to be muched the fcc more flexible. there is an nearing fact that could provide leverage for the commissioner. engineering fact that could provide leverage for the commissioner. let some of the perimeter channels move into the central antenna farm, you dramatically reduce the number of channels you need to repack and it makes reallocating the spectrum much better. i should say that an hour informal conversation the fcc has shown interest. no formal decision seven made. we are encouraged. there listening to us. >> we would like a one minute or less answer. broadcasters have expressed concerns about booster stations. intend tohe fcc address those concerns? , ande translators boosters, and the low-power television are important in rural areas. we realize that. congress did not determine that they would not be protected and were not eligible for compensation. we still recognize their importance. there are two ways that we are dressing up. in is to make it clear that we are not seeking to take all of the spectrum. and we are

it is made with a curved flexible screen. it has a special back panel that will heal itself if you scratch it just like wolverine? it's a break through. we're talking about it here on "money." we have the lg's director of brand management for mobile. show this to us and put it back on the little cradle so we see it closely. why do i need a curved phone? >> thanks for having me, melissa. i'm excited to talk about the g-flex. melissa: we've been talking about it a lot. >> the curved g-flex has several benefits depending how consumers use the smartphone. first thing the curve takes away glarand reflection. you get better picture quality. you also know the concept of curved movie screens? lg has been the first company to bring that concept to tvs and now into smartphones. melia: i want people to be able to see it from the side. what is surprising to me it is not that curved. are there plans to make it more curved? you can see sort of on the screen, it is like slightly curved. >> this is preview what is to come in the industry i t

basically it amounts to very flexible fingers. basically he's doing all different kinds of things.is from the bay area. he did this in collaboration with the youtube channel, channel silver. doing the finger tut. this is just one of his creations inspired by egyptian hieroglyphics you would see painted on the wall. >> he's like dancing with his fingers. >> a lot of different dancers will have a specialty, are very flexible. this guy seems to have very flexible hands so he created this routine. >> dad makes a very good doorman. go ahead, let him in. let him in. uh-oh. good job, inky. >> good job. once every couple of months we find ourselves a video that looks a lot like this. a couple of bros. >> we got this from juken video. >> you put the tee in your mouth and we're going to hit the golf ball at the tee. >> why do so many dudes try this and why is there always a beverage in at least one of their grounds. >> there we go. a. >> now here comes the swing. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, no. >> oh! i did not see that coming! >> no! >> oh. >> maybe like a centimeter, a few millimeters. >> you did

there had been nine -- that's right -- nine incidents resulting from fuel leaks in flexible fuel lines in two years. carnival gave ships two montsds to address the problem and ensure that a spray shield is installed for all diesel engines using the flexible fuel lines. >> after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to, again, shield all of the flanges and the hoses that were below the deck plates. >> but you didn't shield the one hose that wound up causing this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates. it was believed that the deck plates would act as that shield. in this case it found that gap in the bilge plates and caused the fire. >> reporter: on february 7th with a diesel generator in need of overhaul and shields on some but not all of the flexible hoses, triumph set sail from galveston, texas. >> we were totally in compliance with all the rules and regulations. we had the regulating bodies on board the vessel that certified the ship safe to sail. you learn things on an incident such as the triumphs. >> three days later fire breaks out when fuel spra

i also think that the flexibility in the retail space is important because lombardy is not a walkable it's walkable but not the most pleasant place to walk on that's why small businesses end up on chestnut and peer and city councilmaner so i think we all may have a preference for smaller commercial unite we're to go take what he can get to make it work. hopefully someday we'll do something on the corner lot where the domination was. but optimum in support >> thank you very much. >> commissioner moore. >> is this project going to be constructed soon. >> of course, with our site permit but their clients want to go as soon as possible. >> commissioners, if there's no further deliberations 13 there's a motion and second to amend to include dashed lines to accommodate smbdz. >> commissioner antonini arrest sxhifg. commissioner moore >> commissioner sugaya. commissioner wu. president fong. >> what say you. >> close the issue. >> we are going to tack ayou. >> welcome pack to the san francisco planning commission regular hearing for dumb. i'd like to remind members of public the commission di

for freelancers themselves it offers flexibility that they can't get in a staff job. it can come with pitfalls. the biggest being job security. >> you have to hustle. you can't be making a name for yourself and sit at home. >> lena is part of a growing workforce of skilled freelance labor. a trained lawyer she does part time consulting gigs for large financial services firms. >> i'm hired by different companies, financial companies, investment companies, mutual fund companies, and i represent them at large financial planning, broker dealer meetin meetings. >> in between they supplements her income doing contract work at new york city law firms. she has not always been a hired gun. she had a full time staff position before strike out on her own. >> if something happens to your business, you'll be fine. >> and it has not always been easy. >> when you get a paycheck at the end of the week that you worked your put off, you can question your valley, whereas at a job you can do nothing at day and still get a pay they can at the end of the week. >> companies are relying on f

so in that balancing test is how do you create the kind of flexibility is that you get programs like some of the ones we have heard from the also make sure that in the process of providing more flexibility that we are not actually losing services for those who need them and that there is adequate oversight. >> just to follow on that point, my experience in reviewing waivers and thinking about ways in which the federal government could do a better job of the flexibility has been that over the years over the last me five to six years we've seen a lot of loosening of those restrictions to the point where the states in fact have a tremendous amount of leeway and the degree to which people do not have access to the home and community-based services has a lot to do with budgetary issues and the need to keep the program is limited to the sort of numbers of people and spending per person than to do with flexibility around the federal requirements about what the states can do. >> senator, with regards to the cost, a lot of the process on moving people from nursing homes to home care would sav

>> the main reason is that participants, including the u.s., lack flexibility on certain issues. that's because of pressure back home. negotiators from washington and tokyo, too, didn't back down on the elimination of tariffs. u.s. congress is under a lot of pressure from different groups, such as agricultural lobbyers that want japan to abolish all its trade barriers. if u.s. negotiators manage to make compromises, they may not be approved by congress. japanese negotiators also feel their hands are tied. agricultural organizations are refusing to drop tariffs on several categories of farm product, including rice and wheat. >> did the u.s. and other major countries manage to resolve their differences with emerging economies? >> not really. the u.s. also wanted their pharmaceutical products to be protected under intellectual property rights for a longer period, while emerging countries opposed that. they are also divided of the issue of free competition between private and a state-owned enterprises. malaysia's chief negotiator says he's counting on other members to be open to comp

and so the finishing architecture is flexibility, to be adopted or adapted to the different from each of the locations such as the use of the colors and the use of the glazing and the use of the wide and we call it the side screens if you look at it. and so these are elements that could be, and that are flexible and it could be adjusted, per site context. providing the evening lit mall and controlled the lit environment. >> and not only enhance. >> commissioner breed has a question. >> i am sorry, i just wanted to ask about the area i am certain that this has been studied but the area where that is behind the actual canopy, that is an area where people can like stand on, bang on, and there won't be any problems. >> yes, we will address that. yes. >> you will get to that point? >> yes. >> as well as the vandalism that could occur, not only with breakage and the issues. >> so the back curve of that circular canopy is really designed for interclimbing and together with the glazing materials it is very difficult for climbing, the graffiti approach is what we will use is in our current ele

they're also encouraging insurers to also take other measures and be more flexible. like perhaps just take partial payment or also perhaps accept payments that come in after the 31st and have that coverage go back retroactively to january 1st. clearly now with the website problems working and the website itself working, they want to make sure that people who sign up by december 23rd at midnight will have coverage starting on january 1st. although in a fact sheet released, they also said if it appears that people still have trouble signing up by december 23rd, they may very well extend that deadline. they're clearly, kelly, trying to make sure that they have the

and so the finishing architecture is flexibility, to be adopted or adapted to the different from each of the locations such as the use of the colors and the use of the glazing and the use of the wide and we call it the side screens if you look at it. and so these are elements that could be, and that are flexible and it could be adjusted, per site context. providing the evening lit mall and controlled the lit environment. >> and not only enhance. >> commissioner breed has a question. >> i am sorry, i just wanted to ask about the area i am certain that this has been studied but the area where

they've got flexibility. what they do not have are the dollars and for many, many years, until recently and i think that that is a function of the politics, the governors in both parties have joined together to call on the federal government to take over the long-term care responsible the for the dual eligibles and medicaid beneficiaries were also medicare beneficiaries, recognizing that they are lacking resources to do the job. it doesn't mean they cannot be involved in the delivery and there can't be innovative delivery on the ground but they are looking to the defense for dollars. >> since i got one question and and i appreciate all of your answers i'm going to submit questions for the record. and some of the follow-up on some of the things. i appreciate all of you being here. thank you. >> senator warren. >> thank you mr. chairman and ranking member for holding this issue. it just seems like to me this is another example of how the middle class families are getting squeezed. it's hard enough for any famil

well the stance that biden is the labor ministry and also how flexible part time selected john. these are different from conventional parking cars in terms of job security and benefits for press even more importantly in amount of pay only part time as in kearney are temporary workers in nothing more than an hour in the week usually something close to the middle east which is just the top five us dollars an hour. i selected and police on friday hired on for many contacts and entitled to the same wages and benefits after saudi counterparts but are rated for it before out for just eight hour workday by beast a week. that's just about half the time the most full time employees to pay more than nine hours a day mr annan plan and a third set is confident that the plan will bring flexibility to the labor market and said you increase the number of part of east kind selected positions to nine hundred thirty thousand by twenty seventy s as well as school is likely to benefit the most from the government's plan. well remain and eat ie seeking to me enter the workforce will be to be its ben

with flexibility, and things i have heard, representatives of the governors say flexibility is not enough they have got flexibility. what they do not have are the dollars. for many years, until recently, and i think that is the notion of politics, governors of both parties have joined to call on the federal government to take over the long term care responsibility for dual eligibles, for medicare beneficiaries that are also medicaid beneficiaries, recognizing they are lacking the resources to do that job. it does not mean that cannot be involved in the delivery and there cannot be innovative delivery on the ground, that they are looking to the feds for dollars. >> i appreciate all of your answers. i am going to submit some questions for the record. and some of the follow-up on the things you said -- i appreciate all of you for being here. thank you. >> senator warren? holding thisfor hearing, another important one. it seems to me this is another example of how middle-class families are getting squeezed. important one. it seems to me this is another example of how middle-class families are

so what we're trying to do is build flexibility on two ways. landlords, property owners who want to preserve housing and make improvements in housing where there are nonconforming units, where the zoning has changed from the original zoning that had occurred when the building was first created. and we also want to preserve housing and prevent mergers and demolition of housing where they are currently rent controlled units and affordable housing stock. this legislation will help keep families in san francisco. i know of many, many people including family members with children who no longer live in san francisco because of evictions, because of the high cost of living and this is rent -- these are two tools, these two ordinances are two tools that will help prevent evictions from occurring. and these are buildings that exist all across san francisco and we have been called upon by score, hundreds, not thousands of people in the city to help preserve this housing stock. so, colleagues, i hope to have your support. i do so appreciate your flexibili

kis k*en and his staff for their flexibility and this contract. when this was first given to me, i saw it only for believing that we had a contract that was replacing existing meters, the old meters with the holder meters and not realizing, not being told at the time there was going to be an expansion as well, and i'm on the fence about how much we can expand or should expand, certainly if we do expand, we need to have real clear identification with haunts and have a real clear criteria where we do it and there are certainly many neighborhoods in san francisco that are being made from scratch and i think those are places where meters might have let's say around the mission bay, we're going to be seeing the new hospital, that could be a place where we could be doing -- could be easily implemented where there has not been much development happening over the years, so i do believe though we have a compromise that is supportable by the board and i just want to encourage colleagues to support what we have before us with the amendments. >> colleagues, u

are still caroline's united states shows that zero flexibility on agricultural export subsidies on ctv countries except the us commits to eliminate them now a spokesman for the office of u s trade representative said he had no idea of these documents that were there or where they came from it can be said that there are they are older versions of the deal currently being negotiated american officials hoped negotiations when he reached out by the end of this the air. however the more information that comes down to the were difficult years think that these twelve nations will be up to finalize negotiations when it comes to the script the newspaper investigation has exposed how agents with the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms use mentally to say a big men to help promote their undercover sting operations the four of dressing them and charging reporters for the milwaukee journal sentinel sifted through thousands of pages of court records and found numerous cases of the agency's abuse and failure. one case twenty eight year old john c wright was hired to hand out flyers to promote the

has shown no signs of flexibility when dealing with the sanitary and sayto sanitary standards the u.s. has also reopened several disciplines of the chapter in the direction of decreasing its levels of ambition this is concerning because the us is not demonstrating flexibility on financial services the positions are still paralyzed united states shows zero flexibility on agricultural exports subsidies all tepee countries except the us commit to eliminate them now a spokesman for the office of the u.s. trade representative said that he had no idea where these documents came from he also said that they are old versions of the deal currently being negotiated american officials hope the negotiators would reach a deal by the end of this year however the more information that comes out to the public the more difficult it is making to finalize this pact. well in the aftermath of the two a longest wars in american history troops are still suffering from the physical and emotional scars left from their days overseas the department of veterans affairs estimates that twenty two veterans take thei

improve your posture, balance, and flexibility. it is easy. get up on your feet and step to the beat. senior dance class is from sf rec and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, . >> good morning today is december 17th 2013 welcome to the san francisco transportation authority my name is john avalos the chair of the authority and today's authority meeting is broadcast to us by jessie lar larson thank you for your work. madam clerk will you please call the roll. >> campos absent. chiu absent. mr. farrell farrell present. commissioner kim. tang present. commissioner wiener. wiener present. we have quorum. ? m. any comments or questions on the minutes? okay we can do comment on item number 2 seeing none we'll close public comment and the motion to approve the minutes a roll call vote. commissioner avenue avenue. >> aye. >> commissioner breed? >> chiu absent. >> commissioner cohen. >> kim aye. >> wiener aye. >> commissioner ye the item passes. >> chair report this is an information item. >> good morning colleagues it has

i want to thank the members and staff for their flexibility in scheduling. passing of the late nelson mandela, in order to accommodate the number of members and the secretary for both his funeral and memorial services, we moved this hearing to this morning. as many members know, today the committee will feature a double feature. we will see the rest of you at 2:00 as well for our monetary policy hearing. members will have an opportunity for lots of quality bonding time today. i wish to also announce ahead of time that at 11:00 a.m., i will declare a short recess of the committee. i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. the committee meets today to receive the annual testimony of the secretary of treasury on reforming the international monetary fund and broader international financial system. there are important questions that must be raised. hard-working american taxpayers suffer from bailout fatigue having been forced to pay for the bailouts of aig, fannie mae, freddie mac, chrysler, gm, banks big and small, and most recently t

there had been nine, that's right, nine incidents associated with flexible fuel lines in just two yearsnd, carnival issues a compliance order giving ships two months to address the problem to ensure a suitable spray shield is installed for all diesel engines using the flexible fuel lines. mark jackson is varn val's chief engineer. >> after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to against shield all the flanges an hoses below the deck plate. >> you didn't shield the one hose that wound up causing this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates? h. it was believed the deck plates would act as that shield. in this case, it found that gap in the bilge plates and caused the fire. >> they began to start to try to put guards on these hoses because they were having problems with these hoses as a result of vibrations in the engines. they knew that was the problem and had the propensity for these hoses to break and have a hot spot on the engines. >> with the diesel generator still in need of over haul and shield on some but not all the flexible hoses, triumph set sail

nine incidents resulting in fuel leaks associated with flexible fuel lines in just two years and on january as compliance order, giving ships two months to address the problem to ensure a suitable spray shield is installed for all diesel engines using the flexible fuel lines. mark jackson is carnival's chief engineer that after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to again shield all of the flanges and the hoses that were below the deck plates. >> but you didn't seal the one hose that wound up causing this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates and it was believe thad the deck plates would act as that shield. in this case, it found that gap in the plates and caused the fire. >> reporter: on february 7th with a diesel generator still in need of overhaul and fuel line shields on some but not all of its flexible hoses, triumph set sale from galvaston, texas. >> we were in total come price with all the rules and regulations. we had the regulating bodying onboard the vessel less than two weeks prior that had certified the ships safe to sale. obviously you learn

. >> people are more flexible with the types of positions that they're willing to consider. whereas, in the past, i think that people were really holding out and looking at something specific are that was full time as opposed to now a little bit more flexibility and maybe considering temporary to start with. >> lane says they are also competing with recent college grads for entry level positions in what's still considered a competitive marketplace. she wonders how she will survive in the new year. kilmeni dukart, al jazeera, new york. >>> after a mostly lackluster start to december, investors are showing enthusiasm for stocks. the blue chips have been in triple digits all day, following corporate an economic news that came out. >>> just nine days to christmas and the rush is on. u.s. postal service expecting this to be the busiest day of the year. 600 million pieces of mail, by the way an increase of 12% from last year. >>> soaring demand for online video forcing verizon to update its network. the increased demand is a result of more customers to use their smartphones to wat

with the exception of flexible spending accounts which we'll do in mid-december. we actually do have time. our biggest concern is the first pay period for 2014 because we need to make sure the deductions are correct and people have the right enrollments and right premiums. that starts december 20th. we want to make sure the confirmation letters are out and people may get there and they may need to call un. -- in. we are looking to have all the confirmation letters out before thanksgiving so they can take the 4-day holiday and look at their letters. we'll be working after 5 to get that done. >> we are assuming it's beyond your control to influence the process of it being down. is that correct? is there anything that i can say publically that would help you? >> yes. it does impede us in getting things done and in answering questions when people call getting changes at that time. we have to save these types of changes to people's accounts until we are back up on a friday, for instance. again, this is active ccsf, cc and the retiree groups were able to enter. we were

could act in a very flexible way in response to the, the federal reserve could response in a flexible way because it wasn't in response to incoming developments like financial changes in the financial markets environment because it wasn't tied to what at that time was seen as the way inflation targeting central banks would, which is the inflation target two years out. we could get all the advantages and not pay the costs in the loss of flexibility. it did change my mind and going through the crisis was an important piece of that. it was so important that inflation expectations be anchored to give us, because i was inside at the time, the freedom to act very, very aggressively without worrying about what would happen to inflation expectations. as i said looking at the depression in japan, i thought acting aggressively on the monetary policy side was critical. >> print all this money, lend it out and not worry people would think, except a few people who have been proven wrong, we are going to have double-digit inflation? >> that's right. so in making that even more explicit, which they

more flexibility would be a win- win. they would be pursuing their thattional goals at a pace said there are other time commitments. the taxpayer would not be paying for credits are not yet earned. passed thes recently college and career completion known as sb 740. website be found at the for the maryland association of community colleges. this initiative takes significant steps to better prepare maryland students for college and encourages completion once they get there. there are similar initiatives in other states but there are still a large number of states with no such progress. indicatehave data that that students who need more than two developmental classes have a significant drop in program moreetion is it follows a general mental classes require, the more the rate drops. that tends to decrease the need for developmental education on the college level. we know who the students are. we can identify them as early as in middle school and certainly by grades 10 through 12 as there are tests in place to identify those

decide. >> flexibility or crisis. i would say more chrissis than flexibility. >> thank you, david. >> so is the senate majority leader harry reid pulling a fast one. he will allow the staff to cope their insurance. and the others will not have to purchase because of a loop hole that allows certain law makers to it allow certain staffers to keep the government insurance plans. >> one of the controversial parts of obama care is the cap on medical devices and dick cheney who knows the benefits of life saving devices speaking out in that portion in the strongest language we have heard yet. mr. cheney called the tax one of the dumbest ideas i heard. i feel strongly about it and i am walking a round proof of how great and innovative our health care system has been and i can't imagine anything worse. it is an example of ill conceived parts of the program are. in the decades battling heart disease. he's had two pacemakers and a stint. >> those innovations kept him alive and especially when he goes back to age 35 with heart is

. >> people are flexible. in the past people are holding out looking for full-time, as opposed to flexibility and considering temporary to start with. >> they are competing with recent grads for entry-level positions in a competitive marketplace. >> without a job and benefits, they worry how they'll survive in the new year. >> meanwhile the house has already left washington for christmas, this is the last week for the senate to be in session. lawmakers have a lot to get through, including president nominees included in the deal unemployment benefits. >> mike viqueira plenty voted f which passed in a land slide - republicans and democrats joining - but harry reid says when they come back they have to pass it. bipartisan majority, unbelievable. we have gone through the looking glass and there are problems in the senate. usually it's the other way around. the first vote will be tomorrow, and faces a 60 vote unemployment insurance benefit was not attached to the deal. while they areoption, 50 votes to pass judicia

trade talks under way in indonesia, japan is asking developing and emerging economies to take a flexible approach to save the deadlocked doha round of free trade negotiations. a four-day ministerial session of the world trade organization is taking place in bali. delegates are now focusing on three issues, including the simplification of customs procedures over which industrialized and developing countries are less divided. japanese representative said negotiators have come very close to success. that appeared to be almost unattainable three months ago. >> translator: the key members could make critical decisions to obtain the maximum of interests and show flexibility on some measure with remaining issues. that could be a possibility, however slight, reaching an agreement. >> mitsia challenged china's cautious stance in negotiations. >>> let's get a check of the markets now. european equities are little changed after sharp declines in the previous session. london's ftse is down by a 10th of a percent. investors apparently waiting for a batch of u.s. economic data due out later this week,

i think you are seeing more flexibly in terms of the timetables for fiscal consolidation. you are sitting recognition that the structural changes are very hard and that as countries may continue to have some breathing room. but you've also seen the same pressure to stay on the path. i don't disagree with that general direction because it's not sustainable for europe's economies, or their national finances to be in a place that's unsustainable. but i think when you're looking at a 20 or 30% plus an opponent rate that is a very precise impact on domestic demand, the potential for economic growth and ultimately political stability. i do believe we're making progress. i think that the imf is sensitive to the trade off. i think you look at the g20 communiquÉs over the last year they the last year they've increasingly move towards a decision that reflects the view on expressing. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the china recognizes the gentlelady from west virginia, ms. capito, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for joining us today. the

, particularly in a european context incredibly flexible and if anything it's become more flexible since the crisis, which is unusual. and part of the consequence of that, in our view, has been that a session that has been bad enough that the unemployment rate "should be"-- only an economist speaks in these term terms-- 14% is 7.4% today. so by ticking to the first principles around a series of these issues it has made a difference. >> rose: there's debate between growth and austerity. was that just a gross oversimplification of what politics allowed? >> well, i think the rhetoric in that debate was seldom -- quite often didn't match what was happening so the scale of austerity in the united states in the last year has dwarfed anything in europe. and, in fact, the scale of austerity in europe next year will be less than 1% for the eurozone as a hole in terms of the overall level of fiscal drag but you wouldn't knee from the way it's depicted. you wouldn't necessary have known it by the way the u.k. was compared to the u.s. as well. ultimately macro policy-- whether it's monetary orifice

there had been nine -- that's right -- nine incidents resulting in fuel leaks associated with flexibleines in two years. and carnival issues a compliance order giving ships two months to install a spray shield for all engines using the fuel lines. >> after that internal study, the company came out with a new policy to, again, shield all of the flanges and the hoses that were below the deck plates. >> but you didn't shield the hose that caused this tragedy. >> that hose was beneath the deck plates and it was believed that the deck plates would act as a shield. in this case it found a gap in the bilge plates and caused a fire. >> they put guards on the hoses because they were having problems with these hoses as a result of vibrations in these engines and they knew that was the problem and they knew it would cause a spray on the hot spots. >> on february 7th with a diesel generator in need of overhaul and shields on some but not all of the flexible hoses, triumph set sail from galveston, texas. >> we were in compliance and had the regulating bodies on the vessel two weeks prior certified