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currently, signs are permitted if they do not visually obstruct or detract from the city landmark, are not larger or appear to be more visually prominent than any sign that previously existed in is maintained in good condition. the proposed legislation would change these rules by deleting the requirement that the proposed signs be located in the historic signing district, and they would allow the signs to contribute to the identity of the neighborhoods in addition to the city as a whole. the planning department recommends that the planning commission approved the resolution with modifications. these include changing the name from his direct sign to commemorative sign, remove the sentence from the proposed legislation that says the department meet refer the application for and advising -- for an advisory opinion, and specify that the proposed ordinance, that designation under the section of the planning code does not by itself protected from being obscured or removed from future development projects. the reason for the proposed changes is the department sees a clear distinction between

the building will disrupt the visual harmony of the entire area. over and over again, we're given the same views. it will be visible. we are shown these funny ankles , in order to hide just how far out of harmony and care this is. the height, baltic, and design of the building. we're so far out of touch with in the area, make no attempt to relate to the prevailing pattern of the neighborhood. the building has an overwhelming in dominating appearance. it will have a detrimental impact on the character of the neighborhood and on the surrounding buildings and on some of the affordable housing, the rent-controlled housing that will set permanently in the shadow of this building. the small buildings are there. the conclusions reached by the department, by the development team that this would not alter the visual character and would not offend the character of the neighborhood, and not supported by any facts or supported by common sense. i urge you to grant the appeal of the conditional use authorization and send this back to be rethought and the justice

a tool for the visually impaired.tay with us, another half hour of news is in just a moment. >>> g.o.p. front runner mitt romney faces new competition from within his own party. a candidate going after the same voters, mack matthews is in the neighborhood where the fund-raiser is now underway. mark? >> it's a big barbecue at scott mcneilly's house. scott just a mile up the road is where this turn off is just on meg whitman roll by. a thousand bucks gets you in. $10,000 gets you a picture with the candidate. there is california visit upstaged just a little bit by a mod rit republican, also a mormon, announced john huntsman. standing in the same spot where ronald reagan kicked off his campaign, the former utah governor announced he's in. >> today, i'm a candidate for the office of president of the united states of america. >> the bio says he grew up in palo alto. we know his dad went to stanford and went to develop the clam shell box for mcdonald's big macs. and while his father was on the way to becoming a billionaire,

visually, it is compelling. in terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the african-american community. it is a tradition that came from africa, has its roots in africa, but during slavery, this was a combination of things. one was a way to be able to communicate with each other, a way to create beautiful objects, and a way to create functional, utilitarian objects for the family and community. the other part that makes it so interesting is the focus on jazz. there are two attritions being celebrated here. certainly, the tradition as we know it -- these are not traditional quilts. they have their roots in traditional aspects, but what you will find in this exhibition are works that include materials on the surface, new processes, copying, and putting photographic images on the surface. you will find packets sewn onto the surface, so the meth

he's an visually impaired individual living in the glen park neighborhood and countered difficulties in that lie brardwroy fully access the e.i. based on that particular library not having the right equipment for him to comfortably read the thing. he asked for a continuance, however, we would like to ask staff to offer the type of typical option that exists, particularly when people have time to read in the main library and can come and respond in writing. can you please for the record clarify that? >> thank you for that quefment i'm lisa gibson with the planning department. and i'm aware of the communication from mr. seibert and i did reply to him this morning to tell him that the draft was available for public review at the main library. the main library has a device called very easy reading devees that enables patrons to have english language materials read out loud. also we want to ensure we will provide members of the public who are visually impaired with ample opportunity to review the document, the time that they need to do that. the public review period does extend to june 13

thing with cultural value to the city -- that would be crossed out -- be at least 40 years old, not visually obstructive, and not be larger than the sign that was previously existence. commissioner sugaya: so, this is basically what we had before? >> you are just allowing signs that are important to your city and neighborhood. they do not have to be located within the historic sign district to be covered under this section of the code. and lastly -- commissioner sugaya: and lastly, not lastly -- i think supervisor campos mentioned it if there was going to be removal or something of that nature, that would still be, that would still come to the commission in some form? >> i do not believe that is in the legislation, but if that is something you wanted to add, you can certainly do that. president olague: sure. >> if someone wanted to take down the sign, i do not think they are required to have conditional used to do that. if you wanted to clarify that -- commissioner sugaya: i don't know. maybe you could work with the supervisor's office to clarify that. >> if the sign is deemed commemorative,

backing out i want to show you the visual confirmation. but the doppler radar when they put it in, they're real good at picking up if you -- the wind sheer. see the comma, right when you hit that you can see the tornado warning is based on that. that is an indication you have rotation in the storm and could easily have a tornado. now look you can see it is starting to fall apart. in the reports now it is that the system last seen moves into the foothills here, beginning to fall apart. are there a lot of poplated areas here? no, this is lightly poplated. north of 99, getting out of here towards las plumas up here, when they hit the foothills they slow down. looks like this is breaking apart. that is the second tornado warning we have had this afternoon. severe weather moving through the central valley. we have more weather and rain that we have today, heading our way as we move in the next couple of days. i'll see you back here. >>> speaking of the rain, it means more than just dreary weather. it also means last-minute changes, to some big

fortress on these days seventy years after the start of the great passion war makes you not only see the visual damage to this city. the forefront of that war you can also feel the human coast of those terrible times dance from the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about that the roches night thousands of people were buried alive on these four square kilometers on the night of the twenty second of june nineteen forty one defending the prettiest fortress was the first battle for the soviet union in the great war but it was also one of its most boyhood and chapters the nazi invade us expected that they would capture it swiftly but instead they came up

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the conclusion that there would be no-visual impact is also based on the incorrect information that there were 25 residential buildings that were three stories in height and that the proposed five-story building would only be slightly taller. when you base conclusions on false or inaccurate information, your er is inadequate. the actual height of the building would exceed 65 feet as a slowdown, and it should of been rated as a significant visual impact on nearby residences that will be presented with a huge wall just a few feet from defense line. to mitigate this effect, this will should have been significantly setback in the middle, like the institute of aging building. as it backs up. there is a huge rectangular cut out in the middle of the structure, and there is also a lot of landscaping to buffer the effect on the nearby residences. here you have a top story that is moved back and tie the knot in the corner. you have an adequate setbacks and you can, in rejecting, require adequate setbacks and also landscaping in the back to mitigate some of these facts. in any event, it prohibits th

major news, development, and visual harmony. this project is harm moan yuss as it repeats existing lines and materials and uses light materials. large areas and open spaces. the commission requires siding of this building so that the project's rear yard is ajuvent to the common mid lock open spaces. on the architectural renders, you can see that the rear yard will preserve the feeling of openness. this is important because many of the buildings on this street prow -- protude -- protrude into the open space. this project replaces a large paved area with a vegetable garden and recreational landscaped areas, an imapproval. let's look at the new shadow plan. much has been made of the improved shadow on the interior space. as you can see, the yellow line there is showing the existing building's shade. the shadow fan of the existing building. the entire mid block space is shaded. consider the neighborhood environment. as the appellant noted, the subject block is residential but the nearby context includes a variety of uses. it's a maj

it's all visual. intuitive. and its available free, wherever the web is.s is how trade strategies are built. tradearchitect. only from td ameritrade. welcome to better. try new tradearchitect and trade commission free for 60 days. >>> this just in to cnn. it's a statement from bruce springsteen. our breaking news at the top of this show was the death of legendary saxophonist clarence clemons died at the age of 69. this is into cnn and posted on bruce springstein's website. it is with overwhelming sadness that we inform our friends and fans that at 7:00 tonight, saturday, june 18th, our beloved friend and band mate clarence clemons passed away. the cause was the complications of the stroke of last saturday, june 12th. bruce springsteen said clarence lived a wonderful life. he carried within him a love of people that will made them love him. he created a wondrous and extended family. he loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage. his loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and

visually, this involution sees the logo representing the next elements of the racing boats, in the shape, and as well as the host city of san francisco. you can see a subtle reference, maybe not so subtle reference to the towers of the golden gate bridge. and finally, the cup itself has been streamlined, while also retaining the most beautiful shape of the oldest trophy in the world. we are also revealing the louis vuitton cup mark as well. for this logo, they began with the halls and ships of the -- hulls and sails of the new boats. and by playing with that, they transformed the vote into a graphic and modern flag which has become the louis vuitton mark. the brick red signifies the interior color of the leather goods. i would like to recognize former america's propecup skipper louio is representing louis vuitton. we appreciate you being here. [applause] we know that you spent a lot of time on an airplane to be here today. i also want to talk about the america's cup world series, the professional circuit that will bring all of the teams and america's cups to port cities around the globe.

great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of purposes. but i think it is also important to try to pull at the strings inside people. >> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level of not knowing what we are losing and we need to link species loss to habitat loss and really focuses much on the habitat. >> of course the overall mission of the academy has to do with two really fundamental and important questions. one of which is the nature of life. how did we get here? the second is the challenge of sustainability. if we are here how are we going to find a way to stay? these questions resonated very strongly with maya. >> on average a speci