we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor, heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and aesthetics. so we have created a nice collection of art work that is reflective of the current date. art scenes. and we invite everyone to participate and to see the unique art works that have been developed. >> to learn more, visit >> right on time. i am grateful that a number of you showed up today. i thought we had just a few people being sworn in. i kid you not. i was thinking we could do this in my office. we would have only been able to get a 10th of you in there. i am grateful that you took the time to be here. i thought this would be my last swearing in as mayor but i have two people, supervisor dufty, tomorrow that i will quietly swear in. this is the last public swearing in of my tenure as m

we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor, heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and aesthetics. so we have created a nice collection of art work that is reflective of the current date. art scenes. and we invite everyone to participate and to see the unique art works that have been developed. >> to learn more, visit during the meeting -- text during the meeting. >> call to order. item number two, approval of the minutes of the december 14, 2010 meeting. >> public comments? are there any? item number four, executive session. >> all those in favor? >> second. aye. [inaudible] >> vote for executive session dempsten? >> those in favor? aye. any opposed? >> move not to disclose the items discussed in executive session. >> aye. >> item #6. please be advised that the ringing in use of cell p

the latest one is [inaudible] the women of [inaudible] bend. these are about the women that made those wonderful quilts all over the world. alabama, the poorest county in the depression. the women made these quilts because they needed to keep her children warm and would stack them to make a mattress. they covered the tables with them, they used them for their children to crawl on when they would go outside and have picnics. they used the quilts for everything, small ones and large ones. now today, those quilts are going for 25,000 and more. it was my pleasure to go to g's bend and had the opportunity to quilt with them. my next picture book, i will share this with you and it is called never gotten. i would like to share it because this is something that had been in the process for about 20 years. i have been asking every west african that i have met, did you miss us? what i meant by that was are there stories in your culture that talk about the ones who were taken away? did you tell stories? did you sing songs, poetry, any remnant of anything i

bending your knees takes the pressure off the cyatica nerve.hen it's relaxed it will be less likely to produce pain. >> if i have to have back surgery, let's say, maybe the simplest form, basically, how long is my recovery going to be? how long should i expect to be out of commission? >> the beauty of it is that there have been many advances in surgery in the last, even the last five years. so surgery falls into several categories. if you have a simple pinched nerve, due to a herniated disk, and you try the conservative things, and they're unsuccessful, you could have a fragment of disk removed, and your pain will be relieved immediately, and you can probably go back to work in two or three weeks. >> a couple of quick things here. stress. does it play a part? >> wherever your having pain, stress magnifies the symptoms of pain. stress is never the cause of the pain, but it certainly makes it a lot more difficult to deal with adversity. >> another quickie. posture. my posture. if i have better posture. >> posture is overrated in terms of symptom

we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor, heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and aesthetics. so we have created a nice collection of art work that is reflective of the current date. art scenes. and we invite everyone to participate and to see the unique art works that have been developed. >> to learn more, visit aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back on my feet. they are providing the services under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week. >> at the time we op

we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor, heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and aesthetics. so we have created a nice collection of art work that is reflective of the current date. art scenes. and we invite everyone to participate and to see the unique art works that have been developed. >> to learn more, visit

we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor, heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and

the rules and that environment in which the rule of survival emanates the ability to bend the rules for ordinary people is linked to the ability to survive. >> you take issue was the recent scholarship on the great leap that to looks that's why the tax of trickery to be two the quota or shoddy railroad ties but to have considered the heroic action of righteous resistance of the people against the state it is not so black and white that the food was finite if you put sand in the grain, led by down the line will have to eat that and it is a much more murky moral universe. >> about one-third of the book is ways of surviving i eighth read a few pages of the horror but throughout the country, many more people manage to survive by not working, farmers, as soon as party officials walks through drop the tools sit-down to wait for the day to be over and to preserve energy go to the fields to fifth find despite some grain before even reaches maturity they will eat the great rock, a green, shippers will find bamboo tubes going straight into grain sacks at every level people try to somehow get

screens of the future will bend and fold a sneak peek coming up in our tech report. time now protect up with deep sleep. i have some awesome dude technology does show you. i am talking about video screens that are paper thin a can be shaped rolled band, curved and slacks. imagine a daily newspaper, magazine or book with the video screen will into a. it is not the plot of the market got the technology exists. you can see how thin and flexible this is. i treat, has made a breakthrough in creating paper thin low-cost. they came to the bay area to so what they made. these displays are attracted to electronic makers could there's so many applications for them. here is an example, i imagine this paper will lot to this pen is a video screen. you could take a video screen and have a rolled up into your hand that is helping these flexible displays are. we will have access to them soon in the near future. they all were razor-thin endear indestructible. we'll look inconstancy you're dropping of smart kolar gadgets. here's another idea how to use one, you're smart fog can connec

watch the bend in the clouds. it looks like it's in vacation in california. so thick fog will give way to hazy sunshine. slight component still east, north easterly breeze bringing it into the valley. a dry forecast. more sun tuesday and wednesday. the jet stream no rain stays to the north for now. 44-50. thick valley fog. some is not only in the valley but it's around the bay. temperatures stuck because we have reached saturation. fog or sun. that fog burns off. cool to warm. yes 50-70. there will be some areas that are out to the east that cannot warm up too much. it does look like less fog and slightly warmer temperatures tuesday, wednesday, and thursday the fog will come back. >>> european markets started the day with losses following the lead of most asian benchmarks. they dropped more than 3% requirement that chinese banks hold greater reserves. the move came after asian markets closed on friday. hong kong finished the day down by nearly half a percent. only japan was up and that was less than one tenth of a percent. here is a look at how the markets cl

. >> bend it over like that. we chop it. >> while you do this if you come across something that looks hazardous, material wise, >> like this paint? >> you can't take paint. >> that gets dealt with by? >> we have a patrol truck thal pick up the paint. >> we have tv monitors and tires. you want to look for needles we don't mix needles with the garbage. >> you have to be a positive person in a way to deal with this job. you are dealing with areas you know it's been cleaned. >> basically it happens a lot where you clean up an area. you come back a couple of days later and it's back to that again. we more or less are used to it. that's -- it's our job. you have to get used to it. it's a fact. that's the way it is. >> sure. yeah. >> okay. >> what do you think, are you ready to sign up? >> totally. i'm over dressed. >> a little warm? must be the sweat. >> part of the daily routine is george our steamer. you see the wall people urinate on the and the sidewalk. a trick. i get it up like this. somebody got to do it. the bi

i swallowed a cassette walkman am-fm radio, and just crushed it up in chunks and slivers, and just bend my head back and push it down my throat and immediately drink water and swallow it. i'm like my own worst enemy. i'm really, you know, in a sense, you know, destroying myself psychologically and physically. >> interviewer: do you think you're mentally ill, mr. tharp? >> no. no, i don't think i'm mentally ill. >> interviewer: what do you think you are? >> i think i have a spiritual illness. maybe, you know, as i say, a spiritual insanity. that's the extent of it. >> tharp, ready? >> narrator: we first met jerry tharp in 2004 when we made a film in ohio about the mentally ill in prison. >> come this way. >> i will be a headache to you no more, b. >> narrator: after serving ten years for aggravated robbery, jerry was abt to be paroled. >> i need you to sign this copy saying that you received these medications. it goes in your chart. >> narrator: he was released to a halfway house with $75 and two weeks' worth of medication. >> that's your thorazine. if you have any problems you can follo

the trees bending down gently flinging branches. our orchard grew like a crown on the sun's eyebrow. where did humbaba come from? his mother was just a cave, his father unknown. who made him a friend pretending guardian of the orchard. did those nice shrubs need fear to go begging for a garden and have humbaba in his treachery ilk. those plants and flowers were like books everyone could read, not cut and throw away. their different fantastic colors had formed our blood so our veins ran smoothly, our 7 wonders showed. then humbaba made a whirlwind of fire and snow. who crowned him king? who showed him our garden was but a jail? humbaba was great and scary, but not so very strong, though no one could ever conquer him as no one would ever try. time and again, when things grew old, humbaba alone believed himself eternal and young, still powerful, able to defeat all. humbaba didn't want to know one fact: that accumulation will lead to eruptive change. but, sadly, when suddenly he realized it after all, he chose to check its power on all,

. >> he and his brother share a family trait, fingers bending toward the palm. >> i try to wash my face, the stick my finger in the eye. >> it's the results of a disease that affects 3% of americans. it's caused by a hardening of the fiberous tissue in the hand. >> as time goes on they pull down to where it can even lock into your palm and you can't straighten your finger. little things like trying to clean the kitchen with a table cloth, i can't get my hand flat. >> the treatment involves surgery but richard is asking for an alternative. at a clinic in larkspur, they mix an enzyme solution, the liquid is injected into his palm. over the next 24 hours, the bacteria based enzyme will dissolve collagen. >> instead of cutting out the diseased tissue we can dissolve it in the office. >> he returns for step two in which he will straighten the hand by breaking the weakened tissue families. first, there is a slight carving sound. >> did you har it? >> then after several minutes, richard's hand is straight chbdz on o and the pressure is loosened. the doctor says it produces results similar to s

i am totally frustrated because those sides would not bend. i think there can be compromises. i think we have to think of what is best for both sides. >> are there additional speakers in support of the project sponsor? you have two minutes for rebuttal. >> we have heard there is no behavioral problems from law enforcement. i would like to take a look at this photograph here. a poor woman is passed out in the middle of the day in front of the brickyard. i will leave it at that. there are behavioral problems. and with all due respect, this is not an issue about the former establishments. everybody has said that they were in harmony with the previous establishments. if it could be operated in some manner with the patio closed, we would be in pretty good shape. please don't think this is about trying to shut down the brickyard and close down businesses. no one is trying to shut it down, it is certainly not a zero sum game. mellon seems to be disputing the fact that there is a serious and legitimate noise problem. we are asking for your help. there needs to be a full analysis to fi

jackson could yan bending on removal because he knew he was not the enemy of the indian and he was being painted. he was simply following what he termed the big tapes of humanity, his conscience was clear. but i wonder, because as he faded, and knew death was upon him, he returned regularly to this subject, and wanting to know what his crew was going to say about him. and i think, i don't know -- we have no way of knowing and of man is absolutely reluctance to express any kind of personal failings as jackson didn't leave any evidence for us to know, but it seems to me he may have understood even if he felt his conscience was clear that perhaps history would judge him less favorably. now, lumpkin protested the way the northerners were using them. he said they were indicting his fellow georgians as"atheist, diaz, infidels and sabbath breakers laboring under the curse of slavery." but i would suggest as a summation for the removal debate in the congress at least is this. within the decorous precincts of the u.s. capitol, salvos have been fired in the nation's first civil war and the south h

so did the mind bending drama inception. >> the fighter rounded out the top five with seven nominationstoy story 3 created by pixar was nominated for five academy awards including best picture of the year. >> the producer and director told don santos that nominations are amazing. >> we worked really hard on toy story 3 a long time, over four years. this is the icing on the cake at the ends of this incredible journey. >> people in the same category as all the other big films this year. >> academy awards will air here on abc 7 on february 27th. >> for a list of all the nominees in every category, log on to our website abc7news.com and click on the "see it on tv" link. >> yeah. they're working on cars 2 right now. >> i can't wait until that comes out. >> hopefully it won't take four years. >> they've been working on it that long. the kids are all gonna grow up. >> we come in and forecast for seven days. they're doing it for 1200 days or something. let's take a look and though you what the seven day forecast does entail. today marks day 7 and tomorrow day 8 and thursday there's a chance and

we know not all that in the early years but it bends through. its being watched closely by intelligent. rate of a man on october thirtieth one thousand nine hundred thirty eight how many orson welles presented the h.g. well science fiction classic real war of the worlds to a national audience and proceeded to scare the wits out of a good many of us listeners with this victorian tale of alien invasion. thing out of that black hole through their. they i hate like they are a herd of everything. bad bad. it was compelling fiction but it sounded like an actual. and there were reports of widespread panic that aliens have actually invaded the planet. reinforced fears that had been building for years about the power of mass media to exercise a direct and immediate effect audiences and audience behaviors. it didn't matter that this apparently immediate and profound effect to be nowhere near as originally reported. that the sensationalized press reports deflected attention away from the fact that the vast majority of people who heard the broadcast knew it

look at the bend in the clouds to the left. little low spinning in southern california might give us a few high clouds especially santa clara valley. but the fog is the big story in the east bay f. you don't have the fog it's like what are you talking about it's just cold. sunny and warmer today. that fog is thick. i'm really, really incredulous is the word that there's not a fog advisory because i mean it's like right here some of that fog. for other areas it's in the 20s and 30s. fog forecast model see where it comes from. right there out in sacramento area. stockton back in the delta. watch how it just comes right back from san pablo bay right over towards marin. this can give areas like kentfield cold readings. if you're north and south sunny and mild. but that is in place and the high isn't going to budge until about sunday. any travel plans in the sierra you will have to deal with very thick fog. that's a few high clouds coming up towards the peninsula and also the south bay. right there. see that. that's coming up associ

. >> democrats claim republicans are bending their own rules after demanding all bills go through regularmmittee votes, the appeal effort is going through with no hearing and no chance to change it. >> in less than a half hour, president obama is expected to introduce william daily to be his new chief of staff at the white house. daily, a former commerce secretary, will be stepping into one of the most important and influential jobs in american government as an advisor and gatekeeper to the president. the pentagon is sending 1400 more marines to afghanistan. officials say the troops will be heading to the southern provinces of kandahar, major areas known for taliban fighting. the marines will support the expansion of security forces. when president obama approved the original search a year ago, he gave bill gates leeway to add a limited number of extra forces. president obama plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan in july. >> just ahead, the big price cut coming to one of apple's most popular projects. >> plus hot tech gadgets. the latest trends people >> closed captioning brought to y

and other side of the bend. when it comes to jury duty, not even supreme court justices get a pass. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time sfwloen. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with the next step. congresswoman gabrielle giffords' road to recovery has been paved. she went outside for the first time yesterday and heads to a rehab center in houston today. nbc's jay gray is live in houston with more on that. jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, lynn. yeah, gabrielle giffords has shown amazing resolve in the days since the attack. the doctors and therapists agree that part of her recovery is just about to begin here in houston. . this morning could mark a milestone in the recovery of wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. later today less than two weeks after being shot at point-blank range in the head she's scheduled to leave university medical center in tucson. >> i'm extremely hopeful that gabby is going to make a full recovery. i mean, she is a fighter like,

i've never been a fascist nor me still a bend or sore so i wonder how i could be portrayed as a mere fascist no. well you said that i've been portrayed as a moderate face a funny stories about it but you know i've also been portrayed as the extremist face of the moderate party so i. think none of this for his asian is really true well i am a tough guy if you want to believe in what i say i defend my country and the interests of my fellow country men but i can perfectly understand that those are people do exactly the same as they are quite open minded also to international relations with european and non european people and i think there is a lot of this information about my body but my body is growing in the polls in france now and there is also a reaction in europe. oh oh you could sell soon in russia and russia you don't mean you big because your government is a battery of the government maybe you need to but there is a reaction against global. i mean it in europe by the sink the russian people shouldn't be afraid about that. her. her. her. her. this history still keeps its secrets

it is mostly on the shoulder but avoid that slowing coming around the bend.thbound side heading into daley city around that area as well. keep that in mind. obviously, the volume of traffic is increasing. we may have a traffic break the next few minutes heading to the lower deck as well. we have traffic patterns needing to be picked up. delays could be seen getting to the lower deck. the metering deck just turned on lights a moment ago. the toll plaza is not seeing a backup, but the backup has started for the east bay. it is there in full effect. back over to you. >>> thank you. thousands of bay area commuters may soon lose one of the options, and that's taking caltrain. it is in so much financial trouble the big changes have to be made or it could be forced to stop dozens of trains in their tracks. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live on the meeting today to try to save caltrain. marla? >> reporter: brent, what it comes down to is a $30 million deficit for the next fiscal year. and that's about 30% of caltrains $100 million annual budget. as a result, t

toll plaza golden gate same story your ride at marin looks good traffic flowing freely heading south bende only slows spot again, westbound highway 4. still in pretty good shape compared to when we normally see normally more red speeds in the single digits and not the case today averaging about 35 mi. per hour that ride picks up as to retreat under cooked bird. mark. >> an ambulance with lights and sirens on it ran into an s u v. there was headed to an incident at folsom crossing the intersection when it collided use of the damage a roll over three times. incredibly no one was injured. no patient in the back of the ambulance. live music may prevented the driver from hearing the sirens. police arrested 17 year-old hayward boy suspected of shooting two men leaving a bus in the mission district to happen just a morning that 16 the folsom he suffered non a life-threatening injuries. >> dangers discovery should then they freeway at the map shows location of the incident happened near the storage facility near 95 first avenue north just of about 680. all lanes of 680 were shut down when a bomb

quarter of a million people gathered along the thames river to see a fire display centered around the bend. the freezing cold and not dampen the atmosphere as a thousands of people flocked to the eiffel tower in paris. there was cheers as the tower was eliminated and everyone shared a romantic moment with champagne. lithuania became the first former a state to join the euro. they have been preparing for the switchover. with the rosellen in crisis, this is not the best time to be joined in. -- with the eurozone in crisis. many people gathered in sydney harbour to watch the fireworks. in the yukon -- in the uk, a magistrate has granted investigators more time to look into a case -- the architect was arrested and police are still searching his flat. >> and new year's eve, but at this victorian mansion block tonight, the somber search goes on. exactly two weeks after yates was last seen alive. all day forensic teams have been moving evidence from her basement flat. among the items taken away was a rug and bags containing towels and blankets. they have also been upstairs in the flat that belong

everything here is on loan from a bend. we will not always get it right and we will not always agree on what is right. my belief is always the weekend disagree without being disagreeable. >> sounds pretty humble there. mark, how about a thumbnail preview? >> i think john boehner had a good week. he had the right tone. the republicans had a less than good week, because they are caught on their attempt to repeal the affordable health care act by breaking their own rules on opening it up for debate to the men and, to -- debate to amend it and doing it in an orderly fashion. john boehner struck the perfect tone. >> boehner-led house, what will look like, charles? >> as humble as he said. i think he overdid the humility a little bit. he said "dust-to-dust." it is not the kind of thing you introduce into an inaugural address after a landslide, but i guess he was airing on the side of humility. the they are going to tread carefully on anything large grid they will play small ball for quite a while. >> nina, what you think? >> i wi

days and she couldn't work anymore because he had beaten her so badly on her back that she couldn't bend over. she was a housekeeper in a casino. i tried to figure out why wasn't this case prosecute. i talked to the victim and the perpetrator's family and i talked to the police officer and i talked to the investigator and i couldn't fitting out. why? why? why? what is wrong with that case? why didn't this case go anywhere? i went to miss wiggs. i said why didn't this case go anywhere? she said let me look back and see when was the last time a domestic violence case was prosecuted? it turns out this prosecutor hasn't prosecuted a domestic violence case in 20 years. there are these patterns that we can't see or know because under the guise of discretion and they don't have to make it public, and if you lived in the county, all right, you might know, i know somebody who was beaten up but the case didn't go anywhere, nobody put together these patterns. that's one of the great meanings of ordinary justice. >> john, do you know miss wiggs? >> new york city but i wish i did. -- no, but i wish i

. >> democrats claim republica are bending their own rules after demanding all bills go througregularommittee votes, the appeal effort is going through with no hearing and no chance to change it. >> in less than a half hour, president obamis expected to introduce willia daily to be his new chief of staff at the white hous daily, a former commerce secretary, will stepping into one of the most important and influential jobs in amerin government as an advisor and gatekeeper to the president. the pentagon is sending 1400 more marines to afghanista officials say the troops will be heading to the southern provinces of kandahar, major areas known for talib fighting. the marines will support the expansion of security forces. when president obama approved the original search a year ago, he gave bill gates leeway to add a limited numbe of extra forces. president oba plans to withdraw tops from afghanistan in july. >> just ahead, the big price cut coming to one of apple's most popular projects. >> plus hot tech gadgets. the latest trends people are -- will be talking about at the electronicshow