the san francisco bike coalition does. thank you so much. [applause] i want to thank the mayor, supervisors, the tremendous support for connecting the city. i also want to bring up our next speaker, the censor recorder phil ting. >> thank you. i rode in today with supervisor chu. as a big shot up to the bike coalition, thank you so much for your advocacy on the bike lanes. i took my 4-year-old daughter to school on the way, so i had to peel off. it is one thing when you are writing by yourself. it is quite another when you are bringing your children through the city. we started seeing the median coming in. what a difference it makes on that street. thank you for all that advocacy. even if you do not see it, those of us in this city feel it every day. thank you. [applause] >> finally, none of day achievements we are celebrating today would be nothing without the san francisco mta leadership. i want to bring up director brand and. >> good morning, everyone. i am on the board of the mta, and i am thrilled to be here. i love t

the coalition is willing to come together and go through training together to make sure that they are looking at the data and the information about their community and assessing it in the correct way. and then coming up with a plan or a project that addresses their needs. i really like the idea of building the positive. it is sort of like building health instead of treating a disease. some of the specific challenges at a coalition level or a community level: engaging the key leaders, engaging the grandparents, parents of kids, and all of the sectors. bringing them in and then giving each of them a role to play and keeping that engagement over time is also a challenge. our role is facilitation. the conversations take place between the youth and the community members. usually, within these community members there is representation from law enforcement, from the business community, from the faith community, from elected officials, parents, students. i'm not with my 15-year-old 24/7, you know, i'm with her... i work at the school so i am here, but i don't see her every day. i don't see he

today, these are what i call, bombing galleries, where the coalition troops and a large coalition presence is trying very hard to like this town in order to protect this. but every step that they take, they are threatened. thousands every year, that are killing hundreds of native troops, and many times the number of afghans. as we move closer to the border, and you had se, the threat will change. this is not so much ied's because there is less vehicle traffic. the coalition soldiers and the taliban will move on foot. the coalition has helicopters, but then they are back to walking around on foot. this is a lot less useful and they are optimized for -- in places like this you see more small arms fire, lots of snipers. this looks like a street battle in world war two, on a smaller scale. people throwing grenades and things like this. on the coalition side, there is a great air power, when it comes to the helicopters and jet fighters. the tactical security threat to ask for these soldiers -- this is located in the eastern part of afghanistan along the pakistan border. this is a critical area

a new poll shows 70% of germans are not happy with angela merkle's coalition, even though exports are up, tax revenues are increasing, and unemployment is at its lowest level in 20 years. what is the problem? eu officials have admitted some type of greek default is inevitable. that is in spite of billions in german taxpayer support. people are curious and are getting the impression they are being used as financial fodder for eu bailouts with no and insight. here is a look of how people see team merkle as it reaches half term. >> summer in berlin, and many germans were cheering on their team in the women's world cup. in the and, the team disappointed, and that is exactly what many people feel about the current governing coalition as well. >> you would think they could word better together. i give them a yellow card. >> i am happy with them. >> they need to improve and do things with more dynamism. >> in my view, the only thing you can do with this government is send them off. >> if germans were to give their government a changing room peptalk, it would be harsh. 70% say they are not sa

i just want to say on behalf of me and my coalition, coalition of homelessness, we love you. and we admire you ask we thank you so much. you are beautiful inside and out. i would just like to say too god bless these women, men and children who are in the process of obtaining shelter. i would like to say if it were not the same people none of the services that help them now would be in service anyways. and what i think the city of san francisco would want is a logical solution for a fair share initiative. the shelters in housing under the fair share initiative, all housing will be preserved. the initiative fixes a flaw in the law that caused dozen of empty shelter beds every night. some people pay roughly $300 to get a residential hotel room while other people pay the same amount for a shelter bed. that is not fair. feel free to talk about your own experience with shelter housing and how they might be changed by the fair shelter initiative. have you getting a shelter bed because you are not on caap? have you gotten a shelter bed and seen other beds around you empty? have you r

reminded of napoleon's comment when he said next time i fight mord may be against the coalition. but is there a military solution in libya in the region in general. do you believe in no no i think this is the great the single greatest problem of modern conflict. anywhere liston anywhere and this is the problem is. does need to have the military capacity to wage coalition warfare yes it does granted if you have partners such as germany on board you know the danes are actually quite on board so it doesn't have the capacity yes it does of course there's political infighting things called national car. and and problems of material however the real question is political will and does it have the political will to sustain operations on the ground and afghanistan in the last decade has proven no we don't have that confirmed although the rule is no consensus because germany you mentioned italy the learn exactly enthusiastic about all this but may be a least what do you think a compromise between britain and france is the main partners in the you know this well i think in the architects o

. >> the other thing is the bike coalition had its event the other day where we got this award and one of the many issues i've been talking about with them is i realize a perennial issue which is bikes on l.r.v.'s, which obviously we can't have during peak rush times or probably can't because of crowding issues. i don't mean to put you on the spot, but i think this is something that there's some interest with the bike coalition. certainly some interest with me personally about whether we could try a pilot of bikes in off times or weekend times and i would encourage you and your committee to work with the bike coalition on that issue because that's something where i'd really want to hear from a committee like you all as well as just the bike interest groups on that issue. >> i will definitely take that recommendation that we look into that back to the full council. it's something that we have given some thought to in the past. members of the council have been -- director oka may remember back when we last addressed that issue, it's certainly something that we've wrestled with a bit beca

and the coalition, a corrupt warlord. he was the key to bringing tribal leaders in to some stability. >> it backs the question, why does the qatada and kill those that work so closely with them? -- taliban kill those that work so closely with them? >> it is possible that there is some feud that we do know about. the assassin of was an elder from his village. this could be a very complicated dispute. one factor has been knocked away. >> it raises the challenges of trying to create stability in this area. will it have any affect on plans to withdraw u.s. troops? >> no. it will show the effects of the u.s. and the coalition allies throughout the area. many prominent people have been killed in kandahar in the north. tracking those people as an extremely difficult. this adds to the feeling of stability. >> is the threat to these key political figures growing? >> the numbers are about the same as last year. the most powerful police chief warlord in the north was recently assassinated. that sent shivers in the north. but it gave

[applause] >> i work with the coalition on homelessness. we have a problem in california with the excessive and addictive use of alcohol, heroin, and cocaine among rock stars. did anyone propose that recruiting millionaires to be prohibited the would be out of office rather than voted into it? we were to claim that lawyers ought to have preferential treatment because their money is somehow better, they would sound equally laughable. we have only been able to have this ridiculous debate because of the notion that poor people are somehow different from the rest of society and unable to make decisions. i want to clarify that the initiative says one simple thing. shelter is not housing and should not be rented out at housing rates. homeless people not deserve to be told of allied that is. >> i am a member of the public that has had the opportunity to have real discussions about this initiative with san franciscans have been most closely be affected by this initiative. these are people who are homeless, many i talked to were homeless by choice.

i do presently work with the coalition on homelessness as a volunteer. and working with the coalition i have found her to be very diverse, multi-cultural. she tends to work with people from different backgrounds and does not change one bit as far as her input. i have seen her work with the families, multiple large families, especially the hispanic community. i have seen her in the shelters, advocating for men and women that are having trouble that are about to be put out of the shelter. she stands up for their rights. i feel this is a person who impresses me. i take my hat off to her. i thought as an iron worker at the shipyards, i am a multitask person. she is in multitask person, working with multiple people from different backgrounds. she has an unusual cut for working with people. -- tact for working with people, and her ability is administrative. she knows the industry to workings of sro programs. -- administrative workings of sro programs. thank you. >> good afternoon, thomas picorillo, sro tenant. at this time, the sro taskforce has no effective t

the difference between this coalition government and the party opposite is we're investing in the nhs but putting resources in the nhs, reform the nhs in a way that is supported by the raw college of surgeons and physicians, tony blair, those people working in nhs but not by the party opposite. >> order. decibel level is far too high. the prime minister should have to shout to make himself heard. mr. ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, the whole country would have heard they are spending 852 million pounds and he can't even promise they will be rehired to do their old job. he's promised no top to reorganization. he promised the bonfire. use greg moore. he promised a better deal for patients and things are getting worse. people asking up and down this country is was he doing for our nhs. [shouting] >> with the whole country would have noticed is that at a time when people are worried about strike, he can ask about strike because he's in the pocket of the union. [shouting] what the whole country, what the whole country would have noticed is at a time when greece is making huge problems over it

within that house, republican coalition -- within that house republican coalition, you have to look at the 1987 freshmen class and the tea party. they saw the shutdown as a washington compromise that was less than met the eye. they gave speaker boehner and president obama a chance to cut the deal, they looked at the deal and said, we got burned, we got much less out of it than we thought. this time they're going to be much more reluctant to follow the president, certainly, and even follow their speaker. >> isn't it -- doesn't it put the republican leadership in this an awkward position, they can't deliver their members, that means they'll need more democrats to pass it, that gives the democrats more leverage to move the whole package to the left. >> if you want to do it. there are many republicans who want to make in the moment, the moment where everything comes to a head and people blink and decide to do something completely out of character and they want the democrats to make that move, not them. >> i was wondering about timing. because it seemed like the negotiations were going alon

as i learned, there has been a war, but there was the guy at the late night coalition talking about their meetings. that is something that -- he did not emphasize. he is very good at bringing people together. he looks for compromises, and again, he is representing the neighbors and wants to make sure that things are addressed but it is not a two year-old thing where they've never read does not like it, it is ok. what can we do to fix it so that you can have your business and the neighbors can have their sleep? he has been very good at that. i think that the pre application process, that is a great thing. there'll legal issues that have to be cleared up. -- there are legal issues that has to be cleared up. it is untrue -- important the entertainment commission listen to never concerns because if they do not, for example, the 1990's zoning for soma does not allow entertainment. why is that? chances are, even with the task force, someone brought up, could we make things for entertainment? and someone said there was a big push back on that. it is the entertainment -- the neighbors will find a

institute, community anti-drug coalitions of america, alexandria, va; jordan burnham, mental health advocate, active minds inc., washington, dc; dr. wendy greene, assistant director of trauma and critical care and program developer, screening, brief interventions and referral to treatment program, howard university hospital, washington, dc. fran, what is the definition of behavioral health, and how do we distinguish between prevention, early intervention, and treatment within that definition? the definition for behavioral health for samhsa is we are taking the substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programs, and we are encasing it within the disorder realm. so substance abuse, prevention, intervention, and treatment are exactly the same, same levels, and so is mental health. we are finding that mental health properties for prevention, especially, are very similar to the properties of substance abuse, and treatment is different in one respect, but the intervention to get people into treatment is very similar. it is similar, but there are differences

. >> the liberal coalition government says that the cuts are inevitable and long overdue. >> we are notseeking to be at loggerheads with the tre unions. we agree across the political spectrum how the big sector pensions need to be reformed. we need to do that in a reasonable way. >> the strike was the largest in brititn for many years. unions said the action might be followed by larger protests later this year when a major public spending sector cuts are expected to begin to bite. >> human-rights activists and syria say security forces have killed at least 19 people in the north of thee country in the past 40 hours. the regime of president assad has move forces to stop refugees from fleeing into turkey. protests against the government continue across the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets of all. for the first time. in a border town, sir joseph -- soldiers used tear gas. more than 30 people have died as a result of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. -- more than 130 people have died as a result of the crackdown. jibral said he respected the german abstention

what the coalition government is doing is right. we want to have a benefit system in the public sector. we want to make certain that all of those rights are kept. and you'll be able to take this at the age that you were allowed to take them. those people currently in a salary scheme, when they get those approved benefits, they will be based on the final salary, and now when the refund -- reforms go through. there has been some much misinformation that was put around by some of those in the trade unions, that is important to put this on the record in the house. >> crime overall in london is up. they will cut 1800 police officers. is this the right time to do this? >> overall, crime is falling. this is in the british crime survey and the police recorded crime statistics. we have done a lot to help people across the country to deal with crime. the introduction of the police commissioners, making certain that we have the proper power as necessary. let me bring him up to date with operation target, which is running with the metropolitan

within that house, republican coalition -- within that house republican coalition, you have to look at the 1987 freshmen class and the tea party. they saw the shutdown as a washington compromise that was less than met the eye. they gave speaker boehner and president obama a chance to cut the deal, they looked at the deal and said, we got burned, we got much less out of it than we thought. this time they're going to be much more reluctant to follow the president, certainly, and even follow their speaker. >> isn't it -- doesn't it put the republican leadership in this an awkward position, they can't deliver their members, that means they'll need more democrats to pass it, that gives the democrats more leverage to move the whole package to the left. >> if you want to do it. there are many republicans who want to make in the moment, the moment where everything comes to a head and people blink and decide to do something completely out of character and they want the democrats to make that move, not them. >> i was wondering about timing. because it seemed like the negotiations were going alon