you can always google "lion's eye foundation or lion's eye clinic or i can be reached at my email. thank you for listening. >> thank you hair yatd. is there anymore? seeing that there's no more announcements or anything else. don't forget about our next meeting next month which is march 15 same time in the same room which is city hall here room 400 from one until four. thank you guys very much and please enjoy african-american history month, and thank you to everyone today who voted. i will take this vote and i hope you will be proud. thank you. we're adjourned. >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreo

sea lions are showing up on freeways and businesses and other places they shouldn't be. now researchers have pinpointed what's making them sick and how people can get it too. for road conditions in a national report released today. kpix 5's anne makovec with why ing >>> potholes, cracks, uneven pavement. california is earning low marks for road conditions in a national report released today. >> kpix 5's anne makovec with why the golden state is falling behind the rest of the country. >> rows are bad, frustrating, need to be fixed. >>> ro the result of a new study didn't come as a surprise to bay area drivers. >> with traffic, potholes, bad. >> reporter: california's roadways are going downhill according to the foundation. for the past two decades the foundation tracked spending per mile on state-owned roads and measured performance analyzing things like conditions, congestion and highway deaths. crammed california was the only state that didn't improve except in three categories. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: according to the study we made improvements in two key ar

lion's eye foundation. every every district in san francisco has a lion's club serving their community. the fundraising is very important because the monies that are going to be raised will go towards a piece of equipment for the lion's eye clinic. people with limited income can actually apply for free services such as cataract surgery. the san francisco chinatown lions is a very active club in their intake process, so we are intaking maybe six patients a month which is pretty good. of course there is going to be a wait list, but it's always good to at least check out the information. you can always google "lion's eye foundation or lion's eye clinic or i can be reached at my email. thank you for listening. >> thank you hair yatd. is there anymore? seeing that there's no more announcements or anything else. don't forget about our next meeting next month which is march 15 same time in the same room which is city hall here room 400 from one until four. thank you guys very much and please enjoy african-american

you can always google "lion's eye foundation or lion's eye clinic or i can be reached at my email. thank you for listening. >> thank you hair yatd. is there anymore? seeing that there's no more announcements or anything else. don't forget about our next meeting next month which is march 15 same time in the same room which is city hall here room 400 from one until four. thank you guys very much and please enjoy african-american history month, and thank you to everyone today who voted. i will take this vote and i hope you will be proud. thank you. we're adjourned.

you can always google "lion's eye foundation or lion's eye clinic or i can be reached at my email. thank you for listening. >> thank you hair yatd. is there anymore? seeing that there's no more announcements or anything else. don't forget about our next meeting next month which is march 15 same time in the same room which is city hall here room 400 from one until four. thank you guys very much and please enjoy african-american history month, and thank you to everyone today who voted. i will take this vote and i hope you will be proud. thank you. we're adjourned. >> welcome, everyone, to this launch of the public service announcement on behalf of the california grand jury's association. i'd like to thank all of you for being here today. being in the presence of such a political [speaker not understood], reminds me of a story a good friend of mine told me about meeting president george h.w. bush. he was in washington meeting with willard e. mills in arkansas at the time mr. mills was the chair of the house ways and means committee, probably one of the most powerful and influential pe

you expect the neighbors to tell the truth living northeast the man with lions? >> if you are going to be a gangster, go all in. >> i agree with you, it's a way to intimidate people with lions. >> let's go have a meeting with my lion. >>> time for an early look at the day ahead. general norman schwarzkopf will be laid to rest today at west point. a memorial service for the man known as stormin' norman will be held this afternoon. he drove forces like saddam hussein out. he was 78 when he died of complications in november. >>> the first lady is taking the let's move initiative to chicago today. after kicking off a tour in mississippi she'll make an announcement to bring physical activities back to school with help from athletes like bo jackson and serena williams. >>> and happy birthday to stage and screen siren bernadette peters. she turns 65 today. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments on those stories and the best political analysis on msnbc. and tonight, be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> and, finally, h

. >>> two chp helicopter pilots came to the rescue of a hiker stalked by a mountain lion. it happened last weekend on the stephens trail near colfax in placer county. the hiker made a frantic 911 call, saying the mountain lion was quickly moving in on him. the helicopter pilots found him frantically waving a flash light with the mountain lion standing 20 feet in front of him. the sound of the chopper probably saved his life. >> i have never scared off a  mountain lion before useing a helicopter. >> i shoulder to think what would have happened if he didn't have a cell phone or something to call for help. >> he later went there to put up warning signs but was forced to shoot and kill the mountain lion when it aggressively approached him. >>> it is shaping up to be a nice day. plenty of sunshine, wall to wall from the coast inland. giving you a live look there at san jose and the airport. 58 degrees san jose and barely a cloud in the sky. air quality today good to moderate and that is where we will stay, 56 hayward and oakland, 50s concord, napa 54, walnut creek, the warm s

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when you hear dand lion, you are probably thinking yellow, right? fresh grocer tony tantillo tells you don't want anything when ur -- any yellow when you are buying dandelion greens. >> i love dandelion greens. the green ones and of course the red ones. their a a little bit better but if you cook them right, they're sweet and delicious. first let's talk about selection. now, the red dandelion greens when you buy them, almost like the red swiss chard, they're beautiful, almost a burgundy color and they should have it all the way through. the green is very, very important. and a little bit of the scenes coming through the green. that's what you're -- venes coming through the greens. that's what you're look for. when you bring them home, in the refrigerate right away, open them in the plastic bag and throw them in the refrigerate. saute with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper and fresh tomatoes. that's it. you could blanch them before but what happens when do you that, you soften them up a little bit too much and they lose some of

>> a lion. >> a lion, good.re alike in that way. >> i think that what i love, just in talking about the birds, the birds is a big part of how, the birds 3r in the magic flute, the birds were in the king's stag. a number of my pieces have these kite birds. one of the things that i loved about using japanese or chinese kites and flying them off of these bamboo poles is it is just silk and string and a rod. and it flies. and i think when you watch that it is the air and the action of the actor, the dancer that makes it move, there's something marvelous, literally marvelous about that. >> rose: how long did you have to get it ready? >> i think it was probably two years before we opened the show. >> rose: we opened in minneapolis. the good old days of the out of town tryout. very important. >> rose: yes. >> because if you look at the preview period which became a subject on the whole spider-man thing, we go out of town in minneapolis. we tech it. we preview it. we found out in our first week of previews that we could

then there is "the lion king," "phantom of the opera."re, famous for "the lion king" and "spider-man" had an argument with the producers. there was a lawsuit. she talks to me about it. she certainly sounded off. we have exclusive commentary. one of the lead talents on broadway today. the lawsuit claims, by the way, copy right infringement and demands a seven-figure sum. we are told a settlement could happen any day. we have been told this for a while. we're waiting on any closure there. there are others that are successful but have yet to make money back. tarzan is one of those that, of course, has not recouped their money. there are so many others. in fact, larry, 8 of 10 shows on broadway actually do not recoup their initial investment. it shows how significant losses can be. >> you may have to re-open the shows around the country, around the world. you said in different venues. maybe you have to sell cds, have t-shirts. you have to really commercialize it. >> absolutely. that's what they did with "the lion king." i don't know if you ha

the mountain lion was just 20 feet in front of him.ound of the helicopter probably saved that hikers life. >> i have never scared off a mountain lion before using a helicopter. >> i shutter to think what would have happened if he wouldn't have had a cell phone or something to call for help. >> well, fish and wildlife warden later went to that hiking trail and put up warning signs but he says he was forced to shoot and kill that mountain lion because it guessively came at him. >> time is 61:00. the fbi concluded its search of a well looking for possible victims of two sere yell killers. they were serging it last month after the convicted killer told investigators he and his late police had dumped bodies there years ago. the fbi says there were no human remains in that well. >> the fbi caught in a sex scandal. cracking down on improper behavior. some agents sent explicit texts. a worker planted a bug if a office. another was arrested in a child pornography operation and one was arrested after paying for sex at a massage parlor. >> we're

march comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. no lion to be found.iddle of the country, much cooler. no big storms to deal with. the next storm, possible winter storm, winter event will be as we go through sunday into monday, that white stripe, that could potentially be a snow event, maybe heading to the mid-atlantic. middle of next week. it looks like we get a quiet weekend. mark? >> bill, thanks so much. >>> all right, now a look at some sports. a major nfl trade. the 49ers have agreed to send quarterback alex smith to the chiefs for a conditional first-round pick next year. smith's departure has been rumored for a while. since the former number one pick lost his starting job to colin kaepernick midway through the season. smith's arrival means that matt cassel is likely going to be released from the team even though he has two years and over $16 million left. on the extension he signed back in 2009. >>> some college hoops now. uconn hosting number 17 georgetown. final seconds on of the game. hoyas has a chance to put it away the free throw. they mi

the hiker made a frantic 911 call saying the lion was moving in on him. pilots found him franticly waving a flash light with a mountain lion standing 20 feet away. the sound of the chopper probably saved the man's life. >> i have never scared off a mountain lion with a helicopter. >> i shudder to think what would have happened if he didn't have his cell phone. >> a state fish and wildlife warden later went to put up warning signs but was forced to shoot and kill the mountain lion when it aggressively approached him. >> the fbi ended the search of a well, they were looking for possible victims ever two serial kill canners. they started searching last month after the convicted killer told them that he and his late accomplice dumped bodies of their victims there years ago. the fbi said that no human remains were found in the well. >>> the fbi is caught up in the middle of a sex scandal. the fbi issued a memo to employees hoping to crack down on inappropriate behavior. some agents sent explicit photographs and texts on blackberries. a worker planted a bug in

the lion, the face of the lion can scare all the bad things and run away and all the good things willme in. >> reporter: can i have a lion dance every day? >> how about that? >> reporter: you're the one to know. we're seeing the dance here. this is a small example of what will happen sunday. >> yes. these are the wong people dancers. they're going to be in the parade and they're wonderful. >> reporter: what else will we see in the parade? >> [inaudible] [ loud music ] >> we have a fire cracker. >> reporter: so you've given us, rita, these red envelopes. tell me about them. >> lion dance, going to feed him, give him more energy and bring more luck to you, so we're feeding him. >> reporter: i'm going to let you go first. won't bite me, right? >> won't bite. >> reporter: rita, go over there. feed the lion. all right. i think he's saying thank you. are you going? if you don't feed the lion, it's bad luck, right? >> he's going to bite you. >> reporter: then it will bite you. i'm going right now. wait. i think he dropped one, so i'm going to go for extra good luck. extra good luck, extra go

they're looking pretty good at lions gate right now. nicole: adam shapiro, thank you for breaking that news on lions gate. we'll delve into lions gate in. larry levin in the pits of the cme. what are you hearing thinking about and hearing on lions gate. >> that is interesting. two quarters they didn't beat. this is two in a row. investors really like it. the stock is sitting on 52-week highs, really the highest level the stock has been above $20. i can't see the chart where i'm standing right now, it may be trading above 20. david: just short of that, larry. it is trading $19.90. that is the bid after-hours. you think the $20 level, it mass never been $20 in my memory maybe it has been but that is a very significant price level is it not. >> for sure. just like in the future pits behind me the psychological numbers, 20 number is psychological. people have sell order. wouldn't surprise to see the stock fall off a little bit and tick above that and go back below that point. but really is a great move. 4% today and up a whole bunch over th

chuck hagel against down right defensive and lions, tigers and bears. "first look" starts right now. >>> good morning. super bowl weekend is here. fans of the ravens and 49ers descend upon new orleans, the town known for the lavish parties is gearing up to throw one of the biggest ever. and there's a lot to look forward to. jay gray is live in new orleans for us. jay, tough assignment. good morning. >> reporter: yeah. i get all the rough ones. good to talk to you this morning. the colors of mardi gras lighting up the dome. comes in the middle of that festival. and a lot of people as you said looking forward to kickoff. but others looking forward to seeing something else. we have a sneak peek at some of what you'll see. >> hey son? have fun tonight. ♪ come on, get happy >> you guys are three minutes late. >> don't be a cloud on our sunny day. >> sir? >> reporter: a lot of fun during the break and action on the field and a very special moment before the game. 26 students from sandyhook elementary will be here to sing "america the beautiful" flown in after

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they look really docile, and they're lions. there is nowhere to go. >> i feel like they could take a bite right out of that. that went the only life changing experience she had. >> is this woman a wild cat trainer, or just a visitor? >> she was some type of volunteer, and she had these experiences at the park, and she got pretty close to these animals. but that's not the only thing. that was just one cheetah, how about two cheetahs. >> i always wanted to hear a big cat purr. >> most guys use deodorant to knock the stink out, aparently one of these guys throws it into the fire, and you can guess what happens -- >> obviously you knew that was going to happen. it's like fire works all over. not what you want in your living room. and you can clearly see all of those embers now, this guy is quite mad. what was their goal here? >>> the food eating video backwards and in slow motion. >> it's like a mother bird feeding a baby bird. >>> still to come, what's the best line to get a valueen dine. >> you should kiss me. >> no. >> see if an

the helicopter pilots found him frantically waving a flashlight with the mountain lion standing about in front of him. the sound of that helicopter probably saved the hiker's life. >> i've never scared off a mountain lion before using a he'll cometter. >> - - helicopter. >> i shutter to think what would have happen first-degree he didn't have a cell phone to call for help. >> reporter: a state warden went to the park but says he was forced to shoot and kill the mountain lion when it aggressively approached him. >>> a couple riding b.a.r.t. on their way to get a marriage license observe a crime taking place. >> a season starts with a punch for a northern california team. the news continues in just 90 seconds.

five lion cubs are one month old.oo gave them meat cupcakes but the cubs were bouncing and playing with each other. >>> for the first time since the inauguration beyonce broke her silence on the national anthem lip syncing controversy. ♪ she was brave at a super bowl news conference in new orleans thursday the grammy winning singer erased all doubts about her ability to perform a live and in this case acapella version of the song. then she took questions over the controversy. >> due to weather, due to delay, due to no proper sound check i didn't feel comfortable taking a risk. >> beyonce will be performing the halftime show at sunday's super bowl and said yes she will absolutely be singing live. >>> going to sports, upset in college basketball, number 9 butler bulldogs outplayed in the paint. surprised st. louis 75-68. in in golf, phil mickelson just missed making the opening round. the last hole birdie ended up out of the cup and he had to settle for a 60. only five players in pga history have a shot at 59. >>> snowm

and lions and tigers and bears, oh my, "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for friday, february 1st, 2013. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. super bowl weekend is here as fans of both the baltimore ravens and the san francisco 49ers descend upon new orleans, the town known for its lavish matters is gearing up for one of its biggest parties ever. nbc's jay gray is live for the latest. >> reporter: good morning, mara. from outside the beautiful superdome lit up in new orleans. look, depending on your perspective, a lot of people either ending their party or continuing into new orleans. the perfect city to hold such a big bash. a lot of people looking forward to the game. but as you talked about, a lot of people looking forward to a lot of things. for many, it's the ads that air on super sunday. we have a sneak peek of some you'll see. >> hey, son, have fun tonight. ♪ ♪ >> you know what this room needs? a smile. who wants to come with i? ♪ traveling along there's a song that we're singing come on get happy ♪ >> you guys are three minutes late. >> don't

two helicopter pilots came to the rescue of a hiker being stalked by a mountain lion. last weekend on the popular stevens trail. now the hiker made a frantic 911 call. >>> the lion was standing 20 feet in front of him. the sound of the period whicher probably saved the hikers life. >> i never scared off a mountain lion before. >> i shutter to think of what would have happened if he hadn't had a cell phone to call to help. >> they later went to the hiking trail and put up warning signs and is a he was forced to shoot and kill the mountain lion when it aggressively approached him. >> time is had 51:00 this morning. japan know what is caused some of the problems with the 787 dream liner jet. investigators say fuel leaks were caused by a switch that didn't work and faulty taping was blamed for cracked cockpit glass. however the investigators are still looking into more of the serious battery problems that forced an emergency landing last month. all dream liner flights have been canceled since the middle of last month. back here at home, the ferry is so popular with commute

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there's a sea lion on the freeway. >> reporter: these people are all too familiar with confused sea lionsing from toxic algae poisoning. >> head bobbing. >> reporter: over in tiburon researchers with san francisco state university are learning more about what's causing it. >> this is where it all starts for these sickle celled phytoplankton. >> reporter: the natural usually harmless organisms that causalgy blooms big enough to be seen from space and all it takes to make the stuff is sunlight, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. >> natural nitrate that you get from upwelling from the coast or pollution from excess runoff. any of that excess fertilizer not used by the plants, let's say all the strawberries in monterey county all that fertilizer is flushed out to the coastal ocean. >> reporter: that's just more fuel for potentially toxic algae. >> our research shows they grow just as well on the pollutant as the natural forms of night gent. >> reporter: from there it's up the food chain from algae to fish to sea lion. >> they wander out and don't get back to the ocean. >> reporter: the same thing h

of operations, i would like to be sure that it is a license that is in an operation in the tend er lion that would make a difference. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is susan brian i'm with the alliance for better district 6. a lot of these issues have been resolved. i would like to point out that many pharmaceutical and prescription drugs are a danger in combination with these prescriptions. i would talk about the in advise ability to have a drugstore sell alcohol for that reason. it sets kind of a bad example just like tobacco did when we got them to sell tobacco anymore in the drug stores. we had a theme today, alcohol, tobacco and firearms. you know, all of them kill people. okay. anyway. also i would like to talk about the management of walgreen's. i talked with my daughter this morning and she has many people she knows in walgreen's in indiana and the corporate wide practices should be examined a little more carefully. where my daughter lives in a town, a hol lowing out of management. the management who have been made careers of it were either fired or

. >>> and four adorable lion cubs make their debut at a seattle zoo. >>> what would you do if a stranger slapped your baby during a flight? it happened. now an idaho man faces charges, next. >>> take a look at this. this is a shot of the empire state building here in new york city last night bathed in red, white, and blue in honor of our commanders in chief past and present on this president's day. >>> okay, now some stories that caught our eye this morning. in north carolina, a 40,000-gallon ethanol tank burst into flames. officials believe the fire erupted from an explosion sparked by lightning. the blast rattled homes about two miles away and forced over 70 firefighters to battle 2 to 3-foot flames before the fire was extinguished. >>> in minneapolis a baby is recovering from a horrific attack. the 19-month-old was allegedly called the "n" word and slapped enjoy a passenger during a plate to atlanta. the child's mother says joe rick hunley became irate over her son's crying. the 60-year-old has been arrested on federal assault charges and suspended from his job. >>> it was showtime in

"a good day to die hard" tells the story of a family of cartoon lions living in the deserts of africabe the lion king. "a good day to die hard" has some memorable musical numbers like "the circle of life" and my personal favorite, "hakuna matata." [ laughter ] there's also a great scene where a young bruce willis is hoisted into the air in a touching image of pride and joy. i give the film three out of five stars, and i look forward to checking out the other films in the "die hard" series, "aladdin" and "the little mermaid." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you, stan. [ cheers and applause ] folks, today is the birthday of legendary inventor, galileo. to honor him here is our "night news now" artist's interpretation of how we think he would celebrate his birthday if he were sill around today. [ laughter ] happy birthday, old friend. [ applause ] and now it's time for our fast food review. so here with a review of the chicken and chorizo fajita, is the micro machine's guy, john moschitta jr. john? [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, jimmy. this chicken and chorizo fajita is busting with

if i had a picture and showed you a picture of a lion it's not as effective as seeing a lion open theiritors like it. >> here you get to meet people have one-on-one contact with the cats and cats have personalities they can tell you everything. it is more intimate. it's nice. >> now here is a baby black jaguar. it is rare and was born just a few weeks ago. here at the cat haven their commitment to conservation is so important. >> i have to tell you the producers can see your live shot before i get to in the studio. you are freaking them out a little bit. you had your hand in the cat's mouth earlier. who are you the cat whisperer? >> i don't know. maybe i am the cat whisperer. i should have been more scared but the cheetahs are really nice you can tell this baby jaguar is hungry. >> give him some milk. >> thank you for joeing us the up close look. >> people are doing amazing things today. putting hur pedal to the metal danica patrick making history in day doan -- daytona. right here on fox report home page. don't go away. [ male announcer ] here's a word you should keep in mind. unbiased

in beijing, the year of the snake was welcomed with a ceremony and lion dance.e asian countries will mark the beginnings of the new cycle tonight when the dragon makes room for the snake. i was born in the year. dragon, i'm moving on to the next big thing. >> weather pattern is not moving out. same old, same old but the rain moved out on thursday. here is a look from the east bay camera, vollmer peak, about 1900 feet in contra costa county. sun setting at 5:43, we are looking at still a very quiet pattern around the bay area. this morning you may notice the cold temperatures in east bay and south bay. 8-9 degrees colder than it was yesterday. we are clear of any precipitation from our sweep from mount st. helena and national weather service radar looking just fine. we want to get you updated on the form. it's called nemo in the northeast. it continues to rage in new england where connecticut has picked up 38 inches. boston over 21 inches and in maine, with 29.3 inches. we're looking at wind chills below five degrees in some spots. blowing and drifting continues.

it was hundreds of exotic-looking lion fish.t. edi miller is with us now. >> good morning. >> were you surprised to see the lion fish and thinking, what is in the world is happening here? >> well i wasn't surprised, although that one that was kind of waving to the camera was a little bit pushy. but they are a way of life now throughout the caribbean. they've been invading the area in increasing numbers for some time now since actually about the mid 1980s. and they really exploded aroundaround 2000 and spread out to the bahamas, as far north as south carolina and as far south as venezuela. >> why are they coming to wherever they're coming to? >> well they're originally from the endopacific and they were brought into this country for aquarius that wanted to keep them as a beautiful fish in their aquariums. but unfortunately they got released. that's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. sometimes it's by accident but sometimes it's on purpose. ppeople can't bring them anymore. so they release them to the envir

she's a lion. yes, she is. grrr! ha ha! announcer: you don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. when you adopt a child from foster care, just being there makes all the difference. >> started in 1990. the citizens of the marina district came to the fire department and asked for a program to survive for 3 days. there is a 70 percent chance we will have a 6.5 earthquake. 71 large fires. 40 major rescue operations. [inaudible]. rescue operations there were 34 structure fires we need 275 engines to handle this. we have 41. you will be on your own and we should be prepared. we will go over the merge training program. part of the training program is helping you make the decisions that will save lives. in this situation this person carrying a pail of water to put out the fire will not put out the fire. how many people have used a fire extinguisher before. >> may be 10 percent of you. by the end of the week you will be putting out a fire with a fire extinguisher. you don't want to learn out to house an extinguisher when they

it's a lion head rabbit a speciality breed. it's not one you would find in the wild. you're definitely not going to find these in our backyards. we take it to schools for programs and e events. -- and events. >> reporter: is it a he or she? >> she. her name is onhoney. bunny bunny sglsh her name is honey. >> reporter: oh how nice. jane has the pick rhino. >> i do . this is r ushgs thie ushgs t -- this is ruthie rhino. this animal will be covered in lard. >> reporter: what do we have in the back here? >> this is the meat hole. we're going to -- the keepers will put meat and this will be placed in the lion exhibit. the lions will eat and rip poor ruthie to sleds to get to the meat inside. >> reporter: this was made by volunteers? >> yes. they do a lot of great work around here helping to provide different enrichment materials for the animals. on valentine's day you'll see from 10:00 to 3:00 in different animal exhibits all kinds of things. ice treats for otters and polar bears. it gives them something extra to do. it's a lot of fun. we always tell people to bring your c

now, he's from kenya where lions routinely attack and kill cattle on the farms at night. >> it's a prettyg problem but he's come up with a pretty amazing and innovative solution. he literally had a bright idea. he realized at the age of 11 that lions were afraid to come near his farm if someone was walking around with a flashlight. >> so he created a system of flashing l.e.d. bulbs on a pole facing outward rigged to a box with an old car battery powered by a solar panel. >> when the lights flash on and off, it actually tricks the lions to believing there's somebody around with a flashlight. >> i installed the internet two days ago in my home and since then we have never experienced any problems with lions. to protect -- to keep away predators, like hyenas and leopards and also the tools are being used to scare away elephants from people's farms. my big dream is to become an aircraft engineer. >> i think he's going to get there. >> yeah. >> he's well on his way. >> inventive. now, he presented his invention on tuesday at the t.e.d. conference, a nonprofit devoted to bringing solutions and

remember the lion blinded by the showing of the baghdad zoo, set free wanderer. hogzila was strachlelled or a smoothy after pine through the dry cleaning or nosing the rows of baby food watching as humans enact all the sad and lonely erands of our lines among the plastic singing trout and the caged parakeets the twin poodles yap nothing a locked mercedes. all ghost wanted was a stand of trees, bark to rub against and a scattering of a corns. a corns fall from oaks and we cut those down. hogzila murderer speaks. i summon you from the swamp and holler. a red cheeked salamander in your stomach. when i saw you i littered up my rifle with buck shot and took aim. you were the most beautiful hog i had seen that's why i had to make you die to convince my friends of high heroism. i had not done in life cleaning up beer cans after the hunters left. but as i told that lady from the new york times after offering her fanta, which she refused, the whole country will eat humble pie after the scientists dig up the body of hogzila and see the greetness of exactly what i have done