barbara garcia is doing a good job and in a certain sense, i don't think too many people have missed dr. katz recently. in summary, i think that this is a good resolution. i think that they're doing a good job. thank you. >> thank you. >are there other members of the public that wish to speak on item number 5? we have a motion to move forward with recommendation and a second and we will do that without objection. item number six please. >> item number six, ordinance approved in the second amendment to the contact between the city and county of san francisco and at the united states, through the department of energy western area power administration, for delivery of low-cost power and scheduling coordinator services to treasure island and the yerba buena island. >> we bring to you today the second amendment to our existing contract with the western area power administration for providing full load services to treasure island. the treasury currently provide services to treasure island and yerba buena island. the puc entered into an agreement with the department of energy for the delivery of cle

katz. a new study says dentists could screen millions of americans for diabetes and high blood pressure. dr. kim explains. >> reporter: liz, don't be surprised if your dentist starts asking a few key health questions or running some quick health tests. this new study suggests it could be very good medicine. >> come on in. >>> reporter: she visits her dentsist more than she sees her primary care physician. >> i just saw him and i hadn't seen him for two years he told me. >> had you seen your dentist in less than two years? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: a new study shows siegel is not alone. 20million americans visit the dentist at least once a year but do not see their doctor. researcher dr. sheila strauss says the findings suggest dentists can do a lot more as healthcare providers. >> there is truly an opportunity for a dentist to do some screening and then can refer patients who screen positive for systemic disease to their primary care provider. >> reporter: getting dentists to screen patients for disease would add a few more minutes to the visit and experts say it would be relatively inexpens

katz professor at weill cornell medical college. and once again my co-herself is dr. eric kandel. he is a nobel laureate, a professor at columbia university d a howard hughes medical investigator. this is going to be fun. tell me, is it really true that one of the great questions is about consciouess? >> it is the greatest question in all of science and certainly the deepest question in all of brain science. and the amazing thing is as we sensed in last year's program that this is an area of knowledge that we thought was very primitive and i think what we're going to learn today is that an amazing amount of progress has occurred in the last decade and a half. we not only have a better unrstanding of unconscious processes but also of conscious processes and of disorders of consciousness. and we're going to learn a lot from this. to begin with, it's important to realize consciousness is not a unitary faculty of mine. there ardifferent stages that range from coma to deep sleep to waking up from sleep to stumblingaround, to recognizing people, to enjoy, being present with people, to i