in house, what we have spent on lacoste's for our staff, we have not taken that out of the projects. hardware, software, and licensing, but without professional staff. >> any questions? >> item 3b, an update on activities affecting the administration of the department. >> we will be revising every single position for the office policy procedures manual for the entire department. we will have subcommittees' doing that to address some of the concerns being brought forth by the comptroller's office and other departments about policies and procedures. >> will you provide progress reports on a monthly basis? >> probably quarterly. this is a huge undertaking, it has not been done since 1996. >> ok. thank you for the effort. a long time coming. commissioners? >> perhaps public comment on items three a through b? >> seeing no one. >> item #4, general public comment. we will take public comment on matters within the commission that are not part of the agenda. >> it is good to have all of these reports, but i feel we are not participating in a democratic process. i was evicted because of the h

and productivity is down and lacoste's are up.ought a 1.8% drop in productivity the largest drop in nearly four years. meanwhile, labor costs rose. >> the next time you go on vacation you might want to pitch your high-tech devices. and kimberly sakamoto. there is no such thing as a day off? >> that is right, and e-mails software says that over 2000 british/american adults and they found that the traditional nine- five workday has disappeared. we cannot stop checking e-mail. two-three americans and british people check their e-mail of some of regular business hours. and both of them regularly check their e-mail while on vacation, home, 60, and even if their home in bed. e-mail is addicting, and it is fueled by peer pressure. respondents feel that it is expected that the keep up with their e-mail. to read all of this what's on the web with kimberlee sakamoto. www.kron.com ♪ >> a programming change to tell you about for friday. nbc will of the giants' game. kron 4 news will have a special edition at 10:00 p.m. dr. phil will be on fri

look what happened to 65-year-old lamar lacoste two weeks ago. two weeks ago. a swarm attacked his head. more than 1,200 stingers were pulled from his body. doctors also removed entire bees from his ears, his nose, his mouth and even his throat. beekeepers found the hive in an old water heater with as many as 70,000 bees inside. unbelievable video. man! >> oh, my gosh. >> yes. what do you even say to that? >> that poor man. >>> all right. there is triple trouble in the tropics this morning now that tropical storm karl has formed and could threaten mexico's caribbean coast. that's in addition to two huge hurricanes we've been hearing about, igor and julia. new pictures of those hurricanes were captured by the crew of the international space station. igor could develop into the strongest hurricane in years at a category 5. it could hit bermuda in a few days. as for hurricane julia, it also looks huge but forecasters predict it will not be a major threat. >> with that, here's a look at your wednesday weather. wet weather in the pacific northwest. on the rest of th