the next item -- artist i would like to introduce is julie chang. julie is a local artist who until very recently lived a few blocks away from the transbay terminal. this is her first public art project, and we are always pleased to bring new artists into our program, but we found her work so beautiful and compelling it was an opportunity we could not resist, and her presentation to the committee was so thorough and her explanation of how she could translate her ideas that were previously done in temporary materials into permanent material was extremely convincing and well thought out. julie recently received her msa from stanford university, and in the process is developing her proposal, her initial proposal, which was due november 14. she gave birth to her baby, so to me, she is a wonder woman, the fact that she could do all this work, have a baby, and she will be working on the 23 or -- 23,000 or 24,000 square foot trust of floor. the project, part of it is included in the architecture budget, and part of it will be paid from the arts budget. it

one of the artists is an julie chang, a local listens in the city. she has been commissioned to design the floor in the hall. her design comes from that a variety of cultural and historical touchdowns. of most importance to her is the dichotomy of san francisco architecture, and juxtaposition of the older victorian structure in the contemporary city. she is strong from the inspiration as well as from the fauna and flora of san francisco. in this slide, you see the beginnings of the concept work she has been providing to the transbay for a rich tapestry of color. we cannot wait until it opens. it is exciting. we will have hummingbirds, flowers, artifacts, in this wonderful floor that will be seen in the new transit center. another artist that we commissioned is jenny holzer who has worked at the broad trade center. she works with led lighting. there will be some words and sentences from some great artists in history. here is a look of what it looks like in the day. in the evening as well. another artist that we have commission is james carpenter. he w

which we're bound to installing signals and signs and there's major changes in place in the draft out right now for review until july something and those changes include a minimum of 7 seconds for the walk which is or as apposed to the four there today. and walking from four feet down to 3 1/2, so the amount of time will be longer if they follow the manual uniformed traffic devices. recent studies found, the old studies looked at how fast people walked were done but four feet per second were chosen but people walk slower than that and jack mentioned there's people using 2 and 1/2 feet per second but overall there will be an increase and that's big benefit providing that much more time and of course, so crossing van ness exactly where those change wills come into play adding time to that to meet the current standard. >> just to one other point on that. a lot of times people don't catch the fact that the walk sign is on and we encourage people that move slowly to lead at the beginning of the walk and one thing we found is that audible sound coming on causes pedestrian to leave quicker when the light changes which is a

july 18, i finally received another letter in the mail. i have already filed a complaint with the u.s. post office. i have been told to go to nancy pelosi's address. i put in a change of address july 5. i should have gotten this in the mail. i do not know what else to say about that. in regard to the timeline, i do not disagree with that, but the work has been completed. i do not think there is any question about the permit. >> thank you. any questions? >> so you are not contesting that you did the work, since 2002. i appreciate -- >> in 2002, it was my issue because we thought that we were correct. in 2004, we found out that was not the case. >> our department has been putting in a lot of work. >> my question is how much of that -- the way i understood what was said earlier this that all of this was put into getting this hearing. if there is a partial payment, i do not disagree that i did not get it done by a certain time line, but more hours were put in in the past three month that it now need to happen. my question is, it is it's still going to be $1 and dollars or will it be a portion thereof? -- $1,000 or will it be a portion thereof? i bought the building in

with that change, can we -- >> okay. move to approve the july minutes with amendments. >> i second. >> those in favor? >> aye. >> next item, please. >> commissioners, item no. 4, approval of the august 9, 2010, meeting minutes, explanatory documents draft august 9, 2010 minutes. >> and i have a change on this one, as well. and that's in the vice president's report, under item 13, i would just like to add the words to this line, "commissioner clyde began her report by recognizing joni chang, a former city employee with the office of labor standards enforcement, whose primary responsibility was the implementation of san francisco's healthcare security ordinance." thank you. >> do i have a motion? >> second. >> those in favor? >> aye. >> next item, please. >> commissioners, we are now on item no. 5, general public comment. this allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the commission's purview and suggest new agenda items for the commission's future consideration. >> any public comments? seeing none, public comment is clos

surprisingly, despite massive media coverage and unprecedented campaign spending, the biggest change since july is that more voters are undecided. in july, 13% of voters refused to name a favorite in the race. also today, whitman came out against proposition 23 which would delay california's global warming law. whitman has long supported suspending the law for a year if elected grofr but until now she's deflected questions about her formal stand on 23. opponent jerry brown had challenged her to take a position. prop 23 is primarily funded by texas oil companies and would delay the global warming law until california's unemployment rate is level or falls to 5.5% been a level reached just three times in the last 30 years. >>> let's talk health news. one of the largest studies of its kind find gay and buy sexual men continue to be infected with the aids virus at a much higher rate than the general public. one in five sexually active gay and men have hiv and nearly half don't know they're infected, the results of a federal study in 21 u.s. cities. the centers for disease control recommends testing

july 9. one big area that was changed is clarification in the scoring, specifically in making it very explicitthat the oral scoring -- the oral interview, those scores will be associated with the same elements that are being scored for the written portion. and just as a reminder in terms of the process for the r.f.p., the first step is evaluating that the firms have -- that proposals meet the minimum qualifications in order to be scored. should they not meet any of those minimum qualifications, they would be rejected as not sufficient. the second stage is the written evaluation, where the points are allocated based upon their responses, ability to achieve the goals as stated in the r.f.p. and the highest-scoring firms would then be invited for oral interviews. and there are points allocated for the oral interview process. those oral interviewpoints would be associated with the same key elements described in the written proposal section, and there are also some points for l.b.e. outreach efforts. another bit of feedback that we heard was concern over allowing rex without sort of limit. what we'

how you change those rules? >> in july this year, the u.s. has introduced the new legislation that limits the number of positions that financial speculators may have on the futures markets of agriculture commodities. i believe the eu should do the same. there are certain proposals on the table. for the moment, these markets are completely non transparent. >> thank you very much for joining us on gmt. take a look of some of the other headlines. for the first time in five years, a woman has been executed in the united states. teresa lewis was put to death by lethal injection in the state of virginia. she arranged of the murders of her husband and her stepson for insurance money. from lawyers argue that teresa lewis, 41-year-old grandmother, was mentally impaired. >> teresa lewis was executed for sending hitmen to kill her husband and her stepson at a trailer park in 2002. one of the gunmen became her lover. when the police became suspicious, teresa lewis quickly confessed. the case has attracted attention. executions of women are rare in americ

julie did change all of her pass words. say your best advice is to protect your social security number and lock your door, i guess. >> all right. well, one has carried another computer memory chip quicker, a race to highlight world problems within the uk. they used pidgeance to carry a video chip at the same time they tried uploading it to you tube. the pigeon beat the upload. >> so this is called the 300 meg video on it. >> it tells me it's not a very good broad band condition and i suspect it probably will never make it. >> the activist will say more businesses conducted over the internet and it puts rural areas at a disadvantage when internet service is so slow. they call rural areas not spots as opposed to hot spots. >> coming up, we'll have a sports update as the ravens prepare to take the field against the browns. >> and a story of survival as a man tee once in danger of dying has now been released back to the wild. >> pete gilbert coming up with sports. we'll take a look at the ravens we'll take a look at the ravens

the last of the administration code was in july 2007 -- the last review of the administration code. we made two changes to the administration code. the first, where you can see on page 12 of your packet, is related to the employee performance evaluation of the executive director conducted. we would like to recommend a change that the executive director's performance evaluation take place on december 31 instead of july 1 of each year and where the recommendation should be for the prior 12 months instead of what the pack it indicates as the current year of the evaluation. this was a request made by share --chair mirkarimi in june. the other changes relate to consistency within the codes -- updating the date the actual committee and board meetings take place, and just a few updates to promote the consistency with in the documents. with that, i would like to seek a recommendation for the amendment of the administration code. commissioner mar: thank you. any questions? and we are joined by commissioner alioto-pier. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is clos

until the overall economy starts to grow you won't see a change. >> julie: the other thing that madeonder about this, i was shaking my head because the banks had to volunteer to take a loss. first of all the banks were bailed out by our tax dollars. why in the world would any bank want to take a loss in order to do us a favor? >> another very good question. there weren't too many that wanted to do it. you know, they took their time and that was another one of the problems with the plan that the banks moved very slowly in the redocumentation process. >> julie: is it better to let them lose their homes, is that the alternative here? >> at the end of the day, there won't be a big change until the overall economy grows. you will to let the market take care of itself. programs like this can stem the tide for a short period of time that can have some impact on confidence, like consumer confidence but in the longs run you need growth in the overall economy others otherwise it's not going to work. >> gregg: david beckham playing for keeps, filing a lawsuit, a big one after big time entertain

their lives changed on july 31st 2009 when they went hiking in iraq. sarah says they didn't know they were close to the border with iran. >> no. i mean, if we had any idea we would have stayed far, far away. we would have never risked our safety. ween with the there to take any risks whatsoever. we were there to enjoy the green mountain. so northern iraq was kind of an obvious choice. a couple of my friends have already made this trip, had absolutely no problem. people go there from all over the world. >> you were hiking for a few hours. what happened. >> there was no indication of a border, there wasn't a sign, there wasn't a flag or a fence, and all of a sudden we saw some soldiers and we, of course, assumed they were iraqi soldiers, when we found out they were iranian soldiers, we were baffled, mystified, confused and they just took us. >> reporter: taken to iran's notorious evin prison where sarah was put into solitary confinement. she was blindfolded even to go to the bathroom. >> in the beginning i would scream and cry a lot. sometimes i would ba

their lives changed on july 31st, 2009, when they went hiking in iraq.arah says they didn't know they were close to the border. >> no. if we had any idea, we would have stayed far, far away. we would not have risked our safety. we weren't there to take any risks whatsoever. we were there to look at the green mountains. i had a couple friends of mine from damascus who has made this trip and had absolutely no problem. people go there from all over the world. >> you were hiking for a few hours. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: what happened. >> we were hiking on a small trail, and there was no indication of a border. there wasn't a sign. there wasn't a flag or a fence. and all of a sudden we saw some soldiers, and we, of course, assumed they were iraqi soldiers, and when we found out they were iranian soldiers, we were baffled, misystified, and confused, and they took us, you know. >> reporter: taken to iran's notorious prison where sarah was put into solitaire confinement. she said she was blindfolded teen go to the bathroom? >> in the beginning i would scream and

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this is a change from the last field poll in july, then only 47% approved of the president's handlingof the war in afghanistan. now 53% approve. >>> 55% said the nation is on the wrong track while 34% says the headed in the right direction. >>> one of the president obama's key aids will soon be leaving the white house and we could know for sure by the end of the week. the president's chief of staff rahm emanuel is thinking about a mayoral run for chicago. no word yet on who president obama would have replace emanuel if he decides to leave. >>> most of the 23 campuses in the csu system did not admit new students for this year's spring term. university leader said in july they were waiting until the state passed a budget before deciding about the spring enrollment but ultimately decided they said to remain optimistic and allow the enrollment. >>> the value of its investment portfolio is improving. the portfolio rose 14.4% in the last year. sanford credited it's improved standing to better decisions. >>> the commitment the city of san francisco made if it gets picked to host the america'

july. >>> a court ruling in howard county could change legal precedent in sex abuse cases. tomorrow a judge is expected to decide whether 38-year-old karl walker jr. sexually abused a student in the school where the man worked. now even the prosecution believes walker never touched the girl. rather that he abused her by sending her dozens of love letters, no one in maryland has ever been convicted of child abuse without involving physical contact. >>> several officials employed by the howard county school system are facing a $10 million federal lawsuit. the lawsuit alleges that in december, 2007. officials at patapsco middle school failed to protect a student's rights by not intervening in student violence involving 5 children. the alleged victim's family claims he now suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. the howard county school system declined to comment on the allegation. >>> republican members of the maryland house of delegates are pledging to seek tax cuts and reduce state spending, house republican leader anthony o'donnell gathered today with other gop incumbe

change. >>> good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. begin tonight with new information just coming in about that deadly car crash involving high school students. we have just learned that an arrest has been made in that case. the accident happened on nevado boulevard and sutro avenue. one teenager was killed, two others were seriously injured. allie rasmus is live with more on the arrest and the information. >> reporter: we st

deal of work that needs to occur between the actual board, approving the service change on september 4 -- i mean back in july. then the board of supervisors approving our budget. and then fast forwarding to pushing through a signup to place this in effect by september 4. as you are aware, the mayor has established a task force to develop plans to restore 100% of our muni service that has been reduced. and the first meeting of that task force will occur thursday, september 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in room 288 here in city hall that concludes my remarks regarding service restoration. if you have any questions, i'd like to take them on now. ok. in connection with the service restorations, we successfully completed the timely installation of new rails, bus shelters and traffic signals for the saint francis circle rail replacement project. we held a conference on september 3 for the completion of the project. we were joined by supervisor mirkarimi and director beach. they were both in attendance. and director oka, that's right. director oka also that's what in attendance. we truly appreciate their support o

stall working group in july passed a safo, much needed in the industry, to change the emphasis and practical test standards for minimum loss of altitude when you have a stall than reduced angle of attack. i plowed them for coming up with that change. it's long overdo. they came out with an info this past july, which really recommends the use of an outstanding piece of content, the airplane upset recovery training aid, which has been a very effective tool. unfortunately, it is not widely used by training providers or airlines. it is getting higher visibility. i want to talk about some of the other activities. iosa has a training group. i'm going to talk about an effort that i've been involved in representing alpha starting last summer, the committee for aviation training in the extended envelope, being no one normal flight attitudes. this began last summer in june at the royal aeronautical society. we had organizations from all over thebs world. at the conclusion of this outstanding conference, there was unanimous consent by the delegates globally to ask the society to form a standing committ

they tell you not to go in the hospital in july because that's when the residents change. "grey's anatomy" it isn't. i was going to go in in august. and then when i had such a big may, i was either giving an award or presenting something. and i said to my cardiologist, you know, could i wait until the end of may for this because it didn't seem to look good. and he said, you can wait, but there's a small risk that you could drop dead. i said -- >> larry: let's do it tomorrow. >> exactly. i told no one until i announced it on the air. >> larry: your first show back to work, you wanted david letterman to be your guest. you swapped heart stories. let's take a look. >> let's talk the difference between yours and mine. yours were arteries. >> i had coronary artery disease, you just blew a valve. >> yours were that your arteries were blocked? >> that's right. >> mine was one of the four valves was closing. and i have a pig valve in mine. you don't have any pig valve in yours. i have a pig valve. >> i have other pig parts on me, though. >> actually, i have a cow valve. >> larry: i

july 1. what i will be presenting today does reflect the changes we have made to our quarterly report.not sure if you had a chance to look at it since it was distributed. our goal, of course, is to give you a useful tool that will help you monitor our progress better, so i would very much welcome your feedback. this is something that will keep evolving and improving over time. i also want to thank my program controls manager who is here today. her and her team did an outstanding job trying to get this report in less time with a new format, so that is very much appreciated. i think you have received the revised copy of my presentation. we have made changes to it since it was included in your packet, so i would encourage you to follow along using a revised copy, instead of what is in your binder. starting with the status of our local projects, this is a new format here. what you see in parentheses are the number of projects remaining in these trades.

deal of work that needs to occur between the actual board, approving the service change on september 4 -- i mean back in july. then the board of supervisors approving our budget. and then fast forwarding to pushing through a signup to place this in effect by september 4. as you are aware, the mayor has established a task force to develop plans to restore 100% of our muni service that has been reduced. and the first meeting of that task force will occur thursday, september 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in room 288 here in city hall that concludes my remarks regarding service restoration. if you have any questions, i'd like to take them on now. ok.

july 28. we had approximately 25 people. we discussed the upcoming agreement, there were changes that the players would notice between the past agreement and the proposed agreement. we don't see changes that would inconvenience the golfers at all. i just want to say this publicly, about course maintenance. there is an actual agreement for the clubhouse, so the city will continue to operate the maintenance of the course. a number of comments were given to me, some of them inc. -- there are questions concerning the agreement that has a couple of elements. i did contact the city attorney. first of all, i contacted any brown, the head of the department. at the time, she was the deputy city attorney in drafted the language for the gulf fund. one was, power the language in the agreement -- [unintelligible] the other was for the incentive formula. the relevant passage states the operation and maintenance of the golf course pursuant to the budget of each golf course approved by the recreation and park commission may include personnel costs and the purchase and leasing of equipment. training costs, management fees, general and adminis

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