it will be a bunch of different workshops going on, commissioner fewer will be doing a workshop on the board of education. it is just a day for high school students to learn about different things and take a different workshops and network. president mendoza: this evening, we are hosting one of the k-8 pathway programs. pathway conversations about quality middle schools. they asked that we update over the next couple of weeks. it will be tonight and wednesday at roosevelt at 6:00 p.m.. thursday march 10 at 5:30 p.m.. and 6:00 at the middle school. thursday, march 17 at marina middle school. there are several others that are hosting the. you can check the web site. and the next item is a public comment on consent items. i don't -- i need a motion into a consent on this calendar. >> on page 11, it is # 136-039 for apple computer. we need to change it to $264,286.404. this includes sales tax. and 4bb1138k14 on page 78. it should read it july 1, 2010. >> could you repeat those dates? >> july 1, 2010 through june 30, 2011. president mendoza: any items removed by the board? commissioner mura

your father's workshop? yes. woodworking is his hobby. he's very good at it.certainly uses fine woods. 100 of these bills scattered on the floor. $10,000. but where did it come from? i don't know. that money isn't mine. i don't want any part of it. all right, miss gilman, i'll hold it for a while. now, other than you and your father, who was in the house? nancy, my stepmother... glamis barlow, my stepsister... and hartley elliott, glamis' boyfriend. he spent the night here. i-i saw him leave a few minutes ago. you said your father seemed preoccupied with something outside the dining-room window. i guess he saw something out there, but why didn't he tell me? mr. mason, do you think he saw someone coming into this workshop? or someone leaving it. now, suppose you find me a recent picture of your father. what are you going to do, mr. mason, call the police? no, not yet. i'll wait and see what happens at 11:30. [ buzzer ] della: he's here, perry. bring him in. tell gertie to get ahold of paul for me. della: mr. edward carter. mr. mason. uh, won't you sit down, mr.

. >> and can you describe to me who comes to these workshops? >> during the first year, because there are very, very few, but everybody in the neighborhood came to the workshop, children, seniors, different areas, and they do the lantern festival in their area, but they do not have the technology. if you go to a place where you have a filipino household, chances are, they have the lanterns, because that is a symbol of hope and blessings, so, therefore, filipinos identified with the lanterns -- identifiey with the lanterns. it is a great collaboration. they are more connected with this community, but then to showcase them and their performance, their profession, the festival, and the most prestigious award of the year -- >> i want to thank you so much for sharing this insight with us here on "culture wire" and bringing this cultural tradition to san francisco. >> a thank you. >> the bards commission has played a leading role -- >> thank you. >> the bards communication has played a leading role. ®Ñdcommis sion has played a leading role. thank you

over the last 18 months, we went through hearings and workshops and public workshops and hours and hours of discussion and came up with goals and levels of service for the waste water system. i'm going to run through these five, and then we will start drilling into what the project are in a sewer system improvement program, what size we want to look for in the future, and getting started. the first goal is provide reliable, resilience, and flexible systems that can respond to catastrophic events. that is to do with compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, really making sure that all of our equipment is up and running during the wet weather events and making sure that our collection system is utilizing capacity. our combined sewer system is unique in that we are holding everything, capturing everything and trying to treat it. we want to make sure that our critical functions have 100% redundant. the force mains i showed you, we are concerned because we want to be able to have two ways to be able to convey that much flow, or a rupture could cause waste water into the bay o

we have been held there since spring 2009, and number of workshops that planning has hosted, workshops the sfmta has posted related to parking and transportation, we have been at the glen park neighborhood association meetings, and have been working closely with other agencies. we have also done office hours at the glen park recreation center, if people had questions, made ourselves available that way. people have been really involved, and that is great for our work. there are a variety of opinions, of course. in general, when we released the draft last september, we opened a comment period for this, we got about 70 different comments from different people. generally, there was support of the plan, which was good to hear. of course, they did not agree on all the different aspects. pedestrian improvements, pedestrian safety came through loud and clear as something people wanted improved. in terms of the transportation projects, people are interested in the transportation projects, supported the bigger ones, but wanted to see smaller, near term projects. people are tired of waiting. this

the project manager for this, myself, and art director, and others have been hosting some workshops. we have been working hard with community groups. this is a variety of public objectives. we started with the community advisory committees. we had one from each district. after 13 meetings, we had a lot of information and a lot of work. we had two major suggestions that i want to call out. one was the consideration of the affordability of moderate income and extremely low income houses. that is a completely separate issue that we heard again and again. the second significant contribution was saying in addition to the report, we also want you to report on three different policy issues. the first was maintaining a diverse neighborhood characters. the second was balancing housing development and the community infrastructure. the third was prioritizing sustainable development. in addition to all municipalities in the states developing the objectives, this covers these topic areas. we had 30 community meetings following that and produced two drafts previously to trying to get all the vario

a special budget workshop meeting. >> any additions or corrections? all those in favor? it is approved. >> general public comment, members may address the public -- members of the public may address the commission on members -- items within our jurisdiction. >> the afternoon, thank you for hearing me. i like to thank the general manager and staff. in support of the infrastructure development. i just wanted to introduce myself and provide an invitation to the public utilities commission for a conference to be held in coordination with the federal government tomorrow. information is in the folder. we have been in the improved labor compliance program. i am one of 40 certified consultant in the state of california to provide assistance. we have been able to collect over $2 million or a correction meeting to be made. we are interested in facilitating contractors that are having problems making sure that the local hire requirements are fulfilled. we would like to express our support for that. it is certified by human-rights commission. i have a master's in

. >> in the workshops, students are advised in what to bring and they're told what to expect. the workshops are given out the center one to three times. >> reporter: clothes and the manners are important to professional tools. a seminar sponsored last week focused on how a wardrobe influences success. this founder of a website give tips on making first impressions. they say for the people to be successful, they should focus on what they're wearing and how well they communicate through body language. >>> 55% is in what we're not saying, that makes an impact and that's clothing, body language and facial expressions. >> reporter: wearing flip-flops to a job interview is an example of whatnot to do. >>> the state's pr and ad agency is number one this semester. the team brought home top honors with the "where you going" campaign. >> reporter: pr students learn by doing. this student is a real world advertising agent run by students. they took home first place honors against 22 other campuses across the country. this public relation's senior ended up leading the campaign. it was tre

this morning, i sat in on the workshops and i was very encouraged. a lot of people like roma were there,

we taught a workshop, and we showed an example. the more people start thinking about accessibility, they will come up with their own solutions, because it is not really rocket science. as far as highlighting businesses, it is an interesting idea. i am not sure how people to the. -- how people do that. getting that information will make it so people can look at how people solve the problem, because it is really just problem-solving and a sixth of. >> any further questions? >> have you ever encountered in a situation that could never be solved, given the few just say, given seven out of faith, the eighth one will be insurmountable? >> skycam mentioned, there was one project that came through -- as i mentioned, there was one business that came through there was no way. we would recommend other businesses that are acceptable or provide home delivery. i did one project where they put an intercom at the street level, and there is no way to put an elevator to the small restaurant at the second floor, press the button, and we will take you

this morning, i sat in on the workshops and i was very encouraged. a lot of people like roma were there, people we have all work together at various points in our lives the last 20 years, but there were also a lot of new faces, young faces, and it is encouraging that our city has so many dedicated women were willing to spend the time, volunteer time for the most part, to make this city one of the greatest leaders for women's issues and rights and equality. i think we have proven that. i am very encouraged that perhaps in

." >>> reporter: inside this workshop there's a craftsman who can turn you into a mermaid -- well, almost! >>> reporter: i'll take you to israel, where refugees from violence in africa are given a new beginning. that and more on "teen kids news." >>> welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. here's our top story for this week. ♪ >> you might be making a stand for the rights of animals. or perhaps you "simply" want to eat -- more "simply." you'd be joining a lot of young people, if you choose to become vegetarian or vegan. but as felipe reports -- it's not a step you should make without thinking, planning and learning. >> lucy's dad supports her decision to be vegetarian and helps her make meals. >> he took it as an opportunity to experiment with different cooking strategy. >> reporter: vegetarians don't eat meat, and some don't eat fish. but they do eat eggs, milk and milk products like cheese. lucie made the choice to change her diet a few years ago, when she was a sophomore in high school. >> i heard the story of how they made veal, and it really like disturbed me i

way all this for this project of yours well i worked with st petersburg where university and did a workshop there and. they were hoping to set up. it wasn't related it was different it was like a different bunch of people who wanted to try and set up a school for filmmakers i didn't hear back from them so i don't think it's happening but we were trying to see if we could but i'm doing it anyway but it's not it's not based in a city necessarily i am putting this school filmmakers on the internet and i am dreaming about shooting films through the internet. shooting them through the and it be fantastic. i'm going to shoot the short film this year and i will add it to the internet so you know it's like a conference but editing. a video conference but editing what do you mean. just look at the added look at an added together with a co-director and look at the go and then you know say we talk about the you know differences and what you feel is wrong. this is the future we can sit in in the in new york and we can edit it and we can shoot movies and we can you know do all kinds of things was this t

we will be holding a public workshop again, tentatively scheduled for early june, and we will be keeping our system advisory committees up to date with information on the process, informing them of the best places to give public comments on this. we anticipate returning to the commission in april to request approval to proceed with the next phase of design and to review the budget. the completion of the design development phase, we will again present the project to the commission to see where we have come and how we are proceeding as we move along. that concludes my comments, and the entire presentation team is available for your questions at this time. thank you. commissioner brandon: thank you. is there any public comment on this item? please. >> i have a question about the roof. given, as you referred earlier, that there are these amazing views down there, was there any thought given or was there any ability to make it accessible, or does a largely serve the purpose of the rainwater collection and that sort of thing? >> actually, we had a fair amount of discussion on this subject. one

it is representative of a workshop event we had a few weeks ago with 400 people from the district to we brought together to think about their aspirations, the issues and concerns that they thought the car barn, once fully realized, would address in their community. i would also like to say we continue to work with community residents, merchants, and artists, to lift of art and culture in the district. most recently, we have joined with the district 11's arts council. revenue models. how are we paying for this? in the last stages of strategic work, we have identified three revenue models for the geneva car barn, once fully realized. and of course, there are contributed income that come from foundations. we have a dead by sources that will actually pay you to work in the program that will be run out of the barn. one of the more interesting model that we have identified and have done work on is this idea of utilizing earned income from the rental of the event space combat theater space, retail and restaurant spaces, to support operational cost facilities, management, and that sort of th

it is a repair workshop at a naval base on the tripoli shore. 19 hours after the blast, it was still smoking, the acrid stench of it catching in your throat. >> you can see from the signs of this crater how powerful it was. the explosion took out the whole of this very large marine warehouse, but there's no doubting that this was a military target. these are police ill transporters behind us, utterly destroyed, and behind them, missiles themselves. this is a military naval facility. >> astonishing lig amid the wreckage, three missiles appeared to have survived just feet from the blast. one naval commander told me they were used for training and stored here for repair. we were ushered away by our minders. >> no missiles, no bombs, just workshop here. >> we found a second and a third crater, this one many times the size of the other two. this was a multiple missile strike. its target was clear. >> there is military equipment here. >> military equipment? >> military equipment. >> watt anybody killed here? >> no, no, no. >> combing the wreckage, we found the base commander. >> how do you

based upon those questions, we will direct them to the sba for workshops, courses. there is other entities that also provide workshop courses score as well in terms of helping to write business plans. also helping to educate the distinction between the micro lender, our bank, and our larger financial institutions and how those lending -- what is the difference in how this entities will lend, in addition to the sba loans that are available. also in response to the economic crisis, which hit a couple of months after we open our doors, the mayor reinstated the revolving loan fund, and we partnered with tmc working solutions, which is a micro lender, to provide a loan fund for start of an existing businesses to help them. today, that loan has given out 23 loans, and they are averaging around $15,000 or $25,000 each. another unique thing that the city is doing in terms of helping our businesses and dealing with capital needs is as a city, sometimes, we implement regulations, and you would think that might require some substantial capital for small businesses to do an und