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Senators john mccain and Lindsey Graham on the senate floor talk about the filibuster. Senator rand paul, who led the filibuster, questioned the ability of drone strikes on u. S. Citizens on u. S. Soil. This is 40 minutes. Thank you, mr. President. Id like to quote from this mornings editorial in the wall street journal, entitled rand pauls drone rant. Id like read, for the edification of my colleagues, the editorial in the wall street journal this morning. A Credible Media outlet. The warm read...

Architects. After my retirement, i have been helping cal poly pomona restore the historic 1932 studio residences designed by my father, richard noytra, one of the founders of california modern. I have been visiting with other historic modernist house museums around the world to learn about their restoration and programming. I was invited to serve on the Program Committee of the noytra house in los altos. It was originally a small residence of poet jacqueline johnson, designed by my father in the...

Johnson, designed by my father in the late 1930s. It has been restored and adaptively reused as an intimate conference venue. I have had the pleasure of working with mr. Pearlman on his program committee. What i have noticed about mr. Pearlman is this. He understands not only the importance of sensitive restoration and adaptive reuse, but also the intellectual Historical Context of original buildings. He is widely read in the history of architecture, although we are volunteers on that committee,...

Commission, seat no. 5. I believe my background and experience meet the criteria for the preservation professional position in land use and Community Planning with specialized training in Historic Preservation. I have entitled the current chapter in my life and career as a parthenon project. My epiphany at the parthenon in greece inspired me to go back to graduate school to pursue a degree in archeology. My Historic Preservation train is through my master of arts degree and Cultural Resources ma...

In droves. The storm hit virtually all of the nations 83 islands located hundreds of miles off of the coast of australia. Our linda kin candidate has more. This is the sound of wind gusts of up to 200 Miles Per Hour as cyclone pam slammed into the Pacific Island of vanuatu endangering the lives of nearly 250,000 people. Its absolute devastation here. Theres uprooted trees. Roovs have been ripped off everywhere. Roads are blocked. It looks like an absolute it is devastating. Im just driving aroun...

I am writing in support of Jonathan Pearlmans candidacy as San Francisco historian for the perez r vation commission. Although as a physician and epidemiologist, my own career was Environmental Health, teaching at harvard, ucla, uc berkeley, and then for 27 years heading up Environmental Health research at the California Department of public health. ~ i grew up with a family of architects. After my retirement, i have been helping cal poly pomona restore the historic 1932 studio residences design...

Thats the stunning conclusion from the prosecutor about what led to the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 and it marks a shocking twist in the investigation. The prosecutor now says the copilot apparently crashed the plane into the french alps on purpose. Among the reasons for that conclusion, after the pilot left the cockpit, the copilot refused to let him back in even when he was banging on the door and screaming. The Prosecutor Says that can only be voluntary. We can conclude that in all circu...

Our breaking news, a cruel and stunning new twist to a horrific catastrophe. The airliner crash that killed 150 people in the french alps is now being called deliberate. The french Prosecutor Says the copilot wanted to destroy the aircraft. Based on chilling cockpit audio, officials now say the copilot locked the captain out and ignoring the pounding at the door and the screaming that was going on put the plane into a descent that took it into a mountainside. The fbi has been called into the cra...

Says secretary kerry is resting comfortably at the hospital in geneva and remains in good spirits. He will continue to rest throughout the afternoon. The secretary will depart geneva later this evening en route to boston for further treatment. Though not medically required to do so the secretary will avail himself of an aircraft outfitted to ensure he remains comfortable and staebl throughout the flight. Its use is nothing more than a prudent medical step on the advice of his physicians. Cnns Se...

Asking one civil rights leader to please stay away. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We want to take you now to ft. Hood texas, where the purple heart will be awarded to those killed or wounded in that mass shooting that took place more than five years ago now. The army will also award the defense of medal freedom, the civilian equivalent of the purple heart, to nonmilitary victims. The secretary of the army says the ...