opposed to uses pain as a means of acquiring compliance. >> i have a couple of follow ups, but i know that the chair has a question. >> actually this probably dove tails with his questions, but for all of us to really understand, could you explain how electronic controlled weapon, a taser works? >> it works by simply, capturing the electrical systems within your muscles and basically constricting your muscles. >> but mechanically, you fire something? >> there are two probes that come out of the weapon system itself creating a positive and a negative contact. once those or once that connection is made, then, electricity goes through the person for a cycle of up to 5 seconds. >> how long? >> we are talking about three amps of electricity, i believe, they are at 50,000 volts or so. but it is the amp rage that makes the impact not necessarily the volts itself. but what it does is captures the muscles and keeps the person from doing anything further. >> and have you ever been tased yourself? >> i am schedule to be tased sooner rather

because they are easy to use it will increase over use and officers will be use it as the first line rather than reverting to what they used in training such as verbal commands and we also have outlined many incidents of litigation that have occurred... >> just some follow up questions. did you ever get a response from the mayor on your letter? >> no, we did not. >> and any of the staff in >> no. >> i think that the letter was actually really well done and it is well documented and there are a number of citations in here, do you recall what i read to commander ali, right now, referencing how it looks to be when tasers are involved in working with people who have mental health issues or who have drug use in their system, that increases the amount of injury that happens when making contact with such folks. >> yes, that is correct. and that is exactly why we think that especially one of the proposals put form to arm the cit officers in particular with the weapons runs in the con tarry. >> are you familiar with the study of the university of florida, i am wondering how widespread does tha

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>> she submitted that and it was con [srao-epbts/] for us as well. con convenient for us as well and it's my understanding that the new teacher who was hired would not be available until the 1st of the month and asked her if she would stay until the end of the month and she submitted an extension of her time until the 30th of november. >> commissioner maufas? >> i guess you are not comfortable with this, but you have mentioned it and i will mention it as well. the discussion between the principal and miss olsen saying somebody is going to start on the 30th and she submitted a second resignation letter changing the date to the 30th. sounds like that is the reason. i am not going to project, but just guess on my own. and then on the 14th, miss olsen said you have an email asking the principal is it possible to be reinstated. is that correct? she submitted a second resignation letter to hr, changing the date to the 30th and that might have been after the cation conversation that you just mentioned and she asked the principal is it possible to be reinsta

i guess that i am editorializing, could you give us an input on how? >> as a supervisor... >> okay. >> i looked at the research and studies by the aclsxu, they found that more often than using them as a disabling tool to depress a suspect they are used as a pain compliance term that is an aclu term. pain compliance and one of the ways that they are used is a taser is pulled and it is arcked where they will arc and throw an electrical arc across the context to show the suspect the amount of pain that they could cause that person and that in and off itself is very threatening and can cause trauma, even if that suspect is never struck with the taser electrodes just seeing the arc is traumatizing if they are struck, it is traumatizing, the actual reach on whether it is causing trauma in the population is still ongoing. but there is research to show the very unhealthy out comes in terms of cardiac events and others. and the departments that have adopted them, they have not shown any lower rate of incus deaths for officers that have taser or not. it has not saved

us. and i'm sorry if i've forgotten anybody else, but you're as valued to us as everyone here today as well. i would also encourage that we use the newest ongoing evolving technology of the city to access the list of organizations that people can help connect up with. also, what other programs, if you're with much more resources, please go to our 311. i know nancy is here, the great leader of that organization, that talent. but also go to sf mayor.org as well to find out what other information you might want to have in order to reach out for more of the needy and help them in every way you can. i also want to say as part of this campaign that i'd like to announce that we again will be hosting snow day here at city hall. sometime in the month of december, the date hasn't been decided yet, but it will be continuing a very great tradition, not only of welcoming the tree of hope, but also asking people to bring in nonperishable items that can be donated to people in need during these holidays. and bring them here to city hall as part of a great celebration that we have that unites everyone. it

being allowable, long-term uses as long as retail and other activities in support of this mixed use development concept. the waterfront plan also does contemplate sports facilities in portions of the waterfront. at the time the plan was approved the ballpark site was actively considered as one of the sports facility venues along the waterfront. pier 30-32 wasn't specifically looked at at that time but as part of the project and overall package of approvals the port commission and others will contemplate that arena use and other activities that are proposed. this site also in the context of embarcadero historic district, the national register historic district, is the only pier that is really outside of the boundaries of the historic district but adjacent to the historic district. there was a recognition there was an opportunity to do something architecturally unique and different in this stretch of the waterfront. the strength of the historic character of the architecture kind of weakens so the plan does call out for a fresh look at new architectural endeavor in this area, and acros

the the monetary substance basically so you need something else to use as money and they think that that is the fear system as we have it at the moment and they think that because we can satisfy all. the moments that we'll continue to be able to satisfy our ns and the current monetary system all i'm saying is that it's been what forty odd years since we've been on this monetary experiment where we've been off go. it's not going to last very long before we're not going to be able to satisfy our and so anyone holding credit i like to call it figure out credit instead of money it's not money gold and silver money. will not be able to serve their ends with the know how manifests itself some people itas hyperinflation i think that's a bit too simple it will be in ways that we simple. my entire first half the show is based on. is going to be a lot more complicated than just asset prices going up i mean. it could start at the moment as it seems to be with the stock market going up. all right let me let me cut you off right there for a second because we have to go back and this idea that ho

constant take as it were any longer they are already asking for peace city and they're increasingly joining the social movement and we actually want to the colombian people to stand behind us in our efforts to establish dialogue and so they will i believe that a large scale popular movement is what makes a difference as compared to the previous attempted peace day after day more people are taking to the streets to protest or that cause it seems that no longer afraid of the government and its terror tactics because it's more than they are willing to put up with another factor is that latin america has changed that getting support from cuba venezuela and other latin american nations and infact has been very helpful for us in forging an understanding with the colombian government it is a very powerful external factor in. this in a lot of work but in the last colombians to believe that far should take responsibility for the crimes they committed in c. the penalty for them a little stream and what's your view on this because their perspective. bridget peons. it's somewhat absurd to ask for the punishment of people who have always acted out of in a determined need to protect our

suggested this to us have this in mind they should take a direct hit the president that's why shelby use us as postman. eve present us of this is interested this must be discussed directly with scheme meanwhile in syria two russian citizens were kidnapped by suspected rebels earlier this week and they're being held for a reported one million dollar ransom paul sheldon food professor at california state university says this is yet more proof that terrorists are operating freely inside the country terrorist groups rely on kidnappings for financing so does true of parking lot in america that's true of a. terrorist group so that in many other places. they already have world attention and since announcing as always they are terrorist organizations the goal of the the enemies of syria have been divided into what many pieces so you won't have a syrian anymore you have there is are you have a kurdish. forces and you have all the other sections and you don't have all these sort of opposition members fighting against each other for control i mean you know that the muslim brotherhood paid goons from arou

it would seem as though this use, i don't think should be that much of a problem as along as the white zone is there that people drop-off. and there is enough sound mitigation as possible. i kind of think this is a good project, but i certainly appreciate the neighbors' concerns and i hate to see a potentially house that could be used as a residence as another use, but it looks like a good use >> commissioner hillis. >> thank you. i echo those communities. i know it's hard to find space for preschools. we have had the same issue in our neighborhood and actually there is a preschool, two of them within a block from me that have 150 kids combined. it's interresidential neighborhoods and the kids play outside and they get twice that in applications every year for spots. my kids go there and i'm lucky enough to be able to walk and i have gotten families from this district who drive their kids across town to go there. so there is a need for preschools in the city. and 20 kids is not a lot. it certainly could be managed. i encourage you to continue to talk to each other, because no matter wh

when use as intended they cause pain and as we have seen across the nation they pose a risk of serious jury or death. >> as you have heard today, in particular people with mental health problem are more likely to be at high risk of death, and with that high population in san francisco and coming in contact often with the san francisco police department, we don't want to run a risk of that population being impacted. and the aclu is also concerned with the civil rights implications that the supervisors spoke of today. you know, across the nation and in san francisco, you will see the african american communities of color are impacted by accessive use of force that would lead us to believe that once they are instituted they would also be disproportionately used against the xhupts of color. because they are easy to use it will increase over use and officers will be use it as the first line rather than reverting to what they used in training such as verbal commands and we also have outlined many incidents of litigation that have occurred... >> just some follow up questions. did you ever get

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local merchants association and other groups used the restaurant as a meeting place. sterling bank has offered to allow merchants and others to use the 545 square foot rear portion in this space now occupied by the bank office as a community meeting room. the need for such a community meeting space will decrease when the [speaker not understood] is reconstructed. the department has received letters of support for the project from the greater west portal merchants association, greater west portal neighborhood association and three additional letters of support from area merchants. the department recommends disapproval of the project as the project -- excuse me, as the west portal neighborhood is well served by existing banks and other financial institutions in the district and the project would remove a ground floor commercial space from the market eliminating the opportunity for its use as the sigh as the neighborhood serving retail use. i'll be happy to answer any questions you have. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> project sponsor, please. >>> good evening, pres

been controversy with some claiming that locals exaggerate or make up health problems and use the helicopters as a free taxi service accusations vladimir firmly dismisses your brow that is not true usually the calls are perfectly justified sometimes we even reproach locals waiting too long before calling us he's been working as a doctor now for forty three years so that america's confident that even after he retires his helicopter doctors will remain a lifeline to the peoples of the russian far north. on the edge of human capabilities. struggling with pain and remapped. layout to become the first. forest and fall in the. three new crew members successfully blast off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan wednesday and after a two day trip they dealt with the international space station to begin this six month stint in orbit more than one hundred scientific experiments along with space walks and taking cargo shipments on the cruise tight show jewel artist tom barnes got the story. a farewell guitar music was in the air as the next crews the international space station said the last goodbyes t

joining us as always this morning dr. david somati. the vice chairman of the department ofurology and chief of robotics here in new york. >> and dr. mark siegel. author of the inner pulse. unlocking the secret code of sick isness and health. thank you you both for joining us as usual. >> good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> nice to be joining you for the percent time. >> nice to have is you. >> thank you. interested in all of the top ives today. we are taking a look at some of the medical hopes doctors and scientists have for 2013 beginning with demeantia. affecting an estimated 35.6 million people. doctors are hoping to use mri scans to diagnose the condition. >> when you think of alzheimer's or demeanti dementt comes to mind is someone in their 70s or 80s. there s a soft type of demeantia that we are talking to today. a sub category. about 20% of these patients get this. this is actually happens in the younger population. so we are talking about people in their 40s and 50s that they are doing just fine and all of a sudden the memo

as to use microphones to ask the question orally. let's get started. we do have as i said some terrific panelists who will give us some brief presentations, and then we'll get to an extensive interview conversation and q&a. and we're going to start with doctor juliette cubanski, who is the associate director of kaiser's medicare policy program and a main author of a whole series of analyses, looking at proposals to reshape the medicare program, see for example, the pretty blue monograph in your packets on raising the medicare eligibility age. juliette, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, ed. here we go. is that better? thanks, ed, and as ed said, i'm juliette cubanski. i'm associate writer the program on medicare policy of the kaiser family foundation. tricia gave you a pretty nice concise overview of the option to raise the age of eligibility for medicare. some going to dive right into the results of a study that we at the kaiser family foundation conducted with colleagues at actuarial research corporation alice effects of r

it's not easy for us as women to play football in saudi.we can't say that is illegal, and we can't say that it is legal. nothing is really clear. our society is a little -- it's a conservative society. so we can't go anywhere and play football at any pitch in the street. we are training now at the backyard of one of our team members. we started the team because we wanted saudi women to start playing sports, not just to get thin or to go to the gym to fit your body and that's all. no, you can play more, you can be a professional athlete, if you like. the biggest challenge is to make saudi society to accept us as female athletes. when will that be, that is a very hard question, because -- i am not sure, but i am feeling a little of acceptance at least from the families that are encouraging the girls to join my club, our club attahadi. they are thankful that we started something like that. now there is a place for their daughters to experience a lot of things and let go of the things that happen in life, you know, the intense feelings inside o

us and the west would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists. one more reason that arises time to time that could actually ok the foreign intervention in syria is possession of chemical weapons do you believe that syria will use chemical weapons or is this another pretext for invasion i don't believe syria would use chemical weapons it would be political. suicide for the government if it if it does every time we hear rumors or pieces of information come to surface that the syrians are doing something with chemical weapons and we double check with ripple check we go directly to the government and we get all the time to get the very firm assurances that this is not going to be used on the any circumstances. information is which correlates with the information then eric and seven the stand that the latest. reports about some movement of the chemical weapons were related to the. steps that they can by the government to concentrate the chemical stuff which has been dispersed. in various locations into two sites. to make sure that that is absolutely pr

so we're all limited by our financial resources and by who knows about us, but as we partner together and i say this to all of us in this room because that's basically what rick is challenging us to do is to not let this day stop here but walk out of here and work together to make differences. the bay area can really be a leader in that way. >> partnerships and resources. anyone else want to raise a few other ideas regarding limitations? >> yeah, the schools again are driven by i think 3 things: pain and what's going on needs and mandates and also leadership of the people in the buildings and behind the buildings. so one of the things that many of us here understand that the environment or what we call the climate influences outcomes but often times in public schools where decisions are made, climate and educational mandates are perceived as two opposite ends of the continuum, like when i have time and i've achieved my test scores and we've got everything buttoned up, then we'll get to the klie mallet. we've heard it from speaker after speaker, that conditions set the stage for childr

brought to be as the un observers then there was an upsurge of provocations in the areas where the young the service were working and the purpose was very obvious to us the purpose was to create a situation which would be unbearable for for them to continue and that was. achieved so they left as well and then of course in june last year in june this year. in june two thousand and twelve in geneva there was a action group initiated by kofi annan our very strong support because we for quite some time had been suggesting that the key i would cite the players meet and try to see whether they can reach a common approach to creating conditions. in which the syrian potus would be negotiating their own future without outside interference with managed to agree on this on this sequence. stop fighting the point and to look at doors. let them negotiate become position of the transitional governing organ this organ while keeping the state institutions should prepare for elections and should draft a new constitution. and we say fight this is consensus let's let's stick to it let's send this message very strongly. in sync and to all of those who are fighting how we

us. it has touched everybody across this country. san francisco is no different. and i have shared that emotional experience with the supervisor and everybody here, in our law enforcement, and in our health department as well. the question for us, then, is what do we do about it? and not only can we share in this tragedy and signal our sympathies to the families as we've done, but we've got to do something more. and this is where i want to make sure i recognize all of the people that are in that effort of doing something about it, including the officials in san francisco. and some have been at this longer than others to try to do something about it, have reached limitations. yet again, i think this tragedy at sandy hook reminds us that we've got to keep trying and we've got to keep doing more about it. and, so, i want to first of all recognize that senator feinstein, in my conversations with her, and the tragedies she's experienced as mayor of san francisco as well as her attempts to ban assault weapons and had done so in the past, and that her federal assault legislation, while ended, she will reintroduce that in january and we will be big supporters of that. and she will continue dialoguing on a nat

i think it's important for us as a city to have a discussion about what it costs to run schools. i had the opportunity to sit on the first citizens advisory committee when prop h was created in march of 2004. you know, we fully funded prop h as the voters had asked us in its first three years that we've released funds to the school district. unfortunately in the last five years we have pulled the trigger which allows us to cut what we give to the district by 25%. over the last five years that means the city has reduced what the voters have asked us to give to the schools by 74 million. you know, when the city economy is weak, that is what the trigger was put in for. there's clearly a reason as to why the city had to reduce this -- for the school district. but i think the emphasis behind where the supplemental came from as we ask the school district how are you going to fund these programs going into the future i hope we have a real conversation next year, as our city economy looks better and our city economy grows as to whether we're going to pull the trigger again on prop h. i t

those are operations that are familiar to us and they are, it's a great exercise for us tactically as well. we are able to integrate with cal fire itself with the objective being the fire itself. those work out for us here and we can go ahead and use those skills forward as well. thank you very much, we appreciate the opportunity. >> thank you, i'd like to thank our panelists and open it up to our group for any questions of our panelists today. yes, sir, secretary. >> there are a lot of things you can do in a forest that tend to make it easier it fight a fire like most importantly burning off the fuel during the wet season so there's less for the fire to feed on. to what extent in cal fire and all your other things do you encourage people to do things in their forest when you don't have a fire that make it easier and more effective in fighting the fire? >> it's an excellent question, sir. we spend a large time in cal fire on public education and prevention and also with respect to you were talking about fuel, the fuels program, or vegetation management program in cal fire, we have a r