this project is at a site that is undeveloped.t is an extraordinarily steep slope, and i have this in the report, but i want to show you how steve is. -- how steep it is. this is the site. this is holloway. this is extraordinarily hard to access. you have to know how to find it, and this is as morel the street. -- this is esmerelda street. the utilities are difficult. i got this from the planning department. this is the main one they are supposed to connect soup. these are the sewer lines. and they have to get from here to here. i want to talk about the problem we have. we have a developer who got this site for 10 units. they have gone through various reintegrations, and now they have a project with two buildings of five stories and one building of four stories going down the hill. as you gofaú understand, they are very modest, and they are coming down a slope you can only access by coming down stairs. you have a hard time finding it, because there is a freeway. oakdale does not exist. it is the right of way for the sewer line. th

i think of this commission is concerned about the undeveloped lot, one of the approaches that could be taken is to approve the projects my client has for the stairway and to look at all the rest of it in terms of total development, but at the same time, i think that it has such special character that when any department, the department is going to treat them very differently, that you are not going to be having a cookie cutter buildings before you know, which is what they are afraid of, so i think there is no reason not to approve this project at this time. pff:tjnñ>> speakers in favor ofe project sponsor? >> the evening -- good evening. i have been working on this since 2006, and some of the issues that have been brought up such as the slope of the site, i have been practicing for over 27 years, and half my projects have this challenge. san francisco is a difficult place to build. if you cannot build on 39% sloths, i would not have any work in my office. there is nothing unusual about this. we have foundation systems adeqe slope. and more importantly, we should not be discussing the t

. >> british scientists are searching for signs of life in an undeveloped like in antarctica. >> deep in the wilderness of antarctica, one of the most ambitious journeys of discovery is getting underway. this is the delivery of highly specialized equipment. everything about this place is a charge. the plan is to find the first glimpse of an unexplored world lying beneath the ice. it is hard to imagine anything below the ice sheet, but this mission will reveal what is there. the aim is to drill through the ice. amazingly, it is 2 miles thick, down to an ancient lake locked away for half a million years. the device will be lowered into it to gather samples. no one knows what they will find. this is a sampling device that will be lowered into the lake. it has been built in a clean room in the national oceanography center. there is a tantalizing possibility that when they reach the lake, they may find signs of life. if they do, it will be in water samples gathered in titanium bottles designed to withstand incredible pressure and low temperatures. the project will only succeed if every sin

social injustice and social inequality, these are the cause from many countries, developed and undeveloped countries, all over. these coming from even the developed world now. not only from underdeveloped worlds. that's why i am urging that we need to invest in sustainable development. that is why u.n. takes the sustainable development as priority in addressling these issues. there are many issues like climate change, water scarcety, energy scarcety and general 'em poumplet. vimet. environment. oceans, cities. therefore, investing sustainable energies, sustainable development, that will help revariety lies economy and help protect this -- and the benefit of this modern technologies and the development. >> that was behnke moon, there, and he was talking about the global suicide pact if they do not -- and it almost goes the sense of urgency talking about the finances and economic state of the planet. >> well, you're right. although it has played an increasing role on the agenda, the difficulty of the moment and the last few years has been the aspect of the sees one after another, now that it

reporter: the plan would replace undeveloped land, blighted areas and warehouses across the waterfront with 160,000 feet of shops, boutiques, restaurants as well as pedestrian thorough fares. >> we're not able to create other sources of revenue which include things like commercial and retail development, then the burden on the individual homeowner becomes even greater. it does include the height of what the buildings are going to be and allows for expanding the cultural activities in the city which are tremendous. reporter: but the alexandria residents who for the past three years have been saying no to the redevelopment plan have a different view of what the waterfront should be. it looks back at the city's historic past. >> when there is an alternative we've been pushing for arts and history and have that be the emphasis of our waterfront. >> the waterfront has an economic potential, economic value to the town, but we think the city has gone the very short-term route. it's conceded to the planning development to developers. reporter: it alleges the mayor and some councilmembers had c

the area is so undeveloped, the only way to travel to many of the villages is by boat.se isolated water ways have become a main route for cocaine smugglers, the only other major employer. the two economies are diving or drug trafficking. >> they just have two ways to go. and either and neither one of them is safe. >> reporter: the landscape is beautiful here, but there are no tourists. this is another world. we got off the boat in a town of kalkita. many of the doctor's patients come from here. the houses are built on stilts due to frequent flooding. few people have electricity or running water. but most families have a relative who was injured diving for america's dinners. this man has been disabled for 19 years. is this how you spend your day? >> si. >> reporter: this former diver couldn't leave the house. his wheelchair broke long ago. inside this house, this man will mer sambola lay dying. he was paralyzed from the chest down and infection had set in. dr. mejia had seen him ten months earlier and knew that his injury was extremely severe. even so the doctor was shoc

the island rests just below the richmond bridge and has nearly six acres of completely undeveloped land. for those who can fork over the cash, they can make a profit. the island is believed to be rich in minerals and there are even rumors are buried pirate treasure. >> i say we occupy it without paying. we don't have the money for it. >> maybe nbc could spring for a new weather observation deck out there. >> that would be nice. >> we just got the new weather center. >> good idea. >> all right, let's take a look at the golden gate bridge. there is a little bit of haze. we'll talk about how this fog-free sunny weather will last. >>> coming up in sports, the giants ink a shortstop coming off a world series title run and make things official with tim lincecum. we have all the details. >>> plus we'll tell you why it's safe to expect a big night and the warriors backcourt is ready tonedxt.sports is next. [ woman ] before allegra, i was constantly fighting indoor allergies. after allegra, i found peace. [ male announcer ] only allegra combines fast, non-drowsy, 24-hour relief. [ woman ] after

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good example are the many areas of this country that have great normal endowments but are still undeveloped as tourism sides. up state new york is one example. we have a federal system and that gives us a great advantage, which is that we can try different approaches to areas that are critical to growth and see which ones work best. in a certain way that is going on in healthcare costs and other areas. that is something we can build a great deal more around. a third one, which i think has gotten far less focus is we have a negative needs but a plus needs of capital. there is a chance to attract capital from areas such as china and middle east and the greatest impediment of that flow into infrastructure is the concern about political reaction. you can structure that either by ownership of actual infrastructure assets or the infrastructure assets could be publicly run but ownership of the revenue flow. i think there is a tremendous opportunity for mayors an to develop strategies around infrastructure and work with these entities so the mayors and governors bring their own expertise about navi

we are members of an association that does evangelical work in all sorts of undeveloped regions to try to promote the use of steel. when you think about the basic elements of life, shelter and warmth, water and mobility, still central agriculture, all those things. construction broadly defined consumes about 50% of steel in the world. the biggest breakthrough market is still in housing applications' in multiple dwelling applications in the undeveloped part of the world, and it is a question of expediency verses building something that will last. if you're in the gulf coast were fire-prone areas, the mold or steel framing. essentially codes take care of that, but in the developing world there is not nearly the kind of progress that we would like immobile we're trying to work on that. and not sure if that helps. >> let me jump in because not all steel is the same. if you go and approval of the bay bridge in san francisco you will find that there is a bridge there that is three years behind schedule and to back billion dollars over budget that somebody decided would be better if they mate

i played on pin point road, was undeveloped and unpaid back then and we thought that was a big thrillwhen it came down because of the sand was gone and you couldn't really run. use all the pieces of the snake, too, didn't know the fascination was better than it made it easier for the old-timers on the road and the little trays that we used pulldown. then we walked down the road to catch the school bus and i only did that for half a year but she went with the big kids, they would hold your hand and run in the puddles and things like that and we all went to the haydon home-schooled. that was wonderful. when they went to school. [laughter] my memories of being out here were just wonderful, wonderful memories. but when we moved to savannah in 1954 there was quite different. i had no cousins there. it was a far different life. and my own memories of living over there on the west side is that was just horrible quite lonely. but here it was so different. adults were hard working people, good people coming and i always, back to that word, just good people. they made do with what they had. you

we do evangelical work in all sorts of undeveloped regions to try to promote these local applicationscause when you think about the basic elements of life, shelter and warmth and water and mobility, all these things, and construction broadly defines and consumes about 50% of steel in the world and the biggest breakthrough for the markets is steel in housing applications, usually multiple willing applications in that part of the world and the question of expediency over something that's going to last. if you are in the gulf coast in the u.s. today or in fire prone areas in the west coast you will lose the frame if you are in the steel framing so it is essentially the take care of that but in the developing world there isn't nearly the kind of progress on that so we are trying to work on a because it is a wonderful market. i'm not sure if that helps. >> let me jump in because not all steel is the same. i'm not very good at the social media stuff, but if you go and do google the bay bridge in san francisco you will find there is a bridge that has almost $2.5 billion over budget somebody

we do evangelical work and all sorts of undeveloped regions to produce the use of steel and applicationsause when you think about the basic elements of life, shelter and warmth and water and mobility center of the agricultural these other things and construction broadly defined consumes about 50% of the steel in the world. the biggest breakthrough market is steel and housing applications using multiple weld and applications, and it's the question of expediency versus building something that's going to last. you were in the gulf coast today or if you were in the fire prone areas in the west coast, steel roof, steel frame, so i think it is essentially the codes take care of that but developing there isn't nearly the kind of progress we would like but we are trying to work on that wonderful market. i'm not sure if that helps. >> let me jump in because not all steel is the same. i'm not very good at the social media stuff, but if you go and google the bay bridge in san francisco, you will find there is a bridge that is three years behind schedule and almost two and a half billion dollars ove

i played on pinpoint road, it was undeveloped and unpaved back then.e thought it was a big thrill when the plow came down because the road, all the sand was gone, then you could really run. [laughter] you saw pieces of snake too. [laughter] i don't know what the fascination with snakes was, but we were, but we loved it. then we would hear -- it made it easier when the road was plowed to roll rims and old tires down the road -- >> [inaudible] >> and pull those trays that we used to pull down there. [laughter] then we all went, we walked down pinpoint road to catch the school bus up here. the big kids, i only did that for half a year, but you went with the big kids. they would hold your hand and, of course, you're a little boy, so you kind of run in the ditch, and you're run anything the puddles and things like that. and we all went to haven home school. >> amen. >> that was wonderful. went with emma may and nerve, when nerve went to school. [laughter] but pinpoint, my memories of being out here are just wonderful, wonderful memories. but when we moved t