office arbitrarily coming here and saying, you know what, we have $750,000 and it will be given to the lancet. that is not how it is done in san francisco. the district attorney's office has been very negligent. not only in this matter, but in the community response network. someone needs to audit the district attorney's office when it comes to this type of grant and restoration of justice. here in san francisco we have various to constituents that will not just accept people coming here and making general statements and giving such large sums of money to an institution that is already valid. thank you very much supervisor chiu:chiu are there -- thank you very much. supervisor chiu: public comment on this item is closed. are there any final comments from the district attorney's office? >> supervisor, thank you. to respond to the gentleman's comments, i want to be sure that we have done our homework on the matter. we have looked at all of the data done on returning offenders over the last couple of years. we have consulted with the adult probation department about their needs. we feel very sec

the analysis, published in the lancet, links de it usage and it's hard to society.ocaine is found to be almost equally harmful. ecstasy and lsd are among the least damaging. the report's conclusion is that aggressively targeting alcohol halls is a valid and necessary public health strategy, and the present drug classifications systems have little relation to the evidence of harm. a separate scientific paper, also published today, spoke to portugal's policy of decriminalizing all illicit drugs. this did not lead to major reductions in problematic years. the home office recently made it clear it had no intention of following the portuguese model. mark houston, bbc news. >> this is world news today. these are our main headlines. british security officials say the crucial tip off on the parcel bomb plot came from of former al-qaeda member. and new restrictions on airspace are being introduced following the terror scale. germany restricts passenger flights to and from yemen. let's stay with those stories and the terror of dirt and mud of the developments on friday. from

the doctor's findings are published in the medical journal "lancet." >>> some of our nation's bravest wounded warriors have a new tool to heal after leaving the battlefield. amputees at san antonio's brook army medical center are getting back on their feet with a bionic power foot system. it uses sensors and a moater to propel the foot through each step, keeping simple walking from being a drain on people who have lost a leg. >> felt like a real leg again. it just helps out a lot. takes the strain off my back, my hips. i don't feel as tired at the end of the day. >> over the past four months, a dozen wounded warriors, who fought in iraq and afghanistan, have been fitted with the new power foot. >> that's cool. >> i like that. that's wonderful. congratulations. >>> all right. it's friday. time for the weekend. >> this is going to be a good weekend. if you've got plans this weekend, you have the homeless work tomorrow morning, the maryland game or maybe going to see fed ex or rake your leaves, it will work out for enthusiasm weekend. i suggest you do it this weekend because next weekend

the findings are in the british medical journal "lancet."cambodia this was a national day of mourning. the prime minister wept at a memorial service near the site of monday's deadly stampede. graphic video shows the horror of what happened. police say people leaving a festival panicked when a bridge began to sway. more than 350 people were trampled to death, nearly 400 others were hurt. the crew of a fishing boat has made the catch of the day in the south pacific picking up three teenagers who were assumed lost at sea. they were discovered drifting in a small aluminum boat near fiji, 800 miles from the new zealand island they'd left 50 days earlier. the first mate of the fishing boat spoke by phone to the bbc. >> glor: teens are described as dehydrated and severely sunburned. they survived, they say, on a small supply of coconuts, rainwater and a seagull they caught. up next here, ashley judd's role of a lifetime. ? football field. at six. >> glor: there are two parts to this uniquely american holiday. there's the thanking, showing gratitude

definite want to watch and not before from sophie on if they do any a superb finish as well allowing the lancet to cruise with a is into the last sixteen over the course of the world. and a focal but now thursday night edition and it was a clash between two of the best teams in the league with the atlanta falcons hanging on against the fourth quarter comeback by the baltimore ravens here is major os above with the highlights of the atlanta falcons seventeen and one at home with matt ryan as quarterback going into this contest against joe flacco in the baltimore ravens fourth quarter as one would pick up the action ryan finds waddy wife in the end zone for the score but the falcons didn't go for the two point conversion meaning is just a thirteen point game with plenty of time left in the corner. so joe flacco really sees to back him this thing just over a minute on the clock flacco canasta with tired and todd heap and just like that baltimore is up by a point and didn't even need more than that he was doing a fifty for three hundred sixty yards and on this final drive how about this huge third

in a trial of 100 patients reported in the lancet journal, have achieved -- have had this device implanted and there are three, next to nerves going into the kidney, delivering a burst of radio frequency energy. this knocked out the nerve, which plays a key role in blood pressure control, and stopped under from sending signals to the brain. most of those who had treatment obtained substantial reductions in blood pressure, cutting their risk of cardiovascular disease. those involved in the trial that has the potential to save thousands of lives per year. >> we rarely expect to see big drops in blood pressure with further changes in medication. it to be able to drop somebody's blood pressure by this much as a result of a relatively simple, quick procedure is groundbreaking. >> fred could not keep his blood pressure under control. after having the kidney procedure, it is substantially lower and he dreams of one day coming off medication. >> i went for the operation, which to me has worked wonders. hopefully no more tablets. >> fred is trying to keep fit, another key to lowering blood pressure

scums out there so you know what the number of dead in iraq in the hundreds of thousands support the lancet report which talks about up to a million civilians dead that's the blood of thurman's husbands hedge fund his hands your gripping and blood because you're a murderer you support murder ok now come on the show defend yourself oh that's right you're too busy swilling it up with your small friends and your coward otherwise you'd be on the show otherwise you defend yourself but you're not there you are so shut up. only fink is interviewed in this article for the wall street journal he's a hedge fund manager and a tory party treasurer and he says yes to the average man in the street they do look at a scene but they do an incredible amount of good then do any good to talk about five or ten million dollars in charity versus bankrupting the economy putting millions out of work people starving to death these are the charlatans that are destroying the economy they're not doing anything good in the wall street journal of course is the poster child for the rag it's murdoch's rag that he puts out

security that it would be based on with them the principles that all the names of the countries in the lancet carry it here we are interested for all the upcoming good forums including russia e.u. summit in december to bring serious results was over and to be concluded that she would like them in your record needing our common policy in european affairs we also had an exchange of views on some issues such as them where our countries are coppery together in various formats for example the proofs that the three plus three group that deals with iran's nuclear program used to influence all so we are all interested in resuming the talks as soon as possible and we urge to run to assume a constructive position on the proposals that we have made and we hope that possibly talks could be resumed this month already let's go to one of the workers wall so we agree with germany that a deal. efforts by the international community are necessary will suit on blog the blind ala situation in the middle east talks and we will get the group promote such an approach in an active way going to the us you know in jun

the study is in the lancet journal. >>> a look at the top business stories. >>> a great inexpensive dinner recipe. >> pork tenderloin. >>> and judy wang joins us. >>> and today's hearing not off to an emotional start. the victim was unable to get on the stand and read her own victim impact statement. she wiped away tears. the judge said that he has been working in the courthouse for 25 years, 17 of those as a judge, he has seen a lot. he did not hold back when he was expressing his disgust at the actions of the defendant n september two women were convicted of battery. jealousy was the reason for the attack. they were jealous a man they both dated started dating the victim. they recruited three teens to pour acid on her outside of her home in july of 2008. they beat her with a bat and stole her purse to make it look like a robbery t left her disfigured. she suffered burns and undergone 17 operations. the defendants had separate juries. it took one about an hour to convict garcia, the other two hours to convict the other defendant. through her statement she talked about the pain she feels d

christopher lancet. chris, are you not here tonight? no. has described the contest, the change in a wonderful article, "we are the champions." he has interviewed our winners. and as we present the awards tonight, i'm going to attempt a little mini interview myself so we have a chance to hear from all of our winners before we meet them personally in the reception that follows. finally, carol reminded me and we just got these out, she generously -- she and gene generously brought copies of the benny's catalog for her series, americana. this was a show in florida in october 2007 through january 2008. sadly, james finley just died a few day ago, the man who compiled this. so in a way this is a tribute to jim, but it's also a tribute to the collecting bug that we are trying to inspire. and it's a beautiful catalog. it's a collector's item, and we have one for everyone thanks to jim's generosity and the generosity of the fitzgeralds. now, we are going to present the awards with the help from arthur dunkleman representing the foundation who very g

it was published in the british medical journal "lancet".eaths from heart and respiratory diseases and lung cancer. the study found that the highest numbers of people exposed to secondhand smoke are in europe and asia. three teenage boys who survived 50 days lost in the south pacific on a small aluminum boaç returned home today. the trio arrived undernourished, severely dehydrated, and badly sunburned. they told rescuers they stayed alive by drinking rainwater and eating coconuts, raw fish, and a seagull. the teenagers set off from their home island north of samoa on october 5. a fishing trawler rescued them wednesday hundreds of miles away. president obama was injured during a pickup basketball game today. he received 12 stitches in his lip after an opposing player accidentally elbowed him in the face. the president was seen leaving fort mcnair dabbing his lip with gauze. he'd been playing at the military post in washington with friends and family. late today, the white house identified the person who hit the president as rey decerega, who

there are green shoots beginning to emerge in the lancet pockmarked by ground -- by brown spots. the rest of a double that in the economy has lessened as has the risk of inflation. speculation in excess is beginning to raise its head. on the economic front, the debt from manufacturers indicate that activity has picked up on a year-over-year basis in october and was better than the pace in september. this might be expected. my contacts record price pressures from a range of commodities, including corn, oil, metals used in manufacturing. this is nothing you would not have known from reading the daily press. i find it of interest that one of my contacts just came back from visiting with all 450 of his chinese suppliers and reports the chinese government was encouraging manufacturers to grant wage increases in large part to boost up domestic spending at request of the united states and others. this applied the particular company with everything from clothing to the lote end of entertainment devices. alternative production sites in vietnam and india slightly underbid chinese counterpa

. -- in lancet two years ago. it is compelling evidence.entation with the x-rays of children's brains of places and never let up -- light up. so now we have the burden of knowledge. if we do not act. in emergencies, we will reach those kids for a spurt in pakistan -- this is where some of the most exciting partnership potential comes in. i just want to show this. this is a highly nutritious, ready to use food we produce and pakistan bird is made with chickpeas and dried milk and is for by with -- and it is fortified with lots of nutrients. this can protect a child brain. this is a climate-proof food. you don't have to be refrigerated or add water. you open it and squeeze it into a child's mouth and their brain and body will be protected. in some cases, it is just not going to cut it for a kid to years old to get a bowl of rice when they have been deprived of nutrition. so we're calling on all the nutrition companies in the world. we are partnering with many. we're working with the university of mississippi and others aid and others to devel