it was the o'connor's dining room, of course. in this room we have four of her first editions starting off with the first novel, wise blood in 1952. above it, we have 59 edition of wise blood in french. she was being translated early on. last year, 2010, we received visitors from 20 foreign countries that know about mary flannery and her work and wanted to come here and visit the house. now, this bookcase belonged to the o'connors, and in it we're very fortunate to have two of mary's childhood books. we don't have them open anymore. she wrote in the books in pencil. we don't want that to today away, so we made photocopies of crucial pages in the book. she critiqued the childhood books. she wrote what she thought, and if it was not a good book, she was bold enough to go ahead and sign off on that. the other children's books we have here in the house were generously given to us by her cousin, and we have a photograph of mary flannery with them when mary was 10 in 1935. they were raised in the boston area and came to this area in th

president o'brien: commissioner o'connor? >> commissioner o'connor: i would berest in asking supervisor mirkarimi a couple questions about this. president o'brien: go ahead. >> why don't we do a handoff? >> i appreciate the discussion. a couple things i would like to point out -- president o'brien: i think he has a question. >> i would like to hear the rebuttal, there's competing legislation. president o'brien: the question? >> what is your response to the topics of discussion we have just been having? >> kind of anticipating where the conversation was simmering. i don't know if you're competing but we are at different periods of time where i think were more right for us putting our legislation forward for two specific reasons that makes supervisor farrell's legislation much different than me. one is his is a perpetuity, eternity. that is impossible for us i think to provide the kind of analysis that our controller said is just not prepared to do so compared to ours, which is a six-year time window, and ours are, as i said ea

will we have in the corner belongs to the o'connor's. and then on the other side of this we have a few more items that belonged to the o'connor's. this was very flattery's pram. we know it was a gift from cousin kate. fortunately it has suffered from being in storage for so many years. one of the great things about it is that true to a cousin katie's taste and everything we have very flatteries monogram on the side just as cousin katie would have it. let's go back to the library which was the o'connor's dining room, of course. and in this room we have four of her first additions starting off with her first novel in 1952. above it we have 59 edition. it's not in english but french. she was being translated early on. last year we received visitors from 24 in countries that knew about mary flannery and her work and wanted to come over here and visit the house. this book belongs to the o'connors. in a we are very fortunate to have two of her childhood bucks. we don't have them open any more because you would have loved to write in her books.

so those items are accurately placed when the o'connors were here. but what we like to talk about most in this room because you can see out back into the garden so well is that is where in 1931 a very famous newsreel took place and was filmed. regina used to raise chickens in the back, and it was discovered early on that mary flannery preferred the company of chickens as pets as opposed to dogs and cats. dogs and cats terrified her, chickens did not. so cousin katie gave her a pair of bantams, and she not only named them, but she taught them a trick, and the trick she taught her chickens was to walk backwards, and she was successful. cousin katie lets the newsreel corporation about what her cousin has done, and on the property in 1931 they shot a newsreel called do you reverse starring mary o'connor and her backward-walking hen. the rooster wouldn't cooperate on the day the cameraman was here. and you can go online and look up do you reverse and there the newsreel is in its entirety. mary flannery stand anything the back, she puts a hand up on her sh

o'connor. one of the things requested as result of the bin laden raid was some video training, basically a videotape that could be provided -- we could produce and provide two, for example, the engineers, those who work on the lines that deals with sabotage. and particularly what can be done in terms of trying to take preventive steps to prevent sabotage. and in the event there is, what steps can be taken to avoid the impact of that. so that would be one day. the operational deterrence, another area of critical infrastructure would be another area. as you know, some of the paths between new jersey and new york have some issue that we've talked about previously. some of that funding may adversely affect some of the continued risk mitigation efforts being done in those areas. and then there may be reduced funding for, for example, the operational efforts that amtrak and others would have with additional canine teams or uniformed officers that can do random, unpredictable patrols. >> i am extendin

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commissioner o'connor: , a couple of other comments. thank you for putting the legislation together and addressing an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago. first comment was, ticketing events, perhaps, one line to be drawn is that if people are selling advanced tickets, if it's like billed as a show, it doesn't qualify under this legislation. supervisor mirkarimi: right. commissioner o'connor: so that smaller spaces can gain cheaper access to putting on performances that aren't billed as shows, so to speak. second point was to address commissioner dooley's comment about the time. having experienced putting on shows, i think for the nature of this legislation, 11:00 -- like 10:00 is too early but 12:00 might be too late. 11:00 sounds about right, when a lot of people want to come and see a performance start around 10:00. like you'll have somebody go on before at 9:00 and somebody go on at 10:00 and 11:00 should be fine to end by but that could be addressed further down the road. supervisor mirkarimi: i think we can do th

president o'brien: commissioner o'connor? commickser o'connor: i just wanted to thank you for crafting this legislation. it makes a lot of sense. i was going to inquire about the corporate pharmacies but you answered the question. so thank you very much. >> thank you. president o'brien: commissioner kasselman? >> commissioner kasselman: the fees are outlined in the legislation, are those for small pharmacies who aren't posting the proper signage? >> the fines -- it's the fines for anyone. for anyone. president o'brien: commissioner adams? >> commissioner adams: i want to thank you also for putting forth this legislation. i know people who do use it down in san mateo and from personal experience where i do know some teenagers taking grandma's drugs after she's gone and that. and there was a bad consequence. so personally, i'm very happy that you're doing this. >> thank you. president o'brien: commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: yes, was costco at the table? >> no, they were not. commissioner clyde: they have a large pharma

. >> reporter: john o'connor doubled the size of his shop in 2008 on a hunch that the recession would force folks to fix their old cars rather than buy new ones. but customers are even more fruital than he'd imagined. >> we'll tell them their brakes are getting very thin, and they'll say, "can i get another month?" i mean, they literally want to go one more pay period before they do the brake job. >> reporter: the national federation of independent businesses, a trade group that represents countries like shade tree garage, found that for the third straight month, those companies are reporting decreased optimism. of course, that reflects mood, and that impacts hiring. >> we do expect when jobs are created it will come from the small-business sector, but in the near future, our data indicates that we can't look to them for job growth. >> reporter: the federation's may report revealed small companies have the worst hiring outlook in eight months. o'connor says business is stagnant all around town. >> whether i talk to jason up at the coffee shop, you know, other independent repair shops,

i know tommy o'connor from the firefighters. the police representatives. along with the board of supervisors. there was a lot of number crunching to people were fully prepared when the move to the table. this is historic. i am really proud of both the public sector and the private sector that we can craft this kind of resolution. thank you. [applause] mayor lee: i also said the transparency was well beyond the labor unions as well, as well as our city workers. so, i know this transparency was reflected in the san francisco chamber of commerce and their ongoing participation. they listened very quickly to our efforts. >> thank you, mayor lee. the chamber of commerce and the entire business community of san francisco want to thank you for your leadership, and supervisor tells burns -- supervisor tells burns -- supervisor elsbernd, for your leadership. businesses have had to reduce their work forces. we have 40,000 unemployed san franciscans. it was time that we faced the reality of helping the city of just -- i just needed pension reforms. we're pleased to b

o'connor as well as mr. lord. one of the primary benefits of the truffle is the ability to move easily come efficiently, get on the train, get moving to your destination. how is it going to be as efficient as rapid or for us to people to balance the need, the security needs, with a more detailed review of who was sporting the trains. mr. o'connor, let me ask you first because you've got the voice out there. >> sure, senator. it's critical to systems remain open and free. it's part of who we are as americans. that being said, there are ways of security that can be applied in the environment that reduce the vulnerability, and we're doing that by treating the police forces and behavioral assessment by trimming employees and suspicious behavior and activity. and also the random screening of bags, canines both in the station and on board the train as well as the use of technology is improving all the time and we are working with the tsa on the new technology. i think it's important we keep the system open and free and

item a, michael o'connor, d.b.a. brick and mortar, 1710 mission street place of entertainment. >> this was received last month, april 13. in your pact, yourl find a detailed resume detailing prior experience as an operator as well as through a thorough business plan. the recommendations for sfp drnch pretty straightforward and consistent with the kind of good neighbor policy and the planning department also approves of this permit and i believe the applicant is right here. >> mr. o'connor. >> thank you. >> anything you would like to say? >> i guess the location most people are probably familiar with it. there have been a few different entertainment venues. some people think the location might be a bad location. i think it is a good location because it is in the middle of a lot of different neighborhoods. it is walkable and drivable from neighborhoods in the middle of the city where a lot of latin music goers live. i think one issue that might be worth addressing is the fact that there has been a lot of criticism of l

maureen o'connor, do youment to say what mr. jarvis said earlier about can this be a serious story, even for gawker? >> i don't think anybody is freaking out too much about a congressman tweeting his penis. it's sophomoric, yes, funny. i do take issue about the idea this is puritanical americans. for instance, if you look in italy, everybody's freak being berlusconi's sex life. for better and worse, our politicians are famous people so we're curious about the way he leads his private life, what he does in mediums that sort of put his private life and public life next to each other, like on twitter. i think, sure, it's ridiculous to talk about this when we could be talking about any number of important issue. but one thing doesn't always preclude the other. we can be curious about this without, you knowing giving up every other story in the news cycle. >> jeff jarvis, let me ask you about the college student who received this picture of somebody's -- somebody in their underwear. she says she doesn't know anthony weiner and she sa

it was great fun and my friends were jimmy flynn, paddy o'connor. my siblings married the shenny's and i almost married a catherine finerin but it didn't work out. i have a nephew, sean patrick mcflynn. i always question myself because my writing about the irish is really my writing about myself coming to the united states and coming into contact with the united states so consequently my puerto rican friends, and some of my irish friends, although they were more circumspect, what are you doing writing about the irish? i'm writing about the united states. the irish are more interesting. they had to put up with colonialism, just as puerto rico is a colony of the united states. i also respect the fact that they have a facility with language, which i also enjoy. consequently, i wondered why this attraction to the irish. in 2004, the university of puerto rico asked me to come there and lecture and read. i immediately called my favorite cousin, and she said, what are you doing here? i told her and i said, please come to the reading, i have a book for you.

o'connor. >> okay. mr. zubrow, is that your answer also? >> congress mapp, that is correct -- congressman, that is correct. i think that rule does not make sense. i would also point out, you know, i think that you're example of how it could lead to an increase in systemic risk, you know, was really predicated on the assumption that instead of having a firm engage with transactions with the affiliates, instead a firm might have to in effect do a three-legged transaction where it goes outside of its affiliates in order to layoff certain risks as a way of transferring risks within, you know, amongst its different entities that obviously increase, you know, the overall exposure to, you know, risk and credit risk, you know, across the system. in addition, i think, you know, as you're aware, you know, there's also proposals, you know, that are competing between what the u.s. has proposed and what it appears europe is likely to propose as to the types of collateral margin that could be posted for diff

o'connor.>> okay. mr. zubrow, is that your answer also? >> congressman, that is correct. um, i think that that rule does not make sense. i would also point out, you know, i think that your example of how it could lead to an increase in systemic risk, you know, was really predicated on the assumption that instead of having a firm engage with transactions with affiliates, that instead a firm might have to, in effect, do a three-legged transaction where it goes outside of it affiliates in order to lay off certain risks as a way of transferring risks within, you know, amongst its different entities which would, obviously, increase, you know, the overall exposure to, to, you know, risk and credit risk, you know, across the system. in addition i think, you know, as you're aware, you know, there's also proposals that are competing between what the u.s. has proposed and what it appears europe is likely to propose as to the types of collateral and margin that could be posted for different transactions,

i always wanted to write a book about conception o'connor. there are blunts and fair skinned people and relatives in my family and so forth but in my upbringing my brother's nickname was pinky but he spoke better spanish and use to get beat up by latinos and white guys. in the context of where i grew up which was new york in the 50s and 60s the race thing was pretty pronounced. last night i was in washington and ran into a puerto ricans woman who actually went to the same high school i did and she said you went there? how come you didn't get beat up all time? it was mostly black and latino. i don't know. i use to sculpt a lot. >> it was a rough neighborhood in the shadow of columbia university. >> interestingly enough, i did grow up in the town, most of the parents i knew, my friend's parents were working-class folks, blue collar jobs, etc. but quite an interesting neighborhoods. we were on the cusp of harlem. to listen to music and ca james brown act was the ticket. you also have access to downtown and a university ambiance. i recall being v

john o'connor. a couple of things, about the d.r. on this project. the project sponsor worked and added to the project. recommending approval of the project as it was. also, the project sponsor paid $7.5000 to the appellant. if i could address the water intrusion issue -- the project sponsor paid $7,500 to the appellant. they came on to the appellant's building and said of the new wall over it. -- set up the new wall over it. it is a construction defects. -- defect. so at this stage the roof collapsed, the water membrane came off between the two buildings, and the water got between the buildings, and that is when the problem showed up. it would have showed up every way -- showed up anyway because the membrane -- both parties agree to water-proofed between the two buildings when the building at 1138 page street is complete. that will resolve that issue. i would say this. as far as the roof collapsing, it is an insurance issue. they are working to resolve this, and that will get solved as it goes along, so i think the key here is that all of the proper

. >> he is giving the last of the series on flannery o'connor we have had different speakers this year next year we will do a series on healing. >> great. >> a totally different topic and a whole different set of new speakers we are just about ready to put that list out. >> okay. >> in our website. >> we are just going to take a break, sneak away we still want to talk about father weston because you talk about healing, and he is -- he has helped so many people heal this man among them. stay with us on mosaic ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> you are with us on mosaic and we are glad. today we are talking about retreats and we are looking at them through the eyes of valimbrosa retreat center a ministry of the archdiocese of san francisco it is in menlo park down the street from a foster freeze i love and father thanks so much. there is so much to talk about retreats, we can't cover it all today we invite everyone to visit your website www.valimbrosa.org and they can find out so much more and contact you. we just want to open the door but there are things we do want the open the door on one is you say you have

. >> my name is cecilia o'connor. i'm director of the freestanding psychiatric emergency 24/7 in southern. so we're familiar with a lot of the officers. i just wanted to sort of give us a little overview of where we're coming from as far as the curriculum committee is concerned with the training. statistically the world health organization at this point estimates one in four people in the population will at some point in their life have some degree of mental illness. at the same time there are statistics saying now one out of every four calls the police respond to have a component of some degree of connection to someone with a mental health issue. so i think that's staggering and i think certainly no one's arguing with the fact that training is absolutely necessary because we know that i'm sure most of the people who go into law enforcement didn't sign up for this. but what's more important is we're all in agreement training is important but what i really want to stress and what all of us on the curriculum committee f

kennedy is a more conservative swing votes than o'connor was before. that seems to have made a difference in areas of abortion and race. changes on the court's left, when stevens left the court, i think, in many ways, he emerged in recent years this sort of moral and tactical leader of the more liberal wing of the court. the years have certainly seasoned his ability to play that role. his departure leaves the question will someone step in and fill the void? we now have justice so meyer -- sotomayor and kagan. will they pick up the torch or what? the pace of oral argument has picked up. it is faster, quicker, tougher than it was 20 years or 25 years ago. it is notable that justice sotomayor and justice kagan are prepared to leap right in. justice sotomayor has been certainly. thomas has become, to me, one of the more intriguing members of the court because he seems willing to reconsider any rep -- any president, however old might be, no matter how long it has been around. we know justice scalia's role as well. justice alito is also emerging as an intere

we want to bring in maureen o'connor. hello, maureen.ween edwards and hunter since this broke? >> so edwards and hunter have been living together, raising the child they had together as well as edwards's two other children who were still children he had with elizabeth and he had an adult daughter. the question is close to $1 million he received from two most prominent donors he used to pay for rielle's living expenses, whether that violated campaign financing laws and whether they were from a friend used to finance his wife. he said i was a bad husband, but not a bad politician. >> they are living together, including elizabeth edwards's children. >> her two children he has custody of. i don't know how much time. they have been keeping a low profile. they bought a house in a hidden area. specifically to stay away from the press. >> here is facing criminal charges, but is it to say that a lot of people want to see him pay for moral reasons. cheating on his cancer-striken wife and all the while lying about all of it. >> it's a risky move be

justice o'connor on my left and justice stevens on my right, both of whom have since retired, but i would say my most memorable moment was my first time in the conference. the work of the court is, in some respects, very public. the arguments or in public, open to anyone. our decisions are there for everyone to see, but the deliberations are private. even people who have been around the court do not have the sense of what goes on. i did not. i was going in to participate for the first time and was expected to get the discussion rolling. i was extraordinarily impressed by what went on. again, i did not know quite what to expect. the level of discussion, the level of analysis -- my colleagues, of course, were prepared to present their views. the interaction between the justices was at an extraordinarily high level with a -- with inappropriate degree of collegiality, but also reflecting the fact that these folks came from different views and more interested in exploiting those views. in our conference room we had at one side of the table u.s. reports. people get up and pulled the books down

i think it's very common sense piece of legislation and i support what commissioner o'connor said. 11:00 is a better time. i don't think that will upset too many people so i'd like to go on the record as supporting that adjustment to it. director? director: you just made mention of the letter from urban solutions in support of the legislation? president o'brien: yeah. with that, i'll hand it over to the public for public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: i just want to underscore because i know how modest regina is, but she was a big help in this legislation, with the office of workforce development and i very much appreciate that and the entertainment commission and the city attorney's office because it took a bit of navigation to create a new permitting system at a lower cost for a whole population that's never been represented before so this is a bit of a win-win if we're able to make this thing stick. thank you. president o'brien: thank you, supervisor. do we have any public comment, if anybody would like to comment on this matter, please? secretary: public comment will be limited to

o'connor.