archaeologist elsa redmond thinks this strange gallery of grotesque carvings may hold the key to that mystery. redmond: these figures have been subjected to all kinds of interpretations -- dancers, swimmers, ecstatic priests, medical anomalies. but there's certain clues on these stone slabs that help us understand what they represent. they are nude male figures. their eyes are closed. their mouths are open, or grimacing, in pain. their arms are braced and with with cupped hands in submissive gestures. their legs are splayed out in awkward, distorted poses. this one is wearing a hair knot and pony tail that we know warriors wore in mesoamerica. also an ear spool, that suggests he might have been an individual of high status. it's important that he's shown naked because in mesoamerica captives were shown naked as a sign of their humiliation. keach: redmond thinks that each of these figures may represent a chief or warrior from a competing group who had been captured and taken to monte alban to be sacrificed. redmond: the fact that there are 300 or more of these male figures portrayed on

we have the redmond syndrome i would say they're up and redmond washington microsoft and we appear most people seemed quite happy to remember when microsoft products had they had ninety seven percent of the desktop that's being broken up a bit with apple macintosh but most people still use internet explorer and all their. the services and software he sells and it's always been buggy now that was always like a famous feature of microsoft products and that's why people moved to apple because it didn't have those products those features but now only now have we learned that it's because we're not human we've been harvested we're being harvested for our privacy and our data for these corporations that the n.s.a. works for yeah it's true that apple's cut into the business and google's android exciter but i think really the true challenge was open source and linux which was an open source platform or engineers got together to react to bill gates as monopoly and they created something better called linux and other open source software similar lead the way in which programmers got together and

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and as tim redmond and others have written in 48 hills and other places our goal should be to drastically reduce the prison population and have incentives to do that. and, in fact, he eliminates the need for it. but until we can do that, i think we have to make sure that there is a humane facility that we have for the people who are incarcerated where their families have access and that we look at the numbers critically of the economics of the transportation costs and other factors that the budget analyst has really focused on. but i'll just say that i thank everyone for the great testimony and i look forward to more communication about this as we look to create both a strong alternative to incarceration, but also a humane jail facility as well. >> thank you very much, supervisor. and one thing that i just in terms of process, i know that there is additional information that we want to get and there is certainly additional review that we would like to ask the budget and legislative analyst to do. so, with the understanding that there will be future discussions and that this is the first o

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peter joins us from redmond, washington. world, whatnd the kind of things are you focusing on?covery huge array of things. a big focus right now and the point of the segment is artificial intelligence. focused and itry is the largest investment area the biggest. about aio think answer as they try to questions and figured things out. one is to figure out what that person said. if you see a picture or a video, what is in that video? of is to answer the question why? ay do they want to see certain person for an appointment? why did this person come to that is reallys? the basic series of this research project. >> in case of the virtual assistant, i was noticing that you had a male figure on the screen. i'm curious from an interface standpoint how you choose with the administrator should look like. >> as we have it set up in the prototype, you can choose what kind of avatar you want. some choose males and some choose females. it is really something that as part of the research we're trying to understand how people relate. what kind of symbiosis or connection can it make together. i

are with us from redmond, washington. you overlapped with satya for a few decades. what is he like to work with? >> satya knows microsoft, and easy person to work with. one of my cofounders here worked for him for a long time. i worked in a different area but we worked together in the commerce server days, working with independent software vendors. he istell you that focused on innovation and reigniting the passion for technology with customers. potentialere are opportunities everywhere for saidsoft, although as cory before, microsoft is still mixing the same callous. they have a lot of potential to go into different spaces like wearable devices. who is have someone is knowledgeable, they can attack those things much faster. >> you are one of the guys that said it will end up being nadella in the end, but is he the right guy? we heard yesterday, this is a safe bet. is a safe bet a good bet? >> it is a low margin debt. low chance of failing, perhaps a low chance of being an outlier as well. microsoft is a very insular culture. people have worked there for decades. it

. >> they announced the crime stats today at the redmond's in largo. an unusual venue.leave the door unlocked. i feel say. -- i feel safe. >> they know they are not done. we have to put the pressure on. to homicidesced yesterday. both were domestic related. police headquarters, brad bell. >> 7 on your side with a consumer alert about another security groups. they're claiming responsibility for hacking skype, facebook, and twitter accounts. they were protesting skype's participation with the nsa. afteridge comes a day learning hackers posted account information for 5 million snap chat users on the website. walmart recall from involves more for than 70,000 card table stats. the shares can collapse unexpectedly which cause falls and finger injuries. they have received 10 reports of injuries. they were so between may and november of last year and can be returned for a full refund. >> coming up, a new law had illegal immigrants heading to the dmv today. >> thousands of gun owners must have licenses renewed in the new year. >> sam ford live now explains why. >> the vast major

he nearly as the head of their research and he joins us now from redmond, washington.re in charge of more than 1000 research labs around the world. what kind of thing are you focusing on? >> we are really covering a huge array of things. almost anything you could imagine in computing research and other parts of math, physics, computer science. now, really onht point for this segment, is artificial intelligence. we have been very focused. it is our largest investment area right now. >> one of the things you're working on is a virtual assistant. what could he or she do? isone way to think about it -- they try to answer questions and figure things out. one type of question is to figure out what questions? or ifid that person say you see a picture, what is in that picture or video? another kind of question that is challenging is to answer the why questions? why does this person want to see a certain person for an appointment? why did this person asked these questions? understand the intention of people. that is the basic subject of this personal assistant project. >> we ar

he would not have to move too far to redmond, washington.t you think about his answer to my question about whether he has been approached? i honestly snorted whenever i heard that. i mean, i guess. it is possible. microsoft is probably working on sabbatical he -- working out sabbatical he and they've reached the else -- working out sabbatical he -- alphabetically and they have reached the 'l's. a fit for mye sample but it would not be supplied -- >> k and j come before l. >> i don't know about that argument, but what you think of combinedre's antics with what he has been actually doing it t-mobile? >> there's a long, proud tradition of this kind of sex pistols punk rock marketing. even if you don't play the instrument well, pay attention. this is kind of what he is doing. his point. by me or i'm going to be a nuisance. free up spectrum if you want competition. twoe are the pitches to the constituencies that matter, regulators and the competitors. it is defective and he its customers because he drops prices. as is he just making noise are we

anyone have to be someone with just as loud a voice, and there is no one with a louder voice in redmondwashington, then bill gates. >> thank you. aming up, working on connected home. sam grobart checks it out. ♪ >> welcome back. i'm emily chang. samsung already dominates television, smart phones, tablets, and wants to take on home appliances next. sam grobart sees what it's like to have samsung in your kitchen. >> ces has always been about things like tvs, computers, mobile products. but lately, you can add another category. -- the homeiances has become a world of opportunity for tech companies as things become smarter and more connected. and one of the big players in kitchen appliances right now is samsung. they have some ambitious goals. they intend to be the world's largest manufacturer of appliances by 2015, which is going to mean a -- an uphill battle. to do that, they have to $6 billion perut year. how do they plan it -- and to do that? take a look. ofs has a target price $6,000, so it is not for everybody. it has an interesting he -- feature. -- thiston has buttons tour has butto

i'm not on the short list, just in case you were wondering, not moving to redmond anytime soon. futures are pointing to a higher start. not moving very much, despite new data. we just got data out of adt on private payrolls for december, up 238,000, led by construction and business services jobs. stocks rallied tuesday with the s&p 500 snapping its three-day losing streak. dow erasing all of its losses for the year with yesterday's rally. investors taking an optimistic stance ahead of friday's jobs report and earnings season. the adp data not moving the futures much. folks priced that in. also getting some data in a few minutes on consumer credit. the minutes from last month's fed meeting this afternoon, more insight on the fed's decision to cut back on its stimulus efforts. dow starts the day at 16530, after rising 105 points. nasdaq at 4153 after adding 39. >>> sometimes feel like your friends are more family than blood relatives? now you can add them to a framily plan at sprint. a plan for friends and family, up to ten people can get big discounts on service, if they sign up

microsoft is up but they are not in seattle, they are in redmond so that doesn't count. turn to bay area, twitter not understanding what i'm trying to do here helping me prove a point. tesla knows where it's at charges ahead $6.84. google $1156. the ultimate comparison would be able to look at century link versus levis. seahawks play at century link field. century link down 20 cents. levi, proud history here is so awesome you can't buy stock in it. it's a prifltly owned company. turning to other news, you know who these are? it's walt mossberg on the left. he quit his job as tech critic of the "wall street journal." david poeg on the left side left from "the new york times." they were arguably the most influential tech reporters in the nation. huge vacancy. it was a coo when a young san francisco reporter was hired to replace mossberg over at "the wall street journal." it was a huge promotion but left "the new york times" without a replacement. who would replace david pog? "the new york times" announced it would be farhad who is leaving the "wall street journal" after ju

but they are in redmond so this doesn't count. let's turn to bay area. twitter down a buck. tesla knows where it's at, ahead 6.84 yesterday. google worth $1156 but the ultimate comparison would be to look at century link versus levi. seahawks play at century link field t 49ers levi. century link is not even a seattle company. they are based in monroe, louisiana down 20 cents. levi's history here in san francisco, so awesome you can't buy stock in levi's. it's a prifvately owned company. intel said business not so bad as feared. remember intel mostly makes chips for computers. people aren't buying computers. they did say revenue in the year ahead flat. i have to tell you about what may be the biggest upset in tech reporting. recently both of these fellows left their reporting jobs, you got walt mossberg on the left, he quit "the wall street journal," david on the right theft new york times. two of the most influential tech reportsers. there was a huge vacancy. it was a cue when this guy, a young san francisco reporter was hired to replace walt mossberg at "the wall street jou

justine redmond, kron 4 news. >>> on marina boulevard, there are a lot of cycles out. don't have to be behind the wheel of a car to be arrested for dui. you can be behind a bicycle. fines go as high as $250 if convicted. >>> in san francisco, preparations are under way for a world class fireworks display this new year's eve. over two tons will be launched from this barge position said offshore from the ferry building along the embarcadero. the show starts at midnight and will last for 20 minutes. if you can't make it down to the embarcadero, you can tune into kron 4's new year's eve live at 11:30 p.m. >>> okay. speaking of fireworks, the countdown to 2014 continues as the bay area is getting ready to see spectacular shows at midnight. jeff bush is live on treasure i lands with one of the good spots to catch the fireworks show. >> reporter: vicki, this is probably the best place to see the fireworks show. let me move out of the way, and you can see the beautiful view of the san francisco skyline. in the middle of your screen is where the firework barge will be out in th

there in way up redmond, washington, and has been there forever. true of make of america, dow and charlotte. aboutwas a lot of talk whether they would move their headquarters you to new york, and they did not. a lot of those executives are pretty happy about that decision. they do have companies that are kind of moving out or growing big out in their secondary offices. growingsachs biggest office is on salt lake city, utah, which is a fantastic place to live if you love to ski. there are a lot of cities in america that are growing because of a trend which we would call x organization -- ex-u rbanization. denver is one of those vague moving cities -- big, booming cities i'm a the houses are much more affordable, as you would expect. there is a very diverse talent pool out there. it is not the same type of go go, dog eat dog city people. they have a vibrant cultural scene in denver. a comparison of home prices, you can see what you could buy for $1 million here in new york, compared to what you can buy in denver is a lot different. here in new york y

those tips and more can be found in a book "how not to act old" by pamela redmond saltran.ing up to the television to learn how not to act old. >> if you're up at this time of the morning, you probably are old. >> they went to sleep at 7:00. so, you know, there would be some who say michelle obama yes, she's 50, but she doesn't act old. in what ways is she not acting her age? >> well, definitely her party last night. you know, doing exactly what she wanted to do. i think that's something you have the right to do when you're 50. and she was celebrating that. and she was doing it her way, which is really not acting old. >> so, in an interview with "people" magazine the first lady said and i want to read this, never say never about getting botox. is botox something that old ladies get? >> i don't think young ladies are getting it too often. you know, i think michelle is coming down on the side of this issue of a lot of women, which is just, you know, i'm going to do what i want to do in firm tf making myself look on how i want to look and i don't care how the world thinks. >>

redmond,re to move to washington, what would be the skill set you would ring from ericsson?t's a good theoretical question but i am focused here at ericsson. as long as the board is supporting me, that's what i want to do. it's a theoretical question. >> i think hans is staying on script. servicesd the global before and you have worked for ericsson all over the world. you have seen firsthand how quickly companies can rise and fall. what is the company's key to survival? and can go back 10 years who the competitors were 10 years ago. they don't exist today. you can transform very quickly in a company. we are in over 100 companies so my goal is to route this -- to move this company in the right way. right now, we are going into tv billing systems to strengthen our portfolio and support our customers. i think that is the key. >> thank you so much. he is considered by many to be a candidate to replace steve ballmer at microsoft. part of what ericsson has discussed in the last -- in the past a security. what will it take for european companies to feel safer? >> am not sure it's p