bit an employee at the stanford research institute this morning, and the worker passed out. by the time police got there, the employee was conscious again. the researcher is hospitalized, with minor injuries. no word on what happened to the monkey. authorities say it's the first time they have ever been called to this type of incident. >>> nearly a thousand rats removed from a southern california home by an animal rescue group, temporarily being kept at a san jose pet shop warehouse. anne mackovic on the difficult task of getting these animals adopted. >> reporter: they are still being counted, but animal rescuers think they have about 1000 rats in their care. >> lacerations to the inside left leg, medical. >> reporter: volunteers are sorting and treating these now homeless pets in the warehouse space of a pet store in san jose. >> our biggest priority now that we have here is sexing them and separating the boys from the girls. >> reporter: for good reason. many of the rats are pregnant. two gave birth in the semi on the trip up from southern california. they even have a make

looking ahead, however, the research institutes expect the gdp to shrink in the three months through december. they say a drop in auto sales will drag down consumer spending. exports are also expected to grow at a more modest pace. >>> two japanese firms say they have received an order from a russian government-backed company for gas turbine power generation systems to be used in the far east. kawasaki industries and trading house sojitz corporation announced the project thursday, worth about $240 million. they struck a deal with the far eastern center for strategic research on fuel and energy complex development. the project involves the construction of 35 systems to provide electricity and heat using the latest technology and gas turbines. the systems will be installed between the end of 2011 and 2014 in the russian far east where gas pipelines are now under construction. an official from the russian company visited kawasaki industries plant on thursday. he said he has looked for gas turbines around the world but found japanese turbines the most reliable. the deal comes at a time w

illegally stuff from the bike call research institute will be our guide today he's probably the most anxious one waiting for the exhibition to begin only near submersibles are capable of reaching the depths needed to confirm his theory of how gas hydrates are formed some called these unique deep water compounds of water and methane the fuel of the future. these will be no we're going to the latest four hundred meters deep in this about the gas hydrates become unstable above this level that we want to use this gas to form a hydrant on the surface but we're going to record it on video to measure the temperature they do if they need. mirrors are capable of remaining under water for up to two days working on their own i nag is planning to spend at least eight hours looking for gas hydrates this scientists opportunities are limited as each dive cost several thousand dollars the next opportunity to see the bottom of the lake probably won't come anytime soon. wealthy british style. time to cut. markets why not this kind of. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cau

. >> reporter: ishikawa prefecture's industrial research institute uses a model home that saves energyhome comes with solar panels and high grade thermal insulation. the lighting looks fluorescent but it's actually from l.e.d.s. compared to a fluorescent light of the same size, l.e.d. lights use half the energy. they also last ten times longer than fluorescent lights. a venture firm developed the light. the company sells medical equipment and renovates hospitals. but when business dropped, the company started looking for new ideas. after the hospital asked how it could save energy, the company started developing this l.e.d. lighting. l.e.d.s only emit a narrow range of light. so they can't illuminate a big area. >> l.e.d. fluorescent lights have a base behind them. no light reaches the back part of the l.e.d. tube. so we made them adjustable. >> reporter: their innovation played a part in selling 12,000 fixtures to public institutions, hospitals and offices in the past year. >> translator: if you consider a building, for example, the lighting alone consumes 40% of the electricity cost.

welcome to the good housekeeping researchers institute.e carolyn is testing a seventh generation detergent, 20 stains are applied. >> we have coffee, spaghetti sauce, mustard. >> reporter: 20 hours later it's into the washer. we will give each stain a grade. with every imaginable at her disposal. she can test about anything and does. more and more products advertised as green are getting results. >> a lot has changed. we've seen a market improvement in the performance as a whole. they found a number of laundry detergents to be effective recently and tide 7th generation arm and hammer and purex. dishes got clean with these and 7th generation products. they put products through a strict review before she'll recommend them, she lists her go tos on her website. companies have started to realize you can't sell something green if it doesn't work. now they work and you have to keep buying them. >> that was erika. whole foods pulled a recall made by a local company. bravo farms put out a recall on the cheeses of a dozen people became sick from sam

a research monkey bit an employee at the stanford research institute this morning. the worker then fainted, but by the time police got there, the employee it was conscious again. the researchers sustained minor injuries. no word on what happened to the monkey. authorities say it's the first time they've ever been called to this kind of incident. >>> well, nearly a thousand rats were discovered during the taping of a tv show about quarters in a southern california home. those rats are now here in the bay area. they were relocated by an animal rescue group. we look at how now comes the hard part, getting the animals adopted. >> reporter: they're still being counted, but animal rescuers think they have about 1,000 rats in their care. >> lacerations to the left leg. this will be a medical. >> reporter: they are treating and storing these homeless pets in the warehouse space of a pet store in san jose. >> we're going to separate the boys from the girls, first to thing. >> reporter: and for good reason, many of the rats are pregnant. they even have a makeshift maternity wo

they found it a research institute of their own. and some hospitals and labs are signing on to share information. and she's raising her voice to help them. because they gave her moral support. >> wow! >> yeah. >> and my head didn't hurt. it's g it's a good thing. 50 yes. >> and that is great. >> perfect pitch, huh? she's going to be singing that song "you'll never walk alone" at the fund-raiser at the fairmont saturday night. and look under see it on tv. hope to see you there. >> she's just delightful. >> yeah. >> great. >> and let's talk about the weather forecast. >> sandhya patel back again. >> beautiful weather for the next seven days we're expecting dry conditions. if you like rain not to worry. bringing rain back into the forecast. at some point. but not into the next seven days tlchl is a live look. he you can see a beautiful clear sky there. officials sundown 5:02. we do have a couple clouds scattered about. once sun is sets we're expecting clouds to dissipate. here is what it looks like in terms of temperatures now. 50s and

and second question related to the patien center of outcomes research institute, how much is that? and do you see any changes that might be attempted to that body? >> let me say to our panelist, we've had a request from one the reporters on the phone to identify the panelist before they speak. who would like to take a crack at that? >> that would be me. this is dean rosen. i think with respect to the to - to many members, if you look at debate, there was general agreement among the republicans in looking at research. there were concerns about some of the individual provisions. i would say, you know, that probably is on the list. but i'm not ure it's at the top of the list. i think if you look at the boards and commission that are out there, i would put the independent payment advisory board above the outcomes research institute as something that would be more likely to be targeted. but again we'll see. new members are gng to come to washington in a couple of weeks and they will have their views on how they want to proceed. with respect to ther provisions on drugs, i would say maybe

latest figures from the market research institute showed a bigger rise than expected, with people moreident of keeping their jobs and boosting earnings. that is a very good news for retailers ahead of the christmas shopping season. on tuesday's market action. german shares retreatedor the second day. amid renewed attention on the korean peninsula and continued concerns that europe's a debt cris will continue to spread. our correspondent says this summary from frankfurt. >> investors did not manage to respond positively to a lot of positive economic indicators this tuesday. the gfk index for consumer climate came in stronger than expected. and the purchasing managers' indices for germany and eurozone, also. and the u.s. gdp for the third quarter was revised upwards to 2.5%. still, the news that artillery fire was shot from north to south korea overcast all of this. what also might have played a role is that the thanksgiving weekend in the united states is coming nearer. american investors are refraining from any risk ahead of this. >> all right, we stay in frankfurt for a closer look at

within the region final disposal repositories for waste from their nuclear power plants and research institutes. there are 143 nuclear power plants in operation in 14 countries in the eu region. but only france, finland, and sweden have worked out long-term disposal plans. the commission is asking its member nations to specify exactly where and when they will build a storage site and how they plan to manage them. it says they should not unfairly impose this burden on future generations. >>> a prefecture in central japan has approved a plan to keep a nuclear reactor running for another ten years. the extension means the reactor in fukui prefecture would become the longest serve's reactor in japan. the kansai electric power company's number one nuclear reactor at mihama power plant in fukui prefecture is the second oldest commercial nuclear reactor in japan. at the end of this month it will have been in operation for 40 years. fukui prefecture has skieded to approve a ten-year extension plan on condition the electric company and japanese government provide a mechanism to check the reactor's safet

. >>> a rare attack in a research lab on the peninsula, a monkey at the stanford research institute bit a worker. the injury wasn't serious, but the worker did pass out. authorities say it's the first time they have ever been called to this kind of incident. >>> a bit of everything this weekend weather-wise. lawrence has the pinpoint forecast for the week ahead. >>> and once again, christmas tree arrives before thanksgiving. tree ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, pier 39... they lit the tree about an hour ago with the >> 4, 3, 2, 1! [ cheers & applause ] >>> yes, christmas has already arrived at pier 39. they lit the tree about an hour ago, with the help of some disney characters. kids were invited to get an early start on those letters to santa. there's lots of holiday entertainment. proceeds from the sale of keepsake ornaments at the event will benefit the make a wish foundation. >>> if you're out there tonight, you were all bundled up, because it's cold outside tonight! >> it is feeling the season, yes. chilly temperatures showing up around the bay area. snow on the mountain tops here, yeah, lots o

maybe watch what they're saying behind the backs of their allies eban director of the trends research institute gerald celente says the leaks show the us government's shortcomings. well it's just another example of how inept the united states government is it's just another level whether it's losing wars in iraq or afghanistan whether it's insane policy that they call at the t.s.a. to grow people feel about this they're going. whether it's failed health care or how about this for a failed to economic policy everything that we're watching. they turn to religion and this is just merely another example of their levels of the consciousness we the people should have the right to this information they want a transparent government let's have it you know we should have every right to this information this is it shouldn't be hidden information what is this coming from a higher law not make it public let's let everyone know what's going on this is the diplomatic top this is the bulls and then we have to raise the monsters and i don't want to call them a terrorist so no they're going to try to stop it ev

officials off a few new facts but gerald celente the director of the trends research institute says the revelations are a damning indictment of the u.s. . today the american media has the scrapes now how about you know look at the garbage they talk about michael jackson for months on end tiger woods so the internet is opening up a whole different way of of new journalism for the twenty first century and this is an example i heard hillary clinton's quote about how american foreign policy is public was great this is these wiki leaks are making it more popular we're seen how incompetent they are how what doubles weekday you are how they show was handshakes and smiles on t.v. while they're doing dirty talk behind their backs you know this is the new way of journalism however look what's going on and also some clowns out there that call themselves congressman had this stuff terrorism said we're going to have a position with the federal government as they did last week they're going to start closing down sites and prosecuting people have about this claim saddam hussein has weapons of mass des

kind of content to me to learn and director of the trends research institute says the leaks show how incompetent the u.s. government is. well it's just another example of how inept the united states government is it's just another level whether it's losing wars in iraq or afghanistan whether it's insane policy that they call it at the t.s.a. it grow people feel about it they go. whether it's failed health care or how about this failed economic policy everything that was. they turn to really and this is merely another example of their levels of incompetence we the people should have the right to this information they want a transparent government let's have you know we should have every right to this information this is it shouldn't be hidden information what is this coming from a higher law not make it public let's let everyone know what's going on this is the diplomatic story this is the and then we have the congress i don't want to call him a terrorist so they're going to try to stop it every way they can but you know it's very difficult to say where it's going to go. and he talkin

deeply depressed, but he was financially well off and still in business, having endowed his research institute with $100 million in stock at the height of the biotech boom. within a few years, he was once again making waves in the world of science. only this time, at age 64, he's not just trying to decipher genetic codes; now, he's trying to create them. this is a quote from one of your critics. "he's trying to short-circuit millions of years of evolution and create his own version of second genesis. it's the height of hubris. it's irresponsible. and he can't tell you it's going to be safe." >> venter: except for the second part, i was taking that as a compliment. ( laughs ) i can tell you what we're doing is safe; that there's no way that i can guarantee that other people that use these tools will do intelligent, safe experiments with it. but i think the chance of evil happening with this and somebody even trying to do deliberate evil would be pretty hard. >> kroft: why? >> venter: because the complexity of biology. you know, we're not working with human pathogens. we're working with algae ce

firm and they're going back and forth and you're right in one of them this is this terrorism research institute so they're much like al qaeda because groups like the reinforced that work are very large but they have local operatives around the country so if you have a local operative perhaps your internet savvy to and you know how to tweet or post a video on you to think clearly you must be a member of al qaeda is what they're saying absolutely i mean if you know you have your terrorist web page or your facebook account and that's clearly what's going on here i mean you know this is the homeland security department it's supposed to make us feel safe in our homeland because they're supposed to be going after real terrorists and we find out in from. like this i mean does that make you feel like the homeland security department is becoming a bit of a joke well it's actually really serious question because by focusing on these types of cases and spending government money to create these reports who are we not focusing on in the department of justice actually had a report by the inspector general a

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research for the history of gay literary publishing. this brings that to a much wider audience. he met kids in early 49, late 50 and became an informal associate of the institute for sex research connecting kinsey to research material and also donating vast amounts of his own archive because he was a recordkeeper about sexuality in general. so he gave lots and lots of material to the kinsey archives. >> was he out during his lifetime? >> he had to live as a closeted man during the time he was an academic. but as he reached his late 30s, he found that more and more difficult. so rather than not the outcome he decided to leave academia. >> justin spring, his new book, "secrect historian: the life and times of samuel stewart, professor, tattoo artist, and sexual renegade", of the nonfiction category. >> and now, co-authors victoria bruce and karen hay is talk about the rise of the revolutionary armed forces of colombia. the colombian and u.s. government, the group and the kidnapping of three american private contract areas and colombian president ingrid betancourt. this held at the new america foundation here in washington last about an hour. >> hi, thank you

employees here made 24 of these to get things started and recently gave some to the world's top research institutionson we got a robot to shoot pool. from u.c. berkeley one to sort and put on socks. from stanford to clear the table and do the dishes. and a dozen other firsts. >> we're looking for robots that work in human environments where people work and robot that is can work around environments that people are in. as opposed to robots that are in factories. we're trying to seriously grow a personal robotics industry that will eventually change the way that all of us live, work and play. >> for that robots need to see and hear the way we do "in stereo. putting what they see into your eyes puts your head into the robot's head and puts the robot someplace between autonomous and completely remote control. its assisted operations. at its current $400,000, this is not a consumer product yet. steve cousins predicts we will soon see more amazing performances, even life saving that will lead to a universal personal robot in ten years opening all sorts of new doors. with the next step in robots, richard ha

latest figures from the market research institute showed a bigger rise than expected, with people morefident of keeping their jobs and boosting earnings. that is a very good news for retailers ahead of the christmas shopping season. on tuesday's market action. german shares retreated for the second day. amid renewed attention on the korean peninsula and continued concerns that europe's a debt crisis will continue to spread. our correspondent says this summary from frankfurt. >> investors did not manage to respond positively to a lot of positive economic indicators this tuesday. the gfk index for consumer climate came in stronger than expected. and the purchasing managers' indices for germany and eurozone, also. and the u.s. gdp for the third quarter was revised upwards to 2.5%. still, the news that artillery fire was shot from north to south korea overcast all of this. what also might have played a role is that the thanksgiving weekend in the united states is coming nearer. american investors are refraining from any risk ahead of this. >> all right, we stay in frankfurt for a closer lo

several years ago the nonpartisan employee benefit research institute actually had the guts to take atthis question. they estimate on average the public sector worker compensation was now 46% higher than compensation in the private sector, when you include employee benefits. moreover, as we know, the federal government has dedicated hundreds of billions of stimulus of dollars to preserving state and local jobs any two successive stimulus package is but one thing that money did was encourage unions to hold fast under which demand even as private sector wages stagnated or declined. in new york city the bloomberg administration estimated that new york city could have saved one saved $1.2 billion if public workers in the city agreed to forgo raises of 4%. instead the unions asked for higher wages. in jersey governor christie as the local school boards could absorb more than $800 million in school aid cuts if unions merely agree to take no wage increases this particular year, not an on rage's request. union locals and 90% of school districts refused. it isn't just the fiscal problems that m

the good of germs and bacteria on them in a recent survey conducted by good housekeeping research instituteey found some of these movie theater classes' data number of germs including those that can cause conjunctivitis, staph infections and other nasty things. it these three will be classes' are cheap and not durable the break you see the scratch easy and they're designed to flat. yet look at the 3 d movie screen street on or you lose the three of fact. the oakleys are designed with a little worse shape, little or curve like designer sunglasses said the move your head around inside the movie theater and not lose the three of fact. i popped into the movie make a modest treaty for 10 minutes as i switched my carriage and efficient city could see a trend of the movie theater classes' and then i tried on the oak we designed a three glasses at a say the zero koreas were a lot better the three will be screened looked better with the oakley. the designer three glasses cost $120. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> a live look inside from the kron 4 roof cam over san francisco looking at the city all dole

while i was there i was approached by the pew charitable trust about creating a think tank, a research institute on the press. which we created in 1996 called the project for excellence in journalism. that's part of the pew research center here in washington. we have the largest content analysis operation in the united states, studying what the media actually produced, on the theory the conventional press, where you wag your finger at the press and say you'd couldn't do that, isn't affected anymore. but if you offer and am. a look and say, this is what you're doing, you decide whether it's what you want to do, that has more leverage. >> mr. kovach, isn't it an advantage though that people in any types of news that they want when they want, rather than wait for the morning paper? >> oh, absolutely. it's marvelous. it's a wonderful system we have now. the only problem is, people are now, as, said, their own editors of what they will bring into the report. and their own reporters, who is producing this that i'm bringing in. so, people have to become much more aware of the information they are bring

institutions. and that saw the creation of what is called the modern research university. and the modern research university and where we get our precepts of academic freedom comes from this development. the modern research university conceived itself and promoted itself as representing the scientific method so that when there was matters of opinion at stake, when you had controversial issues, the procedure would be by scientific method. you would be -- the attitude was skeptical towards received doctrines and received truth including -- [inaudible] truths. yale, which was a school for ministers became skeptical towards religion and everything else and actually william f. buckley wrote a famous book called "god and man" at yale protesting that yale had made this transition without a formal divorce from its founding and from clearing that with the alumni or the people that had contributed to and built it. the academic freedom provisions which were created by the american association of university professors stipulate that where there are matters of controversy -- and everyt

jack vanderhei, he's the research director at the employee research institute. ore than 100 publications devoted to employee benefits and insurance. his major areas of research focus on the private defined benefit and contribution defined plans. dr. vanderhei will give us statistics regarding savings. and then mr. ross eisenbray, president of the economic policy institute. prior to joining the economic policy institute, he worked as a staff director in the united states house of representatives, a committee counsel in the u.s. senate, and in the occupational health and safety administration. he will talk how the system is failing and the importance of social security. finally we will hear from shareen miller from virginia who will give us a first hand account in the challenges that workers face in trying to prepare for retirement. for all of you, your written statements will be made a part of the record. sum it up in five minutes. five or six or seven minutes. i won't get too excited. once it starts going over seven, i'll get nervous. okay? somewhere in that rang

joined the department she was research professor of the georgetown university health policy institute and directedgen research on health insurance reform issues as consumers and patience. her areas of focus for directed regulation of private healthorm insurance plans and markets her areas of focus were regulation to private health insurance plans and markets, managed care consumer protections and access to affordable health insurance. she was also an adjunct professor in georgetown's graduate public policy school. before she joined that faculty she was deputy assistant secretary for health legislation at the department of health and human services from 1993 to 1997 and was the secretary's legislative liaison on all federal health care issues including then national health care reform medicare, medicaid and u.s. public health agencies and programs. before that she worked as health policy adviser to several members as congress, including as legislative assistant to senator john d. rockefeller of west virginia and congressman sander levin of gn begun. she was member of advisory board of

the emphasis is sharing research between labs and between institutions. >> even across institutions, we've reached out nationally and to pull the best scientists together. so to do that you will be just denied. >> stem cell research building received more than $43 million from the state and additional $75 million was chipped in by a private donor. it will be the largest facility in the nation dedicated to stem cell research. ucsf was grand $35 million from the center for its lab perched on a hillside behind the campus hospital. private donors chipped in $48 million to get it finished. a doctor heads up the settlement cell study. >> they will have laboratories that will work from very basic biology of stem cells to cutting edge clinical work and the most of the time of ideas and concepts from the bench to the bedside. >> building will be home to 25 leading scientists working with 25 leading researchers. each lab is connected to the next. the doctor says he never would have imagined stem cell research would have moved forward so quickly but how he is more optimistic than ever that cures

thoughts there of sam bowman head of research at the adam smith institute talking to us from london a bit earlier and while the e.u. may be busy fighting to save the irish economy of still faces the added problem of other potential members knocking on its door. now that serbia is getting ready for membership talks we got more to lose the e.u. . themselves that's coming up a bit later this hour bus. the air all sea has become a wasteland of sand salt and pollution and lindsay france joined me in kazakstan to investigate how this transformation has affected the people here and how it put it down on the environment forever. the russian newspapers published new details of the joint nato russian missile defense shield discussed on the sidelines of last weekend's alliance summit in lisbon under new proposal offered by president would vote if the two sides would cover separate sectors of the territory citing an unidentified diplomatic source the paper says that simply speaking russia will be responsible for handling rogue missiles from the east and nato would cover russia from the west exper

and second question related to the patient center of outcomes research institute, how much is that?nd do you see any changes that might be attempted to that body? >> let me say to our panelist, we've had a request from one the reporters on the phone to identify the panelist before they speak. who would like to take a crack at that? >> that would be me. this is dean rosen. i think with respect to the to - to many members, if you look at debate, there was general agreement among the republicans in looking at research. there were concerns about some of the individual provisions. i would say, you know, that probably is on the list. but i'm not sure it's at the top of the list. i think if you look at the boards and commission that are out there, i would put the independent payment advisory board above the outcomes research institute as something that would be more likely to be targeted. but again we'll see. new members are going to come to washington in a couple of weeks and they will have their views on how they want to proceed. with respect to other provisions on drugs, i would say may