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The window washer fell from the roof and landed on a Toyota Camry. All but the driver's area was caved in. The driver, Mohammad Al Cozai, narrowly escaped being critically injured.

"As soon as I made my left turn, then I saw something hit my car very hard. The impact was really hard. I didn't know what it is," said Mohammad Al Cozai of Dublin.

After landing on the car, the window washer fell onto the street. Witnesses ran to help.

Witness describes San Francisco window washer's fall

"I am a pre-med student, I said go get towels right now. He was unconscious and he is bleeding from the ears," said witness Bianca Bahman.

Cal/OSHA spokeswoman Julia Bernstein said the man suffered a broken arm and injuries to his side.

"I took off my jacket, I put it over him and I just started to direct traffic. I don't know anything about medical, so I did what I could," said witness Jess Cathcart.

The thud of the body onto the car and the shattering of the glass was what was, I guess shocking," said witness Sam Hartwell.

The man, an employee of Redwood City-based Century Window Cleaning. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for safety violations four times in 2008, including one serious violation that resulted in a $6,740 penalty, according to the agency's website. The case was eventually settled, and the penalty was reduced to $2,720, Bernstein said.

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Sudhin Thanawala and Kristin J. Bender , The Associated Press Published Saturday, November 22, 2014 3:49PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO -- A worker who fell 11 storeys from a San Francisco building onto a moving car, crushing its roof and sending shattered glass flying into the street survived but was in critical condition.

The man fell screaming from the roof of a downtown building Friday, but was conscious when paramedics reached the area, police said.

He remained in critical condition at a San Francisco Hospital Friday night, officials said.

The car's driver, Mohammad Alcozai, was not injured. He told KGO-TV that he's happy to be alive especially after his car's roof almost completely collapsed in the accident. He said he is praying that the worker survives.

"I'm very happy that I didn't get hurt," Alcozai told the news channel shortly after the accident. "Hopefully he can make it. I pray for him that he can make it."

Alcozai said he saw something hit his car shortly after making a left turn.

Witnesses described seeing a blue streak and the man's shadow as he fell and then hearing shattering glass as he hit the car and then rolled onto the ground. The roof of the car, a green Toyota Camry, was smashed in, and the rear windshield shattered.

Bianca Bahman, who was on the corner where the man fell, said she looked up to see his shadow and ran for cover.

"As he was coming down, he was definitely screaming," Bahman, 31, a pre-medical student at San Francisco State University said.

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For many people with backyard ponds, fountains and other water-garden fixtures, the arrival of cold weather means draining the pipes and pulling the plug.

But water gardens can be attractive winter gardens, too, with the right preparation and landscaping.

Turning off a garden's water fixtures might not be necessary, depending on where you live, said Keith Folsom, president of Springdale Water Gardens in Greenville, Virginia. Their wintertime effect is always different and attractive with the use of landscape lighting and the right plants.

We had an extremely cold winter here last year but it wasn't a problem, he said. Pay attention and know how much water you're using below the ice. You have to keep that flow topped off.

Ensure that water lines and fixtures are drained if you do decide to turn them off so they won't expand with freezing and break, Folsom said. Running water, on the other hand, prevents icing. That's one of the reasons I tell people to keep them running.

Landscaping around water fixtures can mean simply adding a few evergreens for contrast against snow, or stringing some lights around the ice.

Tips for preparing your pond for the winter freeze-up:

Remove debris before it can decompose. That prevents organic rot, loss of oxygen and an accumulation of toxic gases. But the bigger problem comes if you stir it up, Folsom said. That can turn up bacteria that will be harmful to fish in winter.

Use netting. Cover the water with a screen, sweep the surface with a long-handled net or install skimmers like those used to vacuum swimming pools.

Prune. Pinch off aquatic plants as they die. Reposition your hardy potted water lilies into deeper water.

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This floating tap can be found on the Spanish island of Menorca. The thick jet of water conceals the support and water pipes of the installation, making it appear to float in midair. The Dubai Fountain sits in front of the Burj Khalifa and features five rings of jets that can shoot water 50 stories high. The world's tallest indoor fountain, which receives up to 20,000 visitors a day, can be found inside a Lotte Department Store in Busan, South Korea. A water spout at the apex of a skull symbolizes birth, rebirth, wisdom and community at the Turning Heads Fountain in Walnut Creek, California.

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Here is a list of road projects around the Heartland scheduled for Sunday, November 23.

Butler County, MO

Route 72 in Bollinger County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform shoulders repairs. This section of roadway is located from Old Route 72 to Route B.

Existing lanes of Route 67 from CR 323 to Route 160/158 will be signed as Route C. The north end of Route C (existing Route 67) will remain closed for about two months as work is completed at the intersection of Route 67, Route C, and CR 323.

Cape Girardeau County, MO

Property owners adjacent to the bridge will have access to their properties. A marked detour is proposed here:

From the north: Route 61 south to Route KK, west on KK to I-55, south on I-55 to Route E, then east on Route E to Route 61. From the south: Route 61 north to Route E, east on Route E to I-55, north on I-55 to Route KK, then east on KK to Route 61. Maps are available at MoDOT's Sikeston Office on N. Main St. Property owners can request a hearing in writing if affected.

Pemiscot County, MO

Route J in Pemiscot County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway.This section of roadway is located between Reed Street and Cleveland Street.Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Nov. 25 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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You can save on remodeling by preparing a space as much as possible before the builders arrive. With the proper tools, removing a non-load bearing wall is a simple task, and loads of fun.

First, make sure the wall you want to remove isnt load bearing and shut off the breaker if there is power running to an outlet or switch in the wall.

Then assemble your tools, which will include: a reciprocating saw, a flat/pry bar, a box cutter, and a hammer. You should also wear work gloves and eye protection (unlike Josh in the above video from eHow).

Start by removing any trim or moulding using your flat bar and hammer. Then use your knife and cut through the tape and mud that is at the seams along the ceiling and corners.

Then the fun begins! Using your hammer, break through the plaster and pull it off to reveal the studs. Remove the vertical studs using your recip saw and pry up the floor studs with your flat bar. Check out the video above to see the process in action.

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A fire sprinkler system quickly extinguished a fire that ignited in a couch early Saturday at the Canterbury House on Market Street. Charleston Fire Department/Provided

A sprinkler system quickly doused a fire at a senior living facility in downtown Charleston early Saturday and may well have saved lives, Charleston Fire Department officials said.

At 3:42 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to Canterbury House at 165 Market St. for an automatic fire alarm, according to a news release from the Fire Department.

When the first unit arrived, firefighters saw smoke in a fourth-floor hallway, the release said. The call was upgraded to a possible structure fire and additional units were summoned. More firefighters and apparatus from the city, St. Andrews and James Island fire departments responded, as well as Charleston County EMS and the Charleston Police Department.

Firefighters entered an apartment on the fourth floor, helped a resident get outside to a safe area and extinguished the remaining couch fire with a hand-held water fire extinguisher, the release said.

The couch fire had been safely and quickly contained by the activation of single sprinkler head in the living room, the release said.

"This is yet another example of the profound benefits of a fire sprinkler system," Fire Chief Karen Brack said. "Fire sprinkler systems consistently prove their value in improving the life safety of residents and emergency responders while limiting property damage."

"Without the fire sprinkler system we would have had a substantial event, damaged multiple apartments, and displaced numerous residents," said Fire Marshal Mike Julazadeh. "The fire sprinkler system, coupled with the fire alarm, was part of the life safety system of this building and provided early warning and fire control."

The department's Fire Marshal Division responded to investigate the fire, the cause of which is still under investigation.

Damage from the fire was limited to the sofa. Management is working to repair water damage and restore minimal smoke and fire damage. One occupant was relocated to another apartment and no injuries were reported.

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YOON C Lee, a Samsung Electronics Co executive, is giving a tour of his US home in Oakland. He shows off his living room and foyer, then takes a look outside to check the garden. He considers turning on the sprinkler system before deciding the plants have enough water.

The thing is, hes not actually in California. Hes 8,000 miles away with a reporter in a Seoul conference room. Lee, a tall, 49-year-old, is at a huge table fiddling with a Galaxy S5 phone thats streaming live video from the US.

This is Samsungs next big bet as it works to build a future beyond mobile phones, where earnings are tumbling. Lee and his colleagues are trying to create another hit from whats known as the Internet of things, technology that stitches together phones, cameras, sprinklers and roads. If they succeed, the effort could propel sales of the companys electronics, appliances and chips for a generation; if they fail, the troubles will likely deepen.

Imagine if all the dumb things around you can be connected, said Lee. For Samsung, this is a big new opportunity, a huge paradigm shift. It will benefit us across all businesses.

Samsungs Internet push comes just as Apple Inc, Google Inc and dozens of others are sizing up the same opportunity. Techs giants are all vying for leadership and collaborating where necessary. The market for the Internet of things is projected to hit US$7.1 trillion by 2020, according to the research firm IDC.

In a sign of how seriously Samsung is taking the effort, the company is transferring about 500 engineers from its mobile-phone division and allocating them largely to the Internet initiative, according to people familiar with the matter. The shift also reflects recognition that the Suwon, South Korea-based company needs another hit after smartphones, they said, asking not to be identified discussing internal matters.

This is a must-have market for Samsung, said Neil Mawston, executive director of the research firm Strategy Analytics. The Internet of things will be too big to ignore.

The mobile-phone unit is faltering as Apple offers bigger screen iPhones similar to Samsungs marquee Galaxy range and Chinese newcomer Xiaomi sells stylish phones at low prices. In the most recent quarter, Samsungs mobile profit tumbled 74 per cent, dragging net income down by 49 per cent from a year earlier.

The Internet of things represents the third revolution in information technology, after the PC and the Internet, Michael Porter and James E Heppelman wrote in this months edition of the Harvard Business Review. Its implications go beyond the increasing number of smart, connected products in the world and are much more than simply a way to transmit information, they wrote.

With more everyday things connected to the Internet, products will have expanded capabilities and the data they generate may change how companies compete and the boundaries of competition, Porter and Heppelman said.

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