best chance me in good stead. -- that stands me in good stead for next generation practices for providing electronic means for access and preservation. i will be happy to entertain any questions. supervisor kim: thank you. there are no questions. doug comcast. comstock. my apologies. >> first of all, i am grateful to the society for professional journalists for putting forth my name. i am a member of that organization. i was alarmed we had so many people dropping out of the sunshine task force, and i think i made a frantic call to supervisor kim's office. i hope i didn't frighten you too much. there was a time when i thought we were going to lose almost everyone. we have some members that are staying on, and i recommend those people -- they have all done an excellent job. they all have

i was not an athlete, and i loved the marching band, but i could not play an instrument to save myself, so drama club, and in iowa, where i grew up, speech and debate are the big things. i grew up in toledo, iowa, a little farm town. i went to college in drag. tavis: i was just in drake two days ago. >> i got blue ribbons at stake for doing humorous monologues, dramatic monologues, stuff like that. i had a real taste for it. i saw the power of it, and i sigh -- i saw a way to extend and enjoys spending at least part of my life in more exotic fictional places. tavis: what do your parents back in iowa think of this? >> i think they are a little mystified, with how did he go from here to there? how did our boy and up in new york city doing this for a living? i think is and will mystified. my mother would say, "i always knew. it is no surprise to me." tavis: every mother says that. >> and my father just shakes his head. and i thought of as my calling as a teenager. i graduated college, and i moved to new york city, and i knocked around a bit. tavis: you had an interesting life before this.

i see them sits outside with the eyes of an alley cat. i see myself trying to be more like james dean. i see carlos san tanna. more than sporadic latino explosions. as american as bruce spring teen and elvis presley. i see taco bell. i see purple, red, blue, green, orange. i see cheetah revera on broadway. as american as the lee's, the kennedys. none sound american to me. i am not a shamed. jose can you see. i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read

i can. this was not an easy -- >> i can't. this was not an easy issue for the task force -- i can. this was not an easy issue for the task force to face. after a lot of research and reading and reading over and over and searching through the charter and all of the administrative code, under section 4104, it only speak to the executive branch. the sunshine task force is not of that. it was created by the voters. and actually, there is no mention that the sunshine or dance reports to visit -- to the executive branch at all -- the sunshine ordinance reports to the executive branch at all. that is what led us to ofeel tht it is appropriate to make those changes. >> i have the opinion of the city attorney here. >> is it opinion or advice? rex is a memo. how is that? -- it is -- >> it is a mammal. how is that? you guys are subject to it. -- >> it is a memo. how is that? you guys are subject to it. gregg's when research to see of this particular body was encompassing under the section that referred to it did not seem like it applied at all. brecht's i understand that is your opinion, but -

i had the opportunity to attend an ncaa board meeting. s so impressed -- attend an mta board member. ," so impressed by the current board. here are some things i want to highlight in particular. i want to assure you, i am an independent thinker and i will make my own decisions. i gather information at first and want to hear a wide range before making a decision. my experience on other boards and committees has also made me understand the collaboration in community outreach. for ss mta -- for sfmta in particular, community collaboration is important. i will do my best to arrive at an informed and equitable decision every time. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. to you have a question? supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you for your willingness to serve the city of san francisco. anytime anyone puts there name four -- their name forward, it is an interesting process. i just wonder if you can give me your thoughts on sfmta and muni? this is one of those agencies were just about every san franciscan has an opinion on muni. this is

i have an interview, i have to close of peace. you promised me, you said you would stay away from washington state. you sat right here and said you would not go to the cascades. he yells as loudly as i have ever heard him. washington, d.c. i shout back. i have the trait as well. [laughter]. >> as you are thinking about that, i would like to ask you to give us one more. there are 2 completely surprising and interesting substories woven through this narrative of your brother, 1, your fabulous aunt character in mexico getting frosty into mexico and running around with frita caller and your discovery of apples? >> this is astonishing, are we talking about the family past apple? >> both and the way thing danagers come together, yeah. >> kind of astonishing, again working on the idea that everything is passed down in families is it or is it not or is it coincidence. my father had a difficult relationship with his father from mexico. we knew our family had this chain of nurseries from mexico. i never understood because my father would ch

i received an honorable discharge. i am on a roll and all of the gi resistors that refuse to fight an unjust war is honorable. this is for all of the gi resisters of unjust mores. >> my name is mark. how i just want to say thank you for being understanding, inviting, and wonderful, even these guys in black and blue. good conduct medal. >> i am dick crawford. i went to iraq and afghanistan. when they gave these may metals, i knew they were meaningless. i only regret not speaking up on how silly the more was sooner. i am giving these up. free bradley manning. >> my name is jason heard. i spent 10 years in the army as a combat medic. i deployed to baghdad in 2004. i am here to return my global war on terrorism service medal in solidarity with people of iraq and afghanistan. i am deeply sorry for the destruction we have caused in those countries and around the world. i am proud to stand on this stage with my fellow veterans and afghan sisters. i am giving them back. >> my name is chris. i was part of the invasion of iraq in

." >> i would consider it an honor to work with a man who has bought with the war on terror. he understands the enemy. what to do you think? >> interesting. yeah. i am interested. >> good to hear. >> i would need to talk to my wife first. is that a problem? >> to be honest, it could be. we need her on board. she is half the story. or hero returns home to his beautiful, loving wife. i am sure you'll be able to convince her. tavis: last night i am flying back to los angeles and i am reading the new issue of rolling stone and the publisher has an interview with president obama. i think his energy missed the mark. there are some questions he should ask of the president. but i gleaned from the article that the president says his favorite tv show is a "homeland." >> that mr.. he spoke about me? no. tavis: high you into the state dinner. he said, i love "homeland." >> i think it was maureen dowd who wrote that in a new york times op-ed. they said she was not supposed to. she slipped it into your article. from that moment, it became quite that chapter that the president was watching o

i was blessed last year that there was an opening. we have to take a civil service examination, and i was blessed and was able to pass the civil service examination, but my point here is that i have been working there eight years, and that passed the examination. one question is not pertaining regarding our job. we don't have security or health benefits. we don't have a schedule. they give us -- in sonority, we have the -- [chime] we have a lot of additional work. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i'm an imaging technologist at san francisco general hospital. i am in a group of eight individuals that work full-time, because we are limited to the 1040 hours. there is a new group of individuals i come to this position. they replaced the individuals, right now there are eight individuals coming in to replace us. as of june of this year, i no longer have a job. we are all highly trained people. we were in a specialized field. heavy equipment is unique to each of medical center and it is lumber to build relationships with colleagues. i think it

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i look forward to an ongoing conversation. i know that there were conversations about the youth commission. it was as cleanly as folks wanted, we are talking about this. i am perfectly happy for that body. and also to have an additional level of oversight. supervisor olague: the question for me is and if -- isn't if. i think this is a good start to the conversation and to bring some more accountability to this issue. in my mind, it is critical that young people that are not incarcerated, they don't have access to outdoors. it is something that should be revised because if it is only one-and-a-half that is required to be compliant, i think it is a real problem, actually. secondly, we heard that the issue, then, is more than just having access to outdoors, but that the programming is a critical component. it has to be part of the sort of rehabilitation of an individual that all of the issues around recreation would have some kind of component that has to do with the rehabilitation of the individual. i heard a couple of individual

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i am here as an individual advocate today. i wanted to thank supervisors of a loavalos and chu and others tt this office together. it has really been of long time coming. i was brought into this discussion several years ago when people were talking about needing to have this office and whether my perspectives as a former executive of an organization that rallied around child care programs or being on the first five commission or being at the code-share of the preschool for all program in san francisco, this resolution makes sense to me. creating this office makes sense to me. we need to reduce the confusion that is happening in the field in terms of what direction we want to go in san francisco. we need to make things more efficient for the government, and for those reasons alone, it would dictate we need to create this office. i am glad to hear from commissioner hydra mendoza, my colleagues on the school board that this will be budgeted in the mayor's budget, because without that, we will not have this office. i am here to sup

an investigator -- i mean, an inspector for the faa. i said, oh, my goodness. well, that takes an awful lot of education. i don't know if i can -- of course i can do that. caught myself. of course i can do that. i can be the first girl inspector for the faa. and i had my interview, and my first boss was bill glenn. and i answered all their questions, and then i asked hem all about the faa and what they expected of me and what i was going to -- where was i going to go with the faa. and he said, i like her line of questioning. you're hired. so i was with the faa, had a great time with them. and then ntsb stole me over and i became an investigator until i retired in '84. i've done over 450 accidents, whether large or 0 small. >> that must be a challenge. >> that was a great challenge, yes. but very interesting and every accident investigation was different. >> absolutely. i'm sure it was a learning experience, too, to see all the different considerations, safety considerationses and things to watch out for. >> that's correct. you hit on a v

i thought, i better write an editorial. not that they wouldn't do a good job but i had some special things to say. i also gave the funeral eulogy at -- i was -- >> you write about that. >> yes, i do write about it. and i was not -- i was not his best friend. i wasn't even really his friend at all. we came from very different social backgrounds, but i said in the book, more like friends, more like brothers. didn't always get along. and i was touched that he wanted only two eulogyists other than the pastor of his church giving a is sermon, that was me and his wife katherine. she didn't want to do it. so i was the only eulogyists. she said, try not to make it a tear-jerker. i tried to keep it on the light side. he was a great writer and patriot. he was a marine combat veterans. enlisted in the marines from yale. he loved this country and one of the upper class from protestant ascendancy who wanted to make something of himself. not because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but because he lives the country. he started

>> i met him in santa fe. he's an amazing actor. ng in a bar with barry corbin in santa fe hotel. then tommy waddels up and does his whole thing. doesn't look at me, talks to barry, literally for 15 minutes without looking at me. then i said, i'm sorry to interrupt my name's josh brolin, and he was like, he looked at me. okay. and i said i'm here, i'm gonna play -- >> and he goes, you're playing lou? and he looked at me for the longest most awkward tense pause, and he goes, all right. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: have you done imitations for him? >> no. we did a read-through and i refused to do it in front of him. they did two separate. because you know you don't want to get it wrong, man. he hasn't come up to me. i heard he came up to barry and will, said some really nice things about the movie. but i'm not going to go what did you think about me playing you, playing kay as a young guy, like how cool is that, you know? i love acting. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's a great impersonation. what

i know that it was important for san francisco to play an active role. i also want to thank the san francisco commissioners of abag that also made sure that our considerations were taken. i also want to thank the mayor's office who also played an important role in making sure that our concerns were taken into account. we also saw the introduction last week of an ordinance to put into place the transportation system of it -- sustainability program. we are going to make sure that we continue to monitor that the first. -- that effort. with respect to the transportation authority, we are continuing to hear directly on the various types of projects and work being done on a district by district level. i think the presentation from staff and the various agencies working on projects in each one of the 11 districts is something that i have found useful. my hope is, beyond the individual discussions of what is happening at each one of the districts, that this can lead to a larger discussion about how we, as a city, can work together in a more efficient and collabor

was was it's a swallow that said i must find an expert on swallows who are sick doesn't know this the mayor young narrow says it's a representative from bertie preserve that you know without. i don't know as the person says it is on march seventeenth i asked the citizens if they agree with the radar base i recommend that you find the courage to ask the citizens if they want the base city or the three men sat here one from the science academy one from the defense academy mr couch ski i don't think they advised you if you and scientist have advised you mr burr sixty but you will totally destroy burley's flora and fauna and flora but you don't live there so you don't care about when will you wake up yes not when there was. we feel the fear we had to get at it i said on the but i am convinced that the certain things cannot be put through or a friend but we cannot vote on the death penalty because the great majority would be for renewing it we cannot vote on taxes because the majority of people don't want to pay any taxes and we cannot put the defense of our country up to a vote but in con

i hated that. by the time the 1996 olympics rolled around, to me, it was a means to an end. i was supposed to do it. i was still competing with the best, but i did not like it. my mental attitude was not as good as it should have been. there were things i would have done differently, and i think in the back of my head, regardless of the success i had in my earlier career, always regretted a little bit how i felt between 1992 and 1996 olympics, so for me to come back and find joy in the sport again, from 1989 until 1996, those seven years, and never swam my best times, and in swimming, what is important is progress. now, every time i jump in the pool, i do my best time, so i think coming back to this board and appreciating it and going at it with a better attitude and having more wisdom has helped me. it has helped me find a nice balance and a place or swimming in my life, which is a much bigger picture. tavis: two things. first, the comet. you are not competing with the best, you were beating some of the best. even some that were dug up, we can to find out later on, which rai

i am british by birth and i am proud to say an american citizen. i have been an executive director of three nonprofit organizations. i have also worked as a nanny and an office manager and have spent over a dozen years in the retail sector. i have been promoted in many of the jobs i have had and have never been fired. i have an impeccable work history, but now i am out of work and no one will hire me. i came to this country with a bachelor's degree in english literature, i married and had two daughters. we moved from the city of philadelphia to the suburbs so that my daughters could receive a great education. once my children got a bit older, i decided i needed to go back to work. i found a position as an office manager and stayed for eight years. i then worked for three nonprofit arts organizations. my final position as executive director was cut short as my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. our family moved out to seattle for five months so that my daughter could receive a bone marrow transplant. upon returning to philadelphia i cared for my d

i am an investigative reporter as well as a licensed private investigator. i am miffed at the fact of mirkarimi has been taken off his job without pay, because with to get a pepper spray, when he sprayed those sitting demonstrators, he is still getting paid. let me take it back to the san francisco fire chief, when she hit her husband who over the head not once but twice with a glass and was recorded on the 911 tape where the husband said i think my children are in danger. what did major new some say? it is a family matter. hon the issue been on the other foot and had a man hit a woman over the head, he would have been booked, hands down. i think this is a political witch hunt. i think he is being targeted by the mayor's office of the waste of time. it is a waste of money, and it is ruining this man's life. he has not seen his wife since january. i saw a man stabbed in the face, and they got together after a month. this man has been separated from his family for four months. this is an injustice, and for you to even consider misconduct against him, you should

i am not comfortable saying the issue will not come up. it may not come up with anaffirmative expert on their side. we might need extra test run to rebut some of the testimony based on what he says his media. >> may i make one point. normally experts come to cases with backgrounds. bijan a promise to be neutral observers. some people knew i am in no -- it is not usually, in civil practice, the normal practice is to determineif th if they have additional. that is standard practice. it may not be with the commission decides to do here. chairperson hur: comments from the commissioners with respect to mr. sinclair. mr. sinclair was offered as a subject matter expert. that was based on say the experts disclosures of the mayor. >> no. i believe the -- the only reason is supplemental is not in response to anything we saw from the sheriff. it had to do with the short term and we were working on. it's difficult in reaching wises and making sure that the there would speak to the issues. it is an administrative difficulty. >> i do not see the relevance of mr. sinclair and up -

>> i think thomas picarello would be an excellent candidate. friends, we disagree most of the time. he's out for a surgery but he'll be up and ready pretty soon, ready to slay dragons with a latte in his hand. i think people talking about people not showing up is really rampant is several of the boards they attend and they just get the administrator to rubber stamp an excused absence so to me that's a problem. i think when you talk about the sunshine ordinance, it's a group of people that they're kind of under attack by several things, the aloofness of the ethics commission, the city government just giving them bad administration and they got to weed through all of that. i think the other thing, too, is that whole issue about the votes and stuff like that, if these people don't show up, they're automatically voting no on whatever issue it is and they haven't heard the case for or against. so the sunshine ordinance task force was just basically trying to be fair. and to tell somebody that oh, your complaint isn't valid, i mean, before you even ha

if i were to speak like an economist, i might say we have an oversupply of problems.nd the deficit of solutions, our deficits of leadership. that partly reflects the great changes of transforming our modern world. power is shifting. breaking downsis and we do not yet know the shape of the new. 20 years ago at the end of the cold war, the united states and its traditional allies could be ounted on to lead the warorld through uncertainty and change. today, that is much more different. -- difficult. and yet tonight, i want to state clearly, we need leadership, your leadership. in these times of deep uncertainty during this era of change and transformation, we need a sort of leadership that has long distinguished this venerable atlantic council. a leadership dedicated to the common good of a global common good, a leadership of nations, acting in concert as we have seen, with truly global -- th stewardship. this is the leadership that created the united nations and is the founding channel. this is the leadership that will keep our principles all live and strong. ladies and