democracy greater democracy in the middle east is not conducive with support for western interests in the region and that has been a longstanding issue going right back to you know world war two and when you know the popular nationalist forces were pursuing policies similar to religious nationals forces today and i think there is there's a lot of i think clarity on this question if one looks at the problem objective look as if i can go to you and i don't know we haven't gone to we haven't really got to we've only been once just real quickly and it seems to me theoretically again i mean the united states is afraid of democracies that will be anti-democratic and that was shatter shatter the illusion this. miss that the united states has that democracies will always be friendly with each other this would shatter that myth because you could have democratic regimes in this part that not part of the world but would not necessarily adopt american policy or be accepting of it because it wouldn't be in their national interest that's i think that's a reality on the ground that they're afraid oh

many have a ceiling fight of greater than 7 feet. -- a ceiling height of greater than 7 feet. such a structure would never be allowed today. the removal is supported by the neighborhood association and by our adjacent members. we would like a garden and we hope you would approve this request. >> thank you. is any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> i think that we will move to not accept dr and the project will be brought into closer conformity which is two units. the edition is not historic and it is probably not hard illegal because you have a ceiling heights being being low. i would move that we do not take this and approve the project. >> seconded. >> on the motion to not take discretionary review and approve the project as proposed. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> this brings you two case number-- >> we are going to take a very quick recess.

we hope that there will be a greater sense of urgency on the part of the school district. we had hoped to have this concluded so that our paraprofessionals could enter into social security with the hope that they would have full retirement if they're young enough to complete their 40 quarters. every quarter that we delay is keeping people back. we've now delayed so long. six years. i've been told that we're going to have to wait another year. i need to emphasize how important it is that we move more quickly on this matter, so i hope my sense of urgency will be translated to you and we can move this along. thank you. president kim: thank you. >> good evening, my name is rich bruni. in 2008 the voters of san francisco passed proposition a, better referred to as the san francisco quality teachers and education act of 2008. contained within the proposition, in section two, accountability measure, it states the following -- abindependent oversight committee shall be appointed by the board of education to ensure that procedures from this proposition are expended for the purposes

the people alone give us a greater capacity to do these things. in the case of haiti, we had ships that were already deployed down there, either on counter- drug mission or alien migration missions. it was easy for us to flip the switch overnight and deploy them to force parents -- to port-au- prince harbor. i do not think we will ever have enough resources to do every mission 100%. that is where our job comes in, based on our experience, throughout our career, we used our party's -- we use our sense of priority on any given day. >> in terms of homeland security, what do you see as your role in that arena? >> we are very confident. we have 11 statutory missionaries. people tried to count little assignments that we pick up here and there. but, broadly stated, our 11 missionaries have not changed that much. since 9/11, we have placed great more emphasis on the security of our ports and offshore. we have added capacity in terms of our maritime safety and security teams. we have worked very hard to make sure that our ports and waterways are secure as

the media that only fuels a greater extremeism. it's a greater extreme cycle and we must break it by creating a coalition of moderates to combat the extremists. i seek your help. when irresponsible individuals are sum onned to the media equate muslims with anti-americanism. all of us are a blieged to refute it. for 35 years, i have been explaining the favenlg islam at schools and universities and yes in mosques too. in resent years, i've travelled abroad reach out to worlds. skeptics might ask why spend time in dialogue. talking can be powerful. general understanding can only happen when there is hon eggs ti and open heart when issues are commercialized or used for fodar, the division is greater than ever. haven't we seen how hurtful and destructive the language can be. what happens right here, right now in this city, in our city matters. it matters mover than ever. the way we seek to reconcile our differences is res nating all over the world. my fourth trip representing the u.s. government and american people. on two occasions i w

we are making no greater statement right now then investing with the wisa program and the large capital investments. in parallel to that, we have a thorough asset management program which is well documented. it houses all of our assets, the condition they are in, the maintenance programs used to take care of them, including the corrosion program, which has been getting a lot of news. when any deficiencies are detected in our regular inspections, that feeds directly into our cip so we can address that deficiency. i have asked myself many times in the last five days, what would happen if the public, the media, or my peers in the water industry were to come into my office and look at my documents for my inspection records, how do maintenance, how i take care of things, and whether i am on top of things, because this is exactly what happened to pg&e. i feel very comfortable. we are very much on top of things. >> thank you, mr. briggs. commissioner caen: i do have a question. the pipes that are on our land. can we demand of pg&e to inspect them? >> that would probably come down to the terms

mañana vamos a tener cien voluntarios de la comunidad con greater dc cares y también con walmart.an a hacer tres proyectos en la comunidad luchando en contra del hambre en la región de washington dc. consideran que la participacion hispana puede hacer la diferencia. en la comud latina viene y se hace voluntaria en nuestro almacén a través de corporaciones, organizaciones escolares u organizaciones caritativas tales como dc cares y walmart. queremos que la comunidad hispana sea voluntario con nosotros. siempre queremos mas gente trabajando con nosotros. greater dc cares coordina actos de servicio a través de washington, maryland y virginia el banco de alimentos es el lugar donde se centralizara la actividad. existen varias formas de involucrarse con esta y otras actividades. los latinos se involucran como voluntarios en al banco de comida a través de las organizaciones religiosas como iglesias, organizaciones de ayuda non-profit y a través de hispanos visitan nuestro website <

that's one of the reasons they pose a greater hazard. here's a soft story building we don't know -- >> it could be steel frames in it but we can't see it. that's what you look for where they have glass on two sides. >> a typical problem hopefully retrofitted. i want to point out, Ñithis bui rtion not vul national but they have commercial uses on the ground floor. if these are destroyed, these buildings might collapse a floor, not a huge pile of rubal the likelihood, like in the marina, they come down on the soft story. >> no. what happened in the marina, most buildings got rolled over and crushed the cart. okay. the rest of it stood up. i walked into a bunch of them, you could -- the floors were doing this, but you could walk through the floors but the ground floors didn't exist. >> so we don't want to lose or neighborhood serving businesses as well that's another reason those are important. >> another thing. on a four story building, i can tell you how much that building is going to sway in an earthquake. i don't need to know much about

the role of china in the korean peninsula became greater and greater. your suggestion about -- i understand your question is that chinese economic -- the chinese role in for the development of the north korean economy is good for -- in the further development of the north korean economy is good. i totally agree with you. i would like to see north korea become like vietnam or china. their living standards have gone up. that will help south koreans reduce the cost of the reunification in the future and will change a north korean people. if the people are hungry and they become rich and well fed, they will change their mind set. there hostile posture toward the -- their hostile posture toward the south could change once the economy goes up and they're living style goes up. this peninsula -- it could help the whole security of the northern and southern peninsula. i want to wait -- and make one more point -- i want to make one more point. there's discussion about the role of china. it is time to address our problem to the chinese people, especially the young

. >> greater paris will only be a cohesive city if we stop talking about the suburbs. if unstable areas cease to exist. if a person's destiny is no longer determined by the neighborhood he listened. when where someone comes from a longer be a source of discrimination. >> sterling sentiments, but in daily life, whether someone lives inside or outside the motorway around paris makes a big difference this district, for example, lies outside of the rain. police escorts to accompany us to visit certain parts of town. residents here have little faith in the government and many are still angry with the french president. no one would agree to an interview. five years ago, they were rocked by riots. sarkozy's was -- sarkozy was the interior minister and he struggled to address the problems. unemployment and poverty are still rampant in the suburbs. those who can afford to leave are moving away. this was developed in the 1960's. but with no stop to connect t ntral paris, it remains isolated. the town hall, the sole historic building, carries a banner that calls for a tram line h

german chancellor angela merkle said tuesday good governance should be a greater priority for countries hoping to receive development aid. >> this un video clip underscores the importance of the millennium development goals. it shows people reporting from across the world on what has been achieved and what still needs doing. there are eight goals in total. they include tackling poverty and hunger, introducing universal primary education, and fighting diseases like aids and malaria. progress has been modest. it is widely acknowledged that not all will be fulfilled on time. african leaders appealed for more to be done. >> it is clear that the continent still has far to go, yet i know that if we intensify our focus and effort we will ultimately achieve them. >> chancellor merkle has promised to help. she said germany would continue increasing its development aid budget, but said recipient countries must also do their part. >> the primary responsibility for development lies with the governments of the developing countries. they are the ones who can determine the effectiveness of aid. their

greater than 90 is dobie's. a 3-year-old who weighs 60 or 70 pounds would be obese. >> the 9-year-old? can you give me her -- >> it depends on the heights of the child. they could ways significantly more but not be obse. >> i am going to read a couple of names. >> i am a resident pediatrician at uc san francisco. thanks for your time i think we all agree we want kids to eat healthier. if it is hard to expect even the most diligent parents can compete for the money is spent every year on toys for roughly marketed to kids, and there is no doubt the marketing works. it has been shown the marketing efforts strongly affect children's preferences and ultimate consumption of these foods as early as age 2 and into the teenaged years. it often comes as news to parents that the high fat foods are harmful to children and that many of them do not need the recently it -- do not meet their recent standards, which recommends 500 calories for breakfast, 650 for lunch. you find many of these meals have of boards of 900 calories,

. >> and will the cherry trees reach a height greater than the ficus trees ultimately? >> they will reach a height greater than the trees on the 700 block if they are allowed to grow to their natural height. >> what is the age and life span of the trees that are in the 800 block? >> we don't. again, i would say they are mature trees, but that we would expect that given the health and condition of the tree they would live for many more years. >> how many times does the city have to replace the sidewalk in 800 block of steiner? >> we have replaced it before in some places. i sco get you the -- i could get you the details from our data base. we have done one tree more than one time. >> thank you. commissioner fung: on the 700 block, does the city maintain those trees? >> i believe the property owners have been maintaining them in that topiary fashion. commissioner fung: one of the photos, it shows a very small tree that looks like it has been planted fairly recently. was that done by the city? >> it is a flowering cherry tree and planted as a 24-inch box. >> ms. short, it

>>vice president mendoza: we knw that when families are involved there is greater academic success. to increase that engagement -- > > we know that when families are involved there is greater academic success. to increase that -- to increase that engagement we have tried to involve families and work in other areas of support services to increase attendance and decrease truancy. parent leadership, coaching, and capacity building is a major component of what we are trying to do. implementation of our district parent engagement plan. providing parent liaisons' that are already there but making sure that are more capable of doing what they need to do to increase the conversations with the schools and with the families. >> to be successful in this effort, we need everybody's assistance. we want to embody the community's schools approach. none of our identified schools will be -- nine of our identified schools will be working to find a full-time community -- full-time community facilitator. as another strategy for engaging the many neighborhood agencies, groups, and community- based organ

i do see the need for people to have greater access to mental health services and have strong treatment and the best the san francisco can provide for services. sentences spoken meet the needs of people on the streets or living in isolation. -- san francisco can meet the needs of people on the streets or living in isolation. i cannot feel comfortable this. i think we could have a discussion with the full board. i think that would be a better way to go. i do not necessarily want to keep it in committee. we might go forward with a recommendation. supervisor chu: the item is before us. i believe we will need a roll call. before we do that, i want to thank supervisor alioto-pier for her leadership in bringing this item forward and bringing people together today in this room. i also want to take a minute to thank people on both sides have come here to share your experiences. it has been very educational to hear about your experiences. i want to say thank you for that. the other thing that is very interesting in this room is as i listened to testimony on both sides, i think both of you are ri

this is about the greater public good. clearly, this is that link between the ferry building and the fisherman's wharf that needs that greater public wharf and needs to be built into something exciting. i cannot wait to see it for myself, my children, and the greater public good. i fully support what has been presented to you today. president fong: paul iseult? patricia craig? >> good

. >> they can be transcended and a greater mutual trust established. >> reporter: the pope's meeting with the queen is a rare event, and this exchange of gifts a gesture britons catholics hope will mend a rift when king henry viii wanted a divorce in the 16th century. >> i shall denounce the pope as a heretic and marry whom i please. >> reporter: he wt on to marry five more wives and had an ongoing feud with the vatican that led to a permanent split. >> for hundreds of years, it has been illegal to be a catholic in this country, and he has been persona non grata since the 16th century.

organizational structure from the coast guard and the industry assets to deal with any colesville or possibly greater that could come along? >> absolutely -- with an equal

so you may get liver disease, you may get gastritis, you may get heart disease, you're at greater risks for various infections like hepatitis c or hiv. and we want to make sure that anybody who is on the course of recovery has as much information as possible. there was one quote i read recently and a guy says, "i spent all this time using alcohol and drugs

enlarged prostate cancer as to determining if a cancer exists. >> i wouldn't say that, if you have greater amount of tissue there's more likelihood there would be small focus of cancer in there at least. >> is it fair to say what you look for in these three fundamental diagnostics that is the digital, the rectal, the sonar, and the -- what's the third -- the psa, that you look for a confluence of those, they all have to work together for you to determine probability of cancer? >> yes, that's correct. >> and then you cross the line and you say, ok, now is the time to have a what? >> well, the first thing is you have the blood test and the digital exam. >> right. >> and if either one of those are abnormal that raises suspicious. if they're both abnormal there's a much higher likelihood of cancer then the next step you go to is an ultrasound with a biopsy. the ultrasound is not good just to look for cancer alone but it's very good to get little samples of tissue, the systematic areas of the prostate that may cause cancer. >> i am familiar with a radiologist and all he does is sonar in this se

>> absolutely -- with an equal spill or possibly greater that could come along? >> absolutely. we are being flooded by people with proposals for different types of technologies that could respond to this in the future. but we responded in in an unprecedented way. we followed all kinds of resources -- we've put all kinds of resources down there. and we worked with the responsible party in this case, british petroleum, and worked for other types to come down there. >> what weaknesses in the system of you already discovered? >> we are in the process of that. the commission is taking a look at it. i think it is premature right now to say that anything is a weakness. we are very pleased with the overall way we responded. we will take a very deliberate approach to the entire case and come up with some recommendations on the underhand. the >> could you give us some examples -- you are watching this unfold. and we're good things change? >> uncontrolled spill -- where could sh, things change? >> uncontrolled spills. we're looking get this thing a mile under the water. if a ship runs agr

programs that provide greater access to healthy foods. this legislation will help to further a cause that we have established as an important front to maintaining a high standard of living for people young and old. i registration will encourage restaurants that encourage and healthy meals for children and used to -- will have health your toys and healthier eating habits and food access to children and families. i urge your support and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, madame clerk. i am introducing a number of items, a regular garden patch of policy for considerations. first, i am introducing an ordinance to authorize the reentry consul to work with the superior court. we created a reentry court. this requires that a steering committee reestablished and advised. this body established a council nearly two years ago which is perfectly suited to serve as the steering committee. i look forward to working with the security court -- superior court to create a court that will have a measurable impact on reducing recidivism. in a companion t

but at the same time you're moving and transitioning to a greater state or existence-- hopefully greater brown: for michael white that greater existence means composing and performing new work while continuing to play and teach the old musical traditions of new orleans. >> lehrer: again the major developments of this day. president obama formally declared an end to the u.s. combat mission in iraq. he said it's time to turn the page and focus on restoring the american economy. the number of americans killed in afghanistan this month reached 56 . and hurricane earl advanced on the outer banks of north carolina. forecasters said it would swipe the coast, then turn north. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: on art beat, watch a performance by michael white, and more of his interview with jeff. we've asked foreign policy and political experts to weigh in on president obama's speech. find that in a special annotated version of the text, along with full video of the address. and more from our team in baghdad on how ordin

you know you're basically talking about a greater germany in the center of europe as a huge security threat to everyone else around so that is the basic dilemma of their side you know frank if i go to you this on this theme is very interesting for me because basically by the end of the one nine hundred thirty s. there is this contempt for international law and the peace settlement of nine hundred nineteen so it was perfectly acceptable but it's insane public of course but leaders who say if you divide up europe and this is what happened the system failed the soviet stepped in and looked look your system isn't working out of self defense again i agree with dominique i mean i'm not to talk about the moral issues of this we can talk about that later but because because the system made collapse it was perfectly willing to divide up this country that country that's that's how we got to where we are to a nine hundred thirty nine. i think that you know i agree with what bill and dominic was saying but i think we've got to go back into this period think of how complex it was it was a much mo

think that women are more willing to take on jobs that are of course not as attractive that yields greater opportunities down the road. >> i want to get to your point amanda, welcome to the program, that it's a trend, but it's always been a trend by the way that young, i will educated women have earned 98% of what men earned. that's been going on, that was pointed out to me by a conservative women's group 10 or 15 years ago. where discrimination pays -- the pay gap sets in is when women get older they start having kids they drop out of the workforce, try to get back in. by the time they're in their 40s and 50s, forget about it. there's a huge pay gap. is that part of what you're referring to? >> if you take a woman and man who graduate from college, they have exact same attributes, same education that first year alone the women will make 5% less than the man. that will only -- >> on average you're saying. >> yes. that will exacerbate over time. women still make only 77 cents to every dollar that too man makes. this is great that this group does, women are being more educated still is this

which is measured at 4 1/2 feet above grade, needs to be greater than 12 inches. the canopy with the -- width of the tree needs to be greater than 15 feet or the height of the tree would need to be greater than 20 feet. >> if that's the case, these would be significant tree, even if they were ten feet back from the public right of way. the public right of way is that edge of the sidewalk where it joins the building. >> that's right. >> at the edge. >> in most places in san francisco, it is pretty easy to tell where the public right of way ends, because people build to the lot line. there are areas where people, it looks like private property and it is a setback, but it is part of the public right of way. >> this tree would have had to have a permit to be removed, that permit would have had to have been posted for how long? >> typically 30 days, the public notification, goes on the tree, anyone that wants to protest that removal, if they send a letter within that 30 days t has to go to public hearing. >> it goes to public hearing at the department of public works.

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blastoff be had a greater hotter to do something along 26 d wide.ughly demands of a one the size swimming pool. >> devlin known because the soil of the bottom of the crater is unstable. >> fife itself measured 28 ft. long, though they initially thought was solid piece of metal, they discovered it is up to a patchwork of smaller segments melted together. >> we need to dig deeper to to determine why they're repeat smaller segments of pipe on his 28 ft. piece of pie. >> investigators is surely to guess, but they do know is that there is no automatic shutoff installed on the pipe. no mechanism that could check to the league to stop the flow gas. that could describe what the only warning though some was wrong was the smell. >> this is part of our investigation, to look to these allegations that we heard the people were smelling gas. they have reported smelling the pipe before this happened. >> the ntsb, said they want to hear from people who might as well the casting call pg&e reported it. the one here from anybody who has something to report to the abou