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p/u china has been investing in the region in various ways over the years. we offer sco member countries preferential government buyer credit and we promised a loan of 10 billion dollars. theloan from china has contributed to the development of sco member countries. >>reporter: but terrorism, extremism, drug-trafficking and cross-border organized crime continue to pose threatsto economic development as well as the security and stability in a region with a history of conflict. >>as chair of the sco... kazakhstan is pushing the notion that stability and prosperity go hand in hand. the country is proud of its track record... with per capita income growing tenfold over the past decade. >>massimov: economic development is the base for future social-economic stability. without that, it's impossibleto do. i mean we should increase per capita income for each people. we should give opportunities for a concrete person to get money, to get job or start up his own businesses and create a very good legal framework for that. number two, it's impossible to do it if the reg

of so-called best regional practices.his could include the reduction of the period of time which is taken up by permits required to start a business. to create well-prepared investments and on the whole we must encourage rather than discourage people's supporting regions to increase their own revenue. we take this into account as we distribute federal subsidies. however even this is not enough. the government must prepare to change the existing proportion of distribution of revenue between different levels of such measures. the role of municipalities in solving key social tests must increase. the bulk of the responsibility by the future of a region sits with the governor. how successful is based on how much investment he has been able to attract and how many new jobs have been created and personnel decisions have to be related to that. the government must get rid of property not directly to their direct confidence. always seems there's no such thing as unnecessary property. managing property requires time and funds which

you see a set -- a staff with skills but no face already working in the region.there is a seasonal nature to this work. making sure that critical requirements are met. >> during the presentation it is this a secret process that identifies having additional services around. the water system improvement projects. supervisor avalos: do these managers have any other work within? >> for construction management, yes. supervisor avalos: were they during construction? >> not associated with construction, rather other design and chemical projects with different contexts. supervisor avalos: thank you. mr. rose? >> members of the committee, on page 10 or page 11 of the report be pointed out -- we asked a question first of all, solicitation of services would cost a total of $745,000. further going on towards the end of the page 7, it is the opinion that the puc that the most efficient option for habitat restoration with primary environmental monitoring with short duration as a result of wildlife breeding cycles and weather patterns. if you have not responded to those questio

regional biking service points serve two aims. one is of course, the people who want to bike, to rent their bike, to have it repaired. on the other hand, it's part of a social economic project, so, therefore, it's also an initiative that i find personally very important. these are people who are unemployed but get into a working program in the bicycle service points. i think with this presentation, i hope i have given you a glance of how we in brussels try to enforce the cycling patrol and i don't think i have to tell you that it's of benefit for all of us, for our health, for a better neighborhood and also -- and that's a good thing, and also firms, banks, more and more are happy to put cycling in their mobility program because it's good for their image. if you come to brussels, you will see bicycles, for instance, indicated like this is the group. this is the bank. they really take it as an advertisement and part of their policy to show they are progressive because they have their employees on the bike and i think that will help

they became the first chinese regional bank to be listed in hong kong. the bank's chairman attended a ceremony to mark the initial public offering which raised about $1.5 billion. japan's largest brokerage, nomura holdings, was the lead and the writer. other regional chinese banks are expected to follow suit by being listed in hong kong. that's our report for this week. now let's go to nemo kim in seoul. >> thank you, jaymee. in this economic outlook for 2011 announced tuesday that south korean government said it expects the nation's economy to grow about 5% in 2011. mainly due to increased exports. the government forecasted exports will grow 10% in 2011, amid the global economy's steady recovery. it says auto exports expected to increase. lastly due to free trade agreement with the european union that takes effect in july. the government also projects a rise in semiconductor exports amid strong global sales of mobile phones. and what were this year's hit products? on wednesday, the economic research institute announced its list of products that captured

not the leaders of the region.re talking about a region of the world in which, you know, freedoms of press, freedoms of speech are suppressed, if not downright forbidden. so the only voices we ever hear in the united states are the voices of their leaders. and you know that there is a chasm that separates the leaders of this region from the people of the region. and the only opportunities that we have as americans to get to know the people on the street is through the arts, through the literature, through music, and that's what i'm trying to provide here. tavis: you talked about the leaders and the people, so that in this country the value that the people, the american people, get from reading this book is what? and the value that our leaders, diplomats, will get from reading this book is what? >> very good question. both our leaders and our people see only a very limited view of this region. it's what we see on the media, etc., etc. maybe some people will watch some persian movies or maybe some people will listen

then regional. so it's my understanding that these were people outside of the city who were given a presentation, asked for their opinion before and after they were presented with this information. >> that particular one because we needed both, prepoll question and a post-poll question. we had enough regional folks that did answer that both questions, if you'll switch once again, i'm so sorry. vice president clyde: that's all right. >> to the presentation, i have a slide that shows how it breaks out by different markets in the region. san francisco is the first one. i'm not sure if that one is included. if it isn't, i can certainly send it to you. you can see that the opinion is more consistent across markets and again this is just people who responded to our feedback during outreach which is about 400. vice president clyde: right. i just want to point out that anything that makes life easier for me i'm in favor. so if it means that it's easier for me to drive in and out, i'll go for everybody payin

this is a regional issue and deserves regional consideration where everyone has a seat at the table. i feel strongly that local government throughout the state should not implement punitive policies like this as a way to raise revenue. we should look at it regionally, as i mentioned. san francisco and san mateo county's share a great history, that we heard early this morning, and depend on each other for many services, so i look forward to continuing that tradition of partnership, and i appreciate the opportunity to be here today and speak with you. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. appreciate you sharing those concerns with us. i'm going to call up a few names. we are obviously under some tight constraints because we have a board meeting soon. [reading names] please, one after the other, come on up as i call your name. >> thank you, mr. chairman, members of the commission. in with the bay area air quality management district. we wanted to talk to you today about the study that is before you and encourage you to accept that study and go on to the next phase of the congested pricing

p/u china has been investing in the region in various ways over the years. we offer sco member countries preferential government buyer credit and we promised a loan of 10 billion dollars. theloan from china has contributed to the development of sco member countries. >>reporter: but terrorism, extremism, drug-trafficking and cross-border organized crime continue to pose threatsto economic development as well as the security and stability in a region with a history of conflict. >>as chair of the sco... kazakhstan is pushing the notion that stability and prosperity go hand in hand. the country is proud of its track record... with per capita income growing tenfold over the past decade. >>massimov: economic development is the base for future social-economic stability. without that, it's impossibleto do. i mean we should increase per capita income for each people. we should give opportunities for a concrete person to get money, to get job or start up his own businesses and create a very good legal framework for that. number two, it's impossible to do it if the reg

stretch it over over here huge huge regions. they had that they had a good bit in general. we regret that it turned out this way but i mean you have to know how to lose to not only winning takes a lot of pressure but losing to what happens now the russians won the bid to host woke up what's going to happen in the two thousand and ten two thousand and eleven these initial stages through the main task for us would be to prove that we are a good partner for fee for a partner that can begin working now first trip of fee for officials is end of january we intend to prepare for that to begin working on the on the project matters developing the timescale and really moving along well russia of course because it's going to come immense media scrutiny well i mean you've had enough media scrutiny to be president self but is russia ready for this you think absolutely no we've been very keen on staying clean. not raising even even a shadow of the doubt or suspicion about our activity or we are we don't have to get ready for a new scrutiny we are ready any time both local and foreign aut

regional priorities for new starts for the larger projects. i believe it is the highest rated -- received the highest rating for the brt in the country. we are working closely with mta. commissioner chu: thank you. so we expect to go to the fta around 2011? >> yes. commissioner campos: in looking at the scope of work for stage two in the report, it talks about how the authority will lead the work which will be conducted by the sfmta, department of public works, parsons, and the authorities consultants. i wonder if you could say more about the interaction between these different players? >> the project team is large, but it is effective. authority is the lead at this stage. the handover to mta will happen after the informant the document is certified and position is obtained. after what we are calling stage three. however, the team includes mt a sustainable street planning staff, and now mta capital planning staff, so we have an engineering manager, staff engineer, who will be doing a lot of the work. we have an mta sustainable street staff who

perm region. the latest addition to the prime minister's kennel now has a name buffy that's what vladimir putin's new vocal garion sheep dogs now called after a nationwide competition thousands of suggestions were sent in for the puppy who was given to putin by his ball gary and counterpart during a trip to sofia lots of months when the name was chosen by a five year old boy from moscow who got a chance to meet the dog who's in the says his other dog a labrador in the colony is getting on well with the newcomers he said to be growing up with. or you can always find more on everything we cover a click away at our t. dot com including this wrapping for pete's. cute little human lives we told me to be consumed with. find out more about the middle eastern musicians who are reinventing the protest song. and some go that extra mile for their adrenaline rush like this guy a russian base jumper taking on an antarctic mountain all this and more a click away at our team. stay with us here on our t.v. i'll b

regions for four decades so i'm a girl. and i think you're emotional for the thing that cause you to host a public. resignation of moscow mayor yury luzhkov and if we discuss it now what do you think this resignation the issue of them what led to it was it his vacation. at the time when moscow was clouded both spoke or his wife's with extensive business activity now that some time has passed if you can can you tell us your perspective on scoff sacking now when you must carry his care from moscow. you know you really should do your work instead of promoting yourself and some political intrigues but with the direct responsibility of any governor is to watch after he's region because we all love moscow everybody who lives in moscow who comes here who visits and we all know that this city has a lot of problems corruption on the spirit of corruption. even a four in ten million says city. traffic jams actually you collapse terrible situation with traffic and not just because it's the president or the prime minister when i could g

perm region. the royals are foreigners adopting russian kids are soon to be changed as we discover in just a few minutes but i look at the world weather is straight ahead. in moscow all she's available in marriage grand hotels ritz carlton royal marital ruler and renaissance could be all done mary come closer holiday encircled the kids full of the in-laws not holiday inn the social ski patrol the radio national in the region country club suborning shirton finest peter the first are among millions oh sure can pinsky swiss hotel close new homes built in london gloats come golden apple boutique hotel.

it will have great importance both for the region and for producing a positive impact on the current extremely complex situation in the middle east and certainly it will be important for our relations with palestine israel and jordan with one of the visits main goals is undoubtedly to contribute to the creation of favorable conditions for the resumption of movement towards peace comprehensive peace in the middle east and an atmosphere that would make this peace process irreversible. the second vital aspect of this visit will naturally consist in strengthening our bilateral relations. russia has formed and developed friendly relations with the palestinians the israelis and the jordanians cooperation in various fears is developing and we hope that the visit will give new impetus to this project. but going back to the quartet role i would like to ask you about tony blair's role in the quartet the latest wiki leaks publications and avoid him do you think he should be replaced. i think that as the quartet special envoy he's carrying out a very important mission which primarily concerns as

we urge you to treat this as [a regional as [tone -- regional problem. [tone] supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> the san francisco republican party has not taken a position on this, frankly because we did not see it coming. i would like to salute the supervisor of her service and for her coach and suggestions on prop 26. as a supporter of prop 13 i do not believe that 26 would be challenged successfully. closings a major loopholes. when is a fee not a tax? the truth of the matter is that once you put this on, which will eventually have to do, it will be defeated like the gentleman from the parking authority stated. it will be defeated two-one. basically it is a regressive tax. $1,500. say someone who has a salary of $1,400, they are talking about $3,000 at the federal level and what would happen is the middle class tax reduction would be eliminated. we are talking about half of that. $1,500. additionally, what happens to the people in the district within that special district? let's say that she wanted to go to safeway and over to fill more. would you b

but the regional average is much higher. in the event of monetization, it would seem that a person should be paid more, but if they do adopt this scheme, the authorities should first pay the money, put it in the person's account and then have him pay the utility rates and not the other way around. first make him pay and then pay out the benefits, and not always the full amount. this practice cannot be tolerated. we will look into the situation in perm. is to blame. >> the managing company has a manager. so we should see who manages this managing company and how. >> we have some follow-up questions from our information centre. maria sittel, please go ahead. >> yes, ernest, we have a great deal of questions about housing and utilities. very relevant questions at the onset of winter. it is a sore topic, and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. what people need is not pieces of paper or special laws. they need normal sewage, central heating nothing special. people say the law does not work. the managing companies

it is also a regional party for the small start program. we are part of mt a's vision for rapid transit as expressed through their transit affected this project. it is an exciting project for the muni system. where we are right now is the environmental analysis and product development phase. 12%, 30% engineering. we have made a lot of progress. we have completed all the technical studies for the environmental analysis. we have completed 12% project engineering. this is what we are calling phase one in this request. we are moving on to stage two. stage two comprises additional environmental work and the initiation of 30% project development. i will go a little bit more into the scope of this effort in a moment. there is a third phase. the third phase is so designated because it will have a different funding strategy. by the time we reached the stage three, we expect to be able to leverage a small start funds. right now, we are starting product development at risk, but we expect to have the availability of small starts in the next couple fisc

the deputy regional commissioner, tricia chang-lin. [applause] director of design and contruction, cathy lee. [applause] moncey eggleham. mat gier. and the san francisco service dorector jim caen. [applause] and all of the other team membes. none of these projects are possible without our many contractors. the team of hks and the multiple consultants, the commission ferm, space climbers -- the artists at the cliff garden stidios. for -- studios. for all of those, a round of applaus. i could talk about how happy gsa is to gettng to this building. i could nnot be happier to introduce this man. he is born and raised in his city. mayor gavin newsom is here with us as we breathe life into the civic center. hsi strong support -- his strong support is what this project needed. >> i an thankful to obama. and our speaker, nancy pelosi. to have the courage to step up and step in. and provide us the resources. this will get us over the hump. we will put people to work. this is a legacy of these times, but contributions, and the contributions that

we are working with our communities to explore the potential of a regional solar project.we went out for a request for proposal to identify qualified solar developers with substantial experience to work with our communities to create a regional program and a combined series of small smaller projects -- small solar projects. some of the waste water treatment plant facilities they are looking to convert to solar. to do that, a tremendous amount of response. we had 18 qualified respondents to that request. we are in the process of going through those. we will make recommendations to the power authority board of directors at the january meeting. we have participated in -- and support of michael's effort to bring reason into the energy efficiency regulation. we continue to look at market conditions and assess where we go from here. the one thing i've learned this -- learn through this is the credit markets this dynamic. the instability present remarkable challenges for all of us. it is important that we keep our eye on the end game. for our region, that is to expand the local

. ♪ the first pieces of the north african region.ate on the right wearing a dress found in tunisia, morocco, and the western area part of north africa. a traditional dress from algeria, which is from an indigenous ethnic group in north africa that exists throughout the arab world and is a traditional form of a tire. [applause] -- form of attire. more of the moroccan style. a lot of it is the embroidery on the sides. thank you, lina. [applause] another example that is more towards moroccan dress attire. thank you. this is the algerian dress which is an indigenous dress for algeria. thank you. [applause] ♪ these three pieces are from the gulf region of the arab world, which is saudi arabia, yemen, and oman. kate is wearing a heavier velvet dress with embroidery on the top and kind of going down through the arms. sama this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf. susan is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region. this is a traditional form of a tire -- attire. ♪ ♪ >> this is the last part of our show. this is

the club seventeen has been to the region where industries are rapidly developing. now wattie goes to the homeland of those with strength of mind and body. to the land developed by cossacks in ancient times and which became the premier destination for nineteenth century political exiles. this is the on screen russia plan sounds on r.t. . wealthy british. it's. happening to the global economy. broadcasting live from our studios right here in central moscow this is our team glad to have you with us a cheap era when. people. have little or no hope of. the world may know police are now nato forces are being criticized for failing to reproduce the. soviet campaign underway in georgia which includes demolishing monuments and cartoon. papers but many in the country say its real goal is to provoke anti russian sentiment. christmas as christian conservatives say the festive season is under attack and it's. lost to commercialism and political correctness. moscow out is next in this week's festive show martin takes a look at what christmas treats you can buy right here in the

cross in the region. there's more on all of our stories on our new style web site here's just a quick look at what's online at dot com right now. if you. ride into moscow to compare power we find out how it all went down. and if you want to get married with something a little more sophisticated this christmas party has got the perfect recipe. let's take a look at some of the world news in brief this sunday morning a suicide blast in a crowded u.n. aid distribution center in northwest pakistan has left at least forty three people dead and over one hundred injured a female suicide bomber through two hand grenades a detonator for explosives as locals waited for food explosion took place in the city of a car in the tribal region bordering afghanistan it comes a day after eleven soldiers were killed by militants in a coordinated assault in a neighboring region. an indian rocket carrying a communications satellite has exploded shortly after launch officials say an error caused it to take off at a slightly steep

military transport plane has crashed in central russia the twenty two came down tula region south of moscow all eleven people on board are believed dead or problem an area better gauge and says the crash may have been caused by engine failure emergency services are at the scene of the crash. now to other world news in brief this hour a third suspected u.s. missile strike has hit pakistan's northwestern tribal area near the afghan border killing nine people officials say it had vehicles carrying alleged members of a well known militant group to other strikes in the north waziristan region on tuesday killed eight the area is a stronghold for pakistani and al qaeda militants who carry out cross border attacks against u.s. led nato forces in afghanistan. three west african leaders have given an ultimatum to ivory coast's incumbent president step down or face removal by force. is unlikely to agree to make a way for all of. whose been internationally recognized as the president elect shortly before he met the trio government warned it would not tolerate any meddling in its affairs the stan

so it's getting very complicated when you go into regional planning to flood control to water and all the sets and different for legal reasons as apposed scientific. >> the problem is not the models. there are plenty of models. we have lots of tools. the problem i would argue, is not even the scenarios. there is problems with precipitation. i think the problem is politics and management decisions about who's going to take responsibility for changing - >> i wanted to change the subject, along the coast up to oregon and washington, one thing that sets our climate is marine, i wonder if anyone else here sees any changes taking place with that layer that has a lot to do with our water supply and also reducing the need for water on the coast? >> really good question. >> as far as we know, the marine layer we think is still going to be with us. one of the interesting facets with this potential change of temperature gradient, the warmer - more warming inland than warming over the coastal ocean is actually the sea breeze circulation, which is - is tied up with the marine layer development and