the program is fully funded by gifts and grants. last year, they served 635 students who contributed 2710 hours of habitat restoration in 9 of our recreation and park natural areas. 20 classes participated in this program, which involves three to five visits to our parks. the following schools participated -- betsy carmichael, bryant elementary, e.r. taylor, guadalupe elementary, west portal, and the bay area gifted home schoolers. parts that received this benefit included bayview hill,buena vista, flynn canyon, corona heights, online park, the late park, and pine ridge. in closing, i would like to recommend that the committee make a recommendation to the board of supervisors to accept and expend this grant. supervisor chu: thank you very much. any questions from the committee? why don't we open this item up for public comment? are there members of the public who wish to speak on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> [inaudible] supervisor chu: we have a motion to move the item forward with recommendation to the full boa

investing in these gifted children. then i say why don't we have a gifted school? we managed to get about 60 million ringgits. so we have built a gifted school that should start early next year. >>reporter: but you also work with musically talented children, correct? can you tell us a little bit about that? >>mansor: after i've gone through that, i said hey, you know we also have talented children in music, in dancing. i said why waste them, you know? at least if we have got programs like this there is somewherefor them to go to, to develop their talents. so we formed this program for talented children for music, dancing and also singing. so we've got a choir now, we've got an orchestra >>reporter: girls in particular though, are being marginalized in some muslim countries. what are you doing to address that here at the summit? >>mansor: in malaysia, we don't have problems like that. girls are encouraged to go to school, they are encouraged to further their education. in fact in our universities ... most of our universities, there aremore girls than boys. it may be

. >> the valley foundation will be giving a $5 million gift to the school of nursing. this is the largest gift the school has ever received and to show its gratify tuesday they have requested to change the valley foundation school of nursing. director to this school says she couldn't be more grateful for this gift and the support valley foundation has giver over the past several years. >> it was such an exciting moment in my life, to think that the valley foundation would honor a potential large gift. >> to mimic hospital like settings, dr. colleen kelly is the valley foundation in down chair and professor in the school. serving this gift will allow the school tex and on its hands on program and better educate studentsen patient safety. >> they'll be more custom to dealing with emergency situation and their ability to communicate and work in teams soy think patients will have much better out come. >> junior nursing major scott richardson couldn't agree more. he said being able to work in a simulation lab and practice the nursing procedures are far greater experience. >

and he called parkinson's a gift, a gift that keeps on taking, as he put it.you optimistic? >> just like being in the moment. it's just like there's no more important moment than right now. and i think, you know, i say to my wife sometimes, if you -- if you get caught up in the worst case scenario and it doesn't happen, you've wasted your time, and if you are caught up in the worst case scenario and it does happen, you've lived it twice, you know? there's no -- there's no -- it's okay to be prepared and to be informed and to know what the future may bring, but it's also important to celebrate right now. say i golf, i'm a terrible golfer i started golfing in my 40s with parkinson's, if that isn't optimism, i don't know what is. but i just do what i want to do. and i just work with what i show up with that day. and -- but that's me. i mean, again, i'm very lucky in a lot of ways. >> what's the legacy of the foundation doing today? >> hopefully we'll accomplish our mission in some way, facilitate a solution to this puzzle. >>> we know you're a big athlete and run

i think the thing with gift cards they give you a lot of options and as a gift giver, you are able tosomeone might find a better deal using it after the holidays when the sales are even better so you are potentially giving them even more than with the same amount of money before the holiday season. >> i think one people don't like them and i admit i've let them stack up in my wallet probably half are expired. >> is really a use it or lose it gift card giving but you need to think about, also there, are new gift card rules in place that say they don't expire, the value on a card can't expire for five years so you have a long time to use them. but, again, it's really a use it or lose it type of mentality because people will lose the cards in many cases if they don't use them quickly. >> the new rules about no expiration for five years go into effect -- or went into effect already. >> they are already in effect. basically if you give a card this holiday season you can expect the value on that card will last and as far as fees go, these companies, they can't charge fees at least for 12 mo

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. >> would a gift card be okay? >> if you want to take the easy way out. >> wonders. >>> the colts are coming to town. peyton manning and the colts are coming in town. dave ross is in next with the friday football forecast. >>> and jeff daniels is in studio with us. the actor and musician is performing live for us. we will talk to him about his music and acting career.  >>> it is official. the redskins are on a roll. bring it on. >> dave ross is here for friday football forecasting. it is a winnable game. >> when allison is that enthusiastic, how could you not be in the greater washington area? >> right. >> these are the games you want to get fired up about. >> we thought it was a tough opponent in the packers. they were tough. we saw what happened. why not this week? a couple of guys that have to play and play well for the redskins to win. trent lee. we know the rookie is a flat out stud on the offensive line. he has a bad knee. you can see this is his last week where nobody hits him

elementary, west portal, and the bay area gifted home schoolers. parts that received this benefit included bayview hill,buena vista, flynn canyon, corona heights, online park, the late park, and pine ridge. in closing, i would like to recommend that the committee make a recommendation to the board of supervisors to accept and expend this grant. supervisor chu: thank you very much. any questions from the committee? why don't we open this item up for public comment? are there members of the public who wish to speak on item 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> [inaudible] supervisor chu: we have a motion to move the item forward with recommendation to the full board. without objection. thank you very much. next, call item 6 please. >> item 6, resolution authorizing the director of the department of public works to apply, accept, and expend a grant in the amount of up to but not to exceed $350,000 from the solid waste disposal cleanup site trust fund for cleanup of illegal dumping sites in san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i t

investing in these gifted children. then i say why don't we have a gifted school? we managed to get about 60 million ringgits. so we have built a gifted school that should start early next year. >>reporter: but you also work with musically talented children, correct? can you tell us a little bit about that? >>mansor: after i've gone through that, i said hey, you know we also have talented children in music, in dancing. i said why waste them, you know? at least if we have got programs like this there is somewherefor them to go to, to develop their talents. so we formed this program for talented children for music, dancing and also singing. so we've got a choir now, we've got an orchestra >>reporter: girls in particular though, are being marginalized in some muslim countries. what are you doing to address that here at the summit? >>mansor: in malaysia, we don't have problems like that. girls are encouraged to go to school, they are encouraged to further their education. in fact in our universities ... most of our universities, there aremore girls than boys. it may be

the catalog certainly a one-of- a-kind fantasy gift. items this year a 2011 nieman marcus camaro convertible and his and hers houseboats. it's complete with open floor plan, custom designed swimming pool inside with hand blown glass. and certainly that brings us to our question of the day. if you could have your fantasy gift for the holidays what would it be? send your comments to mornings@cbs5.com. or you can post your answers on our facebook page. we're also on twitter. >>> the market opens in just about 30 minutes and it could break the 11,000 mark today t finished up 193 points yesterday to close at 10,944. analysts say the stock market could be on the rise again today. that is because there are expectations the federal reserve will take steps next month to stimulate the economy. traders are awaiting figures this morning on private sector employment. >>> 5:55. let's check in with elizabeth for a check on our traffic. hi, elizabeth. >> hey. we're talking about what kind of gifts we want. kurt, go away. let's go out to redwood city. w

. >> sometimes when you go in to buy a gift, you choose to buy a gift card and you say the over the counter strip gift cards, thieves can actually steal the information on those cards and then use them to shop? how are they doing that? >> you know how you go into the supermarket, you're in a rush, you're going to a party, you're picking up a gift card. you grab a card and go. thieves go with a scanner and read the card and when you buy it, they go and spend the money before you do. >> last year we did a survey and one quarter of americans still hadn't spent their gift cards after a full year. so that gives them lots of time to use it. >> buy the gift cards behind a customer service desk, inspect them to see if there's been any tampering done. >> if you give a gift card, give them a receipt. >> that's right, so if they have any problem they can get the money back. >> i have done reports on this one, the skimmers at the atm machines. that's happening more and more. we're sticking our cards into the atm. >> you want to be observant, be aware, a lot of times what they'll do is put card readers

and anniversary gift, the very special donation this man-made to save his wife of 52 years captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. the u.s. government now has an official a left for americans living or traveling in europe. after a day of speculation the state department today issued a travel alert advising u.s. sustains in europe to stake extra precautions about their personal safety. what does it mean and how seriously should you take it? we begin our coverage with elizabeth palm never london. >> reporter: the state department's warning was echoed by the british government which raised its threat of terrorist attacks in france and germany specifically to high. >> this reinforces the need for vigilance against the continuing terrorist threat. the threat level against the united kingdom continues to be assessed at severe which is not a change. but of course very serious. >> reporter: also this week o bin laden released two new statements. they will be examined by intelligence agencies in case they contain coded order

room, check off the boxes, visit the stations, and present it to a big raffled jar, you could win a gift certificate to one of the restaurants. all right, now, our finale. here to explain our finale, please welcome our producers, the producer agile in the mist asian america pageant. please welcome rose. -- producer of the miss asian american pageant. >> it is my pleasure to be the entertainment coordinator for this wonderful awards ceremony. i want to acknowledge the quarter not -- the choreographer, and the coordinator of all the community groups to participate. before we begin, i just want to invite those of you in the audience that if you want to participate next year, just go on to our website. hope you have a wonderful evening, and do not hesitate to apply because the folks are really dancing their heart out for you. so of music, please -- so, music , please. ♪ >> ♪ there comes a time when we keep a certain call when the world must come together as one there are people dying the greatest gift of all we cannot go on pretending day-by-day that someone somehow lessons they can change.

i'm going to reserve my gift until a little bit later because it will not make sense until a little bit later, but happy birthday. first, i do want to doan in -- i do want to provide an in memoriam request. one of the original eight female officers in the san francisco police department. actually, after she served at the sfpd, she began a 50-year career history with the san francisco unified school district, serving many of our kids, but the more amazing part is how important she was to the institution of campmather -- camp mather. she was not only a camper, but an extremely active volunteer. believe it or not, as many folks go out there, surely has handmade all of the curtains in the over 100 cavan's several times over -- shirley. she was so committed to those curtains that on the day before she passed away, she gave instructions on how to make them and the fabric descriptions for each of those new ones. she was a founding member, worked tirelessly to raise funds to improve the camp. she was a proud grandmother of eight and a great-grandmother of four. we simply want to say thank you t

supervisor chu: 90, and the type of vehicle that has been gifted -- is this for general use, is this a police officer vehicle? what kind of vehicle is it? >> vehicles are described before you. 2007 honda and 2008 toyota. they would become the property of the police apartment and more than likely would be used in an undercover capacity because they do not have any markings of a traditional sfpd vehicle. they would be used in undercover operations whether a sign to the bottom detail, narcotics detail, gang task force, or any similar unit. supervisor chu: ok, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? we have one individual. >> walter paulson. ♪ a sun goes up a car goes by thank you for your gift thank you for your gift today hitching a ride with two cars by our side ♪ supervisor chu: thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? seeing none, we are going to close public comment. supervisor dufty: before i make the motion to approve, i want to commend sergeant helen, who i have had the privilege of working with ma

i'm so excited. >> you guys want to see a crimbus gift?ould like one. >> i don't know if his bush is trimmed and wet, i can't say for sure. >> i don't want to know. >> i don't want to know. we didn't talk about saying that. how funny. off the cuff. we script most things out. that was from -- >> jimmy: i like it. work that in. >> let's bring it out. come on. >> come on, guillermo. >> jimmy: guillermo is helping you with that. >> a little gift. >> oh, look at this. >> jimmy: thank you. are these the colors of crimbus? >> yes. >> jimmy: and it's one of the tv easy to open boxes. oh -- what is this? >> this is a shrimp cake. >> jimmy: wow, it smells terrible. well, look at that. it's got a little cocktail reservoir. >> the shrimps are decorative -- don't eat that. there's a real one backstage. but that's been sitting in my car for three days. >> jimmy: women, thank you so much. i feel like i'm having a birthday at the red lobster. >> you have the sweet and the savory. we hope you enjoy. >> jimmy: appreciate the gift and thank you for being her

i stole only tips and the gifts. definitely the gift you guys gave me were helpful.n. >> reporter: if you have to work at your desk, you want to make it your own, or whether you go green or goofy, or chalk full of personality, what you put in your work space says a lot about you. so i enlisted a designer from hgtv to help me transform my unfinished digs into a home away from home. >> what does your office say about you? >> reporter: it's a little empty and lonely. it's not very inviting. >> for me, it says you just moved in here. >> which i did. >> reporter: well sort of. in the five months i have had this space, i did bring in some furniture and a few must-have items. i also had the walls painted my favorite color. >> what does the wall say about me. >> it's kind of a dull color with no vie brabrancy to it. this desk isn't necessarily a bad choice, but it's already clutter. and you know clutter is something people look at first when they come into an office. it shows somebody that's out of control. the best way to show that you've got it all together is clean surfac

. >>> the blankets and any gift you can give to a family comes in handy. a group of volunteers on why making warm blankets for soldiers is not only a comfort but a spiritual on >>> now a look at the first forecast. >> 81 degrees tonight. warmer than average. average high temperature will be 68. two degree guarantee 77. off today. we'll try try to improve that tomorrow as colder air comes rolling in. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done si

, their christmas book of fantasy gifts.thank you. >> what is the greatest fantasy gift you have ever come up with, and what was the biggest bomb? >> the big e bomb might have been the cowboy boots that had golf spikes on them. >> 50th anniversary of the his and hers gifts. >> we have a beautiful bracelet with charms on it. there's a his version of that too? >> no, the his -- >> how much is that? $248,000. >> oh, my gosh. it's a fantasy, jeff. >> this woman says i'm liking this. that would be great. >> and for the musicians in the family, you have something else here. >> the ukulele has come back in popularity, so we said let's have the ukulele that made george harrison's ukulele. he said i want to make a ukulele out of a gourd. they took a gourd, hollowed it out. >> so this comes from the same gourd? >> yes, you don't believe that. >> how long does it take you to make one of those. >> it just depends, getting older, but they use gourds, so it's been used for a long time. and george harrison really got me into ukuleles. so i

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except the gift is a box. the president of chile has arrived in the uk with a souvenir from this year's miner rescue. they are symbolic of the courage, and commitment, of 33 miners and their countrymen. >>> the hero's welcome for the men who broke open thes cape route. jeff heart of colorado was at the controls of the drill when it board through 2,000 feet of rock. he says although it was amazing to be part of the rescue the intense pressure of the mission was always on his mind. >> a fairy tale come true because it actually worked out. >> harder than anything we have ever done. a lot of it was from the pressure we put on ourselves, the stress of knowing there's 33 guys underneath your feet that they are relying on you. >> well this was a special homecoming for heart. he is in the military and was in afghanistan until he was called to chile to help. he was allowed to stop in denver to see his family on his way back to his unit. >>> well friends and family were in sacramento today to honor firefighters who died

the losing mayor must also provide a gift basket. should the giants lose, the basket would have grab, sour dough bred and chocolate. if the giants win, he would send famous texas barbecue to san francisco. now mass transit is also getting into the act. officials at bart have contacted the dallas system known as dart. if the giants win, the executive director of dart has agreed to serenade bart riders during the morning commute and pass out treats while wearing giants gear. no word yet on what the giants will do if the rangers win. >> minutes away from the first pitch. mark is live with what to expect. hi, mark. >> reporter: it's starting to simmer down outside the park as we close within an hour of the first pitch. the first pitch will be delivered by matt cain, giant's right hander, unscored upon in the post season so far, 14 innings plus worth of work against the prior opponents of the giants. he hasn't given up so much as an earned run. he was beautiful last week against the phillies, and his manager, bruce bochy talks about the r

he said he bought it with a gift card. and this man who said he is homeless told the i-team he bought tickets, too. with this gift card he was given at a shelter. the i-team discovered people are buying these with expired credit cards or zero balance gift cards. with two zero balance gift cards we were able to purchase tickets around the city. machines veffed our cards in hamden, on south caroline street, calvert street, west university parkway, harford road, and west chase street. the city said it has known about this for sometime. for six months in fact. >> this is an issue we've learned about and that we are taking actions to correct. we have already corrected it at a number of the e-z park meters in the city. >> parking director pete little says the system is now going to process credit cards in real time. >> we had been processing the credit cards through what's called through a "batch mode" where at the end of the day it would process the credit cards. >> little says the loss of money because of this is negligentible

hellmann joined newsom on stage to announce another gift to the city. a nearly $75,000 gift for irrigation systems, where our irrigation systems are ant waited and unfortunately have been subject to vandism. and it will have improved fishingancy and access for the meadows to the public. i like to offer just the biggest thank you to mr. hellmann for what ah become a, special, special, special event. every year we improve our partnership with the event producers, don holiday and we make improvements every single year in how the event functions and we're in the process of debriefing this year. we felt very good about the work that we did with them. >> as was reported, a bit of frustrating news to share. the nine-hole golf course was subject to senselings vandism. the green holes were damaged by a vehicle with the seventh green in particular destroyed, literally beyond all recognition. on monday night, we were actually revisited and the vandals were more brazen in their acts, this time bringing out kens and setting up a basically off-road course. to drive a

. >> item two, resolution authorizing the san francisco fire department to accept a gift from the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation of five commercial washer-extractors valued at $44,000 to clean personal protective equipment. >> good morning, supervisors. it is a great pleasure for me to be here this morning. as you are aware, the average statistics on san francisco fire fighters developing a deadly form of cancer is a little bit better than one in three. i think it is one in 2.7. one of the things that the cancer prevention foundation for firefighters has been quite adamant about and worked very hard is to enable us to wash our heavy-duty turnout that we wear for firefighters and emergency situations. we have been unable to do this up until this time. i have one set that i have had almost 30 years, and other than housing them down, i do not think they have ever been wash. clearly, this is not adequate. the addition of these five washers, which we would gratefully accept, we look forward to, and we look forward to a time when the cancer rate among firefighters i

mine is not quite as badly as a gift , which would not have happened without the film rebate program,t would not have been as easy. thank you for your vote, and happy birthday. i have -- i unfortunately have a tough week. good friends of mine lost their two-year-old on friday. i have been in mourning for him. his name is campbell. campbell ross ehrlich, and if you do not mind, i would appreciate if we could do that from the whole board. campbell was a beautiful little blond, blue-eyed, bouncing, smiling, baby boy, and it is a shock. he went to bed and did not wake up. i think not acts in mysterious ways, but nonetheless, it is very painful -- i think god hath in mysterious ways. i would like to take some time to thank some people here in san francisco city government. this is one of those rare moments when you see the people who work for all of us in action in a wonderful and beautiful way. to begin with, i would like to thank doctors in the heart and dr. judy nonac from the medical examiner's office -- dr. amy hart. they took care of him on friday and have everything done before the

one of the agenda is the approval for consent calendar and the request of commissioner to set the gift of seven made us handmade rosary beads. >> anytime the commission receives a gift over a certain value, we have to review this to make sure it is not appropriate. >> i would move to approve. >> second. >> the motion carries. >> item 2 is public comment. members of that -- members of the public may address the commission on matters important to them but not before the commission this evening. >> [inaudible] why has the jerry brown never prosecuted on a molesting priest? ai called and asked if this has anything to do with the flyer that was being circulated in marin county. the person got very upset and said that this had nothing to do with the flyer whatsoever. jerry p. his pants conceded not want anyone to look into this. they do not want him to be queried except through controlled questions. regarding the migrants, this has been a 40-year situation in the making. this was done for the finger- pointing groups against each other and making money through incarceration. it took 40 years

our gifted children are really our important asset. >>reporter: malaysia is currently working on major overhaul of its education system. but in many ways is a model for developing countries. it has free, universal education through secondary school and enjoys high levels of literacy. >>banda: first of all i have to identify the things that are working here in malaysia and compare them to ourcultures in zambia so that i can relate what's happening here and also in zambia, and also make it work there. because our lifestyles are similar, so i think what's working here could work in zambiaas well. >>reporter: girls are not marginalized in malaysia's education system, with many going on to university, but they actually form a majority. that's not the case in many of the countries represented at the summit. >>guebuza: the empowerment of girls is really important because educating a woman means giving an education to a nation because she is the person who will be in contact with the children every day, building the future of the nation. >>rep

our principles will receive -- our principals will receive $700 from the mayor's office and $100 gift certificate from genevieve hotels. you'll get two tickets to the whale tour. you'll get two tickets to the rocket boat high-speed ride in the san francisco bay. teachers will get $500 from the mayor's office. [applause] i know there is a little bit of a discrepancy from what the principals are receding and the teachers are receiving. the teachers are also getting tickets from virgin airlines wherever they fly in the united states. [applause] so this is a little game that we play. the mayor will come up. he is going to give you each your bag of goodies. we also have from tiffany's a beautiful crystal apple that is engraved. everybody that came into my office today saw the tip of the bag and instantly knew what it was. the tiffany symbol is a comic. you may not ever get a crystal tiffany anything. we have a beautiful award for you. in addition to that, what we do is the principals will get their awards and we have four extra prizes for each of you. they are all very different. there wil

a friend of rouse, says "he loves cats, and the way to suck up to pete is to get him sort of a cat gift of some kind." from here on out, the road to the oval office goes through pete rouse, for those looking for a little time with the president, we suggest a scratching post or a little catnip. thank you for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. for our international viewers "world report" is next. for empbs, "fareed zakaria gps" starts right now. >>> this is "gps" the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. the big news on the foreign policy front is that the afghan government is in secret talks with the taliban, not so secret anymore. regular viewers and readers know i've been advocating this for year. don't expect miracles. but the idea of talking to the people we're fighting with makes sense. most civil wars end with some

. >> couric: i understand they've been showered with gifts. can you tell us about a few of those, seth? >> they range, they really range katie, from a trip to the greek isles with a loved one to sit on the beaches, thanks to a greek mining company, to an ipod from steve jobs. >> couric: lieutenant, seth doane in chile, thank you so much. now the miners are certainly