right here, we have a dual-flush toilet. this toilet uses 1.6 gallons on the full flush and 0.9 on the half less. >> what happened? >> it automatically opens. this is a fancy toilet. we can get to that later. >> this is the half loss, which is how many? >> 0.9. so it is very good toilet, water-saving. and then the other kind of toilet that saves water is and 1.28 gallons a flush. >> i know when people first started selling and installing the 1.6, there were problems with it was not clear in the bowl and all of that. have those generally been resolved? >> yes, they have come out with a lot of new technologies, and the flushing systems are a lot more powerful. this toilet in particular has the new double cyclone feature, which shoots out of the rim and the bowl. let's look at it. shoots out here and here, so it cleans the ball really well as it flushes. >> there are lots and lots of brands. this is just one brand. these are manufactured in japan? >> these are manufactured all over the world. they have two factories in georgia

. >> they are just flushed red. they are fire engine r ? >> reporter: it's more than a red face.. people who flush like this 22- year-old seen on the left before and on the right after drinking alcohol don't make enough of a key enzyme that helps you metabolize alcohol. here's how it works. when you drink it turns into a toxic chemical that can damage dna. it then breaks it into acetate which is not toxic in the body. if there is not enough enzyme, acid al dehyde builds up. that increases cancer chances. >> i have never heard of that about. so definitely something to think about. >> reporter: only 20% of patients with esophogeal cancer survive three years after diagnosis and that's why prevention is so important. while it can affect anyone it occurs in roughly 1/3 of east asians. and smoking compounds the problem for those who are deficient and further increases the risk of esophogeal cancer. >> so in this instance can people get used to this? >> unfortunately, yes. folks who inherit two bad genes tend to be very, very sensitive to alcohol and they just will stop drinking. but if

the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out. >> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on o

. >> they are just flushed red.in fire engine red. >> reporter: whether it's called the asian flush or asian glow, it's more than a red face. it's a red flag. people who flush like this 22- year-old seen on the left before and on the right after drinking alcohol don't make enough of a key enzyme that helps you metabolize alcohol. here's how it works. when you drink it turns into a acid aldehyde a toxic chemical that can damage dna. it then breaks it into acetate which is not toxic in the body. if there is not enough enzyme, acid aldehyde builds up causing flushing, nausea and rapid heartbeat and with continued drinking a six to ten field increase in esophogeal cancer information that may change drinking behavior. >> definitely, i have never heard of that before. so definitely something to think about. >> reporter: only 20% of patients with esophogeal cancer survive three years after diagnosis and that's why prevention is so important. while this enzyme deficiency can affect anyone, it occur this is roughly a third o

with the promenade, would have some of the raised sections made flush to achieve width. there would be a number of other improvements done to maintain the circulation corridor. in addition to the description of the zones, criteria include guy ands in several other categories. promenade furnishings are standard side furnishes. they are standard to the embarcadero used throughout. they are benches, litter containers and signs and would state where they would be placed. for tenant furnishes to allow tenants to have individual i'd if i -- identification would be there. ferry building cafe criteria. this applies to the 30-foot width zone on the city side of the ferry building. the two cafes have their zones and the market uses take place. it provides direction for how overhell railings and conversation may be used. also for covered outdoor dining areas adjacent to bulk head buildings partially encloseded so that cafe diners can extend the season and time of day of use of those while being outside of the primary dining structures. there were five sites designated within that a

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people want to flush their toilets and have things go away and not be bothersome again. we do a lot to try to accomplish that. i'd like to invite you to come back any time you want. once you got this in your blood, you are not going to be able to stay away. the raging waters are fun and when we do digester cleaning i really hope you can come back. that's quite a sight. >> yeah, that sounds interesting. >> i really appreciate you coming by and it was a >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects.

commissioner garcia: i think this board does a good job, may be too good of a job, of flushing up the issue. i think enough questions are asked that we are better off, but i think the only thing left is for us to vote on it. commissioner hwang: i feel that the seven-minute opening is rather a long. it is a regurgitation. i would suggest that people did not regurgitate their written material in their oral presentations, and that could signal mcginley reduce the time. i think having a rebuttal would be a good idea. >> one thing to remember is that briefing is not mandatory, so the party 7 option to not submit any briefing and choose to make their arguments solely to the board. through oral presentation. something that supposed to be done. >> we have the opening brief or if they decide to hear someone reading their opening papers. i am just kidding. i would be inclined to extend the time for rebuttal. this is pretty short, especially on complicated cases. >> we to extend this by asking questions. >> you can't always do that. if you can extend by simply saying that you -- >> ok. >> do you

. >> they are saying thatted body just flushes away this frozen fat. >> the fat cells commit suicide. >> they die off and you get ready -- get rid of it. >> is it expensive. >> 1500 to 3,000 depending on the physician who is applying it. they say it's as popular right now as botox, which is extremely popular, especially here in the bay area. >>> an unusual member of a danville family has disappeared. a metal dinosaur was stolen sometime between monday night and tuesday night. that sculpture was bought in 2006. it even has a name, emily and they are hopeful she will be return. >> i know there are a lot of world disasters, but the dinosaurs, we will felt like he protected our house and he was a happy part of our lives. >> the sculpture stands 5 feet tall and is 10 feet wide. eileen has posted missing dinosaur fliers all around the neighborhood, but so far there have been no leads. anyone with information is asked to call danville police. >>> a landmark is making a comeback and it is for real this time. the -- the old restaurant is on highway 17. plans to reopen the restaurant in 2009 we

owens with the flush. game tied at 9 but the cardinals with zero assists in the first half. the bulldogs go on a 20-4 run, then the great pass, butler up 19 at the half. howard would open up the second half. ten straight points, and the bank is open right here on this floater. he had 27. but larry rowtz stanford, 83-50. >> in berkeley, mop comery and cal hosting cal poly. donohue fines hansen. cal poly down 33-28. later in the half, for three from the corner. money. bears up 42-39. then off the mix, sanders, there for the followup. 15 points, 10 boards, cal up five. a minute to play. giewt -- giewt tier res, the dagger. cal gets the victory. >> that's the tempo i like to play. forced teams to play like that. >> they slowed it down and played their tempo, and that made us less aggressive, and obviously the clock is ticking, and it's either do or die as far as winning. so that puts pressure on us. >> mike: at the wooden classic in anaheim, st. mary's wins over long beach state. >>> let the bowls begin. you couch potatoes hunker down. 35 bowls in 24 days. big fun for college fo

commissioner garcia: i think this board does a good job, may be too good of a job, of flushing up the issue. i think enough questions are asked that we are better off, but i think the only thing left is for us to vote on it. commissioner hwang: i feel that the seven-minute opening is rather a long. it is a regurgitation. i would suggest that people did not regurgitate their written material in their oral presentations, and that could signal mcginley reduce the time. i think having a rebuttal would

the baseline flush in the fourth and the nuggets won it. >>> speaking of dunks, demar rosen threw down the best of the year. he exploded to the rim, but it wasn't enough. bobcats won it, 97-91. >>> funny moment in the rockets king game. would you like some popcorn? don't mind if i do. rockets won it, 118-105. college basketball after pushing michigan state, oakland beat unranked tennessee. oakland won it. two streets on the line in phillybut only one continues this morning. sydney crosby had two assists bringing his streak 19. the flyers snapped the penguins 12-game win streak. >>> an unfortunate moment in a high school game in florida. desoto high's player got into it with another player. collin responded after being ejected from the game by pushing the referee. before you knew it, he put him in a bear hug and threw him to the floor. collin was restrained and taken out of the building. he's been suspended & from the team and from school. >>> a married pair of hollywood heavyweights decide to go their separate ways. that's your early look at sports on "early today." your early morning

there is also the economy, and we do have about 10% vacancies in office, using less water when they flush the toilet or wash their hands, and that is that we just have less water uses. -- usage. we also look at how quickly hotel and restaurant sales are recovering. we're looking to see if there is any upsurge or uptick in economic activity there, because bakeries and breweries use more water, and offices use some come in residences use some. -- use some, and residences use some. i know commissioner torres is monitoring the situation, as well. this shows the actual rates we have adopted, the rate changes we have adopted, and the yellow is showing that we stay and are able to stay -- we are able to do that on the retail side up until 2013, 2014, just as planned. now, once we get to 2014, 2015, because we have lower deliveries to retail customers, if that trend continues, we have to ask for a 12% rate increase for fiscal year 2014-2015. that 2% additional need is because we're using less water, not because costs went up more than planned. and there are the three key factors. those include ho

with regards to prop1b and prop1b, flush out the reason why we need to work on advocacy? can you speak about how this relates to this money and what is necessary? >> the bond fund, as was mentioned, represents a need opportunity to leverage bond funds for the grant process. that said, the goal of the financial plan the agency will be submitting in february is designed to represent a fully funded, committed program to the federal transit administration. that said, the bond funds are still subject to other actions beyond the control of the city, agency. so one of the challenges we have before us is to demonstrate this money can be included within the state budget, allocated within the program in a timely fashion so as not to harm the delivery of the program or require the agency to initiate some short-term financing in order to move the program along. that said, this challenges doable with advocacy. as the executive director said, the program has a means of leveraging this money, it has a means of advocacy to include the $34 million and prop1a to the state budget. the calif

they have been using backups from the sea to flush his toilets. the big question -- how long are people going to have to carry water home? >> we are hoping in the east belfast area of the situation will improve in the afternoon. i would say it could be early next week before everyone has a supply. >> they are trying to restore supplies as quickly as possible, and they say they are doing all but they can. they have engineers working on it, but there are some who feel northern ireland's politicians should be held accountable. >> they are not doing their work right. they cannot be in management. >> people are expecting politicians to come up with a way of ensuring it will never happen again. >> britain's queen elizabeth has become a great grandmother. the canadian-born wife of her son peter gave birth yesterday. the official word is the queen is delighted. it would be a story if she was not. >> the great grandchild was born at the cluster -- the gloucester hospital. the baby will be 12 in line for the throne. they married in windsor in 2008. from can

using it to flush the toilet. >> there is nobody answering phones. my daughter is staying with us for a couple of days. on the computer, we found there was water begin here. >> the company responsible for the entire network is a government-owned commercial company. >> they have assured me they're trying to resolve all of these problems. they have issues with contact because of the volume of calls that has come in. i have been constantly in touch with them to make sure they are doing everything in their part. >> northern ireland water says its reservoirs are running low and has urged people to look for leaks on their own properties. the company has never experienced a problem on this scale before. all parts of northern ireland have been affected and are likely to remain so for days to come. and dean martin, bbc news, belfast. >> andy martin, bbc news, belfast. >> there is new evidence that neanderthal man eight cooked vegetables and cook their food. >> this is the vegetable of neanderthal succumb and there was no chemical analysis of their bones. atis

people want to flush their toilets and have things go away and not be bothersome again. we do a lot to try to accomplish that. i'd like to invite you to come back any time you want. once you got this in your blood, you are not going to be able to stay away. the raging waters are fun and when we do digester cleaning i really hope you can come back. that's quite a sight. >> yeah, that sounds interesting. >> i really appreciate you coming by and it was a our court is miss stokes. >> please turn off all cellular phones and pagers. copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will appear on the december 21 agenda, unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: please call item number one. >> resolution approving annual report to the city for fisherman's wharf community benefits district and for the port side community benefit the district for fiscal years 2006- 2007, 2007-2008, and 2008-2009. >> actually, can i use this mic? good morning. my name is lisa and i am with the office of economic and work- force development. before you today i