there is also some if iness of building. if we change anything to the significance of the design we would come back to you for approval. the intention is to if iness what you approve today. effect the frontage we want to emphasize that was an important facade. they are all important but this one specifically to how do you design the windows so you provide enough privacy so they don't pull the blinds. if you just have blank window, the blind will be pulled and blinds will not activate. if you have transparent to have maximum kind of interaction between the building and pedestrians while still recognized that someone at their desk doesn't want somebody looking at them. we try to identify points to make with the developer to make sure these are important points to continue with. the idea is that we are getting pretty far in the design and it's not major changes to come back for. these are all if inessing at a staff level. >> thank you. okay. no further comment. this is an action item to approve schematic design. do a hear a mot

>> buss iness news fm the capital region. this is "washington business rert," with abc's national correspondent rebecca cooper. captioned by the national captioning institute --w.ncicap.org-- news ande business matterhere in the whington region. countdown to the april 1 primar the races up p to see who will be the next mayor of what is often dubd the most powerful city in the world. we have profofilesf thtwo candidates running. first, a look at the headlines this week in business news. giant starts claims on missing relation flight 370. toyota will pay big, one point $2 billion, as it joins gm and the club of carmakers accused of hiding designe defects. it is shameful. >>o shame is shown by vladimir putin. his response to u.s. freezing assets as russia claims crimea? russian sanctions on u.s. lawmakers, including house speaker john boehner, who says he is ok giving up his family travels to siberia the summer. janet yellen says when she said to reporters she only estimates six months before the fed eases efforts on holding dow

in the time of abraham, here is what i call a community of suburban order iness it's look fort something or another. it's a real, real town. and we know about the things that are daily life things, about their property disputes. jews are obsessed with that. we know about prenup argument did, those kind of things. so slightly mischievously, i wanted to say, look. this is a place where there was no obligation to suffer and, also, they were very connected in the non-jewish world in which they were part. then i moved to the bible. the bible, for all its riches is not a document of social history. it doesn't really tell us what day-to-day is. this place in egypt does. >> it helps you reclaim very interestingly in the last several decades, there has been some talk in the united states about quote, unquote tough jews, the idea of the schtoker, at least in the elephantine, the idea that they have mercanary soldiers, get me some jews. >> in 18th century london, which i am writing about now, there were roughnecks, the safadi jews that brought fish and chips to the med traiterranean world. they wer

twitter iness to turkey. ignoring a court order to remove content. many are outraged. many feel that the president circumvented the block and tweeted that the ban is unacceptable. a moreill be personalized app. career be from the history, seniority, and connections to show more relevant articles. it will be released in the third quarter. outlines its policy on when it can search user e-mail accounts after revelations that it scanned the e-mails of a blogger who had microsoft trade secrets. surge -- will not search e-mails unless there would be a court order. even of the search takes place, it will only look at relevant information. now to the top story of the day. tech executives, including eric schmidt meeting with president obama today at the white house to talk about the nsa and government surveillance. melissa meyer was also invited but could not make it on such short notice. megan hughes is in washington. has this meeting that going on for two hours now? >> we understand from sources inside that the meeting has wrapped up. we have not seen the ceos leave just yet.

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