, avoiding waste generated by durable systems instead of the shorter product. but you are right that there is a lot of room to extend that period -- to extend that. >> i think your ability will be one of the major issues. it is clearly a green building issue, intended to be rebuilt. it is a building whose time has come. hardly a green building. there's also a special about durability in terms of the materials to make it up. i am having a meeting next week with folks about the construction of buildings. right now, there is a requirement in the san francisco building code required to take your demolition construction debris to a registered facility, and they are required to do a recovery of some percentage. >> 65%, and you need a registered for any thing greater than a single axel picked up. >> of their committed to a recovery rate. we have recovery, but we're talking about deconstruction come up with the park that will be reused. -- the construction, -- deconstruction, with the part that will be reduced. so there is a regulation, and they put it in place, and th

. >> and very durable. it lasts longer than and comparable bct product. >> how about this other stuff? >> the carpet is a hybrid recycled. 90 percent of the carpet is recycled. it's a unique application. it's traction backed. it doesn't require adhesive. i take one step out of the process. eliminate a material all together that's associated with a lot of boc's. >> the chairs are 100 percent cradle to cradle. it's an outside certification that means the product is entirely recyclable. it's easily disassembled. you can send it back and have them disassemble it >> i would like to see stuff let's repairable. so you don't have to replace the whole chair? >> i am positive that we can send this back to the manufacture and have it replaced rather than getting a new chair. >> this has that aleron. >> the entire assembly of this furniture has been put in a testing room and they have tested off gassing and it's met a green guard. we have tackable, rather than covering them with any fabric. we used a biodegradable prod

you can't have a durable building if the stuff that's behind those shakes is not as durable as the shakes themselves basically. one of our big issues right now. here's a stucco facade with a wood door. it looks like it might even have new vinyl windows, hard for us to tell from this distance. >> wherever you have two dissimilar materials coming together, you have an opportunity for a leak. so we're stuck -- where stucco but thes up to -- butts up to brick or wood or to vinyl or -- those are the areas that you have to be -- where two materials come together, that's the area that you really have to maintain and that's where the leaks happen. that's where cracks occur. there's differential settlement, over time the materials pull apart and that's where you really have to be concerned about maintaining a water proof seal. >> so if you look at a picture like this where we see the stairs which are probably concrete and the building which is a wood frame building, they separate. they will separate. they are not made of the same materials. and the reason that we have a gap that will ultimately oc

♪ super durable, super absorbent, super clean. bounty.et clean picker-upper. >>> well, pope john paul ii will be one step closer to -- pilgrims are holding prayer vigils in the streets tonight to honor the former leader of the world's catholics. charlie has our report. >> reporter: thousands of worshippers filled rome for a vigil honoring pope john paul ii. >> it's a celebration of everything that john paul ii gave to us. >> reporter: the main event is sunday, the beatification ceremony when the predecessor is declared blessed john paul, one step away from becoming a saint. a french nun says she prayed to the late pope and he cured her of parkinson'ss disease. vatican officials said it was the miracle needed for the pope to be beatified. her story was the highlight of the evening's vigil. >> reporter: pilgrims came from around the globe to be here. some will keep praying until dawn, visiting churches that remain open all night. >> she was very strong. she had a big heart. and he connect with people so well. >> pope john paul's beatificati

>>reporter: and after 20 years pirelli returns to formula 1, but with new rules demanding less durable tyres, is the brand treading a slippery path? >>it's not necessarily the best pr for your tyres. especially when you've got drivers sitting their saying my tyres went off really quickly. >>reporter: hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. >>europe's year long sovereign debt crisis is still in the limelight. balance sheets in some corners of the continent are in bad shape and eu politicians, business peopleand investors are all trying to find the answers. yet a convincing route to recovery and escape from the debt trap remains elusive. >>reporter: the dusty fields of extremadura... a region in central spain, where the pigs are certainly a lot happier than the farmers, that's because there's now a massive glut in acorn fed iberian ham or jamon de bellota. >>martin marti: ham overproduction coinciding with a fall in consumption hasay negatively, because now there is a lot of ham and not much

looking ahead this week investors will dig through fresh durable goods for clues on the economy here at home. reports will roll in from costco, polo, rafflph lauren an tiffany's. reports are also due on sales of new homes and home prices. neither of which are expected to deliver any good news. prices at the pump are down nine cents over the past two weeks to $3.91 a gallon. high end shoe maker is being sold forest mafor estimated $80 million. new york skinny's real estate is back on the market. the now fully restored famed home is listed for a whopping 4.3 million big ones. only in new york. vancouver ices the sharks. the yankees derail the mets and a golfer gets grass stains plus miami's chris bosh sticks his morns into the bulls. sports headlines straight ahead. >> possibility of storms your forecast is coming up. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sports you might want to look at the eastern conference final between the miami heat and the chicago bulls. here is mario solice with your sports headlines. >> the bulls

they will be set with an inviting streetscape and they will be using appropriate high quality durable materials and those trends will be i think seen clearly as we go through each one of the sites. if you turn to page 7, the first site is davies where we're pro position a new neurosciences institute. that is a 49,000 square foot four story clinical and medical office building that is connected at its fourth level to the existing hospital. its theme is improved public access throughout and there are a number of specific advantages that the scheme will bring to the site. the view on page 8 those the view from noe street and the issue there is scale. this is within a very discreet and small scale residential neighborhood. that's a neighborhood characterized by high levels of detail of wooden trim, of siding, etc. the building answers that through the use of a wood facade and a number of very discreet carefully window openings that use multiple plains of glazing in the form of bay windows to catch in a modern way the spirit of that street. the current negative of noe street is the walls a

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i met with mayor chuck reed to begin a process of and durability. 106 -- interoperability. 10 cities will join in the creation of a 700 mhz and t interoperability communications selected with motorola. we are already into site selections and assessment for the bay area. that will be the foundation which we will build abilities to move quicker, share information, respond, and recover faster. as you know, monday, and all of you are welcome at 4:45 to be at the fountain with the chief and die and others. four-o'clock 40 5:00 a.m.. -- 4:45 a.m. don't be late. this will be part of the city, being better prepared. i cannot think of a better way to honor those in the past. we can get updates about where everything is act and to make sure that we continue doing better than the last time we were here. we celebrated the kickoff of a very important program that was headed by american red cross. there were the ready neighborhoods program. all of us were there this afternoon. i was joined by a board president chiu. it was equally important that we build capacity. obviously, a is a number one prio

you do, with your energy and your intelligence and durability -- your ability, you have an opportunity. this specific location and most homeowners, if you have the ability to change things. 4 x 4 with concrete grass to places with families and development. i look forward to working with you. that is what brings you here. that is what takes you out. i love you. supervisor cohen: thank you. let's work together. thank you, everyone, for coming out tonight. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that fl

coming up this week, we get a ton of economic data including new home sales, durable goods and gdp, which will be key. >> it was a hot yooz. stay away from linked in. despite dibbling their shares, the company could fall by 50% if it were to hit a rough patch. they are coming out saying the company will have a hard time justifying the high valuation. >>> meanwhile, "pirates of the caribbean" earned over $90 million in the box office this morning. talk about bounty. this was opening in north america. ticket sales came in on the low side of the forecast, it was the biggest debut of the year. overseas, it plundered and is set to set a record of movie openings of all time. it grossed an estimated $365 million. scott, the reviews weren't that good. imagine if the reviews would have been great. >> the reviews have not been good since the first one. the first one was great and the second one was awful. i never went again. >> tell that to the fans. if it was good, we could pay down the debt ceiling with what they made. >> thank you very much. they have thumbs up and thumbs doung. i'm going with a

. >> also known as cruc file fiber is an extremely durable and fire-resistant fiber used in constructionerial. >> and it is safe. >> it is, safe, yes, relatively. >> you may already know this relatively safe mineral by its other name, which also happens to be the name of the town. >> asbestos mean something different in french than it does in english? because in english it means slow hacking death. >> oh, yes. >> unlike small tox, minnesota, strict nine illinois, and cholera, new jersey, asbestos quebec is standing by its name. town director george gagne. >> asbestos has been banned in the-- in the-- in some part of the world, but for here, in quebec, we're selling that you should use more asbestos. >> really? >> yes. >> but some insist on undermining this economic recovery. >> all forms of asbestos, including crysotile cause cancer and harmful lung effects. unquestionable, the mine should shut down. >> let me ask you a question-- is there any reason why the asbestos industry should not take you seriously? >> there's no good scientific reason. >> but there stl a reason why they should no

that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. 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 opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye

an institution is something durable. it lasts beyond the personality of a particular leader or organizers and it means you'll have a democracy that can deliver what people want which is education, health care, responsive government, all of these things. >> rose: you argue you're going to have a state, a rule of law and accountability. >> that's right. there's a kind of miracle in modern politics that we fail to appreciate because what the state does is it concentrates power. it's the policeman that enforces the laws. but the rule of law limits that power to what the community accepts as forms of justice and accountability allows you to remove leaders and so you've got this combination of great power but power constrained by rule. >> rose: you used the example the united states has nuclear weapons to create a lot of terror in the world but it can't do it because it's restrained by rule of law and accountability. >> that's right, that's right. so in a sense that's been the secret that's missing in a lot of developing count

you do, with your energy and your intelligence and durability -- your ability, you have an opportunity. this specific location and most homeowners, if you have the ability to change things. 4 x 4 with concrete grass to places with families and development. i look forward to working with you. that is what brings you here. that is what takes you out. i love you. supervisor cohen: thank you. let's work together. thank you, everyone, for coming out tonight. [applause] supervisor wiener: we will bring our city family of on to the stage. everyone, thank you for being here tonight. in your district 8 supervisor. [applause] thank you. we are -- first of all, i want to thank mayor lee, who has been doing a series of the town hall meetings in different districts because it is so important, especially in this extremely difficult budget year, to make sure that as a city, we are communicating and interfacing with the community as much as possible. i appreciate mayor lee being here, and i appreciate all of you coming out tonight. i want to thank mission high school for hosting us tonight in this bea

report, talking about finding a durable solution to the sri lankan issue -- he urged the government to share more powers with the tamil minority. he also called for in an independent investigation. >> domestic authorities have a responsibility to ensure the those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law are held accountable. international mechanisms can become appropriate in cases where states are either unable or unwilling to meet their obligations. >> the government of sri lanka has rejected calls for an independent, international investigation into what had happened in the final stages of the war in 2009. it rejects allegations that soldiers are responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians. >> you are watching gmt on "bbc world news." i am naga munchetty. legal questions are raised about pakistan's sovereignty after the u.s. operation to kill osama bin laden. in a ship carrying more than 1000 refugees from misrata has arrived in benghazi. afp news agency is reporting that the convoy of military vessels have gone out of the town of deraa in syria. it has b

but you know who to put you know photo peer to show my photos your very cool durable teacher and your motto . in serbia multis available in most click on heart read and see. the day watching on t.v. that's taken the main headlines as the world welcomes the death of al qaida number one experts question if it's actually a victory sorry for us foreign policies of the last decade it angered a whole generation of people with american security forces already anticipating revenge attacks from colonel gadhafi as forces are continuing to shell the city of misrata more forces expressing outrage a call to death of his son and three grandchildren in a nato airstrike. the georgian authorization prepares for mass rallies to force president mikheil saakashvili to step down professional citizen claimed he was attacked by the country's police to send one warning to the physician to relatives . for next we assess hopes for lasting peace between israel and the palestinians when asked by flimsy. well we had our maliki the palestinian foreign affairs minister so thank you very much for joining us here on

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that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to city hall. the great city hall of san francisco. [applause] we have been busy this morning but it has been a pleasure all morning to greet so many people love the city. i cannot think of another 10 people who love this city. i want to thank each and everyone of you because your volunteering -- i know that word. volunteer for one of the greatest cities in the world. what you will be doing, sacrifices in time, interactions with you, with various commissioners, it will be a wonderful experience, one that many of you will continue to do, and some of you about to do for the first time. i see former supervisor bevan dufty is here. david from th

that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of neighborhood business development for the office of work force development. thank you for coming. this is the kickoff of small business week as well as a celebration of the accomplishments of our small business revolving loan fund, which we have been working on for about six months. i would like to start by introducing the mayor, and we will continue by hearing from supervisor wiener as well as our administrator for the loan fund, and finally, the owner of this great new business. mr. mirkarimi -- mr. mayor. mayor lee: thank you. i cannot think of a better way to celebrate the kickoff of small business week than to be right on v

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losing streak on the back of higher commodity prices and opened lower on weaker than expected april durable goods order data but reversed course as investors scooped up energy shares because they saw oil prices gain ground. dow finishing at 12,394 points, up 38 points or .3 of a%. the nasdaq finishing at 2,761, up 15 points or about half of 1%. now tokyo stocks could be getting support from overnight gains on wall street as well as in europe. they are relatively stable yen but caution over the global economic outlook could cap the upside. today will be a big day on the earnings front as sony gives out the full year earnings numbers. they said on monday that it expects to stay in the red for a third straight year, partly due to the impact of the march 11 disaster. yesterday sony shares fell on news of further security breaes of its website. the dollar is around 82 yen. trading has been lack luster for dollar yen as there is no strong incentives to trade on. we are seeing bigger moves in the euro due to the debt problems continuing to effect the single currency as the yen was bought in europe

fabrics that are durable and easy to live with are one of the most important elements in this design. i used a lot of distressed leather, linen, things that are either easy to clean or indestructible, in case it's ruined with red wine. the adjacent kitchen is great for the entertainment flow in and out of this room. one thing i love to use is a neutral color palette in order to keep the space sophisticated and timeless. this kitchen is a great example of that concept. the backsplash is shown in a white marble with some soft onyx accent colors. and in the adjacent bunk house, there is a bathroom with an amazing glass tile wall. this is done also in neutrals to keep it simple, but it's in a period-correct pattern that ties in with this amazing paul williams estate. bree: sis, help me create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. a landmark of liberty and opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here, wit

♪ super durable, super absorbent, super clean. bounty. one-sheet clean picker-upper. >>> today crews will be burning drugs collected during the second national drug take back day. stacks of bags containing old and unused pills are ready for the incinerateor. our camera was allowed inside the dea's office in downtown baltimore. before the med are burned that's happening this morning. over the weekend 4700 pounds were collected in maryland alone. about every six months the dea collects the medication hoping to avoid accidental poisoning and abuse. >>> an effort to curb drinking and driving as people get out to celebrate tonight on cinco de mayo. aaa and mid atlantic and maryland department of transportation and yellow cab are offering free cab rides. testimoniesy taxi program runs from -- tipsy taxi program runs from 4p.m. today to 4 a.m. you have to be 21 and have to have been drinking at a restaurant or bar in baltimore city. the rides are free. those wishing to use the service can call the number on the screen. we will pass it along it's

we do get some data out this morning, demand for durable goods or big ticket items like airplanes and heavy appliances. the dow losing 25 points yesterday, 12,356 is where we closed. the nasdaq gave up 12 points, 2746. so we'll be watching today if we are shaken or, indeed, stirred. many people don't go electric. they don't even want to these days. nearly 60% of folks in a new usa today poll say they wouldn't even buy an electric car no matter how high gas prices get. edmunds.com said all electric cars are niche vehicles but they still question things like the range for charge or the time it takes to recharge a battery. electric cars also cost thousands of dollars more than gas-powered counterparts. >>> here we go, it is happen hour somewhere. reports say the adult beverage company is in talks to buy jose cuervo. they already have distribution rights for the tequila brand so if it strikes this deal it will be the company's biggest acquisition in years. i wish it were friday, but this were a very adult beveragy themed business update for you, laura. >> no kidding, exactly. we'll check

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zynga, who is actually four times the size of twitter, who have expressed concerns about longevity, durability, remaining in this city. that allows us to laser in on what we think is a win-win solution to help them with their growth, so that when they grow, we grow with our revenue stream because of the job force that will also grow with their success. it is also a revenue stream that comes back to the city and county of san francisco because we are not affecting the payroll tax. so with that said, chair chu, i would be more than happy to pass this onto president david chiu. supervisor chu: i know that there are a number of amendments coming. the one that you laid out, the six-year period. if you could describe the amendment, then we will take public comment. >> absolutely. i wanted to thank supervisor mirkarimi as well for his legislation and provide some context from my experience. before i joined the board, i ran a small tech company. like many of us, we have viewed the payroll tax as an impediment to economic growth. ever since i came into office, a number of us have been advocating for a

sense of unity and purpose that the bin laden news created can be translated into something really durable on the economy. >> susie: well, do you expect meaningful cuts on the deficit? do you think both sides in washington can get together on this? what are the chances? >> we are seeing them slowly starting to converge, but they're still too far away. we need principles, susie. you always thought with principles when you had critical negotiations. where are our destination. on there i think we have agreement-- 3% of g.d.p. second how do we get there. let's put all things on the table, spending reform and also revenue reform. let's not try to define the whole journey. if we try to define the whole journey, we're never going to agree. let's get a certain amount of momentum and then midcourse correct. the chinese are brilliant at that. they know what they are destination is, they know what their next few stems are and then they're open to cower correct. and i think we need to do that. we need to get going. >> susie: i wanted to ask you about your investigate strategy at pimco. i said you are