the high death rate and scarcity of food that led to cannibalism -- the high death rate and scarcity of food led to cannibalism. the director made his critical film it in secret, filming in a remote area to evade the scrutiny of chinese authorities. >> for ross, the ones who did not experienced it, it is something that happened in the past. for those who lived through it, it feels as if it were yesterday. for me personally, it was in part to make it now. >> it is one of several films this year in which a filmmaker explores dark times in his country's past. waters hat -- others have told very personal stories. critics and public alike are saying this is a good year. >> another movie in competition that was shown on friday was "3" by a german director. he shot to international film with his first film and the late 1990's. his latest movie about three people who get involved in a tragic comic love affair is set in berlin. >> the directorate is in venice with the cast of his new film, "3," his first german language film in 10 years, an unusual love story. anna and simon have been togethe

first, scarcity of resources. many local governments are suffering serious financial difficulties and scrapping or streamlining management is a pressing issue. the second, transparency. the use for taxes became more apparent. people began to pay closer attention to the privileges enjoyed by the local government staff or counselors and their relatively high pay. in places where reformist governors and mayors are trying to fight these invested interests, conflicted counselors will be more intense. >> so people becoming more aware of the problems their local governments are facing and they want their elected leaders to do something about them. but if you look at one case, the mayor seems to be in support of it. what do you make of this? >> i think his management style is extreme. what is balanced and institut n institutionally problem mattic. counselors are now criticizing his behavior. however, when he was elected mayor two years ago and re-elected last year, people strongly supported his reform direction and dissem

. >> reporter: beauty, scarcity, slidty. gold has always been a refuge for investors in anxious times, and so, these are boom times for gold dealers. at this gold trading company, business is brisk. people come to buy and sell gold. sometimes a lot. >> about $700,000. when i got started, i never thought gold was going to be this much. i was hoping it would get above $700 an ounce. >> reporter: he's been in business 22 years. he's never seen a market like this one. >> all of a sudden, people are looking into different investments. people are scared of the stock market, people are scared of the low interest rates they're receiving. so, therefore, a portion of that money is definitely going into the hard assets which is gold, silver and platinum. >> reporter: people are scared. all over the world, you see this rush to buy gold. they sell it at harrod's department store in london. and incredibly, there's a gold to go machine dispensing bars in the lobby of a hotel in abu dhabi. that's a little crazy, and maybe -- maybe -- it's a

and we're facing a lot of scarcity and uncertainty. the things that make people really upset is when they feel like they can't be included, they don't have a voice and when the neighborhood that they need and want and love so much isn't being respected and so neighborhood parks council commits to continuing to work with the department over the next year and taking it to the next level, particularly when when it comes to outreach and collaboration and i also think to your questions about philanthropy, one of the things that we've been -- i've been working with on trying to understand is, what is the role for philanthropy? nationwide what are other cities doing? what does philanthropy bring to the table in terms of capital and operations and what does the landscape look like here in san francisco? because i think that if we're not smart getting ready for this next budget year, we're going to get pummeled and we have to be really proactive and it's not just philanthropy and it's not just earned revenue, it's got to be a complete package.

if we found ways to utilize the resources at hand, it should result in less scarcity, not more. he rarely left himself off the podium at this notion. julien said -- i tell you what, let's bet $1,000, up eight the resources that you like, i will bet you that the price goes down. if you are right, the price goes up. we will purchase a hypothetical amount of these resources. with it that bundle, we will see. if we bought $1,000 today with they be worth 1500 or 500 in the future? not only have those resources gone down in nominal terms, there have also drawn down when adjusted for inflation. in other words they were not getting more scarce, they were getting less scarce. paul ehrlich had to pay julian simon the difference between the $1,000 that they that and the value of the resources at the end, which was slightly more than $400. at that point, julien said let's double the stakes, let's to $10,000. ehrlich refused and said that his problem was that you are the man that jump out of the 100 story of the building and you are just passing the second story and everything seems just fin

and putting more on energy and food and water with scarcity as the demand outstrips supply. to buy land, buy land with water rights. water. mark my words. tell your children. water will be the next oil. then there is this in this report. in terms of size and speed and directional flow, the transfer of global wealth and economic power now underway from west to east is without precedent in modern history. that's great. now our leaders continue to deny any of this is happening. yet, here it is in their own report. this is just saying what is coming. what are they going to do about it? speeding it up. i don't expect you to make my word for it. you must know these things to be true themselves. do your own homework. you get in an arguen't about me. that's ridiculous. i heard it from glenn beck! "well, he's a --" fill in the blank. don't say that. i don't want you to say that to me. when i meet you on the street i want you to say i looked it up. you know what else i found? do your own homework! find out if it's true. find out if it's right or wrong. find this report. now at glennbe

america was in a funk in a malaise, that our best work to have learn to live with less and share scarcityee, is a little bit what we are hearing from the obama administration now. reagan's message was that america has a rendezvous with destiny, we can do everything, that was a very yes we can message. that was obama's message as candidate. he was reagan then, carter now. >> you keep hearing that from republicans, james, that president obama is another jimmy carter. >> you know, you hear that and keep saying, god, you blaming bush, talking about bush, jimmy carter was president in the '70s. bush was president two years ago. kind of hilarious that you ask about something that happened in 1980 and we figure a way, let's connect to -- well, as long as you are blaming carter, we will blame bush. >> i was trying to be helpful. >> right. i got that. >> obama something as a candidate he has not had as president and that is that sense of optimism and what happened to the yes we can? >> do you believe it's possible, james that christine o'donnell, the republican senate nominee in delaware can win,

we rely on other countries for our food supply, the more recall victim to an increase trade debt, scarcity in times of drought, fluctuating eckstrom mart prices, and political pressure. we would also increase the possibility of foodbornellness is and terrorist attack your nation's food supy. the security is national security. america cannot afford to stop producing its own food supply, and we need the labor force to do so. today we will hear from our panel of witnesses to better understand this complex and very important issue for americans, american jobs, our economy, and our national security. people in the media spotlight have a special ability to focus public opinion on an issue, whether bono talking about third world party or angelina jolie advocating for protecting children against human trafficking, the power of media figures to use their celebrity to focus attention on the essential public issues is well known and well regarded. i am happy that stephen colbert has joined that region of celebrities who will use their media position to benefit others. as you can see from mr. colbert'

we rely on other countries for our food supply, the more recall victim to an increase trade debt, scarcity in times of drought, fluctuating eckstrom market prices, and political pressure. we would also increase the possibility of foodborne illness is and terrorist attack your nation's food supply. the security is national security. america cannot afford to stop producing its own food supply, and we need the labor force to do so. today we will hear from our panel of witnesses to better understand this complex and very important issue for americans, american jobs, our economy, and our national security. people in the media spotlight have a special ability to focus public opinion on an issue, whether bono talking about third world party or angelina jolie advocating for protecting children against human trafficking, the power of media figures to use their celebrity to focus attention on the essential public issues is well known and well regarded. i am happy that stephen colbert has joined that region of celebrities who will use their media position to benefit others. as you can see from mr. co

. >> reporter: beauty, scarcity, solidity.investors in anxious times. and so these are boom times for gold dealers. at isaac cahan's bouillon trading company in manhattan, business is brisk. people come to buy and sell gold. sometimes a lot. >> about $700,000. when i got started, i definitely never thought that gold was going to be about $1,200 an ounce. in my wildest dreams i was hoping it would get above $700 an ounce. i never thought we were going to go up this high. >> reporter: he's been in business 22 years. he's never seen a market like this one. >> all of a sudden, people are looking into different investments. people are scared of the stock market. people are scared of their low interest rates they are receiving so, therefore, some -- a portion of that money is definitely going into the hard assets, which is gold, silver and platinum. >> reporter: people are scared. all over the world you see this rush to buy gold. they sell it at harrods department store in london. incredibly, there's a gold to go machine dispensing

we rely on other countries for our food supply, the more recall victim to an increase trade debt, scarcity in times of drought, fluctuating eckstrom market prices, and political pressure. we would also increase the possibility of foodborne illness is and terrorist attack your nation's food supply. the security is national security. america cannot afford to stop producing its own food supply, and we need the labor force to do so. today we will hear from our panel of witnesses to better understand this complex and very important issue for americans, american jobs, our economy, and our national security. people in the media spotlight have a special ability to focus public opinion on an issue, whether bono talking about third world party or angelina jolie advocating for protecting children against human trafficking, the power of media figures to use their celebrity to focus attention on the essential public issues is well known and well regarded. i am happy that stephen colbert has joined that region of celebrities who will use their media position to benefit others. as you can see from mr. co