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and i can think of two counter-intuitive examples or examples that have changed the way we think about things one is mental health so mental health until recently has always been considered slightly marginal and health in the health budget it's always been given less money and then various sort of different aspects of physical health but in fact if you look at the sort of the impact of different diseases on people's wellbeing the mental health has a much bigger impact than many other illnesses so one of the things you can take and what's one of the things that the u.k. government has done is started to take more seriously meant investing in health treatment giving it a higher priority than it did before another example is commuting and chris mentioned getting stuck in traffic and that's true actually one of that one study which looked at which ask people to rate health how they felt particular moment so often you have to say how or how you feel found the people are least happy when they're at work but actually when they're commuting when they're on their way to work. now one of the thi
and i can think of two counter-intuitive examples or examples that have changed the way we think about things one is mental health so mental health until recently has always been considered slightly marginal and health in the health budget it's always been given less money and then various sort of different aspects of physical health but in fact if you look at the sort of the impact of different diseases on people's wellbeing the mental health has a much bigger impact than many other illnesses...
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i'm curious to see what you think of those examples if they're inconsistent with your view are examples of her father-in-law and local governments perhaps. i'm not going to have the time here. i've questions and i think your points are also legitimate. dad tort i think having gotten around to it that love really was intended to do and they eventually will. that is that it doesn't apply abroad at all. and never was attended to that as far as i read history that was intended to protect diplomats here from the torts and provide a remedy for them. the supreme court's reliance on foreign lot over did it and they've cut that. i think that your comments about the other comments will help on that. i think the wto point is more in line with what we -- where differences might eat. the wto has a provision, for example. i think it is article ix, where the united states can simply invoke its national interest and avoid allowing the wto to pass on any question. the only consequence of that is that reciprocity applies as in all and their international things. other states do the same thing. states can
i'm curious to see what you think of those examples if they're inconsistent with your view are examples of her father-in-law and local governments perhaps. i'm not going to have the time here. i've questions and i think your points are also legitimate. dad tort i think having gotten around to it that love really was intended to do and they eventually will. that is that it doesn't apply abroad at all. and never was attended to that as far as i read history that was intended to protect diplomats...
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for example, a tableau was a popular thing to do. in one such instance cordelia scales played volunteer on the guitar where a young man costumed as a soldier stood beside her, and people came and watched that and donated money. sally clayton of atlanta, georgia, and her friends participated in a similar scene entitled "young lady with the blues" posing along side the fulton blues, which was a mock company consisting of very young boys who obviously could not serve in the military. these young women took their typical social engagements and made them into very politicized events. another thing that i thought was interesting was that young women also transformed their normal concerns with fashion and dress into a political statement. before the war they had regarded dress as purely a matter of taste and distinction, but eventually they decided that it was important to show that they weren't engaged in such frivolous things and transformed their clothing. for example, chloe went to a neighbor's house in virginia after the secession was
for example, a tableau was a popular thing to do. in one such instance cordelia scales played volunteer on the guitar where a young man costumed as a soldier stood beside her, and people came and watched that and donated money. sally clayton of atlanta, georgia, and her friends participated in a similar scene entitled "young lady with the blues" posing along side the fulton blues, which was a mock company consisting of very young boys who obviously could not serve in the military....
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strongly believe for example above the guide the evolution biological evolution of the human kind. help us to explore the solar system. this idea i brought this idea of promise to god skis so. it's about the future i consider the writer of science fiction writers did a great job after their exploration is nice. you know. and my last question to our satisfaction friend across the water. jack the furious take picture one of many sorry if i books is rather gloomy so do you yourself believe in a new dr world or you see the future rather pessimistically. i wish the stars weren't so far. but i'm optimistic you know i think the fact that we've gotten through some of the huge issues that we have in the last hundred years and we come out on the other side that we were all actually talking to one another and listening and we've begun worldwide cooperation and we don't have yet we're nowhere close to where we would like to be but we're getting there were moving the right direction i think you're going to do fine in the long run i think human beings are going to be around for a long time and i
strongly believe for example above the guide the evolution biological evolution of the human kind. help us to explore the solar system. this idea i brought this idea of promise to god skis so. it's about the future i consider the writer of science fiction writers did a great job after their exploration is nice. you know. and my last question to our satisfaction friend across the water. jack the furious take picture one of many sorry if i books is rather gloomy so do you yourself believe in a...
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those are just a cousin examples. couple of examples. thank you for your answers. i yield back. >> thanks, mr. womack. i would like to ask for us to have a separate meeting with your i.t. director, please, because i want to know exact exactly -- i want to know how fast we could work together to get that i.t. system unsiloed, because i think, obviously, perhaps in the past for, you know, in between the times that you were there, if you had been able to put in the name bernie madoff, just for example, and had found any kind of filings that he and his company did in several different places, maybe we could have found something faster, but i would like to have a separate meeting so we can discuss how much it would cost to get this up and running and to totally modernize your system in the shortest amount of time possible. >> and if i could just add to that, we'd be happy to actually demonstrate four the new examination system calmed trends that allows examiners to have access to all information about a particular retchs traunt at their fingertips instead are searching
those are just a cousin examples. couple of examples. thank you for your answers. i yield back. >> thanks, mr. womack. i would like to ask for us to have a separate meeting with your i.t. director, please, because i want to know exact exactly -- i want to know how fast we could work together to get that i.t. system unsiloed, because i think, obviously, perhaps in the past for, you know, in between the times that you were there, if you had been able to put in the name bernie madoff, just...
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mcclellan is a good example of that. lincoln doesn't like mcclellan early on and eventually gets rid of him and takes him awhile. what's different about american political culture between the confederacy? now i am expecting you to remember a little bit about american history and jackson period. do you remember that jacksonian, what is the other word. >> democracy. >> and washington public opinion is not as important. in the early american republic you had to have property to vote. by the time of the civil war it is well established only white men vote but that the franchise has extended. you have things like newspapers. you have a lot more public opinion, it is not that public opinion didn't matter in the american revolution but the reply i think to mr. conners strong argument is that confederate public opinion matters more, the ability and that perhaps spoiling fights wouldn't be enough. i will point out sherman, for example, remember that poem i had you read, right, that's during the atlanta campaign. that's where sher
mcclellan is a good example of that. lincoln doesn't like mcclellan early on and eventually gets rid of him and takes him awhile. what's different about american political culture between the confederacy? now i am expecting you to remember a little bit about american history and jackson period. do you remember that jacksonian, what is the other word. >> democracy. >> and washington public opinion is not as important. in the early american republic you had to have property to vote....
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so in example after example in the book including the ones that you've raised, i'm merely saying we need to debate the reach of markets and of economic reasoning not only from the standpoint of economic efficiency, but also from the standpoint of the attitudes, values and norms that markets bring with them. markets don't -- economists sometimes assume that markets leave the goods they trade just as they are. that may be true with flat screen televisions. the television works equally well whether you buy it for $100 around $1,000. but when markets are used to exchange goods having to do with the body, let's say, or with reproductive capacity or with procreation or with health or education or military service or civic life, the buying and selling may not leave the character of those goods intact. it may change the attitudes and norms and values that are central to the meaning of those goods in our society. and that's where i say we have to step back and reflect and debate what are the meanings of these goods central to our society and our culture from education to health and military servi
so in example after example in the book including the ones that you've raised, i'm merely saying we need to debate the reach of markets and of economic reasoning not only from the standpoint of economic efficiency, but also from the standpoint of the attitudes, values and norms that markets bring with them. markets don't -- economists sometimes assume that markets leave the goods they trade just as they are. that may be true with flat screen televisions. the television works equally well...
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you know, if you want to -- as an example. so it's not only about chrome or -- the problem, if you want really to stop them by military means, you need to step a lot of targets. so i think this answers the difference between the u.s. and israel in this respect. u.s. has much more power to do with. and this is not also anymore a surgical strike like was in iraq. or this place in syria. because they were isolated buildings. you knew exactly where you go and what you need to get. but here you have perhaps ten places which you need to eliminate in order to make sure that this doesn't take place. then surgical strike is a surgical strike. it's not a sledgehammer. but if you really want to stop the program, you should use sledgehammer. elimination of a couple of places. you only buy time. but actually, israel's community use the sledgehammer. what happened in 1991, and gulf war actually stopped nuclear program, and you now see the history books. he actually also -- why he kept some ambiguity there was in two ways for his own caharis
you know, if you want to -- as an example. so it's not only about chrome or -- the problem, if you want really to stop them by military means, you need to step a lot of targets. so i think this answers the difference between the u.s. and israel in this respect. u.s. has much more power to do with. and this is not also anymore a surgical strike like was in iraq. or this place in syria. because they were isolated buildings. you knew exactly where you go and what you need to get. but here you have...
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, not the only example. is this a place where markets should have been allowed and i'm not saying should we have bailouts and the whole economy fall down, but in the future should we make it a very clear we are going to create a system where you have protections of the financial industry we have regulations so the markets can work so these can go bankrupt is this a place we may be need your market not as defined by the industry but we do need more markets, not less. >> guest: in this case, in this case we needed the big financial firms and banks to be responsible when things go bad. i think we need to find a way to get rid of the too big to fail phenomenon. i don't think that the current legislation does that successfully. the government subsidy promise of a bailout. contrary to the market principle because it prevents the firms that make reckless gamblers that go wrong from having to face up to the consequences of their failures, and i think one of the lingering political effects on the bailout on the left
, not the only example. is this a place where markets should have been allowed and i'm not saying should we have bailouts and the whole economy fall down, but in the future should we make it a very clear we are going to create a system where you have protections of the financial industry we have regulations so the markets can work so these can go bankrupt is this a place we may be need your market not as defined by the industry but we do need more markets, not less. >> guest: in this...
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another example would be in the separation of powers. if the courts play the same role they play with international affairs that would domestic affairs the powers of the courts will grow. called into areas and that is traditionally have not been involved with. because international law and international regimes in these international institutions are affecting more and more things that used to be under the control of the national government or states it will by nature draw the course into the kind of delicate decisions about politics and foreign affairs that they used to try to stay out of. the overall attention is between these new kinds of engineers of corporations, this new kind of institution which is a reasonable and understandable response to globalization and the traditional principles that had underlying the as its contribution in the separation of powers and federalism and we think some deeper principles behind the constitution. so globalization tries to produce a theory on approach to solve this problem and some specific soluti
another example would be in the separation of powers. if the courts play the same role they play with international affairs that would domestic affairs the powers of the courts will grow. called into areas and that is traditionally have not been involved with. because international law and international regimes in these international institutions are affecting more and more things that used to be under the control of the national government or states it will by nature draw the course into the...
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, that i've been very supportive, for example, with u.s. oil companies in supporting their overseas position. i very strongly support that. >> so some would argue that we should not export natural gas or natural gas refined products. you would accept if we have an abundance of natural gas, you would accept that or its refined products could be exported? >> yes. >> that's fine. i have plenty more questions but yield back for my colleagues. >> i thank the gentleman and recognize mr. mckinley for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman -- chairwoman. mr. secretary, i've got a question. back in pittsburgh in 2008, the president was very aggressive, president obama, then candidate obama, was very aggressive in contending that china was manipulating its currency. is china still manipulating its currency? he said they were. are they still? >> i believe china is still manipulating its currency. i believe that -- >> if that's the case, he went on to say in his remark, mr. secretary, he said if they are, then we're going to start shutting off acce
, that i've been very supportive, for example, with u.s. oil companies in supporting their overseas position. i very strongly support that. >> so some would argue that we should not export natural gas or natural gas refined products. you would accept if we have an abundance of natural gas, you would accept that or its refined products could be exported? >> yes. >> that's fine. i have plenty more questions but yield back for my colleagues. >> i thank the gentleman and...
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for the whole nuclear installation for example we may collect. into a planetary spaceship after the ten launches why not so but anyway russia is on the way to peer been you havior launcher some of you jacques of the russian research cosmonaut and the scientists to my studio and then jacksonville united states jack mcdevitt and american science fiction writer we will continue this interview in less than a minute after we take a short break we will ask jack why time travel is never done so stay with us we'll go. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution and the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. in. groups working with. children. in the sea as. unpunished. it's. a lead. welcome back to the spotlight and i would love in just a reminder that we have jack mcdevitt the famous son fixed right here in jacksonville united states joining us by satellite and sort of be a sort of gi
for the whole nuclear installation for example we may collect. into a planetary spaceship after the ten launches why not so but anyway russia is on the way to peer been you havior launcher some of you jacques of the russian research cosmonaut and the scientists to my studio and then jacksonville united states jack mcdevitt and american science fiction writer we will continue this interview in less than a minute after we take a short break we will ask jack why time travel is never done so stay...
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aig is an example, not the only example, but many of them. is this a place where markets should have been allowed where markets should have been allowed to work? i'm not saying we shouldn't have had the bailouts letting the economy fall down, but in the future, should we make it very clear we're going to create a system where you have protections of the financial industry? you have regulation so that markets can work so that these companies can go bankrupt. is this a place where we maybe need more markets, not as defined by the industry, but we need more markets, not less. >> guest: well, in this case, we need the firms and banks to be responsible when things go bad, when wreckless bets they make go bad, so i think we need to find a way to get rid of the too big to fail phenomena. i don't think the current legislation does that successfully. too big to fail, an impressive government subsidy or promise of the bailout, is actually contrary, as you say, to market principles. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: because it prevents the firms that make wrec
aig is an example, not the only example, but many of them. is this a place where markets should have been allowed where markets should have been allowed to work? i'm not saying we shouldn't have had the bailouts letting the economy fall down, but in the future, should we make it very clear we're going to create a system where you have protections of the financial industry? you have regulation so that markets can work so that these companies can go bankrupt. is this a place where we maybe need...
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but in fact, we could multiply those examples a hundred-fold and you've heard many examples from the president a few moments ago so you realize how much imagination and dedication and creativity has gone into these commitments to action. i'd like to thank the clinton global initiative and the university's department of relations for setting up such a terrific weekend. i urge you all to take advantage of the activities we have in store for you, including the plenary and breakout sessions tomorrow, and the service project on sunday. and let me close simply by saying congratulations to all who were chosen to participate in this weekend's events. you are making a transformative difference in our world, and i hope you'll enjoy your time here at the george washington university. thank you. good luck to you. godspeed. [ applause ] >> i'm going to begin as we always do, first with the announcement of two new commitments and i'd like to ask the people who made them to come forward. first, the commitment named pay it forward, dave lopez, undergraduate at illinois state, caroline shannon, shelb
but in fact, we could multiply those examples a hundred-fold and you've heard many examples from the president a few moments ago so you realize how much imagination and dedication and creativity has gone into these commitments to action. i'd like to thank the clinton global initiative and the university's department of relations for setting up such a terrific weekend. i urge you all to take advantage of the activities we have in store for you, including the plenary and breakout sessions...
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mcen is a good -- mccullen is a good example of that. what's different about american political culture between the confederacy. i mean, now i'm expecting you to remember it's a little bit of american history, in the jacksonian period. democracy. in washington's era public opinion is not as important. in the early american public you had to have property to vote. by the time of the civil war, it's well established that only white men vote. you have things like newspapers. public opinion -- it's not that it didn't matter in the american revolution. but the reply is that it matters more. and perhaps it wouldn't be a enough. and sherman, for example. remember the poem i had you? that's where sherman attempts a big charge fail. suffers a lot of casual think. johnson can point to local
mcen is a good -- mccullen is a good example of that. what's different about american political culture between the confederacy. i mean, now i'm expecting you to remember it's a little bit of american history, in the jacksonian period. democracy. in washington's era public opinion is not as important. in the early american public you had to have property to vote. by the time of the civil war, it's well established that only white men vote. you have things like newspapers. public opinion -- it's...
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politicians especially in election years very hawkish rhetoric towards china and i played one example of mitt romney saying i would label them a currency manipulator if i was in office i'm curious from your perspective do you advise businesses doing business in china that i would presume see china as an opportunity i'm curious what their perspective is from them how do they see china as an opportunity and got that exactly right it's a two hundred billion dollar market for u.s. companies and u.s. products and services and we see that very clearly and a number of things are happening to try to win hands that opportunity i think what china has just done here with its currency flexibility move just right now i guess a is a very good move because i think it begins to to play down some of the political concerns about currency many companies are not as concerned about currency as i believe perhaps some politicians and some others here at home where jobs may or least perceived jobs have been lost because they move to china jobs move all over the world actually so i sometimes think china gets
politicians especially in election years very hawkish rhetoric towards china and i played one example of mitt romney saying i would label them a currency manipulator if i was in office i'm curious from your perspective do you advise businesses doing business in china that i would presume see china as an opportunity i'm curious what their perspective is from them how do they see china as an opportunity and got that exactly right it's a two hundred billion dollar market for u.s. companies and...
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for example, we can't always rely on the u.n. security council to achieve consensus on major threats to international peace and security. as we've seen on north korea, on syria, on iran, china and russia simply will not join that consensus when they do not perceive the problem as a threat to their narrow national interests. instead they exercise their veto or threat of a vote toe to the thwart effective and timely response. the security council remains a very valuable forum. but not an indistensable one. we can't walk away from a problem because some members of the security council refuse to act. in those instances where the veto power of either china or russian impede the world's ability to deal with a significant threat, it is the united states that will have to organize and lead coleses with or without of security council resolutions. and this concept by the way isn't neither novel nor partisan. president clinton act add exactly in this way in kosovo with the support of congressional leaders like senator lieberman. er from we
for example, we can't always rely on the u.n. security council to achieve consensus on major threats to international peace and security. as we've seen on north korea, on syria, on iran, china and russia simply will not join that consensus when they do not perceive the problem as a threat to their narrow national interests. instead they exercise their veto or threat of a vote toe to the thwart effective and timely response. the security council remains a very valuable forum. but not an...
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one example is -- comes from kate foster of nachess, mississippi. she witnessed a former slave attempting to take a seat among white members of the congregation. and she blamed this boldness on the influence of union soldiers. and she wrote this. "i should not be surprised if some one of our enemies had sent him to the church as an insult to us." foster, however, could not escape the weakening of control the slaves in her home, and she grew to even resent them. she wrote this. "ned and mae, who are household slaves, basically, are still with us, but they do not work. ned goes to town every day after something connected with the devil, no doubt. ma tilde left last night. we think all will go. who so ever it pleases their majesties." chloe tyler whittle felt a lot of resentment, as well, and directed -- which she directed toward the union government overseeing african-american soldiers in her hometown of norfolk, virginia. and she wrote this. "yankees, in theirin so lens and wickedness have armed the negros. a regiment have come to pollute norfolk wit
one example is -- comes from kate foster of nachess, mississippi. she witnessed a former slave attempting to take a seat among white members of the congregation. and she blamed this boldness on the influence of union soldiers. and she wrote this. "i should not be surprised if some one of our enemies had sent him to the church as an insult to us." foster, however, could not escape the weakening of control the slaves in her home, and she grew to even resent them. she wrote this....
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so, for example, if we were to do a 2011 years, those returns are now coming in. it would be a while before we would do our statistically -- statistical sample. and using 1040s as an example, we're doing 14,000 sort of research audits per year to try to update this. it's a continuing path we're on. it will be a while -- it will be a few years before we complete those audits before we're able to roll up the information with respect to those audits. 2006 is a long time ago but i'm not sure how much better we would be able to get. i think we'll have an easier time going forward than we had in 2001, we did a better job in 2006 with better data, better estimating models and we'll get more current. but i don't think we're ever going to be -- it will never be -- the 2011 gap as we sit in 2012. >> and i certainly don't expect the year 2012 we could look and say in 2011 this is what the tax gap was. but it is the fact that it's six years old data that we're still using, especially with technology and i guess what concerns me a little bit is that we're still doing audits an
so, for example, if we were to do a 2011 years, those returns are now coming in. it would be a while before we would do our statistically -- statistical sample. and using 1040s as an example, we're doing 14,000 sort of research audits per year to try to update this. it's a continuing path we're on. it will be a while -- it will be a few years before we complete those audits before we're able to roll up the information with respect to those audits. 2006 is a long time ago but i'm not sure how...
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for example, i go to a flea market, and nt place. when i see something that i find interesting, even if i have no interest in anything at the moment, i say that one day i will do something from that. i know that there was work on it. i think i have to burn it, because at the end, i take too much time to look at it. but, yes, i mean, to be honest, i think will realize what time that i have no more of the passion, which will mean i will stop. i think it is better. honestly, before i was doing that profession, because i was not at peace with the fact that i was rejected, so i was inventing a lot of things. at the moment, i started to work -- i finish. because i do the things that i'd love to do, why should i live now. there's no reason to lie? because i am accepted through my work? why should i lie? because i do not want to live again in my old days. but i will always interested in fashion. >> the next question is for both of you -- how is it in the fashion world for larger size women? >> i will answer this first. i was so happy when be
for example, i go to a flea market, and nt place. when i see something that i find interesting, even if i have no interest in anything at the moment, i say that one day i will do something from that. i know that there was work on it. i think i have to burn it, because at the end, i take too much time to look at it. but, yes, i mean, to be honest, i think will realize what time that i have no more of the passion, which will mean i will stop. i think it is better. honestly, before i was doing...
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life wall street pump and dump scheme so how does a bipartisan achievement is it simply the latest example of the bipartisan commitment to corporate welfare and did great he'd have a semiannual job evaluation and we missed it because fortune had broken the news to us that after public talks in washington bernie he went on to retreat to a private lunch in new york with a laundry list of major wall street executives will talk about it and from doing god's work to criticizing any attempts to rein in risk post manto crisis when it comes to the big banks did you know their p.r. pushes through the mainstream financial press just helped push that he our message right along let's get to today's capital account. so we hear the rhetoric out of washington all the time parties pitted against each other on how to help the economy grow on government spending taxation and who should be taxed more or less what's making the us go broke earlier this week we heard president obama lay into the republican budget which was passed in the house of representatives last week he said this it is a trojan horse descri
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the other example that came up frequently in the examples that we generated through the support that we hadn't known a lot about previously is the practice of tower dumps. this is the practice of identifying all cell phones that made contact with a particular cell phone tower. so, for instance, you could get it in 15 or 30 or, you know, hour-long intervals depending on what the cell phone, what law enforcement agencies feel like paying the cell phone carrier for. and that means that a lot of innocent people are getting their location information handed over to the government because many, many, many people will often use a cell phone tower over the course of an hour. >> host: joining us by phone is dennis ken any. he is a professor -- kenney. he is professor of criminal justice at the john jay college of criminal justice. mr. kenney, you have been listening to this conversation. what are your initial thoughts? >> guest: first of all, what she describes is completely accurate. and from a law enforcement perspective, i think that a good deal of the capability she describe inside some w
the other example that came up frequently in the examples that we generated through the support that we hadn't known a lot about previously is the practice of tower dumps. this is the practice of identifying all cell phones that made contact with a particular cell phone tower. so, for instance, you could get it in 15 or 30 or, you know, hour-long intervals depending on what the cell phone, what law enforcement agencies feel like paying the cell phone carrier for. and that means that a lot of...
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a video game is an example that you would distribute over the internet is an example of intangible property so that's what this business would use. in this example, the company has $1 billion in gross receipts. they have $300 million in payroll of which $150 million are in san francisco so that's 50% of their total payroll. however, their billion dollars in sales, only 25% -- i'm sorry, only 25 million or 3% of their sales takes place in san francisco. so this is a very common feature of businesses that are based in san francisco but sell outside. a lot of their sales come from outside the city but much of their payroll takes place. so their apportionment factor becomes 26.25%, 25% comes from the payroll, half of the fact that they have half of their payroll here and the gross receipts destination factor, that's weighted half, it's against the 3% that they get in san francisco which leads you to 1.25. so what this boils down to is they owe -- their taxable gross receipts from the city's point of view is 26.25% of their global gross receipts or $262.5 million and they calculate their tax usi
a video game is an example that you would distribute over the internet is an example of intangible property so that's what this business would use. in this example, the company has $1 billion in gross receipts. they have $300 million in payroll of which $150 million are in san francisco so that's 50% of their total payroll. however, their billion dollars in sales, only 25% -- i'm sorry, only 25 million or 3% of their sales takes place in san francisco. so this is a very common feature of...
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any one remember an example? one of them i remember reading. what happens at shiloh? is that grant's greatest battle? no. what happens? yes. the federal army is -- and sherman has some doing with this. the federal -- the union army is basically caught napping to some degree. but how does grant retrieve the situation? weigley refers to it as a character trait. grant doesn't panic. so he recovers, but it doesn't mean that he's flawless operationally, doesn't mean he is flawless tactically. >> i think he's got the nerve. mcclellan breaks and burnside breaks, all of these generals break, but shiloh doesn't break, the wilderness when he gets outflanked he doesn't break, he withdraws and stabs again. >> how does that relate to having the big picture? how do those two connect? >> he loses the battle doesn't mean he's done. >> yes. >> he's able to get over the fact and go on to the next one. >> you have your -- and this is a traditional military historian's argument why you focus. weigley uses it. who is the contrasting figure on this question of character? who is the guy who
any one remember an example? one of them i remember reading. what happens at shiloh? is that grant's greatest battle? no. what happens? yes. the federal army is -- and sherman has some doing with this. the federal -- the union army is basically caught napping to some degree. but how does grant retrieve the situation? weigley refers to it as a character trait. grant doesn't panic. so he recovers, but it doesn't mean that he's flawless operationally, doesn't mean he is flawless tactically....
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i give you one simple example. today's minister of interior is a person that was sentenced to death twice but he's still alive. he was sentenced to death twice. he also was -- prison things. so he would go, he would be taken to make him feel that he would be executed and back and forth. i don't know. he spent 17 years. i don't know how much of it was in solitary confinement. he believe that he is a minister now. do you think as i said before he will not extract from what international agreements that will prohibit violation of the human rights and torture? the son of this minister stated on the day he was appointed as i told you, he's a minister now and he was in prison and he was tortured under the minister of interior. when his son said don't go downstairs, go upwards because these cellars were torture chambers under them. he will not do that. from the principles of humanity embodied in islamic religion respects all values that we aspire to build tunisia that will respect all tunisian citizens and all citizens. >
i give you one simple example. today's minister of interior is a person that was sentenced to death twice but he's still alive. he was sentenced to death twice. he also was -- prison things. so he would go, he would be taken to make him feel that he would be executed and back and forth. i don't know. he spent 17 years. i don't know how much of it was in solitary confinement. he believe that he is a minister now. do you think as i said before he will not extract from what international...
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she lives by example. she sets a very good example through her devoted service and living according to the values that she symbolizes. she recognizes service. that is a very important part of her job. over 60 years she has given out over 400,000 awards and honors for people, four civilians and people in the military, for serving their country. she once said, people need pats on the back sometimes -- it would be a very gloomy world without it. >> sally bedell smith's but, "elizabeith the queen: the life of a modern monarch." we are fascinated in america with the british royalty. this is the diamond jubilee. what can we expect, especially in june? we just have about 30 seconds. >> there is going to be a blow out weekend in the first weekend of june. there will be a extraordinary liver procession, 8 miles up the tens, thousands of votes of all kinds, including neo tudor oil barge and there will be a concert, fireworks, carriage procession. it will be wonderful. >> thank you so much for the education and for t
she lives by example. she sets a very good example through her devoted service and living according to the values that she symbolizes. she recognizes service. that is a very important part of her job. over 60 years she has given out over 400,000 awards and honors for people, four civilians and people in the military, for serving their country. she once said, people need pats on the back sometimes -- it would be a very gloomy world without it. >> sally bedell smith's but, "elizabeith...
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darpa is a great example. you look at the people who are now in aarpa e and they are an incredible group of people. they come here for three years, give up what they're doing, coming from companies, and devoting their time to a totally peer reviewed process. so nist is the same way, they have a technology program. i think the politicalization program has been overblown. >> i'm telling you as a reporter who's covered these issues for more than 40 years, it seems very clear. each president, i know where the money is going to go depending on the party from the day one. you know who's going to get the jobs and how that group of people will think it will affect policy down the road. you know in advance. you don't have to be in washington very long to know where the pressure, like where the pipeline came from. i mean the national resources defense counsel has been up in arms about it. i don't know why. they've got such great minds. they haven't worried about such things since apples. >> it seems to me we've got to d
darpa is a great example. you look at the people who are now in aarpa e and they are an incredible group of people. they come here for three years, give up what they're doing, coming from companies, and devoting their time to a totally peer reviewed process. so nist is the same way, they have a technology program. i think the politicalization program has been overblown. >> i'm telling you as a reporter who's covered these issues for more than 40 years, it seems very clear. each president,...
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for example in a public school. someone might think that they have to cleanse the school of any kind of religious expression in order to not violate the constitution. when in fact that's not what the law is. in fact, the law is more on the side of equal access, equal opportunity, so that you have both viewpoints. for example, with regard to student clubs or afterschool operations and programs and so forth. but i think it clearly is under attack, and i think there are people that have agendas or goals to ultimately remove expressions of god or religion from the various public squares. and so we litigate in those areas, but of all the things we do -- for example, through liberty counsel, public interest law firm, 95% of the work we do is resolved just simple employ through education, because of the misinformation out there. once you set the record straight people can make the right decision. >> host: let's take common examples our viewers are probably familiar with. bible clubs in public high schools. are they allowed
for example in a public school. someone might think that they have to cleanse the school of any kind of religious expression in order to not violate the constitution. when in fact that's not what the law is. in fact, the law is more on the side of equal access, equal opportunity, so that you have both viewpoints. for example, with regard to student clubs or afterschool operations and programs and so forth. but i think it clearly is under attack, and i think there are people that have agendas or...
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. >> i also think for example that the u.s. has benefited having silicon valley here in the united states. not only the brain power that is attracted here but the spinoffs from academia and the interactions between academia and business and military. we've had the benefit of that geotechnology. this is disbursed around the world. what kind of impact will that have? >> these changes are emerging at enormous speed and parallel as you note. but the structure you spent your life in tends to deal with problems in a linear way. is the system suited to address some of the developments in the pace that they are developing? >> so i think they can be if leaders factor in the pace of change. for example, information technology in the eight years to 2020 the strategy is focused. if you believe that computer power cost is doubling about every 18 months that is 5,000% change in that one factor. in this time period. and bio technology is changing even faster. if we accept linear projection where is the world is going, it will not be suited fo
. >> i also think for example that the u.s. has benefited having silicon valley here in the united states. not only the brain power that is attracted here but the spinoffs from academia and the interactions between academia and business and military. we've had the benefit of that geotechnology. this is disbursed around the world. what kind of impact will that have? >> these changes are emerging at enormous speed and parallel as you note. but the structure you spent your life in...
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and i think you would find, for example, and i have been very supportive, for example, with the u.s.oil companies in supporting their overseas position. i very strongly support that. >> so some would argue that we should not export natural gas or natural gas refined products. you would accept if we have an abundance of natural gas, you would accept that that could be exported? >> i would, yes. >> that's fine but i have plenty more questions but i yield back for my colleagues. >> i thank the gentleman and i recognize mr. mckinley for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman. madam chairwoman. mr. secretary, i have a question, back in pittsburgh in 2008, the president was very aggressive, president obama, then candidate obama was very aggressive in contending that china was manipulating its currency. is china still manipulating its currency? remember, he said they were. are they still? >> i believe that china is still manipulating its currency. i believe that -- [inaudible] >> he said if they are, and we will start shutting off access to our markets. what market have we shut off? >>
and i think you would find, for example, and i have been very supportive, for example, with the u.s.oil companies in supporting their overseas position. i very strongly support that. >> so some would argue that we should not export natural gas or natural gas refined products. you would accept if we have an abundance of natural gas, you would accept that that could be exported? >> i would, yes. >> that's fine but i have plenty more questions but i yield back for my colleagues....
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a common goal a common mission perhaps one of the most tangible examples is the international space station now we've got a video from just a few weeks ago of the automated transfer vehicle an unmanned cargo spacecraft docking to the space station check this out. st peter's. and the eighty three delivered water oxygen food and clothing to the crew and i'm not talking about a few souvenirs two hundred twenty pounds of oxygen six hundred twenty eight pounds of water pretty incredible but alas all good things must come to an end and there are reports out there that the funding for the international space station will be cut as soon as four years from now space on arms or project manager is here in studio to talk about these changing tides in space and let's talk a little bit about kind of what's going on with this program of course it's supposed to be overtaken by commercial venues and you know they've also talked about letting this international space station fall to the bottom of the ocean at the end of its life i think in twenty twenty seven what do you tell the kids i mean you can'
a common goal a common mission perhaps one of the most tangible examples is the international space station now we've got a video from just a few weeks ago of the automated transfer vehicle an unmanned cargo spacecraft docking to the space station check this out. st peter's. and the eighty three delivered water oxygen food and clothing to the crew and i'm not talking about a few souvenirs two hundred twenty pounds of oxygen six hundred twenty eight pounds of water pretty incredible but alas all...
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that is just one example. complete compliance strategies that the iris system identifies and returns to examination, need improvement to identify non compliant returns. the collection activity that extends for years has a lower rate of collection for delinquent liabilities. the irs has something called the ku which is the database in which tax returns for people who overtaxes which are not handled by irs criminal officers or any other within the irs literally are put in line. that wine contains millions of tax returns. keep in mind there is a statute of limitations on when someone has to comply with their tax obligations. millions of dollars are potentially abandoned and reality being lost because the irs has not simply addressed these returns have someone assigned to them to look at them but one of the most disconcerting aspect of all of this is that the irs has an incomplete document matching program so the irs does not have reliable third-party data for taxpayers for all taxpayer sectors for all tax returns
that is just one example. complete compliance strategies that the iris system identifies and returns to examination, need improvement to identify non compliant returns. the collection activity that extends for years has a lower rate of collection for delinquent liabilities. the irs has something called the ku which is the database in which tax returns for people who overtaxes which are not handled by irs criminal officers or any other within the irs literally are put in line. that wine contains...
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>> ok, for example, there is a marked line at the boundary, for example, both on the median on market between stewart and -- and this is to make sure it is in the same side of the street. this is so it does not create a bunch of zero people precincts. the boundaries we have given with -- >> a and resolve towards those other lines? but you'll bring those to talk about? ok. any questions. >> just for clarification on that last point? those for us. >> thank you. any other questions? >> this is related to my last proposal. on the holiday classic. i did not realize that the part is split. it is only half a block between market. hold that thought. >> any other questions? >> yes. i have a question. we have been following census blocks all this time. are you suggesting we will not? >> there are census blocks. on the north side or the west side. of a particular street, sometimes you can try it on the medium. depending on where the current lines are, we would basically a line the boundaries if there is a zero population. >> all right. >> you are also checking to make sure that we are meeting al
>> ok, for example, there is a marked line at the boundary, for example, both on the median on market between stewart and -- and this is to make sure it is in the same side of the street. this is so it does not create a bunch of zero people precincts. the boundaries we have given with -- >> a and resolve towards those other lines? but you'll bring those to talk about? ok. any questions. >> just for clarification on that last point? those for us. >> thank you. any other...
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now one might deduce that it's paying off because look at how much more banks are spending is one example of this is commercial banks and they spent sixteen million dollars in two thousand and eleven it's been going up now the biggest spenders for two thousand and eleven the american bankers association and a lot of names you know well wells fargo j.p. morgan citigroup also on that list up there is bank of america and take a look at hedge funds they've really increased their spending a lot too and also private equity which is obviously attracting new heat these days if we could do that for you see it there with mitt romney is the republican front runner and his bain background getting a lot of attention so remains to be seen what that number will look like for two thousand and twelve now the biggie for finance recently post financial crisis seems to really have been dogged frank regulation and more recently the volcker rule portion of it which we've been talking a lot about now we see the facts and figures but how exactly do special interest influence washington how does it work well we'r
now one might deduce that it's paying off because look at how much more banks are spending is one example of this is commercial banks and they spent sixteen million dollars in two thousand and eleven it's been going up now the biggest spenders for two thousand and eleven the american bankers association and a lot of names you know well wells fargo j.p. morgan citigroup also on that list up there is bank of america and take a look at hedge funds they've really increased their spending a lot too...
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in much better shape i don't think so for example you need only in the schools there is no subject of music. we have music and i was still going to not enough. you have recently opened your musical school in western siberia this winter actually and the news is that the graduates of your school in siberia will get an opportunity to work with you in the marines keep hearing same piece is a unique project that a project like that with a few words about it it's a small project but every conductor should try to do something small then all together we will make a progress because and not possible even to think that there is one man and he will just change everything we all have to sort of course school music and i think we got hit with we don't have to forget we are country of czerkawski country and was so skinny this is maybe not a lot it's a moral code no one tells me everything by the way you you cannot forget you live in russia country just it's for me. i may be made surely think of. things going. in russia and my country if so much of the world of music recently you staged my fairly cl
in much better shape i don't think so for example you need only in the schools there is no subject of music. we have music and i was still going to not enough. you have recently opened your musical school in western siberia this winter actually and the news is that the graduates of your school in siberia will get an opportunity to work with you in the marines keep hearing same piece is a unique project that a project like that with a few words about it it's a small project but every conductor...
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but that's just one example. in complete compliance strategies, the irs systems that identify returns for examination need improvement to identify potentially noncompliant returns. the collection activity that extends for years has a lower rate of collection for delinquent liabilities. the irs has something called the cue which is a data base in which tax returns for people who owe taxes which aren't handled by revenue officers or any other method in the irs, literally are put in line. that line contains millions of tax returns and keep in mind there is a statute of limitations. on when someone has to comply with their tax obligation. so millions of dollars or potentially and in being lost, the irs has not addressed these returns, had someone assigned to look at them. but one of the most disconcerting aspects of all of this is that the irs has an incomplete document matching program. so, the irs does not have reliable third party data for taxpayers, for all taxpayer sectors at least, and for all types of tax retu
but that's just one example. in complete compliance strategies, the irs systems that identify returns for examination need improvement to identify potentially noncompliant returns. the collection activity that extends for years has a lower rate of collection for delinquent liabilities. the irs has something called the cue which is a data base in which tax returns for people who owe taxes which aren't handled by revenue officers or any other method in the irs, literally are put in line. that...
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. >> can you give me before you answer just for example, for the record, one that was eliminated? one that we would be familiar with, perhaps. >> so they extend both from eliminating rules like ones that were still on the books that apply to telegraph. second, we eliminated the fairness doctrine riequirements from our books. we've also eliminated requirements that restrict spectrum use, promoting flexible use of spectrum that commissioner mcdowell talked about. so the regulations we eliminated they extend from the, why is that still on the books, to there are barriers and burdens to innovation investment that shouldn't be there and we should eliminate them. >> thank you. and i thank the chairman, by the way. we have a very good working relationship. he doesn't take it personally when i dissent. it's worth a lot in this town. i think. i would love to see a comprehensive list of those 200. i don't have one. so that would be helpful. i think. in some cases we would have to vote on them. in other cases we don't have to vote on them. so at the same -- i'll take him at his word that som
. >> can you give me before you answer just for example, for the record, one that was eliminated? one that we would be familiar with, perhaps. >> so they extend both from eliminating rules like ones that were still on the books that apply to telegraph. second, we eliminated the fairness doctrine riequirements from our books. we've also eliminated requirements that restrict spectrum use, promoting flexible use of spectrum that commissioner mcdowell talked about. so the regulations we...