his excellency, president serva of portugal is here. his excellency, mr. frederick rhinefeld, his excellency, the president of the democratic run of the congo, president joseph kabila, is here. his excellency, -- is here, the prime minister of the bahamas is here. the president of israel, president simone perez is head of the delegation from prime minister benjamin netanyahu is here. the prime minister of the -- is here. his excellency, the president botswana is here. the honorable prime minister and prime minister of -- the vice honorable prime minister john okay of new zealand is here. the prime minister of canada is here. his excellency the president of the united states, mr. barack obama is here. the president, his excellency, prime minister of denmark is here. his excellency, the first president of mauritania, mr. mohammad aziz is also here. his excellency, the president of -- his excellency, the president of the european council is here. the president of the republic of croatia, his excellency, the president of nigeria is here. the honorable prime mi

has excellent sleep, that his excellency, the prime minister of south sudan.rime minister and secretary general of the ruling party, from rwanda. his excellency, president of chad. and his excellency, the president of zambia. his excellency, the president of ireland. his excellency, the president of tunisia. his excellency, the president of guyana. and his excellency, the president and her royal highness, the prince in spain. honorable prime minister from jamaica. his excellency, the president of finland. his excellency, the president of senegal. his excellency, the president from malawi. his excellency, francois jhol d hollande of france. and his excellency, the president of doghana. and his excellency, the president on the stage, his excellency, the president of germany. his excellency, prime minister of ethiopia. his excellency, the president of mexico. his excellency, as you probably know, his excellency, the president of the european parliament. and his excellency, the president of beirut from the republic of slovenia. the president, his excellency, prime

his excellency, president of the republic o slovenia, his excellency president of switzerland, his excellency korea. at this point we would like to call upon our neighbor, president from -- [inaudible conversations] >> your excellency, comrade zuma, the president of the republic of south africa, the mandela family, your excellency -- south africa, the people of the republic of south africa. today we are here as one family. united by a son of the africaon soil. an icon of antiapartheid. and a towering giant who gave his life to save humanity. because he was selfless. he sacrificed his life for the dignity of others. because he believed in the world of every human being. and because he believed in one united suggest -- south africa, he chose forgiveness over retribution, reconciliation and peace. yes, madiba was south africa. he was a reliable comrade in arms for -- for this who served with him in the prison, some of whom are here with us today, madiba is here. he was an inspiration for the people of namibia in our struggle for freedom and independence. madiba. what a simple, fundamental human

his excellency, president of the republic o slovenia, his excellency president of switzerland, his excellency korea. at this point we would like to call upon our neighbor, president from -- [inaudible conversations] >> your excellency, comrade zuma, the president of the republic of south africa, the mandela family, your excellency -- south africa, the people of the republic of south africa. today we are here as one family. united by a son of the africaon soil. an icon of antiapartheid. and a towering giant who gave his life to save humanity. because he was selfless. he sacrificed his life for the dignity of others. because he believed in the world of every human being. and because he believed in one united suggest -- south africa, he chose forgiveness over retribution, reconciliation and peace. yes, madiba was south africa. he was a reliable comrade in arms for -- for this who served with him in the prison, some of whom are here with us today, madiba is here. he was an inspiration for the people of namibia in our struggle for freedom and independence. madiba. what a simple, fundamental human

comment on the excellence one. good news is we don't of any permit violations. i would say that's not a measure of excellence. that's a measure of doing your job. the whole motion of the permit process is that you do not violate those. that's the fundamental requirement. so doing that is an important thing to know and to highlight, but it's not a measure of excellence. so i would encourage you to keep looking on that >> on that point, if i may, mr. president, so what is the appropriate? >> it's a horribly difficult thing to measure, very frankly. i don't know how you do that. it's a tough one. but when you say that excellence is measured by the floor, there is just something wrong with that. i don't have an answer to that. that's why instead of suggesting i ask that they take a hard look at how they might define. >> wouldn't other agencies auto that criteria as a measure? >> like the street, they have a street index in terms of how bumpy it is and for the park's clen lens anliness -- cleanliness and the values. with that being said, this is something that folks

[applause] excellency, the prime minister of denmark is here. excellency, mr.mohammed is also here to re. gabon is here.f his excellency of the european council is here. the leader of croatia is here. his excellency, the president of nigeria is here. [applause] minister ofe prime the united kingdom is also here. ofhe president d'voire is here. and of course the president of brazil is here. this point that i would like to call upon the president of brazil all the way from latin america. [applause] we need translation? translation? oh, he is there. thank you. >> thank you. president zuma and south , and family members of toson mandela i would like say my condolences for the invaluable loss of nelson mandela. ladies and gentlemen, heads of friends,ar

(laughter) you have a new book called "focus, the hidden driver of excellence." i'm excellent.m i focusd? >> the more you can pay attention. like, for a kid, the more you can do your home work and do the games, video games, the more you can pay attention to what the teacher is saying and not text your friends, turns out that's the best predictor of your financial success in adulthood. better than i.q., better than the wealth of the family you grew up in. >> stephen: if i'm a rich person and i got rich by focusing, maybe that's why i have no empathy for other people because i am focused on me. (laughter) and getting stuff done. and if i had empathy for other people i wouldn't be so focused on my success. >> stephen: there are three kinds of empathy. one is cognitive. which is understanding how people think. one is emotional empathy. that's what creates rapport. then there's a third kind which is empathic concern. this is the pope's kind where you tune into people and if there's something you can do for them you do help them. and all three kinds of empathy make our lives much, mu

beyond excellent, too much excellent, yes, possibly. over the top? yeah, definitely.e. we begin at the beginning, the heart and soul of every right-thinking quebecois, apparently -- ice, a stick, and a puck. fred and dave and martin picard are joined by the original god of montreal gastronomy, the great chef norman la pris to watch the canadiens lay waste to the north carolina hurricanes, all the while eating, of course, and drinking, as it turns out, the finest wines known to >> and here we go. oh! >>> this is piers morgan live, i'm s.e. cupp in tonight for piers. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight i'm joined by a man so controversial, so success schl, sofa mouse and infamous, he has his own television network. you either know him and love him or loathe him with every fiber of your being. i bet you don't actually know him at all. after tonight, you're going to. >>> he's a media icon whose built a radio television and online empire, founder of mercury radio arts and the

based on a five year plan the strategy developed by the mta an excellent strategy but it's been turned into a 25 year plan this is a strange development and i wonder how our city is going to live up to its promise. right now what you are asking for -- so we're asking that the mta and other agencies involved with this plan development articulate how this is going to be able to reach the promised goal by 2020 thank you. >> thank you very much. any other member of the public would like to comment? okay. we'll close public comment. >> and colleagues commissioner wiener. >> i'd like to respond to ms. hodge's comment. >> absolutely. we very clearly support the bicycle strategy implementation. implementation of that plan requires a lot of funding as well as increased project delivery strategies partnerships with the mta and communities really allowing those projects to go in efficiently we can accelerate it with a concerted effort by the community by staff and new ways of doing business to implement these projects to design them faster and get in them in the ground faster and i believe there'

he is with holding presidential excellence, vice presidential excellence, first lady excellence, whathe doing? he is sending them gays and the lesbians. i thought it was brilliant. >> i'm super excited about it and i think it is interesting that you can now have a president of the united states slap down putin on the issue of gay rights. that wouldn't have been possible ten years ago and now it is. it seems to me republicans are nowhere to be seen on this fight. does it worry that you the gop is -- >> hey, i'm right here. >> i like that. wow, that was really bold. he is really showing putin who is boss. i'm sure putin is thinking boirg, i've been humiliated. meanwhile we're capitulating on everything important this is typical of obama. don't confront the serious issues. then you feel good about yourself, hey, i really showed him with billy jean king. send whoever he wants. i don't know if billy jean king and boitano has his delegation. i just thought, pretenning this is a great moment for obama or gay rights. >> isn't it better to have them than some other group? >> a lot of other peo

excellent. >> thank you. >> i will be very happy with the president and we're going to find a better person [speaker not understood], and i want them to stay forever. [laughter] >> forever is a long time. >> you served a long time. >> i've been here in the city for 26 years. that's enough. >> well, thank you. i appreciate it. commissioner rosales, if you want to say anything. >> no, thank you. >> excellent. so, madam secretary, please call the next item. >> thank you, madam chair. item 5c, authorizing a first amendment to the personal services contract with mccoy's patrol service, a california corporation, to extend the contract term on a month-to-month basis for up to two months for the period january 1, 2014 through february 28, 2014, and to increase the contract amount by an amount not to exceed $70,000, to provide security services at the hunters point shipyard, for a total aggregate amount of $1,776,613; hunters point shipyard redevelopment project area. discussion and action, resolution nu

job since you appointed her and she should continue because they are all doing an excellent job i've worked with tilly before, the five year ppp and they are all doing an excellent job and i think ms. cheng should go forward and continue to be the executive director without any problem whatsoever thank you very much. >> thank you very much any other member of the public who would like to comment please come forward and seeing none we'll close public comment. >> i'd like to thank our executive director for coming forward with her performance goals and i want to encourage you colleagues to make sure that you work with her to make sure that we're all living up to those goals she has really reached out to make sure. okay. so if we can have a roll call vote. >> item 11. >> avalos aye. >> breed aye. >> campos aye. >> chiu aye. >> cohen aye. >> kim absent. >> tang aye. >> wiener aye. >> yee aye. >> item passes. >> great. next item please. >> item 12 this is an information item. >> colleagues any comments or questions and seeing none we'll go to public comment. >> and seeing no one from the

cooper tolding it together for that is an excellent, excellent thing. thing in the world today. why the long face? this dog was reportedly a stray found on the streets of kiev in the former soviet republican of ukraine. the dog's picture was posted by a ukrainian newspaper this week under a tag called oddties. trust me. as to why this picture of ukrainian street dog is considered an oddity, does he look at all familiar? thank you, google are translate, yes. found a dog, like a putin. seriously, it's true. the dog is a dead ringer for russian president, vladimir putin. it's amazing. even more so when you lay the pictures on top of each other. the resemblance is uncanny. like putin's face is coming out of the dog. the internet, of course, exploded over this today. it was basically my whole morning. all kinds of speculation about what is so putinesque about this dog. is this the eyes with the same expression, gaze upon me, for i am a badass? is it the bridge of the nose? i think on their own, neither of those things would be enough. the real reason this do

his excellency, of the european counsel is here. the president of croatia, his excellency, the president of nigeria is here. the honorable prime minister david cameron of the united kingdom of great britain is also here. his excellency, the president of guinea is here. and the president of brazil is here. it is at this point that i'd like to call upon president of brazil all the way from latin america to come and address us. >> [speaking in portuguese] translator: family members of nelson mandela and presidents and the people of south africa to whom i'd like to convey my condolences for the loss of nelson mandela. portugese]g in translator: ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and the government, dear friends, i bring you hear today, -- here today, the feelings of deep sorrow as the brazilian government and people of brazil and i'm sure of all south america for the passing away of this great leader nelson mandela. portugese]g in translator: the most outstanding personality of the 20th century, nelson mandela lived with passion and i

we found the building appeared excellent in the environment as noted in the 1976 survey the building was designed to smooth the contribution to the east and old st. marys church on the west. it employes the use of concrete window to the golf course window and it is particularly success e successful it is matched with the shoulder of the church. the window openings carry the height of the church doors and window and the first concrete window successfully blend with the insurance building and the regular i do grid. we've found that 660 california street meets the fourth criterion for the designation. underground for demonstration the building was never

hopefully, his excellent physical condition will help them to recover -- helped him to recover. >> herecently made a comeback. it was not the success he was hoping for. >> no. it was kind of a last laugh, if you will. he decided to have another go of it for a couple years when he was pushing 44 mercedes -- pushing 40 fofor mercedes. we can only hope he does recover now. >> we do hope that. thank you for that update. security is on high alert in russia following the second suicide bombing in as many days in the southern city of volgograd. >> at least 14 people have been killed in monday's blast and around 20 others injured. or has been no immediate claim of responsibility. -- there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. >> the bomb destroying the bus during morning rush hour. it was evidently intended to kill civilians and to sow fear. the powerful blast also shattered windows in nearby buildings. >> the blast hit me so unexpectedly i did not know what was going on. there was glass everywhere. window frames were blown out. >> the attack comes less than a day after a bombing at

and san francisco is a center of excellence for cardiovascular, and redwood city is a center of excellence for radiology and santa clara jgenetics and we hae in vitro service. and that makes our services efficient and more affordable to the members. and provides the volume that the practitioners are seeing the level of patients that make them the best in this field. and that's part of our model. >> i am in total agreement with that. and one hospital group there was complaints that part of the system were in different locations in san francisco and i pointed out that kaiser has them throughout the bay area. and that makes sense because you have to have the volume to make them work. and it's expensive to provide every service at every location. i think you have quite a few different medical centers through the bay area. >> yeah, and some medical centers focus just on primary care and labor and delivery. so we have several. san francisco is one of our highest concentrations of specialty because of the patients we see and the research we do and etc. >> commissioner borden. >> thank you for thi

terrorists are going up but it's a excellent time to borrow. this slow down shows coverage. we show it by our bonds and it's the way we analyze it and added in the certificate of participation and one increase in the par amount. and i can see that we're maintaining really good coverage with the portfolio but excellent coverage when you shrewd i include the certificate of participation. in terms of our bonding capacity this slide show us the passenger facility and it supports 16.8 million that will be pill on the bonding capacity so our current bonding capacity is 48.8 million will be reduced to 7.8 million for a new capacity of 6.1 million we shouldn't issue this debt today but that's what coverage suggests we can do. in terms of structure it's thirty years the taxable debt will be a.m. terrorized in the ferries year the structure is proposed to lower the overall cost support. the second supplement of indenture our security guard 80 asked to be approved today and once we've got a negotiated sale we'll come back and report to you. in turn of next steps we'll be meeting with t

you can't help but see the good. >>> welcome back to "p in excellence."is the story of a woman who lost two sons to gun violence. through this horrific tragedy lorraine taylor has found her own mission in life -- to help other families through their grief and healing. >> one, two, three. ♪ >> first i'll check with the kids. i'll play with the kids to find out how they're doing, and that will tell me a lot about how the parents are doing. >> made it has made it her life's work to help families heal when homicide invades their world. local police often contact her through her 1000 mothers to prevent violence organization. >> i never know what that next call is going to be. normally i get a call like saturday from oakland police department, taylor, we had two murders last night. would you please be on stand by? once they go visit the family, they'll ask me if i can go to the family, so i of bag of groceries to this family and sit there and just let them know that i'm just here. i'm here to help you. >> lorraine recognizes the pain and grief these families fe

excellent, franklin. you're very good. very, very good. thank you.s up phone) (vehicles passing in distance) (children shouting in spanish) no, just... (kisses) ♪ good afternoon. sorry for the interruption. uh, i assume one of you speaks english. i do. patrick jane. pleased to meet you. what's this about? i know you're drug dealers. i don't judge. i'm wanted for homicide myself in the u.s. what i want to discuss is a mutual acquaintance-- danny otero. (clicks tongue) what about him? well, i thought i should warn you. he's flipped. he's working as an informer to the police. he's teamed up with an f.b.i. agent named abbott. how do you know this? well, i'm working with abbott myself on a different deal. that's how otero's name came up. if you have any business with danny otero, word to the wise-- you might want to be careful. see ya. (phone rings) abbott. i'll be in room 1443 in 15 minutes. here in the hotel? i'm having a little good-bye drink with some friends. just identify yourself at the door, and they'll come get me. (hangs up phone) (knock on door

. >> excellent. >> minus 70 wind chill that hurts. >> you don't like it below 50. >> tl exactly. plus 50. >> our cold weather live doppler 7hd and i'm not shivering any more lacking at our weather because i think back open the minus 70 at killington vermont. clear sky here getting pretty chilly outside. let's look at our 24 hour temperature change. you can see some location are couple degrees less cold right now than they were last night at this hour. 2 degrees colder at mountain view. in oakland and in napa. 7 degrees colder in fairfield. sort of mixed result here. live view from emeryville camera. west across the bay. forecast feature freeze warning in effect tonight third consecutive tonight and spare the air day

excellent. that is great.dditionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainme

who would guess i would excel in this as well. i invested countless numbers of hours and i obtained help through the bayview renaissance center through business development skills and i learned how to grow smart and create a business plan and how to read financial reports and even obtain my first small business loan. my first business was with mary weather williams who showed me the key components of empire engineering to be most successful. she taught me how to utilize the quick financial quick books and now i'm close to $10 million bonding capacity. [ applause ] >> i'm a graduate from both programs and to them i'm forever grateful. since our inception we have been listed on numerous projects within the city and county of san francisco. thank you, mayor. i have been fortunate to have developed good working relationships with large firms as well as the city agencies to build the confidence that they needed to show case our talents on specific projects as a contractor. recently empire has been awarded the following contracts. san f

there are excellent maps of the city. in fact, there are a hazard maps. in 1974, there was a landslide map. >> that's right. that is available at that apartment building inspection. these are excellent maps. >> there is a real legacy of geologists working and now cannot always published. san francisco has a great repository of some of these archives. there is a child just -- a geologist to publish letters that is a great source of information. we are on the coast, they have the definitive work for all of the [inaudible] >> and did they pick up the old [inaudible] and wetlands? >> there was a map of those that weren' off the field. you can see where these are with respect to those that have been filled in with a debris from the 06 earthquake. >> that is one of the things i've learned, the very local zones, exactly where you are building at. side-by-side, san francisco is so varied in its tomography and geology, you cannot tell by looking at the site specifically. >> this will be at the end of the drive. you can show which time we will be looking at out the

commissioner rosales, if you want to say anything. >> no, thank you. >> excellent. so, madam secretary, please call the next item. >> thank you, madam chair. item 5c, authorizing a first amendment to the personal services contract with mccoy's patrol service, a california corporation, to extend the contract term on a month-to-month basis for up to two months for the period january 1, 2014 through february 28, 2014, and to increase the contract amount by an amount not to exceed $70,000, to provide security services at the hunters point shipyard, for a total aggregate amount of $1,776,613; hunters point shipyard redevelopment project area. discussion and action, resolution number 58 2013. madam director. >> congratulations, madam chair, madam vice-chair, commissioners, and welcome to the members of the public. thank you for joining us. commissioners, this is a simple limited term extension for an existing bayview contractor, mccoy security, as provided for under the hunters point shipyard phase 1dda, the developer can provide these services. it already provides proper