it is deformed. tell us what that means. >> in the surface of the rebar, that is what engages the reader are with the concrete and creates the section that works with the compression. >> it is rough, and roughness of it connects or secures to the concrete. when i was in kobe, japan, right after the 1995 earthquake, looking at some of the damage, i saw some failure of concrete structures where they had non- deformed read bar -- rebar, smooth steel, and concrete just pulled right off. this has been deformed, which has been used 50, 100 years? >> i believe after the 1930's, he formed rebar is what is used. >> this is standard. that is used in the vertical wall, almost any place except for the special slabs. >> the slab also has reinforcement, but it has much less than a conventional slab. >> they poured the slab one grade, sitting right on the ground? >> it is one great, but it is designed as a structural slab. we are counting on the bearing of the slab on grade because of the poor soil underneath. we used a st

this is one of the most heavily used transit hubs in the city. it is a top priority for us. the things we have been able to do around their, we did the crosswalk on the ocean at 280. pbart did get back east side connector done. -- that east side connector done. we have a pretty big work plan for that area. we are making our way through some of the items, like this one. we have had institutional barriers that we have not been able to overcome. it is not representation of a lack of interest for the district. supervisor avalos: there has been a lack of care for the district. i had to bring the mayor there last year to get things moving. we have garbage that was never picked up. i called in a number of times and it never got done. it was not until this push came from the mayor's office to really gets things moving. we need that kind of push all the time and we need to make sure that we are moving past that neglect. i pushed hard to get those curb ramps as well. i remember pushing my son in a stroller, and it was awful. people in wheelchairs, it is not accessible. we have a lot o

he is on videostream with us from los angeles. he is responding to the supreme court upholding the affordable care act. and those that sided with chief justice who was the swing vote in the decision, rick pittard is for, steven r. consumnes sotomayor and elena kagan. a lot of single payer advocates know it is not a surprise he sided with them because it was siding with the insurance industry. certainly an industry you have taken nine and targeted you. your thoughts when you say tomorrow we began the fight for medicare for all, on what direction that should go? >> toward exactly wages said, medicare for all. we need to expand medicare for all the citizens of this country. of course this is something the insurance companies do not want to happen because of the milly, medicare for all will not worked if the people are not in charge of its. the insurance companies will be calling the shots. they will be restricted more than they were in the past. for instance, one of the great things about today is the provision they cannot deny people

is hugely important. a real reason why people stop using computers is because they say they heard. if you did not set up some computer system so they can use it ergonomically, i will -- it will heighten the chances for their failure. we tell people it is okay to ask questions peer the problem with that is one to tell someone it is ok to ask questions, you then have to make it okay to ask questions. when my mother asked me for the 312th time, "how do i attach a picture to an e-mail?" i have to stop myself from going, like -- and it is difficult sometimes. they'll say the same things over again, but it is an important part of technological success. in preparing for this speech, i thought about how a lot of people here are pretty experienced technology users, but i am recognizing that most of us are, if you will pardon my saying this, a little on the older side. how can i get you all to understand what it is like to use a computer for our parents and for seniors who have never done it? i have a great way. go home and find a 14-year-old boy and ask him to play a video game. i have done

and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get up the stairs anymore. they used the network to build her a ramp on saturday afternoon. they use files to share information about her and a place where she keeps her personal information. she has advanced directives, medical records, and so on that is not accessible to everybody in the network, but some of the members. there are stories and photos, a place where people can celebrate today, how to share memories, have the good times that were the essence in the past and in the present. you might be asking yourself this question, if you are a facebook user, how is different from facebook. it is what we called open social networking, and it is d

use expired. currently, there is no actual ballot use permit in effect. -- there is no actual valid use permit in the back. >> does the masonic auditorium have a current conditional use permit? brecht's i believe they do. >> any -- >> i believe they do. >> any other commissioners have questions? any more public comment? >> good evening, commissioners. my name is david. i'm the vice president of the nob hill association, the oldest residents association in san francisco. just short of 1000 members. you need to understand the strength of feeling from the people that live around here. you need to understand how deep, deep this really is. for three years, a david and goliath battle against one of the biggest multinationals in the world, a $5 billion company. we have fought steadily. whenever this city hall has given an advancement in their situation, the court of law has denied it. we are constantly requiring that they obey the law, not a lot more, to be honest. whenever you go with here, -- whenever you go with here, we will be going back to judge goldsmith. he knows what he is talking about. he und

i do think that his business proposal is not before us. authorizing the department to sit down and commence lease negotiations, engage the public , is consistent with the past -- even with the recent passage of proposition v. >> i could not have said it any better than my colleague just said it. the only thing i will add is that even though the item before us is the negotiating -- just the negotiating of the contract and rfp, i just want to say that i am really heartened by his selection. having saw -- sat on this commission, several other of my colleagues, i think it goes without saying that he brings sensitivity and sensibility to this position. i am greatly looking forward to that. i also want to say i am really pleased to see the community report. your comments carry a lot of weight in terms of making sure the community feels it is the right choice. lastly, i would say there is a lot of love. not only in the form of this concession selection, but also the $250,000 that comes from our department to the arts commission for the mural resto

us. we're starting to move away from platform centric toward the leverage that is gained by i.t. systems that allow us to gain advantage no matter what the platform is, and quite frankly, i'll never forget standing down in savannah, georgia with secretary gates, we were looking at an army unit getting ready to deploy and they had some new systems. they had ipads and they had droids, and secretary turned to a sergeant that was standing by the door of the barracks and said what do you think of all this stuff. and he said i would sooner leave this barracks without my rifle than to leave without these things. the face of war, the face of how we do business is changing. i don't know that the systems that acquire those kinds of capabilities are changing as quickly. the competitive advantage on the battlefield is not found in years anymore and it's not found in the platforms. doesn't mean that we don't want the platforms. it means, though, that the competitive advantage on the battlefield today is pretty much driven by the improvised explosive device fight. that's about a 30 day cycle. s

supervisor mar: this is a great discussion. at land use committee, we have had discussions on this item. i suppose -- supports the effort to look into different neighborhood boys is, a special affordable housing advocates. supervisor wiener is proposing another proposal to continue this for a week that i really concerned -- to appreciate but i know supervisor bloody has urged us to send it for a fuller analysis to the planning commission. the vice president had urged the same although the staff were supportive of the legislation. it is a dilemma. i have been reading the correspondence from a number of neighborhood and housing advocates that seem very united in urging us for a full analysis. i think moving toward that direction to have that more deeper analysis, although i suppose -- support the effort to continue it for a week. supervisor cohen: thank you. i will come in closer. thank you, mr. president. i would like through the chair, i wanted more of an explanation of why she would want to send it back to land use and economic devilment

is hugely important. a real reason why people stop using computers is because they say they heard. if you did not set up some computer system so they can use it ergonomically, i will -- it will heighten the chances for their failure. we tell people it is okay to ask questions peer the problem with that is one to tell someone it is ok to ask questions, you then have to make it okay to ask questions. when my mother asked me for the 312th time, "how do i attach a picture to an e-mail?" i have to stop myself from going, like -- and it is difficult sometimes. they'll say the same things over again, but it is an important part of technological success. in preparing for this speech, i thought about how a lot of people here are

is this a valid argument? >> well, i think there are -- i think not everybody who uses drug is a drug addict. and there's a segment of the population that recreationally uses narcotics and don't necessarily need treatment and they certainly don't need a felony conviction. that having been said, if you are an addict, it doesn't make any sense to turn you into a felon addict. we just heard that person before very eloquently talk about spending most of his life incarcerated. and he's made it. but the fact of the matter is, encumbrance of a felony conviction is so debilitating. countless of times you run into people who can't get housing, can't get education, can't get jobs, it's a trap. if we deal with addiction it makes no sense to turn an addict into a felon. [applause] >> chief, you've been committed to evidence-based practices in your administration of the adult probation department. to what extent does that inform your approach when you look at senator leno's measure and deciding whether or not to support it? >> my view is not only from evidence-based practices but also from spending almost

online and apricot industry is going to save us. there is more than that. i have learned in my life that change is inevitable. it can be quite positive when guided in the right direction. if you were to allow this tiny little spot to become a museum, it would be a feather in your cap. you will always have the money, the exorbitant l.a. riot, but the art, the stairwell, the whole thing up stairs, the old expression about artists must be told. the great depression really did happen. it affected my grandmother and all of us here. i believe that there is no interaction here. this place should have museum status. thank you so very much for your time. >> thank you. >> i have lived on telegraph hill for 20 years. i have been very involved in the pioneer park project, which has mostly to do with the landscaping. trying to make sure the transit -- the trees get trimmed in a reasonable way and things like that. i have also been on the sidelines, observing the process of selection of the concessionaire will last seven years. i think this is the first time we of, with

the state department recently issued its annual human rights report, and joining us is daniel baer, deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor. secretary baer, why is internet freedom include inside a human rights report? >> guest: well, i think one of the things that secretary clinton has, um, brought worldwide attention to, um, which was perhaps not actually new when she started, it was already a story that was unfolding, is that, you know, more and more we see that the story of human rights around the world is happening online or through new technologies broadly speaking. when we think about what most of us associate with human rights whether it's, you know, president roosevelt's for freedom speech or the universal declaration of human rights, the exercise of those rights whether it's freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, those rights are increasingly unfolding online. and it doesn't mean that the offlinincarnations don't matter, they still do, but certainly it's hard to imagine for most of us any kind of significant world event where

that is a quick overview of how we use the wii. questions? e question is, do you have to have a special computer to connect the wii to a television? the answer is no. this box is the council. you plug the cd into it and plug into the tv. any television will work with the wii. it works well with a big flat screen tv because you can see the action better. good question. one more question. allen? the average cost? if you are one of the contract in city senior centers, this is part of our broadband technology grant, the average cost is zero. [laughter] if you were to buy this for your home, it costs a couple of hundred dollars. the games cost between $20.40 dollars. they have hundreds of different games to play. to the games cost between $20.40 dollars. and hundreds of different games to play. we have other adaptive devices that can be used with the wii. this is a foot pedal. -- this is a foot pedal. along with the buttons on the hand device connected to alicia's remote, we can use foot pedals if there are games the require numerous controls. it i

thank you, jesus. >> we have fear, but jesus is with us. emmanuel is with us. jesus said, "i am with you forever." and we need to go to the mosques and everywhere to tell people the truth about him and his love. >> george and wendy, i haven't heard from rosam in a while, and we've been in contact with him by e-mail. i received word he had been visited by syrian intelligence who told him to stop evangelizing. we hope he is laying low. >> reporter: the united nations sounds a cry for help, asking the world to extend a hand. people in eight west africa can nations are on the brink of starvation, and at least 3 million of them are children. >> reporter: this tiny village in niger is a stark example of the crisis that hits eight countries. here families depend on farming, but this hut, normally used to store the grain, is dried out by the drought. leaving mothers like mariama struggling to feet feed their families. today she is left to pick wild leaves from trees. >> i don't think any of us can accept this mother must pick wild food ford her children to eat. >> repo

is abusing i.t. writes. can you tell us that story? >> that is a great example of court ordered action that we obtained in china, with some cooperation from chinese authorities in allowing us to go into an enterprise and inspect their computers to determine whether or not part of its offer was being used. in fact be found pirated software being used within a company, and as part of the next steps, what happened is that the company -- law enforcement authorities were allowed in, they became very belligerent, essentially almost forcibly assured the law enforcement authorities out, and the next day, the woman who is our lawyer, a chinese woman was asked by the ceo of the company to meet to talk about a possible resolution of the case, and she was attacked in the facility where they were meeting. that is an example of the fact that there was initial action by the government but the culture of this respect for intellectual property rights and for the rule of law was so extreme that we saw that type of activity, which had a chilling effect on

used. in fact the prosecutor is not using those programs. we're very fortunate in our district attorney. he is very visionary, and i just commend him for his stepping out there and taking this position which i support, also, in terms of we have got to focus on treatment rather than say, well, there's this program or that program when in fact the state hasn't funded it. so it's placed that burden on the local counties. >> tal, can you respond to marty's point and wendy's? >> i can say just based on my experience in dealing with individuals who have drug problems, most of the time i don't think that the threat of a quote, unquote, felony conviction is going to necessarily prevent them from using. i think what would make more sense is to provide them with more services and to be more individualized in terms of treatment and how we address specific individuals. i also would note that when you are facing a misdemeanor charge, you're facing up to a year in county jail. now, sometimes you don't do a year in county jail because of changes that we've made to good time credits, but there is a threa

is that what you're telling us? >> i heard both. hopefully the oig is going to interview him -- >> so you're relying on the office of the inspector general to investigate his statements and whether or not it's true that agents working under him were aware of the fact that gun rung was taking place. because we know it was taking place, so it's not all that surprising that some dea agents might know what was going on with regard to atf activities in the same region. but at the same time, our greater concern is why supervisors might have told the agents to "back off" when they raised concerns about the wisdom of sending guns to drug dealers and others in mexico that ultimately resulted in the death of a border patrol agent. you will report back to this committee once you hear from the oig and let us know what actions have been taken to make sure that when people find out that wrong doing is taking place, that they are freely able to report it to their superiors, and then have some interagency discussions between atf and dea to say hey,

just beautiful, jamie and eric and we have the flotilla is underway behind usnd we'd are celebrating as you said the queen's diamond jubilee, 60 years of her reign in great britain, now, this is not something that happens every day. it only happened one other time in the history of the monarchy, and that was queen victoria in 1897 and she was not nearly as able and well as queen elizabeth ii is, she's enjoying all of this thoroughly. it is really a high point for the monarchy, and, everybody is very much in celebration of her life on the throne and all that has come before her and, when we look at those shots of the thames, the river lifeblood of london and has an extraordinary history for the royal family going back to the days of hearn viii when he came down here on his barge and that is a recreation of what we are seeing here today. the liquid life as one put it on the thames river, and the royal family, we have shots from all of them gathering this morning, queen elizabeth, prince philip, her husband of all of these years, by her side and prince charles and

used. in fact the prosecutor is not using those programs. we're very fortunate in our district attorney. district attorney. he is very visionary, and i

is. if our staff wants to assert that and ask us to vote for that, great. but it is clear that this is unrelated to their performance in this school district. it is more the description of the people who designed the program and their commercial products, they own them. you know, i'm asking this be changed. i just want us to pay attention to that. thank you. >> point well taken. will do. >> any other comments? roll call, please? >> miss tom? >> yes. >> miss fewer? >> yes. >> miss maufas? >> yes. >> miss norton? >> aye. >> miss wynns? >> aye. >> k 18? commissioner fewer? commissioner fewer:thank you, president yee. this is a about going into a contract with a consult and to help us with their real estate transactions and i'm consulting. now i am -- i was concerned about this last year because i think it would be better for district to actually hire their own in house real estate person. i just think, you know, we have someone full time that has some institutional memory also about real estate transactions and actually not to be a consultant but to be part of

why is that important to us? in this county, we have a large percentage of students who are in pre-k. he had -- he commingled the issues. even with all of that, despite this uncertainty, i think the district has been bold. to basically say, we are going to go ahead and go forward for it we are going to just chance it. instead of having -- we are going to talk about this. instead of having just two sites, we now have five sites and we have pretty much covered the city. even after that, when we went back to meet with school services, this is what they told us, this is how they put it. in the main revised, the requirements to offer tk funding are proposed for elimination. tk would be optional and a local decision. we are good. it is a local decision. we decided to do it. i think we are safe. even though both houses of the government have rejected the governor's proposal, by the way, go ahead to plan to reduce tk but wait on staffing. these are the messages that we are trying to maneuver behind the scenes. on top of

bulk surveillance industry is concerned would use mass storage meaning storing all telecommunication. because our normal voice calls all voice calls or internet connection and actually what you have to see is the if you compare the military budget to the cost of surveillance and the cost also of cyber warriors. normal weapon systems cost a lot of money if you compare that to cyber warriors to most of our thens likes that is very cheap super cheap compared to just one aircraft one military craft course you. do we really and yeah yeah yeah we did and there are two questions here we also have this example of eagle this is them sold by the french company imus's that was going to cut their fees libya and on the document that you know the commercial documents it was written nationwide interception mechanism that's just a provisional box at you you're good somewhere and you just listen to all your people communications so we can discuss of about the technology and i'm. interested very much in that and this is this ten years ago this was seen to be a fantasy it was really something really onl

us. topple dictators like that and yet another issue. is the political storytelling the pretext that are used every day politicians through the media are we all going to die of terrorism therefore we need a patriot act child pornographers are everywhere all over the internet therefore we need. to. come is reserved already. and artists are going to die and it won't be cinema anymore therefore we have to give hollywood the power to censor the internet and so on and so on so i think here again the internet is a tool. internet maybe the n.t. don't do that political story telling political story telling we lies and when chanelle ity and relies on the media that is of extremely short span one information appears and disappears twenty four hours afterwards and is replaced by another and so on and so on the internet i get the feeling that we are. building what i call internet time as the great internet never forgets we can build over years day after day. we can elaborate we can and this is what we have been doing for the last three years with act u

nucular deter and says we have nuclear weapons but our goal is not to use them if. your goal is to have them at our disposal. this means that we are not in the realm of the real we are in the realm of the virtual need don't know what you're going to use it is contrary to international law or even to have in one's acidulous this rippon because the purpose of the weapon is to use it either as a threat or as an actual weapon the nuclear powers or alliances like nato still rely on nuclear deterrence which is threat and so the fight continues i was on a panel with a senior advisor to the british government about nuclear policy and he's pro nuclear. and we were debating about. the world court opinion and whether nuclear deterrence was legal and he was extremely cynical he said that . it was a mistake to go into the court but governments would ignore it and that's true they have an answer and the other thing he relied on all the time was he said and of course we never actually will have to use them and this to me is the heart of the problem for the people who brought you to