Ñt1t are only a handful of all and the coming to [1v bic. heated through the state law process as part of the three-year updates, sometimes through the emergency provisions. there is legislation that comes from the mayor, board of supervisors, so it is introduced at a board hearing andr0 then t through the department. also the director has the ability, the way the codeñr is t up, to ask for changes. it is pretty much limited to those sources. one of the thing that you already have on a regular agendas is part of the director's report, an update on pendingsbv legislationg8s. an idea might be to have, as expensive reporting here at the bic as to the items pending at the code advisory committee, reaching back further. i.e think a lot of times we thk those things up,(tñ but this wod opportunity for tho watch these meetings, to pick up that information. >> good idea. thank you. and as commissioner walker said, as commissioners, we need to be listening. if we$tt there, we can do in outreach with everyone else. thank you. ñr>> commissioner mar sp

Ñt1t are only a handful of all and the coming to [1v bic.ions. there is legislation that comes from the mayor, board of supervisors, so it is introduced at a board hearing andr0 then t through the department. also the director has the ability, the way the codeñr is t up, to ask for changes. it is pretty much limited to those sources. one of the thing that you already have on a regular agendas is part of the director's report, an update on pendingsbv legislationg8s. an idea might be to have, as expensive reporting here at the bic as to the items pending at the code advisory committee, reaching back further. i.e think a lot of times we thk those things up,(tñ but this wod opportunity for tho watch these meetings, to pick up that information. >

what do we do with these properties this year, as bic?ion or paid the fees. so they will not be able to do anything with the property until those matters are remedied3la. we have this annual process or the board looks at it. . by the time the boardñr makes is final vote, we seem to get into thism? 90-range of those that e recalcitrant, not available -- i do not exactly know what the holdup is. at least those have property w3incumbrances that they will nt be able to evade their responsibility. we will put it that way. >> vqee withinñrvjfáh"epartmento handles that, who keeps track of this. certainly, the director is made are. they" any action that may come through for other activities so that)zfn alarm would go off if somebody was trying to do something that. >> so in foresman does not get to the place where we start spending people out tod7y try to collect? ñr>> i do ñri am not aware of us trying to collect that way. some of these cases could get referred to liu$ey )q" through the city qa.tÓjá@&e%ei office. ÑÑ>> typically, in ae the situ

seeingñr none, general public the bic will take public comment on items not on the agenda.oner mccarthy: if i may, in any public comment should not beñr any personal comments for e staff. thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is sincere -- spencer gough. i have a copy for sonya. i would like to bring attention to something your department is responsible for and failing miserably at that to the. ñrmore proper payment procedures followed. we get nothing in return. secondly, i would like to express citizens who have an ax to grind with this department should begin to attend these meetings. president mccarthy, you have not put the item of racism on the agenda as i requested. have you done anything? no response. the department has a very serious problem of chinese racism, along with other seriou. you have chosen.çiqz"ti will no. my view goes like this. there is statistical evidence that someone has instituted successful policy of only hiring chinese-american workers, particularly in the engineering class. this constitutes a racist behavior. i request an inquiry. you

amazon shoppers taking aim, no pun intended, at a bic pen, designed for women. >> what? >> bic pen.al for her. it has a slim barrel to fit a woman's hand. elegant design for her, in pastel hues, getting blasted the i love the delicate shape and is good for writing checks to my psychologist and tracking my cycle. >> ask your husband for pocket money. >> dots the i with a heart. >>> breaking news this morning on "world news now" -- hurricane isaac's impact on new orleans and the gulf coast hours after landfall. >> the flooding downpours, powerful wind and the unfortunate reminders of hurricane katrina, seven years ago. it's wednesday, august 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everybody. a very busy news morning on this wednesday. that's for sure. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. we will have extensive coverage this half-hour of hurricane isaac churning over louisiana and the gulf coast ever so slowly. our other big headline is the big political splash from the rnc, republican national convention, ann romney was in the spotlight. and so wa

the next bic +qnmeeting is on december 19.e there have already been a couple of agenda itemsñr proposed. i would support those. i want to make sure we also legendize -- agendize this ability accessxd on the insertin of additional paths inspectors. also, just to that members of the board of supervisors know who weighed in on this issue. if we --ñr agendize those llpitems, to ameliorate some of the problems that small business may be facing. so, we are going to agendize it. çkdcommissioner lee: i want to d on the matter that commssioner mar just mentioned, i would like to know what the roles are of these past inspectors? exs from these inspectorsÑi? u"zmeaning, can the public apprh them to ask questions? from this? -- what can the general public get from this? commissioner mccarthy: we did have a meeting about this. we had testimony here. just a clarification. commssioner mar, are you talking about the programñr or small businesses as a rule and the frustration they have doing business here, or -- commssioner mar: i think it is

. >>> he was a beloved baltimore business man killed in a bic -- bicycle accident. >> and a fire in harford county uncovers dozens of dead animals. what neighbors said was going on inside the house when we come back. >>> new video out of louisiana. a 70-year-old man is back on solid ground after he was rescued from a rooftop. isaac dumped heavy rain on the state causing flooding. more than 750,000 people are without power throughout louisiana, mississippi, texas and alabama. >>> right in our own backyard, the american red cross of central maryland is pitching. in. local volunteers are joining the 2700 people deployed to a lap and -- louisiana and florida. >> for the people that are impacted, it's serious. there's no question whether it's widespread or local. to those people who have lost their homes or asked to evacuate, the service is as important as life and death to many people. >> volunteers will also do damage assessments, deliver food and water. >>> at this hour hurricane isaac is now a tropical storm. it's packing a punch on this seventh anniversary of katrina. officials are trying t

about legislation since there were a number of items today that do not technically come before the bic. there were a lot of changes that affected the planning department and planning commission but they had no direct say over it. there was a move to move with the president and board of supervisors to create a rule of the board of supervisors will book that says that there will be legislation in amending the administrative code that will affect the planning commission are planning department, the board can't act on it for 30 days in order to give the planning commission an opportunity to comment on it. it might be something you would want to consider, something similar like that and see if the board president was willing to put forward a similar thing in the rulebook for the board. >> thank you. that is something i would like to have further discussion on. >> this is something we could put on a future agenda, the building inspection commission, we could legendize it as an item to seek additional ways for the building inspection commission to comment on legislation that would affect the

. >> we actually have a nominations' subcommittee of the bic. >> ok. >> i just know there isxd a subcommitteelee: i also want to express myñr appreciation to the code advisory committee. 0hthey have puta2÷ in a lot of. many, many appreciate. i just thought i would ask, how do you feel about the process -- i think i asked this before -- is the process going well? i thought i would ask. on your end, is there anything the code advisory committee ñrxdneeds other than support frm us? >> i think the only thing that comes up regularly in our meetings is the request that we be more represented at our meetings. and mainly that is to sort of make suree5-is continuity %zuwhen code legislation moves m our committee9

i thought he'd use the bic stick, a three stooges move in the back of the head. >> what is it with people taking their clothes off in china to do stuff? >> get tougher. >> that's not making them look very tough at all. >> tougher. >>> you guys remember the jug alows, after year they gather as the gathering of the jugalos. the 13th gathering and look at what happened. >> oh, boy. >> according to the poster of this video, the red sedan was the car of an alleged thief that allegedly stole from other people at the gathering. >> like vigilante judgmentalo justice. >> don't ever mess with a group of juggler. >> i'd hate to see what they'd do -- >> they kind of put the jeep back on its four wheels, but -- >> nobody got hurt sglonchts reported injury, at least in this event. in this gathering of the jugalos, 27 arrests, 12 felony, but police were not called for this particular event. >>> check this out. apparently that car that's being juggled, didn't belong to the thief. the thief stole this car from the guy that had just bailed him out of jail. >> oh! >> inside the car were "wanted" posters for

bic.the company has created pens just for women, which caused a firestorm of controversy.they're called "bicor her".they're described as a diamond- engraved barrel for an elegant aad dainty feminine style.many women have taken to amazon pretending toobe men, leaving nasty and bitter comments..... because they think its a case of sexist branding.one man said quote, it felt liie writing back in 1952. a great day as a television producer saves her anchors the studio. studio.37-43 chasing bat out the door door things got wild today on the set of an ottawa newsroom. a bat circled the anchor while he was delivering the latcced on to the weatherman. the reporters and anchors scrambled while two courageous out an emergency exit and back into the wild. thhse producers deserve a raise. a bad eek as hurricane isaac is urting drivers at the pump. some stations there are charging neerly á4-dollarsá a gallon for regular.that's up 30-cents from just a few days ago.here in marrland... drivers are paying an average of 3-71 per gallon. 3 a perfect day in baltimmree as we marcc towards the fall. fall. but will

the next bic +qnmeeting is on december 19.i want to make sure we also legendize -- agendize this ability accessxd on the insertin of additional paths inspectors. also, just to that members of the board of supervisors know who weighed in on this issue. if we --ñr agendize those llpitems, to ameliorate some of the problems that small business may be facing. so, we are going to agendize

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. >> officer love discovered a needle which was concealed with that bic roller pen, it's got a pointnd of crude, either manufactured, that looks like from a deodorant stick. >> that is the stick off the deodorant. >> could have residue in it, something they use on the job site to load up, get high. >> you have to keep in your mind they are actually functioning gang members. in a general population setting, so this is what they do. the nature of the beast. we'll give them a couple of days, there will be another one back here. >> obviously, this is the place to hide your stuff. >> just got to have us beat them. one time. good. >> the risk of smuggling drugs and weapons into corcoran has cost some inmates not only their jobs, but the small taste of freedom that came with them.

bic, the pen company came out with a pen for her, designed specifically for women, a thin barrel to fitoman's hand. >> i love it. >> you do? >> some women are kind of offended. >> i was so ready to be the one -- >> i love it. >> a lot of women offended. why are they making pens. >> if you think it's not for you, don't buy it. >> the first time i ever picked up a fancy cross pen, i thought, who can write with this. >> you know, i bedazzle my phone. i don't have a problem wit. i can talk sports with you if you want me to be a dude for a minute but give me a nice pen. >> this is setting us back to the '50s. >> here is the reaction along the lines you expected. some comments on facebook said oh, golly, i'm just waiting for my husband to come home from his long day at the office to make sure i can order this dreamy pen. >> some women like the pen. >> is some condescending to women. >> we sit up here. some advertising condescends to men, women, children. bit way, if you want to target a product to somebody. i guarantee you, a lot of women out there, feminists saying it's setting us back. >> p

bic has started selling just for her pens designed to fit into a woman's hands in pink and purple. if you'd like to waste an hour laughing, check out amazon reviews for it. with this new pen females of world can stop ruining their nails by scratching rudimentary symbols into clay tablets. this man was a man. i bought this pen in air rer evidently on to write my reports of each day's tree felling activities as my job as a lumberjack. >> it didn't bring out his softer side. i wonder if your penmanship is a bit better. >> no would make it better. or my penwomanship. >> that's very fair. pretty pink pen. 5:54 right now. we check in with christina loren to find out about our wednesday forecast. >> the reason we can't open the spaghetti jar, designed for a man's hand. that's right. we have to do investigating there. 78 degrees at noon today inland, 91 degrees in the heat of the day, 78 bayside and 70 degrees at the coast today. as we head through the 6:00 hour, we continue to get updates on hurricane isaac still a strong category 1 hurricane. right now it's just about to bring the brunt

>> caller: jim, i want to give you a bic ron paul buyaa to you. >> that's aggressive. i will take that. >> caller: i am wondering how to best prepare for the he werings season in terms of all of my research resources. give me the scoop of what you look like as you stay on top of all the market update. >> what i like to do, first of all, i watch cnbc. i am not kidding. they cover earnings season better than anyone. i go to the websites. they are so good. they will have the analyst reports, a lot of projections and i like to look at the news stories to get a sense of what the consensus is and the analyst reports the day after. all of that has to be done if you're going to really sink your teeth in and feel confident. start with the website of the stock. go to dow in california, please >>caller: yes, booya. i have a question. what is meant by a reverse split stock? >> okay. that means there is a million shares. say they do 3:1 and they get the 300,000 shares. citigroup did one. what it does is if you have 300 billion shares, you divide it by 3, you get 100 billion, it doe

that was also progressing is different for these parts, that the frontal lobes control some of the him bictructures, this .. anatomy had been advancing in the same time, in the medical school we had no idea what the frontal lobes did, in all honesty. >> it was a systems problem and that was one of the great advances which i think then brought even neurologists into talk to us about depression. >> rose: depression on a biological basis, helen, and a neurocircuits. >> i think what everybody is talking about is this is in the brainl and for neurology is question is where the brain, and real estate counts, you have to actually know which part of the brain does what. it isn't a big bowl bowel of soup, add the serotonin and stir which was really the concept that moving from psychotherapy to pharmacology embraced, moving into the brain was the first step but the issue is, how did i assess the symptoms and syndromes into the component parts because while it is an involvement of many parts of the brain, its involvement of specific parts of the brain pa and the way we approach that was we couldn't d