director harper: thank you, mr. walker. >> you are welcome. >> that concludes public comment on that item. that, we can move into the consent calendar. item 7.2 has been removed from the consent calendar and will be [inaudible] will actually have one item to consider, and that is the minutes of the may 12 meeting. director harper: i believe i am recused from that. does it require a quorum? can we pass it? >> majority. director harper: majority is fine? i was not here. any objection to those minutes? any comments, correction? seeing none. >> all right, minutes are approved. director harper: regular calendar item 8, the money. capital budget operating budget. sarah is here. >> this is the final presentation of the fiscal year budget for next year. it is a $220.3 million capital budget and a $4.3 million operating budget. it has not changed at all since it was presented in some detail last month, and we have not received any public comment. director harbor, i know you were not here, but i'm happy to answer any question

director harper: thank you. director kim: could you go over the increased diversity of these applicants? >> yes, the three additional applicants being brought forward for recommendation -- one of them is african-american. one is korean-american, and one is biracial african-american and caucasian. director harper: members of the public wish to speak on this item? >> [inaudible] director harper: ok, is there a motion for approval of the appointments as submitted? second? any objection? all in favor? >> aye. >> item 13 is approved. director harper: that is the meeting. all right, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be

director harper: thank you. director kim: could you go over the increased diversity of these applicants? >> yes, the three additional applicants being brought forward for recommendation -- one of them is african-american. one is korean-american, and one is biracial african-american and caucasian. director harper: members of the public wish to speak on this item? >> [inaudible] director harper: ok, is there a motion for approval of the appointments as submitted? second? any objection? all in favor? >> aye. >> item 13 is approved. director harper: that is the meeting. all right, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the directo

what did you learn about harper lee and her reasons? >> well, i was fortunate enough to get great access to two very close friends of her. a new york city couple who gave their friend, harper lee, money. they remain very, very close dear friends to this day. the other person i was also very privileged and fortunate to talk to was alice finch, harper lee's older sister. alice is one of the first women in alabama who was ever admitted to the bar. she -- at 99 she's the oldest practicing attorney in the state. she continues to practice every day, and she hopes to celebrate her 100th birthday in september at her law desk. she was quite a character and told me quite a bit about how the lee girls were raised. and her answer to that question is, she quoted her sister saying, she couldn't top what she had done. she had nowhere to go but down. and i think the combination of this kind of overwhelming thing, the somewhat autobiographical nature of what was written about and not to disappoint yourself let alone the other people out there waiting fo

what did you learn about harper lee and her reasons? >> well, i was fortunate enough to get great access to two very close friends of her. a new york city couple who gave their friend, harper lee, money. they remain very, very close dear friends to this day. the other person i was also very privileged and fortunate to talk to was alice finch, harper lee's older sister. alice is one of the first women in alabama who was ever admitted to the bar. she -- at 99 she'st

director harper: thank you. director kim: could you go over the increased diversity of these applicants? >> yes, the three additional applicants being brought forward for recommendation -- one of them is african-american. one is korean-american, and one is biracial african-american and caucasian. director harper: members of the public wish to speak on this item? >> [inaudible] director harper: ok, is there a motion for approval of the appointments as submitted? second? any objection? all in favor? >> aye. >> item 13 is approved. director harper: that is the meeting. all right, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon. thanks so much for joining us. we are excited to could be here today. the assessor recorder cost of this is excited to announce it again that we have come to the rescue of the city budget. over the years, we have been able to continue to bring in more money than expected. this year was no exception. even given the huge hurricane of appeals, we are able to bring in about $50 million

director harper: thank you. director kim: could you go over the increased diversity of these applicants? >> yes, the three additional applicants being brought forward for recommendation -- one of them is african-american. one is korean-american, and one is biracial african-american and caucasian. director harper: members of the public wish to speak on this item? >> [inaudible] director harper: ok, is there a motion for approval of the appointments as submitted? second? any objection? all in favor? >> aye. >> item 13 is approved. director harper: that is the meeting. all right, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the asian art museum foundation and vice chair of the asian arts commission. welcome to the asian art museum. the museum's collections and programs represent more than 40 countries in asia and span more than 6000 years of history. our mission is to lead a global audience in discovering asian art and culture. so we are thrilled that san francisco will ho

director harper: thank you. director kim: could you go over the increased diversity of these applicants? >> yes, the three additional applicants being brought forward for recommendation -- one of them is african-american. one is korean-american, and one is biracial african-american and caucasian. director harper: members of the public wish to speak on this item? >> [inaudible] director harper: ok, is there a motion for approval of the appointments as submitted? second? any objection? all in favor? >> aye. >> item 13 is approved. director harper: that is the meeting. all right, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the gl

director harper: thank you. director kim: could you go over the increased diversity of these applicants? >> yes, the three additional applicants being brought forward for recommendation -- one of them is african-american. one is korean-american, and one is biracial african-american and caucasian. director harper: members of the public wish to speak on this item? >> [inaudible] director harper: ok, is there a motion for approval of the appointments as submitted? second? any objection? all in favor? >> aye. >> item 13 is approved. director harper: that is the meeting. all right, thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. [horns honking] [siren wails] announcer: big dreams and goodrades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> thanks for all of you being here. in january when i was sworn in, there were five major objectives that i wanted to accomplish. a p

harper's day was over in a hurry as he falls down in pain. the owner was in attendance and he cringed. he suffered a bruised knee. no mris or x-rays scheduled. here is his manager on his status. >> got hit on the knee, and looks like a bruise. we'll evaluate him in the morning. >> he'll be all right. more precautionary. >> zimmerman was beginning a rehab assignment in hagerstown today, coming off abdominal surgery from may 3rd. looked good since his last game april 9th. doubles for a one after walking in the first. triples in the 4th inning. did well in the field, making one putout, ranging to his left and making the throw to first base. afterwards, he had this to say about what went wrong and what he still needs to improve on. >> good to get back, and obviously went well. still a little sore. getting close. good. hitting is usually the first thing that comes for me. it's more getting into game shape, running, like i did today. i was out of breath. pretty good for a little while after the triple. you have to be able to do things like that, sc

director harper: thank you, mr.ker. >> you are welcome. >> that concludes public comment on that item. that, we can move into the consent calendar. item 7.2 has been removed from the consent calendar and will be [inaudible] will actually have one item to consider, and that is the minutes of the may 12 meeting. director harper: i believe i am recused from that. does it require a quorum? can we pass it? >> majority. director harper: majority is fine? i was not here. any objection to those minutes? any comments, correction? seeing none. >> all right, minutes are approved. director harper: regular calendar item 8, the money. capital budget operating budget. sarah is here.

plus the kiss from bryce harper making waves. and did his tv sports caster advise a maryland player to leave school for the nba? 9sports next. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> last time tiger woods missed the u.s. open was 1994. that's the year he graduated high school. since then, he played it 16 times, won it three times, but number four will not be this year and not be in this town. tiger announcing this afternoon he will skip the u.s. open. he continues to recover from the knee and injuries he suffered earlier this spring. those issues limited him to just nine holes of golf since the masters in april. and while he loathed to skip a major, he apparently has no choice. tiger releasing this statement on his website today. quote, i'm extremely disappointed i won't be playing in the u.s. open, it's time for me to focus on the future. i hope to be ready the next two majors and the rest of the year. >> if the nationals had one hesitation about giving bryce harper $10 million, it wasn't his hitt

harper: mr. speaker, i yield as much time as he shall consume to the gentleman from california, mr. lungren. mr. lungren is the chairman of the committee on house administration. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this legislation. you know, mr. speaker, my mom was born and raised in chicago, illinois, and listening to her stories about what transpired in the political process when she was growing up there, i used to think that the only place you could find immortality in this world was on the voting rolls of cook county. but i find here today that ronald reagan was right. immortality is in the name of a federal government program. this is supposed to be a temporary program. it was supposed to give temporary assistance to the states to make sure they could comply and it's done that. it has done that. it has let out all the money, billions of dollars that go to the states to assist i

future of the franchise, bryce harper, hits the deck. the latest on his injury. we'll be right back.  >>> let's do some sports. making headlines, game three of the finals. we pick it up late in the fourth period. chris bosh takes a pass from lebron james and hits the jumper. laves second efforts by dirk and it doesn't fall. 88-86. heat takes a two games to one lead in the series. game four in dallas tomorrow night. >>> the new contact lenses have been working extremely well for bryce harper. he is off day great start but his first major roadblock yesterday with more than 4500 fans in attendance. beautiful afternoon for baseball in hagerstown. hay little time to sign a few autographs. but ouch, bottom of the first, harper steps in. very first pitch drills him in the knee. harper is down in a hurry and down in pain, limps off the field with a bruised knees. no mri or x-ray has been scheduled. the team is expected to re- evaluate him and his injury later this morning. >>> as for the nats, they were in arizona to conclude a four- game series. wilson ramos

one of his teammates bryce harper. scary moment, bottom one. harper at the plate.ts hit by the pitch on the knee. harper goes down in a heap, leaves the game, he suffered a bruised left knee. hopefully he'll be okay. the team will re-evaluate harper tomorrow morning. bottom two, zimmerman at the plate with two outs, man on first. he drives one to right off the wall. that scores a run. hagerstown defeats the greensboro grass hoppers 6-5. zimmerman finished 2 for 2 with a double, triple, rbi, two runs scored. >>> college baseball, virginia playing east carolina with a chance to advance to the super regionals. top two, virginia's john barr singles through the right side. super duper as our photographer guru chris would say. uv in front 5-0. on the mound, tyler wilson. goes 6 1/3, strikes out seven. top four. john hicksop. two rbi double for hicks. cavaliers win 13-1. virginia will host the winner of the los angeles regional but that's between ucla or uc irvine in the super regionals next weekend. here's lindsay czarniak with a preview of "sports final." >> coming up t

this is stephen harper's majority. there was a lot of trepidation before.oday, when i talk to conservatives, they feel confident. they know the budget is going to pass. they know their agenda, which will include their law and order legislation, their budget. there will talk about the war in libya. the mood is confidence, have been as. -- happiness. the other side, new faces. they are busy studying the new mp faces. they are excited. there are lots of firsts. peter, there is a lot of excitement, but this day the home team feels it's got it in the bag. >> this is a two chamber kind of day, what the speech from the throne. the house of commons will take their seats, but down the hall is where the speech is read, is in the senate. outside the senate today is rosemary barton. another chamber with a conservative majority. >> this is where the governor general or rides with the prime minister, we will see a lot of the new faces. they have never been part of that. it's exciting from that perspective. in terms of content, and nobody will be overly surprised from wha

protests so this young woman brigette depok held up as you can see in this picture stop harper sign and she walked out onto the floor of parliament in canada and was promptly arrested but she released a statement saying that this country needs a canadian version of an arab spring a flowering of popular movements that demonstrate their real power to change things lies not with harper but in the hands of the people when we act together in our streets neighborhoods and workplaces ok so now the global insurrection against banks struck the patient as an out skipped over into north america so now it's in canada now it's in europe in athens in dublin and all over in pockets of resistance it's in north africa it's in the middle east now i as i've been predicting it will be in the united states last because the price of gas in the u.s. is still cheap and that's been the main way for the powers that be to manipulate and to keep the locals in the. native's quiescent is to keep the price of gas as cheap as possible but as the dollar collapses as part of this global insurrection against banks or

harper supposed to be a phenom. eventually. >> zimmerman is on the mend. it will be nice when his bat returns. he has not played since april 9th and tonight he started with the single a hagerstown. first pitch to harper, low and inside, drills him. he falls down in pain. he suffered a bruised knee. no mris or x-rayed scheduled. he'll be reevaluated tomorrow. sorry, wisdom. bottom of the 4th, zimmerman lines one to right center field. gets a triple. doubles and walks in three plate appearances. >>> ended a 20 inning scoreless drought in the 3rd. in the 8th, ramos connects on a 3 run shot to left field. arizona ties it and forces extra innings. clears the yellow line in center field, a grand slam. >>> steve wheatcroft looking for his first nationwide tour win. here he is on the 15th hole. drains the birdie putt. one of his 31 birdies in the tournament. mom is really happy. we move to 18. he has a chance for his first eagle of the week. spot on. he finishes at 29 under par picking up his first nationwide tour win in impressive fashion. >>> coming up tonight,

bryce harper up in hagerstown has had a monster season so far. he got a little nicked up yesterday. >> is this anything to worry about. >> >> with bryce harper, i would love to see them call him up because they are hearing such great things about him because they are taking the long-term approach with him. next spring training, we'll see if they can keep him away from the majors. >> the call-up time line is different for every player. some people were saying with ryan zimmerman, he was in the mahmoud ahmadinejadors the year he was drafted. granted, he came out of college, not what it is essentially junior college, high school for harper. >> remember, now, financial factors start to come into play here f he comes up this rear in september, this just make them eligible to arbitration that much quick are so they really want to hold him back. they are looking probably ate september call-up next year and then you really start the process of of weaving him in. >> in the meantime, it is a great chance for folks to see him in hagerstown. have a great mon

then as harper turns for home, he looks toward the mound and puckers up to blow a kiss to the pitchertake another look. look at that. that's confidence in a big way for a nationals prospect. >> that is suicide. because the next time he comes up to bat against that guy or some other pitcher, it's coming higher and hard. isn't it? >> the nationals it is. the nationals' subpoena is thre is a teachable moment. they're going to use this as a moment to say don't do this again. >> they're going to put their foot up his butt. actually it's going to be both. >> i don't think anyone is going to put their foot up his butt. >> but pitchers are coming high and hard at his head. >> they'll make a man of him real quick. >> or something. >>> moving on to hockey. >> ex-baseball player. >> there's your nationals prospect. i don't know if you want to say that. that's all they got going right now. the boston bruins wreaked havoc on the canucks last night after one of boston's stars, nathan horton, was knocked from the game after a vicious hit in the first period. boston rallied to score eight goals and c