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peter the great, catherine the great, charlemagne, we don't do great in america. which is one of the reasons we in some respects set ourselves up for a fall. we want great as commonly displayed. the door of the white house, much to the dismay of the british ambassador at the time who complained, harry truman when he leaves the white house invests getting the car, the new york chrysler, and the president drive 1200 miles up through new jersey endeavour to michigan, he gets pull over for speeding. they eat in diners, there is no security, there is no advanced team, it was just the two of them. we full and trek ourselves, we say we don't want great and yet we really do except we wanted packaged in a way that his consistent with our own of version 2, quote, trappings of conventional power. as humility, great humble us, there greater than we are. we are already conflicted and i think that is a crucial debt that in understanding and validating your point. there's a quote in the book by john steinbeck on page 179 which i think is actually -- i don't want to use this as a
peter the great, catherine the great, charlemagne, we don't do great in america. which is one of the reasons we in some respects set ourselves up for a fall. we want great as commonly displayed. the door of the white house, much to the dismay of the british ambassador at the time who complained, harry truman when he leaves the white house invests getting the car, the new york chrysler, and the president drive 1200 miles up through new jersey endeavour to michigan, he gets pull over for...
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have to align to create that kind of greatness. when i say great, i am talking about great.reat i bet 15 times a day. "he is a great tennis player." we empty the word literally of any significance in any meaning. more than that, we have transferred our image of greatness from our vertical system and our politicians, with whom we've lost great confidence, to our actors. there, perfectly prepared to greatness,wreck nice and without cynicism. that notion of transferring, the notion of hearers -- to our , anytainment culture actors were fallen. nonetheless, we continue to do that, and it is symptomatic, frankly, of the end of an era, where greatness really is a the sheeted in our politics. >> let's go back to the word great, near great. making a list of near great residents, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, harry truman. y andrew jackson? failures were larger than the undeniable's. the congressman not nearly as great. but, jackson, the notification crisis,-- notification andrew jackson dominated his age. haveystem, though he may in a persecut
have to align to create that kind of greatness. when i say great, i am talking about great.reat i bet 15 times a day. "he is a great tennis player." we empty the word literally of any significance in any meaning. more than that, we have transferred our image of greatness from our vertical system and our politicians, with whom we've lost great confidence, to our actors. there, perfectly prepared to greatness,wreck nice and without cynicism. that notion of transferring, the notion of...
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it is going to be a great event. like this is your biggest sellout crowd, and i think we'll have the biggest sellout crowd in iowa, too. there is a real estate dinner in iowa, done by a very big company, a terrific company, and they asked me to be the keynote speaker, so i'm there for two reasons, real estate and politics. >> let me finish that up. are you considering getting into politics as a candidate, or are you not sure yet? >> i have been building buildings all my life, and we have done a great job. one thing about david, if he didn't think we did a good job, i wouldn't be here tonight. i am considering it. a lot of people think i have fun with it, that i'm playing games, that i enjoy the process. i do enjoy the process to a certain extent. the country is in serious trouble. we just broke $18 trillion in debt, largely in part to places like china and others. we are in serious trouble, so i am considering it very seriously. >> when do you think you might make a decision? >> sometime after the beginning of the ye
it is going to be a great event. like this is your biggest sellout crowd, and i think we'll have the biggest sellout crowd in iowa, too. there is a real estate dinner in iowa, done by a very big company, a terrific company, and they asked me to be the keynote speaker, so i'm there for two reasons, real estate and politics. >> let me finish that up. are you considering getting into politics as a candidate, or are you not sure yet? >> i have been building buildings all my life, and we...
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margorie was a great woman. a great beauty. i said she was born with her mother's beauty but not her mother's brains. this was not a good quote on the front page of "the palm beach post" in terms of a long-term relationship. but they sold it. this is something. you know david negotiates. , you say a company is worth a billion, he will say, i'll give you 500 million. when they said $8 million, i didn't negotiate. i was afraid they would change their mind. i bought it for $8 million plus $2 million for the beach. i turned it into a club. it is an amazing club. >> after you bought it, you realized the flight pattern was over it. >> yes. >> and you sued palm beach. or somebody. , to dropturn for that the law suit -- >> they gave me tremendous amount of land in west palm beach. i made a golf club which is one of the best in palm beach. >> is that how you got into golf? >> actually, i bought a foreclosure. in fact, i love foreclosures. [laughter] especially when it is somebody else's. i bought a big piece of land in westchester in fo
margorie was a great woman. a great beauty. i said she was born with her mother's beauty but not her mother's brains. this was not a good quote on the front page of "the palm beach post" in terms of a long-term relationship. but they sold it. this is something. you know david negotiates. , you say a company is worth a billion, he will say, i'll give you 500 million. when they said $8 million, i didn't negotiate. i was afraid they would change their mind. i bought it for $8 million...
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[ cheers and applause ] that's great to hear. this however was not great to hear.unfortunate news to start with. olympic gold medalist michael phelps was arrested early this morning for drunk driving. yeah, and police say phelps aggravated the situation when they tried to give him the breathalyzer and he held his breath for six minutes. [ laughter ] which is impressive but you can't do that to a cop. [ applause ] you can't. some political news, the u.s. government has announced a deal that will keep american troops in afghanistan until at least 2024. at least 2024. so, apparently obama is going to leave the whole mess for president beyonce to deal with. [ laughter and applause ] she'll deal with it. i could not believe this. according to new reports, iraqi military pilots accidentally dropped food and other supplies at a camp for isis militants instead of the iraqi army. in their defense, in their defense, it was an iraqi army camp when the pilots first took off. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] it just moves very quickly. it just moves very quickly. [ applause ] mit
[ cheers and applause ] that's great to hear. this however was not great to hear.unfortunate news to start with. olympic gold medalist michael phelps was arrested early this morning for drunk driving. yeah, and police say phelps aggravated the situation when they tried to give him the breathalyzer and he held his breath for six minutes. [ laughter ] which is impressive but you can't do that to a cop. [ applause ] you can't. some political news, the u.s. government has announced a deal that will...
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by doing great, great, great democratization, great consumerization, and then a great platform, we'reelivering a new product. >> what is the salesforce strategy to get into china? one of the most crucial markets of the future. >> china is a super important market. we work closely with customers there. we have to work very closely with the government. with our partners. all of those things come together to create something in china. >> the nsa revelations, i wonder how they have impacted your business, because you have sensitive data. will you have to have one in every important country? >> yes, but for another reason -- because the cloud is going mainstream, every president of every country want to have their own cloud. i was just in germany with angela merkel. she wants the german cloud. i was with francois hollande. he wants the french cloud. abe wants the japan cloud. cameron wants the u.k. cloud. >> they want a cloud maker. >> they should have one. they should have their own clouds. every important country in the world will have their own clouds. they will all interoperate, if tha
by doing great, great, great democratization, great consumerization, and then a great platform, we'reelivering a new product. >> what is the salesforce strategy to get into china? one of the most crucial markets of the future. >> china is a super important market. we work closely with customers there. we have to work very closely with the government. with our partners. all of those things come together to create something in china. >> the nsa revelations, i wonder how they...
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overall film was not that great. >> okay. have a great weekend. >> merry christmas, guys. >> seventeenth anniversary of titanic, so keep coming in on twitter which scenes you want to us recreate. >> okay. >> we will do more. we are in the done. >> time for the advent tree. >> we have a couple children that have come in. come on in your plaid shirts. >> they are so cute. >> yes, indeed. >> you are the bet. >> hi, fellas. come on in. >> do you want to put them up on the chair. >> he has got it. >> wow. >> so move over. >> is there your brother. yes. >> like a ride, isn't it. >> look at how hand some. >> you are four. >> i am six. >> where do y'all live. >> are you guys from germantown, hi mom thanks for bringing them in. >> so you are ready to do this. >> yes. >> ready to go. >> it is the 19th day, december 19th. >> where is 19. >> where is 19 in there. >> yes. >> go ahead and pull it out: here it comes. wow. grab it. >> chocolate. >> yes. >> it is chocolate. >> chocolate cookie, isn't it. >> nice good do you like chocolate. >>
overall film was not that great. >> okay. have a great weekend. >> merry christmas, guys. >> seventeenth anniversary of titanic, so keep coming in on twitter which scenes you want to us recreate. >> okay. >> we will do more. we are in the done. >> time for the advent tree. >> we have a couple children that have come in. come on in your plaid shirts. >> they are so cute. >> yes, indeed. >> you are the bet. >> hi, fellas. come on...
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it's great.ourse, you're on drums because we have a special guest with the 8g band all week. on guitar, bob mould is with us tonight. hello, bob. how are you? [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, everybody. thank you, seth. >> seth: great to have you here. bob is with us. bob also has a new album, "beauty in ruin," out now. please check that out. it's great. and fred, i have to ask you this. because i'm always so excited to talk to you when the show starts, because you lead the most interesting life of anyone i've ever met. and the only thing that bothers me, i will say, and i've heard this from people that i think people think you're just making up these answers to my questions off the top of your head. [ laughter ] but, you know, i know that you wouldn't do that. i know that anything you say to me on television would be true. [ laughter ] and which is why i was so excited to hear this. the duke and duchess were here, prince william and kate middleton were in new york. and i heard that last night b
it's great.ourse, you're on drums because we have a special guest with the 8g band all week. on guitar, bob mould is with us tonight. hello, bob. how are you? [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, everybody. thank you, seth. >> seth: great to have you here. bob is with us. bob also has a new album, "beauty in ruin," out now. please check that out. it's great. and fred, i have to ask you this. because i'm always so excited to talk to you when the show starts, because you lead...
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in a way we've shied away from the idea of saying this is greatness, or this is a great man. you know, really since the '60 we've celebrated antiheroes, but i feel like it hasn't done, it hasn't been so good for us. so i said i think that this generation needs heroes. but real heroes, you know? and i had the privilege of writing a book about bonhoeffer which i was on c-span's booktv talking about bonhoeffer, a great hero, a true hero, died for what he believed. i had the privilege of writing a book aboutwomen yam wilbur -- [inaudible] so many friends said i'm not a big reader, i'm not going to read a 600-page book. i thought, i'll fix them, i'll write the 20-page version, and i'll put it in "seven men." so i started there, and i thought what is it that makes anyone great? in a way, it has to do with self-sacrifice. it's not about strength, it's about using your strength for those that don't have strength. we can leave it there for now. there's much more. but i just thought about the stories with which i was familiar with, with which i was familiar of great men from history. t
in a way we've shied away from the idea of saying this is greatness, or this is a great man. you know, really since the '60 we've celebrated antiheroes, but i feel like it hasn't done, it hasn't been so good for us. so i said i think that this generation needs heroes. but real heroes, you know? and i had the privilege of writing a book about bonhoeffer which i was on c-span's booktv talking about bonhoeffer, a great hero, a true hero, died for what he believed. i had the privilege of writing a...
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have a great holiday. thank you, everybody, for working together. [ applause ] >> as i have often said, two eds are better than one. here is the other ed working very hard. today we were together at the new improved san francisco mta's traffic management center where we are trying to decongest our city and we are doing better and better with it as we get more data flowing through the city. ed reiskin and the head of the central subway project. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. mayor. happy holidays! as the mayor said, first of all we are so delighted to be able to be a part of this. for anyone standing here just a few weeks ago, that stockton street could look this way is so unimaginable. central subway is such an incredible project for our city, for union square, a tremendous benefit it will bring but mainly the whole city, but we get there is disruption that doing a project of this magnitude is going to create with this city with such vibrancy. what the union square president said, we understand the pain is
have a great holiday. thank you, everybody, for working together. [ applause ] >> as i have often said, two eds are better than one. here is the other ed working very hard. today we were together at the new improved san francisco mta's traffic management center where we are trying to decongest our city and we are doing better and better with it as we get more data flowing through the city. ed reiskin and the head of the central subway project. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. mayor....
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start by thanking the commission for approving the project we've been open for 3 months and have a great rapport were our neighbors on knob hill and we'rees static the clients so thank you we'rees static about an arena in warriors in san francisco we look forward to them being in san francisco we emotional task about the world-class venue we've worked closely with the warriors on the design how to make that an incredible venue and special event venue they've got a incredible team in place and taking the right steps we're excited about the venue being in the city thank you very much for your time and is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i want to thank the team for the presentation today i - it was great to see all the prospectives i agree the public realm this incredible opportunity to provide for space and more sort of wonderful space for us to be in i assume there will be a lot of design refinement going forward and thank you to all the staff and really great to see see a decision being made where it helps both to the importance of that trans
start by thanking the commission for approving the project we've been open for 3 months and have a great rapport were our neighbors on knob hill and we'rees static the clients so thank you we'rees static about an arena in warriors in san francisco we look forward to them being in san francisco we emotional task about the world-class venue we've worked closely with the warriors on the design how to make that an incredible venue and special event venue they've got a incredible team in place and...
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this is great.idents in southern california have complained about a medical marijuana dispensary christmas display which features a pot-smoking santa claus. i mean, come on. this is christ's birthday. that should be a pot-smoking jesus. guys. [ cheers and applause ] have a little respect for the season. i like this. this week harry potter offered j.k. rowling stated for the first time that there was a jewish wizard attending hogwarts. you can tell he's jewish because his wand is missing the tip. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] [ cheers and applause ] hey, that's your hanukkah joke of the day, enjoy it. [ laughter ] day two! we try a joke like that on day one of hanukkah, no. a little offensive. day two, anything goes. [ laughter ] this is cool. nbc has announced that starting today, viewers can stream shows live online as they're aired on tv. so if you are watching this online right now, i just want to say that -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] check it out. thank you. this -- this is just amaz
this is great.idents in southern california have complained about a medical marijuana dispensary christmas display which features a pot-smoking santa claus. i mean, come on. this is christ's birthday. that should be a pot-smoking jesus. guys. [ cheers and applause ] have a little respect for the season. i like this. this week harry potter offered j.k. rowling stated for the first time that there was a jewish wizard attending hogwarts. you can tell he's jewish because his wand is missing the...
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>> i'm great. >> seth: that's great. who's that present for?: oh, that's good. what did you get them? >> a rattle. i'm going to give it to william and kate and they're going to give it to prince george. >> seth: okay so now, let me get this straight. you think the royal family is going to take an unmarked box from a stranger in a crowd in new york city and then just give it to their son, the heir to the british throne. >> ideally? >> seth: yeah, sure. [ laughter ] >> ideally, when i go to hand kate middleton the gift, she says "why don't you give it to prince george yourself?" and then i end up raising the kid. [ laughter ] >> seth: good for you. thank you, miss. that's very exciting. sir, you in the baseball hat. can you step forward? >> i don't want to. >> seth: can we -- can we make some room for him in the back? [ applause ] sir -- sir, what are you doing here? >> uh, i'm here to see the royals. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] now, did you think it was the kansas city royals? >> yes, i did. [ laughter ] >> seth: so when you realized it wasn't,
>> i'm great. >> seth: that's great. who's that present for?: oh, that's good. what did you get them? >> a rattle. i'm going to give it to william and kate and they're going to give it to prince george. >> seth: okay so now, let me get this straight. you think the royal family is going to take an unmarked box from a stranger in a crowd in new york city and then just give it to their son, the heir to the british throne. >> ideally? >> seth: yeah, sure. [...
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had a great night on wednesday night. heard from abby and aaron, brother and sister, who are battling cancer. and so brave. tringale's teammate, jason day, with a sizeable donation here on wednesday night. >> yeah, it was amazing. not only jason day, but sean o'hair as well and a lot of the amateurs who played. >> tringale gets the honors. >> and so he should, too. >> and the win for day and tringale. the 26th version of the franklin templeton shootout. >> and a great pair to win. every pair, every team that's been here this week has been phenomenal. let's go down to scott. >> all yours, scott mccarron. >> guys, congratulations. i tell you what, we got off to a little slow start here, only 1 under through the first eight holes. jason, you kind of got it going in the middle of the round. tell us about the middle of the round and really 13, that drive. >> yeah, i mean 13 was a great drive but like you said, we got off to a slow start. we really didn't get anything going momentumwise. it was great to get -- cam made a great
had a great night on wednesday night. heard from abby and aaron, brother and sister, who are battling cancer. and so brave. tringale's teammate, jason day, with a sizeable donation here on wednesday night. >> yeah, it was amazing. not only jason day, but sean o'hair as well and a lot of the amateurs who played. >> tringale gets the honors. >> and so he should, too. >> and the win for day and tringale. the 26th version of the franklin templeton shootout. >> and a...
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it's a great show.ght back with more "late night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ the volkswagen golf was just named motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf, and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least, the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium. the volkswagen golf family. motor trend's 2015 "cars" of the year. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ discohi! card. so it says here i can redeem my cashback bonus for cash. do i need to have a certain amount? nope, now you can redeem your cashback for any amount, any time. that's great. yeah, you can use it for a statement credit or even get the cash. nice. i could use that extra cash for a last-minute gift... one less thing hanging over your head, right? tell me about it. (to guy.) gary, you got to go. who's gary? a mistake from last year coming back around again... too much egg nog! yes! laaaaa... at discover we treat you like you'd treat you. now redeem your cashback for any amo
it's a great show.ght back with more "late night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ the volkswagen golf was just named motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf, and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least, the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium. the volkswagen golf family. motor trend's 2015 "cars" of the year. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ discohi! card. so it says here i can redeem my...
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it's so great to have it so close. it's just a great location, a great place to be.applause ] ♪ . ♪ >> carson: hey folks, it's your old pal carson daly here at queen of the night at the paramount hotel with tonight's "last call." on the show, we've got comedy from grant cotter, from the ice house. music courtesy of broods, from the el rey. but right now a spotlight segment on dan gilroy, the writer and director behind the new jake gylenhall thriller, "nightcrawler." let's take you to the surly goat for more. ♪ >> one night, we'd been working many hours and i gave jake great leeway to attempt and try things. and he knew at that point in the story that the character would be enraged, because of something that happened earlier.
it's so great to have it so close. it's just a great location, a great place to be.applause ] ♪ . ♪ >> carson: hey folks, it's your old pal carson daly here at queen of the night at the paramount hotel with tonight's "last call." on the show, we've got comedy from grant cotter, from the ice house. music courtesy of broods, from the el rey. but right now a spotlight segment on dan gilroy, the writer and director behind the new jake gylenhall thriller,...
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. >> great. and that was seconded by commissioner campos and take that colleagues without objection. and our next item please. >> item number 7 public. >> public is open for any item related to lafco and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgtv staff for the work broadcasting. madam clerk our next item. >> item 9 adjournment. >> colleagues we are adjourned. have a great weekend. take care. bye.>>> out to many of our sponsors. she shared our streetscape. big cheer for manuela. thank you. people are out and enjoying it. i see kids enjoying it. it's wonderful. thanks to all the volunteers and especially our mayor ed lee and thanks to all, i really appreciate all of your sponsor ship to make this happen. in addition to this pop up pedestrian plaza we are calling it, we are also featuring every night at 5:00 a fabulous light show at the macy's store. it's on a loop every night for the next month. it's designed by the google doodle folks. the o
. >> great. and that was seconded by commissioner campos and take that colleagues without objection. and our next item please. >> item number 7 public. >> public is open for any item related to lafco and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgtv staff for the work broadcasting. madam clerk our next item. >> item 9 adjournment. >> colleagues we are adjourned. have a great weekend. take care. bye.>>>...
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>> the structural engineering community is great.have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco. they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining
>> the structural engineering community is great.have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco. they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go...
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>> i think it's great, and it's also great, somebody who obviously loves his job, he clearly love what is he's doing. he loves his kid, the kid loves him. >> look, you watch the video, the kid is happy no matter what you think of it, the kid is still happy. >> he's still happy sand i like -- people like that in your life that you knew that maybe our neighbors when i was growing up, they were the townsends, irene and -- we used to call them townsends, mr. townsend. and they had a green station wagon. the kind that when you rode in it you were facing backwards. that was very cool. and i remember them very fondly, and i was probably annoying to them. >> that was a beautiful memory. >> i'm just saying that he will always remember that that guy in his life is somebody that's not a mom or a dad or your brother or sister, it was actually somebody from your childhood that you remember fondly. >> i like how u you applied that to your life. >> i can make anything about me. >> yes, exactly. >> this brings back memories because i was the same way with the mary kay in cadillac, my dream was to own
>> i think it's great, and it's also great, somebody who obviously loves his job, he clearly love what is he's doing. he loves his kid, the kid loves him. >> look, you watch the video, the kid is happy no matter what you think of it, the kid is still happy. >> he's still happy sand i like -- people like that in your life that you knew that maybe our neighbors when i was growing up, they were the townsends, irene and -- we used to call them townsends, mr. townsend. and they had...
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let's have a great holiday and spend your money in the castro. i will give it back to our host today. thanks for being here. thank you. [ cheers a good morning, everyone. w0e789 san francisco land use & economic development committee i'm supervisor wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is our vice chair supervisor jane kim and to my left is supervisor cowen our clerk is andrea ashbury i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specific jennifer lowe and jessie larson madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. timid items acted on today may appear on the december agenda. >> m call item one. >> a resolution granting the revokable portion of the public right-of-way along market street. >> and thank you. i'm the harrow of item number one colleagues is a resolution authorizing the installation of the light rail art project along market street this item has been considered and endorsed by the arts and historic preservation co
let's have a great holiday and spend your money in the castro. i will give it back to our host today. thanks for being here. thank you. [ cheers a good morning, everyone. w0e789 san francisco land use & economic development committee i'm supervisor wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is our vice chair supervisor jane kim and to my left is supervisor cowen our clerk is andrea ashbury i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specific jennifer lowe and jessie...
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to have sporting events and concerts and having all the parking underground is a great step and having the retail sites that will help support the projects but financially to make that even better than you know it could have been otherwise that's very good idea and we have a lot of transit that's been pointed out one thing we have to look at it and consider with the environmental piece to have a plan of what we will do for people that drive from the east bay we'll courage people to take transit but which way to have the traffic flow i have less concerns about the south because it is easily address is from the south so for the city at large so i just have a couple of questions we can answer at another 7, 8, 9 about the hours of operation the terrace will be open and i will be interested in hearing assuming the approval process goes as stated what kind of a construction period we've looking at and hope to have it concluded and i think it is a wonderful facility in many ways. >> a few questions or comments i think this is a great potential of being a jury trial on the waterfront of san fr
to have sporting events and concerts and having all the parking underground is a great step and having the retail sites that will help support the projects but financially to make that even better than you know it could have been otherwise that's very good idea and we have a lot of transit that's been pointed out one thing we have to look at it and consider with the environmental piece to have a plan of what we will do for people that drive from the east bay we'll courage people to take transit...
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[ cheers and applause ] that is great to hear. that is great to hear. quick question.t to ask, does anyone here have obamacare? that's good. i have some good news for you. [ laughter ] some very good news based on that answer. the second open enrollment period for obamacare is underway. and it's a lot easier than the last time. now, instead of trying to log on to a confusing website, obamacare just shows up in your itunes -- [ laughter ] whether you wanted it or not. it's just there. [ cheers and applause ] it's just there. some international news. a man in india -- a man in india -- this a little scary -- is in quarantine at the delhi airport after he was found to have traces of ebola in his semen. [ laughter ] wow. and you thought it sucked when they made you take off your shoes. [ laughter ] that will be the glory days. the good old days will be the shoes. [ applause ] this is interesting. the oxford dictionary has announced that the 2014 word of the year is "vape." [ laughter ] they also announced that they're getting rid of the word "dictionary." [ laughter ] kim
[ cheers and applause ] that is great to hear. that is great to hear. quick question.t to ask, does anyone here have obamacare? that's good. i have some good news for you. [ laughter ] some very good news based on that answer. the second open enrollment period for obamacare is underway. and it's a lot easier than the last time. now, instead of trying to log on to a confusing website, obamacare just shows up in your itunes -- [ laughter ] whether you wanted it or not. it's just there. [ cheers...
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absolutely great. tells you everything you need to know about some bad person. >> also, one if you have children at home, besides "night at the museum," a lot of people are excited to see "annie" with this new remake, with jamie fox in it. >> i thought it was about annie oakley. >> annie lennox. >> the woody allen movie. don't see woody allen movies at the holidays. >> what about "exodus." >> everybody is leaving. >> i think "into the woods" looks good but i don't feel like it is a christmas movie. >> what is that? >> it is about a witch, a childless baker and his wife to reverse a curse put on their family tree. >> is that meryl streep? >> yes. >> i thought that was about tiger woods. >> anything meryl streep is in is always good. >> in next on "the five," the fastest seven. we have the christmas edition coming up, featuring some viral videos that are sure to put a big smile on your face. >> you are leaning into my shot. ♪ jingle around the clock ♪ mix and mingle ♪ and jingle ♪ that's the jingle bell
absolutely great. tells you everything you need to know about some bad person. >> also, one if you have children at home, besides "night at the museum," a lot of people are excited to see "annie" with this new remake, with jamie fox in it. >> i thought it was about annie oakley. >> annie lennox. >> the woody allen movie. don't see woody allen movies at the holidays. >> what about "exodus." >> everybody is leaving. >> i...
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you can appreciate a great movie by great actor, great sports event, and that notion of transferring, the notion of heroes, to our entertainment culture, any actors were fallen. nonetheless, we continue to do that, and it is symptomatic, frankly, of the end of an era, where greatness really is a the appreciated in our politics. >> let's go back to the word great, near great. making a list of near great residents, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, harry truman. why andrew jackson? >> they are the close but no cigar presidents. their failures were larger than the undeniable's. their accomplishments not nearly as great. but they dominated their age. andrew jackson dominated his age. slave owner. truman, even woodrow wilson. i work for the woodrow wilson center for scholars. but even wilson, a great transformer and legislative resident, the architect of american entry for all -- and yet falls low over idealism and tried to negotiate a peace with a league of nations. so accomplishment significant, presided over a time politically, and yet the asterix ass
you can appreciate a great movie by great actor, great sports event, and that notion of transferring, the notion of heroes, to our entertainment culture, any actors were fallen. nonetheless, we continue to do that, and it is symptomatic, frankly, of the end of an era, where greatness really is a the appreciated in our politics. >> let's go back to the word great, near great. making a list of near great residents, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, harry...
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i mean, how great is "house of cards"?es in "the usual suspects" and "american beauty." now he plays the antagonist in the new video game, "call of duty: advanced warfare." every kid in the world is going to have this. it's available november 4th. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome kevin spacey! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: kevin spacey, welcome! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. i was moving very slowly to try to scare you. >> jimmy: you were a little frightening -- >> i thought if i came slowly, closer and a little closer. >> jimmy: spook you out a a little bit. it's halloween. >> you might run out of the studio. >> jimmy: no, i didn't. it's happy halloween. >> happy halloween. i wore my pumpkin tie. >> jimmy: pumpkined it out as well, yeah. [ cheers ] starbucks are giving them out. >> they're giving them out. yes they are. i had a nice pumpkin latte. and a tie comes with it. >> jimmy: and a tie comes with it. it's an amazing deal. only a limited time offer. >> is this my vodka? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we c
i mean, how great is "house of cards"?es in "the usual suspects" and "american beauty." now he plays the antagonist in the new video game, "call of duty: advanced warfare." every kid in the world is going to have this. it's available november 4th. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome kevin spacey! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: kevin spacey, welcome! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. i was moving very slowly to try to scare you....
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look at the six years before the great depression, the great depression, or the last eight emerging market financial crises and you can see what happens when governments stand back in the hope that they burn themselves out or aversion. when they let it burn in that context it is devastating. devastating to investors or shareholders of banks. it is devastating to the innocent victims. again, the great depression, of course, of course, we have no memory of that. unemployment went to 25%. a 25 percent. a decade of soup lines and shantytowns around the country. this crisis, the size of the financial shock at that stage was five times greater than what happened at the beginning of the great depression. to protect people from the consequence or to do as much as we could, you had to use overwhelming force. even though it looked deeply unfair, seemed, seemed counterintuitive, had moral hazard risk, a lot of financial risk. but if we had not done that then we faced this certainty of dramatically worse economic outcomes. so that is the basic thesis of the book. you know, it is not an easy thing to m
look at the six years before the great depression, the great depression, or the last eight emerging market financial crises and you can see what happens when governments stand back in the hope that they burn themselves out or aversion. when they let it burn in that context it is devastating. devastating to investors or shareholders of banks. it is devastating to the innocent victims. again, the great depression, of course, of course, we have no memory of that. unemployment went to 25%. a 25...
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he was a vibrant guy, great guy. you would know him. a great guy. very powerful. he could approve a $500 million mortgage or loan without even going to committee. that's not bad. he was forced to retire at 65. i saw that man get old within a period of one year. it was the most incredible thing. i also saw him say to me, i have a lot of friends. i said you have friends, but a lot of people won't call you back. he said to me the other day, you are the only one that calls me back. and talks to me. he said, all those other guys, they don't return my calls. they used to return my call before i made it, and now they don't return my calls. a sad thing, but it's life. >> you will be doing this for quite a while. >> i love doing this more than running and getting abused by chris matthews. mrs. matthews is in the audience. i love her husband, actually. he has always been great, but boy did he turn liberal over the last 10 years. that's ok. >> people are fascinated by your lifestyle and so forth. your plane has your name on it. is that a advertising device? >> i guess. it is
he was a vibrant guy, great guy. you would know him. a great guy. very powerful. he could approve a $500 million mortgage or loan without even going to committee. that's not bad. he was forced to retire at 65. i saw that man get old within a period of one year. it was the most incredible thing. i also saw him say to me, i have a lot of friends. i said you have friends, but a lot of people won't call you back. he said to me the other day, you are the only one that calls me back. and talks to me....
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oh, great. wonderful.et's put guillermo in the corner of the screen to keep tabs on him throughout the monologue and the show. i cannot help but think about how privileged we are to witness this. you know, they don't get to do this in countries like north korea. [ laughter ] those of you who watch the show closely know we've been doing our part this month to preserve the classic holiday tv specials and we do that by giving them a modern twist. last week, we married video from rudolph the red nosed reindeer with the sounds of the maury povich show and it was very well received. there's talk it might get a peabody award nomination. but this week, we took scenes from "the year without a santa claus," you remember that one? we took the scenes from that, we combined it with audio from "the real housewives of atlanta." and with that said, it's time to enjoy a new holiday classic, the real housewives of santa. >> when your man lives many continents away, you have to learn how to keep it fresh. and you might have
oh, great. wonderful.et's put guillermo in the corner of the screen to keep tabs on him throughout the monologue and the show. i cannot help but think about how privileged we are to witness this. you know, they don't get to do this in countries like north korea. [ laughter ] those of you who watch the show closely know we've been doing our part this month to preserve the classic holiday tv specials and we do that by giving them a modern twist. last week, we married video from rudolph the red...
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you have a great personality. you seem naturally happy and you have a great smile. so welcome, britney. the next person i picked was lauren. like the way you were presenting and the third person i picked was stephen. he is a little quiet. but there's a subtle confidence. >> now it's time to send our three final itselves in to bat toll see if they can apply what they learned and what will they be trying to sell? the ugly sweaters. these ugly sweaters from a company robert liked some much he invested in it. >> we're we're gonna bring in nick and evan from tipsy elves, and they're gonna teach you about the product. >> you need to make sure the >> reporter: up next -- we throw our finalists in the deep end, but they won't be swimming alone. the shark is in their ear. will the customers bite? >> oh, no! >> stay with us. ♪ who got the lighter? ♪ let's spark the fire. use your mastercard with apple pay okay handbag out there...surprise!! and you could get a priceless surprise. woah!! who's next? four!! from golf experiences to concert tickets. ♪ so much cooler when you do
you have a great personality. you seem naturally happy and you have a great smile. so welcome, britney. the next person i picked was lauren. like the way you were presenting and the third person i picked was stephen. he is a little quiet. but there's a subtle confidence. >> now it's time to send our three final itselves in to bat toll see if they can apply what they learned and what will they be trying to sell? the ugly sweaters. these ugly sweaters from a company robert liked some much...
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great.ople are ignoring rsvps. and etiquette expert lizzy post suggests it's because you don't want to commit to those kind of things. do you respond? >> you have to. if you're having a party, you want to get food and make sure you have the head count right. >> but i have a hard time with an e-vite. if you get an e-vite at a tough time, on a plane or something and you can't respond right away, and then you forget. >> i'm a firm believer in a hard vi invitation. >> you did not have your christmastime for the first time in forever. >> he actually did. >> you didn't know? >> people e-mailed us, are you having your party? we just didn't have it this year. >> we love surprises around here. and here are two good ones for the holiday season. first, the folks at the comedy group improv everywhere, they gave an unsuspecting family in new jersey, i think it was, an unsuspecting christmas gift. they show up to sing a few carols. that's the first surprise. and as you watch, this keeps going and getting
great.ople are ignoring rsvps. and etiquette expert lizzy post suggests it's because you don't want to commit to those kind of things. do you respond? >> you have to. if you're having a party, you want to get food and make sure you have the head count right. >> but i have a hard time with an e-vite. if you get an e-vite at a tough time, on a plane or something and you can't respond right away, and then you forget. >> i'm a firm believer in a hard vi invitation. >> you...
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that is so great.ou. >> something your little boy might like. >> this just turned my bad day into a good one. >> bobby, it's been a tough year for cops, law enforcement this year. >> how did that get it to them so fast. they stop them, talk to them, find out what they want and call somebody and get it ordered up? >> i think they had it in their car? >> random. >> maybe she has a kid, they ask, and then -- >> it's nice, a wonderful video. i have never been stopped by a cop and given anything but a ticket. >> it's good stuff. >> what i do when i get pulled over, i never get a ticket. wouldn't it be great to get pulled over by the police and it turns out it's sting. >> what? >> yeah. okay. >> that's good. >> i think that getting pulled over would be too much for me. >> have you ever been pulled over? >> when i used to drive. in my barbie big wheel. how many in my life? >> yeah. >> two or three. >> i get pulled over a lot. >> you do? >> yeah. >> but do you get tickets? >> i drive too fast. i'm not going to
that is so great.ou. >> something your little boy might like. >> this just turned my bad day into a good one. >> bobby, it's been a tough year for cops, law enforcement this year. >> how did that get it to them so fast. they stop them, talk to them, find out what they want and call somebody and get it ordered up? >> i think they had it in their car? >> random. >> maybe she has a kid, they ask, and then -- >> it's nice, a wonderful video. i have...
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but we're great right now. moving our way into north philadelphia, master street closed at 16th, all because of overturned vehicle, hit fire hydrant. so oxford street is your best bet. no delays for mass transit. things at the airport are just fine, nick snow. >> vet tore crashes thanks. some of the cars out on the roads could be early shoppers headed out to take advantage of some great day after christmas sales. >> oh, got to love those. retail requires trying to attract shoppers with great deals, up to 80% off in some stores. you can also expect to save on pretty much everything towed. cherry hill mall getting ready to opens it doors at 7:00 in just a half hour, king of prussia opening at #. >> my happy place. well, if you are returning some gift today, rather than buying some, you may find retailers asking for your i.d. and also, imposing restrictions on certain items. that's because more and more stores are cracking down on fraudulent returns. a survey by the national retail federation says those fraudulent
but we're great right now. moving our way into north philadelphia, master street closed at 16th, all because of overturned vehicle, hit fire hydrant. so oxford street is your best bet. no delays for mass transit. things at the airport are just fine, nick snow. >> vet tore crashes thanks. some of the cars out on the roads could be early shoppers headed out to take advantage of some great day after christmas sales. >> oh, got to love those. retail requires trying to attract shoppers...
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there are a lot of great directors. great writers, great actors.here are about eight great standups. guys and women that can really, really throw down for an hour and 20 minutes. hour and a half. >> louis ck said it took about 15 years to get really good. you were good pretty early. >> i was good. at club level. pretty early. again, it did take 15 years for me to become a guy good enough to get on the charlie rose show. i made money before. >> or to get him to be in your movie. >> it does take about 15 years. standup is not music. there is no justin bieber of stand up. you have to have life experience. you have to have loved and lost to be a good stand up. you have to have highs and lows. >> you have to have lived. >> you have to have really lived for the audience to take the journey with you. >> do you still go back to the places you began? that is where you can make sure it is as good as you can make it? >> you have to go back to the places you began. it is not music. there is no cushy studio. i have watched enough "rockies"" >> even "the godfath
there are a lot of great directors. great writers, great actors.here are about eight great standups. guys and women that can really, really throw down for an hour and 20 minutes. hour and a half. >> louis ck said it took about 15 years to get really good. you were good pretty early. >> i was good. at club level. pretty early. again, it did take 15 years for me to become a guy good enough to get on the charlie rose show. i made money before. >> or to get him to be in your...
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great news to start your friday morning.however, have some construction, not too far away from havertown. which is closing men owe a road between darby and err link ton, between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this will be ongoing every day until december 30th. so your best alternate is to take brook line boulevard. erika? >> all right, thank you, vet tore y now that most of the presents are unwrapped, a lot of shop remembers headed out to stores today, ready to take advantage of the after christmas sales. retailers trying to attract shoppers with great deals up to 08% off in some storms. -- stores. you can expect to save on pretty much everything today. cherry hill mall opened its doors at 7:00 this morning, king of prussia king of prussia just opened their doors at 8:00 about 20 minutes ago. >>> well, if you received a gift cards, you can't really use, don't let it just sit around the house. wal-mart will buy back your unwanted gift cards, so you can exchange it for a wal-mart gift cards. now you won't get the full value. the amou
great news to start your friday morning.however, have some construction, not too far away from havertown. which is closing men owe a road between darby and err link ton, between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this will be ongoing every day until december 30th. so your best alternate is to take brook line boulevard. erika? >> all right, thank you, vet tore y now that most of the presents are unwrapped, a lot of shop remembers headed out to stores today, ready to take advantage of the after...
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it's a great, great show tonight. we have a big week of shows coming up tomorrow night.ene woodley will be here. [ cheers and applause ] we have a fun halloween themed game with her. plus we're doing something special with brad pitt tomorrow. >> steve: whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: brad pitt. >> steve: brad pitt! >> jimmy: later this week, sting and bradley cooper will be joining us! >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: sting and bradley cooper! >> steve: that's a show. >> jimmy: but first, we have a a fantastic show tonight. gosh, she's one of our favorites. we do love her. >> steve: she's one of my favorite people on earth honestly. >> jimmy: the stone bone. [ cheers and applause ] she's fantastic in this movie. the movie is called "birdman." it's out friday. emma stone is here! >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ stone! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: emma and i are going head-to-head in a game of box of lies. >> steve: ooh. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: plus, this guy's a a great actor, he's from the new movie "fury." logan lerman is stopping by. >> ste
it's a great, great show tonight. we have a big week of shows coming up tomorrow night.ene woodley will be here. [ cheers and applause ] we have a fun halloween themed game with her. plus we're doing something special with brad pitt tomorrow. >> steve: whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: brad pitt. >> steve: brad pitt! >> jimmy: later this week, sting and bradley cooper will be joining us! >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: sting and...
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not whether they hire, but whether they keep great employees and great talent. not to mention finding right talent. what are they doing wrong? number one through 10 mistakes hurting your chances of getting a job. you need to hear this one. david: did you see the news? china is now the number one economy in the world. how did the united states lose its title? also are oil prices making keystone pipeline irrelevant? tax extensions, are they actually bad in the long run for the economy even though they're good for certain businesses? debate on that coming up. ♪ dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future.you. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like n
not whether they hire, but whether they keep great employees and great talent. not to mention finding right talent. what are they doing wrong? number one through 10 mistakes hurting your chances of getting a job. you need to hear this one. david: did you see the news? china is now the number one economy in the world. how did the united states lose its title? also are oil prices making keystone pipeline irrelevant? tax extensions, are they actually bad in the long run for the economy even though...
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dancers and theatre actresses and choirs we've worked with and great video artists is a great placellaborate. i had a model they have a professionally music yes, ma'am assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor i'd be able to work with them and it's helped my growth i had a dream of having a professional residential on and on soccer ball to be an imperial >> it operates as a laboratory we germ a national the ideas technically and work with activity artists and designers and video all over the on any given project to further the way we tell stories to improve our ability to tell stories on stage. that's part of the opera lab >> i was to investigate that aspect of renaissance and new work so that's why this piece it is important it was a renaissance composer. >> there were young people that are not interested in seeing traditional opera and like the quality and it's different it has a story telling quality every little detail is integrated and helps to capture the imagination and that's part of the opera how we ca
dancers and theatre actresses and choirs we've worked with and great video artists is a great placellaborate. i had a model they have a professionally music yes, ma'am assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor i'd be able to work with them and it's helped my growth i had a dream of having a professional residential on and on soccer ball to be an imperial >> it operates as a laboratory we germ a national the ideas...
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saving for college.com has great tools, great advice.d is born this year that's the number in 18 years. >> how about our next number? zero. >> what is this? >> this makes me excited. financial services where a lot of the great products are now being offered for free. this is new going into 2015. in the past you might be paying quite high dollar for investment advice but schwab launched intelligent portfolio, launching in early 2015. investment advice same advice you would get from an adviser for free. check out the robinhood app. you can do that for free. really big deal. from a banking perspective, simple bank. checking and savings accounts for free. so this is exciting. >> that's huge. good news there. >> yeah. >> final number $15,608, average amount of credit card debt per american household. >> this probably looks familiar to you. going into the new year it's a great time to renew your commitment. double your minimum payment. if you can't afford to do that use an online cal clarity. credit k rachlt ma has a good cal cal calculator. >
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that's great. and then, so i go, that's great. out you were in a band when you were 16 or 17. >> yes, i was in another band in school. it was called capital punishment. [ laughter ] yeah. and it was sort of a post punk neo goth urban experimental band, except we couldn't play our instruments. >> jimmy: you just didn't -- you weren't good at playing. >> yeah, we weren't very good. >> jimmy: who was in the band with you? >> i was sort of the ringo of the band. and then there was my friend chris, who was the leader. who was really the guy who wrote all the songs, and he was very charismatic and sort of dark and brooding. and he was the guy who sort of was responsible for the whole thing. he was the guy, we would just follow him anywhere. >> jimmy: yeah, okay. >> he would take us to the tracks under grand central station and lead us into some abandoned tunnel, there'd be a train coming at us, we'd be like, "what do we do, where do we go?" he'd go, "i don't know, i've never gotten this far." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's like the cool ki
that's great. and then, so i go, that's great. out you were in a band when you were 16 or 17. >> yes, i was in another band in school. it was called capital punishment. [ laughter ] yeah. and it was sort of a post punk neo goth urban experimental band, except we couldn't play our instruments. >> jimmy: you just didn't -- you weren't good at playing. >> yeah, we weren't very good. >> jimmy: who was in the band with you? >> i was sort of the ringo of the band. and...
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we have so many great people, so many great people on our writing staff.ho write monologues. we have some who write sketches. but we just hired a brand new writer we are very excited about. he's a professor of linguistics at columbia university, and he's our new in-house vocabulary expert. please welcome dr. walter aberdeen. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: thank you. >> greetings, seth. greetings. thank you so much for having me, seth. please, seth, your hospitality is just tremendous. >> seth: of course. now, for those of you who don't know, the job of a "late night" vocabulary expert will be to go through the script each night and make sure we are writing at the height of our intelligence. so, what do you think of the writing so far tonight, dr. aberdeen? >> well, seth, as a gentleman of refined vocabulary, i regret to inform you that this evening's program -- it lacks verbal panache. i have extensive issues with your etymological selections. >> seth: etymological selections? you mean my word choice. >> yes, indeed. your proclamations lack elegance. i'm
we have so many great people, so many great people on our writing staff.ho write monologues. we have some who write sketches. but we just hired a brand new writer we are very excited about. he's a professor of linguistics at columbia university, and he's our new in-house vocabulary expert. please welcome dr. walter aberdeen. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: thank you. >> greetings, seth. greetings. thank you so much for having me, seth. please, seth, your hospitality is just...
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work that is being done. >> great, thank you. >> so, just want to make sure that we are going to call a roll call vote on each of the items 3 and 4 but i want to make sure that the colleagues that we agree not to disclose the content of the closed session. >> okay. >> very good. so when it comes to item number four, recommend annual compensation, and what we had decided was that you know coming in as step five and some of the you know allowances that were provided as well we wanted to see more time leading the agency before going to the next step and so we were going to continue at this step, but it is something that we felt that the work certainly warrants you know, getting there with time. and continue on the same trajectory that we are on now and so i would like to bring it up again next year, the step next step increase and to me, that makes sense that we, you know, given the trajectory that you have been on that makes a lot of sense after two years of service within the agency. and i think that will kind of a consensus on the commission as well. so, what i would like to see with
work that is being done. >> great, thank you. >> so, just want to make sure that we are going to call a roll call vote on each of the items 3 and 4 but i want to make sure that the colleagues that we agree not to disclose the content of the closed session. >> okay. >> very good. so when it comes to item number four, recommend annual compensation, and what we had decided was that you know coming in as step five and some of the you know allowances that were provided as...
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issued in great britain in 1840. it's the only object in this introductory gallery but it's a really nice one. they're not particularly rare, but the opportunity to see the first of anything is always kind of exciting. and there it is. >> and just seven years later, the united states issued its first postage stamps. we have graphics of them here, but in the very next gallery you'll get to see some original artwork for these two stamps. >> then we go from this introductory gallery where visitors learn some of the history of stamps, where they came from, how they've changed over the years. right into the holy of holies. this is some of the greatest of the greatest. >> we call this gallery the gems of american philately. it's pretty dark in here. we even have a sign that explains why it's so dark. and that's because stamps and paper and the inks on them are very fragile. so, we have to control the light so that we're sure we can save these items for the next couple hundred years. in this gems of american philately, we k
issued in great britain in 1840. it's the only object in this introductory gallery but it's a really nice one. they're not particularly rare, but the opportunity to see the first of anything is always kind of exciting. and there it is. >> and just seven years later, the united states issued its first postage stamps. we have graphics of them here, but in the very next gallery you'll get to see some original artwork for these two stamps. >> then we go from this introductory gallery...