it seems to be working well, and like mr. mason said, moving them really stops the sort of piling on of the t line. in order to go anywhere in the course of their workday, they had to get on the t line, and they get on en masse. it created the perception that we were targeting that line when they were simply getting from point a to point b. we put us on the line when it is part of our operational mode only, and second, it is the effect of morel. they are happy to be centrally located and going all throughout our system easily. i thank you for your comments. >> also, the work you're doing with the captain in with the station also seems to be effective. as you mentioned, there has been a decrease, so hopefully, you just keep on that. >> part of that, too, was we have seen a bit of an uptick in the electronic device larceny and death of those devices -- staffed -- theft of those devices. we're working with schools on a campaign. within a couple of weeks of introducing a major campaign at mta, which is designed to educate all members o

mr. mason. >> just don't mess it up. i assume you've done this before? >> judge, yes, sir. >> mr. how it would be drawn back to begin with? >> that's correct. >> if i can ask you to tell me -- bear with me just a moment. judge, i'm going to try one more time, then i'm not going to take up any more of the court's time. >> the demonstration was an embarrassing bust. >> judge, thank you for the court's indulgence. i won't take up any more time. >> now the defense had one blockbuster witness left. >> i'll ask permission to call my client, kenneth creamer, please. >> ken creamer would tell the story himself. here he showed the jury what happened that sunday morning in his garage. >> then just -- not ask you to be an actor or anything, just how did you manipulate the bag? >> like this. >> just like that? >> yes, sir. >> you can have a seat, sir. >> once you did that, then what happened? >> i heard a -- a poof sound. >> poof? >> like, yeah, you know, a poof sound. it was the bow. then i turned around quick and my wife was already on the floor. >> did you hear her say anything? >> no. just

tello and mr. mason. thank you very much. and the other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. thank you. >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop.

. -- commander myra tello and mr. mason. thank you very much. and the other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. thank you. supervisor chiu: good morning and welcome to the budget and finance committee meeting of january 11. supervisor campbell joined us shortly. our court today is mr. victor young. we had jennifer low. do we have any announcements today? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and turn them into myself. i also ask there will be a board of supervisor agenda -- items today will appear on january 12, 2012 unless otherwise stated. >> item 1, resolution to authorize public facilities commission to accept it expand the california department of public help administer grant in the amount of $1,098,202 for the sentences go public utilities commission share of an san francisco public utilities commission/east bay utility district project. >> good morning, supervisors a. bart brew. the san francisco public utilities commission and he spake utility district a

. >> well said, mr. mason. it's time to announce our game of the week winner, a good one tonight. more than 6,000 of you voted online. blair sherwood women's basketball, 5-2 blair versus 4- 3 sherwood, highlights tonight at 11:00, good to see the girls getting into our highlight. >>> you can't say the word penn state without thinking. it will be a long time before the university gets out from the loud of the sandusky scandal. new england offensive coordinator bill o'brien agreed to take over the program. this is his first season as coordinator. lavar arrington, former redskins linebacker and penn state alum, now he's a local radio host at 106.7 the fan. he went on a rant today describing what's going auto at his alma mater. p -- on at his alma mater. psu is hiding something. they're way more beyond that. they have made in their minds joe paterno and the team a scapegoat. until there's a new board and leadership they can have their corrupt disgusting school that they've created. >>> david wilson has decided he's going fro, rushed for more than 1,700 -- row, rushed for more than 1,7

we were utilizing inspectors on problematic lines, and i really believe, after discussing it with mr. mason, that we really needed to be everywhere in our system. no matter where you ride transit in our city, you should have the expectation that you could be asked for proof of payment. we made these changes shortly after i took over the fare inspectors, shortly around august or the end of august. now, what is happening is our inspectors are in a different police district every day, and their saturation operations are in a different location every time. i am very pleased with the results of this. i have gotten a lot of community feedback. people that were never asked for their proof of payment are now being asked, and i kind of say the proof is in the pudding, as you will see in the next slide i am about to show you. then the question on the duties between sfpd who are on board as well as inspectors -- sfpd, are they doing fare inspections as well as their scope of work? that was one of the concerns, where the community felt that that was the prime work they were doing on board, and there we

if the record is clear mr. mason himself has alleged that they and arrange for this case to be handled, and the record makes clear that he was involved in this case in representing maples, even before the default occurred before -- well, even if before they left. >> is it -- still unclear on one factual thing. did the state's attorneys know that the letters had come back? should they have known? >> your honor, the record is not clear on that point. i can represent to the courts of the state's attorney did not know of the letters that come back. >> do they check the pocket every so often to see what's happened? that is one problem with the position that mr. maples has taken regarding mr. but live here and the ability of these parties to obtain the permission from the court. in this case it is my understanding, not on the record, but it is on the record of visa before this court now that it is my understanding of the state had no idea that mr. maples attorneys -- his two attorneys in new york have left the firm. >> the

mr. president. veronica, a member of the master mason pilot. our union is comprised of the masters on the ferry boats. we are excited about the job opportunity the america cup will bring, particularly for our companies and are already in discussions to be the official company. on a personal note, even though i was raised and supervisor avalos' district, and was far away from the bay, the closest we got to water was a lot park, i have been a waterfront rat for 20 years. 11 of those years i have been at the port of santos and cisco trying to bring a new cruise terminal to our port. let's not forget this is also an important milestone for the start of the construction of the cruise terminal. that is long overdue for this business. i thank you for all the hard work and i urge you to reject the appeal. >> mr. president, my name is dale carlson. i have been effective for more than 30 years. i served a term as a representative. i was active in an environmental organization. i sued the city over every single eir approved by the planning commission. i h

masonic temple. i'm a vice president of the nob hill association. good afternoon, the commissioners. i am here today to place on the record a document which was sent to mr. guy on october 7 from -- the statement reads -- on september 11, i attended a b.b. king concert at the masonic. there was a long bar set up at the main lobby before the gates where the ticket takers were stationed. i was surprised to see and other alcoholic beverage station in what appears to be a coat closet and many people taking their beverages into the auditorium itself. the obvious and it increased consumption of alcohol is most definitely a new experience in the that you, which seems to me to have been instituted since live nation has taken over operations. that was definitely not historical use in the past. only bottled water was permitted inside the auditorium. during the intermission, i witnessed the concerning violations of the most basic fire and safety rules. after the opening act ended, and the crew removed equipment from the stage to make room for b.b. king, the staff carry get a bit down from the state directly in front of one of the auditorium aisles and held unwieldy

masonic center. a chinese concert over there. at the city hall. at the palace. vice chair joseph: mr. chang, unfortunately, your application is not filled out. many of -- i am going to say this the only way i know how. if you do not understand what i am saying, stop me. the application, the paper you submitted, is not filled out. there are many areas that you did not answer. for instance, what are your door policies is blank. describe your plan to control lines. tell everybody to keep quiet? that is insignificant application. i find that this application does not meet our standards. it is just blank. your application is blank. i have a problem moving forward with this application. commissioner perez: you are required to do a neighborhood outreach and talk to your neighbors. you said you did not do any of return on your application. that is part of the requirement. you need to talk to your neighbors to ask about what you are going to do. tell them you are going to have entertainment. >> i posted a sign in front of the door more than 45 days. commissioner perez: that is not enough. you

mrs. obama has found her voice. >> it is about getting something done. >> and is all in with helping her husband get re-elected. >> karen brown, cbs news, new york. >> mason: pictures of pandas aren't really china's most popular export but you would have been forgiven for thinking otherwise after looking at these panda cubs in sichuan province, all told 12 pandas have left their mothers to begin new lives at a panda breeding society the american dialect society spoken the word of the year is occupy, in an note to occupy movements around the word. >> tebowing after tim tebow and kardash a 72 day unit of time that matches the lifespan of kim kardashian's marriage. ahead, the shooting in tucson one year later. that story is next. >> finally this evening, the people of tucson this weekend are marking the first anniversary of the shooting that killed six people, and wounded 13 others. including representative gabby giffords, giffords is making a remarkable recovery from her head wounds and at h her office last night she unveiled a plaque to her staff whore died in the attack. still it has been a long year for the people involved in that tragic day, ben tracy i

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mr. brian lamb. we presented three separate proposals from 2005 until 2010, and then we convinced brian that george mason university would be a good home for the collection, but more importantly, he was impressed with what we were planning to do with a collection. this collection is going to be integrated with the teaching and learning of the university. .. director of the center for crime prevention and control recounts the development and execution of his plan to curb inner-city violence in boston in the 1990s. boston's youth murders were cut by two years after installation of the program and its non-place in over 70 cities including chicago, washington d.c. and baltimore. this is about an hour. >> good evening, everyone. my name is rachel castanon behalf of harvard bookstore, please welcome you to this event with david kennedy, author of the new book, "don't shoot: one man, a street fellowshipt, and the end of violence in inttercity america." two nights event is one many authors posting this fall. we still tickets left for friday evening's talk with jeffrey. he is an expert on economic and environment

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mason the sameness. i began by saying i am a frustrated optimist. by now you are entitled to ask, mr.friedman, we get the frustration. we're from timestamp to miss him? shrugs. i use a lot of drugs. [laughter] no, nobody tweets that. that's a joke. my optimism comes very simply from being a reporter and having traveled around this country to me several books now. the one thing that keeps me an optimist about america is that this country is still full of people, thank god, who just didn't get the word. they didn't get the word that were decline. they didn't get the word that germany is our lunch and they go out and start stuff and take steps and repair stuff to. thank god. want to be an optimist about america, stand in your head. the country look so much better from the bottom up in the top down. i started my book entry into or up in connecticut near new haven. set in the presence of this, first talk i gave at the boat. he said with your quinnipiac university. we just started another school. i said you just started the new medical school in the middle of a recession? to shoot at the wo