if you don't have water near you, how about crystal lagoons? they design mega lagoons.ned now by the chief executive, kevin morgan. >> thank you for having me. >> how do you describe a crystal lagoons for someone who says lagoons are natural things? >> crystal lagoons has patented a concept and technology that allows the company to build and maintain lagoons anywhere in the world, in constant clear condition, at low cost. >> how do you do that? >> the important piece of that, we are the first ones to be will to have this technology. is it a chemical technology? what is involved? >> look at swimming pools. they use constant disinfection, chlorine. they have built ration process you have to change the water. with a crystal lagoons, we use disinfection based on pulsing. it anticipates when the lagoon if it is needed to disinfect. it uses ultrasound. we use ultrasound is a way to conglomerate dirt and the lagoon and we have an effective way to remove it. it allows developers to go mass to mass scale. >> tell us about development. >> we have 50 operating lagoons throughout t

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the project is acorn lot with 100 feet of frontage and 120 feet of frontage on lagoon in -- of laguna. it's construction of a mixed use building of 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space including up to three restaurant uses and a basement level parking garage with 15 residential parking space and five commercial parking space. the project utilizing a modern design. contextually related to older buildings in the sur rounding neighborhood in terms of rhyme and massing. the residential entry on haze street has color and a different pattern. this is articulated with windows, and balconies. the department believes that the project complies with the intent and the design principals of the area plan. this is an upper floor setback that has the mass on the narrow street. ivory street is a narrow street. the 5th floors are setback 60 feet from the intersection of laguna. it has 48 percent containing two bedrooms and it complies with the mixed requirements. the haze luguna has active uses. the ground floor retail spaces have 14-foot high ceiling and robust transparency. it's meeting th

over the weekend, there was a sale of lagoon, they burned two vacant lots. motorcycle officer had followed firefighters to the scene and began talking to a teen after noticing he had a lighter in his pocket. >> he ultimately made admissions he was responsible for the most reason fires. >> ultimately we booked him. >> he knew what signs to look for because he previously worked on an arson investigation. >>> and it is part of the th annual abbreviation night. it is a chance for of the city, players and fans to say thank you to the people who keep us safe every day. proceeds will go to the fire foundation and to the san francisco toy program. >> we always love our firefighters. >>> a big change at fisherman's wharf following the death of a two-year-old boy. they are planning to look at businesses and the big even if they could face. >>> homeless people are now establishing a camp in the another part of the bay area, what they plan to do about this complicated problem. >>> and we still have a look at the commute that is doing well although people are on the road

the rock islands southern lagoon is a unesco world heritage site.but palau's biodiversity isn't only under water. in some places on palau's largest island, babeldaob, only a single road cuts through the rainforest. an estimated thousand tree and plant species grow here -- and some of them only here. palau's isolated location in the middle of the pacific has led to flora and fauna adapting specifically to this environment. like the rainbird, so called because it twitters just before a rainfall. the children in this school know it well. it's also a mascot, named armella, an enjoyable way of putting species protection on the lesson plan. project leader ann singeo says having mascots to promote species protection makes sense. >> she's one of 12 endemic birds of palau. so, protection of forests and the biodiversity of the plants within our forests is also a protection of armella. so, her part of the campaign is, that, if you destroy the forest, you destroy my home and my children's home. >> the women from northern babeldaob island want to protect the for

it's sinking very slowly into the mud of its lagoon. talk of rising sea levels and so on and these barriers are designed to favor. the people most closely associated with the project have been simply raking off cash be. >> campaigning is kicking off in indonesia to elect a new president to lead what is southeast asia's largest economy. the race is heating up it seems. jakarta's governor seen as very clear favorite is now facing a tough enough challenge from the former general. our correspondent has the details. >> this is a gathering of people who are involved in the student activism in 1998 that brought an end to a dictatorship in indonesia and led to the birth of democracy. so these people, the choice between the two candidates is clear, the man they're supporting widoro will be making an appearance here shortly is seen to be a humble man of the people who is approachable and willing to listen to the people. the opponent former general sobianto was the head of the army's special forces under the dictatorship of so har toe. people here

showsily overview website captivating images of earth from the great wall of china, the venetian lagoon. they want to change the way web users see the world and it gives them the opportunity to look down and view the earth as a whole. also showed the human impact on the environment. gg99Ññwççñmw >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! my whole neighborhood looked at me strange. you get the how are you doing but you also have the bull's-eye on your back. the city of new york has reportedly reached a $40 million settlement with the central park five, the five black and latino men arrested

it would change the vision we have of the city and its lagoon. the mayor himself has now been arrested, accused of corruption in connection with the scheme. war than 30 people have been detained out together and 100 more are being investigated. -- more than 30 people have been detained. is a colossal, $7 billion project, and it is said that millions were paid in bribes to politicians, accounts, and businessmen. the project, aimed at preserving the splendors of venice, is now immersed in a major scandal. adam johnson, bbc news, rome. >> in london today i'm a queen elizabeth has opened a new session of parliament full of pageantry. it is the last queens speech before the general election next may. there is a plan to remove failing members of parliament. today marks 25 years since the massacre in tiananmen square in beijing, security was tight to prevent any commemoration. china has never released a death toll for the crackdown, but at least several hundred people stormed theps square after weeks of protest about political reform. this report on how

i raised my family on the lagoon so i can speak of the changes we've seen and the damage to the lagoon to our communities. our bill gives researchers and others tools to help us better understand, anticipate, control and mitigate harmful blooms like those we have seen in the indian river lagoon and the communities across the country. i'd like to thank chairman smith and majority and minority staff who worked together to shepherd this bill through committee. i'd also like to thank the ranking member of the environmental subcommittee, ms. bonamici. it was a pleasure to work with you and your staff to make several bipartisan perfecting changes to the senate bill so this bipartisan measure can make it here to the house floor. i'd encourage my colleagues to support the bill before us so that we can re-authorize this important program and continue to advance this research so that it is so important to our communities, like the coastal community i'm privileged to live in and represent in congress. i thank you and yield back, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yi

then the chopper 5 came in numerous times scooping up water at the civic center lagoon and dropping bucketsful closer to the mobile homes as they got the fire under control. >> amazing. >>> muni was delayed in san francisco this afternoon after a train near the west portal station started smoking. passengers were evacuated after heavy smoke was seen coming from the train. the scene was cleared around 4:00 and service is back on track. >>> in san jose it took only a few minutes for firefighters to snuff out flames in a pile of scrap. it all went down at the megametals and iron company on stone avenue. workers there had to evacuate for a bit. but then they got back to work. the cause is under investigation. >>> and meteorologist paul deanno tells us fire danger will be high this weekend, right, paul? >> reporter: it is going to be high. it's going to be high for the foreseeable future. we're in our dry season, did not receive much rainfall for the entire winter or our wet season and days like today where the montgomery drops and the sun comes out for everybody, that fire danger gets elevated. we

ultras is no longer applied to us we went our own way now there are no loud criminal cases against you lagoons compared to the ninety's back in the soviet days football was considered one of the nation's sprites history's best goalkeeper left us and the team which won the first ever european championship and the police of revolutionary managers with the break up of the soviet union football just as many other spheres of life suffered a major setback it may be a coincidence but along with these problems came calling in isn't. it's still unclear what caused this surge in violence but in recent years russian hooligans have remained visible from violent pitch invasion. and racist incidents involving swastikas in the stands near nazi views and as you know phobia are among the most debated issues back in twenty ten when a fan was killed during fighting in moscow that escalated into ethnic violence thousands of ultras made themselves heard right outside the walls of the kremlin. politically motivated people have always been close to find groups not only have a propagandized the culture of violence bu

five freed detainees are living on the midst of luxury on qatar, in a taliban villa in the west bay lagoon neighborhood of the capital city of doha. new video today shows the men receiving a hero's welcome as they arrived over the weekend. there was no sign they were in custody or under guard. their families were flown in to be with them and the only known condition imposed by the u.s. was that they not travel outside qatar for at least a year. >> i think they're helpful. these are very seasoned strategic leaders of the taliban. >> reporter: today in washington republicans said the deal was a bad one in a number of ways. >> you have to be concerned not only about the principle of negotiating with terrorists, but the five who were released in exchange for sgt. bergdahl. >> reporter: u.s. military assessments of the five senior taliban leaders, made six years ago, found a high risk to the u.s. if any of them were set free. of perhaps greatest concern, the mullah mohammed fazl, the former deputy defense minister of the taliban. the u.s. assessment found if released he would likely rejoin the

it happened in passaic lagoon, two homes at elm and kay street.cle followed firefighters to the scene and began talking to a 17-year-old boy after noticing he had a lighter in his pocket. >> he ultimately made add mixes he was responsible for the most recent fires and he was arrested on 8 counts of arson. >> police officers knew what to look for because he was an arson investigators. he was at a home and temperatures at the time were more than 100 degrease. both firefighters are expected to be okay. >>> their train started to fill up with smoke. the train started going through and people started seeing and smelling smoke. here are some of the pictures tweeted out bypass jersey. it was no fire but a mechanical fire which caused the smoke to pillow and trains were tee layed. recovering now. that person was hit and had an injury to the head and knee and is expected to survive. now police have given us no details yet and they do want any witnesses to come forward. >>> we have some developing news out of afghanistan this morning where five american sol

the 5 free dedetainee living in the mid of luxury in cutter in a taliban village in the west bay lagoonneighborhood in the capitol city of d o ha. video today show the men receiving a hero welcome. they arrive there over the weekend. there is no seen they were in custody or under guard. family flown in to be with them and the only known condition imposed by the u.s. was that they not travel outside of cutter for at least a year. >> i think they are helpful. these are very seasoned strategic leaders of the taliban. >> today in washington republicans said the deal was a bad one in a number of ways. >> you have to be concerned not only about the principle of negotiating with terrorists but the 5 who were released in exchange for sergeant bergdahl. >>reporter: u.s. military assessment of the 5 senior taliban leaders made 6 years ago found a high risk to the u.s. in any of them were set free. perhaps greatest concern this man former deputy defense minister of the taliban. u.s. assessment found if released he would likely rejoin the tall been and accused him of possible war crimes in the murd

retardant on the hillside then that chopper came in, scooped up water actually from the civic center lagoon and dropped buckets full close to the mobile homes as they got this thing under control. >>> tonight it is probably the last thing on the minds of people crowded on muni buses and trains after a long week at work. but this is going to be a big weekend because muni and its drivers are supposed to wrap up contract talks on sunday. da lin found out things aren't looking so good. >> reporter: contract talks have broken down. but muni buses continue to run with both sides at a standstill many muni riders worrying drivers will organize another sickout to disrupt service. >> if the guys decide to have a sickout, do you think you'll participate? >> yeah. 100%. >> reporter: maggie lawler is one of muni's 700,000 riders. she took the cab to work during the last sickout and can't afford another one. >> $50 during that week and money that i really can't afford. i'm 67. and i'm still working. >> reporter: the mta transportation director says the latest proposal is more than generous. but that didn

. >> the insurance company accuses house of intentionally driving the bugatti into the lagoon to destroynsurance worth $2.2 million. house denies the allegations and countersues to collect the insurance. the matter is not resolved. while the court of public opinion devours the story, garza's video racks up millions of views. >> oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. >>> a dashboard camera captures a dramatic attack. a man on the hood of a vehicle attempting to break the windshield using a baseball bat. [ shriek ] august 30th, 2011. taiwan. about an hour outside taipei. a woman and her daughter are driving down a narrow street when they encounter a car going in the opposite direction. there's no room to pull over, so the woman starts backing up slowly. then two men appearing angry start banging on the green toyota. one of the men has a baseball bat. the man with the bat gets in front of the toyota and the driver starts backing up. the woman in the car, with the dashcam, continues to try to remove herself from the escalating situation. but just as the green toyota is almost out of vi

waters of the united states: wastewater -- waste treatment systems including treatment ponds and lagoons, prior converted cropland, ditches that are excavated, and it gives certain conditions. ditches that do not contribute flow either directly or through another water to the waters of the united states. so we have exempted ditches. certain artificial irrigated areas are exempted, create bid excavating or diking dry land. artificial reflecting pools or swimming pools created by excavating and/or diking dry lands. small ornamental waters created by excavating or diking dry land. water-filled depressions, groundwater including groundwater drain through surface drainage systems, gullies and rails and nonwetland swells. if you listen to my colleagues, they would tell you that if you have a ditch as a farmer on your property, that just is on your property that you're using for irrigation on your property, it would be subject to this regulation. it is not. it is specifically exempt. here's the point. here's the point. a senator: would the senator yield for a question? mr. cardin: let me finish

now when you think of the everglades you probably think of prestigious wildlife and swamp like lagoon full of fantastical creatures you probably don't think about oil and natural gas drilling but that's quickly becoming the reality in southern florida you heard me right drilling in the everglades some of the most untouched wetlands in the country which is home to countless species of plants animals found nowhere else on the planet is now being severely threatened by an oil and gas rush but some florida residents are taking this sitting down and fighting protect these new. preserves i was joined earlier by one such activist dr karen de wire of the stone crab alliance i first asked her to outline exactly how much land is being threatened. for our fifty thousand acres it's a huge huge number you know acreage that we're talking about it's massive and it's in some of the most environmentally sensitive areas in southwest florida it includes large portions of the florida panthers national wildlife refuge the fact i have to strand the picayune strand of spot sanctuary just to name a few it's

from the start, boats were the way to get around among the island communities of the lagoon. to navigate over shifting sandbars, the boats were flat-bottomed, and the captains stood up to see. today's boats still come with gondoliers standing up and no rudder or keel. they're built with a slight curve so that a single oar on the side propels them in a straight line. the art of the gondola survives in the quiet back canals.

from the start, boats were the way to get around among the island communities of the lagoon. to navigate over shifting sandbars, the boats were flat-bottomed, and the captains stood up to see. today's boats still come with gondoliers standing up and no rudder or keel. they're built with a slight curve so that a single oar on the side propels them in a straight line. the art of the gondola survives in the quiet back canals. in this shop, the workmen, who needed to be good with wood, were traditionally from italy's mountains. that's why they maintain a refreshing alpine feel in this delightful little corner of venice. nearby, in an artisan's workshop, visitors are welcome to observe as he provides for the city's 400 gondoliers. working with traditional tools, graceful oars are carefully planed to be true and properly balanced. and each walnut forcola, the stylized oarlock, is like a sculpture -- handcrafted, one-of-a-kind, and honoring the city's heritage. a gondola ride is a traditional must for romantics. gondolas are moored everywhere. wait till early evening, when the crowd