can differential equations help us understand those kinds of phenomena? to get to the answer, we're going to talk to steve strogatz, a professor of applied mathematics at cornell university. steve, how do we use math to get from heart cells to pendulums? >> they're both oscillators. they both move in cycles. you know, there's an electrical cycle in the heart cell where its voltage goes up and back down, and up and back down. so that's a rhythm, that's a cycle. and, of course, a pendulum is a cycle... >> right, back and forth. >> in that it swings back and forth, so they're really not that different. i mean, it happens one is an inanimate thing, one is living; that doesn't really matter to a mathematician at the abstract level. >> what we love in math is that there's a unity, that you can see the connection between pendulums and heart cells if you maybe have the same equation that can describe both, but just with different interpretations of what that -- >> just one abstract framework, and then you fill in the phenomenon for the variables. >> right. that's

anything that would help us understand the height issue. >> okay. >> i would like the hearing to be solely focused on the height issue. that is the only issue that was raised tonight. no new issues. >> so, are you then open to simultaneous filing. >> simultaneous is fine, the thursday prior to the hearing. >> okay. >> you are represented, yes. do you want to speak to your client? >> okay. all right. i will make a motion to continue the matter to get the planning department to get the calculations on the height issue. we'll continue to june 19. submissions is limited to two pages of briefing to be exchanged the thursday before the hearing and the sole issue that will be discussed at the hearing would be related today -- related to the height of the building. >> can i raise an issue to this point to the party. when we heard this case, a lot of other issues were brought up. i would like to ask the parties that we are only focused on the current proposal and nothing else. >> before we take a vote, i should probably make a disclosure that it just occurred to me, miss barclay's firm is a donor t

. >> there anyone from the port to help us understand. assume there's an earthquake and all those units are privately owned who get to pass for the 20 million gallons a day >> it's not typical for the developer to retain the liability forever and assuming that, you know, we're looking at how to structure it to provide the maximum protection and in case there's a earthquake it could be contributed to the design or other things and we're still working on that internally. but you're right it's not typical for a developer to retain liability forever >> i appreciate the fact you're familiar with the fact that the california teachers association is the partner in this. >> i've been told that. >> so they've invested $44 million into this and i'm wondering if anyone has talked to any of these folks. so during the construction some how the 3 and a half pipe area gets broken? >> i'm not aware of any discussions. >> i think we may ask a representative to come to speak with us. >> it's not - we're talking about in the agreement i'm not talking about

we will have the experts help us understand a little better and some people are really freaked out, rightpeople can take pictures all the time by just winking. >> in is pam showing us how to take the photos with the blink. drops.t looks like you need ey >> you can tell that guy is doing something. >> some people are saying people are taking pictures of me without knowing. >> this is someone recording a video of instruments playing. if we eventually all have them, we'll all be looking like this. now everyone takes pictures like this too, we'll get used to seeing this. >> yes, a nice intimate moment with a couple that possibly just got married. >>> this is a southern sea otter who is raising her pups on the dock, but as you can see, she can't decide she wants them on the dock or floating on her belly. i'll pull them up, and take them down. >> it's a wash and repeat cycle. >> maybe the mom is teaching them how to get in and out of the water. >> i think that's a perfect explanation. this is a lesson in otterhood. >> you really summed that up, beth. >>> this is a lesson in what's is going on h

>>> born in china in 1919, houston smith is the bay area treasurer who went onto help us understand the great religions of the world. here is a new year's present for you, a 1996 interview with dr. houston smith. >>> welcome to mosaic with your host dr. howe burrows. >>> we have a real treasure and treat for you this morning. dr. houston smith is with us this morning, author of the standard textbook on the world's religion. for three decades, students and people who have an interest in religion have been reading dr. smith's book. he's revised it and come to talk to us about that. welcome. >> i appreciate that. >> welcome to mosaic. it is truly a joy to have you. let's begin by talking about the book you wrote nearly four decades ago. tell us about it. >> let me start just a little before that, mainly with my birth, in china, a missionary parent. in a way you can almost say that this book was in my genes because here i was, nurtured in a christian home, but we were the only westerners in the town and all of my contacts with china and chinese and their indigos religions, so one can say th

parts but help us understand the thinking here as an attorney. >> yes, sir.erend sharpton, florida is very diverse and it's like most parts of america where you have people who have biases. we all have certain biases but we pray and sybrina and tracy really believe in the trip cal justice system that the jury is going to fall the law and i think where attorney o'mara and his team try to do is influence these biases, these prejudices to say we don't want you to focus on the evidence that matters, we want to throw red herrings at you, stuff that is never going to get admitted but we want you to know about it in a newspaper so when it comes to jury selection, oh, trayvon martin, he's not a good person. he's this, he's that. and that's not true. that's not relevant. god help us all if they gave the death sentence to every teenager that smoked marijuana, reverend sharpton. >> do you feel, all things being equal as you know them now, that there will be a fair trial in sanford, florida, on this case? >> i believe in my heart of hearts that the judge is going to work

through this process and answering questions and providing us with staff and expertise and help us understand what we were learning. barbara garcia. >> good morning. this is a very exciting time for the department of public health. i want to give thank yous to mayor lee and i also want to thank our health commission in 2008 they laid out a policy and became the foundation today. in fact my second week on-the-job campaign to us came to work on this issue and the last two years, our staff and our policy director, mark who is our capital consultant along with our cfo has provided a lot to the team. it does take a large community effort to do this. i worked closely with the community as well. i want to acknowledge bob through this crowd here and as well as paul kumar. they led that charge for us and i really appreciate the work. we are having an incredible agreement today. two seismically safe hospitals and that's really important. we are in the midst of rebuilding san francisco hospital and i know how important it is to have safe hospitals. some of the important community benefits from this proc

flood and val were great in taking engineering principles and helping us understand what was at work here and at the end of the line i'd say the first lesson that i'm going to say we took away was that building codes matter. they matter a whole bunch. because what we saw was maybe lax not forcement of building codes. they have building codes, they just didn't enforce them as much. using fill brick was great inal

flood and val were great in taking engineering principles and helping us understand what was at work here and at the end of the line i'd say the first lesson that i'm going to say we took away was that building codes matter. they matter a whole bunch. because what we saw was maybe lax not forcement of building codes. they have building codes, they just didn't enforce them as much. using fill brick was great installation but not so great during shaking. so all these buildings were damaged and unstable and people were afraid. which takes me to the people. because i've met a lot of people in my life. i've dealt with people, the very rich and the very poor. as a paramedic, you only see people when they are having a really bad day. that's what one of my mentors explained to me early on. no matter what you think when you walk in the door, remember it's the worst day they've had in a while, whether or not it's your day or not. and there's something to be said for that. so the story of the van people. first of all, i have to get a little bit of politics here. it's a heavily kurdish region. t

joining us now to help us understand some of this stuff, what to look for in the president's address is jeh johnson, he's now a lawyer in private practice and he's here tonight in person. mr. johnson, it's great to see you. >> thank you for having me back, rachel. >> 18 months ago, it was announced anwar al awlaki was killed, but not that we killed him. why wouldn't we have said before that we killed him, and why could it be said now, why should it be said now? >> well, any disclosure of that nature, which today involved declassifying certain things, involves careful consideration. we think about the consequences in a variety of context, and i think what we saw today was the result of continued efforts at transparency. when i was in office, i, john brennan, the attorney general, harold coe, gave a number of speeches on the legal foundations of our efforts. last year we declassified the military's counterterrorism efforts in yemen and somalia, and so the conversation about acknowledging anwar al awlaki, who was a u.s. citizen, and acknowledging there were three other u.s. citizens who

used to. it would be important to try, that's maybe another training thing we want to work on, that we collaborate and understand we're using the same system because we don't want to create two systems of triage within the city. that's a good way to create more chaos than there might ordinarily be. >> i'd like to follow-up on one of the things that was mentioned about the walking wounded. one of the things that came up after yesterday's after action group was this concept of different patient groups. in the military you have a fairly healthy soldier that you are going to be providing aid to. in san francisco we have young, we have old that have much more complex issues that you may need to deal with. given your capabilities, how would you address that? >> it's a significant concern although it may be a little bit artificial in that we do, our doctors and surgeons and nurses do take care of a wide number of population groups outside of active duty military either at their mtf's or in other previous medical care and disasters we have a experience with a wide range of third world countries and so on. we need to be

i think we really appreciate as the first step for us all to understand how this cruise ship can be an asset for the port. and what the drivers are, and we are all on the same page. so you evaluate who will provide us the operator. and the operator understands these drivers that we are sensitive to and how they respond to the negotiations in addition to the qualifications going forward. and i guess to address the questions that commissioner adams and brandon have brought up. i think we will have an adequate process to address and understanding all the things that we are interested in going forward before the final selection and negotiations take place and the guidance we can give from the commission side. >> yeah, following up, in this rfp process and selecting the terminal operator. how many is it? would they appear in front of this commission? and if we got questions and public comment and things like that, is that how it would take place? >> no, this procurement is under chapter 21. so the way that chapter 21 works, once you go out for a public procurement. it's a fair and competiti

. >> and the drawing and the scale used for the purpose of this drawing, i under your argument. i'm trying to understand everything else that is going on to see if there is any place where the discrepancy can be reconciled. let me ask the question. is the scale that was used for purposes of the drawing that you have on top the same one used. is there a scale that is presented on a larger sheet. >> perhaps this might explain better. i traced this off of 2.3. i traced this from 3.3 and you over lay it, they don't lineup. >> it doesn't matter to me unless the identical scale is used. >> yes. they are drawn to the correct -- they claim to the correct scale. >> is that correct. >> yes. >> i have a question about the settlement agreement you referred to. as i understand your argument that you are saying that the 1962, it's actually 1961 settlement agreement should influence the equities here in some sense but i don't see any reference to anything regarding height in that agreement. is there anything? >> no, that dealt with more horizontal additions. >> so there is nothing about height. why is it relevant to w

but having us understand how to react and how to interact with each other will give us a basis upon which we can go forward and move hopefully very quickly to salvage what we can in the event of a complex catastrophe. thank you. >> and admiral zukunft, we heard a little about from captain stow about the different authorities that the coast guard can bring to bear in different situations. but could you talk a little bit about the partnerships and relationship and how that plays across the coast guard mission set? >> well, first i'll talk about my capacity challenges and my area of responsibility covers the rocky mountains to madagascar. the same area of responsibility as admiral lochlear except they have the arctic and antarctic as well. so, obviously with 13,000 people covering that aor, a little over 200 ships, i'm very dependent on partnerships. i work with 71 countries with whom i have 65 bilateral agreements with those entities. but everything really starts at the most local level first. so, it's appropriate to hear from captain stow and the network of partnerships that she's dealt he

great benefit of the patriot act is it did away with that and enabled us to build those relationships, change that culture, and understand that in order for us to be successful, we had to work closely together on any number of these threats. >> is there anything you would >> what about national security letters? >> national security letters was the device given to us to gather information on the existence of the telephone call. we had a procedure we needed to follow. in most cases, we did. in a number of cases, we did not have the procedures. we move ahead quickly and did not put in place procedures to assure we have the proper paperwork and foundation in requesting those letters. we have put into place a software program that insures you have the appropriate foundation before a new issue a national security letter. we have had training. we have had continuous oversight on that issue. in the overall context of things, it was not that we were getting information to which we were not entitled. we did not put in place the predicates we should have to ensure to those looking at it that we did have the appropriate predicate.

number of new leases verses the renewals and i guess maybe the issue that you will explain to us understanding the terms of renewal and what we could do because we went through the situation of the pilots because we understand what the standard and what happens when a lease comes up and what we can do etc. etc.. and if i am answering your question, our retention rate is very high. you know, once you become a port tenant, you are going to be a port tenant for a while. we do review our month to month leases to up them to market. and so that is one process, that is going on, and then, you know, hit different buildings for marketing. for example, 501. we are experiencing quite a bit of vacantcy there and so what will we do? we will put it on the website and do fliers and you know, talk to tenants. >> so do you happen to know what is on jerry's (inaudible) forward looking list of what number? >> that is? >> you know, we, you know, there is actively probably 20 leases that are being evaluated and some state of negotiation from some of the property managers. >> commissioners susan ren olds director o

so that kind of information is really key to us understanding how it is really working at the school site level. and your comments, i am sorry. i am pointing to you but your comments about the certain responses about how money is used, that is well taken. and i am grateful that you said that. because we know that happens. and we need to address it. but, i want to say that the other good side is that you know when i see that you have received information and materials, in a different language and program models for english learners and 62 percent said yes and so people are getting some information and i believe that quite a few from this number and you received information to identify annually, how to evaluate the students professioncy and 64 percent said yes, and that also indicates that lots of what you are doing for the good is happening. and people are talking about it and understanding that is happening and so kutos for us for making movement and clearly there is definitely areas where we could use the improvement but again, you come forward with this to tell us and as a matter of

but colleen chav an and wagner were instrumental in helping us understand the projections and understandstruction cost, etc. i would also want to acknowledge the hospital team, mike, warn browner. ceo of cpmc, [ applause ] george, i want to say is it w u. and john gates creative cfo who works at the hospital and the chairman of the board mr. bob -- [ applause ] . throughout this process, i had the luxury of a number of people helping and counseling me and encouraging me, but i would like to particularly thank bishop mark andrews who has been a tremendous supporter of saint lukes. and last but not least, i want to thank the san francisco coalition. we, as part of our process had meetings with the coalition in my office, their executive committee that varied from 10-13 in size from meeting to meeting and also their liaison mr. mark kumar who kept everyone a price apprised of what we were doing. i know that san francisco is still a city that knows how and wants the city to work and cares about each other. congratulations to san francisco. i want to introduce our fine mayor ed lee. [ applaus

here to help us understand this housing boom, joining me now from dallas. have to tell y, i'm t surprised with texas doing well. no state income tax, these are people who know how to do it well and it seems all of corporate america is moving to the lone star state. it s been a prey amazing w years and it is beginning to heat up. the critics say may be bcome overheated. some say the market may be overvalued a it. if you look at the economy, everything is going great. houston is the center for petroleum, natural gas, like your previous guest mentioned a lot of the banksave mortgage servicing shop here. we have so many tech companies at dallas-fort worth people e floong into the state. will too many people flood into the state? poteially, but the big proem i have is supply restraint. you are facing a bidding war. gerri: austin remains very attractive, you go to austin, you want to move to austin. e ofhe reans why i think the hoing market has room to go, they havhad 19% growth of stem jobs. 19%, the medianaly in those industes, a $2000 if you are an enginr d ma

understand it. because it's the spirit of christ that gives us, that puts us in fellowship and gives us an understanding of who he is and he said it's when we have the mind of christ that we are really in fellowship. intense fellowship with god. and it sounds like what happened is you moved from a relationship with god, but a distant relationship with christ, into the spirit of christ. >> absolutely. >> understanding more of who he was and the freedom that came with that, of having the mind of christ. >> absolutely. the verse i really like farce living my life is in hebrews 12:1 where he talks about we run the race of our life with endurance and we are to cast aside the sin and the world stuff that -- and it says to fix our eyes on jesus. well if you can't fix your eyes on somebody that isn't there -- >> somebody you don't know or you can't trust somebody you don't know. >> it's a matter of trust. >> or have a relationship with someone. >> yeah. >> that you don't know or don't trust enough to be able to have that confidence. wally, it's good to have you. >> thank you, jerry. >> all right. >> always enjo

understanding the online/offline. we had alonzo coming in and speaking to us, they don't understand the impact, it's not enough for me to say we're going to do a workshop or a campaign, a poster thing, it's really about how do we change the culture of a community and a people and it's not just a one-off. >> what does it take? >> the thing about changing the environment again, changing the social norms, it helps to understand there are primarily about 5 different ways we can influence and warm the climate of a school or community, students being one, families and parents, staff, policies and young people themselves. if we can understand that strategickly, sort of get down out of the big conversation and look at ways how do we, as you said, educate the educators, make sure they receive the education and understand that relationships are as important as the classroom can urriculum, especially at the secondary level, continue to hammer out policies that are not so punitive but restore we want to connect to correct. we don't want to punish. we often move kids from one environment it another but it doesn't help them make r

want to talk always about some of the themes that emerge pr the literature because that helps us understand why we're concerned about the particular chemicals which we are concerned, so some particular themes emerge in the literature that come up again and again across a number of different chemicals and the first of that is that early life exposures and exposures at other developmental periods are really important, so timing is as we're learning everything. another important concept is that low dose exposures matter, so we often talk about -- you'll hear like the dose makes the poison, we're finding out over time that that's not necessarily true in the sense that more dose means more bad health outcomes, it's looking like in some cases very minute doses have really major effects, and i want to talk about why that might be, so you see here a picture of some different periods of development that are of concern and these share something really important in common, and that is that these are times when the body's own hormones are orchestrating some complex and amazing things, during the prenat

believe i can understand better why the structure you have used this been embraced so it will inform our decisions in how to make it simpler into how we can support international growth for all of our companies that are american companies. andborrowed $70 billion issued bonds to pay dividends to your shareholders fairly recently. it was in the economic news because of your large cash reserves. you clearly made a decision that it was going to be cheaper for , then service that debt use the cash to pay dividends and to bring any of this cash back. do you have the analysis that would help us understand how much cheaper it was for you to borrow that money? >> i can describe it at a broad level. is atst of capital today an all-time low, as you know. forweighted average cost the borrowing that we just did was less than two percent. we were faced with the decision or pay 35% tote repatriate. as we looked at that analysis, we felt strongly that it was in the best interest of our securelders for us to the debt. >> ok. let's assume that we simplify this. ireland gave you a two percent rate tha

and the challenge for us is making sure that all of our park users understand all of the wonderful things in our park system and know how to use our parks to tailor to their own specific experience. as diverse as this city is, there are hundreds if not thousands of different ways that people like to use and enjoy our parks. and in this app there is information about our parks, about our play grounds, about our ball fields, about our trails, about our community gardens, about the 300 pieces of public art in our jurisdiction. you can reserve a picnic bench. there's a running feed of news and events. you can volunteer in our park system by using this app. you can donate to the recreation and park department a very worthy causey might add using this app. and you can find all kinds of incredible information. so, we are just so thrilled and i wanted to give just such a big thank you to apple-liscious. we've been trying to figure out how to make it out in a world of declining resources and really they knocked on our door and they said, we want to help. we like to say around here that in the 21st