dr. williams, thank you very much. next would be safeway. they are not here. [applause] bart. [applause] someone representing part -- bart? >> good afternoon, everyone. on behalf of bart and its board of directors, i want to say it has been an honor to be part of the celebration for the last number of years, and i'm looking forward to bart's continued participation with this juneteenth festival. one thing i want to emphasize is shelly tatum does a wonderful job with the comedy, but it is not well attended, and the comedy is great, so i just want to encourage everyone here. you cannot get a better, the show for the price other than the one happening here on the 17th, so thank you all and enjoy juneteenth. [applause] >> this is the quietest juneteenth kick off i have ever heard. we have one black married couple over here. can we show them out? amen. >> on behalf of the of cake, the san francisco housing development corp. -- okay. on behalf of [inaudible] i guess you guys know that that is the owners proud daughter. for those that have supported juneteenth, i'd like to thank you

dr. williams, thank you very much. next would be safeway. they are not here. [applause] bart. [applause] someone representing

william. >> ashley had to leave. >> dr. alan schneider. >> dr. schneider had to leave also. >> i am william bernard. i am the applicant in this matter. i am neither a real-estate developer or an absentee landlord. i am a businessman landlord. i have lived here for over 20 years. >> please begin to the microphone so that we can hear you. >> members of my family have lived on the street for 20 years. my plan is to retire and join my family at that location. the only way to do that is to get the permission to approve the plan to put forward. there have been some misstatements here. 100% of the neighbors i heard are opposed to this. the neighbor it directly to the west does not oppose this. in your packet you will see that they have given a letter of support. i do not know why we are here talking about the past of what some planning commission did in the past. we are here with the present and the future. if you looked at the exhibits, it is apparent that the planning commission the first time did not deny going forward with this matter on the base of

dr. william covington from kansas city who is facing tough budget decision that's were neglected for years by that district but he's determined to turn crisis into opportunity and right size the district so it can improve. terry greer is here from houston, he has a bold plan for evaluating teachers using multiple years of data on student growth. we have andrea solanzo from baimore, turning around schools and making significant gains in test scores. please stand. thank you so much. [ applause ] beyond them, there are literally thousands and thousands of innovative educators all across america using technology in new ways to improve learning education. from distance learning programs in alaska to an online pd program in iowa called the heartland area education agency to an online charter school in utah called open high. i want to salute labor leaders who define conventional wisdom and low expectation of others, showing how labor can be both a partner and a leader in driving reform. diane donahue is president of the delaware education association. she was part of the team that won the frst ra

of recovery schools, fort washington, pennsylvania; greg williams, co-director, connecticut turning to youth and families, danbury, connecticut; drector, research and development, chestnut health systems, bloomington, illinois. fran, what is the extent of the problem with youth in america? our most recent survey from samhsa is that around 10 million, a little over 10 million of our young people, are using alcohol and substances. that actually breaks down to 26 percent of them are drinking and another 17 percent of them are binge drinking, which is having more than five drinks in a row at one setting. so it's a concern of ours that our young people are really starting to accelerate drinking and drugging than they have in the past.

professor william brom felt helen thank you very much for joining me so dr elders welcome you tell me about the town of bor of hell to de place for you why is that what is so special about this town i think part of it is the landscape is a river that runs through the town creates a park but it also creates ravines and hills that played an important part in the history of the town and that's preserved today the other thing is that the town is off the main road there's no railroad so that the architectural heritage here of the old pals isn't a bit remarkably well preserved some coal this sort of noise if we want to stray would concede from here for the town of bor do you agree i certainly do in terms of its history its architecture its spiritual heritage it has seventeenth century frescoes the main cathedral is late sixteenth century it's a monastery of many dramatic historic events in fact in a monastery one of the main figures you know models of was incarcerated an old lady died there then later of course its role in. the repel and various invasions in a pollyanna invasion i was secon

dr. charmaine yost, david kopple and william olson. now i would ask you all to stand and be sworn so we may begin. please raise your right hand. do you affirm the testimony you're about to give with the committee will be e truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help yogod? >> i do. >> thank you. >> tms. askew and chaota will address ms. kagan's ability to serve on the supreme court. >> thank you. mr. chair, ranking member sessions, we're honored to appear here today to explain the aba standing committee on the federal judiciary's evaluation of the professional qualifications of solicitor general elena kagan. the standing committee gave general kagan its highest rating and uanimously found that she is well qualied. for over 60 year, the standing committee has conducted a thorough, nonpartisan, nonideological peer review of nominees to the federal court. we assess the nominee's integrity,rofessional competence and judicial temperament. the standing committee does not propose, endorse or recommend nominees. we only evaluate t

dr. jackson, where we have come since the valdez, and i know that prince william sound is not the same conditions as the gulf of mexico, but it is different spill and different climate, but one thing that seems to strike me as commonality here is 20 years ago when the exxon "valdez," we weren't certain how safe these dispersants were. we were concerned about their use then and now 20 years later, we are concerned about the use of dispersants or certainly the volume of the dispersants used, as we are dealing with the impact of the deepwater horizon. can you tell me how much study epa has actually conducted since the exxon "valdez" in terms of use of dispersants and not only their usage in an environment like prince william sound, but hodo you make sure that we really understand in the various conditions that are out there that the levels that are being used are appropriate? give me some background on the research here. >> thank you, senator. there has been significant research not only by epa on dispersants since the exxon "valdez" incident in the '90s and that being said, i will be clear at the o

dr. jackson, where we have come since the valdez, and i know that prince william sound is not the same conditions as the gulf of mexico, but it is different spill and different climate, but one thing that seems to strike me as commonality here is 20 years ago when the exxon "valdez," we weren't certain how safe these dispersants were. we were concerned about their use then and now 20 years later, we are concerned about the use of dispersants or certainly the volume of the dispersants used, as we are dealing with the impact of the deepwater horizon. can you tell me how much study epa has actually conducted since the exxon "valdez" in terms of use of dispersants and not only their usage in an environment like prince william sound, but how do you make sure that we really understand in the various conditions that are out there that the levels that are being used are appropriate? give me some background on the research here. >> thank you, senator. there has been significant research not only by epa on dispersants since the exxon "valdez" incident in the '90s and that being said, i will be clear at the

dr. jackson, where we have come since the valdez, and i know that prince william sound is not the same conditions as the gulf of mexico, but it is different spill and different climate, but one thing that seems to strike me as commonality here is 20 years ago when the exxon "valdez," we weren't certain how safe these dispersants were. we were concerned about their use then and now 20 years later, we are concerned abt the use of dispersants or certainly the volume of the dispersants used, as we are dealing with the impact of the deepwater horizon. can you tell me how much study epa has actually conducted since the exxon "valdez" in terms of use of dispersants and not only their usage in an environment like prince william sound, but how do you make sure that we really understand in the various conditions that are out there that the levels that are being used are appropriate? give me some backgrod on the research here. >> thank you, senator. there has been significant research not only by epa on dispersants since the exxon "valdez" incent in the '90s and that being said, i will be clear at the outse