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that is obvious to us as well. i think an explanation of that is important as we prepare for the future in respect to a number of the issues we have raised here today, and also the cost for recycled water. we can educate the ratepayers as well. i will get into more detail with you in a specific letter citing those issues. >> thank you very much. >> i would be happy to do that. also, we can huge page 11 to highlight how our -- we can use page 11 to highlight the bill and how much cheaper we are for the community with water and sewer service. we will be happy to respond on that. >> there are two different versions here. page 11 and 12 are different versions. >> if i was on the stc, i would certainly be able to see the cost. that is a good comparison. thank you. >> basically, a chart shows a portion of this report on the wholesale rate that is attributed to the increase. there is not anything like that for the and city rate, which is the kind of thing we've talked about it could be helpful. another thing that springs
that is obvious to us as well. i think an explanation of that is important as we prepare for the future in respect to a number of the issues we have raised here today, and also the cost for recycled water. we can educate the ratepayers as well. i will get into more detail with you in a specific letter citing those issues. >> thank you very much. >> i would be happy to do that. also, we can huge page 11 to highlight how our -- we can use page 11 to highlight the bill and how much...
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lingering into tomorrow, becoming more widely scattered and as i mentioned gusty winds will be with us as well as we look at the live look around the bay right now. we see south, southwesterly winds, 20 to 40-mile an hour range this will ramp up gain through tomorrow as the next frontal boundary heads our way. let's look at the expectations here through the afternoon showers at times, windy as once again we look for upper 50s. low 60s out there for daytime highs, falling off of this weekend's pace. back to near normal as again we hang on to a champ, showers tonight, under mostly cloudy skies, next frontal boundary will arrive through the day tomorrow, looks wetter, colder, and likely to linger through the end of the week as this cold air drops out of the gulf of alaska, parallelling the coastline, as mentioned, we will look at temperatures dropping mid-to low 50s through the end of the week. today looks like mid- to upper 50s. few low 60s possible, cooler as we head into mid-week as you can see this wet weather pattern is likely to remain, through or at least into, the weekend before we see th
lingering into tomorrow, becoming more widely scattered and as i mentioned gusty winds will be with us as well as we look at the live look around the bay right now. we see south, southwesterly winds, 20 to 40-mile an hour range this will ramp up gain through tomorrow as the next frontal boundary heads our way. let's look at the expectations here through the afternoon showers at times, windy as once again we look for upper 50s. low 60s out there for daytime highs, falling off of this weekend's...
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so, and thank you very much, everybody, for joining us, as well. is there anybody else i missed that should be here? anyway. with that, perhaps we should just get -- i'm sorry? for all of you to stand and i'm going to give you the oath. and of course, as you take this after i say aye, then please state your name and then at the end, you can state the position that you're in and as we proceed, maybe we'll begin with aye and we'll go down the row and you can announce your name. o.k.? are you all ready? all right. please raise your right hand. i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california -- >> the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. >> -- against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> -- against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> -- that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states. >> -- that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states. >> and
so, and thank you very much, everybody, for joining us, as well. is there anybody else i missed that should be here? anyway. with that, perhaps we should just get -- i'm sorry? for all of you to stand and i'm going to give you the oath. and of course, as you take this after i say aye, then please state your name and then at the end, you can state the position that you're in and as we proceed, maybe we'll begin with aye and we'll go down the row and you can announce your name. o.k.? are you all...
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for conversion to a preschool for up to 48 children, and to update the second story or preschool use as well. this would be 3900 sq. ft. for approximately 48 children, ages two 25. a conditional use is required because in the nc-3 district it is defined as large commercial use. we have thought received three additional letters in support of the project, and one opposition, related to noise from outdoor play time. the project sponsor has agreed to have an additional condition for the motion, which is to include a community liaison for the project so that the neighbor may have someone to call if there are any questions. this concludes my presentation of the project. i am available for any questions. president olague: thank you. project sponsor? >> good afternoon. my name is michelle lauden, and i am the founder of stretch of the imagination. i came to give you a little history about our school and tell you a little bit about how we approach early childhood. almost nine years ago, we started on union street in a small commercial space, where we were after-school program. i was teaching in a pre
for conversion to a preschool for up to 48 children, and to update the second story or preschool use as well. this would be 3900 sq. ft. for approximately 48 children, ages two 25. a conditional use is required because in the nc-3 district it is defined as large commercial use. we have thought received three additional letters in support of the project, and one opposition, related to noise from outdoor play time. the project sponsor has agreed to have an additional condition for the motion,...
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there are right in front of us as well. long, long waiting lists for housing. there are many threats before us. i think the strength of the committee that my office has held to pull together is that the nonprofit senior-based organizations have been at the center of advocacy. the budget analysts office did great work. the driving force that is making sure that we implement those ideas for the long-term coordinating council comes from the act of them of north beach divisions. i wanted to come by their organizations first. calling the names of those that sign up, the first is arthur chang and joanie levie from ssf. after them are a number of people from sf village, the first kind of village model in the city that we have. gail gary, susan poor, claudia luis, and vera hale -- who is a part of the coordinating council, a longtime activist within the organization. also on here is the senior action network that has been centrally involved. we have been the trainer and others from the senior action network. let me just introduce arthur chang. >> two weeks ago everyone
there are right in front of us as well. long, long waiting lists for housing. there are many threats before us. i think the strength of the committee that my office has held to pull together is that the nonprofit senior-based organizations have been at the center of advocacy. the budget analysts office did great work. the driving force that is making sure that we implement those ideas for the long-term coordinating council comes from the act of them of north beach divisions. i wanted to come by...
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other data that you can track, we can track officer injury to see if there is better outcome for us, as well, and i think that is an important thing. cough -- there is a whole range of outcomes that have to do with the improvement in the attitude towards training, their skills, that you can look at, and there is some pretty good literature. i would say we have some of the bus literature at any time. president mazzucco: commissioner hammer? commissioner hammer: i have been listening what you have been saying, and one of the things that really knocked me over is that this is sort of where korea iraq, two or three as opposed to 20 years, it just blew me away, and dr. marshall is right, what brings us here is that it is happening a lot right now, and that is because either our training is wrong or perhaps we have had a rash of extraordinary incidents, and so, when i see those kinds of statistics after the research you have done, both in officers being injured, which means a lot to us, and it ought to be a lot to everybody, and that people are being hurt less and shot less, that is a winner, so i
other data that you can track, we can track officer injury to see if there is better outcome for us, as well, and i think that is an important thing. cough -- there is a whole range of outcomes that have to do with the improvement in the attitude towards training, their skills, that you can look at, and there is some pretty good literature. i would say we have some of the bus literature at any time. president mazzucco: commissioner hammer? commissioner hammer: i have been listening what you...
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they look not only at water supply but at water treatment and the energy role that water plays for us as well, both bringing us power and cooling our coastal power plants. i bring you greetings, of course, from the city of los angeles and we are experiencing, as has the entire country, the warmest year recorded. last summer was the warmest summer since records were kept. i know you've all seen al gore's speech so i don't have to recapitulate all that, but i do think it's important to bring it back to the meaning for the city of los angeles and for other cities as well that when we record record high temperature, we also record record high use of our power system, which means we also have record high numbers of outages and we have record high hours of overtime being worked by our employees and we have many other impacts that are felt greatly by the citizens and by the rate payers. our city also receives a very large quantity of water and certainly our best quality of water from pristine area in the eastern sierra known as the owens valley and that's what feeds our aqua duct. we have been seein
they look not only at water supply but at water treatment and the energy role that water plays for us as well, both bringing us power and cooling our coastal power plants. i bring you greetings, of course, from the city of los angeles and we are experiencing, as has the entire country, the warmest year recorded. last summer was the warmest summer since records were kept. i know you've all seen al gore's speech so i don't have to recapitulate all that, but i do think it's important to bring it...
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your audiences ever heard me, the cows in the field heard me. >> carolyn: and you used to sing with your father as wellhing about, as dad used to say, he said "sing sweetly. whatever you do sing sweetly." and he was the one that kind of made me get into singing. and at the time i was doing obstetrics and gynecology, so i was really used to hearing high pitched screams, you know. but it was great. >> carolyn: and this is great. i have to tell you, "red is the rose" is such a special song to me, it is so sweet, and i'm going to want to hear it many, many times. and so one way of hearing them again is to call and pledge your support. for a pledge of $80, we'll send you, as our way of saying thanks, the ronan tynan: more than magic dvd. and you can listen to that song as often as you like. and it has six bonus performances that aren't in the broadcast. and they include "and there were roses," "the fields of athenry," and "come in from the rain." and then for a pledge of $70, the more than magic cd. this is the companion cd and it has all 16 fantastic songs. and if you're like me and you can't decide betwee
your audiences ever heard me, the cows in the field heard me. >> carolyn: and you used to sing with your father as wellhing about, as dad used to say, he said "sing sweetly. whatever you do sing sweetly." and he was the one that kind of made me get into singing. and at the time i was doing obstetrics and gynecology, so i was really used to hearing high pitched screams, you know. but it was great. >> carolyn: and this is great. i have to tell you, "red is the...
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but if you live in the community, the judges and other cases referred those individuals to us as well. supervisor kim: if it was a person that lives in the area but got arrested outside the area, it could be taken to cjc. >> we have done cases like that. supervisor kim: you serve approximately 500 people a month. over the two years, 42 clients have successfully completed their treatment and legal obligations? >> we do not actually serve 500 clients per month. supervisor kim: thecjc currently serves more than 500 people on a monthly basis -- that is what the grant says. >> that a static population of 500 and given time. rather than by hundred brand new and duplicated clients coming to the program in any given month, it is 500 in terms of the static capacity. supervisor kim: that probably needs to be written more clearly than. how many people get served at the cjc? >> apartment? -- per month? we are currently serving 490 clients per day either being monitored by probation or receiving services through thedph providers. if is a bit more of a static number. those folks, the cases have a t
but if you live in the community, the judges and other cases referred those individuals to us as well. supervisor kim: if it was a person that lives in the area but got arrested outside the area, it could be taken to cjc. >> we have done cases like that. supervisor kim: you serve approximately 500 people a month. over the two years, 42 clients have successfully completed their treatment and legal obligations? >> we do not actually serve 500 clients per month. supervisor kim: thecjc...
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for the internet has become a bonanza not only for them but for us as well because it's a really a window on to this world and you know you're not going to find people on the internet plotting to blow up a federal building up but you may come to understand what the dynamics are a struggle between two groups for leadership or an ideological discussion about you know is it more important to kill the jews first or should we go after it off a sexual zur plaques and there are all kinds of things that you learn that really do help you understand that for a typical hate group the availability of the internet is a boom people who are tied together not by physical presence but through the internet they are able to troll for new members target the next generation of young people raise money meet in a virtual environment all of very very low cost. and for those of us who are in the fight against bigotry and extremism and terrorism the internet represents a challenge which we to try to use. a lone wolf is i think without question the most dangerous kind of attacker you can face because you know if it
for the internet has become a bonanza not only for them but for us as well because it's a really a window on to this world and you know you're not going to find people on the internet plotting to blow up a federal building up but you may come to understand what the dynamics are a struggle between two groups for leadership or an ideological discussion about you know is it more important to kill the jews first or should we go after it off a sexual zur plaques and there are all kinds of things...
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not necessary working out in some ways i guess you could say it's been a little embarrassing for us as well well of course we'll continue to watch the situation as it unfolds and hopefully tomorrow doesn't turn violent we'll see lawrence thanks so much for being with me now so to come on tonight's show the rich getting richer and the four wealthy kind of getting screwed i'm going to take on obama over proposed cuts being discussed in his budget that would be extra week and see pact twenty eleven you kicked off your in d.c. today to look at the annual gathering of conservatives and discuss the party's future and the lack of presidential candidates. really believe something. we just heard. live the life of the rich and the famous big houses nice cars boats private planes and a staff to wait on your every need i hear that it's really nice you see here in the us the rich have it all while the middle class and the poor often get screwed over by just about every single politician in both parties case in point president obama's proposed twenty twelve budget it's expected to be released next week a
not necessary working out in some ways i guess you could say it's been a little embarrassing for us as well well of course we'll continue to watch the situation as it unfolds and hopefully tomorrow doesn't turn violent we'll see lawrence thanks so much for being with me now so to come on tonight's show the rich getting richer and the four wealthy kind of getting screwed i'm going to take on obama over proposed cuts being discussed in his budget that would be extra week and see pact twenty...
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contributed to that dialogue and dii want to thank all of you for coming out today for joining us as well. and with that, let us proceed to the official of that i have not yet memorized. if you would all stand and raise your right hand with me, if he would repeat your name, at the end, we will go through and announced the commissions they will be participating on. i do solemnly a firm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states in the constitution of the state of california. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely and without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and the duties that i am about to enter, [unintelligible] for the city and county of san francisco. thank you and congratulations. [applause]
contributed to that dialogue and dii want to thank all of you for coming out today for joining us as well. and with that, let us proceed to the official of that i have not yet memorized. if you would all stand and raise your right hand with me, if he would repeat your name, at the end, we will go through and announced the commissions they will be participating on. i do solemnly a firm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states in the constitution of the state of...
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us through the process. thank you. >> i have a quick question for you. you mentioned that you are doing psa's. i am curious, which outlets are you utilizing? >> various radio stations, in chinese and spanish as well. we have used the television stations, the community announcements. our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have
us through the process. thank you. >> i have a quick question for you. you mentioned that you are doing psa's. i am curious, which outlets are you utilizing? >> various radio stations, in chinese and spanish as well. we have used the television stations, the community announcements. our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions...
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us through the process. thank you. >> i have a quick question for you. you mentioned that you are doing psa's. i am curious, which outlets are you utilizing? >> various radio stations, in chinese and spanish as well. we have used the television stations, the community announcements. our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.
us through the process. thank you. >> i have a quick question for you. you mentioned that you are doing psa's. i am curious, which outlets are you utilizing? >> various radio stations, in chinese and spanish as well. we have used the television stations, the community announcements. our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions...
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wanted to say thank you to the police chief gas con for being with us here tonight, our director of the san francisco arts commission as well. thank you for being with us here tonight. [applause] again, to supervisor david campos. [speaking spanish] our treasurer, jose cisneros, senator torrez. thank you for being with us here tonight. i love you, dad. [applause] i also want to thank assemblywoman, senator leno, congressional representative jackie spear and, of course, the office of the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and thank you to all for being here tonight. all of them contributed and have certificates of honor which they'll find in their bags which were generously donated by the p.u.c. tonight. and i want to say thank you to all of you for being here. and once again, to conclude tonight's ceremony, we have for awful you again, our -- again, i wanted to thank our sponsors, of course, because without comcast, yerba buena engineering and construction, without pse&g and at&t, we could not be here tonight. and most importantly, because we believe in education and its importance to our community, we budgeted so well thi
wanted to say thank you to the police chief gas con for being with us here tonight, our director of the san francisco arts commission as well. thank you for being with us here tonight. [applause] again, to supervisor david campos. [speaking spanish] our treasurer, jose cisneros, senator torrez. thank you for being with us here tonight. i love you, dad. [applause] i also want to thank assemblywoman, senator leno, congressional representative jackie spear and, of course, the office of the speaker...
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my husband met us as well. t home. >> reporter: but no mother wants their kid to sacrifice their childhood chasing fame. victoria's mom serene is her manager, as well. sfwlit's like hitting the jackpot. getting your own show is just like winning the lotto. >> reporter: were you ever sort of held back about the fears of whatever a child star's life might end up looking like? >> i didn't even think that far, i just thought, well we'll give it a shot. >> reporter: do you ever wonder if people are thinking that you're a stage mom pushing her and, you know, trying to milk everything you can? >> no. that's not something i think about. i'm totally fine to go back to florida and go back to our regular life. >> reporter: and what about the curse of the child star? >> i think you get lost in it when it becomes your world. when it becomes your everything. i think you have to realize that it's a job. >> reporter: but you get the sense from her this isn't just a job. it's her life. we caught up with her shooting a prison mus
my husband met us as well. t home. >> reporter: but no mother wants their kid to sacrifice their childhood chasing fame. victoria's mom serene is her manager, as well. sfwlit's like hitting the jackpot. getting your own show is just like winning the lotto. >> reporter: were you ever sort of held back about the fears of whatever a child star's life might end up looking like? >> i didn't even think that far, i just thought, well we'll give it a shot. >> reporter: do you...
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my suggestions because we are some of your customers, and the explanations from you would be useful as well. first of all, on the matter of conservation, excellent graphics here today show you what is happening with water use. i believe all those represented county feeders, for example the consumption by san francisco. that was how much water flowed across county lines into san francisco. i am a date to junky like commissioner -- a data junky like commmissioner moran. i would love to see more data. but there's a lot lost in that. the data are complex and confusing as well. we have one agency in palo alto that is a multiple-utility agency. they have waste water, garbage, gas, fiber-optic. they cover all the utilities in palo alto. there were trying to make use of their data across different utilities to see if they could sort out the water conservation from the weather and the economic downturn. they had a lot of data. they are data junkies t 00. they could not make a lot of sense of it yet. the signals are not clear. most of us would like to take credit for the downturn in water usage being
my suggestions because we are some of your customers, and the explanations from you would be useful as well. first of all, on the matter of conservation, excellent graphics here today show you what is happening with water use. i believe all those represented county feeders, for example the consumption by san francisco. that was how much water flowed across county lines into san francisco. i am a date to junky like commissioner -- a data junky like commmissioner moran. i would love to see more...
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he's with their offices outside of london and they on do work for us as well. the last speaker is tom franza with san francisco puc. we will have some questions among the panelists and a little bit of discussion, but our goal is to leave a minimum of half an hour for interaction with the audience so we will try to get on with it briskly here, starting with will. . >> thanks so much, mary. first off, what i would like to do is acknowledge somewhere out in the audience is leslie lako of our staff. leslie, can you stand up? there she is. leslie lako is the creator and manager of the project that we have at bcdc to deal with climate change and sea level rise. as usually is the case, she does all the work and so of course i get invited to speak. i want to make it clear that any errors, omissions, oversight or inappropriate comments are my responsibility. any facts, solid analysis and clear logic belong to leslie. leon canetto likes to tell the story about the learned professor and scientist who is on the rubber chicken circuit making speeches about a particular subj
he's with their offices outside of london and they on do work for us as well. the last speaker is tom franza with san francisco puc. we will have some questions among the panelists and a little bit of discussion, but our goal is to leave a minimum of half an hour for interaction with the audience so we will try to get on with it briskly here, starting with will. . >> thanks so much, mary. first off, what i would like to do is acknowledge somewhere out in the audience is leslie lako of our...
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for making this day possible as well, and very proud of the over $50 million that is coming from the president -- from the recovery act. very honored that michael is with us today, as well as all of you. thank you all very much. [applause] we will be watching.
for making this day possible as well, and very proud of the over $50 million that is coming from the president -- from the recovery act. very honored that michael is with us today, as well as all of you. thank you all very much. [applause] we will be watching.
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for making this day possible as well, and very proud of the over $50 million that is coming from the president -- from the recovery act. very honored that michael is with us today, as well as all of you. thank you all very much. [applause] we will be watching. >> thanks for coming today. we are announcing are temporary homeowner's property tax reduction program. this is what most assessor's up and down the state are doing. homeowners are reliable -- of all property owners are eligible for a temporary, 1-year property-tax assessment reduction if they believe or if we believe dave -- the assess the value has fallen above their market value, which means that the value would be lower than the market value. in general, homeowners who are eligible, chances are, they purchased homes after 2003. we do get applicants who have owned homes since 1995 or earlier. in general, anybody who is owned their home prior to 2003, they are doing well, which is good news. chances are the market value is higher than the assessed value, meaning the property appreciate it. people we are able to offer little relief for, the sad news is, their homes have depreciated. there will be a
for making this day possible as well, and very proud of the over $50 million that is coming from the president -- from the recovery act. very honored that michael is with us today, as well as all of you. thank you all very much. [applause] we will be watching. >> thanks for coming today. we are announcing are temporary homeowner's property tax reduction program. this is what most assessor's up and down the state are doing. homeowners are reliable -- of all property owners are eligible for...
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said it doesn't solve all our problems so we still want to leave room for congress to work with us as well. >> hi, jason. my name is lyndon boozer, i have a question for you. what is your opinion on the current state of the economy? you know, we've seen consecutive quarters of gdp growth we've seen a year of job growth. you know, normally recoveries are pretty bumpy, it gets better, it gets worse, it gets better, it gets worse we've been lucky to be that every quarter is stronger than the last for job job and other quarters are stronger than the last in terms of job growth. looking forward, you know, it's important to recognize like the tax agreement we reached in december. most of the forecasters were fwaeshging growth of around 2.5% before we reached that agreement. since it, they've raised their forecast, you know, in the neighborhood of 3.5 to 4% economic growth. people were expecting about a million extra jobs as a result of that tax agreement. and, you know, you see that because consumers are spending but you also see businesses increasing their investment due to things like the expe
said it doesn't solve all our problems so we still want to leave room for congress to work with us as well. >> hi, jason. my name is lyndon boozer, i have a question for you. what is your opinion on the current state of the economy? you know, we've seen consecutive quarters of gdp growth we've seen a year of job growth. you know, normally recoveries are pretty bumpy, it gets better, it gets worse, it gets better, it gets worse we've been lucky to be that every quarter is stronger than the...