Saturday, March 31, 2007
What's Happening at Guantanamo?
The text below came to me via email. Use this map to navigate your way to the venue.
Regardless of what you think the people held at Guantanamo may have done I believe it is important for all of us as Constitution-respecting Americans to do what we can to make sure the rule of law prevails over the current Administration's dictatorial policies. And Guantanamo is a very important front in that struggle.
Newton Dialogues on Peace & War presents:
Talk by Attorneys Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell
Newton lawyers Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell are pro bono representing a Guantanamo detainee who has been held for five years without charges. They have just returned from their first visit there.
Wednesday, April 4, 7 P.M.
Newton Main Library
330 Homer Street, Newton, MA
Hello friends. Please come to this event. Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell are representing a Guantanamo prisoner pro bono, so they are providing their time at no charge. However, their costs, including their own travel and that of a translator, translator fees, and Freedom of Information Act requests, are running at least $20,000 for this year, and will likely continue at that same pace or more. Most of the other attorneys who are representing Guantanamo detainees are members of large law firms that cover these types of expenses, but in their case the “firm” is just them. If you would like to make a contribution to help them defray costs, it would be much appreciated. Please make your check payable to “Tennant Lubell Detainee Fund.” Your contribution will not be tax-deductible, but they promise to put it to good use to help provide fundamental legal rights to a man who remains in indefinite detention.
Doris Tennant, Esq.
Tennant Lubell, LLC
288 Walnut Street
Suite 500
Newton, MA 02460
617-969-9610, X 101
Fax: 617-969-9611
www.tllawgroup.com
Regardless of what you think the people held at Guantanamo may have done I believe it is important for all of us as Constitution-respecting Americans to do what we can to make sure the rule of law prevails over the current Administration's dictatorial policies. And Guantanamo is a very important front in that struggle.
Newton Dialogues on Peace & War presents:
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT GUANTANAMO?
Why Should We Care?
Why Should We Care?
Talk by Attorneys Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell
Newton lawyers Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell are pro bono representing a Guantanamo detainee who has been held for five years without charges. They have just returned from their first visit there.
Wednesday, April 4, 7 P.M.
Newton Main Library
330 Homer Street, Newton, MA
Hello friends. Please come to this event. Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell are representing a Guantanamo prisoner pro bono, so they are providing their time at no charge. However, their costs, including their own travel and that of a translator, translator fees, and Freedom of Information Act requests, are running at least $20,000 for this year, and will likely continue at that same pace or more. Most of the other attorneys who are representing Guantanamo detainees are members of large law firms that cover these types of expenses, but in their case the “firm” is just them. If you would like to make a contribution to help them defray costs, it would be much appreciated. Please make your check payable to “Tennant Lubell Detainee Fund.” Your contribution will not be tax-deductible, but they promise to put it to good use to help provide fundamental legal rights to a man who remains in indefinite detention.
Doris Tennant, Esq.
Tennant Lubell, LLC
288 Walnut Street
Suite 500
Newton, MA 02460
617-969-9610, X 101
Fax: 617-969-9611
www.tllawgroup.com
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Curriculum Vitae
Boris Epstein
Malden (Metro Boston), Massachusetts, US (map)
Summary
An analytical thinker with a poetic perception. Have few goals other than attaining fulfillment in life and being of use to the humanity which includes myself. Can be equally content writing a political commentary, diagnosing a piece of equipment or writing software code.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1969. Have lived in the US since 18 years of age. Attended Tver University (website in Russian) in Tver, Russia; Boston University and University of Massachusetts at Amherst graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics/Computer Science in 1992.
Technical Summary
About a dozen years of full-time experience in the IT industry. That includes programming, systems administration (primarily various versions of UNIX and Linux) as well as network administration.Participated in development, installation and maintenance of large-scale IT solutions in fields as diverse as telecommunications, financial, internet hosting, e-commerce, etc. Have experience developing standalone applications from scratch as well as working in a team. Diverse client interaction experience both domestically and internationally.
Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, MS Windows (XP, NT), MS DOS, Apollo Aegis, VMS
Programming Languages: C/C++, PERL, JAVA, UNIX (C-Shell, Bourne, Korn), Tcl/Tk, Lisp/Scheme
Tools: Emacs, MS Office, FrameMaker, VI
Hardware: IBM-compatible PC, HP, SUN
Timeline
April 2004 - present
Freelance writer and activistMaintain two websites, Sniffing Out The Higher Truth and Building a Pyramid. Provide technical assistance to several online projects including Cooperative Research and New England JAVA Users Group.
In 2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina helped coordinate volunteer relief activities in the Gulf and personally participated in those activities.
Currently work odd jobs to support myself.
July 2001 - April 2004
ARCON CorporationWaltham, MA
Worked as a programmer involved in development and support of the ETMS air traffic management software for the FAA at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, MA. Specific area of concentration was the CDM component of the ETMS. The tasks included design and development of new functionality, as well as supporting legacy code. A large codebase together with the need for system reliability provide for a challenging task. The code was originally written in Pascal and later migrated to C.
The system was in essence a large transportation management system receiving and reflecting frequent (mostly once-a-minute) updates regarding the status of flights operating over the US airspace. Near realtime requirements were in place for processing and analyzing data which made for an exciting and challenging task.
December 1999 - April 2001
Boston Internet GroupBoston, MA
Performed multiple roles on a daily basis, including those of a senior system designer and developer, Windows NT and UNIX system administrator and web hosting support engineer. Key player in the technology planning and implementation area. As a sole expertise in a number of areas, including object-oriented design and development, networking, network security and systems management, advised other team members on various technology issues.
Main tasks included web site backend implementation for clients, in-house product design and implementation as well as day-to-day activities mentioned above. Most of the coding was done using object-oriented technology, with JAVA as a programming language of choice.
Provided critical insight which allowed to greatly improve stability and efficiency of the internal systems.
Clients included Davox Corporation (now part of Aspect Software), Pilates Store, Lobsters-Online, Inc. and others.
September 1999 - January 2000
Thomson Financial
Medford, MA
Worked as a UNIX administrator in a large-scale web and dataserver hosting facility. Was responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of multiple industrial-scale UNIX servers in SUN, HP and IBM platforms. Performed database maintenance of SYBASE and ORACLE databases as well as data recovery and general server troubleshooting.
May 1999 - July 1999
GTE International (currently part of Level3 Communications)Cambridge, MA
As part of the Y2K team worked on the remediation of custom SUN Solaris machines hosting clients' mission-critical WWW sites and applications. Complex upgrades and modifications had to be accomplished requiring an absolute minimum in customers' downtime. Tasks included upgrades of the OS, DB servers and various other third-party software. Custom scripting and coding was often required to facilitate the necessary transition.
November 1995 - May 1999
WorldCare, Inc.Cambridge, MA
Originally hired as an outside contractor. Accepted a permanent staff position in a three months' time. Throughout my whole tenure was a critical part of a small and continually overtasked team.
Responsibilities included day-to-day maintenance and support of a network of UNIX hosts. Maintained code control systems. Designed and implemented a data backup/archival system for in-house use. Created web pages using HTML, PERL and JAVA. With the emphasis on publicly available software restructured the environment to optimize and economize the development and production process. Modified publicly available software for local needs using C, Tcl/Tk, PERL, JAVA, etc. Was also involved in equipment and software installation and support at client sites. Worked with medical applications and protocols including DICOM, ISG's VRS graphical application and AWARE wavelet compression. Wrote system installation and maintenance scripts. Modified and integrated various third party software packages. Worked with multimedia devices in medical data capture/processing systems. Set up and supported LANs and WANs.
July 1992 - November 1995
Kenan Systems Corporation (currently part of Alcatel-Lucent)Denver, CO - Cambridge, MA
Participated in database design of SYBASE databases.As part of a product team supported development effort in a heterogeneous UNIX environment. Oversaw the operation of a distributed development environment which included multiple geographically disjoint locations. Wrote a suite of PERL scripts that encompassed the local customizations to ClearCase as required by the project. Other responsibilities included release/code management using ClearCase code control system, SYBASE database administration, system design activities.
Summers of 1990 and 1991
Unisys CorporationCambridge, MA
Participated in the development of ATMS (Automated Traffic Management System), an air traffic management and control system for the FAA. Coding was done in Pascal against a proprietary database. The network consisted of a multitude of Aegis hosts on the Apollo platform. The development was done under DSEE as an integrated code control and management environment.
References
Just ask - plenty of people will vouch for me!
Monday, February 26, 2007
“Improbable Collapse” – Spring 9/11 Truth Northeast Tour
The text below came to me via email.
Boris Epstein
Boris Epstein
Scientists pose the question: How did three “indestructible” steel-framed skyscrapers collapse? “Improbable Collapse: the Demolition of our Republic” with Filmmaker, Michael Berger and Media Coordinator for 911truth.org tours northeast, CT, MA, NY, VT, and NH; April 10-23, 2007
Contacts:
Michael Berger, Connect the Dots LLC
(314) 308-4893, info@improbablecollapse.com
Jonathan Mark – Valley911Truth; publisher FlybyNews.com
Tel. 978-544-7862 – Email: noflyby@yahoo.com
Stephen Goodale – Resource Coordinator - Northeast911Truth.org
On line resource links 911DVDproject.com * 911blogger.com * ImprobableCollapse.com
NORTHEAST USA – “Improbable Collapse: The Demolition of Our Republic” goes on tour for two weeks in April with the support of 9/11 truth groups across the region. The tour opens on April 10, 2007, when Michael Berger presents his film at the University of Hartford, with Q & A following the 69-minute film to look at the events of September 11, 2001 from a strictly scientific perspective.
On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center Twin Towers disintegrated in a manner that some scientists say resembled deliberately calculated demolitions. The facts open for discussion include: at 5:20 p.m. that same day another building, the 47-story WTC 7, completely collapsed within 70 feet of its footprint in 6.6 seconds. These three buildings became the first such structures to ever suffer complete collapse due to fire and structural damage.
“The dramatic collapse of World Trade Center 7 is something everyone ought to see…
It really does have the characteristics of an explosive demolition.”
– Dr. Steven Jones, physicist, author of
“ Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Completely Collapse?”
The new documentary, “Improbable Collapse – The Demolition of our Republic,” closely examines one of the world’s worst catastrophes from a civil engineering perspective. Using photo and video footage, as well as expert scientific testimony, the film thoroughly analyzes the official reports, offering varied criticisms of the official findings, while presenting a more plausible hypothesis. Both government investigations and the mainstream media have quietly ignored the findings from these scientific experts.
“Improbable Collapse – The Demolition of our Republic” is produced by Michael Berger and Connect the Dots LLC. As the media coordinator for 911truth.org, Berger has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, CNN Showbiz Tonight, and Scarborough Country as well as dozens of radio appearances including a recent debate with Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive Magazine.
10 April to 23 April, 2007
4/10 - University of Hartford, CT; 4/11 - First Churches, Northampton, MA;4/11 Holyoke Community College, CT; 4/12 - Keene State College, NH; 4/13 TBA;
4/14 Hooker-Dunham Theater, Brattleboro, VT; 4/15 Berkshire Community College;
4/15 Unitarian Universalists Society of Greater Springfield; 4/16 University At Albany, NY;
4/17 Bennington Free Library, VT; 4/18 - TBA; 4/19 Dover, NH (more info coming);
4/20 - TBA; 4/21 Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA; April 22nd - TBA;
April 23rd Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Main Lecture Hall
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Quotes of Dissent
The text below was emailed to me. BE
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. ~Edward R. Murrow
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us. ~William O. Douglas
We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men≈now in power in this country≈who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit. And it is up to us to prove that they are wrong.
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity≈much less dissent.
"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches. I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American.
Archibald Macleish:
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
~Harry S. Truman
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. ~Edward R. Murrow
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us. ~William O. Douglas
We see political leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy. We have seen all too clearly that there are men≈now in power in this country≈who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit. And it is up to us to prove that they are wrong.
JOHN V. LINDSAY, mayor of New York City, speech at University of California, Berkeley, April 2, 1970
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
Jacob Bronowski
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western World. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity≈much less dissent.
Gore Vidal
"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
| : | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| "I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." |
I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches. I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American.
-Pete Seeger, [from testimony for the House of Un-American Activities Committee], August 15, 1955
Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed -- and no republic can survive
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. (about Senator Joseph McCarthy's accusations about Communism in the American government)
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Annotated schedule for 911 Truth film festival
The text below is extracted from an e-mail. This is the schedule for this event.
6:15 9/11: Press for Truth
The victims families explain the fight to get the first "investigation" and some of the questions they still have.
7:45 Refuge of Last Resort
A first hand look at Katrina, before, during and after, from an independent crew on the ground.
9:15 William Rodriguez
The last survivor of the World Trade Center collapse and national hero recounts that day.
10:15 Improbable Collapse
A scientific explanation of the demolition of the twin towers.
11:30 Mike McCormack
The man who found the famous WTC flag speaks.
Saturday, February 10th
12:15 Waco: The Rules of Engagement
An Academy Award nominated documentary on the massacre at Waco.
2:45 Radio Silence
A short on the failure of the FDNY radios on 9/11.
3:45 Who Killed John O'Neill?
A fictional story about real events. Explores the deep evidence as one man comes to grips with 9/11.
6:45 9/11 Mysteries
Explosive evidence.
8:45 Tea Party
A few minutes from the Tea Party event held in Boston.
9:00 Terror Storm
The history of government sponsored terrorism.
11:30 David Miller
A 9/11 first responder speaks.
Sunday, February 11th
12:00 Hacking Democracy
Looks at electronic election fraud.
1:30 The Secret Government
A 1987 PBS special on the history of the secret government, focusing on Iran-Contra, and the ramifications for our republic.
3:30 America: From Freedom to Fascism
The most powerful documentary we are showing. Explores the history of the Federal Reserve, the IRS and the police state.
6:15 Beyond Treason
Atomic soldiers, agent orange, and depleted uranium through the army experts and men harmed.
First Annual Alternative Media Film Festival Schedule, 2007
The Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA
Friday, February 9thThe Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA
6:15 9/11: Press for Truth
The victims families explain the fight to get the first "investigation" and some of the questions they still have.
7:45 Refuge of Last Resort
A first hand look at Katrina, before, during and after, from an independent crew on the ground.
9:15 William Rodriguez
The last survivor of the World Trade Center collapse and national hero recounts that day.
10:15 Improbable Collapse
A scientific explanation of the demolition of the twin towers.
11:30 Mike McCormack
The man who found the famous WTC flag speaks.
Saturday, February 10th
12:15 Waco: The Rules of Engagement
An Academy Award nominated documentary on the massacre at Waco.
2:45 Radio Silence
A short on the failure of the FDNY radios on 9/11.
3:45 Who Killed John O'Neill?
A fictional story about real events. Explores the deep evidence as one man comes to grips with 9/11.
6:45 9/11 Mysteries
Explosive evidence.
8:45 Tea Party
A few minutes from the Tea Party event held in Boston.
9:00 Terror Storm
The history of government sponsored terrorism.
11:30 David Miller
A 9/11 first responder speaks.
Sunday, February 11th
12:00 Hacking Democracy
Looks at electronic election fraud.
1:30 The Secret Government
A 1987 PBS special on the history of the secret government, focusing on Iran-Contra, and the ramifications for our republic.
3:30 America: From Freedom to Fascism
The most powerful documentary we are showing. Explores the history of the Federal Reserve, the IRS and the police state.
6:15 Beyond Treason
Atomic soldiers, agent orange, and depleted uranium through the army experts and men harmed.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
9/11 Truth Film Festival, February 9-11, 2007, Cambridge, MA
The text below is extracted from an email. The venue is The Democracy Center (map).
Due to my schedule which as of late has been quite erratic and unconventional I may or may not be able to attend but I would strongly recommend visiting it regardless of what your position is on 9/11.
9/11 Truth Film Festival
February 9-11
The Democracy Center
45 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA
Friday 6 PM to 12 AM
Saturday 12 PM to 12 AM
Sunday 12 PM to 8 PM
Free admission and popcorn
An evidence-based, scientifically-sound look into what really happened on 9/11.
26 hours of spellbinding documentaries about 9/11 and related topics.
Due to my schedule which as of late has been quite erratic and unconventional I may or may not be able to attend but I would strongly recommend visiting it regardless of what your position is on 9/11.
9/11 Truth Film Festival
February 9-11
The Democracy Center
45 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA
Friday 6 PM to 12 AM
Saturday 12 PM to 12 AM
Sunday 12 PM to 8 PM
Free admission and popcorn
An evidence-based, scientifically-sound look into what really happened on 9/11.
26 hours of spellbinding documentaries about 9/11 and related topics.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
February 3, 2007: Recent links of interest
9/11: The Case Isn't Closed
Saturday, 3 February 2007 6:04 P GMT-05
What happened to critical thinking? I thought "the Left" believed that the system's power is based on lies, exploitation and a media controlled by its own culture of overly cautious professionalism. The Left should be leading this 9/11 movement, not taking potshots from outside.
Friday, January 26, 2007
January 26, 2007: Recent links of interest
Outrageous Injustice
Friday, 26 January 2007 3:10 P GMT-05
When he was a senior in high school, he received oral sex from a 10th grader. He was 17. She was 15. Everyone, including the girl and the prosecution, agreed she initiated the act. But because of an archaic Georgia law, it was a misdemeanor for teenagers less than three years apart to have sexual intercourse, but a felony for the same kids to have oral sex.
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