as we move forward, the feasibility study was adopted in 2007 to begin the eir eis. one thing i should note that is different about geary, the prop k line which specifies it must be rail-ready. we are doing more on the design work to make sure that if the decision is made to enhance rail, the physical dimensions are incorporated so we can minimize potential impact. one of the first items i should know in terms of new scope, we identified three alternative contract amendments. the contract identified only two build alternatives. similar to van ness, we are looking at three build alternatives in addition to the baseline. we have many different technical studies under way for the project. as part of the study, one thing we have identified are a couple of new areas of work that need to be focused on, moving forward. part of the design drawings, they pay focus to that, and a majority of the pending studies are contingent on the completion of the design drawings. as soon as they are complete, we expect them next year to move forward with additional studies. one of the key

black-eyed woman, the street dogs are running wild. will you save me? simple white ignorance, even the desert has gone into hiding. there is no more meaning here than the crested moon holds towards a dying grove of date trees. i am for the arabic, for the transcription of the arabic, zato dates over fire-baked bread. the twin rivers have already called for us a history. our poets have already explained to us the desert. by what right have you come? who have you have seen the rustic crane in the tree, no chimes but for its delicate wide beak, ushers an intemperate reprieve? 33 beads on a string, why pretend to know beyond the presence of click. thank you. please welcome gale sher >> the first one is why did she care? why did she care, she wondered, laying aside the book. a dim light could be seen possibly from a cabin reaching in not for the word, but for the space which a time. fat drops driven violently side ways. the man's mind into which she tossed herself becomes a bird. fly away, bird. fly south where you are needed. letters moved, she could barely

you're riding your one-eyed horse with a pee saddle. [ laughter ] awful.cool thing i got to say i love about you is that you were in -- [ laughter ] you were in -- when "sesame street" first came out you were in one of the first test things -- they just released a dvd and i saw -- >> burt lancaster and i were the first probably known people to participate. i did the letters, did i? >> jimmy: yeah. >> and burt did the numbers up to 10. anyway, i said to mr. robinson, who was one of the producers, holly robinson's dad. i said, you know, this is not going to work because the children will be terrified of those muppet characters. [ laughter ] little did i know about children or monsters. you know? >> jimmy: yeah, they love them. >> yeah. >> jimmy: there you were on your one-eyed horse again going -- yeah. kids love these muppets. i actually have some footage of this and i think actually i might be a little scared of this. >> one. two. [ laughter ] three. four. [ car beeps ] five. [ laughter ] [ car beeps ] six. seven. [ laughter ] eight. nine. ten. [ laughter

and they lost the next dave. >> but they had black-eyed peas. >> all right. >> i use tan plaque-eyedy. that's vegetable broth. put that in and you're just going to let this cook about ten minutes and it's going to come out looking like that. >> whoa. >> doesn't that look great? >> yeah. >> and we're just going to stir in some scallions and some parsley. give that a good little stir then put some rice on the plate, harry. >> yes, ma'am. >> scoop that on there and i'll give you a scoop of your black-eyed peas. i like to top mine with a bit of white cheddar cheese and of course you can put hot sauce on there. >> i think you need spicy. >> i love hot sauce, it is delicious. >> kind of a spiy girl. >> i'm going to move to collard greens, the color of money. they will bring good fortune in the year. i wonder if rebecca jarvis had that tip. >> i wonder if they taught that at the chicago school of business. >> some olive oil and onions. a lot of people make theirs with hamhocks. i don't do that rvests i don't think you need it. i actually continuing is overpowering. >> do you think. >> i do

. >> the keen eyed 'cause season pure luck gave police a big break. >> reporter: in two unrelated cases. two missing girl, both under age both in the company of older men were found safely. jean marie from her shasta county home, found in the mission district. a sharp eyed relative spotted her. >> a family member happened to be in the area and spotted the juvenile female victim prompting this relative to contact police who knew their relative was missing out of shasta. >> reporter: even more remarkable discovery yesterday of 12-year-old brittany may smith missing from her home in row want oak virginia. a shopper in this safeway store recognized the child from a cable tv program. >> this is one of those cases like yesterday the right place right time someone who was observant and attentive and the great work of the police department. >> reporter: they were living in an encampment nearby,. >> they were there with some type of a cardboard side, i understand they were asking for money. >> reporter: brittany and 32- year-old jeffrey scott easily were last seen december 3rd in se lem virginia

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for those suggesting this is a sugarcoated analysis of the war, secretary clinton called it clear-eyed and realistic. >> i don't think you will find any rosy scenario people in the leadership of the administration. starting with the president. this has been a hard-nosed review. >> it's worth noting this is the unclassified version of the white house review to be widely read and discussed. not clear how tough the language may be in the pakistan version in pakistan and karzai which barring a leak should remain private. bret? >> bret: mike emanuel on the north lawn. thank you. group of americans came under attack wednesday night outside restaurant in yemen's capital. none of them was hurt. yemeni newspaper reports a bomb went off under the pick-up truck carrying the americans. it says 28-year-old jordanian has been arrested. >>> south korea says it will conduct live fire artillery drills in the coming days, similar to one prompting attack on an island. new mexico governor bill richardson, frequent administration trouble-shooter arrived in north korea today for unofficial talks. >>> the fo

rapid transit eir and eis is nearly complete, the draft should be ready for release in 2011. brt is not far behind. i know that japan town is greatly waiting for this. we have a report on the low -- mobility appraising study, trailed blazing in the look at ingestion prices in california and the nation. we will have an opportunity to discuss this later in the meeting. not since the passage of proposition k has the transportation authority tried to advance another revenue generation measure that we just did in the recent ballot of proposition 8a. we received well over 55% of the vote to generate an extra $5 million per year to help us with our transit needs. last but not least we are wrapping up the year with another clean fiscal audit. this has been another productive year. i would like to thank the committee chair for his excellent work and commissioner mar for his hard work that has made this possible. i would like to thank all of you in your help in working through difficult issues. i would like to thank the authority staff for their ongoing work that has helped to make thi

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the same way will i am is to the black eyed peas, right? or like kanye west is to the rock.thing and that's what i do. if i didn't do that, i wouldn't still be able to be around and do all these records the way i do. and the fugees. it's like your modern day ninacy moe moan, aretha franklin. almost like a female superhero. the talent is beyond the form. and then you have prize, right? so the thing about that -- >> prize to his credit. >> no, no, no. i'm serious. there's always the narrative. >> i heard it for a while, but you know, i've even cracked jokes on it too, you've seen it. but i think that at the same time, pride brings a certain ear into the studio, when it's in the context of the fugees. try this, let's go left here, let's go -- you know, it's the synergy of the three that made that happen. >> got you. >> when we were in there, there was no trust. lauren has to basically put her trust in me, you know what i mean? if i'm like, seeing us like that or let's go like this, you know what i mean? out of the three fugees the pulse of this time in this generation, they am

he was a blue eyed giant towering over the japanese soldiers. his khaki uniform was torn and stained with dried blood and mud. the faded white tag across his shirt read, private d packston. the solders marched him to the river and made him kneel bite coconut trees on the riverbanks much the japanese officer drew his long sword, dip it in the running water, swung it high and one swoop, cut the american's head off. seconds before the blade hit him the american shouted something. perhaps his mother's name or a lover he had back home. may be it was the name of his god. he called out, but it did not matter. his head turned circles in the air before landing with a small that you had on the soft muddy banks of the river. my mother opened her mouth and tried to scream as the head rolled past her feet. on the far hills red sparks littered dark skies like fire flies swimming. the crackling of the burning grass hiszed at the quiet country night. my mother wis perred. in the last stages of the war the retrieving army would burn the dry grass. my mother's fa

changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about jorge and casablanca, i will read it in her language or my spanish first, then in translation. it's a poem directly addressed to poets but certainly to activists as well. (speaking spanish) no man's land. we are a mine field of clarity and whoever crosses the barbed wire comes back to life. but who is interested in crawling through undergrowth? who dares sail a tempest? who wants to come face to face with purity? that's why we're fenced off in this no man's land under permanent cross fire. three bomb holes. flag study. red. she walks into the bright vegetable garden, chopped water

ei>> it very different and to the spectrum. another british royal wedding. queen elizabeth's granddaughter is now engaged to marry her longtime boyfriend. it was -- examining the latest royal romance. >> either winning the personalities of the year-2006 and now the next royal bride. the husband to a rugby player. it has been a relationship conducted in private. like her brother peter, she is not a working member of the royal family. she has been able to live her life with freedom. there has been a rebellious streak. but either he has been a steady and influence and with that has come a success. in 2005 she beat her mother's achievements in winning the european gold medal. one year later she became the world champion. >> the main is for you, the iraqi parliament has approved most of the new government, ending more than nine months of political deadlock. snowbound travelers for the european commission is threatening action against airports as the big freeze continues. on the ivory coast the president has been refusing to give up his job despite the election re

>> eys. -- yes. >> private-sector people will be giving advice and you will be overseeing the entire program to make sure that the benchmark is there and there is a little bit to ensure that there are good audits to be going on. the other thing i would point out, the department of the environment has done a great job of setting standards for which there is enforcement. your department does not go around restaurant and indicate who is complying? the regulations you have had has led to -- >> we go out to restaurants to see who is using styrofoam or not. supervisor chiu: most of the time, the idea is that the industry will address the environmental issue. >> same with mandatory composting and recycling. things get reported back to us and we address is case by case. >> we don't have the resources to verify every single thing. supervisor mar: in elaborate on the free energy star tool that is used and what type of audit companies will be using it? can you talk about who would do those audits? >> i might have misspoke. energy star is a free tool to track information, but is not for private

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. >> with the from the ravens training facility where today it is the land of the bleary-eyed the coaches. the plane touched down at 5:00 a.m. this morning and coaches went straight to work on the game plan for sunday's showdown with the world champion, superbowl winning in new orleans saints. is that correct of a turnaround. while we talk about the wind last night in houston, they have to start thinking about the next team up which is the saints sunday at home. what a wild wind last night in houston. let's pick this up in the second recorder. this sketch was a stressful but manages to get both feet down. the ravens had a 14-0 lead that would grow drop the first half. with 1.5 minutes remaining, it is a flacco to mason again. this time, a great judgment by mason and this puts the ravens in a commanding position, 21-0. the big leagues do not a lender. the final minute of the half, going to the highest profile receiver in the game, johnson. how he got this wide open on a 46-yard touchdown reception remains a head-scratcher, but closes the margin 21-7, ravens at the half. they get to kick to

the, eis, is out there to do two things. one be to figure out and end the fighting on coordinating operations and how to deal with shortages in the area is the second. or sow in the deserves mention here. this is on a fast track and it's amazing interrum took that ten years because they're going to do the shortage of two. these rules will be in place through 2025. i think it's getting the picture here. their moving away from their reliance on historical hydraulics and have a chapter and very interested by or behind the scenes with respect to the river. i need to say that this basin structure will change the way the river works and congratulate the people that put this together because it will change how the system operates. a couple of concluding thoughts for you. both population and climate change are puting a major stress on this basin and i think you will see shortages in the lower basin. you talk to arizona and they are nervous about this and proposeed a de say innization and they would take water in exchange from anothe

certification of deatheithe ei. final design, a vehicle procurement. we hope to start construction in 2013 with a project pendular open for service in the first month of 2015. happy to answer any questions. commissioner campos: colleagues, i do not know if you have any questions? commissioner carmen chu? commissioner chu: just a question about the regional small starts project. what does that mean? >> mtc has included this project in their expansion plan, which identifies in the region transportation plan, a trans expansion strategy. it identifies the region's priorities for these key federal funding programs, new starts being one of them, small starts, a federal fta program designed for these cost-effective quick to implement projects. we are one of two regional priorities for small starts. commissioner chu: what is the other one? >> the other is an ac transit project in alameda county. commissioner chu: so this provides us with a better position to apply for federal grant money? ok. in terms of the federal commitment, nothing yet from the federal gov

supervisor mar: i had a j0eáp&ei for ms. brown. the accomplishments section, the farmer's market is very0uz h a model of promoting fresh fruits in a key area in tj: southeast part of san francisco. first to allow the use of food , other monetary ways to purchase at:8Ñ fresh food. we also have strong participations women and children as well. i had a question of howq coordinate with the city's overall taskzm forces and how ty could pay closer attention to that to serve4a as an example to other markets? could you comment on that? 's wholesale produce market sits on land that is z on real state jurisdiction. we work closely!r with the nonprofit board. 4lwe have sought input and adve mcon it issues in the past reld to the farmers' market. beyond thatxcñ -- i am not surei can address the specifics. >> john@d update --updike. !pi am the liaison with dph. k on a number of initiatives. shek0x been helpful guide the issues that we have been trying to address at alemany, and at other4uy farme'' markets. we have a direct relationship on s

the popular mortgage interest tax deduction is being eyed as a potential solution to offsetting the federal budget deficit. but some 75 million americans might disagree. >> reporter: a challenge to cut the amount of u.s. treasury loses by subsidizing homeownership. one way to do that. reduce the mortgage interest tax deduction and replace it with a tax credit. ray garcia and his wife are aware cutting the deduction could hurt their bottom line. >> we would definitely be bummed because it is a good chunk of money. >> reporter: their monthly mortgage payment is $3500. with more than half going to interest. now they are eligible for a $22,000 deduction and in their current tax bracket that yields more than $6000. >> it was always assumed in the back of my mind. >> reporter: but they are proposing to change the mortgage interest deduction that saves homeowners $80 billion a year in taxes. >> reporter: the commission would replace the deduction with a 12% mortgage interest credit for all homeowners. that's less than the average 17% credit homeowners currently claimed and would increase federal r