they can put in a single pane can they remove the sash and put in a doubling pane. if the rabbit is the groove in which the glass sits. if it was thick enough to get the double pane and have room for glazing or a sash stop you would be able to do that. that would depend. thickness. >> it's not thick here. >> it's less to mount double paning than for them to make you a new sash. >> may be outside our expertise. the on double pane and single the argument for energy efficiency double pane is better. my question, his building is not insulated. you double paned the glass area but the whole wall is leaking. how much improvement do you get by replacing the windows when the rest of the building is lose and has drafts and is -- >> quite a big difference the way you perceive being cold is the heat of our body radiating toward a source that's pull ittiing that way. when you are near a window you will feel that more than a cold wall. >> do you feel like you can add something to that? >> even though the old walls are drafty they have an r value that's better than the single pane

>> with noise. >> talk about the daubl pane windows. i want to mention how you are pointingous issues related to rfrt to you or your pets go beyond dollars and cents and there are subjective issues of how you want your life to be. who's comfort. we can say this is a reasonable return on your investment. there is always the other underlying group of factors we have to deal with, which is we are comfortable with certain things. we are comfortable usiing a gas stove or comfortable in certain ways and to change that is hard i understand if it's pets or us or my mother who lives with me has very set ways and if i start to change she gets uncomfortable. >> one of the benefits we found in the double pane windows you see the black soot on the inside of the windowsill when we went to double pane that went away it was quieter and cleaner and reduced the heat bills. >> most say they are an improvement for energy precious from a life cycle point of view they are not. i will say this for a couple of reasons may be you with help answer. a lot of peop

>> yeah. >> double pane windows don't last forever. the seal is leaking and moist air gets in the window and it gets trapd and doesn't get driven out and stays in there and you have moisture build up inside the glass. >> i feel the moisture. >> no way to get it out? >> no way to get it out. >> when were they installed? >> over 5 years ago. >> yeah. >> i would check the warranty. >> call them back. >> some of them are warrantied for up to 10 years. >> not all of us use heat in our homes but we almost all have hot water. hot water has a couple of problems. energy problems that are easy to resolve. the first thing is hot water heaters themselves are sitting there and producing heat all the time and they have something called stand by heat loss they are standing by waiting for you to use them and they are losing heat all the time. how do you reduce stand by heat loss? make sure the water heater is insulated. the put the big insulation blanket. one of the cheapest and easiest thing you can do. the hardware store sells them for 15 bucks? >>

the legal limit of 45 decibels and they can still make noise and it can make noise through my double pane glass windows for a building built only 22 years ago and it can be legal. i am saying, doesn't that deteriorate the neighborhood? what gives that owner of that property the right to send noise? >> thank you very much. >> my name is as washington. i'm a lifelong resident in the western addition. our community has been in crisis. here we are. you have agencies right now which is taken over the lead. there board of directors has resigned so therefore there is no board of directors. they got to our supervisor for making sure the doors will not be closed. i am here to say that if in fact the committee this matter and input -- does not have an input, you will be held responsible. i'm here to say one thing and one thing only to the city and county -- i have come here and i've knocked on the walls for 20 years. right now, i cannot get over them. right now, you can put it on my face. -- i cannot get a rhythm. i want them to hear my voice and read my lips and look at my face. right now, what i

the -- paned glass. the seal has failed. you say, i'm going to put double-paned windows in and put environmental windows and save a lot of time and energy and money. it turns out it's in many cases more expensive because the cycle of replacing dual glazing, you have to pull this out and replace it again. the overall life cycle cost is quite high. dual glazing is getting better but we still see a lot of failures of seals in glazing. do you see that? here. looking up close you can see. that moisture in there is not going away. what do you have to do to fix this? >> take it out to reseal it. so take it out, either reseal it or replace -- yeah. here also along the same lines, dan mentioned that u.v. resistance issues, you know, sight in degrades a lot of material -- sunlight degrades a lot of materials. it's going to degrade caulking and paint and it's going to degrade the vinyl on the sides of windows and this is once again part of this dourability conundrum. how long is this environmental going to last that supports this new w

. >> we feel like a compromise put in place and is certainly recognize sayinthat the one pane feel would suffice. >> thank you. anything further? commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> i will start curio -- start. let me ramble a little bit through the various issues. one point is that due process has not occurred. it may not have happened in an orderly fashion, but i believe they did get their hearing a little bit later, but it did not matter because it applies to the particular permit. they got their hearing here. the procedural issues are not the things that are foremost in my thinking at this point in time. if the issue is predominantly one of norway'noise versus beha, the question of noise is one that perhaps should have been addressed on a more technical basis. they have a right to have their restaurant permitted in the zoning, but they also have the responsibility of containing the business within their own promise, and the problem with acoustics is it is different perceptions by different people , and one person's noise threshold is different from another's. all we can do is

they do not have double pane windows and insulation. my tenants are pretty good and they told -- tell me they have noise but they have these kind of patio places and a big drinking place. it is the wrong area and if you want to keep the doors open at all, you're going to get a helluva lot of noise. as a man not in trouble right now, i hope you do something because it will be more and more and more. i appreciate your help. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> line name is -- my name is sherri cram. it was an error to authorize the removal of the glass enclosed sunroom palm, opening a sports bar restaurant will create a wildly different ambiance to the neighborhood. within 100 feet of the building there are 46 residential apartments. removal of the front wall will turn the noise inside into a giant megaphone effect into the street, creating a constant carnival atmosphere especially on the weekend. i feel that that is degrading to my neighborhood and my environment. i am from taxexas and i know about public enthusias

west san jose are warning people about a high risk sex offender. 61 year old wayne page who lived on pane avenue. they are live to explain why police are so concerned. >> well, wayne page police say is a repeat sex offender and a history of the mental disorder . now he's not confined and doesn't face the paroll restriction. that's why megan's law unit felt it necessary to arm the public. >> this is where he lives and a photo of him. >> 40 officers spent the day going door to door handing out fliers and telling people about a registered sex offender lifing in the area. >> if he did the crimes he was convicted for today, he would be serving life sentences and never get out. >> wayne page is living in a condo complex on phelps avenue. >> he has an engaging personality. >> you think it is another friend and then it hits you in the face and you say what? this person is that? >> the 61 year old page was convicted in 1977 on kidnapping and rape charges stemming from assault. his parole supervision ended in february and law enforcement is concerned he could reoffend. >> certain factors we can't d

to see american tempering, tempering, tempering, as an advertisement on each of these stupid little panes. this is silly. suppose i give you certification that i bought all of these at a tempering or laminating factory, and i put one at the bottom of the panel. sometimes, you can talk your way into that. >> and in fact there's a strange exception in the code that says you only have to list those in a french door with many lights for the bottom pieces are lower than 18 inches off the floor and for the top pieces that are more than -- and anybody remember what the details are? i think it's 40 inches. so the middle ones, where you're not at arm level pushing through or kicking, don't actually have to meet the same standards. >> but they have to meet the same standards of safety, but maybe not the same standards of -- >> labeling. >> -- labeling. and so sometimes it comes down to just common sense, but other times, you know, sometimes you have to just follow the letter of the law. >> common sense in the building code. okay. laminated glass -- >> so laminated glass is actually a fairly strong

. >> a window is a glass pane and the depth of the frame to it. those are two different dimensions already right there. i feel somebody who understands that take it forward. >> my intent was to bring it all the way to the edge where it turns the corner. >> that is what i thought. >> that's a clear direction, don't you think? >> you are asking to have it moved up to where the plane changes? i understand. what ever that happens to measure, that is where you wanted? >> it not the roof plane, it's the building body itself. i just want to make sure -- >> i think it would be approximately 15 feet. they have -- we do an additional 5 feet to go to the edge of the building. you can verify the plans later. a 15 foot setback. then how far north as this line runner? should be an equal 15 feet so they have part of of the rear yard and then it jogs back into the 10 feet? >> then you take it all across? >> that is another option. >> i would be inclined to favor the situation where, since we are talking about impacts, i'm not sure we will see that much of this bu

. >> when i changed the windows, a wanted single hong double pane because i knew it would insulate. most of my neighbors have vinyl or wood windows. i had aluminum ugly windows, so i figured i would match all of the neighbors. commissioner hwang: okay, so the window replacement was because she needed them to be replaced. it was not because there were damaged or broken or anything like that? i am just curious about the store. >>> welcome all of the above. commissioner hwang: okay, got it. thank you. vice president garcia: was the appellant's time up? if you have anything to add, please go ahead. >> that is all. i want to comply, but i cannot afford. i am unemployed and i have a daughter who is a senior. i cannot afford it right now. or if i could have -- well, i cannot. so to reduce from nine times to two times, that would be great. i understand the violation. i just want to -- commissioner fung: thank you. >> thank you. mr. duffy? >> i suppose the first question i was going to ask, is it ok to appeal the probably on the filed a permit? i was thought any should permit that we appeal

treat the windows with the same lattice or some sort of treatment on the windows with some sort of panes that makes it sympathetic to the other, even though it is on the top floor. that is something they can work with staff as far as design. project sponsors' architect, can you comment on what we can do in the corner of that room? >> talking about removing -- the proposal we mentioned from today? commissioner antonini: i have a copy of something here. maybe that kind of shows what we are talking about. we are talking about a diagonal space there. the question should be it is enough to cover the light well and open that up a little bit. it can even -- either be diagonal or even a rectangular notch. >> i think we have sort of hurt that -- heard that would make sense would be to mirror the light well. this is the proposal we made earlier today. we take the east line and we mirror that for 10 feet across the line. there is no ambiguity or confusion. in addition, we maintain the plane so we are essentially out of the -- we cast shadows on the building from the previous scheme that we worked w

. >> well, this is just your basic window pane glass. and -- >> and it can be cut to size. >> it can be cut, and quickly. so you're going to use this for, you know, small windows, and picture frames, things like that. >> you would not use that in what are considered hazardous locations in a door, or next to a door, next to a walking surface. >> window glass is really not a mysterious thing. but it's great material. it's quick. it's easy. the problem is you get something that -- it's actually stronger than you think, huh. oops. ashes to ashes, dust to dust. but you can see, it's really not meant for safety glazing. i remember as a kid, you know, running -- my brother chasing me, running with my hat, putting my hat -- when the door used to be open, and it's now closed. i still have a scar there. but at this point, of course, anything in a door is going to be tempered. >> or some other type of sait glazing. -- safety glazing. it could be laminated. >> or plaque. >> there's an interesting new product, and i don't know if you're been dealing

after an anxious wait he can now return home to check on his property was the main thing is that we do panes didn't get shattered the inside it's all got messed up i had lost all the lights and curtains are down the furniture is all over the place the incident here coupled with a similar fire in bashkirian last week has led the president medvedev calling for a full investigation into what happened he suggested that heads will roll regardless of rank if it turns out that safety procedures weren't here too it seems the two fires in two weeks has proved it to fire too many for the president. and you can get the latest updates on the situation in russia's republic of a group here as well as more spectacular videos of these five last time line just log on to the free video section to check out the unique footage of the area and the agency says is they using planes to monitor the troubled region and you can see and you can download the high definition video at r.t. that's free video doughty dot com. free. education free. for free. three. three. three. three blogs videos for your media project seem

you know in two panes how tightly controlled pieces. government or government deals are always problematic for the rest of the world it's unclear at the moment whether whether anyone else will benefit significantly from this agreement but let's wait and see really interesting here we have to say thanks for your time julian lee energy analyst joining us there from the center for global energy studies in london thank you. well russia's special envoy to libya has held talks with officials in tripoli it's part of a long going push by moscow to mediate a peace deal in the country and the meeting came amid fresh nato airstrikes in a rebel advance on colonel gadhafi stronghold where if a notion or is there for us in tripoli. after meeting with the libyan prime minister and foreign minister here in tripoli refaced peace mediator become a regular has started an office people are actually ready for peace negotiations but this could only happen if nato talks born in their country recently nato has dramatically intensified its matrix we see here in

. >> temperatures rose high enough that some pane found sthechls taking off shirts to cool down. >> kidsocked to water fountains for some refreshing fun in the sun. >> sandhya joins us now with a warning for tomorrow. >> yes. steamy day inland. taking a look at highs so far, 97 in fairfield. and 97 in morgan hill. san jose, 95 degrees. and official highs coming up shortly. 89 in oakland. 88 degrees take a look at redwood city, it's 94 so far. there is heat to intensify. you'll notice here poor air quality on the

. >>> also which member of congress plans to organize a panes party. >>> >>> we have breaking news in southwest washington. >>> a park police officer opened fire early this morning shooting a man at haines point. tracy wilson is live with that story. >>> police are still on the scene investigating. right here behind me the officers have the park closed off. they're not allowing the general public inside because of this ongoing investigation. they say there was an armed man inside the park. there was a confrontation. u.s. park police shot that man. this all happened in parking lot 10, a little ways beyond where we are right here at 10:00 a.m., u.s. park police say they were closing the park when they encountered a man sitting inside a vehicle. police say he immediately became confrontation and was bran dishing a weapon. he survived and was transported by helicopter to medstar. police say he was by himself. we also don't know why he was armed. this will all be part of the investigation. for now haines point is closed. >>> tracee, thank you. >>> another sweltering streak begins today, th

. >> we spent just chipping out all the cracked and chipped panes. >> reporter: they were frugal with the interior and only offer a limited tasting menu. >> that enables us to cut down on food waste quite a bit. >> reporter: instead of pricey ads, they blog and tweet. >> i added a little column that kind of talks about our cocktails. >> the crowd is young and splurging. >> reporter: the couple hasn't recouped construction costs but they have positive cash flow and they say, never missed a payroll. still, there's been a learning curve. constant worry -- >> most recently the fact that our ac wasn't up to scratch. two weeks ago, it was where am i going to get meat from? >> and famous words. >> we will capitalize, be prepared to kill your babies. you just have to let go a lot of your ideas. >> we're being flexible. >> christine romans, cnn, new york. >>> being flexible is quite an understatement, just days after we saw an suv crash into a restaurant, no one was hurt, but the restaurant will be closed for at least a couple of weeks. ♪ what do you see yourself doing after you do retire? cli

and pane gillette. marcus allen. and miss universe 2006, miss rivera! >> jimmy: oh, of course.iss usa pageant or the cast of next season's "celebrity rehab?" because it's starting to -- 21-year-old alisa from here in california won miss usa. so in your face, uglier states. [ applause ] she will now go on to compete in the miss universe competition. her runner-up miss tennessee will go on to marry an orthodontist so congratulations. meanwhile, miss alaska, bristol palin, is back in the news. she's releasing a memoir tomorrow called "not afraid of life, my journey so far." she told the story how she lost her virginity. she lost it on a hike while drinking wine coolers? wine coolers? 1988? bristol and her boyfriend were on a camp trip, drunk on wine coolers. when she woke up in the morning, she said she didn't remember a thing. it's like something out of a fairy tale. they really are america's royal couple. let's check in with the roof. there you are, andrew. she did not splatter your beautiful bald head. she was unable to hit you. but do you believe you will be able to hit her? >

someone for whom english writing as he himself said should be as transparent as cleanly described window pane. it should be max -- it should privilege the clear, the unfussy, the unage five. it's very hard to make -- it was hard to make the uncharmers, it's hard to make the old charmers unage tie value. it was a large template for us to be commanded to follow as the model of pure english starts the genius stock of white or something. and it's difficult for me because i had a draconian childhood in every conceivable way. which would be too complicated and lengthy to tell you about. my father was enamored of orwell. he read my sister and i a lot of dickens. and a lot of it was frighten. with the dickens, it's a plenitude of life of the importance of containing within the possibly broken, massively python like in the appetite to engeorge itself or get more matter and picture and words. dickens who did all of that. and my father who was super abundant figure in many ways rejoiced in that. it maybe believed that english had the extraordinary kind of -- i don't want to -- mix my snake measures here

we still have some of the 1856 panes of glass that are part of those, but to look outside and see how the spires of the cathedral still dominate the view just as it it did back in the days of the o'connors. all right. let's go this way. [background sounds] >> now, we're on the second floor bathroom. the third floor has not been restored, but up there some interesting things used to take place from time to time when the coono'connorslied here. mary could decide to entertain her friends in the bathroom upstairs. it was just like this one, but before her guests would arrive, she was go out in the back, she would pick some flowers, take it to the bathroom upstairs, then she would go ahead and stand over the tub, and she would pluck some of the petals off the flowers and let them fall to the bottom of the tub. she'd turn around, lift the lid of the toilet and array the bowl with the rest of the flowers and greenery and put the lid down to hold that arrangement in place. i haven't been able to find out where the inspiration for that decoration took place, but i think it was an incredibly im

we welcome this second pane . we welcome this second panel. >> dr. burgess asked that for's opinion be part of the record. without objection stone noticed. i will pointo noticed. i will point out who they are. mr. william kovacs is from the chamber of commerce. mr. david goldston is director of government affairs at the national resources defense careful. with that, gentlemen, the committee is holding an investigative hearing and doing so, always have the practice of taking testimony under oath. any objection to taking testimony under oath? the chair adviseds you the rules of the committee are advised by counsel. the desire to be advised by counsel during your testimony today. please rise and i will swear you in. raise your right hand. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? under oath and subject to the penalties in 18 section 1,001 of united states code. if you would give a five minute summary of your written statement. mr kovacs, we will start with you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate bei

the panel panel -- today's panes defining the role and identity as a community. this is a very important panel. it's taking a look at a very serious subject, the identity of arab-americans, here in the united states and the identity of the arab world abroad. recently within the last year, adc has done an outreach to the arab community as a whole, and not just one area or region. traditionally adc has done this, we are an agency for the all arabs, within the last year, we pushed an initiative through the d.c. chapter. one the numbers, who really helped us outreach with the american community. we want to thank you for that. we did make tremendous strides with the communities. that being said, we began working close with the living american community as a recent -- the american community that we've tried our best to get with them. things are going. it's definitely a process. the axillary american community seems to be a challenge, but we're going to push forward and try to forge the relationship. the objective is to offer abc as a research and tool for the organizat

the united states in which we forbade different groups from even raising to take care of a window pane or create economic certainty. we have to take care of our own and not help everybody across this world. that's why i rise in support of my amendment. . mr. kingston: mr. chair, i yield back the balance of my time. i do want to point out some of the things that this program is doing in pakistan, haiti, the sudan and afghanistan and i will submit that for the record at the proper time. thank you. i yield back. the chair: the request of the gentleman from georgia will be handled in general leave. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. broun: mr. speaker, i have an amendment that i hope is at the d

i want to thank the panelis for being here, especially those that traveled a great distance to be heree record will be open for fe business days for any member to submit a statement or hear [inaudible conversations] >> welcome onto this very important hearing. the purpose of our hearing today is to discuss what can be done to what he did feel the economic collapse this country. our witness today's doug elmendorf, director of the congressional budget office. want to thank you for her professionalism and hard work and does your associates hav cbo and for appearing in our committee again today. history the cbo released its long-term budget outlook. distractors harsh light of the challenges we face in sound similar to many in washington haveeen ignored for far too long. the federal government will raise across the dangerous tipping point this year. acording to cbo, total u.s. debt will reach 100% of gdp. example of eclipse the size of our entire economy. economists who study suffering that tell us that leading total to rise above 90% of gdp creates a drag on economic growth and intensifies