we have included in our response bim -- 8 a. and we had a lot of support for and opposition to the project or aspects of the project which are not sequa issues. we do have -- the comments i heard today included commitments of the full cost recovery rest tration of parkland to preevent conditions we have addressed that in the bio section. the jumbotron in aqua -- in aquatic park we have assigned that so that the jumbotron will be 100 feet offshore from the swimming lane and we're working closely with staff to avoid any destruction of aquatic park during the event. and also the city has also committed to continued coordination with the environmental groups to refine the mitigation efforts and the imply mentation plans. and for impacts of surrounding neighborhoods, we did do across the board the draft e.i.r. looked at and analyzed secondary impacts throughout. we did find some significant, unavoidable impacts with transportation and secondary impacts at secondary sights. so, in sum, these recent comments are largely similar to thos

was ansigned the tasking introducing them and don't have the list but i was specifically threatened bimintroduce him. ing [laughter] or without further ado, supervisor ross mirkarimi. >> i'll make my statements we -- very quick. i just came out of charing the public safety committee meeting. there's a lot be to talk about. i want to say another happy congratulations on black history month here in san francisco. this has been i think a very auspicious haft few months of course in seeing the ascendancy of our district attorney, kamela harris, rise to attorney general in the state of california. certainly of course ases to the incredible impact of advancing the issues much import to all of us, joining the board, supervisor malia cop henn. and we continue to see great challenges, nationally and internationally and president obama and his quarterback effort to continue to retain as best he can as republicans allow him to, our continued enthusiasm for his ongoing leadership. but in san francisco, reference has been made to this earlier, why we do celebrate many of the advancements of people w

fire and smoke, bim owing into the nighttime sky over baghdad. remember that?he most famous covers. the u.s. and its allies launching a massive assault on the capital. the beginning of war that seis only now reaching its conclusion. bobby ghosh, also "time's" former baghdad bureau chief and knows a lot about the war and the situation. thank you for joining us. good to see you. the world waged thursday as u.s. troops cased the colors in baghdad, which is ceremonial, but this is more than the marking -- it's marking an official end but more than symbolic here. >> well, yes. it's marking the official end of hostilities for the u.s. military. it doesn't mean that the bloodletting in iraq has come to an end. but for an audience in this country, it is an enormously emotional moment. this is a war that has taken a very heavy toll of blood and treasure on this country and for americans at least there must be a deep sigh of relief and acknowledgement that that is over. >> a number of great articles about this war ending, and a really good one today in the christian scie

what we found by the way in our book, bim is that you see a very clear migration pattern of people moving like new jersey, california, and new york to states like texas and florida, and tennessee and other states where you pay zero on your income tax. bill: we also found out that california and illinois may do the same. when you get in budget trouble, and the tax revenues drop off, the easy solution is to raise taxes. the hard solution is to cut spending and figure out how you can sustain or limit your growth for years to come. >> yeah, you know my home state is illinois. as you know, bill we talked about this six months, illinois had the biggest income tax increase of any state in the country, 67% increase in their income tax. what has happened in the ensuing nine months, businesses are now leaving illinois. even the chicago board of trade is talking about leaving illinois because taxes are ojai. when my friends on the left say, oh, taxes don't matter they matter a lot in terms of where businesses decide to locate and where they my great too. this is why, look, new york city where you li

bim. >> the's was published apparently after the second harry potter novel was published. >> so no, this is 99 so that would he around the time that the third book was published. the picture here is that the first book but i see the date on it is 1999 so that would be when the third book was published. >> right. >> in fact it says here her new book -- >> i was told that was the second. in fact it's the third. the point that i am asked to put it is that your publishers then tell the daily mail to say that you are very angry with the publication of this article. is that right? >> no. i do not recall ever asking my publishers to tell the newspaper i was angry. this as you know, you told me i would be asked this question shortly before we came into court. and i have been racking my brains as to what this refers to. i have no memory effort of complaining through my publishers to any newspaper. that's not the way i would complain to a newspaper. i would go to the pcc or i would go to a lawyer i suppose. .. and i just felt that giving more press felt like overkill. so i said to them, can they n

bim. >> and are the contents of your witness -- true and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief? >> as they are. >> misspell or i've said to almost all of the people who have given evidence to me before how grateful i am for taking part in this exercise. i am very conscious that you have strong views about privacy and the very act of coming to give evidence to me, exposes you and means that you are talking about things which actually are quite key, not to want to talk about. so i understand the difficult choice you have to make and i am very grateful. thank you very much. >> before asked questions i have to ask mr. sherborne -- >> good morning ms. miller. >> good morning. >> we heard from a large number of witnesses who have already given evidence to this inquiry about the experiences they had with press photographers and paparazzi, people such as the mccann's the dollars, and a number of others and people who gave examples of such things as photographers camped outside of their homes, being stalked where but they go, jumping out of them without warning and driving dangerously a

bim. >> the's was published apparently after the second harry potter novel was published. >> so no, this is 99 so that would he around the time that the third book was published. the picture here is that the first book but i see thea