i also like the way you pulled up stories from the past like the company that invented powerpoint andemaker back in the day. issomething like powerpoint an idea that no one knew would have the impact that it eventually came to have. as you said it was originally designed and only offered on macintosh and microsoft purchased it and suddenly it became the goto application in about any business meeting. we do point out that a lot of these ideas that are disruptive -- not necessarily powerpoint but they are not things that everybody feels have added the greatest benefit to their lives but they nevertheless change the way business operates and the way society works. you also, we throw this word innovation around ridiculously probably on the show in particular but will we talk to silicon valley we talk about innovation so much and i wonder when you took the time to look back if you saw things that were truly innovative and then look at things today and say -- that is just an and 1, that is not innovative. >> there are lots of things we considered putting on this list that fall exactly into

talk about what it is about your powerpoint deck that is so awesome?stly, it's been a great run. our company is only two years old. we are nearing our two year anniversary on new year's eve. we have had great investors starting with august capital, tiger leading the last two rounds. we have had great support from peter thiel, kkr, etc. their belief in the future of revolutionizing the consumer banking industry is what is working. we have assembled a great team and we have executed. >> explained how the business works, what you do for consumers, how does it work on the backend? >> it is pretty simple. we have a personal loan product that is unsecured. we allow consumers to spend a couple of minutes on the website to submit a simple application. in real time, we will give them a response that says if they are approved or declined. they can get funds the next is the state. over the long-term, we hope to continue to build the business in new products and markets to serve the customer needs. >> how big are the loans typically? >> on average $5,000, but we w

if you have minimal questions, again, they had a powerpoint presentation but they are not here. it goes into the underlying transaction and background, i don't know if we need to get into that because that's not this hat, that will be the redevelopment hat that is being drektded to the board later. >> i think we'll be okay but let's see if we have questions after the report. >> supervisor avalos, on the bottom of page 47 and as the department has indicated, the proposed legislation does not bind the city to make any expenditure, incur any indebtedness or in any way obligate itself under the transbay joint power authority bridge loan nor approve the financial structure of the bridge loan and the underlying credit program therefore we recommend you do approve this proposed legislation. >> thank you, mr. rose. move to public comment. anybody wish to comment on item 8? seeing none, public comment is closed. . >> move we approve. >> thanks very much for being here. could we have a motion to approve and send this item to the december 9 full board meeting where there will be some other

thiel, what is it about your powerpoint that is so awesome? has been a great run because our company is only two years old. we are nearing our two-year anniversary on new year's eve and hopefully we will have a lot of fun celebrating. we have had great investors, starting with august capital in our first couple of rounds, and tiger beating our last two. we have had great support from peter thiel, kkr, etc.. the future ofin revolutionizing the whole consumer banking industry is what has really worked. we have assembled a great team, great organization, and we have executed. >> explain to me how the business works. what fundamentally do you do for consumers? >> today it's pretty simple. we have a core product, personal loan product that is unsecured. we allow consumers to spend a couple minutes on our website, via their computer or mobile phone, to submit a simple application. in real time we will give them a response that says if they are approved or declined. they can get funds the next business day. over the long term, we hope to continue to

[applause] >> going to powerpoint. >> now commissioners our monthly video this month in parks. hold on. >> wait. >> commissioner bonilla. >> i just had a quick question. >> could you speak into the mic? >> i am curious how the newly renovated facility did in light of the new design? >> not only did it held up extremely well we actually had programming during the storms which was terrific. >> great. i am glad to hear that. >> okay. shoot away. >> all right. >> i am kimberly and the director of the volunteer program here at the san francisco recreation and park department and we -- [inaudible] and engage passionate people of san francisco who want to get out and give. >> i like the satisfaction of giving something back to our community. >> i really value the green space we have in san francisco. >> [inaudible] >> and it's fun. i don't know. i like it. >> surdivision supports 184,000 hours of volunteer service annually. [inaudible] also the program and youth stewardship program as well as all of the recreation programs. one of the great things i get to do is support large events l

. >> i believe that we have forwarded the powerpoint presentation to both members. let me know if you have gotten it. >> we actually added a few more slides to the end of this and we're happy to share it to you and i have saved it to this laptop. >> if you could send that to us, that would be great. >> thank you for having me. my name is lisa fisher an urban planning at aecom in the urban planning group. hopefully this presentation will be helpful and inspiring and also welcome this to be a start of a larger dialogue, if you need our assistance moving ahead with other examples. we have the benefit of working around the world and pretty much every discipline that has to do with the built environment. and what we have done today is compiled some lessons learned and some visual examples from mainly projects in europe, with one japanese example. i think the main thing that we would like to show in these images is -- sorry, is that better? okay. the main topics of accessibility, flexibility, capacity and efficiency, that come from these sorts of blended stations. of cour

you have the power presentation in powerpoint and the rest of the information will come as well where the internal office is making that report. now i would like to introduce you to kim craven, the director of public's strategies group. shhh e will walk you through a short presentation describing this analysis and afterwards we'll be available to be questions and answers, but i do ask that we limit the scope of those questions to the project currently in front of us here. thank you. >> thank you, mr. mcclure, ms. craven. commissioners you will find the packet and i believe it will be displayed. >> thanks for having us here tonight. i would like to start briefly giving you the timeline of the project. it started with the search back in october. we were selected and started having conversations in december. we scoped the work back in the spring and until that time and now what has occurred a multimedia analysis and sfpd which we'll detail in just a bit. as randy mentioned there was are a few project drivers which will happen in the early part of 2015. the new southern station is for the

we have i powerpoint on the screen. thank you very much. peter waller with [inaudible] architects. i will give a brief overview of the project. you have introduction of the site and you see the view of the warehouse and that tall over pass between the warehouse and -- thank you joe, and the park, and then the view from the other end, the south end with esprit park in the foreground you see the tall stand of evergreens and softens the impact of the over pass and in while you see what we're proposing to do in dog park and paid by avalon in the unused space by the over pass and a view from indiana the overpass is on the right so three distinct buildings, distinct architects and to reclaim the fabric of the neighborhood and the open space plan miller and company took advantage of that right-of-way there to expand. the pedestrian realm, make it lush landscape and three open spaces including a wide central plaza and then the dog park on the right hand side. the streetscape was coordinated as overall plan from 22nd to 18th and reviewed as part of the project. you see the expansion of the

>> i should have in the powerpoint -- i mentioned it's one of the key objectives to have a space that reflects the diversity and richness of the bay area, the various ethnic groups that we have diversity and that will be in the documents, the rfq and rfp and karen can add more to that. >> right. i think the goal is set the vision, not only through the merchandising and programming but also through design guidelines and we have met with san francisco airport and we were very inspired by their local business program and i think a similar model to what they have adopted there would be very appropriate for the transit center. >> so is there a point in time where either the staff or the board will identify x percent of the space will be reserved for local bay area businesses? how do we have assurance that -- [inaudible] it's great to have the goals -- >> yes, we do with all of our procurement documents. we state a goal and objective that the tjpa encourages that the proposer provide and that's something that we will do similarly here in keeping with the 2009sbe program adopted by the board

>> it's all-in-one powerpoint presentation. the next project is peninsula electrification project.the cboss ptc project has two requirements one is a federal requirement, a safety feature assuring that trains won't be running into each other and making sure it minimizes any accident and derailments. second part really improves caltrain performance. trains are able to run closer together and we're able to get through throughput and capacity. this highlights some of the key milestones we're preparing for the testing and we have been doing the installation for the last year and we're on-track to meet the 2015 deadline. the electrification project, we hit a huge milestone last thursday and released the final eir for this project. this project includes electrification from caltrain to san josÉ. we're not electrifying south of that, because that is owned by union pacific. our project hits 17 cities in this, san francisco to san josÉ area. and it really includes two key elements for this. electrification for the overhead systems and the electric vehicle. we'll have a service that includes

mtcer has put together and travel the country and part of the dialogue is to give this evolving powerpoint -- i would not doubt it if as of yesterday it has something about sydney. to be able to explain to communities -- it is primarily about the threat of radical islamic terrorist but not only. those are not the only threats that we face and this is an important part of the dialogue -- when you deal with communities in general of whatever ethnic or religious persuasion many come from places in the world where having association with law enforcement or intelligence is anathema. many places, that can't be good and understanding that here it can begun -- good and is good is something that has to be taught and learned. it is great to do that. doing, is all we are where do for tremendous and painful failure. one of things we are least comfortable about is a discussion about ideology. one of the reasons we have that discomfort is that it is not just because of freedom of expression or the establishment also because we are uncomfortable with the idea that ideas may lead to dangerous behavior. th

church basement somewhere, a rotary club, a public library, a junior high school gymnasium giving powerpointresentations with whatever data we had to boost citizens in small towns across the state, and that began then, the citizens organization local band movements springing up, and at some point in 2011, 2012, we had so many different anti-fracking groups that we united them under the umbrella my organization new york is against fracking. branch and science startedame time, tony physician science engineers and we began to look at the same data set from a statistical point of view. we did the qualitative analysis, and brought that out to the people in reports. we sent it to our department of health commissioners. first dr. shaw, now dr. zucker. we sent it to the governor. we were constantly bringing data forward to inform the political process. -- on that coalition -- >> that was a part of it, and musicians and politicians play their own role in captivating the citizenry, uniting us come and making us feel like we were on a winning team. >> sandra steingraber on this issue of your outreach,

what miss piggy alone is worth a separate letter and a powerpoint presentation.nds bring, it's worth it because here's the big secret of life. wow, sit cheating to gisk away secrets? well gloirks what? i'm going to tell you anywhere. if you want to get yours to come true, you share them with others. your dream is about singing and dancing and making people laughing. that's the kind of dream that get better with more people you share it to. your friends and your dream. you just need someone to believe in them ♪ why are there so many songs about rainbows ♪ >> that someone is you. before i go, there's just one more thing we get me hands up. in a few years you're going to help someone shape your entire life, and, no, i don't mean the pig. this time i'm talking about a guy named jim henson. now, to tell you the truth, i'm still not quite sure what jim did. but i can tell you this. he'll move you and he'll inspire you. he'll give you a hand whenever you need it and he'll never leave you out on a limb. >> he's kermit the frog of "sesame street" news. >> kermit, i envy t

washington that i did not put on the powerpoint, there was a settlement of all-black towns that was an offshoot of this nationalist urge. in fact in 1904 booker t. washington gave the commencement address at the university of nebraska-lincoln. in which he advocated the settlement of all-black towns. by this time he had given up on the notion of all-black states. but he was advocating the settlement of all-black towns. and as a result of washington's trek through the upper south, midwest, and great plains, there were all-black towns that were developed. and partly as a result of booker t. washington's legacy. for example, in nebraska, there were like five all-black towns. there were all-black towns in kansas oklahoma oklahoma still has predominantly all-black towns that came out of that settlement. boldy, oklahoma, which is the site of the national black rodeo every year. montana had two all-black towns. i've taught students from both of those towns over the course of my career. texas had some all-black towns, et cetera. and so washington's legacy was let's have our own. let's have our

you can open up powerpoint, itunes, right away. >> flick your arm to the left, your video rewinds.your fingers, your music plays. myo works well with simple gestures. like this videogame specifically designed for myo. but if you think about replacing all the things you do with hand gestures, things can get complicated. may nevereason, myo replace your mouse, but they don't want it to. not this should be a better mouse. it is those scenarios where you are away from your computer where myo really shines. >> they see a future where devices like google glass and other wearables will require us to interact with machines. >> there are going to be devices all around us or even wearable computers. versus replacing that today. >> our history of interacting technology has always required us to use and hold some object. myo is the first step toward an objectless interface, something you wear on your body and use in new different ways area -- in new and different ways. the perfect interface may just be you. >> very, very tony stark. stay with us. our next report is on a super drone, a high-alt