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that also includes the faculty, think of the devastation that occurs to the faculty and the parents that's all provided to this change of culture. >> can we find this online? >> absolutely. cassiebear area.org. jill's ride for hope we just finished, we had a great ride the end of august, the beginning of school, as you might imagine it's a brutal event. for us it's a great cause but a crappy --. >> you are right. thank you so much. assembly man tom ammiano has his own story about bullying but you are the author of what we've been talking about today. >> it sounds trite, but all politics being personal, you've probably heard that before many times. in the case of this bill, that does ring true. i was on the bridge board for many years and meeting after meeting parents would come, particularly of teenagers who had jumped, and it was heart breaking and poignant and that feeling of helplessness that we all have, very reminiscent of this story and of your story in terms of what the parents go through and the inaction. and we finally were able to get a suicide deterrent plan and we're looking fo

seventh period begins and the school children are eager to go home the gun toting teachers and faculty have. rather frayed nerves by this point they're ready for a break to american history class but the students can't watch any films about the civil war vietnam or iraq or afghanistan or even world war two we can't learn from that stuff because the n.r.a. has told us that those violent films could potentially trigger violent attitudes class also all images of violence have been removed from the textbooks. necessary to keep the kids safe. finally the bell rings and everybody rushes out of the school past the armed guards and into the welcoming arms of their armed parents it was safety at school as not a single madman was able to carry out a mass murder when third grader jimmy gets the school bus he rushes into his mom's arms she asks him what happened at school today he tells her about mr duncan's wounded and in the five people shot the librarian what happened poor little billy who shot himself the face of the boy's bathroom but she hugs your song tight knowing that he's the n.r.a. wayn

potential mass shooters inside the school faculty with locks on their belts rush kids along to first period before the morning bell rings first graders don't want to be late to first period is the new law or requires them to take the country in classes or. school again for their teacher also armed with a gun as is our custom made tiny shooters to all the kids they were not allowed to go on how to aim how to shoot for the kill zone they have to do this because just in case a bad guy with a gun takes out the security guard then the armed faculty than the teacher it will be up to a class around seventy seven year old good guys with guns to take him out as you can see the n.r.a. has masterfully put in place layers and layers of security school. then the second period math class begins mr griswold was up late the night before grading papers in arguing with his wife about their personal finances he's also dealing with impotence issues but its goal he feels much more masculine with a log six shooter in his pocket he gives his students their lesson plan but endless chatter in the back of the

and advocate that faculty has to be more understanding. ">>>elisha st. laurent/ speak president faculty here dont understand that even thought they are parents where is they'll be like you can meet with this group. no i cant. i have my child he has soccer practice or whatever it may be. you have to take into consideration i have other obligations besides college." "speaks" agenda tackles concerns of student parents such as baby changing stations, study groups that welcome children and campus family fun days. "speak's" first goal is scholarship opportunities. children and spouses are welcomed at meetings. "speak" meets tuesdays at noon in the guadalupe room in the student union. the annual campus security and fire safety report is out with the latest statistics on crime on campus through 2011. here is a summary of the report. ">>>the security and fire safety report booklet is a guide to students, faculty, and staff's safety. if students pick up the handbook, they will see the number of robberies in 2011 down to just two, compared to six from the year befo

i believe this faculty meeting was the beginning of the recovering process. plans were developed for the next day. we thought our most important job would be to keep this are happening again. to keep weapons out of school, to make sure that no retaliation occurred. while all of those things were important, it paled in comparison to the need of the student body to be comforted and reassured. the need for trusted and caring adults became the more important issue in this recovery process. the school resource officers were certainly still focus on security but were most heavily engaged in the mental and emotional recovery process. the reason for this is because we are much more than just a law enforcement presence. we were trusted adults and we helped to make a difference in the lives of children during the days prior to and most definitely following november 19, 2002. trained and committed police poe officers are well-suited to effectively protect and serve the school community. school resource officers contributed by ensuring a safe and secure campus, educating

with our good hopes and high hopes. >> the students are also demanding the school reverse cuts to faculty and classes. if the college fails to show adequate improvement, it could close in june. >>> a gun buy-back event spearheaded by two bay area fathers is taking place this weekend on the peninsula. menlo park based protect our children has raised more than $30,000 for tomorrow's event which will trade cash for firearms, no questions asked. the organization's founder roger lee and coordinator james cook both have children in palo alto schools, and they say they were deeply affected by the mass shooting in newtown, connecticut. police officers from menlo park, palo alto and east palo alto will collect those guns at city hall in east palo alto from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. >>> still ahead, dangerous weather in the midwest. we're going to show you how this plane ended up sliding right off a runway. >> hey, very good morning to you. i'm lawrence scott. the giants not just getting ready for cactus league play but also the world baseball classic. we talked to some of the players about that comi

the committee is comprised of parents, board members, faculty and administrators is a vehicle by which we actively seek to set goals and streamline or commitment to diversy the student body. we do this including having parents volunteer to be on outreach, ad missions commit to reach the broader san francisco preschool communities. as a school community we host affinity for lgbt, asian and african-american opportunities and have activitis to celebrate cultural events including the chinese new year. our commitment to socioeconomic diversity is equaly vital and to that end town school has board approved tuition assistance. town school is a place where learning is prized and love school is essential and where boyhood is indeed celebrating. we hope you grant town school use of the exploratorium to continue our important work on diversity, inclusion, equity and community-building. thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good morning, i am jennifer lew and i'm the director of the new institute at town school for boys. when i think about town, i think about

our faculty is comprised of such individuals. 147 men and women have completed the two-year program. many have gone on to teach not just in private schools, but public schools and international schools. others have gone on to become malloors, program directors and entrepreneurs. i love being a teacher and i love working with new teachers and i want to be part of the new teacher innocent [stao-uts/] at town school. it would be a wonderful opportunity to work with new teachers in the exploratorium space. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker >> good morning commissioners. my name is tammy leong and i have a daughter and two sons. my older son graduated from town in 2010 and my youngest is currently a 7th grader at town school. after my son -- my older son graduated from town school, ron, my husband and i were very pleased with the academic excellence but we also were surprised by a lesson of community from town school. for my 12 years and counting, because i have one more year there, at town school, i have seen the commitment to the community -- let me start again. i have seen the c

we have over a hundred faculty and staff at the institute for health policy studies. ucsf is by far one of san francisco's many, many treasures. but the newest discovery for medicine and population health often get locked up in the ivory tower and they don't make their way out onto the streets to actually help the population very quickly. so, our institute's core mission is to translate advances in science as they come forward within the university and translate them into policies that help people live longer and live healthier lives. we work directly with people, with leadership at the global level, at the national level, at the state level, and at the local level. but nowhere are we more committed to helping, helping out than in our hometown in san francisco. and that's why we instituted the san francisco health improvement partnerships, to help our own. you board members, a number of you have been directly and intimately involved in our efforts and have really become valued partners in our efforts to improve health, particularly as supervisor mar mentioned, around

faculty and students have expressed concerns about that to no avail.ith this example, it was only through a fluke we even found out about the center before it was opened. we think it raises serious questions, for example, about the mission of the university. the statement of the university gave recently makes it sound like these green berets are going to be trained almost in bedside manner, the type of thing that psychiatrists use already in train their students in madison in, but that seems inconsistent with a lot of the information we received about the center. for example, they will be bringing in [indiscernible] to teach at the center and the method of deception he has developed as a pickpocket. all of this points to a lack of transparency, especially after we wrote the op-ed it has been getting a lot of attention on campus. their students to support the center, but a growing number of graduate and undergraduate students who feel there are problems of the center and are worried about the impact it will have on the immigrant community and how it jus

today, quote, have i not taken a poll, but i would be surprised if there were any members of the faculty who believed in the communists overthrowing the u.s. government. still, though, it sounds good, particularly when you use that really specific number. i mean, those commies can deny it, but clearly, he's got the fact. he's got a list of 12. jane mayer joins us next. [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer wetjet, and you'll dump your old mop. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady ♪ who's that lady? [ female announcer ] used mops can grow bacteria. swiffer wetjet starts with a clean pad every time, and its antibacterial cleaner kills bacteria mops can spread around. swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. ♪ lovely lady to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! >>> i would be very interested to k

mayer today, "i have not taken a poll, but i would be surprised if there were any members of the faculty who believed in the communists overthrowing the u.s. government." still, though, it sounds good, particularly when you use that really specific number. i mean, those commies can deny it, but clearly, he's got the fact. he's got a list of 12. jane mayer joins us next. so i d. so i d. i used to have bad dreams, but not anymore. [ barks ] i used to be scared of the basement. but when badger's with me, it's not so bad. [ barking ] [ announcer ] we know how important your dog is to your whole family. so help keep him strong and healthy with purina dog chow. because you're not just a family. you're a dog family. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. i can't believe your mom let you take her car out.ck! this is a

seventh period begins and the school children are eager to go home to the gun toting teachers and facultyhave rather frayed nerves by this point they're ready for a break to american history class but the students can't watch any films about the civil war vietnam or iraq or afghanistan or even world war two we can't learn from that stuff because the n.r.a. has told us that those violent films could potentially trigger violent attitudes class also all images of violence have been removed from the textbooks. necessary to keep the kids safe. finally the bell rings and everybody rushes out of the school past the armed guards and into the welcoming arms of their armed parents it was safe day at school as not a single madman was able to carry out a mass murder when third grader jimmy gets the school bus he rushes into his mom's arms she asks him what happened at school today he tells her about mr duncan's wounded and in the five people shot the librarian what happened poor little billy who shot himself the face of the boy's bathroom but she hugs your song tight knowing that he's the n.r.a. wayn

the students and faculty come every month in large numbers to plant trees, pick up litter on the streets, and abate graffiti. and in addition to that, the academy adopted 16 city blocks in the city whereby our cap a sigma fraternity go out there every other weekend to abate graffiti. * and i was hoping that they were supposed to be here, but i told them to be here at 4:15 to accept their award. but they're not here yet and that's too bad because i wanted you guys to meet them because they are a bunch of great, great young men who really cares for the city. they're not doing it to get paid. they're not getting paid, by the way, they're not getting an extra grade for doing it. they do it because these are the new crop of young generation who cares. they love their city. they love their government. and they want to give back to our city, to give back to our country. so, hooray for them and thank you for coming. (applause) >> caitlin young. >> i didn't think i planned to talk. i'm caitlin young and i'm from omaha, nebraska. we nominated our senior painter, jeff nicole. he was with the city p

someone broke into an unlocked and stole a laptop and an 'shone from it faculty member desk. on monday, someone walked into 's dorm room and stole a laptop as well and a textbook and a watch. the deadline is looming. our area could be hit with .assive budget cuts obama is asking congress to avoid those cuts. april 15 is the tax a deadline. >> major milestones you are watching abc 7 news 6:00, on your side. budget cuts could have a . aor impact on our area asking toobama is term up with a short form resolution. democrats and republicans came together and made and manageables to our tax code that will bring down our deficit. this time congress should pass a balance of cuts and re tax loopholes until to replacend a way a smarter andwith longer-term solution. the sequestration deadline march 1. this will undoubtedly be one of a president will about in his state of the union address on tuesday. >> here is a date to circle on calendar -- tax day. some had a chance to get ahead at the deadline. it was all free of charge. tax time usually means headache time, but not for these reside

have to do this because just in case a bad guy with a gun takes up a security guard in the armed facultythen the armed teacher it will be up to a class around seventy seven year old good guys with guns to take him out as you can see the n.r.a. has masterfully put in place layers and layers of security school. then the second period math class begins mr griswold was up late the night before grading papers in arguing with his wife about their personal finances he's also dealing with impotence issues but it's cool he feels much more masculine with a log six shooter in his pocket he gives his students their lesson plan but endless chatter in the back of the classroom distracts it so it pulls his gun out of his pocket. sets it on the desk. students get the point media are quiet but they all feel safe knowing that mr griswold is their guardian angel for the next forty five minutes words. and between second and third period news spreads that biology teacher mr duncan accidentally shot himself through the palm of his and he was using the butt of his pistol to try and kill a cockroach when the gu

he will talk to students and faculty at the university of bridge -- about the link between the bluesy and the lives of ordinary americans. -- diplomacy and the lives of ordinary americans. >> 32 degrees right now. still ahead -- the white house cracking down on china's hackers. >> we will take a >> welcome back, everyone. a crisp but very cold day ahead of us as we take a live look out at the white house and the washington monument just beyond that. >> a nice, clear start. let's check in with the jacqui jeras and get a look at temperatures. are we going to warm up that all? >> not much. only a handful of degrees at best but i love the way scott says crisp -- refreshing, perhaps. a breath of fresh air? 34 degrees is the temperature now. the wind chill is 25. it will be blustery and it will keep the wind chill factor into the 20's throughout much of the day. colder air from the west northwest. like the fact snow showers along the mason-dixon line. the further north you are, the more clouds have, the further south, the more sun than. difficulties in the northeast and mid-atlantic because

others say there's more impetus from the students to bring it back, but the faculty did not resist in any way. they're not teaching naval history class. >> host: brand-new book on the market. the making of the modern marine corps marines. professor aaron o'connell is the author.

the second group of people that i want to acknowledge, again, looking up, i see a lot of faces, the faculty, the staff, and the trainees at ucsan francisco are the reason and the anchor tenant and i have not referred to as that before and we are pleased and i hope that we attract great things to the tee and county city and county of san francisco and so i want to acknowledge all of my colleagues who are here with us this morning and finally and most importantly the reason that all of us do this is to improve human health and so the patients who have been fitted from the work we do here at ucsan francisco, and even more importantly the patients who will not suffer as a consequence of the work that we have here the family and friends that we hope that we will help with all of our collective efforts i would like to end by acknowledging the patients by what goes on and the rest of the efforts here. i would like to thank all of you for joining us today. we will now have a ceremony. >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in th

. >>> students and faculty are still occupying the administration building of city college in san francisco tonight. they're planning to stay there all night from testing a series of budget cuts recommended by the state accreditation board. the students say they want to talk to the chancellor face to face and discuss options to those cuts that would affect basically every facet of school's operation. the students entered conlin hall early in the afternoon and have promised to stay until their demands are met. >> we're calling on the chancellor to side with us and help the school. because we have a solution on thousand save the school without the cuts. unfortunately the chancellor has sited with the administration. we're calling that prop funds are given to the school, making sure the accreditation committee is exposed for what they are because they are not really helping our school. >> reporter: the building officially closed at 5:30 but protesters were allowed to stay as long as they remained peaceful. several campus police officers are standing by in the building to make sure the group do

there was no doubt he was in full possession of his faculties. >> president obama extended appreciation and prayers to his holiness and did the vice- president. >> his decision reinforced at this is a man of great integrity. >> catholic -- it is too early to tell who is going to succeed. >> they want the right man. >> there is a lot of speculation about whether the next pope will be under or perhaps someone from the developing world. there are no clear front runners. it is expected the vatican will hold a conclave next week to select a new pontiff before easter. >> right now we're getting reaction from some local catholic leaders. barry simms joins us in north baltimore. >> the archbishop said he was surprised this morning to hear the news. he called pope benedict xvi a man of humility, reflection, and wisdom and as the faithful to pray for the pope and also the church. worshippers in downtown baltimore are fighting hard to believe. some tell us that the respect his decision to step down. >> it will never be easy for him but whether it is the right decision, you do not know until histor

they outpace the faculties by 10 timings. when you have that bloat you have to say who pays for it it is college tuition and the middle class family in mirk. - america. >> it is it us the taxpayer. delingquency arrests are at 11 percent. hundreds of billions and the taxpayer gets saddled with that. >> subsidies are bad and they will raise the cost of tuition and hurt the economy in the future. to pay tax increases are come more debt issue to pay for these compts that. is not why these kids can't get jobs today. the economy is terrible. it shrank. it is it growing the normal four or five percent and many of the graduates would have jobbings. >> and rich, the fact is, we are subsidizing. we are subsidizing the college degrees that often don't amount to good jobs. >> yeah, it is it unfortunate. we reached the point where technology changed the whole game in a way we are beginning to realize. on line universities and couple of them started by two stanford professors and world class education for free or near free . what are emplo

that's another faculty of something that is much more common. there are many more teenage computer programmers than there were 20, 30 years ago. in fact, the logic of games is for obvious reasons connected to the logic of computer programming. and computer programming takes an immense amount of patience, logic skills and an immense. along-term thinking. i've got a local objective but have to think about the macroneeds of the program. so that's the kind of thinking that i think is being encouraged in this society. it's not again the only kind of thinking. but it's one that has real world value and politicability. if you can use schools to then teach people to write essays, writing a lot more than they used to because of email and internet. but teach them to write essays and give this will a sense of history in the school. you can take these fabulous logical skills and combine them with traditional education and you've got a great cocktail. but right now nobody's even acknologying -- acknowledging the logic skills. >> coming from that generation,

. >> university president is holding a campus wide meeting for students, staff and faculty this morning. the meet willing be held at 11:15 at the campus athletic center. classes between 12:30 and 1:45 canceled so everyone has the time to attend. officials will share about this weekend's murder about a eastern shore's student. the suspects responsible for killing him are still on the loose. reward of up to $2000 is offered in the case, if you have information, that could help police, call 410-548-1776. >>> today annapolis, tough talk about older driver safety two years after a hopkins student was hit and killed by an elderly driver. today, a committee will be holding the hearing to discuss licensing patrolsies and what issues -- policies and what issues expect to come as baby boomers continue to age. >>> a courtroom, a man accused of murdering his lands lord 30 years ago is set to make an appearance. he has a pretrial hearing held on $10 million bail, he was arrested in baltimore, back in 2008 after kidnapping his daughter at the time. >>> following breaking news, south africa, oscar pa

the state department says kerry will tell students and faculty about the role u.s. diplomacy plays in ordinary americans' lives. he plans to give more speeches in the coming weeks and months to explain why foreign policy is so important. uva was founded by thomas jefferson, who was the first secretary of state. >>> some of the richest people in the world went to the same school and one was a local university. the university of virginia ranked number 11 among schools with the largest number of living alumni worth more than $30 million. the cavaliers were also the top public school on the list. with alum niep worth about $31 billion. harvard ranked number one. combined $622 billion. the university of pennsylvania was second and stanford ranked third. >>> if you are one of those folks who gets up at the crack of down anxious to start your morning workout, you might have a skinny jeans apparently. we're not talking about pants here. scientists are looking into whether genetics plays into whether a person is motivated to exerci exercise. the sensation is determined how m

. >> one communist on the faculty of the university is one communist too many even if there is only onenist in the state department. even if there is only one communist in the state department, there will be still be one communist too many. >>> senator joe mccarthy became notorious or falsely accusing a government official of being communist. he was eventually cents # sentenced for his attacks and left washington in disgrace. no modern senator would want to act like mccarthy. or so you would think. the new yorker report that before ted cruz came to congress, he was naming names down in texas. in 2010, cruz was talking to a tea partiers about harvard law school. which he and president obama attended. he said president obama was quote would have made a perfect president of harvard law school because quote, there were fewer declared republicans in the faculty when we were there than communists. there was one republican but there were 12 who would say they were markists who believed in the communist overthrowing the united states government, end of quote. wow. he compared president obama to

>>> there is meeting for students, staff and faculty, meeting held at 11:30 at the campus athletic center. classes between 12:30 and 1:45 will be canceled. officials will share about the murder of the university of mailed eastern shore student. st. claire was stabbed to death saturday night. the suspects responsible for killing him are still on the loose. reward of up to $2000 is offed in the case. if you have information that will help police, call 410-548- 1776. callers can remain anonymous. >>> on the same day his girlfriend was laid to rest, oscar cried uncontrollably, when prosecutors charged him with murder saying that killing was premeditated. for the first time, prosecutors publicly described how they believe he killed camp on valentines day. he shot her four times through a bathroom door. >> i've never seen him lose his temper. he is kind and gentle human being. >> prosecutors haven't released details about a possible motive in this case. >>> people in newtown, connecticut, vice president joe biden, is delivering remarks a at gun violence conference 12 miles away from newtown. co

. >> we represent other faculties and for them it is pro foundly significant. >> it is the latest funs the latest fund they have derived from. >>> it will take place march 16th and organizers will pay $200 for every other firearm and 316 for other assault weapon. >>> jessie jackson junior and his wife are expected to plead gold to you to -- guilty to misuse of campaign funds. he received campaign money and used it for personal expenses. some of those expenses include if you ares and -- furs and jackson wife is charged with filing false tax returns. >>> they are accused hacking attacks on u.s. targets is flawed. now in a statement released, it conclusion tying it to a secret chinese military unit working out of shanghai were wrong. they say merely linking the i p addresses to the facility is not technical proof. >>> according to the city report, cafes double as illegal gambling operations because they sell to sweep steaks games landlords are working to shut down the operations and the moratorium is giving them time to decide whether they need to rezone the areas. >>> if it does not act

a group of students, faculty, and staff. and look at this itty-bitty baby. so adorable.hare your photos with us and e-mail them to ureport@kgo-tv.com,. >> let's going to leigh for a check on the weather. >> leigh: a little cooler today thanks to high clouds starting to move in live doppler 7hd showing you the high clouds streaming in, and they will continue to pass overhead overnight tonight. weles had quite a bit of fog and that helped to keep temperatures down, too. here's the current readings. 52 degrees in san francisco. all of these numbers down as much as six degrees from this time yesterday. 60 right now in livermore and antioch, and only 5 4 , overcast sky in san jose. the clouds will be with us. we'll look for a little fog developing, especially in the protected valley areas overnight. hazy sunshine on top for the supersunday, and then get ready for changes next week. it will be cooler and also there's a chance of showers. now, there is a beach hazard up tonight through early tomorrow morning for dangerous sneaker waves. stay back from the water's edge and avoid

the services and faculty will only let you go so far and they have been camped out here over night and they have had no luck. new information to pass along this step because this protests started yesterday afternoon there has been moment. they were told by the administrators said that will hold a meeting with them on monday. they are going to continue to be here until they can get this kind locks down when the meeting will be held on monday. once the time has been issued they stated that they will leave. in the meantime they stated they will stay there until they hear word. the police officers have been here and they have been keeping eyes on them to make sure that they are acting peacefully. >> new this morning, olympic sprinter oscar pistorius will be allowed to go free as he awaits trial in his valentine's day shooting death of his girlfriend. a magistrate in south africa granted bail today after four days of arguments with prosecutors and defense lawyers. he said that the affidavit from pistorius, in which he gave his version of the events that took place in his own, help with the

every student's case is reviewed and resolved individually under the rules and procedures approved by facultythis is a time for communal reflection and action >> jon: [bleep] that. this is the time to think about why the most prestigious university in the united states lets you use the internet during a take-home test. for god's sake, forget about copying off each other. you're not allowed to do that on projects. don't you remember when keith michael was caught hiding pattern making books and using the internet and that guy was good-bye. i mean he was in and then he was out. no nothing. i'm not saying michael didn't deserve it. i'm not saying that. they were all very deserving. although laura, seriously, how many little black dresses can you make in one season? i should watch more than just season 3, shouldn't i? over and over and over again. by the way what type of class would take a group of smart people with potential to compete, dangle a forbidden fruit in front of them almost encouraging them to be corrupt and then force them to deal with the embarrassment of a national media scandal bec

this and much more is the kind of work that faculty and students at m.i.t. do, understanding the role of the extra cellular maye matrix and cell signaling and tissue regeneration. developing enzyme-based coatings that kill antibiots resistant back teareria on contact. bioennearing synthetic heparin, all depended upon the federal supportive research across the life and physical sciences, chemical and biological engineering, industrial engineering, nanotechnology, big data and data analytics. life-changing, job-creating, security-sustaining scientific discoveries and technological innovations have rested on strong collaboration among business, government and academia. this three-way partnership has created an innovation ecosystem that has driven our economy's prosperity and well-being for decades. federal investments in scientific research and development built the foundations for a broad rake of -- range of industries. many leading u.s.-based global companies, including texas instruments, generalen tech, google, and sisco systems, all trace their roots to fed