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ALBANY, Ga. -- Most of us take jumping into a hot shower as a basic necessity. The homeless, however, regard it as a luxury.
In less than a month, MissionChange will have a four-stall mobile shower facility available for the homeless in Albany.
"We estimate there are anywhere from 400 to 1,000 homeless people in Albany," MissionChange Project Coordinator David Blackwell said. "We recently conducted a survey (of the homeless) and came up with 436. But the numbers are much higher than that because many of the people would not talk to us."
Money for the unit, which will also have a washer and dryer in the back, came from the proceeds of last November's Hope for the Hungry and Homeless Sleep Out, along with donations from Albany Electric, The Albany Board of Realtors and the Debutante Club.
The goal is simple: give Albany's homeless a safe, clean place to bathe and wash their clothes.
"During our monthly missions (feeding the homeless) we noticed that some of the guys hadn't showered in more than a month," Blackwell said. "Many of us never realize that something as basic as a shower can change lives, not only in terms of hygiene but in improving self-esteem and confidence."
Once the individual shower stalls and washer and dryer are in place, Blackwell said the trailer would be directed to where the homeless gather to eat, such as churches that provide them meals.
MissionChange is asking for the community's help in naming the mobile shower. Log onto the group's Facebook page or send an e-mail to email@example.com.
The group's next project involves a partnership with the Albany-Dougherty Coalition to End Homelessness to get "A Place 4 Hope" up and running. Blackwell described the project as a day center for the homeless.
"A lot of these people don't have anywhere to go for six or seven hours of the day," Blackwell said. "The new facility will provide a fax, phone and computers ... It's not going to be just a place to sit.
"And because of the economy, we are seeing more and more of it (homelessness)."
Blackwell said community involvement is crucial in helping solve the problem.
"We have a saying: 'change the world from our own backyard'," Blackwell said. "We want to help Albany to focus on how easy it is to lend a hand.
"And it all starts here in Albany."
More like this story
- Sleep out to raise funds for homeless ( November 11, 2009 )
- Mission: Change brings hope for the homeless ( October 30, 2010 )
- Homeless coalition planning day center ( January 21, 2010 )
- Family's 'leap of faith' rewarded ( November 21, 2010 )
- Group makes holiday plans ( November 26, 2011 )


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UC Merced Awards $28M in Gift Aid for 2009-10
Financial concerns prevent many of our state's top-performing students from attending college, but the University of California, Merced, is doing its best to ease that burden. To that end, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarshipsannounced today (Sept. 22) that 2,230 undergraduate students have received a total of $28,216,197 in grants and scholarships. These awards represent money that does not need to be repaid.
"In response to the current economic situation, UC Merced continues to make attending college affordable to eligible students," said Kevin Browne, assistant vice chancellor for enrollment management. "Concern over expenses is the worst possible reason not to attend a UC. If a student meets UC admission requirements, he or she deserves to be here, and we can help. We have been able to offer competitive gift-aid packages to almost 75 percent of our enrolled students."
Gift aid comes from both public and private entities. It can be used to pay a variety of school-related expenses, depending on the requirements set forth by the agency offering the scholarship or grant.
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Programoffers competitive awards for students who wish to study abroad. Five UC Merced students were the first in school history to receive the prestigious awards. The five students — who are going to Egypt, South Korea, Spain and Turkey — received a total of $19,000 to help them cover the costs of spending a semester or year in a foreign country.
There are also a variety of qualification factors that determine which students get which awards. Though many scholarships and grants are need-based, that's not true for all.
Regents Scholarships, the University of California's most prestigious scholarship award, are given to students with outstanding academic records and personal achievements. The scholarships are awarded to entering freshmen or transfers and are renewable for up to four years. Regents Scholars at UC Merced receive preferential housing on campus and a gift-aid package of up to $25,000 per year as long as they maintain their academic success. Only a small number of Regents Scholars are selected annually at each UC campus.
For Ronald Magpantay of Norwalk and Christa Caneda of Sacramento, that means the world.
"I have a sister attending UC Santa Cruz, and my parents have lost their jobs because of the economy," said Caneda, an 18-year-old freshman microbiology major. "Before I received the Regents Scholarship, my mom sat me down to explain that I wouldn't be able to go to a UC. They just couldn't afford it. It's been a godsend for us."
Magpantay, a freshman considering a major within the School of Engineering, agrees. He was accepted to both UCLA and UC Irvine but couldn't pass up the financial benefits offered at UC Merced.
"My older brother and sister are still in college; I didn't want my family to worry about how they were going to afford my tuition on top of theirs," he said. "It's lifted a huge burden from my shoulders to know that I can afford to be here this semester and in semesters to come."
However, the financial relief isn't the only reason Caneda and Magpantay are proud to be Regents Scholars; there's also the prestige that comes from being recognized as a top achiever.
"I come from a high school full of high achievers," said Caneda, who was also accepted at UC Davis, UCLA, UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz. "Even with a 4.4 grade-point average, I didn't make the top 10 in my graduating class. Having UC Merced recognize my academic effort has been a delight."
A large portion of the gift aid supplied to UC Merced students comes from private donations, said John Garamendi Jr., vice chancellor for University Relations. Since the campus opened, students have benefited greatly from the generosity of donorswho have financially supported the creation and growth of scholarships.
"UC Merced is very fortunate to have so many friends who value the educational experience we provide here and are willing to give our students the giftof education through their donations," he said.
The most recent, a $500,000 gift to the university's foundation earlier this summer, has been earmarked for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships. Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, students interested in studying renewable energywill be eligible for a portion of this gift as early as spring 2010.
Garamendi says that scholarships from private donors are crucial to making sure UC Merced fulfills its mission of providing access to all academically eligible students.
"Giving to scholarships is the most selfless act any donor can perform," Garamendi said. "The fact that people who have worked hard over the years are willing to invest in the futures of students they have never met speaks volumes. Our students recognize that sacrifice, and I believe it makes them work harder in the classroom, and it shows them the importance of giving back when they leave."


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International Conference Co-hosted by UN Women and CIDA Issues Joint Call for Practical Actions to Empower Women
Ottawa—The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) today called for strong, practical actions that will support women's economic empowerment globally. At the closing of the two day international conference on women's economic empowerment in Ottawa, Canada, co-hosted by the UN Women and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), a joint call of action identified concrete actions to strengthen women's economic security and rights. Recommendations include stronger engagement with governments and the private sector to develop policies and markets which are more responsive to women's needs and positions in the economy.
"In countries worldwide, women are taking on more and more work, paid and unpaid, to cushion the impact on families and communities, with little to show for it in terms of economic security or personal well-being. To change this downward spiral it is vital to empower women economically. This meeting is an important step in fostering dialogue and action among expert analysts, policymakers, practitioners and innovators to make this a reality said Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women.
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Princess This highly anticipated sister ship to the Grand Princess entered service in early 2001. Following a series of summer Mediterranean cruises she is usually deployed in the Caribbean during the winter season.
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This was the second cruise that my wife and I have taken. We sailed the Southern itinerary from San Juan, P.R. The ports we...read more
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Entertainment Weekly reveals the cover of The Twilight Saga: The Complete Film Archive! The book hits shelves on 10/9/12, just in time for the release of Breaking Dawn: Part 2. It's packed with photos, tales from the set and tons more. Here's the article.
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I think they could have used a better, less "I couldn't care less," picture of Bella. Besides that, it's alright. Uses the same marketing tool as the rest of the series - the relationship between the three characters - and ignores the fact the series deals with more than them.
Good point Tucker. It is an appropriate cover. Tina Norris
i like it why would anyone want to hate it
i think the new BD2 cover should be unique..
and should be related to it..
its very majestics..
i wish renesme should be in the cover to:)
Is this available in the UK too?
almost every goth book has a victorian frame around people's faces. This didn't take place then and even though it needed to be dark for the story line, the charactors didn't live in the dark. The Cullans lived in a glass house.
I love the cover, its nice and dark just like the characters!!
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Happy Soup Month! We're going to be diving into all things soup this month, with sidetracks into braising, stewing, and pureeing. We figured that this month is probably the coldest; even you lucky Southerners get a chilly night or two this time of year! So it's going to be soups this month -- soups of every sort. Tell us what your favorite soup is, and whether you have any burning questions on the art of soup-making!
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Soup is pretty much my favorite food group. (they added it, didn't they?)..... I have several different kinds in my freezer at any given time. I would love to see some recipes for some asian soups. I love pho, hot & sour soup, ramen... but I have a lot of trouble making these in a small apartment kitchen.
All time favorite: chicken soup with matzoh balls.
Same here, love soups!
My favorite? Can't decide. Love a nice barley and beef classic, minestrone (with proscuitto and real parmesan)and we probably make home made french onion soup once a week (with a splash of balsamic vinegar).
French onion soup is appealing because is so cheap to make. Onions, beef broth, balsamic vinegar, bread and cheese.You can cut the price by using a cheddar instead of gruyère..
We also love a very simple italian soup made with chicken broth, garlic and small round pasta (similar to the ones in Italian wedding soup) topped with a sprinkle of parmesan.
Then we can't forget the 'throw left-overs in' soup and the 'it's only veggies' soup (great when you overindulged on too much alfredo pasta the night before)!
Ahh soup.
... I better stop now.
I make soup at least once a week and am thrilled to see that February is Soup Month! From simple Broccoli Almond soup to delicious potato corn chowder with Sherry, soup is the perfect comfort food & I just love making it!
Could never say my favorite, but Carrot, Ginger, and Coriander permutations are almost always my favorite. And you can always jazz them up with coconut milk and curry paste, or sweet potatoes if you like.
Lentil soup - with a bit of bacon fat rendered to get the pot started.
Khao Soi - a northern Thai chicken coconut curry soup. I made a half-decent version of it once - I ought to try it again.
Oxtail soup - an easy way to get a nice beef-vegetable soup going.
I make soup a least once a week during cooler weather; mainly so I can freeze individual servings and store in the freezer at work (my freezer at home is too small!). Right now, I have four varieties in the freezer: lentil with Swiss chard, southwestern-style chicken and rice, faux minestrone and turkey chili.
You know, I ate so much soup last month (it was soooo cold here in Toronto during January) that I'm not sure I can muster much enthusiasm for soup month.
That said, I do have a few favs and I plan to make a Scotch Broth later this week with some lamb shanks I picked up in the frozen section this weekend.
BTW: here's a link to my favorite chicken broth trick:
i love all soups, but i have to agree with mangabanga - i fall flat with asian soups. i'd love to see recipes for pho, tom ka gai, tom yum, soba, etc.
i'd also like some info on storing soups. are all you who store soups in the freezer doing so in plastic? what about the health concerns surrounding the heating and freezing plastic?
Soup is the winter version of salad for me - I rarely have meat in mine. I've been making a super-easy pumpkin curry soup so much this winter I've gone through all the curry powder in the house.
i have been making soup once or twice a week for the last month or two. it is inexpensive and comforting.
i too would like help/info on making asian soups. is there ramen i can buy that hasn't already been cooked, like the stuff in the packs for 10 cents has? i'd love a good recipe for an asian broth. sometimes i buy mushroom broth, by either pacific foods or imagine, which isn't too bad but i want to know how to punch it up a bit. if i had a good ramen soup recipe we would eat it for lunch a couple of times a week!
As a student, I am a BIG fan of soups. Nothing spares languishing veggies and bits of leftover dinner from the compost bin as deliciously as soup does.
As for a favourite soup? My mom's chinese-inspired Hot & Sour soup... or Arroz Caldo (sp?)... I've never seen it written, but it's a rice soup with ginger and chicken and well cooked (but not burnt) garlic bits sprinkled on top.... mmm....
I just tried an amazing orzo soup recipe with spinach, egg and tomatoes from 101 Cookbooks this past Friday -- it's definitely going to become a staple in my kitchen!
yes -- I second that -- a really good pho. At home, there was a Halal Pho joint that had the best pho ever -- their soup bases were -- out of this world. And here in Geneva, there are no pho places...
Also, would love to find a nice clear (light) bean soup.
And a section focussing on garnishes to add to good clear soups -- beef or chicken. Tiny little liver dumplings, slivers of pancake made with stiffly beaten egg white, home made noodles, little gnochi (noky)...
I'm generally not all that in to soup. Not a fan of hot liquids for some reason. In November, though, I came across a recipe for leek and mushroom soup with thyme, all things I had in the fridge and needed to use up. It was fantastic and easy.
My mom's minestrone recipe is another favorite for when I'm in a soup mood.
Hooray for soup month! I cant' wait. Any good vegetarian soups will do!
I second Elvira - please don't forget the vegetarians! So many soup recipes call for chicken stock, and vegetable stock often can't be substituted.
I feel I'm wasting valuable kitchen time if I don't have a soup or a stock going in the Crockpot at least once a week. (The stocks end up in risotto as often as they become soup.) Another vegetarian here, too.
I've been eating a lot of crappy soup lately looking for a recipe or canned vegetarian vegetable soup as good as (or better) than Panera's. I think they use black magic to make their soups so good.
If anyone has suggestions, I'm all ears.
My all-time favorite soups are my Mom's Turkey Noodle (an annual post-Thanksgiving to-do) and my boyfriend's Mom's Butternut Squash Soup. Both are like a hug in a bowl. Sooo comforting and nourishing. Both made with love and have good depth of flavor that really take 'em to the next level. I know my fatal flaw when it comes to making soup is not giving myself enough time to let things meld...I get impatient and want it right away. Also, I eat soup (canned!) for work lunches most days and would like to replace that habit with homemade/frozen portions, so tips for that would be great!
another vegetarian here as well--but I often substitute vegetarian stock for chicken.
How strange, thehalfie, I was just about to look up a recipe for arroz caldo! Yum.
Here are my vegetarian soup techinques/ingredients that I use (not necessarily all at once):
Slow caramelization of onions, garlic (sometimes I roast the garlic), carrots etcetera.
Add some wine or sherry
Throw in a parmesan cheese rind
A little acid (vinegar or lemon)
A little miso paste
Anchovy Paste can be good too (tho not vegetarian)
Sugar - a tbsp to balance out the salt/savory flavor
I love soups! Generally, I like the chunkier ones... beef barley, corn chicken chowder, gumbo. There are a few restaurant ones I would love to be able to cook at home for a reasonable price (I hate paying 5 dollars for a bowl when I know I can make a pot for about the same amount). Cafe Express's Potato soup and Central Market's Chicken tamale chowder are to die for!
My favorite soup is whatever my dad happens to make and bring over to my house because he's still cooking like all of the kids live at home. Normally vegetable or chicken and rice. :)
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It's Time to Put This 9/11 Conspiracy Thing to Rest Once and For AllSubmitted by bloatedtoad on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 03:22
There is a lot of hearsay and folklore surrounding this event which may or may not be true. So we're going to need to sift through some news-clips, firsthand testimony and whatever else that can provide credible information on this important topic. There comes a point that you learn too much and you can't revert back to ignorance. In a way it's very much like when you first realized that Santa Claus is really a fiction. At that point there is really no amount of logic that can resurrect your belief in Santa again. So when did you quit believing in Santa Claus?
As kids we believed in Santa Claus. Our parents were the gatekeepers of information and, though benign, our environment during that formative time was a controlled one. We were taught to believe in Santa Claus. Initially we accepted all the information that we received at face value. However, as time progressed, we gained bits and pieces of information that led to a cognitive dissonance which, in turn, led us to question our image of Santa Claus. These "bits and pieces" led to questions such as "How could Santa Claus fit through my chimney" or "How does Santa Claus leave gifts in millions of homes during a single night"? Armed with all these bits and pieces of information, we began to get a different picture that caused all the previous illogic that we had learned to come crashing down. This finally led to an epiphany that Santa Claus really isn't anything like what we had first thought!
There are other things in life that we have always taken for granted as "fact" that later prove to be only an illusion as well. It's only a matter of getting more information. As in the case of the Santa Claus myth, it is only a matter of time as new evidence unfolds that we are forced to rethink our view on what the truth is.
Please watch this first video linked here. It's only one minute. You've read this far into my article so please take just one small minute and watch this first video. You're going to be impressed. This is a local news video of a witness named Kenny Johannemann testifying to explosions that happened in the basement of one of the WTC towers. While he is testifying you still see both of the twin towers burning behind him in the background. This was live footage and it's only ONE minute long. Go ahead and watch this here:
The explosions in the basement were separate independent events which had nothing to do with where the airplanes hit some 80 to 100 floors above. Those explosions were from charges that were set up to weaken the structure preparatory to pulling the tower.
You say, "wait, this doesn't fit anything I know, maybe there is some other explanation for those explosions in the basement." True. This is just one piece of evidence, but it's a piece of evidence that raises a lot of questions. You didn't see this on TV either. Does that prick your interest?
The government has promoted a "theory" that maybe the fuel from the jet trickled down the elevator shafts into the basement and subsequently exploded. Could this be? Let's continue and look at other evidence. Barry Jennings was another witness that got stuck in Building Seven during 9/11. Remember, Building Seven was NEVER hit by a jet. In Barry's case an explosion blew out a stair well below him leaving him hanging and stranded for hours until the fire department got him out. Both the twin towers went down during the time he was stranded. Building Seven, a tall building in it's own right (47 stories tall), came down at around 5:20 (later that day). Fortunately, he was saved. Watch his account here:
Again, the explosions he talked about were from charges that were set up to weaken the structure preparatory to pulling down this building. You say, "Hold On! Building Seven housed the FBI and the CIA offices, so who would have access to set up explosives in there? There has got to be another explanation." True, but realize that building seven was never hit by a jet. Still, this is just one more piece of evidence which raises even more questions. Again, you didn't see Barry's testimony on TV.
William Rodriguez, head janitor at the towers, was meeting with some people in basement level #1 (the highest of several basement levels) when an explosion from below pushed everyone upwards, causing ceiling tiles to fall and walls to crack. Just as William started to express to others what he thought that explosion might be, an airplane hit and shook the building from above. His story begins at 9:31 here:
Now, let's look for other different kinds of evidence. Steve Jones, a physicist, obtained WTC dust samples from the collapsed WTC towers from people who lived nearby. He analyzed it and found that the dust contained residues of explosives. Steve Jones first became famous when he became known as the "voice of reason" during the Pons / Fleischman "Cold Fusion" debacle of 1989, if you remember that. For a Nuclear Physicist, like Steve Jones, analyzing dust samples for explosive residues is a relatively simple task. It may be similar to asking a PhD mathematician to do arithmetic. He reported his detailed findings here in Boston:
In this lecture, you recall, he offered other scientists to take parts of his samples in order to analyze the "red chips" that he had recently discovered. That was December 2007. These specks have now, in fact, been confirmed to be unexploded "nanostructured super-thermite" particles. That confirmation is not just a smoking gun, it is the gun. See the article here:
The actual scientific paper in its entirety can be found here in PDF form. Be sure to click the "download" link here:
If you get into the actual paper, you learn that the explosives may actually have been sprayed into position like paint or insulation!
Steve Jones' findings may not fit the stories that you have heard in the news but it does lend support to what Johannemann, Jennings and Rodriguez testified that they saw. You say, "The news media isn't going to shoot itself in the foot by making something up." So how do we rectify all the contradictions that we were told in the news? Could Steve Jones and these witnesses be glory-seeking kooks trying to make a name for themselves?
Well, then take a look at this:
Here is a BBC report announcing the collapse of the Solomon Building (the official name for Building Seven). There is only one problem. The reporter standing at the scene and announcing this didn't realize that, in fact, you could still see Building Seven still standing off to the right. It actually collapsed within about 20 minutes after that live report. Watch it here:
How did the BBC know in advance that Building Seven would collapse? The fact that it was announced in advance is strong support that the flow of information on this tragedy was being controlled (but in a more sinister way than how information about Santa Claus was controlled in your life).
Were the people at the BBC the only people privy to this information? Probably not. Larry Silverstein was the leaseholder of Building Seven. In a 2002 PBS documentary he talked about how he discussed the Building Seven situation with the fire department and he suggested to the fire department that they pull it. He then stated that the fire department made that decision to "pull it" and then, as he put it, "we watched the building collapse". Well, there is one problem with his testimony that you may want to consider. It takes at least a week to rig a building like that with explosives before you pull it. So are buildings constructed with built-in explosives just in case they need to be blown up in a hurry? Building Seven went down that same day. Whoops! Watch Larry's testimony from the PBS documentary here in this short clip:
Incidentally, luckily for Larry, he insured his property in the nick of time just six months before September 11th! It was a sweet deal. So who orchestrated this terrorist event anyway? They had to get past the FBI and CIA and prepare at least three buildings for demolition as well as direct the activities of men with box cutters (if they even existed). It's clear from the evidence presented here so far that at least some of the media was in on this. What else could explain the BBC blunder? They had to control the information to those of us who might not like the idea that a few thousand people had to be killed in order to fulfill some kind of agenda. So what's in it for these people that were "in the know?"
Aaron Russo was a famous movie producer (Remember "The Rose" and "Trading Places" starring Eddie Murphy?) who became best friends with one of the Rockefeller family members. This is the same Rockefeller family that is a large shareholder of the Federal Reserve Bank -- a private company that loans money to our government and contributes to our huge national debt. You see the name "Federal Reserve" at the top the dollar bill. Yes, we're talking about that Bank! Anyway, the upshot of this friendship was that in the year 2000 (11 months before 9/11) Aaron Russo learned from his Rockefeller buddy that there was going to be an "event". He was told that out of this event the U.S. would go into Afghanistan and look for Bin Laden in Caves and then the U.S. would go into Iraq. His fascinating testimony about this "event" and how it fits into their agenda starts at 26:45 here in this interview (If you have the time watch the whole thing - chances are you have never seen an interview quite like this one):
Another thing. In April 2013 a 40 story skyscraper in Chechnya caught fire and thoroughly burned into a crinkling cinder [see the video within the next link below]. However it did not collapse. By comparison WTC Building Seven had a few small fires and was never hit by a plane. It did collapse. See that article here:
Now see this:
Amazingly, all this evidence is only the tip of the iceberg. Each of these are separate independent pieces of evidence from unconnected sources. When taken together they paint a clear picture.
You are a juror in a court of law. What would be your verdict? Remember, the word "conspiracy" is not in the dictionary to describe a fiction.
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Jennings' explosion has to be corroborated. It can't be.
If it can't be corroborated, a grand jury won't hear it.
All the evidence says his time line is mistaken. Here's a start; the south face of 7 after South Tower collapse:
The video, with shots around and inside the lobby of 7, and no sign of any explosion:
More evidence his time line is mistaken here: http://wtc7fact.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/fact-barry-jennings...
This is all the type evidence which will be presented to a grand jury. jennings' story must be corroborated in order to overcome in court.
Undo what Wilson did
One thing is for sure.
No matter which method of methods were used, just a cursory review of the evidence proves contrary to the "official report". Just taking time to review video footage should give anyone with the ability to think, reason to question.
What disturbs me the most, are the reactions of people I tell.
Where is the American Sprirt? Why aren't more people steaming at the simple fact that we've been lied to?
This particular lie is the one I keep as a reminder for when I start to doubt the rest of them. If I start to doubt the truth about how bad the Fed really is, I step back and think about 911 as a benchmark for the measures people are willing to take to advance an agenda. This benchmark makes me question everything that seems the least bit off center.
I guess it's good that many people I tell, already have some doubt about 911. I guess I set my expectations to high when I look for people to get as concerned as me. Even if the claim to know, most of their reactions are identical to those who didn't know. That reaction is, to change the subject as soon as possible.
The way I see it though, is the only effective weapon we have right now is our mouth! I've reached a point where I don't care if people get pissed at me. I do my best, even if they walk away mad, to plant as many seeds as possible in hopes it will eventually lead them to take notice.
911 is a litmus. test for America! If people are willing to ignore, not only the 911 lie itself, but the implications and atrocities that spawned from this horrible event, do they deserve to be free?
Red herring!
Bogging down in red chips, explosions, and light poles is a waste of time.
The hijackers were Saudi, Bin Laden was Saudi, Saudi royalty funded and helped, and the House of Saud faced ZERO consequence. 9/11 was approved, at LEAST afterwards, by the US government. The US government was complicit with the Saudis by not going after them.
There is no difference in intent between hiring a hitman, performing the hit yourself, or willfully allowing a hit. Their guilt is self-admitted, based on facts subject to no conjecture.
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Worth repeating
"The hijackers were Saudi, Bin Laden was Saudi, Saudi royalty funded and helped, and the House of Saud faced ZERO consequence. 9/11 was approved, at LEAST afterwards, by the US government. The US government was complicit with the Saudis by not going after them."
Undo what Wilson did
who can read and comprehend Operation Northwoods, from the George Washington University website, would understand that the puppetmasters would gladly kill a few thousand of us in order to use their war machines and tighten control of the peasants.
You are a juror in a court of law. What would be your verdict?
My verdict would be that you combine hard physical evidence with speculative conspiracy. Thus you lose credibility.
You were most persuasive when you were sticking to the hard,verifiable physical evidence.
What if
it's a conspiracy case?
then it seems like you would have to
tie specific evidence to a specific accused conspirator.
None of that was accomplished in the OP.
The Hard physical evidence and consistent testimony from unrelated witnesses portion of the presentation is compelling.
The conspiracy portion is speculative, weak, and not compelling.
(Down vote if you want or help the OP refine his case. HE ASKED US TO BE A JURROR.)
What exactly was the experiment...that you could get me to play along by telling me i was participating in an experiment-it worked.
William Cooper
Predicted 9/11. He just didn't say what day it would happen.
Don't forget ol Rummy Don
Don't forget ol Rummy Don explaining that 2.3 Trillion dollars are missing from the Defense Budget just days before 911.
I still don't get what happened to all the security cam footage of the 'plane' hitting the pentagon except for the 8 frames of an explosion? With all those camera's everywhere and somehow it is national security we cant see them while we have tons of footage of planes hitting the 911 buildings? How is that even national security anyway? Wouldn't there be hundreds of eye witnesses talking about the rumble of a massive jet right overhead due to the shallow angle of impact?
We all share this eternally evolving present moment- The past and future only exist as inconsequential mental fabrications.
The $2.3 Trillion.
Has anyone seen a study on the total significance of the $2.3 Trillion?
Was it a coincidence that it was mentioned the day before?
Was there some strategic reason they needed to mention it the day before?
It seems, with all the careful and intricate planning that an "event" like this might have required, they might have realized this would lead people to connect the dots to the accounting office.
If they were trying to cover up the missing $2.3 Trillion, why even mention it?
Not 'days' before
but the very day before, as in September 10th.
I stand corrected. My God
I stand corrected. My God that's like me calling my bank and having them say, "Hey your life savings is unaccounted for, sorry." Then the next day the bank mysteriously burns to the ground.
It reminds me of the Goodfellas...
We all share this eternally evolving present moment- The past and future only exist as inconsequential mental fabrications.
You are exactly correct..
great scene.
Another oddity not mentioned here
was the fact that the entire Trade Center was in the process of its networks being updated in the summer of 2001. Demolition cable looks almost exactly like computer cat 5 cable. If I saw it laying around, I wouldn't know the difference. Also, the Trade Center went on lock down the weekend before the event. The employees that had worked there for many years had never rememberd a time when they could not enter the buildings (I belive this was Sunday, 9/9). The way the buildings were constructed, basically hollow silos with cross members going to the center section, they would be very easy to wire. Just run the cables straight up the elevator shafts which were all constructed in the center area. Popular mechanics, which I used to love the magazine, (and haven't bought an issue since), tryed to debunk 9/11 claiming the collapse in each tower started where the planes entered. This is true, but if the demolition cables were severed at those points, then that is as far as the electrical charge could rise. Anything above those floors doesn't matter. Gravity will take them with the building. The fact that the buildings collapsed in their own footprints is proof that everything falling was having a path of lease resistance blown out of the way first.
911docs.net, an excellent 9/11 site.
I hope I live to see the day Cheney and his lacky puppet Bush hang by their slimy necks.
911docs.net, an excellent 9/11 site.
I hope I live to see the day Cheney and his lacky puppet Bush hang by their slimy necks.
i have no idea to the facts
i have no idea to the facts of the situation but i feel it in my bones that somethings not right with the situation and how it was reported
taking a step back and trying to look at the whole picture, i suspect that their is many factions involved, being one of the reasons why they are so reluctant to go into detail, one faction can only account for themselves, faction reaveling something another faction cant support, deny, explain, is not a situation they want, assuming ive gof this right
Another thing, russo says this was planned, that the "event" purpose was to create FICTIONAL global terrorism, an illusion to mask, explain actions that would be, could be seen in a negative way, suddenly invading another country, installing pipelines, and creating a base in the middle east, knowing that may cost many lives, its not beyond the scope of reason that, this "event" could have been a reason to pre-explain actions they new they were gonna make but would be seen negatively, if they didnt have the "war on terrorism" to mask the real intent, something that would have been obvious otherwise.
As for the bbc reporting a building that fell, having that building in the backshoot of that report, fully intact, assuming that this "events" sole purpose was to build up the peoples compliance, i would not be surprised to learn that originally, they were gonna tell the people it was infact controlled demolitions, but used it as dramatic affect otherwise, what if originally, the demolitions were there as a safety measure, if this was indeed planned, and they were worried it might get out of hand, fires spreading, affecting more buildings then intended, or thoughts along those lines......or possible not, may they intalled explosives after, but that would still mean some of this was planned ahead of schedule, unless everysingle government employee has the knowledge to install explosives in the right places to create a perfect controlled demolition, if it was after they either have the local experts on speedcall, or they were ready
Theories, all theories........because something stinks
Good post. I differ in that I think that
the nanothermite is only one of many smoking guns. Where do you start? I doubt even the conspirators ever hoped in their wildest dreams that so many Americans could be this stupid in the face of overwhelming evidence, molten steel rivers, beams flung hither and yon in straight peices, the damn things blowing apart before our eyes.
My choice for a grand-daddy of all the smoking guns is the fundamental laws of physics. Comprehend this and there can be no fancy footwork to tap dance around it: Galileo. There is one speed at which all objects fall to Earth discounting negligible differences in air resistance, and this speed can only be attained through thin air. The towers and WTC7 were not thin air, therefore the official story is impossible. Mass does not go faster as it "accumulates" into a "pile driver" demolishing all resistance below it. That is pretending it is a house of cards. A skyscraper is not a house of cards.
Release the Sandy Hook video.
it will never be put to rest--
there are those who don't believe the official story (I include myself), and those who do--
there are those who think that it damages the cause of liberty to discuss it, and there are those who believe that it is central to the cause of liberty to discuss it--
there are those who can discuss it intelligently, and those who cannot--
the beat goes on--
it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--
Well Done...
It was always obvious to me that 9/11 was something different that what we were told, right from the 1st day, because of so many elements:
1. Scattered News reports and Eye witness reports, on the day as things were happening, about explosions and secondary explosions.
2. WTC-7 dropping down into its own footprint at free fall speed (when nothing hit it).
3. The weird fact that the WTC Tower that was hit second, was yet the very first one to collapse -- and only after 1 hour of fire (-?). Even a wooden house would not collapse and disintegrate after just 1 hour of fire.
4. The fact that even of you accept the concept that steel-frame buildings would "melt" from fire, this still would not explain the massive pulverization of Concrete that was seen that had created gigantic dust clouds which blanketed the entire City of New York and the entire skyline for miles and miles. And there is no explanation for steel columns to be shot out of the buildings and embedded into other building that were blocks away. These events do not square with a "melted" building scenario (even if that were possible).
5. The fact that The Pentagon is the most secure building on the face of the planet, and there is no way a plane could just enter its airspace without immediately being shot down. Especially, after the other incidences had preceded it.
6. The fact that there was no visible airplane wreckage at the Pentagon building site and on the lawn (which was nearly pristine), and that the hole in the building was far too small for a commercial airliner to have passed through it (and disintegrated?).
7. The fact that Dick Cheney was operating simulated Defense War Games that morning, to redirect NORAD and the FAA -- neither of which performed their jobs and normal function on that day (and how could a "terrorist" arrange that?).
8. The behavior and reaction of George Bush, who was placed in a totally contrived "innocent" setting of reading to school children (is that the job function of U.S. Presidents?), and then took no action whatsoever as not one ... but two planes had attacked buildings. Yet he did nothing, until the full operation had been fully played out and executed (including the Pentagon attack).
9. The fact that from day two, the Bush Adminstration had drawn up plans for an unlawful, unprovoked Military destruction of Iraq .. which had nothing to do with what just had happened.
10. The fact that the BBC TV News made a broadcast announcing that "we are told that a 3rd building WTC-7 has also now fallen", but in the background of that film footage you can still see WTC-7 standing up, and not in any state of demolition. This is proof that the news media (and we're talking international news media as well as U.S.) was given a pre-planned script to read and broadcast to the public. Who could have arranged for this? A man in a cave, or The CIA?
Clearly, this was not the work of just 19 religious men (who liked stripped clubs?), and could not fly well ... with a few "boxcutters" ... and who were taking their orders from a old, sick man with bad kidneys from a far away cave in Afghanistan.
It is amazing that the American people can be so gullible, to ever believe such tripe.
All you need to know about 9/11
Highly recommend sharing these and saving for future reference.
It Wasn't Muslims
"If this mischievous financial policy [greenbacks], which has its origin in North America, should become endurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off its debts and be without debts. It will hav
The Santa Claus analagy
The Santa Claus analogy occurred to me a couple days ago out of the blue. How very strange to read this post today.
Unfortunately for the perps,
God knows.
No escape from God.
Sorry 9/11 perps.
And there's more, considering
that your post didn't attempt to also cover anomalies at the Pentagon. Similarly, there was also footage not shown on the news. This video was just recommended on some other thread. Eye-opening:
Behind the Smoke Curtain (The 9/11 Fable of the Pentagon Attack)
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
~ John Muir
That's Correct
There's so much more. My purpose here is to prove unequivocally to the uninitiated that 9/11 was, in fact, an inside job. We are past the point of theory because of the preponderance of evidence. Here's an article that covers this in much greater detail:
Joel Skousen, who wrote this, is a brilliant political analyst and top government corruption expert. He is predicting another false flag attack that will make 9/11 look like a pop of a firecracker by comparison:
Another point that people don't understand...
They make the point that the explosions in the lobby could be from jet fuel pouring down the elevator shafts. The elevators in the World Trade Center did not go all the way up. The lower set stopped at the 44th floor where there was a sky lobby. The middle one up to floor 78 where there was another sky lobby. Then the third, upper set, went all the way to the top. The lowest floor listed for the plane impacts is floor 74 of the South Tower. The north tower was hit at floor 93.
That's a Key Point
I didn't know that but that's a good rebuttal to the government line.
Another key point told to me by Joel Skousen (editor of World Affairs Brief) was, "One of the key things about the firefighters video which I also saw in 2010, was the fact that there was no black soot on the ceiling or anywhere, which there would have been had the official story been true about the basement explosion being caused by fuel."
I also had previously talked in person to Steve Jones (the physicist quoted in my article) and asked him about that. I don't remember his exact wording but considering how much fuel burned up in the fire ball and the volume of space within the towers as well as the distances between the points of impact and the basement the amount of fuel needed to accumulate and create the huge explosions reported in the basement could never be achieved.
911 will never be put to rest untill bush, cfr, fbi,nsa,cia,FED,
IzUnReal, and the rest of the Rothschild Mafia are brought to justice for their multiple genocidal actions.


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Unotel contracts with Nagra for broadband TV serviceOctober 10, 2013 1:27 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
The service is scheduled to go live in Brazil during the first quarter of 2014. The new service will use a hybrid digital set-top box enabling the delivery of IP, satellite and digital terrestrial services with content secured by Nagra's content protection technology.
Survey: OTT home automation services emergeOctober 10, 2013 12:23 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Providing home automation services over someone else's broadband pipe is a growing trend according to a recent survey by Infonetics Research. Infonetics also found that more than 70 percent of the operators in the survey planned on offering home automation services by the end of this year.
Venech signs on with Charter as vice president, communicationsOctober 10, 2013 12:18 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Charter Communications announced this morning that Justin Venech was hired for the position of vice president, communications. Venech joined Charter from Time Warner Cable where he was vice president, public relations. In his new job, Venech reports to Alex Dudley, senior vice president, communications and public affairs.
CTAM picks former Scripps exec as new president, CEOOctober 10, 2013 12:10 pm | News | Comments
CTAM announced that former Scripps Networks executive John Lansing was selected as its new president and CEO. Lansing will take over the leadership roles from Char Beales, the current president and CEO, when she retires at the end of the year.
Twitter, Comcast sign TV partnershipOctober 10, 2013 12:06 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
Twitter and Comcast have signed a partnership that will let viewers access TV shows and buy movie tickets directly from a tweet, deepening the short messaging service's ties to television programming. Twitter Inc. and Comcast Corp. said Wednesday that a new feature that's part of the deal will let customers of Comcast's Xfinify TV service tune in to programs by clicking a "see it" button in a tweet.
Liberty Media buys back stock from ComcastOctober 10, 2013 12:03 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
Liberty Media Corp. announced this morning that it bought back 5.2 percent of its outstanding common stock from Comcast Corp. In addition, Sirius XM Radio Inc. will repurchase $500 million of its shares from Liberty Media. Also today, Liberty Interactive Corp. said planned to spin off its stake in travel website TripAdvisor and its BuySeasons business into a new publically traded company.
GE pulls AT&T, Cisco, Intel into its M2M schemesOctober 9, 2013 1:49 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
AT&T has agreed to provide connectivity for GE's ambitious "Industrial Internet" strategy. GE already has an ongoing relationship with Cisco Systems, which has its own Internet of Everything plan. Meanwhile, GE will also be working with Intel on sensors and connectivity chips.
Mediacom goes all-digital in southwest GeorgiaOctober 9, 2013 12:54 pm | News | Comments
Mediacom Communications has put nearly 30,000 digital terminal adapters (DTAs) into the hands of subscribers in a seven-county area of southwest Georgia ahead of an all-digital project that will kick off Tuesday. Mediacom started converting its analog channels to digital several years ago, but the Georgia project will mark the first time that all of the channels have been converted to digital in a large system.
GCI broadens TiVo deployment in AlaskaOctober 9, 2013 12:50 pm | News | Comments
GCI (General Communications Inc.) has rolled TiVo's next generation, whole-home TV platform into the Alaskan towns of Kenai and Soldotna. The partnership was first announced last year and this past summer GCI became the first North American cable operator to deploy Pace's XGI gateway on its user interface platform.
Comcast Venture's CTI Towers secures $30 million in debt financingOctober 9, 2013 12:44 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
CTI Towers, which is backed by Comcast Ventures, announced this morning that it had received $30 million in debt financing to build its war chest for future acquisitions. CTI Towers also said that it had completed its first third-party acquisition with the purchase of five towers from a major wireless carrier.
CVAA and CALM mandatory requirements -- why and howOctober 8, 2013 7:14 pm | by Jim Welch, senior consulting engineer, IneoQuest Technologies | Articles | Comments
As of this month, all pre-recorded programming edited for internet distribution must now be close captioned. That's on top of video description content and the requirements of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act designed to eliminate huge volume spikes in video ads.
Startup takes advantage of broadband homesOctober 8, 2013 1:34 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Nest Protect has designed a monitor to detect not just smoke but also unsafe levels of carbon monoxide. That could broaden the square-shaped device's appeal, especially in the growing number of states that require homeowners to install carbon monoxide detectors.
Tek offers dual MPEG input version of SentryOctober 8, 2013 1:23 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
The option enables service providers to use a single Sentry to monitor both their primary and redundant video feeds for video and audio errors that can impact viewers' quality of experience (QoE), without having to combine into a single GigE input for monitoring.
Cable-Tec skeds session on RDKOctober 8, 2013 1:17 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
A slate of executives from Comcast, Liberty Global, Time Warner Cable, and RDK Management who are helping to lead the charge on the implementation of the RDK will discuss where the program is and where it's going at a panel session at Cable-Tec Expo in two weeks.
Belgacom to use Cisco routers in 4G upgradeOctober 8, 2013 1:05 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
The Belgian company, which combines fixed, mobile information technology (IT), and media services, will use the Cisco Aggregated Services Router (ASR) 5000 to help increase bandwidth, improve speed, and add greater intelligence to its networks, as well as provide new broadband-based services.


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Volkswagen first unveiled the Passat CC (known simply as the CC in the USA and South Africa) in 2008 and since then, the company has managed to sell an impressive 270,000 units. Now, for the 2013 model year (2012 in Europe), the CC has received a technically and visually updated version to make it look and perform even better.
Changes for the 2013 model year include a new front and rear styling, and an extended range of standard equipment, including standard Bi-Xenon headlights with an Adaptive Front Lighting System and LED taillights. On the US market, the CC will be offered with a choice of 197 HP and 276 HP engines and with a manual six-speed gearbox. In Europe, the engine line-up will also include diesel versions.
The Volkswagen CC's official debut will be made in November at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show and sales will begin in the Spring of 2012.
Hit the jump to read more about the 2013 Volkswagen CC.
UPDATE 01/17/2012: Fresh off of its unveiling at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show last November 2011, the Volkswagen Passat CC has fresh new photos and videos that VW just released. Check out the pics in the gallery and the videos by clicking on the photo above!
UPDATE 02/28/2012: Volkswagen has announced prices for the 2013 CC that will go on sale at US dealers this spring. Prices will range from $30,250 for the base 2.0T Sport to $41,420 for the VR6 4Motion Executive version.
Exterior and Interior
For the 2013 model year, the new Volkswagen CC has received new front and rear styling for an even bolder appearance and the list of standard features has been significantly increased. Customers will benefit from new bi-xenon headlights, static cornering lights, and a new LED tail light design without having to add any options.
For the interior, Volkswagen will also be adding fatigue detection, an RCD 310 radio-CD system, stainless steel door sill plates, and safety head restraints.
Engine Line-up
On the US market, the new 2013 CC will be offered with a choice of two petrol engines: one with 197 HP and one with 276 HP. Both will be combined with a manual six-speed gearbox.
In Europe, things will be a little bit different. Customers will receive three petrol engines - 158 HP, 207 HP, and 295 HP - and two diesel engines - 138 HP and 167 HP. Diesel engines will be equipped with a Stop/Start system and battery regeneration mode (for recovering braking energy) as standard.
Also, all models will come with optional technologies such as Side Assist Plus with integrated Lane Assist (warns of vehicles in blind spots and assists driver in avoiding an accident by steering intervention), Dynamic Light Assist (automatic main beam control), and a camera-based traffic sign detection system.
On the US market, the new Volkswagen CC will go on sale in the Spring of 2012. Prices will range from $30,250 for the base 2.0T Sport to $41,420 for the VR6 4Motion Executive version.
In developing their new CC, Volkswagen took their inspiration from the Mercedes CLS, but their four-door coupe is far from delivering the same level of performance or luxury as the Mercedes model. It is fair to say that the CC targets models like the Acura TL and the Infiniti G37 .
Compared to the CC, the TL has the advantage of offering more powerful engines: 280 HP and 305 HP versions. However, the CC has the advantage of being cheaper (current model starts from $28,500 while the TL goes up to $35,605). On the other hand, the model that really catches our attention is the G37. With a bolder appearance, it is also the most powerful model: it delivers a total of 328 HP. That being said, it is also the most expensive at $36,200.
- Better look
- Great, and longer, list of standard features
- Cheaper than competition
- Less powerful than competition
- Does not deliver the same level of luxury


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A West Virginia law firm is asking the federal court to find that its name does not infringe on the rights of another law firm located in Pennsylvania.
The Webb Law Firm PLLC filed the action Aug. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, seeking declaratory, injunctive and other relief against the Pennsylvania-based The Webb Law Firm PC.
The West Virginia firm said the Pennsylvania firm threatened suit for service mark infringement, service mark dilution, false designation of origin, cybersquatting, trade dress infringement and unfair competition.
According to the lawsuit, Charles Webb started the West Virginia practice in February 2006, naming the firm The Webb Law Firm PLLC.
The suit states the firm only practices law in West Virginia, asserting none of the lawyers in the Pennsylvania firm are licensed to practice in the Mountain State.
Attorneys for the West Virginia firm also argued that none of the Pennsylvania attorneys have the surname of Webb, while all of them do at the West Virginia firm.
The Pennsylvania firm sent a letter to the West Virginia firm in July, the suit continues, asking the West Virginia practice to stop using "The Webb Law Firm," and instead use names such as "The Law Office of Rusty Webb" or "Rusty Webb and Associates"
In the letter, which was included as an exhibit in the suit, the Pennsylvania firm noted it is an intellectual property firm that secured the mark "The Webb Law Firm" and "webblaw.com" for use in legal services in the 1990s.
"In the past, because you had done business as 'The Law Offices of Rusty Webb,' and had not made your corporate name of 'The Webb Law Firm, PLLC' a focus of your marketing, we were content to attempt to coexist, with each firm pursuing their respective practices," the letter from the Pennsylvania firm states.
"It has recently come to our attention that you are more prominently featuring the term 'The Webb Law Firm' in your marketing, including your website … and it is our considered opinion that such increased use of 'The Webb Law Firm' infringes our firm's intellectual property interests in and to its trademark registrations identified above in violation of the Lanham Act," the letter in the exhibit further stated.
The letter from the Pennsylvania firm also asked the West Virginia law firm to add a disclaimer to its website to distinguish the two firms, which the West Virginia firm said it has done.
A response from The Webb Law Firm PC has not yet been filed.