it is not safe for our customers, and especially the visually impaired. anything could happen, and it is muni's policy not to double park. normally what i do, if i can safely go in behind, i pull in the zone, offload my customers, load the customers that are waiting for me. when the bus in front of the leaves, i will pull to the front for the customers that did not see me. >> sometimes, the bus pulls up, and there is stuff in my way because the boys -- bus has not pulled up right in front of me. i have to figure out how to get around or through. i have to navigate through all of that in order to get onto the bus. >> when i pick up a visually impaired customers, i like to pull up right in front of them, make sure nothing is in the way so they can walk right on the coach. >> okay, take one big step forward. >> when i drop off a visually impaired customers, make sure you do not pull up at the shelter. you want to give them a straight shot so they can go to the left or the right. you want to pull in front or behind the shelter. never around any trees or pose.

to maintain the visual interest, the neighborhood is important. that'd be compatible with nearby buildings. a single building out of context with its surroundings can be disruptive to the neighborhood character." despite meetings between the neighbors and the colemans, we have not been able to reach an agreeable solution. i submit that the proposed project is not consistent with the design policies and guidelines of the general plan and with the following residential design guidelines. it does not maintain the neighborhood identity, nor does it help to find or contributed positively to the existing visual context. these are all from the residential design guidelines. the building scale is not compatible with the existing scale at the street level, the 100 block of laidley, and certainly not with the adjacent buildings on fairmount. is not consistent with the height and depth of the surrounding buildings. it does not preserve the existing visual character because it is not compatible with the patterns and architectural features of the buildings. as

that mike give us a little better visual sense of what the impact of these particular buildings are going to be. it is supposed to serve the neighborhood. more than one person has come forward and said there are people from all over the city coming here. i don't know if that is an appropriate discussion. but some consideration for that issue, and maybe take a look. i don't know if this is private or not. if we can see what the membership. commissioner borden: the follow- up to that thought, a new club specifically. if you look at projections between existing and that new facilities, whatever the impact will be is relative to a more modern club. i think it is important to address the things the referenced like the underground drug and the water table. i am sure some of the statements about the section needs to be better examined looking at all of the actual impact on pedestrians. and looking at other sort of parking and strategies that might make sense for that area. otherwise, those were just a few things that i thought of. commissioner miguel: i think commissioner sugaya's comments about

they do a very good job in visualizing this. you can turn this into something that is much easier to understand than just the numbers. i have a hard time keeping my attention on this. when you move from one to the other and later the information has described, this is very smart. i want to be very honest, and i hope that some of the visualization -- i will be very happy to take this out. >> one of the future projects is the population, this is the map that you saw. and we would probably do it again, at this district level. and the neighborhood level. i think that people who are more visually inclined will have an easier time understanding what this will say. >> it really speaks of a powerful role of policy, where we have the benefit of shaping the demographics of the city. >> one thing that we would like to emphasize is that we have prepared what we call the profiles at a glance, with the socioeconomic profile. and the cities, by the neighborhood. this is about 38 neighborhoods that we have chosen. the board of supervisors' dist

and again, i want to create a visual of the reality -- >> thank you.can i ask you a quick question because i am very concerned about tokens. do you run out of tokens quickly? >> no. what we do and i agree with l.j. is that the monitoring committee will come in at 6:00 to 6:30 and we're feeding the supervisors tokens and they aren't under lock and tea. we normally get 200 to 300 tokens and we have a log we keep and in order to get more tokens so we're never hout, we got to miss briana moore's office to get them and we're always casting off and taking on. and again, h.s.a. can probably speak to when do we give out a token and when can't we give out a token. supervisor kim: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am kim armpinster from glide. i would like to speak to the toning issue. it's rare that we do not have tokens to give to our clients. we issue two tokens so they have transportation to the shelter. and we track each the oak than we give out on a log that h.s.a. provides. during the most recent -- there was a statistic ci

of the science i mean for us for ordinary people it was a revolution of the visuals and a science and you took a chance you took a risk what about scientists in space researchers now can can they take a chance to gamble or are the stakes too high budgets to tie up. it's becoming more difficult when funding is in. there is greater pressure to come up with a result and of course it's very it's much easier to come up with a result when you don't take a risk when you're doing something where you already know it's likely to give you a positive result but of course the great discoveries are those in which you're completely unexpected and therefore you cannot anticipate and i believe for the progress of science it is essential that there be risk takers and i think it's important for the people in the political world to fund expensive scientific projects to realize that it is important for the march of science for the march of human knowledge that a certain amount of risk taking be undertaken just to make sure one more time for you this on a sea of the humble what's more important the facts o

make sure one more time for you this odyssey of the humble what's more important the facts or the visual effect that that's mind boggling for us. the facts the facts yes so what's more important is it more important for you to see a beautiful picture and we can say that that's art and that's important or is it more important for you to realize that there's a discovery that tells you something about the origins of life even if that image is not pretty i would say it is the increased understanding of the universe that comes even from an image that is not very pretty to me that has much more of value then something is beautiful although that of course does have you itself but you asked me as a taxpayer i think. that depends upon your. humans do you value art and depicting something bad is beautiful more. fundamental understanding you also said that we're now experiencing the golden age of astronomy we still have that opinion maybe you are even with budget cuts. because this extends over a period of sun years we're going through difficult periods now in the past few years but when i talk abo

it's important for either side to paint visual term r term knowledge and visual pictures what that looks like, removing the skull and like dr. michael baden was saying, that brain matter in there, that will put all the pieces together for the very analytical jurors that want to dot every i. julie: that's all the time we have, susan constantit and dr. michael baden, thank you very much for your expertise. >>> fox news alert for you, that wildfire burning in new mexico is now the largest in state history. the fire near the los alamos nuclear lab is burning more than 100,000 acres. the flames are only 4 percent contained at this hour, and more than 1000 firefighters are battling this thing on the scene right now, they're lighting backfires to remove the brush and other fuels, the area, very dry. it can quickly ignite. we're going to have a live report from new mexico in the next hour. >>> and a stunning reversal in the sexual assault case against dominic strauss-kahn, why the former imf chief could soon be a free man. >>> plus, republican leaders under increasing pressure to sign the debt l

what i wanted to do just to have a visual is a breakdown of the site inspection violations for the second quarter. when we to our inspections, there are four categories of the standards of care fall into. the first is that i have the facility and access and this represents 53% of the violations in that category. the second category, 33% of the violations were in that category followed by american disability act category. 8% were not categoric and than 6% were in staff and that has to do with treating clients with dignity and respect and the overall safety of the clients. because i am covering two quarters, i thought it would be important to present a comparison between the complaints and then for the rest of the presentation focus on the most current quarterly report because as you can see here on the chart, the percentage of complaints is very similar with facility and access being 37 and 35 respectively. the staff, 33%. that just gives a good idea of what categories the complaints are falling into and that has been consistent for the past two quarters. the standard care complaints by ca

you have to simply visualize the way underground garages are, that cars are coming up at an angle. there is often a central pillar between in an outbound. a driver coming out may not see somebody coming from the other side. there is often the fact that also drivers look across pavement while waiting for car traffic, when a lawyer, it means the sidewalk is block, which means the pedestrian has to go out into a curb or traffic lane or go down partly the ramp to get out of the car, or be stuck between and in bound and outbound car. here again, that is not responsive. they say there is no danger, but i'm also going to point out state law -- statewide integrated traffic control system does not record collisions that are not in the street. driveways and parking lots are exempt, so you do not know from state data how many pedestrians are injured at an entrance. that is why this is incomplete, under responsive, and reliable, and just that one section of simple facts on file in practice now that i'm going to say what else is wrong. the top of muni having additional services projected, but t

when put in perspective, you can see the box, but it is not having the visual impact. lastly, to conclude, it does have a state wide franchise from thus utilities commission to place it in the right of they have determined of the equipment is exempt under ceqa. we received those permits on december 7, and are equal and is smaller than the existing equipment. we ask that you uphold this permit. vice president garcia: would nextg be compliant of the other standard were applied? >> yes. vice president garcia: who owns that other box? >> i found that no identification on that other box. some of those boxes are not marked. vice president garcia: thank you. >> thank you very much. we will hear from the department now. >> good evening, commissioners. i am from the department of public works. i need to provide a little history on this permit specifically. at the permit received an application from nextg networks ouon august 15. it was found this location is on a significant street, and on august 18 we submitted a referral to the planning department with plans and photo sims, t

when put in perspective, you can see the box, but it is not having the visual impact. lastly, to conclude, it does have a state wide franchise from thus utilities commission to place it in the right of they have determined of the equipment is exempt under ceqa.

. >> i think bus drivers might not be aware of the fact that if you let a visually impaired person off at the wrong stop, number one, they may be absolutely unfamiliar with the area they are in. >> the driver overshot the stock that i wanted. i decided to get off and find my way back, but it was very disorienting, not exactly understanding how far i was. number 2, it might be a potentially dangerous situation if they do not know the area and are attempting to make crossings that they are unfamiliar with. >> they let me off somewhere else. i had no idea where i was. i missed the stop, and the bus was gone. then, i look around. i tried to find someone to help me, and i cannot find anybody. i would have no way of knowing where i am at. >> [inaudible] i asked why he did not stop when i asked. we did not panic. we do not know where we are. we do not know what is going on. i get over there, and right away, i almost got killed. >> #3, it's the person in question is trying to get somewhere, it is going to make them late for whatever they are doing. >> i had to find my way to a corner and ask s

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visually, it is compelling.terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the african-american community. it is a tradition that came from africa, has its roots in africa, but during slavery, this was a combination of things. one was a way to be able to communicate with each other, a way to create beautiful objects, and a way to create functional, utilitarian objects for the family and community. the other part that makes it so interesting is the focus on jazz. there are two attritions being celebrated here. certainly, the tradition as we know it -- these are not traditional quilts. they have their roots in traditional aspects, but what you will find in this exhibition are works that include materials on the surface, new processes, copying, and putting photographic images on the surface. you will find packets sewn onto the surface, so the methodol

it cracks it is one of the greatest visual resources in the world. 14 million pictures. if greg's we have over 18,500 cases -- >> we have over 18,500 cases. " the george washington papers have about 65,000 papers. we have the george washington papers with 27,000 items. >> without this we would not be able to tell the story of our past or explore the important personalities or major events in the history of this country. >> and that is what this place does. whether through books, manuscripts, but music, maps, photos, movies, they all mark the pivotal events of the evolution of the united states and the world. >> in 1948 alone, just to give you a small snapshot, we really cried the -- reacquired the george bain collection. >> 40,000 last plate negatives, the first fighter news agency in america. gregg's it could take you 24 years -- >> it could take 24 years to see them all. if you spend 10 minutes with each map in the library of congress, it would take you over 100 years to see them all. and what about books? with each book would spend the 2000 years. and the jefferson te

it would have minimal visual impact. one thing i think has been created by the denial of the letter of determination. it is a hardship by denying that our clients the structures others have had the opportunity to enjoy. the product is not controversial. i think there are proponents here that will speak tonight. we would like to have a consideration. i think brett would say a few things. >> my name is brett poffenbarger. our goal is to make a green space. this is the backyard for our house, for our child to play in. i think it has a positive visual impact for the neighborhood. even buildings that can see it will see a park-like structure with greenery. we want to make it safe and accessible from our unit so that our child will be able to go up there and be safe from falling off the walls using windscreens. that is all i have to say. thanks. >> thank you. mr. sider? >> thank you, commissioners. i am actually a little heartened by what the appellants have to say in this case. there was a presentation a few minutes ago about

we need to visualize. >> well, the problem is...lty i think for america is afghanistan hasn't been stable since, i guess, hannibal. (laughter) so the idea that we could stay there... (laughter). they don't appear to want to be stabilized so i mean... i guess the problem is can we really do that? can we do that for a country and is pakistan going to give them the room that they would need to do that or would they perhaps try and have some influence with the taliban adds well? >> well, first of all, i think afghanistan was stable since centuries. >> jon: well, obviously i was being humerus. (laughter) ... humorous. >> they had an agreement. the ethnic groups decided to stay together under the monarchy. the problems started 1979 when the monarch was... when the king was deposed and that's where this... where the war that they had, that glue that held them together was no more than there and the trouble started when the soviets came in. so that's what we're trying to repair now. and, indeed, they are not a country which can have democra

visually, this involution sees the logo representing the next elements of the racing boats, in the shape, and as well as the host city of san francisco. you can see a subtle reference, maybe not so subtle reference to the towers of the golden gate bridge. and finally, the cup itself has been streamlined, while also retaining the most beautiful shape of the oldest trophy in the world. we are also revealing the louis vuitton cup mark as well. for this logo, they began with the halls and ships of the -- hulls and sails of the new boats. and by playing with that, they transformed the vote into a graphic and modern flag which has become the louis vuitton mark. the brick red signifies the interior color of the leather goods. i would like to recognize former america's propecup skipper louio is representing louis vuitton. we appreciate you being here. [applause] we know that you spent a lot of time on an airplane to be here today. i also want to talk about the america's cup world series, the professional circuit that will bring all of the teams and america's cups to port cities around the globe.

overhangs and other visual deterrent and on the right, a visual rendering of the transbay terminal that shows printed glass that prevents an open aesthetic -- presents an openness that it for pedestrians. these are few of the existing applications for bird safe treatment. these products are produced every year by engineers and scientists and building material companies i know there should be company representatives that can talk about the work they produce new or options include the use of patterns which can be seen here. a surface that looks pretty clear but birds are able to see the markings on the glass and it comes in and also under development is a photo voltaic wall. these present multi-purpose options. now that we have talked about the problem and some technical solutions, that brings us to the bird said proposal to address the issue. staff have prepared a three- pronged approach. first is the establishment of requirements for the most hazardous conditions. next is education and outreach and educate project sponsors and tenants. finally, creation and expansion of programs to enco

great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visualxpression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of purposes. but i think it is also important to try to pull at the strings inside people. >> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level of not knowing what we are losing and we need to link species loss to habitat loss and really focuses much on the habitat. >> of course the overall mission of the academy has to do with two really fundamental and important questions. one of which is the nature of life. how did we get here? the second is the challenge of sustainability. if we are here how are we going to find a way to stay? these questions resonated very strongly with maya. >> on average a species

. >> i think that if you use the power of your mind and just keep positive and just visualize, it visualize myself walking, one day i will. >> reporter: hopeful to beat the odds, she's got plenty right now to keep smiling. >> if i don't come out tof, i'm going to live life in a while chair and i'm going to make the best of it. and i'm still going to be successful. >> reporter: in the east bay, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> the clock is ticking right now as the deadline for congress and the president to reach a deal on the debt ceiling is fast approaching. as the top democrat and republican from the house met with the president at the white house this afternoon, the republican leader of the senate announced he has spoken with the president as well and, quote, is confident and optimistic they'll reach an agreement in the very near future. the top democrat in the senate shot back at republicans today. >> republicans have taken america hostage, threatening to undermine the economy and disrupt the essential business of government unless they get policy concessions they never would have

but with science visualization using everything we know about plants, we can observe the process of photo synthesis. kind of like a movie. >> our main job is taking the deluge of data and trying to make sense of it visually. >> at the heart of it, 200 core computers linked to a server system that can deliver the pop that is needed. >> it opened the pop to a range of thomas that no one explained. >> this has previously been available to the department of defense. in virtual testing of the nuke leerl art noel. now that same technology is letting school tips take a look at mars with oceans. >> museums have always put scientific specimens and collections in front of visitors. >> now we can take digital collections. digital information and put it in context for our visitors. >> go to cbssf.com. click on connect to send me your good question. pitchers in ex >>> today the giants called up brian from the minor leagues. >> he had a rough day yesterday. he's going i struck out four times and get called up, that's not a bad thing. >> more strikeouts last night in the minors. what did he do with his

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