bradford, assembly member bradford as well. >> thank you. >> we have consent on that. okay, colleagues. >> i fully support that. i think it is often useful for the committees to have a formal action letter of support or opposition from board or commission. so i would hope that we could still bring that back next month and in the interim have a letter. >> okay. will do. >> and can i just add, can we make sure that we include in the letter specifically our desires to implement this program would not financially impact low-income communities, meaning no fee or anything -- i don't know if you want to put that level of detail, but i think it's important that we highlight how this program will not negatively impact low-income families. >> right. i will add in that we have encompasses the care program. we have a lot of ways of actually helping low-income families with this program. >> great, thank you. >> sure >> mr. chair, the mayor's position on the bradford bill, i did ask roger kim in the mayor's office and my understanding is that they are not actively promoting a suppor

louis rams select sam bradford. >> reporter: 30 teams gather to submit choices across a crop of college prospects, but what fun is that? there are no tackles or touchdowns, but the draft become a football spectacle second only to the super bowl.

bradford livingston, a partner juan in chicago annoying me. a partner at a 0skrllc in emeryville, california. mr. bernard is director of athletics for stanford university in stanford, california. mr. patrick tyler's is managing director at madison dearborn partners in chicago illinois and former minnesota vikings. okay. i could not stop. before i recognize you to provide your testimony let me briefly remind everyone of the five men and lighting system. been the system is pretty straightforward. when i recognize you, you will have five minutes to give testimony. the light will be green. after four minutes they will turn yellow. i would hope that you would be looking to wrapping up the testimony when it turns red please wrap up as expeditiously as you can.

joining me here is the head of partnership, bradford. thank you for joining us.have you learned about what works and what does not work? >> we have learned that people like to pin brands that they love and things they want to do in the future. it is really a visual discovery tool for pinners. if you are banana republic, it might be about dressing for work. it might be about lending a birthday party. the markers are organic and are excited to use a paid product. >> are their brands that do well on pinterest? >> that is one of the things we're trying to figure out. one of the things that we found is that promoted pins worked about as good or the same as regular pins. there may be an opportunity to pin all sorts of different things. if you are lululemon, you might pin fitness food or travel ideas, as well as your product. >> how do you choose who to give the business opportunity to? more people want in and you guys are not ready. >> we are hiring a team and the team is analytics driven. they put a pin button on their website and then they build their board. it shoul

louis rams select sam bradford. >> reporter: 30 teams gather to submit choices across a crop of college prospects, but what fun is that? there are no tackles or touchdowns, but the draft become a football spectacle second only to the super bowl. fans camp out for a seat inside radio city music hall ready to cheer or boo their team's pick. >> get down with johnny. >> johnny super bowl. >> reporter: is it hard to hang in the with the cleveland browns through the years? >> not at all, baby. >> reporter: after being groomed and dressed by their personal stylist, the gq players walk the red carpet like movie stars on opening night, a long way from the look brett favre went with when he was chosen in 1991. jon gruden is a super bowl winning coach and analyst for espn. >> i don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing, but it's a made for tv event now, and these young players are more noticeable than they have ever been before. >> reporter: this draft day comes after an nfl season marked by a $765 million settlement between the league and thousands of retired players over concussion-related br

we spoke with joanna bradford. they have been testing this for several months.worked and what hasn't? >> people have brands that they love to pin. it is a visual discovery tool. brands have many different brands to tell the story of their brand. if your banana republic, it might be about dressing for work. if you are kraft it might be about planning a birthday party. they are using the organic platform. >> are there any brands in particular that do well on pinterest versus others? >> that is one of the things we are trying to figure out. what we found is promoted pins work about the same or better than regular pins. we think there are great possibilities for marketers to be able to scale and pin all sorts of different things. if you are lululemon, you might pin fitness food. you might pin travel ideas. >> had you get these brands on board? how do you choose who to give the opportunity to? i have heard that more brands want in and you have not been ready. >> we have been in for six months. we have hired a team. they are analytics and data driven. they have to be

. >> all right, joanne bradford.for sharing your vision with us. >> thank you so much. >> coming up, could computers be the retail salespeople of the future? one company at how is teaming up with ibm to change the way consumers make purchases. and you can watch us streaming on your phone, your tablet, bloomberg.com, fire tv, and apple tv. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. turn back to our wiring the world series. we are looking at how ibm is changing the retail business. could watson be working in your favorite retail store? they are partnering with ibm to launch a personal shopping app. allow customers to ask questions like "what kind of jacket do i need for a trip to tahoe next week?" it will respond with a list of related products. the ceo is here with us. how does this work? if i could use anything, it is a personal shopper. >> if you think about agile technology, it brings you angst -- price, convenience, selection. think about that when you work into a fashion store, walk into rei. they as

her name as their cilia bradford a mother accused of choking the 12 year-old allegedly have been bold daughter her attorney says mass so fast there's three different people there were all friends no mercy of them are quite a shock as one step the think the case was conducted and the fis no evidence that there was a kind of shock when this wenchow year that he and she saw the bullet killed in a cell because he plays both total from is meant and she won't soar and that a child with that. charles of the charges have now been filed until a chilling attorney adams says they never lasted the democratic clear how this really happened and the children suffer because the city was not dinar like being approached by this woman of london bullion her child the attorney office. rick released a statement san any correlate information which is a licensed contractor shares offers before june 19th shares stonecrop formals. cruisers and the upshot for bonn rock cruiser beginning to show up to star set up for a bottle rocket is clearly 60 bands performing here of a lesson they sure which was 80 bands and

sam bradford has been getting his butt kicked basically since he got in the league and so i have to think of things they need to worry about and as long as michael sam continues to go in there and bust his butt and do the exact same things he did when he was the top college player, he really won't be the focus. the focus will be about that offensive line, about how they compete in the toughest division in football. i mean, there's so many on the field things they have to worry about. if they spend too much time thinking about michael sam and whether or not he is checking them out in the locker room then they are going to be lost. >> plus, here is something else to consider. this is a guy, this cannot be overstated. besides the fact being the codefense player of the year in the s.e.c. which is the toughest conference, this is a guy was so respected by his teammates in missouri, he was the team captain, okay? we are not talking about a slouch team in missouri. missouri went to the cotton bowl and has done very well the last few years. the start of that team was this guy here, you cannot fin

bradford livingston is a partner in seyfarth shaw in chicago, illinois. mr. andy schwartz is a partner at oskr in emeryville california. mr. bernard muir is director of athletics for stanford university in stanford, california. and mr. patrick eilers is managing director at madison dearborn partners in chicago, illinois, come and former minnesota viking. okay, i couldn't stop. before i recognize you to provide your testimony, let me briefly remind everyone of the five minute lighting system. the system is pretty straightforward. when i recognize you, you will have five minutes to give your testimony. the light will between, after four minutes it will turn yellow. i would hope that you would be looked to wrapping up your testimony. when it turns red please wrap up as expeditiously as you can. i've told what is before on very low to gavel that a witness but we are here to listen to you. you are here to give us the benefit of your expertise. i'm less loath to gavel to my colleagues when we get into our five minute questions, but please try to be respectful of th

bradford livingston is a partner in chicago. andy schwartz is a partner at os kr in emeryville, california. is director of athletics of stanford university. mr. patrick eilers is managing director ed madison dearborn partners in chicago and former minnesota viking. i could not stop. before i recognize you to provide your testimony, let the remind everyone that the five-minute lighting system -- the system is pretty straightforward. you will have five minutes to give your testimony. the light will be green. after four minutes, it will turn yellow. i would hope that you would be look to wrapping up your testimony when it turns red. lee's wrapup as expeditiously as you can. -- please wrapup as expeditiously as you can. we are here for you to give us the benefit of your expertise. of thebe respectful other witnesses and wrap up your testimony. the arable kenh starr. -- the honorable ken starr. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is not a to be here and to discuss this very important issue. be here andhonor to to discuss this very importa

bradford livingstone is a partner in chicago illinois. mr. andy schwartz is a partner at oskrlsc and every california. mr. bernard is the director of athletics for stanford university in stanford california, and mr. patrick eilers with the former minnesota vikings area couldn't stop. >> before i recognize you to provide your testimony, with me briefly remind everyone that the five minute flight system. the system is pretty straightforward. when recognized, you have five minutes to get your opening testimony. the light will be green and a further four minutes it will turn yellow. i would hope you would look at propping up the testimony and when it turns red, wrapup as expeditiously as you can. we are here to give the benefit of the expertise. when we get into our five minutes questioning session please, try to be respectful of the other witnesses and wrap up your testimony. all right. let's start with the honorable ken starr. you're recognized for. >> thank you mr. chairman. it's an honor to be here and to discuss this very important issue in

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tomorrow chancellor nortonberg will receive bradford's highest honor, the medal of distinction, which recognizes individuals who demonstrated outstanding, long-term, service to the university. it's my honor to join dr. alexander and the entire university of pittsburgh team in offering my congratulations on receiving this important distinction. mr. speaker, we thank chancellor nortonberg for his commitment to education excellence. for his drive and passion to build the university of pittsburgh into a row nouned institution of higher learning. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, for five minutes. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. speaker. this week i and many others were in lafayette park joining the family of my constituent, to commemorate a very sad anniversary. a young days amir, man born in the united states, grew up in my hometown of flint, michigan, parents emigrated to the united states long before amir was born, late 1970

pillage on a global basis so why not just do it on a small scale recreating all the axis remember bradford and bingley and northern rock there are one hundred twenty one hundred twenty five percent loan to equity that they were putting out there here in the u.k. just before the two thousand and eight two thousand and eight bust so there was no reform there was no attempt to rein in the fraudsters so they've repeated the exact same fraud again on a much wider scale and the result will be a much bigger crash so that's the best the problem when you have no deterrent for committing financial crimes so in fact wall street banks are helping the industry expand. by lending originators money they're starting to package loans into securities that can be sold to investors just as they did for subprime mortgage lenders now the amount being loaned is more than three billion dollars which is twice the volume of small loans by the small business administration so the government include who it's with perhaps google and goldman sachs who are two of the big players in this field lending money to these belf

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