commissioner maxwell: so it will be spent with parsons? are you saying that the 1.7 is going to be divided among all of them? >> the total cost for this stage is the $3.45 million. this is page two, a total of $3.45 million. there is $1.7 million of that which are recommended not to exceed contract amount 4 parsons. also, $1.75 million which will fund the mta, dpw, transportation authority project oversight work. commissioner alioto-pier: in -- commissioner maxwell: in the beginning, we kept on coming back to the well with parsons. was there an initial scope of work, initial price, so was it done in phases? it reads like there is more. >> we have an original contract and not with parsons from 2007 when we initiated the environmental work and product development. you can see the total amount before you in the presentation, $1.7 million. this included environmental analysis on two alternatives, 12% project development. we did amend the contract in 2009 and it + 2 @ scope to the environmental work. fortunately, as a result of the scoping proc

commissioner maxwell: so it will be spent with parsons? are you saying that the 1.7 is going to be divided among all of them? >> the total cost for this stage is the $3.45 million. this is page two, a total of $3.45 million. there is $1.7 million of that which are recommended not to exceed contract amount 4 parsons. also, $1.75 million which will

there are two scope additions to our work with parsons. the first one relates to environmental analysis work. over the last year, we have done a lot of out reach with our partner agencies and with the public, particularly our citizens advisory committee, and as a result of that out reach, have been analyzing design scenarios that respond to agency concerns and stickle their questions and concerns. the largest part of this contract amendment is our approach to 30% project development which is something that we have worked out with mta over the past year, and we have -- are going to have an effective approach. commissioner maxwell: so this is not anything that you saw in the beginning? as you went along the way, you decided that this would be good? >> yes, the 30% project development approach that we had going in at the beginning in 2007 was just to have parsons do basic civil work. what we have learned, and now we have built up a team that includes mt a, a capital project staff -- mta, capital projects that, staff engineers, is it will be m

this work tasks b and c, and is conducted by parsons transportation group, but also with support from the authority and mta. finally, a task see is the engineering task. we are initiating the engineering design. this is not a new approach to 30% and was originally envisioned for the project. we are excited about it because it will actually be more efficient in the end. we have brought on more capital projects staff from mta. we now have a team of established project managers and engineers who have developed a scope of work, have worked with other city agencies, to identify those i engineering tasks that should start now. -- those engineering tasks that should start now. we are integrating them into the construction team to facilitate this information- sharing, a partnership in engineering, which will have more efficient outcomes and will advance the initiation, the 30% engineering activities. finally, we also want to provide at this stage of the project, project management oversight services from our capital projects division to make sure the value analysis, risk analysis for the proj

the parsons contractor group is providing the environment the documents to do the basic civil engineering. again, with mta's review of the deliverable. commissioner campos: one of the things noted in the report is this objective of stretching prop k dollars as far as we can, and that the mta will maintain the form as additional funds come in and possibly lead to the the appropriation of prop k money, if additional funding is obtained. could you talk more about how that works, when we will know that, and how much money are we talking about? >> we are eligible for up to $75 million in small start funds. that is the maximum grant of work available for small start projects. the entire project cost is $180 million. we will be over-matching the required 20% that for small starts. but we have a well-developed funding plan at this point because we are eligible for up to $75 million in small starts. we have been rated highly every year in the program. and up to $20 million in crop k identified in the fifth strategic plan. we will continue to seek strategic funds from grant sources like climate ini

dwayne's photoshop in parsons, kansas, is -- >> the last place in the world with kodachrome film. >> they take the images from black and white and adds the magical color as it is transferred to slides. >> it is nostology that technology has displaced. >> this is a sad time. the end of an era, the end of a very important era of kodachrome. >> reporter: known for its rich vivid colors it is a one of a kind that has played an important part since 1935. >> kodachrome film was such a unique product. it had archival qualities that no other film has or has had. >> kodachrome known for generation to generation, 50 years down the line, the whole truth with color. >> reporter: these qualities that can be found in no other film has drawn photographers and filmmakers from all over the world to dwayne. >> i drove 1100 miles. >> for their last chance ever to process the film. >> last place in the galaxy, world. no more kodachrome means a lot to me, i've got 18 rolls to get developed. >> reporter: they decided to stop making it in 2009. >> the digital age has certainly put an end to this come of fi

increase the amount of the authority's professional services contract with parsons transportation group by a maximum of $1,700,000, to a total amount not to exceed $3,972,046, for environmental and preliminary engineering for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit project and authorize the executive director to negotiate the contract terms and conditions. supervisor mirkarimi: comments or questions? any public comment? there are yellow cards here for this item in the next. any public comment? please hurry if you have one. that was not a reference tube. but thank you anyways. >> this is on the geery rapid transit project. supervisor mirkarimi: no, van ness. >> i want to make this clear. as you all know i am a member of the citizens advisory committee. i have heard this item in committee and have voiced my concerns. 1 com van ness -- one, van ness is a state highway and you cannot mess without without causing other problems. take into consideration the hotel between post and geery has closed because the california pacific medical center is going to take that over in a few years as a medica

with our parsons agreement on dtx design, 20% dbe and sbe participation. they have 10 lbe's. although we are not tracking local participation, i know they are an issue of concern. there are 10 on the program. the temporary terminals have -- to focus on that for a moment -- they had female dbe, lbe, and two department of california sbe's. the construction management, as you know, we have day dbe lbe prime, so that is a 90%. the construction, which is not quite complete, so far at 29% with asian-pacific dbe lbe on the construction as well. we have awarded two trade packages for the cmgc contract. both are one of the% dbe. the utility package has a female lbe crime as well as five other lbe's for a $4.7 million contract. today on your agenda, you have two more utility relocation packets. both are 100% lbe. it is the same pride in both cases, dgs certified, and both contracts have two female dbe lbe's, another california sbg, and minority. the green wall packets you have awarded are lbe prime and four other lbe, including one black, one asian, and another. site logistics packages

dwayne's photo in parson's, kansas, the last developer in the world developed its last roll on thursday. the end of an era. >>> coming up, boston loses the big ticket. syracuse earns its stripes, and another miracle finish in the music city. plus, stanford was the last to beat uconn before the huskies reeled off 90 straight wins. could the cardinals do it again? your early morning sports headlines are just ahead. >>> we've had a stormy end of december. january, looks like it will start off nice and quiet. your forecast coming up. your watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, last night in a matchup of women's basketball powerhouses, any way you sliced it, a major streak would come to an end. here's nbc's mario solis with a look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi there. good morning. the uconn women's basketball team had a 90-game win streak. number one stanford, a win streak. something had to hit. the longest win streak in college basketball is over. the cardinal's jeanette poland, too much for the huskies. career high 39 po

thousands of people showed up at dwayne's photo in parsons, kansas.hey'll be among the last to turn film into photo slides of those gorgeous colors. kodak stopped making kodachrome film and developing materials last year as film cameras have been replaced by digital models. >>> here's an example of a kodak moment. a new addition to britain's royal family. a baby girl who has made queen elizabeth a great grandmother for the first time. the parents are autumn and peter phillips, the son of the queen's daughter, princess anne, and her first husband, mark phillips. buckingham palace says the family is delighted and the baby's name will be confirmed in due course. >>> it is one of the most popular images of the 20th century. a poster that became a symbol of millions of working women in world war ii and years later, of the woman's movement itself. we learned today that the woman who inspired that image has died. her game was geraldine doyle. in 1942, she was 17-year-old geraldine hoff, a real-life rosy the riveter, photographed by a united press photographe

>> this is actually a civil war cemetery in parsons, kansas.his would be a perfect kind of ending to the roll of kodachrome. a cemetery is a passing of an era. >> progress is defined as an advancement or improvement. but in some ways, it's hard to see how a world without kodachrome qualifies as either. ♪ >> osgood: ahead, tis the season. >> osgood: one of the most enduring christmas mysteries is out santa manages to squeeze his belly down the smallest chimneys. rather concerns the day itself. how exactly did christmas become christmas? how do we know that jesus was born on december the 25th? the answer is, we don't. no one does. bible says nothing about a specific birthday, according to historians christmas observances took place in april and may, it wasn't until the 4th century that pope julius 1st declared the 25th of december to be the date of the nativity. popular theory that the church wanted it to coincide with the festival of sol invictus the roman god of the conquered sun. today, some 2,000 years after that, two billion people the world

it begins to believe that you or send an emmy winner jim parsons from the big bang theory.ritish comedian bert will keep your base is coming back he's returning to host the show which airs next month. >> today facebook released its list of top status trends for the year. a kimberly tells us what it on to the less. >> a couple the middle less were expected but there are couple that were a little surprising. no. 10 was 2011 seems like people are looking in the future, number nine airplanes things to songs by gop and number eight was minors people were really glued to the news after those 33 chilean miners were trapped underground for 69 days. seven more games at facebook, six was just an bieber. no. 5 kate, for i pad and i phone, #three movies dominated the conversation, number two world cup when the four games for started they landed 1.5 million mansions and a paisley during the game up to half of all status update for focused on soccer. no. what you might be wondering what age and you wallet's web blanco for hit me up. >> tonight at 5:00 a soldier killed, a deadly weekend i

jerusalem baptist church and a professor at bethlehem bible college also in jerusalem we have david parsons he's a media and public relations officer with the international christian embassy jerusalem and in haifa we go to daphne simponi she's a professor of modern middle east history at technion israel's institute of technology and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger or at cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want alex i'd like to go to you over the last sixty years or so we've seen the christian population of what is the legal borders of israel and the the west bank and gaza drop significantly there are different estimates there from one in twenty where their population was christian. at the advent of the israeli state and for some estimates now it's around two percent for take your numbers it's still going down dramatically what is the single most important reason why krista christian population has diminished so much in palestine. you would say. political and become think you. would like to be shows found themselves in go ahead alex. yes

this work tasks b and c, and is conducted by parsons transportation group, but also with support from the authority and mta. finally, a task see is the engineering task. we are initiating the engineering design. engineering design. this is not a new approach to

this work tasks b and c, and is conducted by parsons transportation group, but also with support from the authority and mta. finally, a task see is the engineering task. we are initiating the engineering design. this is not a new approach to 30% and was originally envisioned for the project. we are excited about it because it will actually be more efficient in the end.

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kodak stopped making it last year, and today, dwayne's photo shop in parsons, kansas, shut down the world'se processing machine. geraldine doyle is not a household name, but her face inspired generations of women. a picture of her in a michigan factory during world war ii was the basis for this, the now- famous "we can do it" poster often confused with rosie the riveter. doyle, who died this week at 86, was just happy to be the model for the can-do spirit. up next, from the boss to you some more of the people we'll miss. , who the people will miss. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol® to advil. to learn more and get your special offer, go to takeadvil.com. take action. take advil®. >> smith: finally tonight, a [ male announcer ] 100 potato chips or 100 pringles. both cost the same, but only the pringles superstack can makes everything pop! ♪ ♪ whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ hey, hey [ male announcer ] the choice is yours... 100 of these or 100 pringles. same cost but a lot more fun. everything pops with the pringles superstack can! ♪ and get a col

along at walking in a winter wonderland in the meadow we can build a snowman and pretend that he is parson but he could do the job when you're in town but iran, we will conspire as we dream by the fire to face unafraid of the plans that we've made up walking in a winter wonderland let's go! ♪ ♪ in the meadow we can build a snowman and pretend he is a circus clown will have lots of fun with mr. snow man until the other kids knock him down when it snows, it is thrilling your nose gets a chilling it will frolic and play at the eskimo way of walking in a winter wonderland walking in a winter wonderland walking in a winter wonderland yeah, walking in a winter wonderland ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> make some noise, y'all. now that is how you take off the christmas season. it's starts right here, but remember, the spirit of christmas does not have to end. it is charity, kindness. it ends in our blindness. seeds of hope plan to become wishes granted. it is not from an adult but inside yourself. winter, spring, summer, fall, 12 months of christmas inside of us all. this is where christmas begins,

so, let's bring in tom parsons. he's the publisher of bestfares.com. he's joining us from dallas ft. worth airport. thank you, mr. parsons for being here. bottom line, what's the situation for people who want to get up in the air? >> well, i think it's looking good. i'm here in american airlines' largest hub. i look at flights going to new york, boston, hartford, washington, d.c., philadelphia, they all are on time. and it will take a few hours before they get up to the northeast. but it looks like we're starting to get back to normal. but again, for those people that have reservations and still are planning to travel, they'll probably make it today. those who had canceled flights, i think you're going to have to just pack a lot of patience. it's going to take us a couple days to go through the telephone systems and see what happens. i think it will slowly, by the weekend, you'll probably see things back to normal. >> patience is the attitude. but progress is the goal, right? so, what can you do to help yourself get on a flight and get home? >> well, i

the parsons school for design where project runway is filmed. said shes to baunch a program that incorporates fashion with music and pop culture. it seems like they all go together anyway. you better have the freezer ready. if she is hired, she won't dress down. no such thing. i can't picture her in khakis anyway. >> does she create her own? >> i think she works with designers. >> other people do it. >> i would say she had a lot of sway. i don't know if any others other than her would come up with her ideas. >> a modern bay madonna. >> yeah. we mentioned the meteor showers, but we could have rain here. >> that's the issue. we are watching high clouds and the clouds eventually will bring liquid showers as opposed to meteor showers. that's what happens with the meet your showers. tough to see. the second half of the week, a lot can come into the upcoming weekend. >> appreciate it. >> get your errands done now. the "today" show is coming up next. >> another update for you in in a half hour. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the