the box transmits the data at 4 bits per day, so it is not a constant stream of data. ust four times per day. it can be shut off remotely. they're pretty well protected so they cannot be tampered with without physically going to remove the box, and, that means we have, again, those that are manually read, they can always check those. the data collection units, that receives the meter reading frequency channel, puc, at 77 places across the city, and they are pretty innocuous looking, but they are scattered around the city. most of them are run on solar power, with a few on ac current because they are in areas where there is not access to enough sunlight to make it working very well. this one is actually on the roof on some offices. the project deployment schedule, we have been in the phase where we have been deploying about 300 to 400 meters per week. this will extend it to about 8000 units. we will then go into work in phase one. again, will be testing at the end of that phase. we will be doing even more than 2000 per week, so by april 2012, we will never replace all of

none of the data is stored on the meter or by the mta. it is handled by the meter company and processed as quickly as possible. there's very little risk of using credit cards at the meters. >> [unintelligible] concerned about the possibility of [inaudible] [traffic] >> one of the great things about the meters is that it makes it so easy to pay. people should get a lot fewer parking tickets and area. that can leave people with a bitter taste in your mouth. that is one part. the demand response of pricing , the mta is legally obligated to charge lowest pricing available to create a target. it will be easy for customers to come and find a space quickly. my name is jay primus. i am the program manager for sf park. thank y>> thank you very much. why don't you do a demonstration for them? >> meter has some time on it. you concede the flashing -- you can see the flashing led. now it is cancelled. it is going through the verification process. it starts with a minimum of 30 minutes. you can add or subtract time. [traffic] when you are ready, you c

the use of this data to deliver highly targeted that is ubiquitous. the answer to your question is yes. >> what is your view on upon -- on that? >> there are two issues that we have to worry about. one is, i do not think the delivery of targeted ads is what has people worried. some people are concerned about, how did i get this ad, but i think the most intense concerns are two things. one is, if people are looking at sensitive issues, health issues, family issues, financial issues. this is purely hypothetical. if i were worried about hair loss, and i were searching website to find out the cause, and by all of a sudden started getting targeted ads for that, that might concern me, but if i had a more serious illness and i it was worried about my health in a more profound way, and i started getting targeted ads, i think i might find that disturbing. so, there are areas of sensitivity where we need to address. there is also a lurking question, and i think this is where people are most concerned , these allegations are now being used for targeted ads, but t

probs the 30 or 45 days it would take to evaluate and to the test period with your valley region of the datae board did not agree with us. on the positive side, they did make it clear that it wanted staff to arrange for accelerated termination. and to report to them regularly on the status, so we're optimistic that if evaluations show that it will not be needed, we will have no potrero operations as of january 1. commissioner: what will happen to it? >> it will be dismantled and other opportunities pursued. redevelopment of the power plant site. one company is obligated to perform mediation at the site, because they are the prior owner of the facility, and so they have responsibility for much of the cleanup. that cleanup cannot commence in earnest before the facility is released from its must run obligation. pg&e has stated that they are standing ready to begin that work, once the boiso says mirant can shut that down. : commissioner -- commissioner: does the city owned that? >> no, but -- president crowley: we are trying to develop some of it, but we do not own all of the land, right? >> cor

the data. the meter transition units, again, they take our lead readings, and the technology has not changed. i want to keep emphasizing that. this is technology from decades of use. these are no some -- not some newfangled type of thing. the box transmits the data at 4 bits per day, so it is not a constant stream of data. it is just four times per day. it can be shut off remotely. they're pretty well protected so they cannot be tampered with without physically going to remove the box, and, that means we have, again, those that are manually read, they can always check those. the data collection units, that receives the meter reading frequency channel, puc, at 77 places across the city, and they are pretty innocuous looking, but they are scattered around the city. most of them are run on solar power, with a few on ac current because they are in areas where there is not access to enough sunlight to make it working very well. this one is actually on the roof on some offices. the project deployment

of the ecosystem presents unique tools to integrate various data into a single possible scientists are also modeling the human body as an ecosystem and like the planet we inhabit it can't always be subjected to risky experiments another group grown out of the bio physics institute wants to observe and test live animal organisms in a safe close setting starting with our constituent parts the key instrument. three m. . the. near this apparatus is ideal for the study of the various bio chemical reactions of a human organ. the message we use fall somewhere between research in vitro in a test tube and in vivo when the focus on the organs performing inside the body. of the. three m. is an artificial homeostasis device for maintaining organ. separated from their natural bio system cure the role of the lungs is played by an oxygenated regulating the flow of oxygen and carbon dioxide through the organ perfusion pumping acts like the organisms heart pushing the blood substitute through the isolated organ the tubes running to the organ from the pump to take oxygen rich blood from the heart while

see the data from energy usage as it happens and you can do to do it in places like california and build a smarter energy system that's called a sparkling. hello and welcome to technology update the environment around us is one of staggering biological diversity somehow all held together into the big ten of our planet's ecosystem and while much of the natural world has been here for thousands of years we're just starting a one walk many of its secrets how exactly did all of this get here how do bio systems of all shapes and sizes interact and what's our influence on this process as humans what can we learn from our ecosystem to both help it and perhaps help ourselves these are questions as old as time now getting a fresh look in the twenty first century the institute of bio physics of the siberian division of the russian academy of sciences is well placed for a new perspectives surrounded by some of the earth's most unique and unadulterated ecology and applying the lessons of physics to biological research. made them i can with the methods of mathematical modeling monitoring and experime

that they growing old to do you pay distribution across the territory the status of crow pursue the data collected from these combine methods offer something like micro macro and telescopic versions of our forests ecological situation and the results can also be used on a different scale down the street at the forestry institute tree specialists have noticed a troubling trend. to worsening environmental situation in russia's forces including signing period we're witnessing a decline in reproductivity it's a problem the facing all coniferous tree species found in siberia the food we've introduced and he meant it to tackle it's a combination of a close. cicle selections techniques and innovative advice acknowledging his twin abel mass reproduction of improved geno's height we think cells of genetically improved tree. is them on a nutrition substrate and put them into a beaker inside the cheese the embryonic tissues start growing inducing the formation of what's called a callous a massive undifferentiated cells beautiful this will be the breeding ground for the new cinematic embryo that is

the data we collect on the site may be from your registration. it might be from search. you might have searched on a topic. over the christmas holidays i was doing searches on gaming systems because i have three young sons. that is the kind of information we used to make the ads were relevant to consumers. all of that information is used to improve your overall experience. we think it is really important that we be transparent about how that works. we give consumers tools to be able to see what we think you are interested in and be able to modify it. >> you allow consumers to opt out of getting these ads, if i am not mistaken. do you have any figures or sense of how many visitors actually opt out? do you get the sense that consumers are actually taking that extra step? >> the figures are a little bit hard. opt out or managed for cookies. there are a lot of tools that oversee and manage how cookies are stored and kept on a user's browser. very often, users often use third-party tools or themselves go in and to lead their cookies on a regular basis, which means in some res

saving the environment. this is data data generated from an electrical grid from wires streets businesses. when you can harness data you can do things you couldn't do before. prepare for alternative energy sources celebrate the adoption of electric vehicles help prevent blackouts see the data from energy usage as it happens and you can do to do it in places like california and build a smarter energy system that's going to support a claim. hello and welcome to technology update the environment around us is one of staggering biological diversity somehow all held together into the big ten of our planet's ecosystem and while much of the natural world has been here for thousands of years we're just starting a one walk many of its secrets how exactly did all of this get here how do bio systems of all shapes and sizes interact and what's our influence on this process as humans what can we learn from our ecosystem to both help it and perhaps help ourselves these are questions as old as time now getting a fresh look in the twenty

go two seconds after that is when the data is in the system. as time progressive, we get more and mare information, we incorporate it in the system and we update the washing. -- warning. it doesn't change after the first couple of seconds, it stays stable. up in the left is actually a size gram. and this is the ground shaking for the earthquake. this is the time, and this is when the earth erupted and this is when the p wave arrived at the surface and this is the strongest ground shaking where the -- the heights of the size mo gram is greater. and the data that is motted in the maps was available at this times relative to this graham graph. this is why we could say we had the prescription of the ground shaking before it was felt in san francisco. you could also see we're only talking about a few seconds. two, three five seconds warning. and the data at this point was available back here at five seconds. this is 15-second delay was because of how the system was running and we're in the process of reducing that down to five seconds and -- and del

we aggregated the data for african-american students for most programs and grade levels. let's begin with the ethnicities. african-american students, what we found was that in the last two years there has been a 6.3% increase in english language arts. and also when you look at math, it has almost been a 9.% increase in math for -- a 9.2% increase in math for african-american students. a similar thing was seen for latino students, and a similar pattern or trend was seen for latino students. we saw two years in a row for them making significance gains in english language arts and even in math. so over 6%. now, we do see this is closing the achievement gap. it is closing the achievement gap because these grooms have made more gains than the district average. so if we go back to 2006-2007, you will see that the district made a 1.7% improvement, but the targeted groups, only 1.4% and 1.1%. similarly in 2007-2008, it was 1.3% improvement for the district, and the targeted groups only .6% and .7%. and it is only in the last two years where we have match the district average or ex

they have the data on fell to the changes appear reagan -- they have the data. we would look at it with them. there is not widely-collected data. i think is inappropriate to say it has not been done quacks' that reminds me of when they said there are no studies that show of call is not addictive puree get -- not addictive. >> fluoride has been important. it said it has been viewed as well. >> thank you so much. we are going to continue this. >> i want to thank you for your hard work. >> i would like to say that if she would go to the mcdonald's, the toy is enjoying. they are very close to the conversation and your your -- close to the conversation. i am happy, sue. -- too. it is good. >> can i say thank you so much for coming? often, we will ask where you live. >> i know mcdonald's is not so geared for me. >> one district of san francisco >> -- what district of san francisco? >> thank you very much. >> i am just here in case people need translation. who >> what district are you from? >> my name is regina. i am an actress. today i came here because i saw the news

it is too burden some to collect the data. but they have the best data on latinos possible. we were looking at the tobacco cases. philip morse had the best information on latinos. they had it broken down by community and state because they wanted our markets, and they got it. if corporations are doing this level of research, they can clearly tell us and disclose what their executive economies looks like, what their supplier diversity looks like. let me end with this. we had a great session earlier this morning on health care, and we talked about how now there are threats to the health care bill. just as we are starting to make advances, clearly those on the right want to take these advances away. the same thing is happening when it comes to transparency and diversity data. the thrill thropic sector is leading an effort. -- you don't ever have to disclose how many work with you. you don't have to disclose the gender or racial makeup of your board. if you want to discrimination, florida is the place to be. that is basically what they said. surprisingly, there has been no uproar

the area. according to data compiled by a u.s. ivate organization, this brings the total number of isaf casualties this year to 529. the previous high was last year's 521. currently, there are 150,000 international troops in afghanistan. u.s. president barack obama has announced plans to begin pulling out from the country in july 2011, but there's growing concern about the intensifying taliban-led insurgency. >>> hello there. welcome back to your world weather update. quite an active storm system moving across the korean peninsula has brought as much as 250 millimeters in seoul, and that's set to move into japan, really getting the brunt of it today and into your thursday. you can see ample amounts of moisture. there is that risk of flooding across the north, where the ground is already quite saturated. looking at your rainfall accumulation, many areas picking up more than 100 millimeters in the next 24 hours. the west coast picking up up to 150 and accompanying that is going to be some heavy downpours. thunderstorms as well as pos

the tenets of direct marketing are you need data about a potential consumer, and you need analytics. that is what differentiates direct marketing from advertising. that is what differentiates it from what you see on the side of a bus that is not targeted to you as an individual or me as an individual. it is a different thing. i know we all have a tendency to lump advertising and direct marketing together. they really are different. >> again, going back to your interview with david, one of the things he said was that consumers have to understand that information and personal information is a commodity, and that is true. that is absolutely positively true, and it has been true for the last 100 years because that is what direct marketers do. that is what makes them so much more effective than the ad on the side of the bus. that said, if we know that information is a commodity and that is what direct marketers to, then we still get back to the point that consumers have to be comfortable with it, and that is where our self regulation program and our guidelines and what not, and -- come in

information and in realtime put applications now that exist days, in some cases hours after we put the datayou had days weeks and months and the cost to the taxpayers is zero. let me give you specific examples. we have an application showcase. if you go to s.f. data.org, you'll get the data we put up. we're barely getting started, we only have 150 data, we're getting started and tomorrow coincidentally, i'm going to acquire with the ordinance, diane executive order and codify with an ordinance to make san francisco government responsible for putting up thousands of data from every city department. be it the department of environment, be it the department of public works, be it the police department and the fire department, et cetera to do the following. we put muni information up, company out of nowhere comes together and calls roots and takes information that exists so you could go on your p.d.a. and instead of worrying about whether we're on time with the public transit, you could find ow in realtime exactly when the bus will arrive. you got mothers that came together, because -- they act

what year or what -- >> 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. >> so four years. >> i pooled all the data for four years. the point of pooling anything is to create a larger sample so you can be more confident that you're not just having handful of things that can very randomly from one year to the next. >> thank you. >> so we averaged four years worth of test data. and the reason this particular test was chosen, i believe, is that it's a good predictor of student's academic success, or conversely low test scores predict academic problems, or cor -- correlated with academic problems. the geographical areas for which we computed the average test scores, fairly large census track. these are defined by the u.s. census bureau. and office of management and budget. and they're large enough to have large numbers of children living in them. people and children living in them. in cases where the population of students were too small, a combined census track. each one would have minimal random variations, so that i wouldn't falsely identify a census track as having low test scores, because of random variation. th

that is the power of the data, for people to figure out what is working. we don't need to go out and hire the experts from the outside. we have the experts here. we just need to figure out how we exchange information with one another and use the expertise that every teacher brings to a classroom. thank you. >> thank you, doctor. [applause] >> item n, concept calendar resolutions. there are none tonight. item o is a vote on the consent calendar, which has already been moved and seconded. role call, please. >> except for items k 2, k 3 and k 10. are >> and that is a nay vote on those three? >> that is a nay vote on those three. >> thank you. we have a couple for discussion. i have first 2-b on commissioner norton. >> that was mine. i just wanted to receiver that to get an answer to the question that was raised by mr. kelly about the money that was taken out of the child development program. >> yes, i would be happy to answer that question. the child development program created two teacher on special assignment positions this year. one teacher on special assig

the day and week with healthy gains. a better than expected batch of employment data out of the u.s. helped the blue chips crews to their strongest weekly performance since july. >> the west report listed the move at the end of the weekend there was a sigh of relief when the numbers cannot because they had been much better than expected. this report lower to fears that the u.s. could slip again into recession. the german companies are focusing on china. audi reported an increase in sales in china. they would like to make china their biggest market in a few years. >> we are looking at the closing numbers. the dax closing higher. the u.s. stocks 50 also closing higher. across the atlantic on wall street, share prices rallied. the dow closing one and a quarter percent higher. looking very good there. on the currency markets, the euro trading at a value of $1.20. but as for trillion says the cost of its massive gulf of mexico oil spill has now risen to $8 billion, more than double the estimates. -- british petroleum says the cost of its massive gulf oil spill has now risen. they are pled

well i hope that's the challenge for next year because there's every indication from the data flow that next year will be worse than this year because the numbers that we're looking at today and in two thousand and nine and we're already three quarters of the way through two thousand and ten and every trend that made the poverty the severity of poverty worse last year is very much in place this year and i would also add that we have really high poverty numbers here with an actual poverty rate income that you need to get that or less to be considered poor in the united states that's so low if you do a more realistic calculation we really have more like nineteen percent of our public in poverty not not even the fourteen so in some level i would say to president obama it's already worse than it looks and i don't think that's quite good enough as a message when you're failing our economy is failing so many people what would you tell obama to do about these numbers cut taxes more spending how do you see it. well i do think we have structural problems here and why do you think some tax and sp

the raw data is not released, just a paper which is a description of the raw data. >> reporter: but this time, scientists did the opposite. >> we decided for a number of reasons to share all the data that we collect from this study and share it widely on the internet and the results of that have just been amazing. >> reporter: the alzheimers' study followed 800 patients at 50 different centers. the researchers all had instant access to the same data and worked collaboratively to figure out a way to detect alzheimers early on, a potentially significant breakthrough. >> what's extremely interesting is that were seeing signs in the is that we're seeing signs in the completely normal people that they have biomarker signatures for alzheimers disease. >> reporter: so in a way, is this like having real time, open source research? yes, yes, that's exactly what it is, real time open source research. >> reporter: and its research that's both collaborative and patient focused, which chancellor desmond hellmann says has to be the primary academic goal. >> increasingly what people call translational

the world. join us for dick knology update on r g. with i.b.m. . this is data data generated from an electrical grid arnest the data and you can do to do it in california colonel turner diminished resources now from black and. let's go to smarter planet. bizarre to you live from moscow had lines moscow calls on poland to actually died in a tory as terror suspect tainted the country of mexico as political asylum in the u.k. is wanted by russia over atrocities in the north caucasus. preparations for saturday's parliamentary vote in afghanistan are marred by escalating violence the taliban stepping up threats and kidnappings of candidates and election workers. and an attempt on the wife of an alleged top mafia boss right in the city center puts him in hospital vest to gators point out a blood feud and turf war as possible motives behind the attack. now it's time for our report on one caribbean island which is struggling with the presence of a u.s. naval base. because . who is in charge. and i explained to him. what's going to happen. when there's a forty percent u

nearly sixty fish species in habits of all the data including. their famous for their black caviar. is a total ban on fishing in the result of its employees are only allowed to use fishing rods even so the local people will recount their interests and fishing tales. but i can't show how big it was even if i spread my arms to the limit imagine this tall man holding a catfish while part of its tail about half a metre long is on the ground. during high water the fish move to the flood plain to spawn it's here that baby fish scramble out of hard rare data the receding water takes them back to the river. both fry and fish come here after spawning the warm water stimulates underwater vegetation this is a comfortable place for the young it's like a kindergarten. for the time being there are almost new fish in this quite a nursery so the cameraman switches his attention to the plants. couriers fairly strong here it seems this tangle of. service as a filter purifying the water flowing through it. as a result it becomes clear. when i go down there i clearly see that the remote bottom and the s