where we could bring on board a little different mix in our workforce to free up our r and d engineers so they can spend, you know, 95% of their time doing the things they're really good at doing and they love to do in research and development and minimize the amount of their time that's being consumed by work that could probably be done by somewhat lower skilled level individuals. so we've got to work on both sides of that equation. i think they're -- there's a lot of work for productivity improvement on the demand side as well as pipeline improvement on the supply side. >> thank you. i want to bring the conversation back to the topic for what we're all assembled here, which is export finance. at the risk of inviting my criticisms of our host, how does the u.s. do on that front? when you look at what the u.s. offers in export finance compared with the germans or french or nadians or others, what are the things we do well? what are the things we could do better? how does the u.s. measure up in this part of the equation? anybody want to start us off here? >> let me first say we're thank

our r&d, some of our r&d major activities have been the engineering with frontier research centers. i guess we now have 46 of those. those have been standing for a couple of years now. do you have an ongoing program for oversight or for measuring what the output of those centers is? >> yes. >> at this point or -- >> yes. we're in the midst of starting a thorough review of the effectiveness of those so-called efrcs. very rigorous policies and how to evaluate them based on outside scientific referees to see how each one is doing. we want to make sure the ones working very effectively, we'd like to continue. the ones that are not, fair discussion. >> what's a fair period of time to begin to account -- >> every year they are reviewed. in this next review, it's a much more thorough review. you step back and look over the next couple of years. >> if they were established in '09, they could not have been functioning effectively at all until probably late '10. >> that's right. so we're about two years into this. i think some of the frcs started in middle of '08. i'm not sure the exact dates

you lus is going to be someplace else like yand that you're going to wake up and if two thirds of our r & d staff is there why not move the center there. >> i find it a frustrating part of the debate. there are a lot of things, india is growing faster, obviously businesses want to be near those opportunities. but to lose because of lack of a ski skilled work force. >> i would just add that apart from a variety of initiatives that both carried out in the private sector and led by governments to improve the supply of technology workers, that i think many industries are also addressing in a sense the demand side of that equation. number of studies have been done in recent years, looking within air space and defense as kind of our home industry sector. at the efficiency with which companies use their engineering and scientific brain power and these studies have pointed to areas where we can make improvements, where we could bring on board a little different mix in our work force to free up our r & d engineers so they can spend 95% of their time doing the things they are good at doing and lo

that tenants in this building will have some amazing space, some amazing views, and our r ehab will be as good as anyone. we are happy to be involved with the city. thank you very much. >> it really did take a team of folks to bring this deal together. we had great assistance from david from lasalle in helping to close this deal for the city and riverbed. >> good morning, everyone. it was a real honor to represent their best technology in this transaction, a 14-month process. i want to thank and congratulate jerry and his real estate team for the pro-active way they have managed their headquarters, getting a head start. mike and his solid team of putting this building together. mayor lee and jennifer for the continued great work they are doing in helping us represent some of the leading technology companies, here in san francisco. it is a real pleasure to be here. thank you very much. >> we are going to break and then the mayor will take questions. not at the podium. >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the whole family. rec and parks has a class for ever

. >> a lot of people can relate to our r situation. >> that is the mother of trayvon martin a high-schoolt dead in sanford, floda up by an neighborhood watch captain, one at george zimmerman. zimmerman says he acted in self- defense and he has not been ararrested which set off protests in washington and across the nation. this week democratic congressman bobby rush was kicked off the floor of the house for wearing a hood beie margin was wearing one when he was killed. the case iss called attention too "stand your ground" laws. >> that law is an abomination, and that is probably at the root ofof what was happening. this man zimmerman called into the police department 50 times in one year to report suspicious activity? when you have a law like that, you give citizens who do not the training or disciplined or experience of a law-enforcement officer in easing a -- usinga a legal weapon and giving them the authority to act in place of police. that invites this kind of horror. i am not sure it is the only cause of this, but i would like to see laws like that looked at and repealed. i think it i

tonight and all of our civil servants when you are helping us how to figure out how to better manage our parks, r-texas, to figure out how we deliver our water. we are setting in example truly to the rest of the world. i want to thank spur. i know that the best ideas in city government do not come from the politicians. they come from all of you. i want to thank spur for helping to convene not just the smartest people in san francisco, but the smartest people from around the world to help us figure out how to innovate. it is my honor to introduce the first award thee of this evenin. this is a very unique award. this is the lifetime achievement award. mfac has to select one individual out of 26,000 who best exemplifies what service is to our city. when i was first elected to office, i asked a lot of people, literally hundreds of people, who is the smartest person in government. with all due respect to the other smart people in this room, there was one name that came up over and over again. that was our awardee. whenever i have a question that was difficult to answer, i would ask my staff, who are w

well you have more news an analysis of the situation in syria you log on to our website r t v dot com and here's what else can find out right now . the american plan before iran find out a full details of what it is as tomahawk missiles are reportedly put into place. also online at a major highway in bahrain is in flames a stand of thousands of entirely protesters rally to demand the cancellation of this weekend's for no longer i am free to watch the video on our website r t v dot com. france goes to the polls on sunday to elect a new president this will be the first round of elections second round will see a runoff between the top two contenders next month ten candidates are vying for the job and they make up a colorful mix of policies and promises r.t. tests are still you break them down for us. one day to go before the friendship one in four voters still haven't made up their minds yet top of the french because the serbs are jobs that money in their pockets especially at a time when unemployment hits around ten percent hitting an all time high that's about thirty million people out

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think i complete ceasefire is likely to be respected and that's the question we're asking on our web site r t v dot com in today's polls let's take a look at what's happening on the side so far as you can see in this part charts the majority view which is forty three percent are skeptical saying the s.n.c. will push for another levy and the second largest group thirty three percent things neither i said nor of the rebels will back down twenty one percent say a ceasefire is possible if the rebels lay down their arms and the minority only three percent of the national pressure will work so let us know what you think by logging on to our website r t v dot com. coming up in the program here in r.t.e. electoral disillusionment despite up to twenty people competing in the presidential race an edge of trust is at a minimum for the candidates with some serious skeletons in the closet. and the global financial crisis is one man's loss is another man's gain while millions struggle to get by their other seeing and grasping an opportunity for profit or u.k. correspondent laura smith reports on a predat

and there's plenty more for you on our web site r t v dot com twenty four hours a day.of video of a chilly rescue in a russia's far east as hundreds of fishermen are holding from a drifting a chunk of ice. the band of millions across the world to switch the lights off for earth hour the event aimed at raising global environmental awareness and more spectacular picture of our website. these are the images and feeling from the streets of canada. china corporations are all today. the official. called touch from the. video. old girls. are a sense for you. if you want to. call . now on to some other news making headlines around the world this hour. the u.k. and argentina are marking the thirteenth excuse me the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the falklands war memorials are being held to remember the conflict that claimed the lives of six hundred forty nine argentinians and two hundred fifty five british soldiers the anniversary comes as relations between the two countries hit their lowest point in decades as one us aries threatens legal action against companies involv

four am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.n. security council's voted to send observers to syria to oversee the country's fragile cease fire first monitor is said to arrive sunday's reports emerge of fresh clashes russia demanded a revision of the original u.s. draft to hold all sides in the conflict accountable for any abuses or. has more. security council is cautiously optimistic and quite proud of itself that it's finally able to speak with one voice reach a consensus the first resolution now unanimously adopted on syria it calls for monitors. to team of thirty go into syria immediately to observe this ceasefire the fragile cease fire in place there according to russian ambassador to the u.n. to tell you one russian officer will be part of the group heading to syria the resolution that was adopted also calls on all parties in in syria including the opposition to immediately seize all violence in all its forms this is what was a sticking point on friday and why the security council was wasn't able to vote on a resolution frida

if two-thirds of our r&d staff is over there, why don't we just move the r r&d center there? >> yeah. there are a lot of things, india's growing faster, china, brazil, obviously, businesses want to be near those opportunities, but to lose investment because of lack of a skilled work force seems to be something the u.s. ought to be able to deal with. any other comments on that, on the corporate role or anything? >> well, i would just add that apart from a variety of initiatives to, that both carried out in the private sector and led by governments to improve the supply of technology workers, i think many i industrs are also addressing in a sense the demand side of that equation a number of studies have been done in recent years looking within aerospace and defense as kind of our home industry sector , at the efficiency with which companies use their engineering and scientific brain power, and they -- these studies have pointed to areas where we could make improvements, where we could bring onboard a little different mix in our work force to free up our r&d engineers so they ca

there doesn't seem to be much consensus on that either this or still here r t paris we have all the latest stories and videos on our website r t you've got problems remember to click on over there and here's what's online for you right now. the threat of a devastating thirty meter a tsunami looms over japan as a title of the experts warns the country should her pair for a new negative way. the world goes dark for earth hour as millions around the world sacrificed modern day conveniences in the name of environmental awareness . thousands of protesters of clash with israeli security forces a palestinian israeli border points friday while marking a land day event sees palestinians commemorating the deaths of six arabs killed by police in demonstrations against land confiscations by israel back in one nine hundred seventy six or his policy or hostile. and this year the annual mandate demonstrations turn violent with one protester killed in gaza several dozen injured across the west bank and at least thirty four people arrested in the event marks the killing back in one nine hundred seventy six of the six palestinians i

you can find out more footage and photos of the two fires on our website r t. syria now has a week to start implementing the joint un arab league and voice peace plan called the out and told the security council that the government has agreed to complete the troop withdraw from towns and cities by next tuesday opposition fighters then have forty eight hours to seize their five hundred u.n. peacekeeping planners are heading to syria to pave the way for a new monitoring mission over saudi arabia and half our lives have agreed to pay rebels fighting the syrian regime money as part of a broader pledge by more than seventy arab and western countries to provide non-lethal aid to the opposition these analysts are not fighting explains why he is starting the west from supporting the syrian rebels militarily those who have started the. opposition in syria were predominantly belonging to the muslim brotherhood the american administration is playing it very very careful in syria these are with the principles of freedom democracy and human rights for the syrian people but

it's not just, you know, our 'r isolated from the rest of the world. >> will you be voting obama?keep that private for right now. >> i still don't have you down as a romney or santorum girl? >> i'm definitely not one of those girls, definitely not, without a doubt, hands down. >> so it's either nothing or obama? >> oh, no. i'm going to vote. i think it's actually irresponsible to -- to not exercise your right to vote, so, yes, i probably most definitely will be voting on that side, but -- but, then again, it's not like i completely and totally agree with everything that goes on. i think there -- there is a lot of room for improvement, and i think that the more that we as citizens get behind issues that we care about and we vote on them and put pressure on our politicians, then -- >> you've been up there to d.c. >> i have, yeah. >> you've been meeting some of these guys. the view from outside of washington is they just don't get it. they don't get -- >> you know what they get. they get votes. they get that if you care about something and if that means that they will get re-elected

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but from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he's now it's good to have you with us six pm here in the russian capital five pm in damascus and the third day of cease fire in syria is being prepped for the test with reports of shellings and killings the un security council is expected to vote on saturday over deploying an observer mission to monitor the troops well anti-government rallies have resumed across the country but there's concern they're being hijacked by rebels that's unavoidable reports from the syrian capital. it was good friday for syrian orthodox christians but it didn't bode well for the country at large three people lost their lives in demonstrations nationwide threatening the fragile ceasefire before it even reached the end of its second day of opposition groups not messing about stop provoking for the clashes in syria and actually put into effect what kofi annan peace plan wants which is to sit down and negotiate and table with the government as with all their uprising in the arab spring did largest of clashes in syria have often taken place

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i talked a little more about this ruling with andrew blake our own r t r t web writer and i asked him if this means people can download whatever they want here's his response i mean for never really been able to download it we want it's certainly a good step in the right direction but i would even go as far as to say that it's good news it's more of just not bad news and when you say a step in the right direction obviously it's not a step in the right direction for music companies and movie companies important companies who want to keep their products you know for say oh yeah instead they're just going to keep getting their products distributed to a wider and wider audience and usually people are going to in turn go and purchase those and still drive their profit so. they're looking for a payoff in the immediate future judge in california saying i don't think so he's saying that a lot of these alleged shares of copyrighted material. were not that not sure is a copyrighted material and so what it's doing is it's making the internet more open for a lot of people to go ahead and do what

t america or check out our website r t dot com slash usa there you'll find a bunch of stories we don't always have time to get to on air today our intrepid web team wrote an interesting article about the cost of cyber bullying but i'm not talking about the psychological toll this behavior takes on the victims i'm talking about cold hard cash a jury in texas just awarded thirteen point eight million dollars to a couple that filed a defamation lawsuit after being tegan eyes on the internet so is this the next step in cyber censorship and what does this mean for your constitutional rights read her article find out and we want to hear from you leave us your comments feedback and story suggestions we're always listening to find out what you think and if you want to know what i'm doing when i'm not reporting you can also follow me on twitter at abby martin we'll see you right back here in half an hour with more news and in-depth interviews.

is to pursue an international pressure will war what is now what do you think by logging on to our web site r t dot com. and coming up later in the program here in our t.v. electoral disillusionment that's fine up to twenty people competing in the presidential race and age of trust is at a minimum for the candidates with some serious skeletons in the closet. and the global financial crisis is one man's loss is another man's gain millions struggle to get by there are others seeing and grasping an opportunity for profit or you can't respond laura smith reports on a predatory banking schemes taking advantage. leaks made longer dotcoms make it all sound so easy and it is in ten minutes payday loan companies handout short term loans to tide you over till you get your paycheck but kelly smith knows this short term solution can become a long term trap because ground line then basically what happens next month is our prize one hundred per month back out into about a hundred and six day when on with our stock and before that was nice trouble compared to what are you doing this is not until recently pa