supervisor avalos: sari. next speaker, please. >> i worked at an independent cell phones store.rew up in san francisco. born and raised. i believe that the ordinance, it would not make it harder for us to do business. we have only one location left. we used to have three. we have competition from all sorts of places. we try to keep our business in the city. when people come in, they see signs allover saying that our product may lead to cancer, this kind of stuff, it makes it really hard for us. if there was harm that would be done, this ordinance would be in place all over the united states. supervisor avalos: thank you. if there are no other members of the public, we will close public comment. i would like to call the director backup. just a few things the responsibility on the merchant selling cell phones, is that correct? >> correct. and back to the department of the environment is responsible for that most of the coach. it's simply -- it simply says that cell phone exposure, as stated by a number of studies and there is metalwork to -- under in the is there any consolation h

sari, one of these today. [laughter] -- sorry, one of these today. [laughter] we are sliding back on our promises today. i know you can go online and in some additional bags -- win some additional bags. you have to take a photograph of an art in storefront side, uploaded to twitter or flickr or facebook and enter to get one of these custom bags. somebody had a clipboard around here. where is the clipboard? ok, there is the clipboard over there. it is going to be circulating around, and mayor ed lee is going to pick the first winner of this bag. before i introduce our distinguished elected official, we have a number of bank used -- thank-yous we want to share with you. revitalizing the neighborhood requires the efforts of a whole big village. so we have got david adderfield, byron yee, mark casagrande, and i would like to ask you all to join me in thanking them for their support of art in storefronts. [applause] today, we have to thank as well the artists who were selected to be part of this program. i want to read their names and ask you all to colle

when the fish simmer, their surface takes on such a golden sheen, they are called golden sari. >> i don't know what i would have done without this. i might have quit. >> the secret sauce is the company's prized possession. so prized that when the earthquake and tsunami hit, the employees risked their lives to protect the sauce. they are famous for the large volume of celery unloaded there. the fish processing plant was located right at the port. juni supervises at the plant while the massive earthquake shook the building, all of the workers ran outside. but he dashed back in to rescue the secret sauce. it had been packaged so it could be easily saved in a disaster, vacuum sealed, kept in a backpack and stored in a refrigerator. >> of course i first had to find out if my employees were safe. the next pri over the was to save that sauce. it is more important than any machine in the factory. >> he and the employees put the sauce in his truck and tried to get to higher ground. but just then, the tsunami came surging over the horizon. they jumped out of the truck and climbed a telephone pole t

region together with some responsible arab politicians in baghdad for there to be a continuing arab and sari a continuing american presence mediating between the arab majority army in the south and the forces of the kurdish peshmerga in the north and i think that that will be essential to ensure that there's a stable resolution of the disputed territories if there's an american in a responsible american departure without the issue of the disputed territories having been resolved then there's a high likelihood of renewed conflict even if those responsible leadership on each side because actions on the ground in particular the actions of sunni arab insurgents might destabilize matters so there's a real risk and it won't be an excuse the americans would be absolutely delighted to get completely out of iraq but barack obama would be like it because it will look good for his election campaign so the so the idea that the americans are maneuvering in order to stay in iraq is simply misplaced there are so do things isley there is a serious dispute ahead all right it's a little larger than i am a sho

europe why have claimed a record fifteen cup america title beating part of why in the decider in win a sari's the victors opening the scoring a dozen minutes in liverpool striker louis swore a showing his class for his fourth goal of the tournament and one very much worthy of a final. then three minutes before half time uruguay double their advantage for law who hadn't scored in twelve previous international games finally ending up drawing to the welsh you can finish off the party line the fence was called wide open on last year's world cup semifinalists it another on the stroke of full time for again putting the icing on the cake for email how it ended europe why no one saw it america's biggest tournament more times than anyone else. who today came here thinking to dedicate this comp to all the players coaches and stuff that won the first full team copus because without them there would have been fifteen. in russia the premier league season resume this weekend after a three week break champions and simply ignoring the gala on leaders see ascalon sunday after for. over she that sole goal in t

. >> thank you for a match, judge saris for yielding and for your leadership. i think it's fair to say it is in a very busy six months. we have dressed together as they commission a variety of very important issues ranging from health health care fraud to firearms violence and many, many others as well. you have guided the commission and you have brought us to this day for this very important issue of federal sentencing policy. many of my colleagues have mentioned it on people who have participated in the consideration of federal cocaine sentencing policy. it's important to recognize all the people involved over the last 17 years. there's no way i could possibly and i won't try to name all of them. but suffice to say that members of congress, current and past, former members of this commission, judicial conference, the commission staff, advocacy groups and many, many others about participated in this issue. i did hear from judge, boy did it and remember well his chairmanship on the commission issued its first report on the federal cocaine sentencing policy, rep

constructive way doesn't help anyone and people would respond to that and generally i would get a sari or apologize or something like that. >> host: there was another woman officer in your unit and she couldn't wait to get out. explain that. here you come and you are a new minted second lieutenant coming over excited and you don't have marine in your background but you're patriotic and there's this thing about being in marine and you are excited to do your job and everything at the first day can't wait to get the heck out of here. what happens to her in that situation? and why, why such -- of was the difference in the way you found the core? >> guest: this operating factor you to decide whether to integrate and accept that marine like spirits and if you hold on to facets of your life that are not marine like, for example, a lovely person and everything, but she just didn't want that gung-ho type of lifestyle. she didn't want to be the buber tough female. it wasn't a part of her character. she didn't want to emulate that. so for her it seemed like a struggle to get accepted or just be a

on constructive we doesn't help anyone and people would respond to that and generally i would get a sari or apologize or something. >> host: there was another woman officer in your unit and she just couldn't wait to get out. explain that. here you come and you are a new minted second lieutenant coming over excited, and you have marine in your background, but you are patriotic and you are starting to get that there's this real thing about being a marine and you are excited to do your job and the first day you run into hersheys like i can't wait to get the heck out of here. so what happens to her in that situation? what was the difference in the way he found the court and the way she found being a marine? >> guest: i think the separating factor fy sometimes people decide to get out is because you have to decide whether you are going to integrate and sort accept that marine spirit and if you hold on to facets of your life that are not like marine, for example, she was a lovely person and everything but she just didn't want that gung-ho type of lifestyle. she didn't want to be the tough fema

. >> stephen are you so sari on the giants, the giants need offense?funny. as long as everything is going on ok, say this i said i will sign here for five years give me $100 million or this other says give me five years $100 million if they wanted to be here, then maybe but just to pick up someone and bring them in for a couple of months, guys that are used to playing a lot may have to sit down and i tell you, they're in first place so that is one of those deals if they keep winning people will say what 18, if they falter, then you will say they should have done something. but those big- ticket items are easier said than done. you have to give up a lot of good players to rent some others for just three months. >> when you said the san diego player was not wrong for what he did to the giants tuesday night to get in trouble from the giant radio station? >> it is funny, the player throws the ball down, the pitcher, and then the giants on the broadcast, look at how this guy disrespected the giants and the men on and on and then on the morning show, all the

sari, i have a different tone down here and i could not find the right button.aller: i remember a few years ago when: paul's son was over the fcc, and when they went to get permission to buy up the new paper, and the party to be able to purchase all this media at the same time, one owner. kahne the fine now, i've seen a few days ago that he works for murdoch. it is the same thing with senators and congressmen. we do not ever get them out of office, but they pass these laws for corporations and other people, and they put these bills through, then when they get out of office, they go to work for them. greenspan, dodd, a lot of them. we should investigate that. treasonous orl against the welfare of the people of this country. i think we need to clean house on all fronts. i think it is corrupt. what freedoms we have left, we do not have any. they have taken all our freedoms from us. we are under constant surveillance. they have taxed everything. these people sitting out here, starting to death, who would have thought that in the united states of america, most of the

peter vomm who is director of the michael and sari africa center at the atlantic council in washington d.c. he's the incumbent vice president for the association of the study of the middle east and africa, an academic organization which represents more than 1,000 scholars and is editor-in-chief of the journal of the middle east and africa. he was the winner of the 2008 nelson mandela international prize for african security and development. he has authored half a dozen chapters concerning terrorism and stabilizing fragile states as well as more than 80 articles in various journals and has been a, over the years, a very distinguished witness before our subcommittee, and i want to thank him for being here again today. we'll then hear from mr. bruton, a democracy and government specialist. she has worked for the national endowment for democracy, usaid and gao. as a 2008-2009 international affairs fellow of the united nations, she authored a series of prominent articles on somalia and has provided content. she has traveled frequently to the month regions of somalia -- northern regions of s