we get a blank piece of crystal like so, and the crystal is then given to the marker. so he'll put it onto his template, and as he spins it around, he'll mark grids onto the actual glass. now, when it comes off that template, he passes it down to the cutters, and the cutters will then cut into the grids that he has marked on it until they have the pattern cut into the crystal. so when it comes off their wheel, all that you've left is a beautifully cut piece of crystal, but there's this kind of a white, chalky residue left on it. so what they have to do then is remove the white, chalky residue, and how they do that is, they have to dip it in acid, and then when they take the pieces out of the acid, all that's left is a beautiful, crystal-clear piece. maxa: sparkling irish crystal is only the beginning of the traditions that infuse the areas around galway. we're off on a salt-sprayed journey through the mouth of galway bay to check out ireland's cultural time capsules-- the aran islands. on these special islands, traditional ways of life have survived for centuries. inis

my crystal ball isn't primarily to do with oil prices it's more to do with clean energy but i suspect that we could see our own price in the short and the low one by the end of the year but i think what we will see is a great more focus a great deal more focus on different types of energy we saw record investment in clean energy last year of two hundred forty three billion dollars on our estimates and lots of countries that weren't previously associated with clean energy in the middle east and and africa and russia and so on are looking more closely at where the things they can do on wind and solar economics are improving price of hardware is coming down so i think it will be a good year for clean energy whatever happens to all price but i suspect on oil we'll see iran lower ok gail you got fifteen seconds where you think if you're right your crystal ball tell you one year from now well i think we'll see higher than lower but i think we'll see is a lot of recession and so the rebel session they bring they all price down to say by this really the recession that will dominate ok that's

crystal lynn is the one that's been the longest. it's made from crystals. it is firm, hard like crystal. they're over 85% or 90% of the market now. they have the highest efficiencies. in other words, they'll capture more of the sunlight per square foot than the other technology. this can be significant especially in a city like san francisco when maybe you don't have a lot of roof space, but you want to get as much power as you can. this is probably the choice preferred for most homeowners. the second technology which is coming on strong is called thin film. that's really a whole different technology using a lot less material. it's like sprayed or painted on, a different way of producing electricity. this stuff has a lot of potential because it can be used in a lot of different ways. this is a thin film panel here, right here and one of the innovative ways you can use this thing is on thought metal seamed roofs. they have an add he'sive backing on and they can stick down on the roof without penetrating the roof. it's a very effective and cheap and safe inst

iveive -- irving crystal's colud edited by bill crystal. denver, sally, on the air. good evening. >> caller: hi, how are you? i'm so delighted to see this. i'm a c-span junkie and book tv junkie. i'm a mature woman who's a reader reading everything from history to politics to political thrillers, et cetera. and jenn, my question is i like the specific callty of a book. i will probably not buy an ereader unless i have an opportunity to take a trip around the world where i can download a lot of books. and i use my library quite frequently. denver has a wonderful library system. so my question is, what do you think the future is of the physical book? >> host: thank you, sally. jenn risko? >> guest: you know, look, we pay a lot of attention to what's going on with ebooks. keep in mind they are only maybe 9% of the overall trade book market. there's many people who are saying just like you did that you are interesting in reading electronic books if they have to take a trip around the world and download 20 books on the kindle or ipad or nook or whatever. look, i don't thin

crystal clear out there tonight, no fog not even inland. mild this evening with temperatures widespread the peace. tomorrow morning, it will be a chilly start with widespread-'50s. and a bit warmer last night. and very similar to today. summit, smiled, this pattern will continue. sunny, mild, this pattern will continue. where will also take a look at the lake tahoe forecast. >> with powers trying to get restored with large trees brought down power lines to get power-restored. the house on laguna street nearly escaped damage. early this afternoon, power was restored. >> emotions were high, parents, teachers, with possible school closures and the east bay. this is a map of possibilities. mount diablo school district, 7, holbrook, sequoia, and wren elementary. and glenn burke, and a sequoia of middle school. all of these shutdowns would be because of the looming budget. this was a packed meeting in walnut creek and what was and was not decided upon. >> hundreds of parents, teachers packed the auditorium in walnut creek to give up mount diablo

production starts with a thin model crystal. and a process known as. placed inside a special chamber the wafer is bombarded with various gases to form a multi-layered structure under specific pressure and temperature conditions the gases cause chemical reactions leaving layers of gallium nitride indium nitride and aluminum nitride on the way for surface each wafer will produce up to thousands of l.e.d.s. so a laser edging process cards out the individual chips contacts are then affixed to each one of the tiny l.e.d. chips are now ready to be placed inside the casement they are connected with gold wire the contacts and covered with a foster layer to convert blue to white light negative and positive charge currents meet in the active layer of the diode releasing photons in the form of visible light. technology while the energy efficiency. recovering the innovation technologies. and we've talked to several groups several financial groups and. they realize the potential of the company bought it. and inside at least. we found a way that we can grow material

confined semiconductor crystals with unique electronics. discovered in the one nine hundred eighty s. physicist. quantum dots are great advantages in laser applications. for more amplitude and. relative noise. benefits. company's latest invention. through this. one hundred gigabits. you see everywhere today just a few. hundred times. think of the. data coming out of your computer. today the options are basically. waiting in traffic with the data. to the same highway sending information on the same fiber using several different. speed and you see what kind of breakthrough we're talking about. computer. one hundred. the world. in two thousand and six. that's a huge number. expect. future. development . technologies to develop. to competitive firms with cutting edge projects. and possibly the way they build successful innovative business abroad and bring them home. over the world from the famous silicon valley to taiwan in southeast asia. well the time come to build up this kind of center in russia the resoundingly answer from moscow right now

. >> host: bill crystal is coming out with a new book. it's his late father's columns, "selected essays 1942-2009 edited by bill crystal" denver, sally, you're on the air. good evening to you. >> caller: hello. i'm delighted to see this. i'm a book tv and c-span junky. i'm a mature woman who reads everything from history to politics to political thrillers, ect., and then my question is i like the physicality of a book. i will probably not buy an e-reader unless i have the opportunity to take a trip around the world where i can down load a lot of books, and i use my library quite frequently. denver has a wonderful library system, so my question is what do you think the future is the physical book? >> host: thank you, sally. jenn risko. >> guest: look, we pay a lot of attention what's going on with e-books, but they are only 9% of the overall trade book market. there's many part-time who are saying just like you did that they are interested in reading electronic books if they have to take a trip around the world and they can download books

>> reporter: and that's the crystal ball that's going to drop at midnight and we have had a couple of dress rehearsals here, robert, because as other parts of the world celebrate midnight and ring in the new year, they do a countdown trying to get everybody warmed up. by the way, what you're looking at is the backstreet boys and 'n sync. they will perform later. remember them? i knew you were waiting for that, right? [ laughter ] >> that's exactly true. remember them from back in the day. hey, manuel gallegus live in times square, thank you, manny. >>> 2010 is ending with some violent weather. storms ripped through the midwest killing at least 6 people. three people died when a tornado touched down in arkansas today. dozens more were hurt. the twister destroyed several homes, tearing them to pieces. the tornado lifted one house right off of its foundation. a neighbor across the street saw it all happen. >> it sounded like a freight train coming right over top of us. my whole house started shaking. the windows started busting out and then it was gone. >> two people were killed by a twi

to be made into a lot of people a year out but what can we expect in this new year what does your crystal ball tell you and do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than the. wealthy british style. that's not on the tireless much. harder. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on r g. is he. used. to. say. in moscow multis available in hotels for course the fall of the north oh loza oh toto keep a palace it is cold us photo east west. for this to. become the. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. and you can. follow while coming across talk i'm here a little what can we expect in this new year what is your crystal ball tell you and do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than the past year. ok. to talk about the year that has come i'm joined by jim walsh from in boston he is a research associate a

tonight's meeting will be at the senior center on crystal springs road at 7:00. >>> this morning policere taking a close look at people caught on surveillance video after a fire was set inside east palo alto city hall. the fire was in a steel trash can near the police evidence room. it forced the cancellation of a city council meeting. about 50 people had to evacuate. no one was hurt. >>> a public ceremony will be held today to celebrate the america's cup. san francisco was chosen to host the sailing event in 2013. mayor newsom and others will be present. it starts at 3:00 this afternoon at san francisco city hall. >>> and this morning, a controversial ruling about police and your cell phones. the state supreme court ruled that police don't need a warrant to search a cell phone by someone who is under arrest. back in 2009, the ohio supreme court ruled otherwise. the split between the two states could lead the u.s. supreme court to weigh in on the issue. >>> 6:37. more and more californians are leaving their car keys at home and taking the train. that's helped amtrak's ridership. kcbs ra

billy crystal's father worked in this record store.e that actually put it out, and having put the record out, of course, the next issue was getting it played on the radio. and most radio stations wouldn't touch it, and this lasted for many, many years. i mean, for a long time, you could not hear this song on the radio. there's a story in my book about wnew debating at great length over whether or not to let billie holiday perform strange fruit. in this era, records weren't played so much as there were live performances on the radio, and they went back and forth about whether or not to let her sing the song and ultimately decided to let her sing it in the middle of the night when presumably nobody would be listening. and as you point out in your book, there is some censorship, certainly, involved there, but it's also a very somber song. it's not appealing radio programming. right, it's not appealing programming. i mean, this was a story that-- i interviewed the guy that chooses the music for one of the airlines, and there was a story th

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even a lot of people if you're really looking to what can we expect this new year what does your crystal ball tell you and do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than. to stop stories in europe's asylum policies under fire the latest like in the rest of the suspected terror plots triggered accusations that lots of tracks provide terrorists with the fast track to the continent. we're into why tire heavy snowfalls and strong winds cause new power plants in the moscow region as an urgency team to work around the clock trying to restore electricity to thousands. celebrating break outs with a posh while powerful american marriages end in divorce with tell you why celebrating freedom would be fine and even prosperous. one of the last paradise tourists return to their public about pozieres stability helps reveal the treasures hidden by war and conflict and coming up next a piece about his guests discuss waterways the world in twenty eleven and what we should be ready for some cut and thrust in crosstalk is up next. and you can. welcome to cross talk i'm futi

people would go to these convenience stores and by sudafed they would cook to make crystal meth, said the fbi was outraged with the u.s. attorney's office. u.s. attorney's office didn't like the fbi. the u.s. attorney's office has not invited especially gent in charge of the oxford office who is going to stand trial beginning monday and man named nelson who i think is from indianola originally, so that is still being played out. when the u.s. attorney's office started the scruggs investigation, they made sure that nobody in the oxford fbi office knew about it and they went to jackson to the southern district to get an fbi agent from jackson ran the operation against scruggs and people in oxford were kept in the dark and the only learned about through channels within the justice department and they were quite annoyed they had been cut out of the operation. it's not a pretty story but it's basically very ugly and sad story all-around for just about everybody involved. people told me you've written a book without a hero and if you have, i don't think there is a hero in the book. there ar

to approve the plans and specifications of the water enterprise water system improvement program, crystal springs pipeline number to replacement project to the lowest qualified responsible bidder, ranger pipelines, to provide improvements that will add seismic reliability to the northern peninsula. >> i want to point out that this item shows we are continuing to benefit from a very favorable bidding environment. in this case, we were able to save $13.80 million with the lowest bid, which represents 30% of savings from our budget. >> and ranger pipeline, as i recall, is a san francisco firm located in bayview. >> they have done very good work for us so far. president vietor: public comment on this item? all those in favor? opposed? next item, please. >> madame president, i believe we are coming to the end of the regular calendar. >> there are no closed session items today. if you could take those off calendar and move to item 22, if the commissioner has any additional new business items? president vietor: any new business items? >> move to adjourn. >> let me put a nail on the to buy four.

make it a lot of people a very unfair look at what can we expect in this new year what does your crystal ball tell you and do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than the. current. long haul turned. oh yeah. enough backyard of nine eleven we were not oh my god i'm not trust us to crop up and then spread all over the country. virtually all terrorists today are muslim do we have the right to make such provoking of statements and the muslim schools have the right to exist. in defined new york city on our hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. asylum policy comes under fire after loans to spike of arrests over suspected terror plots detainees linked to chechen terrorism. have triggered. that lacks checks offering steam as a safe haven. touching of the paulson hoping it won't become the presence of a mosque a bunk a museum offers the chance to relive the cold war experience visit is can see what it would have been like if there are some capital have click on the toilet of

to make a lot of people there isn't a look at what can we expect in this new year what does your crystal ball tell you and do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than the. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are on the day. see and these are the week's top stories when top prostration and also close to the cold weather blues as frozen rains paralyzes the capitol ahead of the holidays but found stranded on the roads and a nap for. spreading the fear a four zero terror attack in denmark makes europeans increasingly wary of the growth of islamic extremists. also russia's most famous film a type two more main the country's most famous prison it for another six years as a moscow court finds him guilty of them battling huge amounts of oil. and. israel's military absence of in gaza people that are still struggling to cope with diamond located tensions between the two neighbors break up. as the headlines and enough of the minutes but about his guests

town of san francisco with the cell -- with the county of san mateo for trailer improvements on the crystal springs regional trail. this is on the peninsula watershed. president vietor: questions or comments on this item for mr. ritchie? all of those in favor? opposed? the motion carried. thank you, mr. ritchie. next item. secretary housh: item number 15, a discussion and possible action to approve the plans and specifications and a warm water enterprise water system improvement program funded the san joaquin pipeline system, to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, mountain cascades, to construct approximately 10.3 miles of new pipeline. >> i and general manager of new infrastructure for a recent project. we have a 11 bidders. we are exceeding our goals. questions or comments? -- president vietor: questions or comments? all of those in favor? opposed? great. thank you. the motion carries. next item, please. secretary housh: items 16, a discussion possible action to approve my vacation number one to water and a price of the contract number wd-2639, for new circuit breakers

crystal clear skies over the golden gate. very similar conditions as we go towards this weekend.nice, mild conditions and temperatures in the 60s. saturday, the storm is going to bring high clouds, and the wind will pick up a little bit. temperatures will be in the 60s. dry air dominating the forecast really pushing storms of to the north towards a seattle. we will see a storm on saturday. and high clouds. but that is about it. the same pattern, expected. , it is going to be a bit cooler. tomorrow. and 36 degrees in concord, 42 degrees in hayward, have become a 36 in santa rosa, and 42 in san jose. a nice warm up with widespread 66. 60 degrees in san rafael, novado, richmond, fairfield. and 55 degrees in redwood city. 69 degrees in los gatos, and 66 degrees in the san jose. and a taking a look kron 4 7 day around the bay with a chilly morning in a mild afternoon. a great time to get out sitand get outside >> teamhen and baby bunnies kimberly sakamoto? >> your going to want to take a look of this video. and people in the u.k., with carving. and they just released this video. f ---

>> we went to the set where the zoo is, and then there's the monkey, crystal.chef do she does this thing where the trainer that trains her gives her, like, all the food and it doesn't matter. she was chewing gum one day. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah, and there's this trick where the trainer goes like this to the monkey and it starts hitting you on the head. >> jimmy: why would you do that trick? >> i know. the trainer gets faster and the monkey hits you faster -- >> jimmy: have you had that with any other costars? >> not yet. >> jimmy: that's good. do you have pets yourself at home? >> i do. i have a horse, a dog and a goldfish. >> jimmy: really? those are all in your bedroom? it's amazing you keep it so clean. you have a horse, a dog and a goldfish. how long for the goldfish? >> about three years. >> jimmy: are you sure your parents aren't switching them out while you're at work while you're meeting monkeys and what not? >> mine is pretty unique, though. it was a party favor from this party, which is so weird, i went to this girl's birthday and she had this huge

(music) >> and a live look outside from our mount pam cam crystal clear over san francisco. something, bay- area wide and mild temperatures. and with dense fog. we're going to be seeing changes. to take a look or current conditions, nice, with sepa a 62 degrees in san francisco, and 69 in los gatos. and look a chilly! delta, to the fairfield, it is only 46 and 54 in antioch. visibility is an issue. with one 1/2 visibility produced. through the delta, and what migh-reduced visibility, and with he is to the north bay. and quickly, this evening it will dissipate. where will talk about that in the cold night and even the bay shores. for will talk all about it coming up in a bit. >> oakland leaders are trying to fix problems of the police department radio system. after a police chase started bond the 700 block yesterday afternoon. two different men were shooting randomly in this neighborhood. the suspects rushed away and crashed into another car. that is much of the other suspects ran out that is one of the other suspects, ran out--in killed by police. he failed to surrender. the

going to make a lot of the play here yeah but what can we expect in this new year what does your crystal ball tell you and do we have any reason to believe two thousand and eleven will be any better than. the bold the fukushima you the latest in science and technology from around flushing. we've got the future covered. he. what you are tv's are the headlines the terrorists next door rise and arrest and you are turns a spotlight on the policy for providing extremist safe haven. feeling the fear of nuclear war the moscow bunker museum that's giving visitors a first hand experience of the horror of holocaust. and turning divorce distress into dollars what half of us marriages breaking down will work out why it's an opportunity to make a fast buck out of failure. coming up the firsthand stories of soldiers and officers who chose conscience over army orders and price they paid for that decision. noice can you hear it. it's coming from. it's the sound of despair despair. north and south millions of men children living in appalling conditions in extreme poverty extreme violence extreme exploita

we'll have it all to come as the crystal ball drops just before midnight and the confetti rains downthe sky. it's going to be a fabulous night everyone. this is the only show you want to be watching. so stay with us. back now to "larry king live," a special show just for you. >>> we're at 919 parish place apartment a, philadelphia. the grow-up home for bill cosby. >> it was very, very small and i brought him by here. enis said he wanted to go home. he told camille that i took him someplace and tried to prove to him that life was rough, but he didn't believe it. >> i've known bill cosby a long time. interviewed him many times. the hardest setting for anyone is death to begin with. >> we were all there, and enis was coming home and we put the coffin in the place and everybody is down, and everybody went to look at him. i didn't go. i don't want to see my son -- i have memories. >> how a guy could go on after a child has died is incomprehensible to me. i would never go on. >> one great thing you must have seen, as you saw all over the world, was the love people have for you. >> for the

we saw a crystal clear picture in the environs but further east and north? >> kind of fogged in this morning and many that would be fogged in if we had cameras high. how clear all way to fremont. how unlimited visibility is around the bay but difficult in our inland valleys where we have fog santa rosa, napa, antioch. temperatures upper 30s to low 40s. around san rafael, livermore and most of the bay into the south bay and los gatos. 53 san francisco and still 63 in half moon bay. around the monterey bay, we have mid to upper 40s. possibly fog getting close around gilroy at 35 degrees. all right. our other big story besides the fog, the report temperatures this afternoon. not as cold tonight but look for patchy fog once again and weekend breezes bring us seasonally cool conditions. let's take a look at our 24 hour temperature change. warmer today. even with the foggy think we can make it up to 68 which is 3 degrees warmer. san jose about 1 degree warmer. concord and san francisco the same. where you see the asterisks, those were record high temperatures yest

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it's not in a crystallized form. so it's in a block form. i didn't think it looked like candy. >> reporter: but the kids told firefighters what it tasted like. >> somebody said it tasted like cookies. >> cookies? how do you explain that? >> probably that rats like people food. >> reporter: it happened in a classroom where a substitute was teaching. officials aren't sure if someone brought the rat poison to schools or left by someone in the class. the poison manufacturers told them it is not toxic to humans in small amounts and that none of the kids showed any effects. >> reporter: the two students taken to the hospital were in both in good condition and would not be admitted. >>> the toll takers at the golden gate bridge might be a thing of the past. looking live now here at the bridge, that would mean all tolls would be collected electronically. the bridge district is trying to reduce it's $8 million deficit. one woman told us while the idea could be good it could cause problems for some. >> i just think there's so many foreigners who cross

it has become crystal clear over the last few months and year that we have some work to do on the issue of bedbugs, and i think the goal of this meeting is to get a clearer idea of what our policies and procedures are and see how the department and our staff and programs can actually help to facilitate some more successful resolution to this issue, so i really thank you for coming very much and thank all the public for coming. >> good morning, commissioners. i represent the department of public health. i want to first thank all of you for inviting me to come, first about with dbi and dph jointly are doing. i really do not know how much time you plan to devote to this -- commissioner walker: what ever you need. >> thank you. i quickly got some slides together this morning. to first of all provide some feedback on issues with bedbugs and how we have been responding to the problem. first, i'm going to be giving you a little bit of history and perspective on what's dph has done to date -- what dph has done to date. bedbugs are not actually new to our generation. they have been around for ce

times square has a dazzling crystal ball and atlanta has this the big fat peach made of fiberglass and fall. it weighs about 800 lbs. organizers expecting about 100,000 people at the party which is big for the area. the biggest one in the southeast. its 2011 sydney australia. but they always have fabulous fireworks over the harbor. this is one of the biggest parties in the world. the figure but one- and-a-half million people are watching this, a billion people and 160 countries watching all of that on tv. happy new year new zealand since 2011 there. your looking at video for new zealand were they also have a huge fireworks display and demonstration. hong kong picked up the new year promising to upstage times square. but on all fronts to soon to say whether they did not but they say this was their biggest fireworks show ever. they had a four minute show which kicked off the celebrations. it is 2011 in thailand people welcoming than a year on the beach. again the fireworks thousands of people packing and national celebration with lots of music and beautiful. this is dubai, the united it