alex rosenthal on behalf of the operators. we ask that you uphold the existing building permit with no new conditions for these reasons. the appellants have failed to show the project violates the requirements of the general plan or the planning code. the noise and safety issues raised in the brief have already been heard and adjudicated twice. the appellant lost both hearings by unanimous decision. the project conditions agreed to during the discretionary review process are adequate to address any noise and safety concerns that may have. no. 4, contrary to the accusations and misinformation presented by appellants, my clients have acted only in good faith and obeyed every directive given to them by the city to bring their building permit into compliance. the appellants argue that the plan does not meet the plan and is unprecedented but they fail to provide any argument or evidence that modifications to the project will not adequately protect them from possible disturbances. the appellants claim that because there are no other

building creative capital the key speakers at the forum go to russian president dmitry medvedev and rosenthal china region tower we'll see what they have to say and you will have the coverage of the events here on r.t. . russia and china hoping a landmark gas deal will be signed as the chinese leader meets with president medvedev in moscow the deal follows the launch of an oil pipeline to china this year and is key to globalize in russia's energy trade and it was also hopes to gain increased bargaining power in european markets but currently absorbed most of its gas exports to china on the other hand needs russian gas to help fuel its rapid economic growth and reduce the use of environmentally damaging coal but despite common strategic economic goals the two nice ones are struggling to agree on gas prices. let's have a look at the markets and see how they are performing oil prices are gaining after an after making more than four percent loss overnight the biggest one day drop in in months was heard on by a spike in the u.s. dollar against the euro as greece's debt troubles appear to be worsen

cracks in a sense, i think they've rosenthal was a pioneer in the notion of a newspaper having many different sections. to blanket a metropolitan area or region, and with all those different sections supporting the classified section, the style section, the automobile section, the local editions, etc. that concept of the newspaper as being this multifaceted, many different sections product. in a way, the model for that is no longer quite as successful because of the decline in classified advertising, but you do see another version of that that the times is executing which is several blogs. you have dealbook or even if media at decoder. metro has several that are very successful. as we were discussing earlier, once the platforms like ipad and smart phones are capable of having advertising that can be monetized, all those blocks can make money. >> when will people be able to buy this if they cannot get to a theater? >> i believe the dtv release will be sometime in the fall. >> do you have plans for your next documentary? >> i really am focusing on the release of this bill now, so not as yet. >>

current staff, to be the bestaper, better than the papei worked for, i worked under great editor abe rosenthal, where he alive he would hate what i am saying now but the times of this e.r.a. of keller and abrams, abramson and salz burger, jr. is a better paper than it ever has been in my lifetime and i have been affiliated with the new york times as a copy boy and i read the paper every morning, i take three hours, two hours to read that wonderful, awful paper and i stand corrected what i said about salz burger, so it is mea culpa time for me. >> rose: good for you. >> one thing you mentioned that is brought out, it relyovers whole range of things, and it also has people from the outside talk about it. wikileaks. was that a big deal for the morning times? >> i think it was, because it captures the tension of the fact that anyone now can be a publisher, anyone can put content on line, can do acts of journalism, even if they are not journalists in that case, you know, we are getting all of this raw material on the internet anyone can surf through and yet we are distilling it and were making sure

joining us to make sure your retirement years are not a financial fail, larry rosenthal, president of financial planning services back with us once again. larry, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> we can't wait to get to retirement but we very often don't plan well to get to retirement. you have put together a list on your website, nine top reasons why people fail. we picked the top five to talk about. one of the things is procraftibbation -- procrastination because we can't afford it or don't get around to it. >> we tend to be conditioned to spend first rather than save and down in the road in our 30s and 40s we realize we have to start saving for colleges, two or three, and then right around the corner after that, have to quickly save a substantial amount for retirement down the road. >> is it a point it's too late to get in. somebody in their 20s you tell them to put something away now f. we've already hit the 40s can we still try it get something in there? >> absolutely. it's not too late. and that's where you need to start to sit down and develop a financial plan. >> and you

reporting from zurich, elisabeth rosenthal writes -- what did you make of that strategy? guest: i think it is a good strategy, but the strategy comes from the people. people want options in transportation. people are tired of a cog roads, congestion. people are tired of high gasoline prices. you can live in washington, d.c., new york, and not on an automobile because there are good transportation systems. the metro system in washington is very good. cta, in the chicago, is a good system. -- in chicago, is a good system. people want to be able to get from one place to another and from one place to another and not always have to do it paying high gas prices and in congestion. i believe this idea of more transit, more buses, metro, streetcars, rarely comes from the bottom up. it is coming from the people. host: new haven, conn. john is on the republican line. caller: good morning. some of the facts about transportation, public and private sector. you stated that new york has an awesome transportation system, but actually, they are trying to upgrade it, trying to make new pol

reporting from zurich, elisabeth rosenthal writes -- what did you make of that strategy? guest: i think it is a good strategy, but the strategy comes from the people. people want options in transportation. people are tired of a cog roads, congestion. people are tired of high gasoline prices. you can live in washington, d.c., new york, and not on an automobile because there are good transportation systems. the metro system in washington is very good. cta, in the chicago, is a good system. -- in chicago, is a good system. people want to be able to get from one place to another and from one place to another and not always have to do it paying high gas prices and in congestion. i believe this idea of more transit, more buses, metro, streetcars, rarely comes from the bottom up. it is coming from the people. host: new haven, conn. john is on the republican line. caller: good morning. some of the facts about transportation, public and private sector. you stated that new york has an awesome transportation system, but actually, they are trying to upgrade it, trying to make new pol