>> that is right. $55 million create certainty around a long-term lease of 30/32 and the sale of 330. it is only amounts above that that create other potential development rights, each subject to the approval of the board. for the benefit of the public, i wanted to give a quick overview of the locations we are talking about. shown on this map, the most southern location is pierre 80. that will not be a development site. in the central waterfront, steve a lot 330, piers 30, 32, + 28 and 26, just south of the bay bridge. and this america's cup village location in the northern waterfront. piers 19 through 29 with potential development sites at 19, 23, and 29. i want to get into each of the detailed changes. if i'm getting to detail, we can all for it -- also defer to question and answer period right after we -- the mayor signed the agreement, that was put up on the oewd web site, and he also put a summary on all of these changes as well as filed these changes with the clerk of the board. i want to say that generally, with respect to the body of the budget analyst report, we agree with th

rose have addressed is the long-term haute -- the long-term rent loss. if we give up rent at too many sites, we cannot do as many public works projects. we were very clear at the negotiating table that 19, 23, and 29, represented, if they all begin development sites, and there were credits offsetting, -- if they all became development sites, that could affect things, so we insisted on a standard of sole discretion for these other piers, with the exception of 29, and that is really so we could make a judgment call later about whether or not the hit -- the port balance sheet could handle that. in respect to 29 -- both the commission and the board have discretionary approval at 29. it is not approval for the rent authority. how much is spent is within the city's control and whether or not to developing 29 is also in the city's control. -- whether or not to develop 29. .-- supervisor mirkarimi: you already -- and then transfer but -- transfer back. >> on that issue, i think the budget analysts report spends a good amount of time going into a concern -- a bud

the -- i think the thing to understand is that the long-term imbalances are not just the long-term risk. they're near and present danger. to the extent that markets lose confidencen the congress' ability to make tough choices and they're going to be tough, there is the risk of a -- an increase in interest rates, which would just make things worse because it means that a higher defici you know, it would increase the deficit because of higher interest rates. so i think the sooner that a long-term plan is put in place to make significant and credible reductions in the path of the deficit, that it would have -- the better it will be and it will have benefits in the near te, not just 20 years from now. >> right. i think that's very important because earlier there was some discussion about ten years, 20 years. i want to underscore and underline your observation that this is actually a near and present danger, and that the sooner we get after it, the less painful it is actually ultimately goingo be and the more likely we are to protect rselves. you said financial instability is extremely costl

a familiar sound of worship echoes from the islamic center of long island. new it's a place of prayer education and community service for many of long island's seventy thousand muslims it's also a place where u.s. congressman peter king spent years building bridges with american voters. supporters who today remain shocked that king labeled their mosque a hotbed for extremism that should be put under surveillance for the pending i go to bed things also and we have been to his office many times what we needed that. ahmed is chairman of the long island center that sits just outside the boundaries of king's third congressional district. amid fears the man he once fundraise for make currently be the strongest force fueling the flames of islamophobia in america and security of my community is my biggest concern and trying to create trouble they have that is no trouble to me why out of me doing these things during his early days as congressman king was often seen at the islamic center on long island giving lectures holding book signings even serving as the main gue

washington tries to distance itself from the libyan crisis but the country's long history of international interference leaves a war weary public fearing another lengthy conflict. and painful economic cod see quarter of a million march through london and protests elsewhere as hard pressed europeans question the expense of libya campaign all spending slash at home. and in japan and radiation bronzes in the sea near fukushima despite efforts to bring the plant under control following the earthquake tragedy over ten thousand are now listed as dead many more homeless or missing. next we discuss the rise of islamophobia in the us with award winning journalist ian buruma who says it's a reaction to fear. r.t. sitting down with award winning writer and journalist ian buruma named one of the top one hundred global thinkers by foreign policy magazine mr bruma is a professor of democracy human rights and journalism at bard college in new york sir thank you so much for joining us today thank you know your latest book is teaming the gods of religion and democracy on three continents so i want to start

although i'd agree we have to look long term, we don't adopt long-term budgets here. at least historically. thank you very much for your involvement in that context. in the context of the transparency issues that you've discussed, i'd like to focus on gse reform, fannie mae and freddie mac in particular. i'm convinced that congress grapple with the need to deal with fannie mae and freddie mac and how we should proceed. i have my opinions on how we should proceed in that context. at least as a with regard to t federal obligations represented by fannie mae and freddie mac. in a january 2010 cbo report, it was concled that fannie mae and freddie mac have effectively become government entities in the way that they arenow managed. and their operations should be included in the federal budget. do you agree with that cbo report in that context, in the context -- in other words, whether the debt oblations of fannie mae and freddie mac should be included in our federal budget? >> well, i'm not an accountant and i defer to those with better knowledge on that point, but i would

how long have you been in line? >> translator: two, three hours. >> reporter: do you have any water at home at all? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: none, nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: hi. what do you want to buy? this young man told me he has come to buy any food that doesn't require water to cook it. mushrooms, and you have, oh, chestnuts. this woman says she has enough water at home but not enough to eat. at another point we stop at a shelter. remember, 2 million people are in a country cold at night without power. families making the most of what little they have. and how long have you been here? >> i can't count anymore. maybe bash maybe five days. >> we slept like three nights in the car. >> reporter: in the car? outside, the search. have you seen, do you know, a husband on a bicycle looking for his missing wife showing her picture. and near us a rescue mission that got there too late. we watched as they recovered the body behind the blue tarp. but hope is revived by the near miraculous rescues like this ma

, long time. known as the communication chip company. it was close to $60 per share. is the verizon iphone priced in? >> yeah. i think to a certain extent it is. we all knew this was coming. just to recap, qualcomm provides a 3g wireless chip for the new iphone. and the company was one of the regions at the tech sector rally. i think it has a really good long-term story out there for investors. some things that are necessarily outside of the verizon iphone. for example, nokia stre strengthened it. and it could serve as a springboard, and fall into markets such as china. >> tom: we can certainly see that with some other firms getting more well-known in the industry with its work with apple. sky works perhaps one of them. it makes semiconductors to go with apple. the prices have doubled. james, what could it be? >> it has been pretty significant. sky works is one of the street breakout stocks. the company was already providing power amplifiers to the earlier iphone 4. it has been enjoying really, re

queue of cars again of course long long outside one of the few petrol stations that were there were open in the fukushima prefecture and there only being limited to twenty liters of each of you to different speeds of these here have been affected right right and how are the all sources dealing with the situation are they preparing people somehow. the authorities. army troops and police took a police even as well lining the streets and going to the coast beheading people are saying people can't make their way we were trying to get to film pictures will be with them a station caused by the tsunami three days ago and every foot of two hundred meters or so they were police pulling private thing out and to go back and as soon as they heard of the warning tsunami they were literally shamming up chasing us back to the fence and they were police buses picking up independent. who were on foot and other people who would come back to find their houses and try and retrieve what they could. stop calling their tsunami only now find that they will remain the police what banks left to anyway. yeah

i am not so happy it has taken a long time, but i realize it is a long, long distance. [bell rings] it takes time. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you, sir. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing 9, public comment is -- seeing at non-, public comment is closed. commissioner chiu? >> we have been figuring out the specifics on how we are going to close the gap in funding i think we have been rewarded with more clarity. at this time i would like to recommend the amendment for the central subway project that we have all supported, unanimous for the past, what the authorities proposed as far as the funding commitments. i say we should move this forward. i look forward to working with the mta staff to make sure we are all on the same page and as clear as possible. commissioner campos: thank you. colleagues, can we take that without objection? without objection, thank you, to the mta staff and the t.a. staff. madam clerk, call item 8 please. >> [unintelligible] commissioner campos: we have the executive director. >> this is really an item

we need a long-term plan.s long as we do not have a long-term plan that is legitimate, which will continue to be stuck in these oil price shocks. >> the you believe we need europe to lower the gas prices? >> i believe there is enough consensus today. given the long-term prospects, i think americans realize in the world realizes that given the demand in china, followed by india, most of the automobiles being sold in china will increase demand in the coming decades with the finance -- with the finite resources we have -- this is the way the world is going to be. you cannot predict what is going to happen a year ago today in terms of prices. he emphasized that prices are more likely to go up and go down. given that, the handwriting is on the wall. we are going to diversify. we are going to become less dependent on oil for transportation. that is where we get our transportation security. that is how we make it easier on the american pocketbook. >> coming up on c-span tonight, the head of the u.s. nuclear regulator

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long walks us into stone moments cold water bottles made in a field. russia is edging all sides involved in the crisis to prevent a vote on its. own military action in principle official say cease fire is the best option. to go to japan now where pressure has been rising again and one of the reactor is the focus nuclear plant. more radiation would need to be vented workers have now stabilized the vessel while battling to restore central cooling systems well the levels of radioactive pits whole nation have been protected in spinach and milk in the areas around the plant traces of id also around here is water supply the earthquake and tsunami disaster has now claimed more than eight thousand lives and still no trace of the thousands more companies authorities out on that building temporary grounds it's from the hundreds of thousands whose homes were destroyed when japan continues to be shaken by more often shocks parties but russian earthquake experts look in the ocean and says it was only major events in a natural cycle of the planet's seismic activity.

are there any measures being considered for long-term, for the long-term, like decontamination? >> translator: first of all, if it is over a long period, which may have adverse effects on the human health, we may have to consider evacuation. that is what we are considering, and regarding this, we are monitoring the levels of radiation in the atmosphere and taking thorough measures so that in the event that such needs should arise, we will not be late in our response. that is what we are thinking. >> reporter: idate village is 4 kilors away homany places arehere this wheia mayazve rent situaon are no heaontamination and beable to do overhe kilomet ng y, wisssedurea tth pbali me ps all possible evtuits, and we will try to address all potential evenalie there is no clear indication showing that the criticality can already suggested that the reactor itself has been severely damaged. japan's chief netecry edano there holding news conference. the iaea is monitoring radiation fd and soil in fukushima and theokyo metropolitan area. edano says there is currentlyo ement health hazard curr

not long ago, a cancer diagnosis felt like a death sentence. not anymore. huge numbers of americans, hundreds of thousands more each year, are surviving and living with cancer. numbers just released from the centers for disease control show that 1 in 20 american adults is now a cancer survivor, almost 12 million of us. we are catching cancer earlier and treating it more effectively. and ron claiborne is here with what it all means for the survivors and the people that love them. this is such encouraging news. >> reporter: this is really important news tonight, george. so many people are now living with and beating cancer. four times as many as 40 years ago. in fact, the cdc said today that for millions of americans, cancer is now a manageable disease. >> reporter: they send us their videos. poignant messages celebrating their struggle against cancer. today, the nearly 12 million adult americans who are cancer survivors, compared to just 3 million in 1970. >> life doesn't have to end with cancer. if you get a diagnosis of cancer, there's a lot you can do to

it does not define what kind of categorical exemption is issued as long as it becomes final. the project became final. hear the project approval is not yet final because it is under appeal, and it is appropriate for the department's of appeals -- for the department of appeals to supplement if necessary. he can supplement that record. it is certainly not improper procedurally under the law to have further documents -- to have further documentation and the process. supervisor wiener: would be inappropriate to change the categorical exemption from one category to another? >> from a procedural perspective, as long as it is the undermining -- underlying determination that the product is exempt, it does not change. supervisor wiener: thank you. supervisor chiu: colleagues, any questions? at this time, let's hear from the real party at interest. >> good afternoon. john is a public health service employee of the federal government. he has never built a structure. i of heard today -- and i have heard it many times -- that my client is a developer. he certainly is not. one important th

so long to react to me. unfolding in japan. the u.s. says it's a lot of the by the melting problems out fukushima of the troubles may have started at the drawing board the american from behind the power stations design. and in other news libyan opposition supporters call for an end to the month long violence in the country russia pushes for a cease fire resolution but the u.n. is yet to make them. on the libyan leader insists the trouble in his country is down to criminals bolstered by al qaeda. he talks face to face with colonel gadhafi . we're glad that the viewers of all the t.v. broadcasting in three languages english and spanish have an opportunity to heal voice we would like you to describe what has been going. on there had been many strange ideas of what has been going on then. if that or situation radically differs from what's transpired in tunisia egypt yemen bahrain qatar saudi arabia and other arab countries what's happened and what was happening in the arab countries has nothing to do with what i

we have to focus on the long term in san francisco and focus on the long-term solution. if we pass a two-year fixed, in 12 months, we will have the debate again. we have a broad coalition of people who want to work on the issue to get a long-term solution done now. that is what we have to focus on. last week, i took two steps. i asked our budget and legislative analyst to conduct and complete a study on other technology hubs in the united states, from seattle down to silicon valley, acrostic austin, the research triangle in the carolinas, new york, boston, to understand what other municipalities and areas are offering technology companies to relocate their, what incentives they are providing. we have to realize that while we have a lot of inherent value in san francisco, i believe it is the best city in the world, but we are competing for companies and the jobs they create in our city. i have also asked our city attorney to draft two pieces of legislation to address the issue. one version, a more extended version of supervisor mirkarimi 's current bill, is a complete eli

i don't know exactly how long it lasted. it seemed like it went on forever. >> reporter: the country's prime minister, naoto kan, immediately activated an emergency response plan. after the shaking came the warning, and the wave, a chilling preview of the disaster to come. the target, the city of sendai, some 200 miles northeast of tokyo. hundreds are reported missing there. an unbelievable sight, the force of the swirling water sucking boats into its center. reports of at least one vessel missing with 100 people aboard. the tsunami hit with incredible force. the sludge sweeping away everything in its path. this wall of water and mud, some 30 feet high, washed across the low-lying coastal areas. entire towns swept away. thick and brown, strewn with debris. fast-moving, farmlands quickly disappeared. entire major roads, bridges and homes, gone in a matter of minutes. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the airport at sendai was completely destroyed. workers and others scrambled onto rooftops trying to stay above the mud. a huge

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these are sites we have known about for a long time. if we look at the map here, you can see these are fixed sites. they are sites that have been around for many years. we have been able to plot them over months if not weeks, and we know what we wanted to hit. these are where the initial tomahawk strikes have hit. the next thing we need to worry about are the mobile systems, the service to air systems that can move anyplace in the country. it will take us a couple days find them, fix them, and knock them out before we can have the coalition airlines flying overhead libya. >> we have the coalition airplanes flying overhead, does that guarantee protection for the rebels? >> it does guarantee protection. i'm concerned about what is going on in benghazi. again, referring to the map, the libyan forces are pushing up from the south and pressuring the rebel stronghold in benghazi. my fear is if benghazi falls, it could threaten the rebel organization and the rebel movement. so it will be very important to have coalition airplanes supporting th

us so you judge how long i don't know how long. long you for. approaches not put it all fresh and present all representative to afghanistan thank you very much for this interview. my pleasure to. be sure is that so much of the eliminated if you feel that israel finally arrives in the market libya will be in the free arab awakening a one off the deep to work for the me in some western military and political intervention in the arab world. the official anti application. i pod touch from the. child's life on the good. video on demand. an r.s.s. feed now in the palm of your. he. says. soon which will brighten. the balance from silence to the pressure of the sun. starts on t.v. don't succumb. to . the. nato used to assume command of the airborne intervention in the media but the rules of engagement remain unclear says the coalition appears to be taking sides in the civil war something not sanctioned by the u.n. resolution. as libyan officials claim coalition vulnerable ready maybe a hundred civilians some members of the alliance face criticism that t

these changes as they relate to the long-term development. they are not really about the america's cup and putting on the van. what we have been doing since december 31 is actually getting prepared for this event. the sustainability plan and the outreach that we have made to our sister agencies at the state and federal level, and many, these changes are all about the long-term development rights that stem from the developments, as brad benson said, we do not know what they will be , so that is it for now. we do what they will be , so that is it for now. -- we do not know what they will be, so that is it for now. chair chu: -- >> i respectfully have disagreements with respect to the question of materiality as to what the city attorney's office has stated. i have a statement, if this committee wants me to make the statement. if not, i will respond. whatever the committee would like me to do. supervisor mirkarimi: -- >> the objective of our report, as requested by supervisor mirkarimi, is to identify any disagreements between what was previously

i have been here a long time. a geotechnical report are the people at the department of building inspection are the only people qualified in san francisco to review. for the planning commission frankly or this respective board to have been willing -- have dueling geotechnical experts before them -- president goh: we do do that. >> the issues could have been raised at the planning commission. president goh: sorry to interrupt you. this seems like a rightness issue. they were granted only recently. the issue i propose is the real question. >> well, i guess then that the entire issue goes back to the jurisdiction and the fact that how could the department of building inspection be issuing this permit under any circumstances if the cu was not granted? it seems like a simple rule, where the conditional use for the project should encompass all of the permits related to the project, and you do not need to vote -- to vet every issue. i think that is kind of the point i am trying to make. president goh: i think i understan

we had a no-fly zone with saddam for a long time. a very long time.ultimately i think the president has to clearly say what he said early on. qaddafi has to go, that has to be the end result of this, it's not clear how we're going to get there. >> but as i understand both of you, maybe i'm misunderstanding senator hart, senator coleman as well, even if turns out well, qaddafi goes and democracy flows in libya, getting there is wrong the way president obama did it. >> i think we're both saying we'd all be better served with greater clarity, what's the nature of the... what's the obama doctrine? how are we going to go not just for this case but the future? i think both sides are looking for that. >> lehrer: senator hart? >> well, first of all senator coleman's formulation assumes a better outcome if qaddafi's gone. it couldn't be much worse but we ought to withhold judgment on that. we don't know who the opposition is and we found out in iraq that just getting rid of saddam hussein didn't bring democracy and peace. >> am i right, senator hart, that you'

how long will this operation last? how long will the u.s. play a leading role? despite what we heard from the pentagon, will gadhafi himself at some point become the target? and, just who are the rebels the u.s. is now backing? our team on it again tonight, leading us off, martha raddatz in washington. martha, good evening. what's the latest? >> reporter: good evening, david. u.s. military attacks on libya have only intensified in the last 24 hours. targeting not just gadhafi's air defenses but his troops and war planes as well. throughout the night and into the dawn, u.s. war planes, including marine corps jets launched from u.s. ships in the mediterranean and air force fighter jets took aim at gadhafi's troops advancing from the southwest to benghazi. the rebel stronghold the libyan leader has vowed to take back. >> benghazi is not completely safe from attack. but it is certainly under less threat than it was yesterday. we believe his forces are under significant stress and suffering from both isolation and a good deal of confusion. >> reporter: while fighter

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but i think i relationships with both countries are very deep and go back a very long time. and i would be surprised if any changes in those countries, of the kind we're talking about would significantly negatively affect their relationships. last question. >> secretary, you put better asset in italy for any possibility of a no-fly zone operation. would you think it would be sensible to have a carrier also to increase flexibility and you have plans to move a carrier? >> as they sat at the outset, were looking at at all varieties and contentions. thank you. >> the people of libya have made themselves clear. it is time for gadhafi to go. now without further violence or delay. >> on monday, president obama told the nation's governors he would support their efforts to lessen the effect of the health care law understates budgets. up next, three governors testified capitol hill on how the states are dealing with medicaid. this is a little less than two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i would just note that some of the governors have been he

recovery this friday gyle global recovery how much of it is japan's do railing right now temporary or long term going to affect the global recovery of the last two years. well the hope is that it's going to turn out to be a fairly moderate impact on the global economy the fear is that if japanese industry finds itself disrupted for a lengthy period then stock markets around the world could take a hit and we could be back in a double dip recession but that still remains to be seen whether that's going to happen ok what are you patrick i mean what are the it when we look at the macro scale the global scale here is that we should mention here a lot of people are looking at the industrial capacity of japan which is key to its economic prosperity because it's an s. export country what would it take for us for investors in for the international community be worried about japan's recovery i think what it's really going to take peter is is the whole idea that we see further problems in terms of how we're going to fund the recovery because really the difficulty here is with government government ha

like somebody took the dot com and turned it into some kind of right wing something i always had a long time ago that's not a problem we're going to listen ok. let me start with you johann what what does uncut mean more to come from people in britain have been told by conservatives for the past few years ever since. it's a deal with this must have absolutely massive cuts to public services and the people who caused this crisis just carried on partying like it's nineteen ninety seven and say what you guys are being told by the tea party but what's been really interesting here is a movement is just saying actually there's a whole of the narrative of what's being done to us and the way out there. the british people have been ripped off royally on this. dramatisation it's the best. the conservative government is introducing the biggest cuts in public spending since the one nine hundred twenty s. at the same time as they were allowing absolutely massive tax giveaways to the biggest corporations and there was a small even of people that started bringing this together so for to give you one ex

but the country's long history of international. economic. question. radiation. following the. award winning journalist. who says it's a. archie sitting down with award winning writer and journalist ian buruma named one of the top one hundred global thinkers by foreign policy magazine mr bruma is a professor of democracy human rights and journalism at bard college in new york sir thank you so much for joining us today thank you know your latest book is taming the gods of religion and democracy on three continents so i want to start our discussion by asking you about the role of islam in the modern world how significant is it and do you see a certain level of. in the united states nowadays do you think it's just there is certainly a level of islamophobia just as the all over the western world it's difficult to talk about a lot of the role of islam because it's not one thing to millions and millions of people it's a faith but inside the world of islam there's also a violent revolutionary movement which is a minority of muslims who take part in it we can sympathize with it but it'

it is a long, long summer and i don't have a contract, i said, maybe i'll try to write something, never written a picture book before. i sat at the word processor, i'll write my grandfather books. all 16 pages. it is usually 6 to 7 pages long. i sent it to my editor anne swarts. she was at thow publishing books. at the time she was at dial. she was right out of college and a reader. she wrote my manuscripts. she said it has possibility. there is a story in there but way too much going on. you have 3 kids, a grandmother, a grandfather, you got a bear, a snake, a wolf, and fox. a dog, cat, and a neighbor, way too much going on. if you'd like to rewrite it and shorten it some what and i'd be glad to look at it again. but that is not my grandfather's story. i can't do that. i thought i don't have a contract. i said i'll get rid of my brother and sister. [laughter]. and i'll keep myself. and i'll get rid of the wolf, bear, and snake and keep the fox because i like his voice. i dare say a little girl like you should be simply terrified of me. whatever do they teach children in school these da

>> he's one of my long-term colleagues and friends. i have great respect for both him and miss rinehart. i think it's a very interesting piece of work. it's particularly instructive because it uses a lot of historical episodes, data, as opposed to purely theoretical approach to the problem. >> it's an important piece of work. you were effusive in your praise at least on amazon, i saw. i thought the title is important because every central banker, economic official says this time is different. yet th basic themes of debasing a currency, inflation, lack of spending discipline, rinehart and rogoff highlight the similarity of poor action by bankers and governments to destroy their economy through a lack of discipline. it's an important lesson for us. we have a report from the national council of state legislators that talk about financial stress now in 12 american state just recently the state of illinois borrowed another $3.7 billion, paying 50 basis points more to borrow than corporate debt at the lowest investment grade. you and i talke

we have some long-term strategies. the reason we chose to the branding effort now -- and also how we structure of this to be a low-cost transition. and then i will take the back and questions. our priorities are about establishing credibility with both the public and our internal staff. we do that by providing opportunities for engagement, for awareness. whether we're doing our newsletter, talking to the commission, we tried to focus on our message to people and what those messages far. this correlates to the sustainability plan. we are trying to present ourselves as high-quality, dependable services. we are doing so in a way that is transparent. we are all part of the process early on. and moving along to our training partnerships and investing in communities. we often time reach out see you -- we oftentimes reach out to community groups when we have construction process. we cannot have a community partnership that we developed with our outreach. and finally -- growing a green and sustainable initiative. some of the k

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and the egyptian constitution is dozens of pages long. do you want a constitution that outlines all of the rights or says it is not mentioned here it is a right? different philosophies of constitution so i wouldn't be surprised at if those things didn't come up again at people want to get through this transition period and that was the plan. >> jessica. >> jessica matthews with carnegie endowment. thank you for a wonderful talk and all we have heard and all we have read we still learn so much new. listening to your description of libya, it was hard on two different grounds for me to imagine a happy outcome of the intervention. either on the grounds of the fight to the death on both sides expectations or on the grounds of when can libyans manage themselves and the western forces leave? is that a fair set of conclusions to draw from what you said, or can you see a happier future? thank you. >> david. >> could you think ahead a year. let's say we have had the political transition relatively smoothly. they have had elections. they formed a go

but conceptually you can do this with a long weir. here's another example of a long weir structure. this is sort of south of monster park along the bay. on the lower left you can see sort of the weir arrangement as it currently exists. one of our concepts would be -- it's a little hard to see, but you can sort of wall off those existing weirs and put some sort of a duck bill type of back flow prevention in there. so we see this as a near term solution to a current problem we have, something we can start doing right away, and i think my engineers suggest that this would probably protect us i'd say for the next 30 to 50 years. if this is all we did, we could probably avoid serious problems with salt water intrusion. start looking at the longer term, i don't really know what you do other than install more pumps. will talked about this is a problem we have to stop. we might have to build seawalls around the city, we might have to firm up large areas, we're just going to have to pump a lot more. and i guess sort of a discussion point i have about more pumping is conceptually that's simpl