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Starting May 2, AT&T will begin implementing monthly usage limits for its U-Verse and DSL users and charge $10 fees every time a customer exceeds the cap.
According to Broadband Reports, DSL customers will have a 150GB monthly usage limit, while U-Verse subscribers will get 250GB. AT&T will impose the $10 fee for every 50GB over the limit a customer uses.
This is a pretty large cap, but it's clearly designed to profit from high-bandwidth users. There's nothing inherently wrong with charging bandwidth hogs for their capacity; plenty of businesses charge on such a consumption model. The issue comes when this directly affects the ability of video-streaming sites like Netflix to carry out their business model, because of the cost-prohibitive nature of the service for individual users. Just three hours of HD video on Netflix would wipe out the entire 150GB monthly limit, for example. And at that point, AT&T comes back to those who want to watch movies on the Web with their own proprietary service. Before long, companies who want to deliver high-quality broadband video to audiences who want it will see their business models shattered and will be forced to close their doors. And only AT&T and its telecom friends will be around. You don't have to precisely discriminate against competing sites to practice discrimination.
AT&T is likely to get away with tiered pricing; it's allowed for in the fake net neutrality rules put out by the FCC, as far as I can tell, and the last time they tried this, consumer complaints succeeded only on the grounds of false advertising, that they were promised unlimited usage. Comcast already has usage fees.
Critics denounced the move:
S. Derek Turner, research director at media reform group Free Press, called AT&T's most recent venture "a poor solution to an unproven problem." The move will have "a chilling effect on economic growth and innovation online," Turner said. "When ISPs force their customers to watch the meter, experimentation, innovation and business will suffer." Turner also said that AT&T's overage plan is punitive considering it "bears no discernible relation to underlying costs, which are estimated to be mere pennies per gigabyte."
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) also expressed his worry over the potential repercussions of AT&T's usage caps. "I am concerned that charging more for increased usage would raise prices for some consumers and potentially lead to lower broadband adoption levels," Markey told The Hill. "This would undermine our broadband goals as outlined in the National Broadband Plan while undercutting our global competitiveness, and I will be closely monitoring this decision."
Come back to the Internet in about five years and see how it's "progressed." My guess would be, not far.


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Citizens for Children at Risk would like to thank the following businesses for supporting our group and the activities we provide for teens in the area: Dairy Queen, Kishman's IGA, Dellroy Market, Dellroy Dollar General, Discount Drug Mart, Thorne's, Virginia Restaurant, The Depot Restaurant, Jimmy's Backyard Barbecue, NAPA, Ashton's 5 and 10 Cent Store, Betty Kaye Bakery, Archers Restaurant and Gordon's Graphics. Without the donations and support of our community and local businesses we wouldn't be able to make this happen.
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What not to worry about...and what to worry about
Up through the 1960s, British politicians used to run for office still saying and acting like the sun had not set on the British empire. There were all sorts of stupid campaign slogans and arguments, and there was of course pass-the-popcorn sexual scandals with politicians. And there were even brilliantly funny films, such as "I'm Alright, Jack" (1959) that skewered shallow ideologically driven labor leaders and corrupt, manipulative corporate executives. Still, the Brits drifted...
Meanwhile, Labour Party leader, Harold Wilson, and Edward Heath, Conservative Party leader, each tried, but failed to stem the devaluing of the British pound while all the bread and circuses were going on.
That's why I don't worry about the latest sex scandal to hit a politician I happened to like. And I don't worry about the silly statements by surrogates for Obama and Clinton.
Here is what I worry about:
1. The US government's top military commander in the Middle East and South Asia resigns because he opposes the Cheney (Bush) administration's lust for war against Iran.
2. The dollar continues to fall in ways that show nobody in power seems to understand that we're supposed to do something about this as a nation.
3. The continuing failure of our nation to adopt Hamiltonian policies that also overlap with New Deal policies to benefit a wide working class.
Worrying about these things should help Hillary and Obama supporters realize that Obama and Hillary are each better than McCain. While Hillary and Obama don't speak to the above points very well, either, at least Hillary or Obama are more likely than McCain to listen more to someone who worries about these more important public policy matters and strengthening the working and middle classes of our nation.
Oh well. Back to news reports as to when New York Governor Elliot Spitzer is going to resign, while Senator Vitter (R-Louisiana), who loves prostitutes as much if not more than Spitzer, but had the audacity to parade himself as a family man with strong moral values, ripped Bill Clinton's private indiscretions, and yet still sits in the US Senate.


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Phillip Phillips Wants to Stay on American Idol 2012 Despite Painful Condition
If Phillip Phillips seemed a little shaky on this week's American Idol, it's probably because his medical issues are far from over. According to what his father told TMZ, the Southern singer is determined to stay in the competition despite the painful stent he recently had surgically implanted to help alleviate the problems from his kidney stones.
On March 8, Phillip sought medical treatment for the condition, but he still managed to show up for the results show that night. Since October, Phillip has undergone surgery five times to remove kidney stones. Hopefully he can avoid those in the future, but considering how much discomfort the stent may cause, he definitely gets our sympathy vote!
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RUTLAND, Vt. – Sophomore Francesca Panarelli (Shrewsbury, Mass.) scored the first game-winning goal of her career and added two assists as the Holy Cross women's ice hockey team recorded a 3-0 victory over Castleton State on Friday night. With the win, Holy Cross is now 13-5-5 on the season and 7-4-5 in the ECAC East. The Spartans are now 9-10-5 (6-6-5 ECAC East).
Panarelli put the Crusaders on the board with 15 seconds left in the first period, beating Castleton State goaltender Paula Stephens after corralling a rebound. Seniors Alex Campione (Townsend, Mass.) and Rebecca O'Quinn (Arlington, Mass.) recorded assists on the play to give Holy Cross the 1-0 lead after one period of play.
O'Quinn doubled the Crusader lead just 4:23 into the second period, tipping in a shot by senior Caroline English (Dorchester, Mass.) into the back of the net. It was O'Quinn's eighth goal of the season as Panarelli also recorded her first assist of the night. With 2:31 remaining in the second stanza, junior Kylee Sullivan (Arlington, Mass.) tallied her first goal of the season to increase the Crusader lead to 3-0. Panarelli and sophomore Jessica Frascotti (Needham, Mass.) added the helpers on the final score of the game.
Holy Cross sophomore goaltender Alexandra Stevenson (Norwood, N.Y.) made 25 saves for her third shutout of the season and is now 5-2-4 on the season. Stephens made 29 saves and is now 8-8-5. The Crusaders outshot the Spartans 32-25 in the game.
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Podcast: Confronting Commercial Tobacco Use among Native American Tribes
Narrator: 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health. This series of podcasts celebrates the progress made—and the work still to be done—to end tobacco-related disease and death.
Tribal Support Centers work with many American Indian and Alaskan Native groups to reduce commercial tobacco use among Tribal people.
Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson was the first American Indian woman to graduate from Yale University School of Medicine. Today, she is vice president of the Black Hills Center for American Indian Health in South Dakota. One issue she is confronting is ceremonial tobacco use among Native tribes.
Patricia Nez Henderson: It's a huge concern—for many reasons: We're seeing that a lot of tribes—instead of using the ceremonial tobacco that they harvest when they go out into the mountains or go into the rivers to harvest these plants, they instead use cigarettes.
… we're providing education and really having them be empowered to be the voice, to let their constituents know that the use of cigarettes is not traditional and that they need to go back to using, for example, in our tribe, Nicotiana, which is mountain smoke, mountain tobacco that is harvest from the sacred mountains on the Navaho Nation.
Narrator: Even with these challenges, Dr. Nez Henderson acknowledges that progress has been made.
Patricia Nez Henderson: Four years ago, we started working very closely with the Navajo Nation leadership and the Navajo Nation communities in passing a very comprehensive tobacco-free policy on Navajo Nation. And it's just been tremendous.
Many of the tribes have passed legislative policies that prohibit the use of cigarettes or smoking—they've gone even beyond that to make it so that it's commercial tobacco free.
Narrator: This podcast is a production of the Office of the Surgeon General and CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. For more information, go to surgeongeneral.gov. The opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Health and Human Services.


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Monthly Archive for March, 2010
Pocket launches app store
Pocket Communications has launched a new app store for its more than 340,000 subscribers in South Texas that will use Qualcomm's Brew-based managed service. Customers of Pocket will be able to shop for ring tones, wallpapers and 3D games through the new application store. Chris Quinn [Read More]
Frost Insurance names president
Frost Bank's insurance subsidiary, Frost Insurance, has named industry veteran Bruce Burdett its new president of statewide operations. Burdett recently held the position of region president for Frost Insurance where he oversaw the Austin and Victoria offices. He has also worked as the company's regional manager for North Texas operations and as its director of […] [Read More]
Medtronic diabetes control system wins federal approval
Minneapolis, Minn.-based Medtronic Inc. said Wednesday it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its diabetes management product called the MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time Revel System. The system incorporates continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pump therapy and diabetes therapy management software to warn people with diabetes so they can take action to prevent dangerously high […] [Read More]
The cosmos jacked with my Toyota!
Attention space beams! Leave my Corolla alone! You know those poor individuals wandering around claiming the universe is out to get them or that aliens are conspiring to take us out? Do any of them own a Toyota? The Detroit Free Press has a story detailing how radiation from cosmic rays striking the atmosphere, or […] [Read More]
2010 Small Business Week award winners announced
Mary Ellen Trevino, founder and CEO of P3S Corp., will be awarded the district Small Business Person of the Year award by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Network in a May ceremony. The 2010 Small Business Week Awards Ceremony will be held from 9 to 10:30 […] [Read More]
Mission Pharmacal supporting healthy pregnancies
San Antonio-based Mission Pharmacal Co. will distribute, as a partner with the March of Dimes, healthy pregnancy and baby education materials to more than 15,000 obstetricians and gynecologists nationally to help more babies be born healthy, the company said Monday. Mission Pharmacal is a national sponsor of the March for Babies, taking place in more […] [Read More]
Best pizza in world
Team San Antonio receives the classic big check. From left to right are Judd Thompson, president and COO of Papa John's Pizza; Jason McClain; Shawn Biery; Bo Czyz, divisional vice president; Jordan Maloney; John Schnatter, founder Papa John's Pizza; and Bill Mitchell, president of global operations. Pizza Ventures of San Antonio LLC, operator of all […] [Read More]
McCombs invests in Austin venture capital firm
San Antonio billionaire B.J. "Red" McCombs has made a long-term investment in an Austin company that funds companies offering mobile financial payment systems in underserved markets around the world, it was announced Monday. The amount of McCombs' investment in MPOWER Ventures II was not disclosed, other than it is millions of dollars and multi-year. MPOWER […] [Read More]
Common cents anyone?
Daddy! I want another Stimulus, now! Let's see, the U.S. Government is in the hole for the cost about two Death Stars, but we're still spending like Veruca Salt at a me convention with no end in sight. We certainly are not bringing in enough cash to cover Washington's spending bonanza. They have to get […] [Read More]
Go Army – virtually
Spring Break visitors to Six Flags Fiesta Texas can take part in a virtual U.S. Army mission by visiting the Virtual Army Experience that will be set up at the park through March 21. A virtual mission simulator will take visitors on a 25-minute exercise involving tasks and equipment used by soldiers in the Army's […] [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2013 - By Clair McFarlandI had to admit to myself that I'm a softie.
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I had to admit to myself that I'm a softie.
This morning, my son and I were enjoying our usual nonstop daily conversation, when we were interrupted by an alarming thwock sound to our immediate left.
Such was the sound of a large gray bird colliding with the dining room window, cutting short all of my son's precocious ramblings, and inspiring several minutes of quiet while the preschooler and myself watched the dire events that were to follow.
The plump, gray victim whose happy day had been so loudly concluded lay on our front lawn gasping. His chest posed skyward, he watched, with my son and I, as a brown, fierce-looking, predatory bird landed a foot from his delicate head. I'm sorry, but I don't know any species names, as I usually try not to watch birds unless they attempt to infiltrate my dining area.
My son then announced that the brown bird was there to "fix the gray bird." This was not the case.
The brown bird "fixed" cold eyes upon the gray bird, and did not deviate his gaze until the gray bird had breathed his last. Once there was no more evidence of breath from the prey, the brown bird put his sharp beak to work, systematically removing feathers and flesh, as if in no hurry for brunch at all.
At this point, I mused aloud that we could build an ornate railway system in the living room, several feet from the dining room window and its macabre goings on. Except my musing actually sounded like "come on sweetie, let's build a train track!"
My intervention had come too late. My son demanded an explanation.
As I try to be as direct and realistic a mother as possible, I explained about injury, death, and the brown bird's preferred method of survival. My son, unsympathetic of even his own carnivorous needs, and less sympathetic yet of the brown bird's, enumerated to me all the ways in which he'd have his revenge upon the brown bird. This discourse was complete with hand gestures.
What was more unusual than my son's passion for the underdog, or underbird, as it were, was the fact that I felt sympathetic, and a little disgusted, as well. I had to admit to myself that I'm a softie. But why, in the midst of these happenings, did my soft side decide to come out? It didn't show its head the last time my husband gave me a dead deer, and I gave him deer stroganoff in return.
The answer to that is in the fading sighs of the gray bird. I don't think I've ever watched anything -- besides bugs and trout -- die.
In those moments of contemplation over whether the creature would live, my mind gave in to hope -- that emotion which is most painful when circumstances disappoint.
I wondered whether the bird would live, or whether he'd spend his last moments of life staring into the uncaring eyes of his food-chain superior. I contemplated his dying thoughts.
Also, the bird realized the two worst fears of most every human who is OK with public speaking: to die from a stupid mistake, and to have others lurking around in happy anticipation of your death.
Oh, the morbidity of that unchangeable moment in which the gray bird forgot his surroundings and slammed into my window! The regret and shame he must have felt as he lay on my lawn! All the meaningful events of his life, which were surely blazing in his mind as lucid as the days on which they occurred, were brought to naught by that one act of utter disregard.
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materials : modelling clay, paper clip, silicone, modelling grass(or oregano), some thin green paper.
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-using the modelling clay make a rose on the one end of the paper clip.(this rose is made from many small petals but an other one i made from one long strip of clay is better in my oppinion)
-pour some silicone on a sheet of celophane, sprincle some oregano on top then pour some more silicone to cover/trap the oregano inbetween.the upper side will come in contact with water so we must avoid oregano getting in the water.try to cover it without using too much silicone because it wont be transparent.
the result should be something like the photographs below.
Step 3: Preping the lamp
i tried two ways
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2)to use this trick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXngPx3w3M
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me, 2.0: jose nazario
beauty and the street
computer innards 3
a TV input card on beth's computer.
has gotten me turned on to functional programming as of late. i'm attracted to it for a few reasons, key among them are doing complex things elegantly and thinking in new ways. i've been using a lot of python lately, too, and so that's a natural fit, python lends itself well to toying around in FP.
some nice FP links:
Functional programming in the Java language
, kind of gross but also interesting. look at the links to FP tools for java.
Functional programming in Python, Part 1
, a good introduction.
Why Functional Programming Matters
, the seminal paper by John Hughes on FP.
functional programming
in the Tcl wiki. Tcl can do FP to a degree, but it gets pretty hairy pretty quickly. the language simply doesn't lend itself to the task very well.
uploaded and released
stsh version 0.3.1
, the simple systrace shell. no functional changes, added a manpage and cleaned up the code a wee bit.
tired of this error on openbsd?
lint: cannot find llib-lc.ln
... according to
Andreas Kahari
, change how you call lint(1):
$ lint -Cstsdc main.c
. works for me, and found a few errors i introduced.
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Simeon Bruner has over 40 years of experience in architecture and construction. He is known for his creative design and expertise in the adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Mr. Bruner is responsible for client interface and building design, and is directly involved throughout the construction process.
Among Mr. Bruner's projects are the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), Crown & Eagle Mill Housing, Piano Craft Guild housing for artists, Landmark Center, 45 Province Street luxury residential high-rise. Mr. Bruner also directed the Boston Children's Museum Master Plan and the reuse study for the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Museum in Hartford. He is currently Principal-in-Charge of The Viridian, a luxury high-rise residential project at 1282 Boylston Street in Boston, and the new Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University.
Before founding Bruner/Cott, Mr. Bruner operated his own construction firm. He is the founder of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, a nationally recognized non-profit award for urban architecture and design, and founder of the Bruner/Loeb Forum with the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Mr. Bruner holds a Master of Architecture from Yale University and a BA in Biology from Brandeis University.
Leland Cott has over 40 years of experience in architecture and urban design. His design expertise is in buildings for educational, multi-occupant residential and commercial use. He is responsible for primary client contact, design and implementation of architecture, interior architecture, and urban design.
Mr. Cott's practice includes the 20 & 21 Custom House Street mid-rise office buildings, the luxury residential high-rise buildings at 931 Massachusetts Avenue and 388 Commonwealth Avenue, Washington Elms Public Housing, Burberry Ltd., the historic gymnasium renovation at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the renovation of Harvard's Peabody Terrace Housing, Briggs Athletic Center and Blackstone Station (LEED Platinum), and the new Center for Student Services at Boston University (LEED Gold). In 2007, Mr. Cott helped direct the effort to restore Ernest Hemingway's house in Havana, Cuba. He is currently working on the School of Law renovation and addition at Boston University, the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center at Harvard University (in association with Hopkins Architects), and the Charlton College of Business expansion at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA.
Mr. Cott's experience and interest in the rehabilitation of mid 20-th century modern buildings has led to campus preservation and development plans, lectures, national conference presentations, and a blog series for Metropolis called Icon or Eyesore? Mr. Cott was an adjunct professor of Urban Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he taught for 17 years. He is a former Peace Corps Volunteer, former President of the Boston Society of Architects, and a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Cott holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute.
Lynne Brooks has been with Bruner/Cott for more than 20 years. She has considerable experience in the management of complex projects and project teams. She is primarily responsible for use-needs analyses, programming, architectural and interior design concepts, project team management, consultant coordination and work flow scheduling. As a team leader, Ms. Brooks has experience with building consensus with diverse project stakeholders including high level college and university officials and faculty. She was the Principal-in-Charge of the renovation of the Arthur D. Little building at MIT; the Harvard River Houses and Swing Space Studies; and several projects at Dean College. She collaborated with Moore Ruble Yudell on the new Sloan School of Management at MIT, and the North Campus Master Plan and McLaughlin Cluster Residence Halls at Dartmouth College. She is currently a Consulting Principal for Programming for the School of Law renovation and addition at Boston University; and Principal for the Charlton College of Business expansion at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA. Ms. Brooks earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and her professional degree from the Boston Architectural Center.
Henry Moss began work at Bruner/Cott in 1986. Mr. Moss specializes in historic restoration and in planning and design for large-scale adaptive reuse. His expertise extends to the preservation and ongoing use of 20th century modernist buildings. Mr. Moss' projects include the Watertown Arsenal, the 199 State Street luxury residential building, the preservation of H.H. Richardson's Hayden Building, and Charles Bulfinch's University Hall at Harvard University. He was a key member of the MASS MoCA design team and the Hemingway House preservation team in Havana, Cuba. He is the Principal-in-Charge of the multi-phased adaptive reuse of the Waltham Watch Factory in Waltham, MA and is a Consulting Principal for Preservation for the School of Law renovation and addition at Boston University; and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center at Harvard University (in association with Hopkins Architects).
Mr. Moss is a recognized spokesman for the preservation of historic buildings and landscapes. For over 25 years he has led technical workshops for architects and contractors on historic building topics for the Boston Society of Architects, and he is a founder of DOCOMOMO/US New England. He also contributes regular technical editorial material to our Icon or Eyesore? blog posts for Metropolis. Prior to joining Bruner/Cott, he practiced in England for 18 years, where he specialized in historic preservation and public housing renovation. Mr. Moss holds Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Arts degrees cum laude from Harvard University.
Dan Raih has been a senior member of the Bruner/Cott team for over 30 years. He has a wide range of experience in institutional, commercial, and residential projects, from the inception of design through the completion of construction. He has been responsible for many of Bruner/Cott's student life projects, including the new Center for Student Services at Boston University (LEED Gold), the Class of 1953 Commons at Dartmouth College, Seegers Union at Muhlenberg College, Bartlett Hall at the University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University's new Commons Student Center (LEED Gold), and the Sarratt Student Center and Alumni Hall also at Vanderbilt. Other projects include the Channel Center luxury residential buildings, Bolton Commons at the University of Georgia, the Blue Wall dining renovation at UMass Amherst (LEED Silver) and the renovation of Wells Commons at the University of Maine (LEED Silver). He is currently the Principal-in-Charge of the dining renovation at the Harvard Club of Boston, and the Living Building Challenge R,W, Kern Center/Campus Portal at Hampshire College. Mr. Raih was an original member of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Notre Dame University.
Lawrence Cheng joined Bruner/Cott in 1999, after managing his own firm for 6 years. He has considerable experience in the design of multi-family housing and mixed use facilities, as well as institutional projects. His contributions include project design, detailing, and overall supervision of project team activities. He was the Associate-in-Charge of Channel Center, a $400 million major mixed-use project in Boston's Fort Point District. He has increasingly been involved in the design of high performance building envelopes, such as the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has also worked on 45 Province Street; the Chinatown Community Education Center in Boston; the Penmark Condominiums; and Harrison Commons. Mr. Cheng is currently a technical support Project Manager for the Boston University School of Law renovation and addition; and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center at Harvard University (in association with Hopkins Architects). He is a former Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard Design School, and holds Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science degrees from MIT.
Bob Simmons joined Bruner/Cott in 1987 and, with his strong background in design, has significantly contributed to many of Bruner/Cott's best known projects including the MIT Faculty Club, the rehabilitation of Memorial Hall at Harvard University, the Sarratt Student Center and the award-winning new Commons Center at Vanderbilt University (LEED Gold), and the adaptive reuse of the former Sears Roebuck warehouse in Boston, now known as Landmark Center. He is currently in charge of project design and production, the supervision of team activities, and the coordination of consulting engineers, and is currently working on a new luxury, multi-family residential project, The Viridian, at 1282 Boylston Street in Boston. Mr. Simmons specializes in dining and student life projects, sustainable design, and historic preservation/adaptive reuse. He recentlly completed the renovation and expansion of Seegers Union at Muhlenberg College; the planning and renovation of historic Alumni Hall at Vanderbilt University; as well as the new Bolton Dining Commons at the University of Georgia, and the renovation of The Blue Wall, a major dining facility at the Lincoln Campus Center at U Mass Amherst. Mr. Simmons received his Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University.
Jason Forney joined the firm in 2002 and became a Principal in 2014. He specializes in the transformative adaptive reuse of historically significant structures as well as the design of high-performing contemporary architecture. Mr. Forney led design teams for the reuse of the historic gymnasium at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; the Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University, the Sol LeWitt Gallery at MASS MoCA, and McKim Meade and White's Powerhouse at Amherst College. He has designed LEED Gold and Platinum projects on the campuses of Dartmouth College and Macalester College, and is working on a new luxury, multi-family residential project, The Viridian, at 1282 Boylston Street in Boston, and the R.W. Kern Center at Hampshire College, designed to meet to the Living Building Challenge. Mr. Forney has spoken at the American Institute of Architects National Convention, the New Hampshire AIA's Sustainable Design Symposium, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Building Energy Conference, and the Boston Society of Architect's Build Boston and ABX Conferences. He holds Bachelor's degrees in Architecture and Environmental Design from North Carolina State University.
Laurie Soave leads project teams with attention to building consensus, project priorities, and sustainable design. She also develops programming and design concepts, and coordinates the work of consultants. She is particularly skilled in projects emphasizing historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and sustainable design. She was the Associate-in-Charge for the design and construction of Harvard University's Dance Center and the Blackstone Office Renovation (LEED Platinum). Since joining Bruner/Cott, Ms. Soave has worked various campus projects. She recently completed several projects at the University of Maine – Hilltop Commons and Wells Commons (LEED Silver), the New Media & Wyeth Family Studio Art Center; and the renovation of a major dining facility, The Blue Wall, at U Mass Amherst. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the Boston Architectural Center. She is currently managing the renovation of the dining experience at the Harvard Club of Boston.
Peter Ziegler joined our firm in 2004 with a strong background in the application of technology to architectural practice. He develops programming and design concepts, manages design and production teams, and coordinates consultant information. He is particularly adept at combining his analytical skills with programmatic and 3-D design solutions. He has recently completed a series of projects for Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, including the renovation of an existing building into a new Library Learning Commons, as well as the design for a new Performing Arts & Dining Center. He managed the conversion of the iconic Boott Mill in Lowell, MA to a mixed use residential development and assisted in the re-design of the Hartford Times Building for the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. He was the Project Manager for the new Center for Student Services at Boston University and is currently in this role for the School of Law renovation and addition also at Boston University. Mr. Ziegler received a Bachelor of Science in Art and Design and a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.
Ms. Kelly is our Director of Business Development & Marketing and has been with Bruner/Cott since 2006. Her experience in this capacity helps transform our client relationships into successful partnerships. She spearheads alliances with new client groups and fosters those of our existing clients. She works closely with the principals in all aspects of the firm's business, marketing, and PR initiatives. Her expertise is with strategic market analysis, business development, marketing plan implementation, public relations and communications. Ms. Kelly is active in professional organizations including the Society for College and University Planning, the Society for Marketing Professional Services, Professional Women in Construction, NEWIRE, and AASHE. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the College of Environmental Science & Forestry and a Bachelor of Arts from Hobart & William Smith College.
Jason Jewhurst's responsibilities include conceptual design, design development, construction drawings, and construction administration. His recent projects include the new Center for Student Services at Boston University (LEED Gold); the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College (LEED Platinum); 45 Province Street luxury condominiums in Boston; the Global Education Center for the International studies program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and the Media Lab expansion at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently working on the Living Building Challenge R.W. Kern Center at Hampshire College. Mr. Jewhurst received his Associates Degree in Applied Sciences of Civil Technology & Architecture from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; as well as a Bachelors of Architecture (BARCH) Professional Degree Program from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.
Scott Chisholm is an Associate with the firm. His responsibilities include design, production management, and construction administration. He recently completed work on 45 Province Street, a new commercial high-rise residential tower in the Ladder District of downtown Boston. Currently, Mr. Chisholm is leading our team on the new mixed-use development in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, The Viridian at1282 Boylston Street. He was a Senior Project Manager for the Class of 1953 Commons dining hall renovation at Dartmouth College, and Parcel 6 at Channel Center in Boston's Innovation District. Prior to joining Bruner/Cott, Mr. Chisholm worked on a Federal Courthouse, several corporate centers, and as a Project Architect for four years in Sapporo, Japan. Mr. Chisholm received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the State University of New York in Buffalo.
As an Associate with Bruner/Cott, Mr. Guditz has extensive experience in the restoration and adaptive use of historic structures of both local and national significance. He has managed a wide range of high profile preservation projects in Boston including the Hatch Memorial Shell, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, the Christian Science Publishing House, as well as the Nott Memorial at Union College and the U.S. Federal Courthouse and Post Office in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mr. Guditz is currently the Preservation/Technical Manager for the School of Law renovation and addition at Boston University; and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center at Harvard University (in association with Hopkins Architects). He received a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science from RPI, and a Master of Arts in Preservation Studies from Boston University.
Susan Morgan has over ten years of experience working in the design and management of projects that combine new construction with renovation and LEED documentation. She has worked on National Historic Landmark buildings for institutional clients along the east coast. Among her prior projects, Ms. Morgan worked on the design team for the Maine Historical Society Research Library in Portland, ME. She recently completed work on the programming, planning and interior design at the Center for Student Services at Boston University (LEED Gold), and the renovation of the President's House at MIT, and is now working on the School of Law renovation at Boston University; and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center at Harvard University (in association with Hopkins Architects). Ms. Morgan has been an instructor of architectural design and design computing for the Boston Architectural College for the past ten years. She received a BS in Architecture, magna cum laude, from Washington University, and a Master of Architecture degree from MIT.
Greg Russell leads projects from schematic design through construction. He is currently working as the Project Manager for the new Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. He was a project manager for the Blackstone Station renovation at Harvard University (LEED Platinum), and the luxury high-rise residential building at 45 Province Strreet in Boston. He has designed projects at Mt Auburn Cemetery and the DeCordova Museum. Also, Mr. Russell is the building committee chairman for Christ the King Presbyterian Church, and served as the owner's representative for a renovation project to this historic 1851 Cambridge building. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Sean Steele-Nicholson Award for excellence in architecture, and in 1998, won the Marvin Goody Prize for his architectural thesis research. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, and received a Master of Architecture degree from MIT.


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Grey's Anatomy Spoiler Pics: Season 9, Episode 20: "She's Killing Me" (PHOTOS)
Check out these sneak peek pics from Grey's Anatomy Season 9, Episode 20: "She's Killing Me" (April 4), where Meredith and Derek receive news about their baby, April discusses her "virginity" with Matthew, and more.
Read on for ABC's full episode synopsis.
Upon receiving some unsettling news, Meredith and Derek take preventative steps for their children's future; a group of Syrian doctors arrive at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for a crash course in basic surgical skills that they plan to apply in the field; and April decides to come clean to Matthew regarding the truth about her virginity. Meanwhile, multiple pre-op patients develop infections, causing one doctor to wonder if she is at fault, on Grey's Anatomy.
Catch the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ;ABC.


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designer customers: david bromstad
We're huge fans of David Bromstad and his HGTV show, Color Splash. Coincidentally we both "moved" to Miami recently and had the opportunity to meet at our store opening.
Following are a few thoughts he shared with us.
Who's the most influential person to you as far as design goes?
My biggest influence in design would have to be Phillipe Stark. His innovative way of taking and combining styles and colors is absolutely sublime.
What are some of the aspects that define Miami's design culture?
Miami has a design style all its own. It's fresh and hip and not afraid to take chances and push the boundaries of design and color. The South American influences are undeniable. We are the only tropical city in the United States, its call the American Riviera for a reason. Hot, sexy and sultry.
What are some of your favorite spots to visit in Miami?
The beach has always been a place to relax and let the creative juices fly. Some of my best ideas come from laying in the hot Florida sun listening to my ipod. My new favorite place is my work studio. After years of working in San Francisco I was unable to have a work studio to create sculptures, lighting and artwork. I rarely leave. I think setting up a cot would be a wise idea!
What are some design trends you foresee?
If I had my crystal ball out, which I often do, and was looking to the next year or 2 of design trends, I would say that global influences will continue to make a mark in design. Going "green" with organic and environmentally products will bring in a more subtle, earthy design sense and color palette. On the flip side I see innovation with new and fantastic materials and colors. Consumers these days are savvy and smart and want to see amazing and inspiring products. The colors as well will be fresh. Purples, magentas, oranges, lime greens and yellows are those color splashes to complement the earthy base colors coming from the organic color influences.
Color is definitely your trademark—what color is your personal favorite for spring? I never thought I would say this would be my favorite color but magenta is my new obsession. I find it sexy, sultry and just plain happy! Combined with acid yellow!? YUMMY?
What's a fast, inexpensive way to update one's home?
The fastest way to update your home is to rearrange your furniture. This will cost you absolutely nothing but a little manpower and creativity. Top if off with new throw pillows and you have transformed your room for very little. Another way to give your home a new life is through paint. Instead of painting all 4 walls of your room, which is in an all day project, try doing a feature wall in a stunning color. Black, red, grellow, orange, purple, magenta, I could go on for days the possibilities of color. I prefer an earth and health friendly VOC free paint like Mythic. (In Chicago, see Michelle at the eco paint boutique Colori.)
You recently viewed the CB2 spring collection in person, any favorites?
That's an unfair and evil question! The minute I walked in to view the new collection and store I was blown away by everything! The thought and love that went into each product was abundantly clear. I'm obsessed! Ok, if you're going to put me on the spot I will narrow my store wide obsession to a few fantastic items. The parlor sofa in that yummy grellow is so fantastic I can't even contain myself. Don't be surprised if this ends up in my bedroom. Sexy, sleek and did I mention the color? Perfection! The knitted pouf in lime green! Its so textural and delicious and the price? Again genius! The grrrl rug. 80s fabulous personified! I'm loving this rug more than I love my car! The alpha floor lamp. So fantastic and stunning, and huge! I love the statement is suggests…."I'm not afraid of design!"
Can you give us any hints regarding the upcoming season of Color Splash? The upcoming season of Color Splash Miami will be sexy and fabulous! With a whole new cast and crew, we will be featuring local artisans and craftsman that make Miami one of the most creative places on earth. The new season should air sometime in July! We are still in the early stages of the series, but I have a feeling this will be the strongest season yet! Also look for the light sculptures in my studio - super colorful and utterly different from anything I have ever created.
Thank You David!


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Exactly How Big Is This So-Called Al Qaeda?
Massive Perpetual Wars against Fantastical Dwarfed Terrorists
People keep talking about which country we should be getting out of, or, how many more countries we should get into to fight against terrorist Al Qaeda. No one is asking what Al Qaeda is or who really these supposed Al Qaeda terrorists are.
By Sibel Edmonds
For almost 10 years we have been engaged in a massive and many-fronted war advertised as a war on terror-war on Al Qaeda. Recent reports put the total cost to America of this war on terror at around $3 trillion. This is not counting un-countable covert operations with secret budgets, and it does not include the war in Libya or covert wars elsewhere.
For the last 10 years of the Cold War, the period of our heightened expenditures against a war marketed as a war against communism, we reportedly spent slightly under $3 trillion.
For a moment let's forget about the exaggerated and sometimes dubious Soviet threats that were being sold to our nation during the Cold-War, and assume all of them legitimate and warranted. Okay?
We had the Soviet military with over 5 million men. We were dealing with Long-Range Ballistic Missile capabilities. We had an empire with a declared arsenal of 39,967 tons of chemical weapons. We were faced with massive nuclear arsenals and warheads, sophisticated fighter aircraft, tanks… All that, and of course the added fear propaganda and jazzed up other threats to go with it. My point here is not how scary an adversary the USSR was to the United States. Here is what I want you to do:
Take into perspective and compare the size, budget, militaristic and technological capabilities, and the vast power of our former adversary, the USSR, to the current alleged terrorist adversary, Al Qaeda, whom we have supposedly been fighting for ten years.
Let's first begin by engaging in a rational process of elimination, and take out the wars and targets that are not related to the 9/11 terrorists, the supposed Al-Qaeda. That will take out Iraq and Saddam Hussein, and also Libya and Gaddafi.
Next, we should take out Afghanistan as a terrorist nation state. Afghanistan has been under our occupation for almost ten years, and we have our puppet government installed there, and when it comes down to it, the Taliban does not equate to Al-Qaeda, it never did. The Taliban did not exercise terrorism in the United States or its Global territories.
We must also remove Pakistan as a terrorist country, thus a nation state target. If you remember, neither the quasi 9/11 Congressional Inquiry nor the quasi 9/11 Commission Report ever declared the Pakistani government/nation as terrorists or an Al-Qaeda member. Let us go with their official judgment. After all, haven't we been giving Pakistan billions of dollars in US aid since 9/11 and continuing to date? Wouldn't it be ridiculous to on one hand categorize our drone war there as war against Pakistan as a member of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, and on the other hand support and finance them? Exactly; that eliminates Pakistan as an Al-Qaeda nation-government. Are you with me so far? What does this leave us with?
Our war on Al-Qaeda terror does not include a single nation state or organized state military. No military infrastructure or headquarters. No trained army-navy-air force. No tanks, warplanes, nuclear warheads, drones. No intelligence institutions or landmarks. No communication satellites. No technology. No borders. No GDP…
The supposed Al Qaeda's top leadership was declared by our government to be Osama Bin Laden, aka Al Qaeda Commander in Chief; a sickly old man who was hooked to a dialysis machine; who supposedly lived and hid in caves, and later, in a mud house located in a remote third world village with chickens and goats. A man who sustained himself and his family by periodically selling his wives jewelry or bartering milk from his goats for occasional lamb chops. All this according to our own government; coming out in bits and pieces, and of course, sometimes in a totally contradictory fashion.
The supposed Al-Qaeda network's communication and intelligence sharing infrastructure, according to our government, was kept very simple to evade our trillion-dollar intelligence institutions. The Al-Qaeda commander-in-Chief wrote down notes and instructions. He then waited for the courier to come and pick it up. The old man courier would hop on a donkey and travel from a bigger town to the Commander-in-Chief's mud house in a third world village. This sometimes took several days. He'd take the note, then hop on his donkey, and go back to the town where he'd meet another intermediary courier. The intermediary courier would take the note to a nondescript little house, climb up to the roof where he kept trained courier pigeons and hawks, and based on the importance of the communication given to him, he'd either choose a hawk or pigeon to send the intelligence to the next courier. The next one used couriers who traveled to the remote deserts by camels, and so on and so forth.
How about the sophistication of weapons-methods used by our target terrorists, the ominous Al Qaeda? We are talking about a dozen or so pocket knives priced at approximately $4 a piece (probably made in China), and of course if bought in bulk, for a total under $40. That for the supposed execution of the massive terror plot over here, in the world's super power nation. As for other worldwide terror incidents that have been placed under the 'Al Qaeda Track Record,' we are talking about rudimentary bomb-making ability paired up with ultra simple bombs created by ingredients such as fertilizer; we are talking a few loads of cow dung here; literally, that is.
What about the size of the manpower these terrorists, Al-Qaeda, possess? Interestingly no one in our government has ever touched upon any scientific or even commonsensical estimate as to the number of active-combative Al-Qaeda terrorists. Instead, our government, through their stenographers in the media and their marketing arm in the Hollywood filmmaking industry, has succeeded in forming this public perception of a massive number of boogieman-Al Qaeda-terrorists out there who are actively and constantly planning and executing terror plots against the West. Thus, to get a certain level of rational perception we must look at some factual indicators:
We have had this $3 trillion 'War on Al Qaeda Terror' for the last 10 years with nearly a quarter million military members, thousands and thousands of intelligence operatives and analysts, highly sophisticated and gigantic intelligence gathering tools (Think NSA, satellite technologies, wiretaps, spooks and snitches), mega rewards for turning in Al-Qaeda members …You'd think in ten years of these constant war and intelligence gathering operations we'd have tens of thousands of captured Al-Qaeda terrorists in our jails here and abroad. No?
Interestingly 'No.' Let's take a look at the mother of all our captive top Al Qaeda terrorists detention center; Guantanamo Bay:
Since October 7, 2001, when began the war in Afghanistan, 775 detainees have been brought to Guantanamo. Of these, most have been released without charge or transferred to facilities in their home countries. The Department of Defense often referred to these prisoners as the "worst of the worst", but a 2003 memo by then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says, "We need to stop populating Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) with low-level enemy combatants … GTMO needs to serve as an [redacted] not a prison for Afghanistan."
Currently we have less than 200 detainees at Guantanamo most of whom have not been proven guilty of being 'Al Qaeda terrorists.' Let's be even more generous and count in those detained in other US military prisons like Bagram. Again, we are looking at 500 or so prisoners none of whom having ever been charged; none of whom legally found to be an Al Qaeda terrorist.
Now please put all these facts in perspective: Ten long years of continuous wars, trillions of dollars, 250,000 military personnel, trillions of dollars worth of intelligence gathering institutions and capabilities, millions of dollars set in rewards for Al Qaeda terrorists, and a supposed network with supposed Al Qaeda active terrorist members in very large numbers. Yet we have less than 1000 detained who have been accused of being Al Qaeda terrorists, and none ever proven to be an active Al Qaeda terrorist member.
Does this make sense to you? Does it make sense as far as the trillions of dollars you have been made to pay for this? What are we talking about here? A massive never-ending war against a fantastical network of technologically and militaristically dwarfed terrorists whose proven guilty members we haven't been able to catch or kill.
Everyone is busy arguing whether we should cut or add a few billion dollars to the several trillion dollars war on Al Qaeda. People keep talking about which country we should be getting out of, or, how many more countries we should get into to fight against terrorist Al Qaeda. No one is asking what Al Qaeda is or who really these supposed Al Qaeda terrorists are. The question that never seems to come up is exactly how big is this Al Qaeda we are spending trillions of dollars and thousands of lives fighting against. I mean no one.
"The truth is there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But, there is propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive TV watchers to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US…." Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.
Al Qaeda – "The Base" – was the computer database of Afghan Mujahadeen who were fighting the Soviets and who were on the U.S. payroll. They were no terrorist organization then, and certainly no terrorist organization now.
This is an excellent article. What is missing is, it so corrupt, there are many, many prisons around the in different Countries, that get PAID to take in "Terrorists". All about money, how sad for the world. And the innocent people in chains. This has got to stop, or we will never be a free people, again. It will take something very drastic, to get our beloved America The Beautiful back again. I am a Vietnam Veteran. And I Love My Country. Peace,
There is no Al-Qaeda and there is no terrorism except what has been created to oppose the American invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan's support for it. The US simply does not want to leave Afghanistan and wants to extend its stay using fraudulent pretexts. 9/11 was a fraudulent and false flag operation to terrorize the regions of interest in order to support various American geopolitical sinister plans.
The Americans are hoping to exhaust the Taliban and all others who oppose the American occupation while they have the puppets like Karzai around to help. The Soviets also had their own puppets (like Karzai) as show pieces heading a non existent government.
The Americans have equally unholy plans for Pakistan. The puppet Zardari government is doing every thing possible to destabilize Pakistan and bring the country to its knees socially and economically. The army chief is also in cahoots with the Americans by ensuring the survival of the Zradri and his ilk for the full term. America is hoping to bring the destabilization of Pakistan to a point where a civil war would result in severing Balochistan from Pakistan. The US can then, conveniently install a puppet in Balochistan and acquire a direct unobstructed route into Afghanistan.
America is planning to build permanent military bases in Afghanistan close to the Caspian circle and also close to both China and Russia. This is what it wanted to do in Viet Nam, but it did not work out. Would Afghanistan pan out for the US? Only time will tell, but it seems that not only the US does not have stomach to fight, also it may not have enough borrowed money to pay for the huge expense.
Sibel Edmonds is a Turkish spy and a traitor to the US.
Whatever, you are a troll and live in a hole. You could double your value by being composted and made into potting mix, for a plant on Sibel's shelf.
This is what I've been saying for years. Al Qaeda was invented as a scapegoat by the jews to put the blame on when they pulled off 9-11. It's as phony as the easter bunny and the tooth fairy.
Remember the Mossad motto.- "By Deception, Thou Shalt Make War"
The TRUTH is a beautiful thing! BRAVO and thanks for your true comment.
Sibel Edmonds is NOT a Turkish spy!
I seem to recall that She has stated that she has infomation implicating high level Turkish arms dealers as being in partnership with Israeli and American counterparts in financing the 9-11 "false flag" operation, possibly more.
This does not seem like something a Turkish spy would do, because it would damage a very powerful group in Turkey, and the Turkish economy, because they are major arms dealers.
very well written article and pertinent to those with brains to think with!
the groundwork has been laid to ensure that the united states collapses economically and militarily shortly by those who did the 1st, 2nd and soon the 3rd world war plus all the other wars in between——- namely the zionist jews!
you christians cannot and will not understand what is coming unless you read the islamic texts detailing the rise of the antichrist (dajjal al masih). you can listen to the lecture by sheikh imran hosein on youtube on it for a detailed version of whats in store for you and us!
israel will become the ruling state in the world when it makes the dollar collapse shortly, it will launch a big war in the middle east to capture the worlds supply of oil and to hold the world to ransom. you all have to agree the christians cannot even sneeze without the jews knowing about and ruling over them in every sphere of they govts!
i wish the best for all hindus, sikhs, jews and christians plus muslims, but they must understand whats facing them has been here for time immemmorial, all recent acts in the world and scenarios being laid are to a final objective and appearance of the dajjal in jerusalem who will rule by tyranny, oppression and murder and mayhem which the world has never seen before and which every prophet of Allah has warned mankind about in history!
do not be ignorant and watch sheikh imran hoseins lecture after which you can make your own mind about what you wish to believe!
Email address not current. I was feeling pretty down until I read Sibel's article.Here in Australia, the case against David Hicks is proceeding because apparently a Public Prosecutor finds he,David, broke the Law.Even if no Australian Law record suggests that…There use to be a term for this in the 1970s called Verballing. Plenty of Verballing lately,and what you have pointed out,and the attacks on Libya, are being compared with Embassy shenanigans.So the logic it would appear from Australia is. If the Embassy people play up, it must mean Uncle Obama must be right,and the War Mauseleum[ war museum] could do with a few new names for the trades people involved.Who must be Gentiles,because some of those walls of the Mauseleum look like ancient walls in public toilets for men. Luckily[irony obviously] women think they have advanced themselves recently to join the public toilet wall if they don't get to understand the Truths in your article! David Hicks wasin Gitmo,and recently had his autobiography published. I suppose this comment of mine may make break some Australian Law.[Some oddball Commercial Law as the Public Prosecutor is a Business Entity] But seeing I haven't as a citizen done any damage to the highest court in this land ,whilst being drunk, and not being a soldier,they cannot get me to be in their British Army.There is something really pathetic in being an Australian right now.
Just wait till the next big false flag attack. You think 911 was big. Ha. Remember that plane full of nuclear weapons that the Bush administration illegally flew across the country. Well, it took off from Minot AFB with 6 nukes on board, dissappeared from radar for awhile and landed in Louisiana with 5 nukes on board.
You can bet your sweet ass that it will be used on a American city to finish what was started in 2001.
I remember the nuke "missing" incident and as for the rest I think you're right too.
The answer is of course that nothing is what they say it is. Al-Qaida doesn't exist it is a placebo, Osama Bin Laden was nothing like they say and he died of kidney failure in December 2001 anyway. The War on Error is a defacto war against Islam intended to infuriate the Ummah to the extent that a genuine and serious uprising from some segment at least of the wider Muslim community can be triggered. The Zionists, Jew and Christian Zionist alike are trying to foment such a conflict because it is the war to end all wars (and you can bet it will be) out of which they hope to drag their version of an all conquering Messiah.
That they don't recognise the complete reversal of reality in which they live is to expected since they in fact form what could be termed the anti-Christ . For them up is down, black is white and war is peace and aggression is self defense. This is the worldview that their domineering cult has forced upon their captive tame media and it has become the upside down paradigm of life for the Western nations forced to endure this charade. Not saying that a large and vocal segment of each of our populations are not enthusiastic supporters of all the bloodshed the demons can bring about, just that these fuckwits would not have been the Mainstream thinking in an age of reason.
Excellent comment. Orwell's "1984" is now.
9 11 racket is unraveling;
there will be hell to pay
Not unraveling fast enough, unfortunately. If every american understood the "9/11 racket" there would certainly be hell to pay. But the majority still don't. And it's getting late, very, very late.
Bravo Sibel, well researched and logic stirring article. More of this truth that so evades us, more, more, more!:)
If someone doesn't reach his goal or lose more than what he achieves, is called defeated. America, the super power of the world, could not reach to its goal and lost more than what it achieved, therefore, I count it as defeated power and no longer a super power.
isn`t that an arm of the CIA?


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Whatever happened to Trevor Cahill?
Jul 22, 2011, 9:20 PM EDT
After three straight solid starts in a row, Trevor Cahill was just torched for a career-high 10 runs in two-plus innings by the Yankees on Friday night. He gave up five runs in a second inning that only ended because Derek Jeter was thrown out at third after tagging up on a sac fly and then five more without getting an out in the third.
Cahill opened the season 6-0 with a 1.72 ERA. He outpitched his peripherals as part of a surprising 18-win season in 2010, but this time around, his strikeout rate was well up and he surrendered just three homers in his first eight starts. His K/BB ratio stood at 45/16 in 52 1/3 innings.
Things have gone very wrong since. In his last 14 starts, he has a 56/42 K/BB ratio and he's allowed 10 homers in 83 2/3 innings.
Velocity is one problem. He averaged 90.4 mph with his fastball last year, and he was right around there at the beginning of this season. However, he's averaged closer to 86-89 mph lately and he's down to 89.1 mph for the season, according to Fangraphs.com data.
Also a concern is the regression of his curveball. Based on a couple of early-season viewings, I thought it was turning into the strikeout pitch he needed and I got quite a bit more bullish on his future as a result. Unfortunately, he's no longer throwing it for strikes or getting swings and misses with it.
It's possible Cahill is hurting and just hasn't told anyone about it. The erosion of both his command and velocity suggests it. But hopefully that's not the case. As stated above, Cahill had turned in three straight quality starts coming into this one. Still, he's an A's pitcher and it's never a good idea to give one of them the benefit of the doubt.
- proudlycanadian - Jul 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM
This game is not over by any means. Hughes has been equally bad and has exited early.
- Kevin S. - Jul 22, 2011 at 9:34 PM
They have four innings to make up seven runs.
- deathmonkey41 - Jul 22, 2011 at 10:01 PM
Luckily they brought in Neosi.
- dirtyharry1971 - Jul 23, 2011 at 7:46 PM
how did that work out for ya proudly? LOL
- JBerardi - Jul 22, 2011 at 9:29 PM
He's a young pitcher for the A's, so yeah, he's hurt. Major surgery within 18 months. You heard it here first.
- mongome - Jul 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM
Barry Zito itis, not good, no known cure yet.
- Brian Murphy - Jul 22, 2011 at 10:08 PM
It doesn't absolve him, but you have to take into account for tonight's start that the first-pitch temperature was 102, and it is humid.
- spudchukar - Jul 22, 2011 at 10:14 PM
This outing has to be very disappointing for the Yanks. To be at home, staked to an early cushion, and facing the woeful A's offense, Hughes still couldn't get through five. It has to be disconcerting to the Pin Stripe faithful, who were hoping desperately for a return to 2010 form for the young hurler.
- Kevin S. - Jul 22, 2011 at 10:16 PM
It was. Definitely had hoped Hughes could build on his last start, but there wasn't anything there tonight.
- deathmonkey41 - Jul 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM
I'm hoping it was the heat- balls seemed to be traveling in this disgusting weather, but who knows?
- yankeesfanlen - Jul 22, 2011 at 11:00 PM
This must be a combination of things. Cahill was 0-3 vs Yanks anyway with 9+ ERA. Great weather for hitters on both sides. Hughes should have been left in for the win.
And it proves there's nothing like power hitting, Yanks need BATS.
46000+ fans came in 102 degree heat, the rest of us watched under better conditions.
- APBA Guy - Jul 23, 2011 at 12:58 AM
Le Lapin Blanc (in honor of Le Tour) is regressing as expected. Some of the sabermetric guys had him predicted for the year at 3.70 ERA based on his absurd BABiP from last year, which was frankly unsustainable, coming back to league average or thereabouts this year.
The whole A's team seems spooked by the Yankees, The A's are 1-10 in their last 11 and their play, particularly on the right side of the infield, is simply amateurish.
As to Cahill's velocity, I haven't seen too much indication of an overall decline. What I have seen is an inability to spot any of his fastballs (two seam or sinker, and 4 seam) and as a result he's taking a little off to reduce the uncontrollable movement. When he does that he leaves the ball up and centered (like with Swisher). The A's are moving their staff away from the bigger curve, believing that they won't get consistent calls on that pitch, and worrying about the torque it puts on young elbows. But a hard slider torques as much, and that's the pitch they're teaching, so not sure about the positive impact of that philosophy.
- uyf1950 - Jul 23, 2011 at 5:31 AM
Miserable weather, temperature wise. I'm not ready to throw in the towel on Hughes yet. Was it a ugly outing, of course. Ugly on both sides. But I wouldn't be surprised if the heat had at least something to do with it. The Yankees could use another starter but that's been the case since spring training. This rotation regardless of how well they perform the remainder of they year will only take them so far come the playoffs. Still 8 days until the trade deadline let's wait and see what happens until them. BTW, regardless of the offensive outburst by the Yankees last night I still think they could use a bat as well. To have a DH (Posada) that's batting .224 with his overall numbers can't continue. But, on the bright side the Yankees won so it wasn't all bad last night.
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"She was involved in more damn things that you could shake a stick at," said her longtime attorney and friend, Bill Hanes, now the county's Commissioner of Accounts. "It was challenging, rewarding and always fun.
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Mrs. Carr championed causes for the cultural benefit of Loudoun. She founded and donated to the Loudoun Museum. She restored several historic buildings in Leesburg. After she was appointed to the Virginia Community College Board, she was instrumental in getting the Sterling campus funded and built.
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Mrs. Carr never retired, remaining active until the end. "She was sharp as a tack," said her friend, attorney Rick Saunders. "She understood everything, even into her 90s. I was always in awe of her."
Services are Friday at 1 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg. Friends may call beginning at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the Carr Mausoleum at Fort Evans Farm.
Two of Mrs. Carr's children preceded her in death. Her daughter Alice "Diane" Carr died in an automobile accident in the late 1960s. Mrs. Carr adopted Diane's son, Shawn H. Carr, and raised him.
Her son, Richard H. Carr, died in 2003.
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