the team is a joint venture of kaplan, mclaughlin, diaz architects. they are in the process of completing the second phase design, which should be done in march of next year. the goal for the design team under contract is 15%, but i'm pleased to announce the team has achieved a 44% lbe participation rate. staff request approval of a contract amendment with a design team to include services for phase one construction administration, to increase the amount of the contract from $8,110,903, to an amount not to exceed $8,888,292, and to extend the term to april 1, 2013. furthermore, authorize a contingency fund of $285,000 for any unforeseen design and related services. finally, staff request to increase the funding for the remaining scope of phase one construction for turner construction company or our construction merrill general contractor. for turner subcontractor trade packages, the local hire for dissipation has been set at 20%, with a goal of not less than

(sot: adam kaplan)"it had more fllvor than most."althier choices. air-popped or low-fat popcorn. and skip cheese dips. good alternatives are salsa, which has little or no fat, and hummus, which is nutritious. ten. one baby couldn't wait to get to the hospital... he apparently... prefers trains...// ááhowáá... he's doing... next ...and coming up in just 5 minutes on the late edition... edition... river came bursting out and jumped on the e snnke a family pet to the rescue.... a little dog's big act of courage... 3 and bad news about the famous chef known for her high fat recipes. why the news may not come as a surprise and what's she's doing abouttit.. an expectant couple boarded a train in neww jersee bound for a new york hospital. but before they could complete the trip... their new son made his grand entrance into the world. world. here.../ he... is...// ááprematureáá... but healthy.../// áátheáá couple,.../ who.../ don't... want their.../ names.../ public,.../// ááboardedáá.../ a... train.../ in... jerrey city.../ to... head.../ t

gary kaplan from the kaplan center. thank you for coming. >> thank you for having me. >> you said chocolate was a good thing to do? >> dark chocolate, but chocolate is a good thing to do. >> we have sampling from different manufacturers, and you tell me you have to be careful about what you pick. >> you want the dark chocolate. >> no milk chocolate? >> no, not milk or white chocolate, but needs to be dark. >> why is chocolate a good thing? >> super foods are spingz that have a lot of health benefits for us. it could lower blood pressure and low it as were as dark chocolate. it could lower it as much as doing low exercise on a regular basis. and that translates into a 20% decreased risk of cardiovascular disease over five years, so that's a big deal. a little dark chocolate goes a long way, and it decreases plaque formation in the blood vessels. >> who knew? we have been avoiding eating sweet stuff for a long time to keep from gaining the pounds. >> we want to make sure we are getting the right stuff. if you have the dut

stanley kaplan has these schools all over the country where they teach you to take standardized tests. so i gave him the $1,000. for six months, i studied it to retake the louisiana board -- the law board. six months later, i reject the test. my score catapulted up to a 401. [laughter] i figured, at that rate, i would be about 90 before i got into an english-speaking law school. so i started writing jokes for all comedians who played in the catskill section of new york. the hotels paid me $7 a joke. that was the going rate at the time the vso 21. they are 45. it was like writing for my parents' friends. but i tried my best. they would say to me, like, a sperm banks. sperm banks are in it the news. write me sperm bank jokes. 21, this is what was the foremost on my mind. they have this new thing now called sperm banks, which is just like an ordinary bank except here after making a deposit, you lose interest. [laughter] hey, $7, what do you want? [laughter] then i became the sperm bank guy. they would go, more sperm bank jokes. that i looked into the future. i said, i see a problem with

very happy to with us also -- the mere mention her -- our transbay executive director maria ayerdi-kaplan. thank you for being here with us. and the executive vice president for the united educators of san francisco, linda, thank you. and our president of united educators of san francisco, denis kelly. thank you as well. whenever you go down this path, you are going to miss someone. with all due respect, as i see you, i will call you out as we go through the program. thank you for being here. i serve as the separate -- deputy superintendent for social justice. what i would like to think about, as the good to this dedication ceremony, this is a tangible, real world artifacts of social justice. if we believe social justice is about kids having opportunities to explore career paths, opportunities to have jobs in the real world, if it was not for these types of opportunities, that is social justice. we are happy to have you here to be part of the celebration of social justice. on a personal level, i will say to you, this is so important to me, because i stand before you as the son of a dirty

each other and its usually working folks who are looking for a way into the city." (7:56:13) (bruce kaplanhe ultimate example of a symbiotic relationship where we both need each other and we don't need to exchange any further compensation...." (8:46:45) (abell) "the slug lines have been around since the 70's when those hov lanes first hit the highway...." (8:49:14) "but their numbers have grown so rapidly that, here in springfield, they have their own carpool lot where every spot is filled by eight..." (7:18:37) "therees more line of cars than people waiting to go...." there are now 14 of these pick-up points around washington where slug-lines now form. there are other points in the city for the return trip home. (7:38:11) "and the big thing is, it works...." (7:23:20) (walks to car) "good morning, how are you.....see like say we love each other...." it may not be a lesson in carpooling..... as much as it is a lesson in trust....among strangers. (7:23:33) "good luck. bye, bye..." (8:14:20) "it, at least, should inspire some confidence that people will figure it out when the syytem hasn't..

(sot: adam kaplan)"it had more flavor than most." regular beers, coors beat out the competition and scored well ahead of budweiser. (sot: adam kaplan)"it rated very good. it tastes clean and has good balance."and coors is also a palf dollars for a six-pack. so you'll have morr money to guests.n snacks for your coming up ..show those "pats" fans what you've got!how you caa trash talk them ...and make sure they hear it! ((joel live tease)) [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. take a moment to ponder tender cuts of pastrami, piled sky high atop your favorite freshly baked bread with spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. okay, enough imagining how this fresh toasted number would tantalize your taste buds -- it's time to actually experience the subway big hot pastrami melt, built by the sandwich experts the way you love -- to per-fec-tion. subway. eat fresh. ábleepáthe coast guard.. frantically tells the captain of a doomed italian ssip... to pet back on board.what

. >> john: thank you brian kaplan. up next, what are you afraid of? the thing you fear is going to get you. that is next. [ applause ] [ male announcer ] in bli, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. it's got 10 speeds, my friend. ♪ is it fast? it's got a lightning bolt on it, doesn't it? ♪ is it fast? i don't even know if it's street-legal. ♪ is it safe? oh, yeah. ♪ it's a volkswagen. [ male announcer the surity of a jetta. one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. ♪ got you in a stranglehold, baby ♪ >> john: anybody ought to be worried about terrorism. we should be. ground zero is few miles south. are you worried about terrorism in just raise a hand if you worry about it. do you worry about your home catching fire? okay, you are an unusual group. most people are more worried about terrorism but it's much more likely that your house will catch fi

lori kaplan/ directora del centro latinoamericano de la juventud "es muy triste para mi ver que cuando nosotros estamos cortando cortando programa para los jovenes, el estaba robando dinero.. este tipo de lideres no lo necesitamos en nuestra comunidad." en una eleccion especial que ocurrira en los proximos meses, se decidira quien lo reemplazara... mientras, los candidatos, no faltan... william boston/residente del distrito 5 "harry fue el entrenador de beisball de mis hijos y estoy aqui porque estoy interesado en esa vacante y queria saber cual era el veredicto..." la organizacion la youth espera que quien reemplaze a thomas apruebe proyectos que el no apoyo, como por ejemplo la construccion de un centro de la juventud para jovenes .... ahora en el ward 5 hay muchos latinos y espero que podamos encontrar un candidato que quiera primeramente ayudar jovenes y que quiera ayudar a los que no tengan empleo..." claudia out: la sentencia de harry thomas esta programada para el 3 de mayo... de ser hayado culpable, podria recibir una sentencia de 37 a 46 meses de prision... alfredo... una muje

. >> during the first recess, council member rebecca kaplan adopting an speaking style try to pause them. the final plan has yet to be drawn up by city council. >> i think this will be an opportunity for the council to hear the proposal and ask questions, and the plan is that next week on the 30 first council will vote. >> if you watch the president briefed the audience during his state of the union address last night, he may have noticed to stop and speak briefly with defense secretary leon panetta. >>> it turns out that good job referred to the daring mission which was at that moment wrapping up. navy seals mosquito woman and her danish colleague who had been kidnapped by pirates in somalia. it was the same elite team of seals that killed obama bin laden. -- osama bin laden. >> backup special operations forces remained in the air. moving quickly and quietly, the commandos pressed about the mile and half to the nearby camp where us intelligence had determined that danish coworker were being held. at the closing, shots were fired. all nine of the suspects were killed but there were no am

. >> my name is paul kaplan and i'm a partner in a company called kkmi. we provide services in sausalito. i am here to share with you have the america's cup has had a positive impact toward improving the environment on san francisco bay and how your rejection of this approval will provide an opportunity for improvement and continued protection of the bay. let me share a story with you. our company was nominated to an awards luncheon where there were four hundred regulators in attendance. when they announced the boatyard had won, the room was filled with laughter. it was an indication of how the maritime industry was seen by the regulators. fast-forward 10 years and last year our company was nominated for the advancement we had made. when we announced as the winner, there was not a sticker in the room. the point of view has changed about the maritime industry. i believe that change has taken place as a result of this cup. in the past year, our facilities have been visited by the executive director's, save the bay, and other respected environmental groups,

yvonne johnson miller, michelle mcmahon, michael cost, joe kaplan. fernando lopez and paul wrights, come on up. and if you're going to be transitioning out of the boardroom, if you could do it quietly so we can continue to have our meeting. thank you.

each other ann its usually working folks who are looking forra way into the city." (7:56:13) (bruce kaplanspringfield, they have their spot is filled by eight..." (7:18:37) "there's more line of cars than people waiting to go...." there are now 14 of these ppck-up points around washington where slug-lines now form. there are other points in the city for the return trip home. (7:38:11) "and the big thing is, it works...." (7:23:20) ((alks to car) "good morning, how are you.....see like i say we love each other...." it may not be a lesson in carpooling..... as mmch as it is a lesson in trust....among strangers. (7:23:33) "good luck. bye, bye..." (8:14:20) "it, at least, should inspire some confidence that people will figure it out when the system hasn't....." after years of delays....terriimoore took the road less traveled..... and wound up in the fast lane.... (8:01:28) "bye, bye! ave a good day. have fun baltimore...."" (door slams) jeff abell, fox 45, news at ten. slugging.../ ddes... have .../ its... own road. there's no smoking, eating, or cellphoning while riding in a vehicle. vehhcle.

. >> reporter: linda kaplan-thaler is the ceo of an advertising agency in new york. wendy's and aflac are a couple of her clients. why it is, we wondered, that businesses, products, don't tear each other down in their ads as viciously as politicians do? >> we have to go through the ftc, through the networks, you have to prove a claim. it is more difficult to sell somebody a loaf of white bread than it is to sell a president getting into the white house because political advertising is protected by the first amendment. >> reporter: as for the federal election commission, which can discipline super pacs, that six-member commission tends to gridlock along party lines, 3-3. they do levy fines. >> we had one that was about $100,000. >> reporter: ooh. in fact, there have been five settlements ranging from 131 to $300,000. >> but the average penalty is much lower than that. >> reporter: and even $100,000 when these super pacs are raising tens of millions of dollars -- >> that argument has been made. >> reporter: -- is kind of a slap on the wrist. >> they'll view it as a cos

city council member rebecca kaplan says it's still unclear just how deep the cuts will be. >> we don't know yet because we have not yet gotten the final numbers from the state california officials who are dealing with the redevelopment taking, and so we haven't yet received the final numbers from them. once we receive that, then we'll know the next steps. >> i'm really sad there's going to be layoffs, but why were those funds approved for that in the beginning? i don't think they probably legitimately ever should have been used for that. so now is the time to pay the piper. >> reporter: layoff notices are expected to go out on wednesday. the city council has scheduled a special meeting to discuss the loss of the the redevelopment money scheduled for january 25th. live in oakland tonight, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> there might be a fifth, a suspected serial killer charged with the murders of four women in northern california may be linked to a fifth killing, this one in sonoma county. police are looking at 78-year-old joseph naso in connection with the murder of a woman in th

art kaplan is a bioethicist for the university of pennsylvania. sort out the role of mental ability. >> if that's all that's being taken into account, that's bias, that's discriminatory. but if it's a genetic disease that has many, many other complications, that's medically appropriate and not at all unethical. >> fascinating story there. this is our facebook question of the day. go in and chime in. we already have a lot of response. before you read those real quick, without that transplant she has six months to a year to live. so it's dire. >> and it's not like this disease takes you by the age of 2. there are some that are 30, 40 years old. >> right. >> ellen sampson says, "just who decides which transplants for which people with what disabilities constitutes a life not worthy of extending? who's playing god?" it really seems like situational ethics. is she any less living, any less valuable because of that? it's sad. >> all right. we will lighten the mood with "the skinny" when we come back. >> keep chiming in. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny ♪ skinny ♪ s

kaplan, broadly speaking why would i want the information?hat my dna is? >> you basically have two primary reasons. one is, you find out what factors you might be at risk for in terms of getting diseases. instead of getting the disease, you know, oh, i have genes that predispose me to diabetes or high blood pressure or parkinson. maybe you can take steps early to slow the disease down or maybe prevent it entirely. other reason. your doctor may say i will prescribe a pill for you. jenna, a lot of medicines we take have adverse events. jenna: sure. >> you get sick or have bad reaction. they're genetic. it is not due to the environment. there is something in you. this test might help predict who will have trouble with a particular drug or vaccine. jenna: is information like looking into crystal ball or looking into who are row scope where certain -- horoscope who how things happen. >> you won't get me to bite on the horror scope. what you're looking at is a fuzzy crystal ball. jenna: okay. >> while we have the machine that can look at our genes

here for a fair and balanced debate, the attorney who won this original case in court and art kaplan,ning to you, gentlemen. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> tell me why you think this has been a good ruling to allow people to be able to pay to give bone marrow. >> that's easy. this ruling will save thousands of lives, men, women and children on are fighting deadly blood diseases like leukemia and reinforces the right of people to make medical decisions for themselves and their families. >> so in the past, bone marrow was considered to be a human organ. similar to a liver or a heart. and so therefore, you could not pay for it, correct? >> that's right and bone marrow is renewable, though, and that's one of the things the court in making this decision paid attention to. but i have two big problems with this market approach. one is safety. for many years, i was in charge or chaired supervision of our blood supply and when we paid blood donors, we got health problems because people lied about their health. other big issue is if you open that market up, you're going to see bon

senator alice ezio, senator bob kaplan. and let us remember always, governor al mussolini. al was a mentor to me and one of the best friends the state ever had. and also, please remember the nine washingtonians who lost their lives in afghanistan and iraq, serving our country. and just last week, the normally i do like mount rainier national park was witness to the lhasa park ranger margaret henderson who died in the line of duty. we will please join me in a moment of silence in their honor. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. first, can i say thank you nisha burger for starting us off with such an aspiring prayer. we thank you. may god bless you. and thank you for your beautiful performance of our national and. you are future. remember public-service, political office is in your future. [laughter] mr. president, mr. speaker, and madam chief justice and distinguished justices of our court, honored officials, members of the washington state legislature, former governor, tribal leaders, local government officials, members of the cancer association of washington, my fellow ci

i believe it is kaplan that saw 47% year-to-year decline in enrollment.the company of the phoenix is not far behind. students are abandoning these institutions in drones and that has been without a huge going on among them. >> somebody over here. >> i am a professor with the graduate school usa. i've been in the higher education for 32 years. i was a student five times in higher education, and i'm debt free. i think the biggest shay assad in this country and i have an education in three different countries is the word non-profit organization. when a president of a college that has only 240 students making $1.75 million a year when he was about $841 our. what do you expect the tuition to be? when the associate dean for the same university is making about $300,000 a year how chemical that nonprofit organization? the problem is i think the students activities were are always focused on social activism with groups, but nobody ever questions because the idea of nonprofit organizations in this country is the income versus the disbursement, and the problem is we