the classical gold standard, which might be used as the example or the model for the true gold standard, that period between 1879 and 1914 where there were no reserve currencies, the price level in 1914 was exactly at the same level -- that's to say in 1914 -- as it began in 1879. the growth rate in america was unexcelled by any period in american history. so by the test of economic growth and price stability, that 40-year period compared to the period which i mentioned, the 40-year period from 1971 where the purchasing power of the monetary standard fell by 85%, was not quite perfect but really quite astonishing. indeed, at the end of the great classical period of the gold standard, at the onset of the first world war, with the

chp officer placed on paid administrative leave as standard procedure. khooting investigated by district attorney's office and sunnyvale police. >> residents of dana estate in concord fully restored tonight. just before 1 this afternoon a tree fell near the intersection of. lid drive and mull berry drive. tremendous pulled down power lines when it fell. 7 85 percent lost power initially. pg&e crew cut electricity to the license then worked to cut the tree apart. no injuries reported. >> san pablo woman crediting her 7-year-old daughter with getting everyone out safely after their house caught fire today. take a look. these pictures taken by contra costa county firefighters that show extensive damage inside the house on dover avenue. smoke alarm did not go off because they were not working when the fire broke out. leslie was in her bedroom getting ready to go to the park when daughter came running in alert being her he there was a fire in the closet. >> i went tray to turn it off because it was not that big. i put water in but flames got bigger for some r

chp officer placed on paid administrative leave as standard procedure. khooting investigated by district attorney's office and sunnyvale police. >> residents of dana estate in concord fully restored tonight. just before 1 this afternoon a tree fell near the intersection of. lid drive and mull berry drive. tremendous pulled down power lines when it fell. 7 85 percent lost power initially. pg&e crew cut electricity to the license then worked to cut the tree apart. no injuries reported. >> san pablo woman crediting her 7-year-old daughter with getting everyone out safely after their house caught fire today. take a look. these pictures taken by contra costa county firefighters that show extensive damage inside the house on dover avenue. smoke alarm did not go off because they were not working when the fire broke out. leslie was in her bedroom getting ready to go to the park when daughter came running in alert being her he there was a fire in the closet. >> i went tray to turn it off because it was not that big. i put water in but flames got bigger for some r

fedex is trading at the same multiples as standard & poor's 500. the only time it was cheaper than the s&p was between 95 and 2000. not a function of the stock being expensive. the p.e. for the market was high when tech was running. 95 to 2000 is the bull we know. this is a market multiple. that's as cheap as you will get. you have to buy it here. >> carter is positive on fedex. the p.e. chart is shocking. i didn't realize how cheap it was compared to its own historical p.e. >> it's something you want to look at compared to the market. another reason i think we have another chart that shows fedex revenues. if we look at that chart one of the things that will tell us is the reason it trades at a premium to the market. they have had steadily growing revenues. they have had secular trends helping them out. take a look. this has been a growth company. the only reason was there were a lot of tech companies and speculative things that drove up the market multiple when it was trading at a discount. what are the secular trends? e-commerce. just in time sup

prosthetic needs of veterans in a timely manner without limitations of cost saving measures such as standardization of items or contract bulk purchasing. veterans must have access to prosthetics that best fit their individual needs. for many years psas has done a good job of ensuring the number one consideration when ordering prosthetics is quality. the ability to meet the medical and personal needs of veterans. the va must make certain that the issuance and delivery of prosthetics continues to be provided based on the unique needs of veterans and help to maximize their quality of life. again, pva thanks this committee for their attention to this important issue and encourages continued oversight. i'm happy to take any questions from the committee. >> thank you all very much. i will now yield myself five minutes for questions. mr. oros, in your opening statement, you mentioned the four very important tenets of trust, excess trust, experience and positive outcomes. as you look at the va prosthetic care, do you think that that encompasses those four tenets that you laid out for us this morning? >> i

chp officer placed on paid administrative leave as standard procedure.vestigated by district attorney's office and sunnyvale police. >> residents of dana estate in concord fully restored tonight. just before 1 this afternoon a tree fell near the intersection of. lid drive and mull berry drive. tremendous pulled down power lines when it fell. 7 85 percent lost power initially. pg&e crew cut electricity to the license then worked to cut the tree apart. no injuries reported. >> san pablo woman crediting her 7-year-old daughter with getting everyone out safely after their house caught fire today. take a look. ures t pictures taken by contra costa county firefighters that show extensive damage inside the house on dover avenue. smoke alarm did not go off because they were not working when the fire broke out. leslie was in her bedroom getting ready to go to the park when daughter came running in alert being her he there was a fire in the closet. >> i went tray to turn it off because it was not that big. i put water in but flames got bigger for some reason. so t

the desirable future of a gold standard for the entire society is just as lew suggested before. an object ish measure. we don't all have our own individual idea of what a meter might be, a yard or a bolt of cloth or any of the standard units of weights and measures and to standardize weights and measures, introduces all manner of efficiencies into an economy, and you say -- to render objective, the purchasing power of money as a weight of something rare and tangible is to do a great good turn for not just individuals who choose to own it but for society as a whole. >> last one.

as standards of truth in politics go, that will pass. it's a tremendous honor to be dean of the chapman law school. our law school is now in its 16th year. we're 15 years old last autumn. we are in a university that's 150 years old, just finished celebrating its 150th. the university was founded on the day of president abraham lincoln's inaugural by design of the founders as a statement of solidarity with the principles of abraham lincoln, principle of individual freedom, abhorrence of slavery and desire to keep the union together. we are rich in history at chapman although the law school is relatively young. as a tribute to our students and faculty that we have achieved so much in the time that we have had, and all of it before i came here. i'm particularly proud of the work the students did in putting on our seminar this morning. vial a few words at lunch about my colleague, professor ron rotunda. but i do wish to recognize history men douse contribution as well as in making this possible. in the remainder of my time this morning, i ha

as a victory. it was a closely-watched vote. today, the virginia board of health struck down a requirement that existing clinics meet the same building standards as new hospital construction. dr. laura meyers, the ceo of planned parenthood of metropolitan washington joins us to talk about the decision. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> and i know there was some concern among pro-choice groups that if passed, it would have limited access to abortions and clinics put out of business. how would this have limited access? >> we were concerned that politics was coming before what was medically determined by doctors, by medical experts to be medically necessary in terms of the regulations. >> critics argue that the board ignored the advice of the attorney general's office which, said that the 2011 law requiring the regulations actually mandate the tougher stand arts -- standards. isn't it important for you to meet the same standards as hospitalsness is you're doing medical procedures? >> first of all, the regulations were limited to only abortion providers and no other in office procedures. the other issue, i'm planed -- gladdened that

i have a disagreement with both parties as to what this is supposed to mean. this refers to the standard of decency, good faith, and right actions required of all public officers, including any violation of a specific conflict of interest. i did not see this as one standard for the sheriff, one standard for the mayor, one standard for the board of supervisors. this is one standard for all public officials. to me, it makes mr. henderson's testimony all the more irrelevant. >> the argument from us would be that each public official is under a duty to perform the duties of office to the best of their ability. they are expected to do that. you have to look at their ability to perform the duties is affected. the standard is the same, we expect all of our officials to be able to perform the duties of office. what does the sheriff have to perform? commissioner studley: cannula explained a limitation that potentially affects -- can you a explain the limitation that potentially affects his duties to carry out his office? >> i will defer to my colleague on that. she came prepared to speak to these

acknowledge that this is the last medal of valor award ceremony that mark will attend as an active member of the standards as the police department. mark is retiring next friday after a 32-year career. at present mark solomon. [applause] >> please, it is not about me. it is about them. thank you. thank you. it is my distinct honor to stand before you and speak on behalf of these fine officers, sergeant scott ryan, a albertalbert lieu and reyes. tuesday, june 7, 2011, the fbi contacted the san francisco police department robbery abatement team providing them with specific information about two incidents that occurred in irvine, california. an armed white male suspects driving a gray bmw had committed to armed bank robberies. the suspect had already proven himself dangerous and desperate when he attempted to run down responding deputy sheriffs in order to effectively escape from one of the bank robberies. using the gps, the getaway car was located in our city at one of this the park. -- beuna vista park. the suspects gray bmw was found precisely with gps. the car was legally parked and unattended. the robbe

well as traffic mitigation standards. we appreciate your time tonight. we're certainly interested in any of your questions. >> commissioners, and the questions? >> with all of the conditions being placed on there, how do you feel about -- i mean, are you happy with the conditions being placed there? [laughter] >> i'm not sure happy is necessarily the best word, but again, we appreciate many of the neighbors' concerns. and we value our neighbors at all times. i understand a number of their concerns. we believe that what we have documented through the planning board of supervisors has addressed these issues. we know there are others that feel differently. >> i mean, are you willing to accept those conditions? brecht's absolutely, yes. live nation has now been through the planning commission tries and the board of supervisors price. when judge cosmit found that the puc was not valid, we continued to operate under the conditional use permit as it's still was based upon the condition because we believe it is a good neighbor po

it is kind of interesting if we use that as our standard here. >> that is correct. the parliamentary system is modeled on the british system. we have what is called constituencies. we have about 57 constituencies. constituencies are represented politically by members of parliament and then by city councils or minus about these -- or municipalities. during election time, you vote for your council member or your member of parliament. then the member of parliament vote for president. that is the indirect portion of saying the president is indirectly voted upon. every party during the election, there will be who in a particular area will be the one to represent them. same the primaries like you do hear. then they will get signatures of about 50 people to endorse their candidate for the presidency. >> what is the name of the president now? >> [unintelligible] >> and what is his primary goal right now? >> his primary goal when he came into power, he called the five d's. discipline, delivery, democracy, self-dependency or independent. then he came with the house of excelle

i seek your -- i ask that you forward the ordinance without a recommendation as the standard procedure in these matters. i want to take this opportunity to thank the planning department, economic development staff, the boards of the sf market association, the tireless efforts of their staff. as is the case with any complex development, we would not be here today without creative and collaborative efforts brought forward by the city attorney's office. happy to answer any questions you might have about this particular vacation. supervisor cohen: any questions? all right. supervisor mar: thank you so much. let's open this up for public comment. public comment is closed. i want to thank michael and monica for the project. i agree with my colleagues that this will help smaller businesses and the whole city access a healthier and affordable produce for our businesses. supervisor cohen, would delight in the concluding remarks? could we move on items 1 and 24 without objection? -- one and two forward without objection? the motion is to refer item number one as a committee report to the board o

i don't hold much truck with ratings agencies and i've ude standard & poor's as both standard and poor, but when they wrote about this and said here is another 11th hour rescue, we've had that before but the politics of this leave us with no confidence that you'll be able to manage the future, and then we looked at the debacle that followed with the super committee. here are the political equivalent of "the avengers" but with cryptonite, and they can't act, and now speaker boehner, who said when he became speaker, there's some things now we have to behave like adults and be responsible and that includes the debt limit, leading the charge for another hostage-taking mechanism it says to me we're operating on dangerous ground here. and we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries and systems are doing worse than we are, but other re currency and other countries and systems are doing worse than we are. it's not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he

and that's what we're trying to make a standard rule, because as a role of the congress, it's not the role of the secretary of the make the decision. it's the role of the congress, the recognition and tribes to accept or not accept the standards as a tribe. i look forward to hearing our witnesses now reck nided for five minutes on any statement he may make. >> i like to say how much i look forward to working with you through the end of the congress. as ranking member and to thank you for you leadership, my recent apointment to the decision is a great honor, and it's truly a privilege to serve native communities and the leadership role and to work to strengthening the federal trust relationship. empowerment over tribal lands and resources is an important goal of my office and this administration. i will work to achieve it. the administrative acknowledgment process began in 197 when the department of interior p-- in the letter to then secretary on the occasion of the legislative acknowledgment of the tribe, president carter stressed that the new federal acknowledgment regulations reflec

these are the elements that we applaud, and hope that you take as the kind of basis -- basic standard -- that you should go forward with. when you hear about the architects or developers talking about this, and the good architecture materials to not pencil out, i hope that you keep this as a point of reference. the parcel -- as you know -- these are currently -- there may be a transition where -- if they are developed quickly, it will be a viable but if there is an interim, with the form can continue some level -- we appreciate this. >> i am julia sullivan. thank you for the opportunity to speak. a couple of months ago we reviewed this project in detail and give this project our strong support. we like the mixed use of the project, along with the rich designs, and the architecture firms. this is a proposal that will improve and of all the neighborhood and strengthen the sense of place, including the new st. hickory, where none currently exists. we recognize that the parking is an important consideration, in this neighborhood. we support how the project sponsors have capped the parkin

what the employees have to do to maintain the standard established with the industry or as the nurses are defensively being locked out of the hospitals because the employer wants significant takeaways from the standards. as the city's largest private sector employer in years to come, we must get a binding commitment to restore and maintain standards, and in other hospitals. including strong transfer rights, the right for workers to join a union without being coerced by the employer, real training opportunities, fair wages, restoration of benefits that they have taken away. without these protections, the project being promoted to create jobs would easily destroy jobs for cpmc's incumbent workforce for women, people of color, and immigrants that have dedicated years of their lives to cpmc and its patients. we understand the terms of employment can knock be imposed related to land use, but elected leaders should evaluate the economic income of the project. [tone!] we urge you to express strong concerns over these issues and urge cpmc to resolve them through the negotiation of the benefit

the ebb -- as a condition of the purchase and sale agreement, the economic justice covenants or a condition of that sale. -- are a condition of that sale. in your motion, there is a standard condition related to first source hiring. that is what will be a condition of your approval. you are acting in the city's regulatory capacity. as you are aware, the national labor relations act constrains the city's ability to effect labor relations acting towards regulatory capacity. the city cannot ->> if the spone reason, something happens to that covenant, cannot move forward with the project, is that right? >> that is correct. >> even though it is passed through the planning commission. you are saying that we cannot condition it with a covenant. let's say eight gets approved, -- let's say it gets approved, they are still facing the purchase agreement, which has this clause in it. for some reason, if that does not pan out, they cannot move forward with the project. >> there is a board of supervisors ordinance that required the economic justice covenant be in the purchase and sale agreement. the wrappers and the desk from my office can confirm they have already entered into -- the

>> correct. >> so, sworn personnel are held to that high standard of having their off-duty conduct measured as part of whether they are meeting job standards. is that correct? >> correct. >> there are some examples listed here of what constitutes misconduct in the sense of conduct unbecoming to a deputy. the first example is an arrest, correct? >> yes. >> so, you were arrested? >> yes. >> it can happen that a person can be arrested but not have committed an offense? >> correct. >> in your case, you were arrested and you committed an offense? >> i pled. >> are you disputing that you did not commit a criminal act? >> know. >> so, you committed a criminal act? >> yes. >> you fell below that standard? >> yes. >> of the sheriff has stipulated to a plea for a misdemeanor violation. this line of questioning is asking the sheriff to have legal conclusions. >> the procedure i would like to imply with objections is object, state your basis, and if i or other members request argument, we certainly will. i will sustain the objection because i think we have gone over it. >> item d, under misconduct. these