you'd be surprised what i know about federal express. federal express was actually small business started in little rock, arkansas where i lived. they didn't have an international airport so he they moved to memphis, tennessee. that's why the memphis [speaker not understood] federal express is there. so, i think this is a good idea that we give them some southern hospitality here so that it will give us a chance to. more people to deal with, the old south in the past. ~ to have federal express i'm altos happy to see them because i know it's a arkansas-tennessee connection. when there was no international airport to memphis tennessee coming to san francisco, sfo. thank you. >> thank you. anybody else wish to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues -- >> [speaker not understood]. >> motion move forward with recommendation, we can take without objection. [gavel] >> madam clerk do we have any other business in froth of us? >> no, mr. chair. >> thanks. we'll have a 15-minute break until 2 o'clock. we are adjourne

lou: what is the tea party express? what is freedom works? are they an expression of this? >> some of them are frankly part of this. >> the tea party express come i haven't seen them involved in a big way in a lot of races. probably more astroturf. i think for freedom works they have a large membership base around the country and they certainly have weighed in on this and they were smart enough to of been one candidate in a when we met with senator mcconnell and i think that their membership would've really been part of this. lou: thank you so much. in nebraska, it's all as it seems, the answer is no. we will take that up in tonight's commentary. and time for a look at last night's poll. you believe if you should be represented by a military chaplain? 8% of you said yes, which by the way is also three times as many people and 3% are atheists. 92% said no. be sure to vote on our poll tonight. you believe the tea party is nothing more than a faÇade? cast your vote at loudobbs.com. later we will reveal a quotation of the evening. stay with us, we are coming right back. >> atto

>> express provision. >> on the statutory authority, yes. and an express provision. so, understanding that the case law is certainly relevant to interpreting the statutes, what statutory provisions are being relied upon? >> i mean that it is says sas around 12 m2 a that the city does not disclose the private information unless it is specifically authorized to do so and i don't know if there is anything that is specifically or would have authorized the disclosure of this private information and in this context. >> can you refer us to some definition of private information which expressly includes addresses and phone numbers, which says that? >> the definition section. >> the information shall be any information that could be used to identify an individual, including without limitation, name, address, social security number, medical information, financial information, date and location of birth, and names of relatives. >> but we have got the name of the person. we have got the names of all of the persons. >> but this includes... >> yes. right. >> so, if you are talking

his works are the most powerful expression of triumph and christianity. rubens achieved his success early as we see in this youthful self-portrait, together with his first wife. he was the superstar of the art world of the day, the most esteemed court painter in europe, when in 1628 he was summoned to spain to paint the king. from his capital at madrid, philip iv ruled the greatest empire in the world, with dominions stretching from the philippines to peru, but bogged down by a long war in the netherlands, the most powerful state in europe was about to slip into decline. at a time beset with uncertainty, the arts flourished. of the painters he met at philip's court, rubens was particularly impressed by one-- the young diego velazquez. velazquez was an original who would paint a classical subject like bacchus getting drunk, with a group of real peasants. velazquez first drew the court's attention with his early paintings of daily life, what we call genre paintings. they were startling pictures, depicting things never before painted, such as the precise mom

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, quha exactly are the boundaries of that expression. s ts to say what a re religion is. joining me now, lucian grievous. what is the story here. is this performance art or trolling? >> it's not performance art and not actually simply trolling. it's -- but we do want to make clear that we think we can separate religion from superstition and on a legal basis, we have to or we're giving preference to superstition over nonbelievers given religious exemptions and privileges. so we have this met foreical symbolic construct, that embodies our rejection of or arbitrary authority and our drive for personal sovereignty in the best symbolism for that for us is the satanic narrative. >> and so, you have a belief system that you are saying is covered by essentially the first amendment and religious expression. why these sort of -- what is the point of the kind of, the provocative acts like the statue in oklahoma or the black mass at harvard? >> the statue in oklahoma and the black mask at harvard, i feel, were completely separate and i was a little

>> it is curious there is no direct reference to anything beyond freedom of speech or expression.e other thing is it was presumed and i will add that eleanor roosevelt even before franklin spoke of those for equality in in that talked about the right to vote one person one vote. but that moral basis of democracy she talked about it was a grand and long struggle that we were still enslaved by the failure to guarantee the rights to all american citizens. 50 years from the '60s when we believe we had transcended those forces to deny the person one-person one-vote not realizing we would return having to do something about the fact those who have a great deal of money for their freedom of speech seems to be more valued more than anyone else's from the equation of money and a speech even though they can only vote once that is why my daughter works on these issues. that is one of the many campaigns we will have to figure of how to address the back in the 19th century the argument was that people who owned more than one residents should have more than one vote or those who pay taxes or th

american express open forum. this is what membership is.s is what membership does. >>> we had this gigantic store and we had to fill it up, and how do you fill it up with merchandise when you don't have the money? so we went out and we bought empty boxes, empty cases, empty everything, and we had these empty cases and boxes all over the store. everything that was in arm's reach of customers was real. everything that was above arm's reach was not real. so, you know, we wanted the customer to walk in the store and have the feeling that they're overwhelmed with merchandise. >> it's time now to answer some of your business questions. let's get our board of directors in here to help out. marketing expert and change agent jeffrey haze lick is the head of the haze lick group and tonia youk lig is a provider. great to see both of you guys. thanks so much for being here. >> good to be here. >> let's get to the first question. it's about getting a patent. >> in this day and age of fast ideas and changes, especially online, how important is it to pate

but i don't think i expressed it without enough trouble. and the autobiographies, and looked at his life through that program. and philosophically, what race is, the naacp, and the officials stories don't work. and so he says very early on, it is a social consumption. and yet if it were the social construction he said it was, he couldn't say. in fact, it is one of those things, certain opposition's that once you see them, once you recognize them, all sorts of things you had routinely been thinking, you think i don't know how i saw that. so he is moving into that boundary and relive the thought that race is complete new social made but from time to time he goes back to the earlier picture, the one that most americans have and many still have which is there is some kind of natural reality. one example is it is very hard to explain, to give an account, a positive account of the negro identity that includes africans and the diaspora that isn't purely negative, a purely that the common victims of racism which is one of these accounts and you jus

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for freedom of expression on our release.onfident the fight for freedom of expression will never be abandoned. i want you to know that nothing in this world will break us. i know that after this experience i'll be stronger, always seeking the truth. when i was covering the conflict in libya i came to see the journalists are just not reporting the news, they are truth seekers. imagine for a moment what would happen if we stopped working with courage. if we abandoned our integrity and gave up independence and freedom, it would leave the world a far more ignorant place with dictators free to take advantage and flurish. i learned my profession with the japanese and the highest expression of gratitude is bow so i want to bow for free press and end to our detention. >> let's bring in the international federation of journalist and a former spokesman for the international criminal court and is live from brussels tell us why world press day or press freedom day is so important. >> it's very important because as you just heard we are f

it was coming in for a landing at newark when it came within a half a football field of a united express jet, which was preparing to take off from a perpendicular runway. now both planes were following the directions of newark airport's controllers. i want you to take a listen to the conversation between one of the pilots and the controllers just seconds after this close call. listen. >> traffic off to your right. >> yeah, nose is down. yeah, he was real close. >> all right. well, you heard it right there, he was real close. so quite a close call there. preliminary ntsb report says the two planes, again, were about 50 yards laterally, 135 yards vertically, dangerously close. of course, this happened just last month on the 24th of april. if you remember, that's just the day before another near collision we told you about over the pacific ocean. but both of these two planes in the new jersey case came much closer. there was no damage reported to the aircraft, no injuries onboard, but nevertheless, this is under investigation. they take these sort of close calls very seriously. brianna? >>

tea party express and freedom works. >> tea party express has run bus tours. i haven't seen them involved in a big way in a lot of races. probably more astro turf. i think for freedom works, they do have a very large member base around the country that contributes money. they certain weighed in on this. they were smart enough to goi wigo with senator mcconnell. i think their membership would have been upset if they haven't gop with zas sch schltzasz. >> good to have you here. >>> you may not have to forgive donald sterling. his estranged wife may have come up with his perfect defense. leading attorneys join us next with the answers to the $1 billion question. latte or au lait? sunny or bubbly? cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? wheels or wheeeels? everything exactly the way you want it ... until boom, it's bedtime. your mattress isn't bliss: it's a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. he's the softy: his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock: your setting is 60. that w

the mass of the building really is broke down you're going changes in material expression as well as in form. the materials of the building are concrete with fwlaz panels monthly mostly of a gray with a few porcelain panels the earth tone color you see coming up pine and franklin street other portions of the building is glass window wall using glass and metal as well as balconies finally coming around the building is a view hoover at the intersection of california and franklin and here we've attempted to somewhat modulate the mass as the building hits the property line so we have a series of property line windows that attempt to and i believe succeed in modulating scale of the walls. some little details those are the corporation of the facades so jumping in the building design seeks to essential keep the masonry and the details of the facades. we property e propose to new glazing into the facades to help tie them together with the new building and the material expression of the windows will be consistent with other elements at the because of the this for the new building. the retail

the acting president alex on the chin of expressed his condolences to the families and relatives as has been nice to make correct conclusions from the tragedy the decades primarily due to external provocation. those responsible for organizing and provoking piece about as well the finest promised to stand up. kelso said that the military forces and the line was meant to continue to fight against terrorism and entertaining book the centcom in our country. they also announced names of the fifteen people killed during domestic seven says and if i am in the local a beginning an office in a nest out and made the second bill is being made by the locals still the minister of internal affairs and the security service of ukraine with his and grandkids names to investigate a privilege it is now and that five people identified died on the downside once and for as a result of falling only those of a may meeting in building. they out the locals according to the place and date of the top twenty six people killed in the south most of them are difficult to identify as employees have been pond at the pla

out some specific sections or laws, specific sections, that are exempt from the disclosure under express provisions of either the california records act or some other statute, that is what it says, you have to provide it, unless you can tell us, or the sunshine ordinance people, where it is exempt from the disclosure because of some express provision, something that expressly says that the addresses of these people is not disclosable under either the california public records act or some other statute. are you able to point us to any particular law uppeder the state of california? or any other statute that expressly says you could exclude this type of information? >> well, i am not a lawyer and i know that many of you are, but my understanding from the legal advice that we received from the city attorney's office on multiple occasions for multiple requests for personal information is that the constitutional right to privacy trumps. >> in general in terms of how information that you consider, i know that you are not a lawyer and i am putting you in, and in a tough spot and i don't mean to

japan's government expressed concern for its nationals and businesses. this taiwanese man fled vietnam for fear of his life. >> translation: all i can say is i never felt to scared in my luf. last night i didn't sleep all night. i have a lot of friends that couldn't scep. they didn't dare to come out. they were afraid if they came out they'd be beaten. >> the anger has been fuelled by beijing's decision to deploy an oil rig in a disputed area of the south china sea. there has been reports of chinese and taiwanese ships and vessels running into each other and using water canons. >> we are determined to fulfil our duty, to protect the economic zones and territories, preventing the violation of an outside force, especially chinese forces. >> it's one of many attempts by china to push its claim on the south china sea and spratly islands, looking for richer fishing grounds and a share in the oil and gas reserves. aside from vietnam, others claim part of the area too. police on wednesday said that more than 400 have been arrested since the protests began. chin

colleagues i'm sure you're aware of the san francisco fire department expressed a view in the hunters point shipyard and the candle stick which is the largest development happening in san francisco that the anytime street clearance and the street clearance is the clear space in a restraining order from parked are parked car to parked car instead of it been 210 foot lanes to be expanded to 36 feet a thirty percent increase in terms of width and crossing and so forth. this could lead to having instead of two, 10 foot lanes to widower lanes. i want to really start by making it clear i've said this before i don't think any of us can say i have tremendous respect for your fire department in the last month alone the fire department has brooibl responded to fires in any district is the women and men of this department continue to amaze me in saving lives. so i think we're all in agreement on that this isn't an issue about the fire department but how we structure our roads and good to have a public dialog about the issue. i'll be honest over the lacier year every two i see the chief smiling w

they hear in him something that doesn't get expressed. it is too in the middle, it is too knew aunsed, but it is really important. so when i hear that mohammed abbas is in washington, he has given me so much of his time. i said i want to show you around boston, where i am from. i wanted to take him to fen way, but i didn't. instead i took him to see the freedom trail and the history of the american revolution. i kept telling him, tahrir square is like the boston massacre. i took him to where the first real violent demonstration against the british crown happened. how that led to the events that would eventually become paul refeer's ride. took him to -- revere's ride. and i took him to old north church. and i took him to lexington. and he was amazed. and his comment after we traveled through this three-hour odyssey through bostoning was, "so your revolution took almost 15 years. and we're on year three. give us some time." that's why i remain hopeful. that's why i think the people who believe that change is inevitable in egypt understand i

i express my admiration for the presidential candidates taking calls. their refusal to be intimidated them at determination to take paulson selections is a sign of the strength of this country and of this country's refusal to allow russia to undermine your independence and you'll territorial integrity. the crisis that ukraine is facing is not about east and west side so the moment ago. this is about ukraine's right to be successful for you and independent nation able to choose for yourselves who you try it with. we're elected to leave is to be free to decide your own future. of course many people in this country as are many other countries will be a decisive five with life and people across this country and show a more economical to tune into the living standards. they will the rule of law ll. i want an end to corruption some people on board the centralized government as well. and people in this country again as in our country and other democratic countries have the rights to express their views on all of these issues. but a successful prosperous democr

i want to get this into the record the 7901 we've expressed to you already the second thing is that the option of economic analysis is supposed to review the proposed legislation that comes too brown the board of supervisors there's been a demonstration no economic impact. i'm not an economist but i look at 5 hundred permits and the it by 75 hundred that's a 8 point millions impact >> 52 percent. >> so as we look at the requirement of the office of the economic they're to look at the sustainability and prosperity plan specifically it called u calls out telecommunications this is not to do with any provisions it's only for the screening so the impact vs. no, i would ask that we just slow down a teeny bit and get it over to the financed to see the impacts of the city. >> the numbers you put up there that has to do with the requirement of at&t the questioning to plant the greenery around the boxes. >> yeah. on the proposed permits that are outstanding for the light speed produce. >> is there any additional public comment on to me okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim

so, that is why when girter writes a poeter it an expression of the german false guys. it is also true when a peasant woman tells a folk tale she is expressing the german spirit and since it is one spirit in some sense cinderella is the same expression as bay musics and that seems to be wrong. >> once you put it in context, especially in du bois' day, that one can't deny that is russian gift to world literature in the forms of the novels is a distinctive gift americans didn't have. irish classical music as opposed to the irish genius play writing. and we didn't get to jazz and blues yet. >> it would be a mistake to think you can take any russian peasant and say write me a novel or take any african-american and sit them down and say play the saxophone for me. i want to say the things about natural cultures. first, is yes, some have to do with the fact of a common language even. it isn't there is a guide but a common language gives you an intensity of shared experience and that means in the world of literature you have things in common but it is hard to share except with

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clearly we could all express what our concerns are as it relates to a bill like this passing and how it could possibly impact the program and what the concerns are from our perspective based on what you are trying to do with clean power in san francisco. >> yes, you just direct me to do that and i will do that. >> mr. chair, i would like us to direct the director -- executive director, i'm not sure, are you are our lawyer? >> interim. >> interim executive officer. >> thank you, miss miller. >> you are welcome >> if you could please move forward with a letter in haste and get that to the folksing on the committee and address it to mr. bradford, assembly member bradford as well. >> thank you. >> we have consent on that. okay, colleagues. >> i fully support that. i think it is often useful for the committees to have a formal action letter of support or opposition from board or commission. so i would hope that we could still bring that back next month and in the interim have a letter. >> okay. will do. >> and can i just add, can we make sure that we include in the letter specifically our

tea party express and freedom works. >> tea party express has run bus tours. haven't seen them involved in a big way in a lot of races. probably more astro turf. i think for freedom works, they do have a very large member base around the country that contributes money. they certain weighed in on this. they were smart enough to goi wigo with senator mcconnell. i think their membership would have been upset if they haven't gop with zas sch schltzasz. >> good to have you here. >>> you may not have to forgive donald sterling. his estranged wife may have come up with his perfect defense. leading attorneys join us next with the answers to the $1 billion question. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other

uh-huh, so that's mu lalaious aef expressing solidarity with the victims. what is our other choice, all right, that is-- so that's our choice, mulala or rush, the quivering rage heap who is app parently desperately trying to ding -- distinguish any remaining molecule of humanity that mate still remain in the chernobyl superesq cleanup site that was his soul (applause) >> jon: who should we go with. who should we choose, i don't know why don't we tweet our votes to #[bleep #[bleep]yourush. but now-- but now that boko haram-- maas plaus. >> jon: let's go to the real villain boko haram. now that boko haram has the world's attention, what is your message? >> stephen: so more proceeds than poetry, really. (laughter) sounds like a punk bajd. all right, you guys are trying to so hard to convince everybody that you are such bad asses but all you have sea done with this kidnapping is highlight who the real bad asses are, the kids you kidnapped. compared to a teenager who knows that her desire for an education could get her dragged no a snake infested jungle, be sold

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it was a style ideally suited to expressing the interworkings of heavenly and earthly rule.o, in vienna, as throughout europe, kings and states seized upon this language to make their assertion that their authority was sanctioned by god. it was a style which had a long life. indeed, it still speaks power to us today. the equestrian portrait, the man on horseback, the standard mode for portraying aristocratic and royal rulers-- the ruler powerfully up, the subject safely down. kings and princes were trained to ride horses in the improbable manner we see in equestrian portraits. they should be seen to control a rearing horse with just one hand on the reins. surely such a person could command a kingdom. images of power tell us about those who make them, but even more about those who commission them. the dynastic monarchs of 17th-century europe, their power increasingly challenged by far-reaching social and economic change, sought to present themselves as heirs of the roman emperors, their authority divinely ordained. for them, art was an instrument of state power just as armies

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and so she is expressing a as well. in some sense they are expressions of the same thing. and that seems to be wrong. this includes world literature and the weight is talked about as well that we americans didn't have and we are enjoying a little bit but not too much it will go on and on. and this is part of the genius of the situation. and this includes some the ride russian novels. and there are those who take these through the national cultures and they had historical expectations and some of them have to do with just the fact that there is common language. and the common language gives you a kind of intensity of shared experience that means in the world of literature you things in common so as it were part of that and so, yes, they can produce that. so there's a lot of french and russian novels. and a lot of generally speaking things as well. and that is part of their politics. >> i would say that i can't think of a great moment which isn't built around language and nations. in the narrative that shakespeare wrote comes from this as well. and so if we sort of go backwa

there's a bigger threat -- the assault of your freedom expression in all areas of life. altering the definition of marriage. it would require churches and other congregations to essentially close their doors to outsiders and stop providing services to the community and close off their facilities so that other nonprofits and church groups in order to to prevent being provided to have same-sex ceremonies. churches torive have to eliminate classes and day schools and counseling and fellowship hall meetings and soup kitchens and much more. in other words, this law and others like it would require believers to essentially choose to break their deeply held illogical beliefs or to give up their daily activities of evangelism and retreat from public life and sacrifice the property rights. this is the next stage of the assault and it is only getting in over one majority of those in religious denominations in america is more than half the country. organizations -- all of those two nominations would be targeted in large and small decrease in the coming years. america, would they be

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