and then on the lower level, you can see the benchmarking would be phased in according to a schedule that matches the status taking under ab1103 legislation, where the state legislation would require benchmarking at the time of a major financial transaction to be date certain but phased in on the same kind of schedule. so it would be predictable and use the same tools the state uses and the information, once it's set up, is free to be maintained and actually pg&e uploads your energy for free on an ongoing basis so it should be -- a lot of tools in place to make it as easy as possible, a picture of where your building stands relative to its peers. >> does it clash at all with the controversy around the new smart meters? or is this totally separate and they don't cross paths in any way? >> very separate. the energy star is the free tool that's been available for about 10 years. it's just a web site operating is equally as easy and complicated, depending on your perspective, as buying something from amazon.com or something like that. you need to operate a web site. but the information t

this is the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. in other markets, hong kong's hang seng opened 1.2% higher. it's currently up 1.3%. the shanghai index for major blue chips is up 0.7%. and in shenzhen the sse composite is up 0.6%. >>> the bank of japan will offer low-interest loans for a year to financial institutions starting next week. it's part of a new scheme to boost the economy. the central bank will provide loans with an annual interest rate of .1%. 47 private banks will borrow a total of about $5.5 billion. the fund will finance 1,342 projects. the boj says $1.3 billion will be loaned to environment and energy companies. regional businesses will get $1.1 billion. $657 million will be spent on construction and another $650 million for medical and nursing care services. the central bank plans to provide $35.5 billion in bank loans by june 2012 to spur economic growth. >>> japan's suzuki motor is feeling the pinch from the surging yen. the car maker has dropped plans to build a domestic industrial park with parts suppliers. suz

this is the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, the hang seng opened up 0.13%. the blue chips are slightly down, 0 minutes 1%. and the s&e composite is down. >>> u.s. president has proposed a $15 billion plan to rebuild infrastructure to boost the country's sluggish economy. >> barely one one in five construction workers are unemployed, so that's why milwaukee today i am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing america's roads and rails and runways for the long-term. i want america to have the best infrastructure in the world. >> white house officials say the six-year program aims to create jobs in the short term. they say the government is considering abolishing tax deductions for oil companies to fund the project. the proposal is one of several economic initiatives that obama is due to unveil on wednesday. they include extending tax cuts for the middle class and increasing and permanently extending tax credits for business research. >>> mitsubishi ufj trust and banking corporation plans to inve

recommending to delay the middle school feeder, and want to urge you to set a time line and measurable benchmarks for each school and each of the programs identified tonight by the deputy superintendent, and to make concrete data available for the public to review and discuss, and make space for families to discuss priorities in middle schools. i want to mention that besides bringing the conversation toward quality schools and programming, we also urge you to consider taking longer than a year if the conversation needs to take longer than a year. >> [speaking a foreign language] [applause] >> reside in the sunset district. -- i reside in the sunset district. in our theaters, our parents are not in the neighborhood schools. it can be hard to drop off or pick up in the early morning times. if we are in the neighborhood schools, it can save us the energy for the school bus coming so much more. it benefits the san francisco citizenship. we do not need to pay more tax to support the school bus. i had personal issues effective in march and april. my eldest son got accepted into a school. the time to dr

that is a benchmark established for a variety of other uses.quarter mile radius when we look at concentrations. in an edition, because the district is extremely small, it consists of -- in addition, because the district is m-- small it consists of a number of different districts. on california street, there is a generic commercial district. our staff looked at those districts when we calculated what was in the immediate neighborhood. we found there are no retail pet stores in the quarter mile. westbound california street, there are a few stores that do have some pet food materials. they are largely drug stores and not focused on pet food material. the existing store front has been vacant and is a large spots suited for this business. -- large pet stores suited for this business. pet food express will fit in with the surrounding area. the commission found that food express is desirable for the neighborhood. it will require a little physical observations, provide on-site parking encourage and services not found in the area. i am available for que

this is the yield on the benchmark, ten-year government bend. the hang seng opened down slightly. and shanghai is currently down 0.4%. and the sse composite down 0.2%. >>> cabinet ministers in charge of smaller enterprises from the asian pacific economic corporation will meet to discuss business growth strategies. the two-day meeting to begin on saturday in central japan will focus on creating a strategy that includes support for small and mid-sized firms. it is expected to stress that the key to growth is to nurture small businesses which will drive tenlg logical innovation and help create jobs. ministers are scheduled to issue a joint statement on the final day. >>> major japanese consumer lend lend lend lender takafuji is set to file for bankruptcy. their performance deteriorated due to tough regulations on consumer lenders. the new rules require lenders to pay back large amounts of excessive interest charged to borrowers in the past. they include a government mandate capping lending to individual borrowers at one-third of their income. they have repaid $4.8 billion worth of in

recommending to delay the middle school feeder, and want to urge you to set a time line and measurable benchmarks for each school and each of the programs identified tonight by the deputy superintendent, and to make concrete data available for the public to review and discuss, and make space for families to discuss priorities in middle schools. i want to mention that besides bringing the conversation toward quality schools and programming, we also urge you to consider taking longer than a year if the conversation needs to take longer than a year. >> [speaking a foreign language]

i think 2-4 inches but a good benchmark would be 2.5-3.5 inches of rain once this storm is over with. here is a the get the forecast for tomorrow. late day sunshine, but i do anticipate more thunderstorms possible. tornadoes are a possibility with gusting winds as well. let me give more information on the corn -- tornado warning. >> howard county? >> just west of interstate 95. >>> coming up, is this the key to who get my grades and who does not? why this could be a cure for the blinding headaches. overtakes -- oprah as celebrities >>> welcome back. 7 is on your side but new research that could help migraine sufferers. a faulty gene may be responsible. the university of oxford researchers discovered that this gene was the direct cause of migraines in some of the bridges and in this study. it appeared to make the bridge is a bit more susceptible. this discovery may lead to better migraine treatments. >>> some major airlines are joining forces. southwest airlines is purchasing air tran for about $1.4 billion. this will include expansion to washington, d.c. the deal is expected to close

you can see that i view it as a major benchmark that you will pass this out. i hope you will look at it in the broader context, and it should not only produce a plan that can be approved, but supposedly, there will be some money to do some small projects. but it will give us for the first time a platform in which we can address this issue as making the garage work better. reduce the traffic congestion in the area. a whole long variety of things. thank you. president crowley: thank you. any other public comment? or colleagues, any questions? the motion has been made. it's been properly seconded. i'll take a vote. all those in favor, please signify by stating aye. >> aye. president crowley: the ayes have it. >> item 11. item 11 was taken off the calendar. item 12, discussion and possible action to approve the plans and specifications and award water enterprise water system and a ward harding park recycled water project in the amount of $5,251,100 to the lowest, qualified, responsible and responsive builder to construct recycled water delivery storage and pumping

this is the yield on the benchmark 10-year japanese government bond. now to gold futures. the gold price for december delivery is currently at $1,293.90 an ounce. now back to the main news with catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. u.sint bac obama has reiterated the importance of international cooperation in his speech at the u.n. gly he noted that the u.s. has made a wide range of achievements, including nuclear disarmament. in his speech on thursday, obama first refeede 08 financial crisis. he emphasized how the world's largest economies coordinated to bring about a recovery. >> and in an age when prosperity is shared, we could not do this alone. so america has joined with nations around the world to sr ow. and the renewed demand tt uld start job creation. >> he also referred to the signing of a u.s.-russia nuclear disarmament treaty and the agreement to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation, both during the past year. obama thanked the u.n. for its adoption of strong sanctions against north korea and iran over their nuclear programs. the u.s. president then stressed that

bond buyers drove down the yield on the benchmark ten-year government bond to 2.47%, its lowest since january of 2009. and that's tonight's "market focus." test. >> tom: this may be the best september for u.s. stocks in more than two generations. it has been even more profitable for investors in emerging markets. tonight's word on the street is "frontier." debra reports for thestreet.com, and she joins us from the nasdaq. welcome to "nightly business report." nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> tom: so many investors are familiar with the emerging markets. ities the difference between a frontier market? >> the frontier market tends to have a little lower market cap, and maybe less liquidity to developing markets. with the frontier markets, you kind of think of them as the india and china of 20 years ago. >> tom: maybe more risk, but potentially more reward, and clearly that has been the case over the last 12 months. we'll start with the ishares, up 39% in the last 12 months. what has made this one so special. >> what is going on is turkey. turkey had 10% growth and its second

agency compares with its peers, which is always a challenging thing to do, but also important as a benchmarking exercise that can provide useful guidance both to management there and also to you here. finally, it is my expectation fully because of the large amount of involvement of several key members of the board that it will be the individual board members that will be providing periodic guidance to the consultants on how to carry out the audience -- the audits. commissioner mirkarimi: welcome back from your trip as well, and i would like you to address the point that this contemplation of was moving forward with an audit is the second phase of an mta audit. the first, which was done several months ago, had a slightly different approach to it, and as a result of that audit, i had approached you to think that maybe it could be more advantageous to have a transit-oriented company, who is used to doing audits in this bit of an industry, would add well to the consideration of those pursuing this audit, but it comes at a price because it is more money. but i think you should try to make some disti

picture of that from us, so i think we need to do a better job of communicating, and timelines and benchmarks, i know we have the best intentions in the world, but i do not think there is a tremendous amount of trust out there in the community about our capacity to do what we actually said we are going to do. we actually have to do what we say we are going to do, and we have to ask in such away -- a way. [applause] commissioner: commissioner yee? no? ok, i just want to say a few things. i really want to emphasize over and over again about how much work this has been for staff. it is a huge amount of work. the students, application season is beginning, and we will begin to print the enrollment guides. it is important to remember and i hope by next spring, i hope we will make a decision. if it is not happening this year with the feeder patterns, i think we say the office of the people understand. and thenÃi i just wanted to say that i think, as the staff said, we put something out there that was the best that could be created with the input that we had and with the goals we had at that time. i

the average temperature for june was 1.24 degrees higher than the benchmark. for july, 1.42 degrees higher. and for august, 2.25 degrees. the agency contributes the summer's record heat wave to westerly winds that blew more northward than usual. global warming is cited as another factor. >> in washington, u.s. president barack obama has met israeli and palestinian leaders on the eve of direct peace talks. during a meeting on wednesday with israeli prime minister netanyahu, obama condemned tuesday's hamas killing of four jewish settlers in hebron. >> the united states is going to be unwavering in its support of israel's security. and we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist activities. >> obama said he would not allow extremists to derail the peace process through violence. in a separate talk with palestinian president mahmoud abbas, obama praised him for quickly condemning the incident. israel and the palestinian authority will resume direct talks on thursday for the first time in 20 months. obama wants an agreement within 12 months. but diff

before we started making progress recently, i do not think we had in place benchmarks to make sure we had performance goals. being a prosecutor, not too long ago, they would tell us what they would do. i want to apply to everyone. tonight is a terrific innovation. the department has also moved to outsourcing some of this stuff. we have identified a backlog, and the department is now working. i want to focus on this. for me, stranger sexual assaults are a party coming in and of itself -- it is hard to say that one case is more important than another. in my experience, i think you will agree, stranger rapists tend to be the highest recidivists. especially with a database, if we do our work quickly, the chance of getting them off the street is great. i will focus my questions on that never area. -- narrowed area. i think we can still make more progress and institutionalized, as a commission, make policies around so we make sure the commission has the resources necessary. >> i like what you are saying and i want to be clear, how we are not going to prioritize one or the other. homicide is

that's the benchmark. can they make 54 seat gains in the house.f not, they are going to fall short. the '94 comparison may not be helpful. the other thing it points to negatively is how unruly the house republican caucus is going to be after november because the splits are ready to burst if they haven't already. >> perry, what did we learn from watching this? it could be gone in a couple days. we might not be talking about it as much. what did we learn about how the house republicans can govern, the leadership versus the rank and file? >> two things. one, we learned from watching john boehner from how to talk about abortion, gay marriage, those issues. he did not know what to say beyond that. it's not a great answer. the second thing is, they know what they are against. they are against obama's health care plan. they are against a lot of things the democrats have done. they are not sure what they are for beyond making the government smaller in fairly undefined ways. the question next year, if they are in charge, what do they do in march? once they

thises a yield on the benchmark on the 10-year japanese government bond. hong song just started trading and up 0.4%. the shanghai key index is down 0.6% and the sse composite down 0.8%. back to the main news with catherine. >> all right. thanks very much. >>> members of the ruling democratic party voted to re-elect prime minister kan on tuesday. kan addressed the media shortly after his victory. >> i have three years left on my term as a member of the lower house. before the dpj came to power, the liberal democratic party had three short-lived prime ministers. as for the democratic party, i've stayed in my post for only three months. from now on, i will fully work on reviving the japanese economy. i will get through the three years with that determination as prime minister. >> kan was up against powerful politician ichiro ozawa in a race to lead the dpj and the country. the election was decided on a points-based system. slightly more than 1,200 points were available. kan won 721 points, while ozawa took 491. kan claimed the vast majority of points from ran

there is a benchmark created. different issues that may arise. there is also a collaboration between the sheriff's department and police department, such as getting escort for families as they leave the courtroom. a 15-minute hold policy to allow petitioners to leave early before the batter leaves so that they can find safety. there are also a number of community meetings to coordinate with other deadlines. training of officers has been an ongoing issue, need, adequate training. we had a number of grant programs to address this. bridges to freedom, language fluency project. this just concluded in june. it addresses the language needs of the towns by helping first responders learn domestic violence-specific language in chinese and cantonese. criminal-justice agencies also had new training practices. the d.a. and police department collaborated on a four-hour training to address the need -- officers needed training on how to appropriately collect evidence when responding. community-based providers also provide training to the agencies. most recently

this is the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, the hang seng is trading higher at 0.1%. the key index for major blue chips chose 0.2%. and the sse composite is down 0.03%. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. 

japan's incubator bank and here's a look at the latest long-term interest rates, the year on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets hong kong's hang seng opened 0.7% higher, currently up 0.5%. the blue chips is up .1% and so is the sse composite. >>> in china, auto sales rose for the first time in five months. the association of automobile manufacturers said car sales were up 16% from a year earlier. china's auto sales rose 55% in march but later the pace lost steam. observers say government subsidies pushed up sales of energy-efficient cars that were launched in june. discounts and other incentives from many dealers also had a positive impact. >>> nissan motor will set up product development centers in southeast asia to tap into their expanding auto marks. nissan announced the plan thursday. the automaker will boost its development platform in thailand to support the launch of new models. nissan has already begun local production of compact vehicles after expanding its facilities. from april 2011, nissan will set up another development center in indonesia.

this is the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. in other asian markets, hong kong's hang seng opened 0.9% higher. the shanghai key index for major blue chips is up 0.6%. and in shenzhen the sse composite is slightly down. now back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> north korea's state-run media say that kim jong il's third son, kim jong un, has been named vice chairman of the central military commission of the korean workers' party. the announcement suggests that kim jong un has officially been chosen as kim jong il's successor. the wednesday morning report says the decision was made at the conference of the workers' party and the general meeting of the central commission, the party's leadership body. no images of kim jong un have been made public so far. members of the party's central military commission lead the korean people's army. 19 people, including kim jong il, have been chosen as members of the commission. ♪ kim jong un, who was earlier given the title of four-star general, has been named vice chairman of the cen

. >> reporter: but when you say things are better or safer, what's your benchmark? are you talking about the dark district attorneys of '06 '0 sait. >>> no six months ago, eight months ago, 12 months ago. >> iraqis at a to us to use as a benchmark the dark days of when they came out of their houses in the morning and there could be dozens of people literally in the street, people had holes drilled through their head with power drills. that is not normal life. >> that is not what we're comparing it to. we're making a comparison, this is a much more functioning society. the bazaars are open. there are still people who occasionally get killed. it's still, in many cases, a dangerous place but the vast majority of this country is not today people-- people aren't walking out their front door thinking it's probable i may find myself in a situation where i may get blown up. that's changed. >> reporter: not probable, but possible. >> possible, it is possible. this is still a dangerous part of the world. there are still people who are willing to strap a bomb to themselves, an

i think that this is extremely helpful for us to have a benchmark and to see where we are and i'm certainlyd certainly very excited for the school district to have this new initiative. i think we look forward to working with it and following it through this committee and through our respective roles with the city and the school district. so with that, i would like to ask our clerk to continue this item to the call of the chair in case we would need to bring it back and to share that on october 28, our next committee meeting, our agenda is going to be about student school assignment, an informational briefing that we'll have at that time. so that's what our plan is for our next meeting. so with that, colleagues, we are adjourned for today, thank you all so much. >> the san francisco arts commission's public arts program made a big splash in the civic center with the world premiere of three heads, six arms. the artist came from shanghai to help us celebrate the unavailing. we had a chance to speak with him about his work. >> the san francisco arts commission is pleased to be celebrating their