bill barnes, john gavin? >> good evening. bill barnes who, until january 8, worked for supervisor alioto-pier. we have increased vitality with appropriate conditions. this was not a perfect project. there was a letter of the termination from the planning department that says this is a permitted use. there are other activity areas. i would note that this has been an existing restaurant for many years. the planning commission -- you will recommended the conditional use. at this location, a restaurant like this has existed for some time. the idea that it would be renovated and they would attract people to the street is a positive, in my view. there is a way to enforce this behavior. they have been talking about putting additional provisions of the liquor license. the question for the planning commission is, when something is permitted by the code and people are here, it should go to make the project work. i would respectfully ask to deny the eir. -- d.r. >> i wanted to take a moment and read in e-mail from susan reynolds, the pu

i do not feel comfortable supporting the legislation, but i feel comfortable with the work of bill barnes and you have done on this legislation, with others chipping in. as soon hester and others have pointed out, -- as sue hester and others have pointed out, i am not comfortable yet. i would like to see other people's -- other people at the table. i support the amendments but i will not support the legislation at this time. supervisor alioto-pier: i want to reiterate that i believe this is the fifth time that this particular legislation has come before us here at land use. in has come for historic preservation price. it has come for planning and was unanimously passed. it was introduced back in april. at some point, i think that we need to act and move forward. the amendments that were made today were frankly just taking at some of the things that were put in last time. and it was because planning felt uncomfortable with it and needed to take a second look at it. i will respect fully agree with the supervisor. i do believe this is ready for prime time. i do believe it is time that we sta

thanks a lot, bill and lou for the introduction. it's a pleasure to be here on barnes and noble. it's a thrill to be here in new york city on this night. >> [inaudible] >> excuse me? >> [inaudible] [applause] >> thank you. i want to congratulate bill on the completion of "prophets of war," which is his book. this is a history of the rise of the military industrial complex from the 1930's for work in desolate of the phenomenon that dwight eisenhower drew attention to in this speech, and which he warns against the unwarranted acquisition of influence by military industrial complex. i'm going to provide a little bit of background context about this speech and how my book, "going home to glory," picks up from it. this was given 50 years ago. it describes as the excerpts bill read, it describes a permanent condition, which developed within his lifetime in national affairs. he draws attention to it. he acknowledges the problem of standing mobilization is something that is compelling, that we are compelled to face. this is not something we do as a matter of choice. it is something we are

bill. and lou, thanks for that introduction. it's a real pleasure to be here at barnes & noble on broadway. this is a real thrill to be here in new york city on this night. [inaudible] >> excuse me? >> thanks for coming. >> oh, thank you. [applause] >> i want to graduate bill on the completion of quite frankly, prophets of war" which is his book which is the history of the rise of the military industrial complex from the 1930s forward and the development of the phenomenon that dwight eisenhower drew attention to in this speech in which he warns against the unwarranted acquisition of influence by military industrial complex. i'm going to provide a little bit of background you and context about this speech and how my book "going home to glory" picks up from it. this was given 50 years ago. it describes as the experts that bill read -- it describes a permanent condition which had developed in his lifetime in national affairs. he draws attention to it. he acknowledges that the problem of standing mobilization is something that is compelled -- that we're compelled to face --

several california based stored such as barnes & noble, macy's target and home and depot have come out in support of the bill. >>> starbucks, more like star trek now. but you can pay for the daily cup of joe with, of course, your smart phone. starbucks accepting payments with a free starbucks card ipho iphone app. you'll need to have it preloaded with cash, just like the gift card. she'll scan your phone when you check out. >>> well, the information superhighway is more like a winding road these days. bob hansen reports on how smart phones, tablets and other devices are clogging even the fastest networks. >> from trade shows to college campuses, it's all about being connected. and we are connected more than ever before. >> we all have smart phones now. we have tablets. we have notebooks. we have computers at home. we have cars that are computerized. >> and the more we're connected, the more potential for bogging down the system. is the wi-fi world promising more than it can deliver? >> it gets slower and slower and slower. >> a lot of the growth has been in the last three or four years. >> there are 72,000 w