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And hollande calls the bid for alston unacceptable and focusing on Getting Better offers if the firm. A warm welcome to todays program. Plenty to get through in the Corporate News front. Well be focusing on the bank sectors. But before that, we have the final print of the eurozone pmis. And they have come in at 53. 1. They were forecast at 53. 1. But its the highest since june 2011. Com miss composite 54, german 53, forecast at 55. Italian april surface pmi, 51. 1, and that was forecast at 50. 2...

Application . So, steve from the central station. And the applicant said that this used to be oz and they did have an Entertainment Permit and we had a minimal amount of calls for service there and there were not any issues and i did come up with eight proposed conditions that we would like the commission to take a look at. And there is some of them are similar to shroeders although there was an extra one, and that was regarding number eight and that is the security that the vehicles do not caus...

Training and readiness. Lets take an air base. At an airbase, the air bases are open. They have guards at the gate. They have people in the tower. They have people in the fire truck. The lights are on. Were spending the money for all that. Where can you stop spending money quickly . Painting the buildings. Mow the lawn less often. That kind of thing. Importantly, you stop training. When you stop training, you have stopped readiness. We are protecting those in as we know are going to afghanistan ...

Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this...

We dont always have a clear sense of what this means and what tasks they have and what capacity they have to pick up those tests and whether they are in the government or in the u. S. Country with other partners like bilaterals. We are focusing on that right now. Another thing that is difficult to do is to know what will happen after we transition out of a place. We spent the last few years assuming the peacekeeping mission would leave and the Un Political Mission would take over. There was a ch...

Wanted a presentation, but then declined the offer after they got the answers to the questions that they asked. And so, that is how we did the out reach. We did physical out reach to the immediate neighbors, by that i mean that we went doortodoor and spoke to the various merchants and so forth and most of them thought that this was nothing new to them and they said that there is an Entertainment Permit there before and we are not interested and the only person that was interested is the financia...

Questions from the commissioners . Yeah. Okay. Great. I do have just two more items. Overlooked here. Conya on florida, 500 and florida and the mission had their first event for the carnival. I was there the majority of sunday patrolling the mission. And there were a couple of moments as carnival let out where they were having the trouble managing the crowds that were coming in from carnival and mixing with their folks and we did work on the sound quite a bit that day trying to control multiple ...

The immediate neighbors, by that i mean that we went doortodoor and spoke to the various merchants and so forth and most of them thought that this was nothing new to them and they said that there is an Entertainment Permit there before and we are not interested and the only person that was interested is the financial district, the fine wines who was excited about something coming back in there and he said that it will be good for his business as well. Any other questions . All right, thank you. ...

A couple of blocks away and we offered all of the folks that we reached out to a presentation, and only a couple of them wanted some answers to some questions before they would decide whether or not they wanted a physical presentation and that was the chamber of commerce and the San Francisco council of district merchants association. And they basically both wanted to know whether or not topsy was going to be using a promoter and if so, what kind of events they would be promoting and when the an...

The chaplain let us pray. Immortal, invisible, god only wise, we look to you today for wisdom, as our lawmakers seek to do what is best for our nation and world. Lord, we admit that our human intellects have limits, for we know not what tomorrow holds, but you do. So guide us, sovereign king, we are pilgrims on planet earth. We are weak but you are mighty; lead us with your powerful hand. Amen the presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the fl...