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Explosive Testimony:
Revelations about the Twin Towers
in the 9/11 Oral Histories
by David Ray Griffin
"[T]here was just an explosion [in the south tower]. It seemed like on television [when] they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all the way around like a belt, all these explosions."--Firefighter Richard Banaciski
"I saw a flash flash flash [at] the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building?"--Assistant Fire Commissioner Stephen Gregory
"[I]t was [like a] professional demolition where they set the charges on certain floors and then you hear 'Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop'."--Paramedic Daniel Rivera
The above quotations come from a collection of 9/11 oral histories that, although recorded by the Fire Department of New
York (FDNY) at the end of 2001, were publicly released only on August 12, 2005. Prior to that date, very few Americans
knew the content of these accounts or even the fact that they existed.
Why have we not known about them until recently? Part of the answer is that the city of New York would not release them
until it was forced to do so. Early in 2002, the New York Times requested copies under the freedom of information act, but
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration refused.
So the Times, joined by several families of 9/11 victims, filed suit.
After a long process, the city was finally ordered by the New York Court of Appeals to release the records (with some exceptions and redactions allowed). Included were oral histories, in interview form, provided by 503 firefighters and medical workers.
Emergency Medical Services had become a division within the
Fire Department. The Times then made these oral histories
publicly available.
Once the content of these testimonies is examined, it is easy to see why persons concerned to protect the official story about 9/11 would try to keep them hidden. By suggesting that explosions were occurring in the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, they pose a challenge to the official account of 9/11, according to which the towers were caused to collapse solely by the impact of the airplanes and the resulting fires.
In any case, now that the oral histories have finally been released, it is time for Americans and the world in general to see what these brave men and women reported about that fateful day. If this information forces a reevaluation of the official story about 9/11, better now than later.
That said, it must be added that although these oral histories are of great significance, they do not contain the first reports of explosions in the Twin Towers. Such reports---from firefighters, reporters, and people who had worked in the towers---started becoming available right after 9/11.
These reports, however, were not widely publicized by the mainstream press and, as a result, have for the most part been
known only within the "9/11 truth movement," which has focused on evidence that seems inconsistent with the official story.
I will begin by summarizing some of those previously available reports. Readers will then be able to see that although in
some respects the newly released oral histories simply add reinforcement, they also are revelatory documents: Some of the
testimonies are quite stunning, even to people familiar with the earlier reports; and there are now so many testimonies that
even the most skeptical reader is likely to find the cumulative effect impressive.
Previously Available Testimony Suggestive of Explosions
in the Twin Towers
The day after 9/11, a story in the Los Angeles Times, referring to the south tower, said: "There were reports of an explosion right before the tower fell, then a strange sucking sound, and finally the sound
of floors collapsing."
A story in the Guardian said that "police and fire officials were carrying out the first wave of evacuations when the first of
the World Trade Centre towers collapsed. Some eyewitnesses reported hearing another explosion just before the structure
crumbled. Police said that it looked almost like a 'planned implosion.'"
"Planned implosion" is another term for controlled demolition, in which explosives are placed at crucial places throughout a building so that, when set off in the proper order, they will cause the building to come down in the desired way. When it is close to other buildings, the desired way will be straight down into, or at least close to, the building's footprint, so that it does not damage the surrounding buildings. This type of controlled demolition is called an "implosion."
To induce an implosion in steel-frame buildings, the explosives must be set so as to break the steel columns. Each of the Twin Towers
had 47 massive steel columns in its core and 236 steel columns around the periphery.
To return now to testimonies about explosions: There were many reports about an explosion in the basement of the north tower.
For example, janitor William Rodriguez reported that he and others felt an explosion below the first sub-level office at 9 AM, after which co-worker Felipe David, who had been in front of a nearby freight elevator, came into the office with severe burns on his face and arms yelling "explosion! explosion! explosion!"
Rodriguez's account has been corroborated by José Sanchez, who was in the workshop on the fourth sub-level. Sanchez said that he and a co-worker heard a big blast that "sounded like a bomb," after which
"a huge ball of fire went through the freight elevator."
Engineer Mike Pecoraro, who was working in the sixth sub-basement of the north tower, said that after an explosion he and a co-worker went up to the C level, where there was a small machine shop.
"There was nothing there but rubble," said Pecoraro.
"We're talking about a 50 ton hydraulic press--gone!"
They then went to the parking garage, but found that it was also gone.
Then on the B level, they found that a steel-and-concrete fire door, which weighed about 300 pounds, was wrinkled up "like a piece of aluminum foil." Having seen similar things after the terrorist attack in 1993, Pecoraro was convinced that a bomb had gone off.
Given these testimonies to explosions in the basement levels of the towers, it is interesting that Mark Loizeaux, head of Controlled Demolition, Inc., has been quoted as saying: "If I were to bring the towers down, I would put explosives in the basement to get the weight of the building to help collapse the structure."
Multiple Explosions
Some of the testimonies suggested that more than one explosion occurred in one tower or the other. FDNY Captain Dennis
Tardio, speaking of the south tower, said: "I hear an explosion
and I look up. It is as if the building is being imploded, from
the top floor down, one after another, boom, boom, boom."
In June of 2002, NBC television played segments from tapes recorded on 9/11. One segment contained the following exchange, which involved firefighters in the south tower:
Official: "Battalion 3 to dispatch, we've just had another explosion."
Official: "Battalion 3 to dispatch, we've had additional explosion."
Dispatcher: "Received battalion command. Additional explosion."
Firefighter Louie Cacchioli, after entering the north tower lobby and seeing elevator doors completely blown out and people being hit with debris, asked himself, "how could this be happening so quickly if a plane hit way above?"
After he reached the 24th floor, he and another fireman "heard this huge explosion that sounded like a bomb [and] knocked off the lights and stalled the elevator." After they pried themselves out of the elevator, "another huge explosion like the first one hits.
This one hits about two minutes later . . .
[and] I'm thinking, 'Oh. My God, these bastards put bombs in here like they did in 1993!'"
Multiple explosions were also reported by Teresa Veliz, who worked for a software development company in the north tower. She was on the 47th floor, she reported, when suddenly "the whole building shook. . . . [Shortly thereafter] the building shook again, this time even more violently."
Then, while Veliz was making her way downstairs and outside:
"There were explosions going off everywhere. I was convinced that there were bombs planted all over the place and someone was sitting at a control panel pushing detonator buttons. . . There was another explosion. And another. I didn't know where to run."
Steve Evans, a New York-based correspondent for the BBC, said:
"I was at the base of the second tower . . . that was hit. . .
There was an explosion. . . The base of the building shook. . . .
[T]hen there was a series of explosions."
Sue Keane, an officer in the New Jersey Fire Police Department who was previously a sergeant in the U.S. Army, said in her account of the onset of the collapse of the south tower: "[I]t sounded like bombs going off. That's when the explosions happened. . . . I knew something was going to happen. . . . It started to get dark,
then all of a sudden there was this massive explosion."
Then, discussing her experiences during the collapse of the north tower, she said: "[There was] another explosion. That sent me and the two firefighters down the stairs. . . . I can't tell you how many times I got banged around. Each one of those explosions picked me up and threw me. . . . There was another explosion, and I got thrown with two firefighters out onto the street."
Wall Street Journal reporter John Bussey, describing his observation of the collapse of the south tower from the ninth floor of the WSJ office building, said: "I . . . looked up out of the office window to see what seemed like perfectly synchronized explosions coming from each floor. . . . One after the other, from top to bottom, with a fraction of a second between, the floors blew to pieces."
Another Wall Street Journal reporter said that after seeing what appeared to be "individual floors, one after the other exploding outward," he thought: "'My God, they're going to bring the building down.' And they, whoever they are, HAD SET CHARGES. . . .
I saw the explosions."
A similar perception was reported by Beth Fertig of WNYC Radio, who said: "It just descended like a timed explosion—like when they are deliberately bringing a building down. . . . It was coming down so perfectly that in one part of my brain I was thinking, 'They got everyone out, and they're bringing the building down because
they have to.'"
A more graphic testimony to this perception was provided on the film made by the Naudet brothers. In a clip from that film, one can watch two firemen describing their experiences to other firemen.
Fireman 1: "We made it outside, we made it about a block . . . ."
Fireman 2: "We made it at least two blocks and we started running." He makes explosive sounds and then uses a chopping hand motion to emphasize his next point: "Floor by floor it started popping out . . . ."
Fireman 1: "It was as if they had detonated--as if they were planning to take down a building, boom boom boom boom boom . . . ."
Fireman 2: "All the way down. I was watching it and running.
And then you just saw this cloud of shit chasing you down."
As these illustrations show, quite impressive testimony to the occurrence of explosions in the Twin Towers existed even prior to the release of the oral histories. As we will see, however, these oral histories have made the testimony much more impressive, qualitatively as well as quantitatively. The cumulative testimony
now points even more clearly than before not simply to explosions but to controlled demolition.
Testimonies/Oral Histories Suggest Controlled Demolition
Several FDNY members reported that they heard an explosion just before the south tower collapsed. For example, Battalion Chief
John Sudnik said that while he and others were working at the command post, "we heard a loud explosion or what sounded like a loud explosion and looked up and I saw tower two start coming down."
Firefighter Timothy Julian said: "First I thought it was an explosion. I thought maybe there was a bomb on the plane, but delayed type of thing, you know secondary device. . . . I just heard like an explosion and then a cracking type of noise, and then it sounded like a freight train, rumbling and picking up speed, and I remember I looked up, and I saw it coming down."
Emergency medical technician Michael Ober said:
"[W]e heard a rumble, some twisting metal, we looked up in the air, and. . . it looked to me just like an explosion. It didn't look like the building was coming down, it looked like just one floor had blown completely outside of it. . . . I didn't think they were coming down.
I just froze and stood there looking at it."
Ober's testimony suggests that he heard and saw the explosion before he saw any sign that the building was coming down.
This point is made even more clearly by Chief Frank Cruthers,
who said: "There was what appeared to be at first an explosion.
It appeared at the very top, simultaneously from all four sides, materials shot out horizontally. And then there seemed to be a momentary delay before you could see the beginning of the collapse."
These statements by Ober and Cruthers, indicating that there was a delay between the explosion and the beginning of the collapse, suggest that the sounds and the horizontal ejection of materials could not be attributed simply to the onset of the collapse.
Shaking Ground before the Collapse
As we saw earlier, some people in the towers reported that there were powerful explosions in the basements. Such explosions would likely have caused the ground to shake. Such shaking was reported by medical technician Lonnie Penn, who said that just before the collapse of the south tower: "I felt the ground shake, I turned around and ran for my life. I made it as far as the Financial Center when the collapse happened."
According to the official account, the vibrations that people felt were produced by material from the collapsing towers hitting the ground. Penn's account, however, indicates that the shaking must have occurred several seconds before the collapse.
Shaking prior to the collapse of the north tower was described by fire patrolman Paul Curran. He was standing near it, he said,
when "all of a sudden the ground just started shaking. It felt like a train was running under my feet. . . . The next thing we know, we look up and the tower is collapsing."
Lieutenant Bradley Mann of the fire department, one of the people to witness both collapses, described shaking prior to each of them. "Shortly before the first tower came down," he said, "I remember feeling the ground shaking. I heard a terrible noise, and then debris just started flying everywhere.
People started running." Then, after they had returned to the area,
he said, "we basically had the same thing: The ground shook again, and we heard another terrible noise and the next thing we
knew the second tower was coming down."
Multiple Explosions
The oral histories contain numerous testimonies with reports of more than one explosion. Paramedic Kevin Darnowski, for example, said:
"I started walking back up towards Vesey Street. I heard three explosions, and then we heard like groaning and grinding, and tower two started to come down."
Gregg Brady, an emergency medical technician, reported the same thing about the north tower, saying: "I heard 3 loud explosions.
I look up and the north tower is coming down now."
Somewhat more explosions were reported by firefighter Thomas Turilli, who said, referring to the south tower, that "it almost sounded like bombs going off, like boom, boom, boom, like seven or eight."
Even more explosions were reported by Craig Carlsen, who said that while he and other firefighters were looking up at the towers, they "heard explosions coming from building two, the south tower.
It seemed like it took forever, but there were about ten explosions. . . . We then realized the building started to come down."
As before, "pops" were reported by some witnesses. "As we are looking up at the [south tower]," said firefighter Joseph Meola,
"it looked like the building was blowing out on all four sides. We actually heard the pops. Didn't realize it was the falling--you know, you heard the pops of the building. You thought it was just blowing out."
"Pops" were also reported by paramedic Daniel Rivera in the following exchange:
Q. How did you know that it [the south tower] was coming down?
A. That noise. It was noise.
Q. What did you hear? What did you see?
A. It was a frigging noise. At first I thought it was---do you ever see professional demolition where they set the charges on certain floors and then you hear 'Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop'? That's exactly what--because I thought it was that. When I heard that frigging noise, that's when I saw the building coming down.
Collapse Beginning below the Strike Zone and Fire
According to the official account, the "pancaking" of the floors began when the floors above the strike zone, where the supports were weakened by the impact of the airplanes and the resulting fires, fell on the floors below. Some witnesses reported, however, that the collapse of the south tower began lower than the floors that were struck by the airliner and hence lower than the fires.
Timothy Burke reported that while he was watching flames coming out of the south tower, "the building popped, lower than the fire."
He later heard a rumor that "the aviation fuel fell into the pit, and whatever floor it fell on heated up really bad, and that's why it popped at that floor." At the time, however, he said, "I was going oh, my god, there is a secondary device because the way the building popped. I thought it was an explosion."
This same twofold observation was made by firefighter Edward Cachia, who said: "As my officer and I were looking at the south tower, it just gave. It actually gave at a lower floor, not the floor where the plane hit. . . . [W]e originally had thought there was like an internal detonation, explosives, because it went in succession, boom, boom, boom, boom, and then the tower came down."
Other Indications of Controlled Demolition
Some witnesses reported other phenomena, beyond explosions, suggestive of controlled demolition.
The Appearance of Implosion: When a building close to other buildings is brought down by controlled demolition, as mentioned earlier, it typically implodes and hence comes straight down into, or at least close to, its own footprint, so that it does not fall over on surrounding structures.
As we saw above in the accounts that were previously available, both police and fire officials were quoted as saying that the towers seemed to implode. This perception was also stated in the oral history of Lieutenant James Walsh, who said:
"The [north tower] didn't fall the way you would think tall buildings would fall. Pretty much it looked like it imploded on itself."
Flashes: Another common feature of controlled demolitions is that people who are properly situated may see flashes when the explosives go off. Assistant Commissioner Stephen Gregory said:
"I thought . . . before . . . No. 2 came down, that I saw low-level flashes. . . . Lieutenant Evangelista . . . asked me if I saw low-level flashes in front of the building, and I agreed with him because I . . . saw a flash flash flash . . . [at] the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building, how when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's what I thought I saw."
Flashes were reported in the north tower by Captain Karin Deshore, who said: "Somewhere around the middle of the World Trade Center, there was this orange and red flash coming out. Initially it was just one flash."
Demolition Rings: At this point, Deshore's account moved to another standard phenomenon seen by those who watch controlled demolitions: explosion rings, in which a series of explosions runs rapidly around a building. Deshore's next words were: "Then this flash just kept popping all the way around the building and that building had started to explode.
The popping sound, and with each popping sound it was initially an orange and then a red flash came out of the building and then it would just go all around the building on both sides as far as I could see. These popping sounds and the explosions were getting bigger, going both up and down and then all around the building."
An explosion ring (or belt) was also described by firefighter
Richard Banaciski. Speaking of the south tower, he said:
"[T]here was just an explosion. It seemed like on television [when] they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going
all the way around like a belt, all these explosions."
A description of what appeared to be a ring of explosions was also given by Deputy Commissioner Thomas Fitzpatrick, who said:
"We looked up at the [south tower] . . . . All we saw was a puff of smoke coming from about 2 thirds of the way up . . . It looked like sparkling around one specific layer of the building. . . My initial reaction was that this was exactly the way it looks when they show you those implosions on TV."
Horizontal Ejections: Another feature of controlled demolition, at least when quite powerful explosives are used, is that things are ejected horizontally from the floors on which the explosions occur. Such ejections were mentioned in the testimony of Chief Frank Cruthers above. Similarly, Captain Jay Swithers said:
"I took a quick glance at the building and while I didn't see it falling,
I saw a large section of it blasting out, which led me to believe it was just an explosion."
Firefighter James Curran said: "When I got underneath the north bridge I looked back and . . . I heard like every floor went
chu-chu-chu. Looked back and from the pressure everything was getting blown out of the floors before it actually collapsed."
Battalion Chief Brian Dixon said: "I was . . . hearing a noise and looking up. . . . [T]he lowest floor of fire in the south tower
actually looked like someone had planted explosives around it because . . . everything blew out on the one floor. I thought,
geez, this looks like an explosion up there, it blew out."
These reports by Curran and Dixon conform to what can be seen by looking at photographs and videos of the collapses, which show that various materials, including sections of steel and aluminum,
were blown out hundreds of feet.
Such powerful ejections of materials are exactly what would be expected from explosions powerful enough to cause such huge
buildings to collapse.
Dust Clouds: The most visible material ejected horizontally from buildings during controlled demolition, especially buildings with lots of concrete, is dust, which forms more or less expansive dust clouds. Some of the testimonies about the collapse of the south tower mention that it produced an enormous amount of dust, which formed clouds so big and thick that they blocked out all light.
Firefighter Stephen Viola said: "You heard like loud booms . . . and then we got covered with rubble and dust, and I thought we'd actually fallen through the floor . . . because it was so dark you couldn't see anything."
Firefighter Angel Rivera said: "That's when hell came down. It was like a huge, enormous explosion. . . . The wind rushed. . . , all the dust. . . and everything went dark."
Lieutenant William Wall said: "[W]e heard an explosion. We looked up and the building was coming down right on top of us. . . . We ran a little bit and then we were overtaken by the cloud."
Paramedic Louis Cook said that after the debris started falling, "everything went black" and "you couldn't breathe because
[of] all the dust. There was just an incredible amount of dust and smoke." He then found that there was, "without exaggerating,
a foot and a half of dust on [his] car."
The kind of dust clouds typically produced during a controlled demolition can be seen on videos of the demolition of Seattle's Kingdome and the Reading Grain Facility. If these videos are then compared with photos and videos of the collapses of the Twin Towers, it can be seen that the dust clouds in the latter are even bigger.
Timed or Synchronized Explosions: Some people said that the collapses had the appearance of timed, synchronized demolitions. Battalion Chief Dominick DeRubbio, speaking of the collapse of the south tower, said: "It was weird how it started to come down.
It looked like it was a timed explosion."
Firefighter Kenneth Rogers said: "[T]here was an explosion in the south tower. . . . I kept watching. Floor after floor after floor.
One floor under another after another and when it hit about the fifth floor, I figured it was a bomb, because it looked like a synchronized deliberate kind of thing. I was there in '93."
Debates about Controlled Demolition
Given so many signs that the buildings had been brought down by controlled demolition, we might expect that debates about this issue would have taken place. And they did.
Firefighter Christopher Fenyo, after describing events that occurred after the first collapse, said: "At that point, a debate began to rage because. . . many people had felt that possibly explosives had taken out 2 World Trade, and officers were gathering companies together and the officers were debating whether or not to go immediately back in or to see what was going to happen with 1 World Trade at that point. The debate ended pretty quickly because 1 World Trade came down."
Firefighter William Reynolds reported on a conversation he had with a battalion chief: "I said, 'Chief, they're evacuating the other building; right?' He said, 'No.' . . . I said, 'Why not? They blew up the other one.' I thought they blew it up with a bomb. I said, 'If they blew up the one, you know they're gonna blow up the other one.' He said, 'No, they're not.' I said, 'Well, you gotta tell them to evacuate it, because it's gonna fall down and you gotta get the guys out.' . . .
He said, 'I'm just the Battalion Chief. I can't order that.' . . . I said, 'You got a fucking radio and you got a fucking mouth. Use the fucking things. Empty this fucking building.' Again he said, 'I'm just a Battalion Chief. I can't do that.' . . . Eventually this other chief came back and said, 'They are evacuating this tower.' . . .
And sometime after that . . . I watched the north tower fall."
As both accounts suggest, the perception that the south tower had been brought down by explosives may have resulted in fewer lives being lost in the north tower collapse than would otherwise have been the case.
Why Testimony about Explosions Has Not Become
Public Knowledge
If so many witnesses reported effects that seemed to be produced by explosives, with some of them explicitly saying that the collapses appeared to be cases of controlled demolition, why is this testimony not public knowledge? Part of the answer, as I mentioned at the outset, is that the city of New York refused to release it until forced to do so by the highest court of the state of New York
But why did we have to wait for this court-ordered release to learn about these testimonies? Should not they have been discussed in
The 9/11 Commission Report, which was issued over a year earlier? This Report, we are told in the preface, sought "to provide the fullest possible account of the events surrounding 9/11."
Why does it not include any of the testimony in the 9/11 oral histories suggestive of controlled demolition?
The answer cannot be that the Commission did not know about these oral histories. Although "[t]he city also initially refused access to the records to investigators from . . . the 9/11 Commission,"
Jim Dwyer of the New York Times tells us, it "relented when legal action was threatened." So the Commission could have discussed the testimonies about explosions in the oral histories. It also, in order to help educate the public, could have called some of the firefighters and medical workers to repeat their testimony during one of the Commission's public hearings. But it did not.
Why, we may wonder,
have the firefighters and medical workers not been speaking out?
At least part of the reason may be suggested by a statement made by Auxiliary Lieutenant Fireman Paul Isaac. Having said that "there were definitely bombs in those buildings," Isaac added that "many other firemen know there were bombs in the buildings, but they're afraid for their jobs to admit it because the 'higher-ups' forbid discussion of this fact."
Would we not expect, however, that a few courageous members of the fire department would have contacted the 9/11 Commission to tell their story? Indeed. But telling their story to the Commission was no guarantee that it would find its way into the final report---
as indicated by the account of one fireman who made the effort.
Firefighter Louie Cacchioli, who was quoted earlier, testified in 2004 to members of the Commission's staff. But, he reported, they were so unreceptive that he ended up walking out in anger. "I felt like I was being put on trial in a court room," said Cacchioli. "They were trying to twist my words and make the story fit only what they wanted to hear. All I wanted to do was tell the truth and when they wouldn't let me do that, I walked out."
That Cacchioli's experience was not atypical is suggested by janitor William Rodriguez, whose testimony was also quoted earlier. Although Rodriguez was invited to the White House as a National Hero for his rescue efforts on 9/11, he was, he said, treated quite differently by the Commission: "I met with the 9/11 Commission behind closed doors and they essentially discounted everything I said regarding the use of explosives to bring down the north tower."
When reading The 9/11 Commission Report, one will not find the name of Cacchioli, or Rodriguez, or anyone else reporting explosions in the towers. It would appear that the Commission deliberately withheld this information, as it apparently did with regard to
Able Danger and many other things that should have been included in "the fullest possible account of the events surrounding 9/11."
The definitive report about the collapse of the towers was to have been provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). According to Rodriguez, however, this investigative body was equally uninterested in his testimony:
"I contacted NIST . . . four times without a response. Finally, [at a public hearing] I asked them before they came up with their conclusion . . . if they ever considered my statements or the statements of any of the other survivors who heard the explosions. They just stared at me with blank faces."
In light of this report of NIST's response, it is not surprising to find that its final report, which in the course of supporting the official story about the collapses ignores many vital issues, makes no mention of reports of explosions and other phenomena suggestive
of controlled demolition.
It is sometimes said that the mandate of an official commission is,
by definition, to support the official story. Insofar as that is true,
it is not surprising that neither NIST nor the 9/11 Commission saw fit to discuss testimony suggestive of explosions in the Twin Towers, since this testimony is in strong tension with the official story.
At least most of those who offered this testimony did not, to be sure, mean to challenge the most important element in the official story about 9/11, which is that the attacks were entirely the work of
foreign terrorists.
For example, firefighter Timothy Julian, after saying that he
"thought it was an explosion," added: "I thought maybe there was a bomb on the plane, but delayed type of thing, you know secondary device." Assistant Commissioner James Drury said: "I thought the terrorists planted explosives somewhere in the building."
The problem, however, is that a bomb delivered by a plane, or even a few explosives planted "somewhere in the building,"
would not explain the many phenomena suggestive of controlled demolition, such as explosion rings and other features indicating that the explosions were "synchronized" and otherwise "timed."
As Mark Loizeaux, the head of Controlled Demolition, Inc.,
has explained, "to bring [a building] down as we want, so no one or no other structure is harmed," the demolition must be
"completely planned."
One needs "the right explosive [and] the right pattern of laying
the charges."
The 9/11 oral histories, therefore, create a difficult question
for those who defend the official story:
How could al-Qaeda terrorists have gotten access to the Twin Towers for all the hours required to place all the explosives needed to bring down buildings of that size?
It is primarily because they force this question that the testimony about explosions in the towers is itself explosive.
David Ray Griffin is professor emeritus of philosophy of religion
and theology at the Claremont School of Theology and
Claremont Graduate University, where he taught 31 years.
He has published some 30 books, including :
The New Pearl Harbor:
Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11
(Interlink Books, 2004)
and :
The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions
(Interlink Books, 2005).
© David Ray Griffin.


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If the answer favors "Yes" please discuss the advantages and disadvantages of non-binary paradigms.
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If the answer favors "Yes" please discuss how this threshold should be identified.
If the answer favors "No" please discuss the impediments and recommend strategies to overcome them.
How would an evidentiary threshold to invoke CED be influenced by the following?
How would an evidentiary threshold to invoke CED be influenced if the outstanding questions focused only on the generalizability of a strong but narrow evidence base to
# An example of a related condition might include a different stage of the same cancer. An example of an unrelated condition might include the use of a cancer drug for a rheumatologic disease.
Can an evidentiary threshold be defined to trigger an evidentiary review to determine if CED should cease, continue or be modified?
If the answer favors "Yes" please discuss how this threshold should be identified.
If the answer favors "No" please discuss the impediments and recommend strategies to overcome them.
Please discuss whether the factors identified in Questions 3 and 4 are relevant to Question 5.
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Michelle Dunaj, who is dying of leukemia, was Hawaii-bound for one of the last trips of her life. But the TSA in Seattle made it memorable for a different reason:
She called Alaska Airlines ahead of time to request a wheelchair and to ask how her medicines should be separated for the security line.
"I did everything they asked me to do, so I didn't think it would be an issue," she said.
But Dunaj says nothing went right at the security checkpoint. A machine couldn't get a reading on her saline bags, so a TSA agent forced one open, contaminating the fluid she needs to survive. She says agents also made her lift up her shirt and pull back the bandages holding feeding tubes in place. Dunaj needs those tubes because of organ failure. With other passengers staring, Dunaj says she asked for privacy and was turned down.
"They just said that it was fine; the location we were at was fine," she said.
TSA is responding to a request to look into the incident.
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The chapter writing is coming along but after driving my desk for a few hours, I needed a break and went for a run. I often go up to Hampstead Heath, and even there archaeology is never far off. Somewhere on the Heath is a Saxon ditch and earth bank, which formed early ownership and administrative boundaries (since at least AD986), though as far as I am aware I've not come across it yet. And of course, there is the so-called 'Boadicea's Grave' which may be nothing more than a foundations of an old windmill or a folly (right).
So back here at my desk for more writing, I am excited to find an email regarding some paid field work in Egypt. I may have the opportunity to undertake reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) this Autumn at South Abydos in Upper Egypt. Prof. Joe Wegner (who taught me during my BA at the University of Pennylvania) has been directing excavations there for years and is keen to document the sealings from the Middle Kingdom town. The sealings are quite small, only a few centimeters across, and there are a lot of them, so this will be an ideal job for the RTI mini-dome (see Figure 5).
We'll see what happens though. As many Egyptians continue to seek a better future and more economic equality, the current political situation in Egypt means that the cultural heritage sector is undergoing many changes. It's an issue that weighs on my mind quite a bit as I job hunt and look for opportunites to collaborate. As an archaeologist I've developed various skills and experience relating to Egypt's ancient past. Now the question for me is, how can I both obtain employment in my field, and do so in a way that supports a better Egyptian present?


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Tarrin Lupo, the highly-popular host of YouTube's purely pro-Liberty news show The Low Country (LCL) Report, was a vendor at the Campaign for Liberty Regional Conference selling jewelry to the C4L staff, members, and the public -- virtually anyone there. He worked the whole table the entire time, never having a chance to see and listen to a single speech by any of the speakers at the event. People who were coming into the area and purchase items from the vendors even didn't know what C4L was.
Sometime during the event, an uninvited crasher who happened to be an anti-Semite showed up making a scene and waving a briefcase. Security came up to him, spoke with him, and sent him on his way. Lupo, who was interviewing someone, happened to have a handycam on his person, filming the incident, even though he missed the first few minutes of the entire matter. Lupo thought the security detail handled the matter very well; thus, no problems at that point whatsoever.
Twenty minutes later the crasher returns, which led to Lupo pulling out his handycam again and filming what was happening at that point. The story would have been over, except that, as Tarrin was filming the altercation between the crasher and the security team, two members of the detail came up to him, harassed him, and ordered him to stop filming.
Here's the video of the incident which shows it in great detail:
The detail sees him filming, so one of the security officers (a bald guy) comes up to Lupo and actually grabs the camera (to the point where he almost confiscates it)and moves it away from the direction where the incident is taking place to where it focuses on him. The bald guy tells Lupo, "It's not gonna be a problem. You can interview me." This happens so that Lupo won't be able to film the uninvited intruder being escorted off the premises. So he becomes distracted long enough by security long enough to the point where the crasher is nowhere to be seen.
[*Note: Watch the video, and you'll see and get an idea of what happened.]
Interestingly enough, Lupo had an interesting private Facebook chat with Steve Bierfeldt, one of the detail, over the matter. Here's the following text of the chat between the two:
tarrin my man, what are you thinking bud?
go on
go on? just asking why you think its good for the movement to have someone shouting racial obscenities at a c4l conference
Ohh I had no problem with you throwing that guy out, I have an issue why you would mess with me
Actually like I said I think you all handled him well
meh, not good for business man. no need to have that on tape. what do you think all the anti liberty folks are going to say? "see, RP supporters are racist" just like the campaign..
So you thought you would be scene as ANTI-racist for throwing a racist out, if anything it would have showed people the oppisite
Crapp i need to proof, I meant seen
i was just interested in your thought process Tarrin
Basically I had no idea I what was going on, but I thought you all would want it on tape incase he attacked your security or something, I was not even going to put it up , but I felt bullied by you guys
Why did you feel I was a threat.
Interestingly enough, this occurred on the same day John Bush filmed his interview with Ron Paul, which entails his question to Paul, a question that asks whether the liberty movement's own congresscritter made a deal to support the incumbent GOP candidates of Texas.
The problem with this incident is that this shows how authoritarian an organization like C4L can be, especially when it censors an citizen journalist who never agreed not to film the entire event, uses the excuse that the organization (which is a political one) is a private organization hosting a private event for its members when the event is shown to the public, and the public can see the activities unfolding at the Sheraton Atlanta (which is where the incident transpired). Furthermore, the group also claims that it is a "private organization" pushing for political change at the state and federal levels when it is a political organization and is not truly a private group by any stretch of the imagination. That is merely a bald-faced lie, because it is a non-profit organization and has been chartered as a corporate entity. (After all, it is a non-profit corporation, which is, like it or not, a creature of the state, not a mythical creature of the "free market.")
Organizations like C4L must be held accountable for their actions. This latest incident is an apotheosis of the need for that accountability.
[H/T to Tarrin Lupo of LCL Report who supplied me this information, posted the video on his YouTube channel, and provided the private chat to me.]
[Update: Tarrin asks me to include a link to his interview with John Bush regarding his video interview with Ron Paul at the event. Here it is in its entirety:]
[Second Update: According to Tarrin, Bierfeldt was the one who ordered the bald guy to harrass him.]


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Bill Blum, Anti-Empire Report - The question that may never go away: Who really is Barack Obama? In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Fathers", Barack Obama writes of taking a job at some point after graduating from
However, a New York Times story of 2007 identifies the company as Business International Corporation. Equally odd is that the Times did not remind its readers that the newspaper itself had disclosed in 1977 that Business International had provided cover for four CIA employees in various countries between 1955 and 1960. The British journal, Lobster Magazine -- which, despite its incongruous name, is a venerable international publication on intelligence matters -- has reported that Business International was active in the 1980s promoting the candidacy of Washington-favored candidates in
In his book, not only doesn't Obama mention his employer's name; he fails to say when he worked there, or why he left the job. There may well be no significance to these omissions, but inasmuch as Business International has a long association with the world of intelligence, covert actions, and attempts to penetrate the radical left -- including Students for a Democratic Society -- it's valid to wonder if the inscrutable Mr. Obama is concealing something about his own association with this world.
Colony Net, 2008 - In an effort to shore up his foreign policy credentials during the primary campaign, the junior senator from Illinois - then in a tight primary contest with Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania - bragged about the time he had spent in Pakistan. He argued that
Eager to impress the
Astute readers may have begun to wonder how a struggling young college student with a divorced, middle-class mother managed to fund a three week trip to
Another of Obama's hosts in
A trip to
In the early 1980s,
Adding to the mix is the fact that Ann Dunham, Obama's mother, had visited at least 13 countries in her lifetime, and had worked for companies that required travel to
Obama also was one of eight students selected to study sovietology by
If the Obama Pakistan story sounds somewhat familiar, it may because the Review was one of the few places that reported one of Bill Clinton's similarly interesting trips:
"1960s: Bill Clinton, according to several agency sources interviewed by biographer Roger Morris, works as a CIA informer while briefly and erratically a Rhodes Scholar in
Paul Street Z Mag - Conventional wisdom holds that Obama entered national politics with his instantly famous keynote address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. But, as Ken Silverstein noted in Harper's in the fall of 2006, "If the speech was his debut to the wider American public, he had already undergone an equally successful but much quieter audition with Democratic Party leaders and fund-raisers, without whose support he would surely never have been chosen for such a prominent role at the convention.
The favorable elite assessment of Obama began in October of 2003. That's when "Vernon Jordan, the well-known power broker and corporate board-member who chaired Bill Clinton's presidential transition team after the 1992 election, placed calls to roughly twenty of his friends and invited them to a fund-raiser at his home. That event," Silverstein noted, "marked his entry into a well-established Washington ritual-the gauntlet of fund-raising parties and meet-and-greets through which potential stars are vetted by fixers, donors, and lobbyists."
Drawing on his undoubted charm, wit, intelligence, and Harvard credentials, Obama passed this trial with shining colors. At a series of social meetings with assorted big "players" from the financial, legal and lobbyist sectors, Obama impressed key establishment figures like Gregory Craig (a longtime leading attorney and former special counsel to the White House), Mike Williams (the legislative director of the Bond Market Association), Tom Quinn (a partner at the top corporate law firm Venable and a leading Democratic Party "power broker"), and Robert Harmala, another Venable partner and "a big player in Democratic circles."
Craig liked the fact that Obama was not a racial "polarizer" on the model of past African-American leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Williams was soothed by Obama's reassurances that he was not "anti-business" and became "convinced...that the two could work together."
"There's a reasonableness about him," Harmala told Silverstein. "I don't see him as being on the liberal fringe."
By Silverstein's account, the good "word about Obama spread through Washington's blue-chip law firms, lobby shops, and political offices, and this accelerated after his win in the March [2004] Democratic primary." Elite financial, legal, and lobbyists contributions came into Obama's coffers at a rapid and accelerating pace.
The "good news" for Washington and Wall Street insiders was that Obama's "star quality" would not be directed against the elite segments of the business class. The interesting black legislator from the South Side of Chicago was "someone the rich and powerful could work with." According to Obama biographer and Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendell, in late 2003 and early 2004:
"Word of Obama's rising star was now spreading beyond Illinois, especially through influential Washington political circles like blue chip law firms, party insiders, lobbying houses. They were all hearing about this rare, exciting, charismatic, up-and-coming African American who unbelievably could win votes across color lines. . . [his handlers and] influential Chicago supporters and fund-raisers all vigorously worked their D.C. contacts to help Obama make the rounds with the Democrats' set of power brokers. . .
According to Mendell, Obama now cultivated the support of the privileged few by "advocat[ing] fiscal restraint" and "calling for pay-as-you-go government" and "extol[ing] the merits of free trade and charter schools." He "moved beyond being an obscure good-government reformer to being a candidate more than palatable to the moneyed and political establishment." .
"On condition of anonymity," Silverstein reported two years ago, "one Washington lobbyist I spoke with was willing to point out the obvious: that big donors would not be helping out Obama if they didn't see him as a 'player.' The lobbyist added: 'What's the dollar value of a starry-eyed idealist?'"


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The Law Society of B.C. decision to accredit a law school at Trinity Western University is misguided and cowardly because it hides behind a 13-year-old split ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The right thing may yet be done — there is a lawsuit challenging the B.C. government decision to accredit the school, and lawyer Michael Mulligan is attempting to get the law society's April 11 blessing reviewed by its full membership.
Although many Law Society benchers insisted they were only following the law as laid down by the high court, there is a compelling argument that the majority view in that 2001 case should be considered not binding.
There has been a sea change in public opinion towards sexual and domestic relations since 2001, when the top court overturned the B.C. College of Teachers' 1996 refusal to accredit TWU for training teachers.
Even then, the Supreme Court majority probably went down the wrong road in its legal analysis supporting the program that reflected "the Christian world view."
The teachers' college was concerned that the TWU's Community Standards contract, which all students, faculty and staff sign, embodied discrimination against homosexuals, and future teachers would be tainted by that attitude.
Specifically, the concern stemmed from the list of "practices that are biblically condemned," which encompassed "sexual sins including ... homosexual behaviour."
The teachers' college was right to be concerned about that contract and the Law Society should have had its fortitude.
Certainly, there is nothing in the TWU contract that indicates that TWU graduates will not treat homosexuals fairly and respectfully. But that is not the point: The issue is about the environment such a declaration creates and the attitude it breeds.
There is nothing wrong with the legal regulatory body insisting that an accredited law school — as opposed to a private evangelical institution — provide a campus as welcoming and as sensitive as possible to the needs of a diverse student body.
Discrimination based on sexual orientation has no place in a law school because it violates deeply and widely accepted views of elementary justice. The Council of Canadian Law Deans has denounced the TWU contract as "fundamentally at odds with the core values of all Canadian law schools."
Lawyers in today's world perform multi-faceted roles that include education — they require an acute understanding of the various permutations of 21st century Canadian families and the gay, lesbian, transgender and homosexual experience.
Although tolerance is a fundamental Christian value, the public interest in the legal system requires more than mere "tolerance."
Lawyers are required to provide counselling and support for people in crisis and there is an unacceptable cost related to the reduced exposure TWU law students would get to human diversity and wider societal values because of its standards contract.
The contract ensures that homosexual, bisexual and transgender (not to mention atheists and Muslims) remain invisible or reluctant to apply for admission to the university. They become victims of identity erasure.
There is a real question whether the discriminatory practices of TWU mean its law students would graduate unprepared for the role of a lawyer.
This is what the Law Society should have focused on — the public interest — not a Supreme Court decision that is out of date.
The benchers have dealt a setback to efforts to ensure graduating lawyers are sensitive to and have empathy for the backgrounds and characteristics of all, regardless of sexual preference, domestic living relationships or religious belief.
With the 20:20 clarity of hindsight, Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé's dissent in the 2001 teachers college case looks prescient.
"Signing the Community Standards contract … makes the student or employee complicit in an overt, but not illegal, act of discrimination against homosexuals and bisexuals," she wrote.
"It is not patently unreasonable for the BCCT to treat their public expressions of discrimination as potentially affecting the public school communities in which TWU graduates wish to teach …. the negative impact on campus diversity and pluralism is patently reasonable to assume. … I agree with (B.C. Court of Appeal) … that 'the message sent by TWU's Community Standards Contract not only to gays and lesbians but also to every member of the TWU Community is discriminatory in a way that may be viewed as contrary to the public interest.'"
The Law Society benchers should have listened to her concerns because they have even greater resonance when applied to educating lawyers.
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Greenpeace said that 14 of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have been charged with piracy, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The environmental activists from Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Sweden were among 30 people from 18 countries who were on board the Greenpeace ship that was seized by the Russian Coast Guard following the September 18 protest. Two of the activists had tried to scale an offshore platform owned by Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom to call attention to the environmental risks of drilling in Arctic waters.
More activists were expected to be formally charged on Thursday and Friday, Greenpeace said. All 30 were being held in jails in Murmansk, a port above the Arctic Circle. President Vladimir Putin said last week that he doesn't think the Greenpeace activists are pirates, which triggered hopes for their release. But Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged energy companies to adopt more stringent security measures and said the government should consider tougher penalties for those who attack or trespass on the grounds of Russian oil and gas infrastructure.
"Concern for the environment must not cover up unlawful actions, whatever lofty goals the people who were taking part in them espoused," Medvedev was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying. The platform, which belongs to Gazprom's oil subsidiary, is the first offshore rig in the Arctic. It was deployed to the vast Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Pechora Sea in 2011, but its launch has been delayed by technological challenges. Gazprom said in September that it was to start pumping oil this year, but no date has been set.
The investigators said that the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, had violated the 500-meter (500-yard) security zone around the platform and that it was carrying equipment whose purpose was still unclear. Greenpeace has insisted that its ship stayed out of this zone and that the inflatable boats used by activists to reach the platform posed no danger. The activists charged on Wednesday were called into the offices of the Investigative Committee separately and presented with the formal charges in the presence of their lawyers, Greenpeace said. The Investigative Committee, Russia's main investigative agency, did not immediately announce the charges.


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There's a good way to use OKCupid, and there's a not-so-good way. This is one of those second ways.
The above video comes to us from the YouTube series OKCupid is the best!, which revolves around host solikebasically having her computer read aloud messages from her OKCupid dating profile.
In this episode, a guy gamer decides that he is NOT FUCKING HAPPY about not getting a reply from her. It starts off awkward but quickly gets super, super shitty. It's also basically a textbook example of Nice Guy Syndrome, to the point where he even says "Look, I was trying to be nice" before being... decidedly not nice.
Watching this, I don't blame people who want to just leave gaming off of their OKC profiles entirely. Don't be like this guy, everyone.
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Topeka, KS— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is actively investigating the deaths of two bald eagles in Kansas. The first eagle was found in a borrow ditch on 370th Road, approximately ¼ mile north of the Ness County line, in southeastern Trego County, on Jan. 9. The USFWS worked with area veterinarians to X-ray the eagle and identified the presence of metal in the bird.
The second eagle was recovered near 1700 Road in northwest Montgomery County, approximately ½ mile south of the Wilson County line on Jan. 10. This eagle was also X-rayed and showed the presence of metal.
Bald eagles are protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The killing of any eagle constitutes a violation of those acts.
Anyone with information regarding the death of these eagles is asked to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, in Topeka at 785-232-5149. The USFWS will pay for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the killing of these or any other eagles or protected species. Anyone contributing information to authorities may choose to remain anonymous. Information may also be reported to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism's Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-877-426-3843.
Approximately 50,000 pairs of bald eagles occupied the lower 48 states in pre-colonial times, but that number was reduced to 400 pairs by the 1960s. Biologists blame a loss of habitat, shooting, trapping, and the heavy use of pesticides such as DDT for the decline of the species, which was officially listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1976. After DDT was outlawed, bald eagles began making a comeback in the late 1980s, and the species was down-listed from endangered to threatened in 1996. In June of 2007, it was removed from the list completely.
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Ark A/C and Electrical is an electrical contractor offering residential and commercial electrical services. Ark A/C and Electrical holds an electrical contractors license for the state of Texas and is fully insured.
Mission Statement
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To ensure the longevity of our company through the repeat and referral business achieved by customer satisfaction in all areas including timeless attention to detail, and service minded attitude.
We maintain the highest levels of professionalism, integrity and fairness in our relationships with our suppliers, subcontractors, professional associates and customers. We have developed a system like no other, which we call honesty and stability.
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Kerr takes balanced approach to strength and conditioning
July 8, 2014 | Lynchburg, Va.
In the spectrum of strength and conditioning, there are two extremes of coaching styles.
One seeks to preserve the health of the athletes above all else, exercising tremendous caution and prioritizing form and safety first, above physical results.
The other resorts to doing whatever it takes to achieve high performance levels, even at the risk of injury.
Chris Kerr, an Exercise Science major hired last week as Liberty University's new Club Sports strength and conditioning coach, has branded a philosophy that combines the strengths of both approaches.
"I feel in the strength and conditioning world there's the coach that only focuses on sound technique and mechanics, making sure everything's perfect and the athlete stays as healthy as possible," Kerr said, "and then there's the coach who really makes sure that their athletes are big, fast, and strong. I want to blend the two so that my athletes are big, they're fast, and they're strong, but they're also really healthy on the field, with good and proper movement."
Through his coaching position with Crossfit Lynchburg, Kerr had the opportunity to work with a number of former collegiate athletes.
"In working with them, I saw that… they had more athleticism and were able to pick up new things a lot quicker than others, and I started to realize that it's exciting and a lot of fun to work with people who are at a really elite level," Kerr said.
Through word of mouth, Kerr found out that Liberty's Club Sports department was looking for someone to head up its strength and conditioning program and applied on a whim.
"I wasn't feeling too confident about actually getting the job, just because I'm so young," Kerr admitted.
Once the interview process got rolling, though, he settled in quickly. The fitness fanatic found the questions and topics that came up familiar, and enjoyed leading trial training sessions that introduced the staff members screening him to his weight room style and methodology.
Not long after, Kerr was called in and told he got the job.
"It was exciting," he said. "At the college level, the caliber athlete that I'll get to work with will be a lot more elite than anything I've worked with before, so I'm really excited to take that raw talent, coach them on great form and see what my program can do for them."
Kerr plans to tackle the challenge of developing the wide variety of Club Sports athletes by identifying their personal weaknesses and transforming them into strengths. His goal? Stronger, more complete athletes.
"I'm working with student-athletes who are here at Liberty to play a sport and to win, and I want to be a part of that process," Kerr said. "I want to make them the best athletes they can be so that when they go out on the field, ice, court — wherever — they'll be the best that they can be."
With that winning mindset and commitment to both protect and push his athletes, Kerr will help Liberty's Club Sports program continue to raise the bar in its pursuit of excellence.


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Crime Prevention:
Streetwise: The Way To Be
Teens are the age group most vulnerable to crime. But putting into practice some basic crime prevention tips can help you and your friends avoid becoming the victims of crime.
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How Streetwise Are You?
Do you
- stuff your backpack or purse with cash, keys, pager, cell phones, credit cards, checkbooks - and then leave it wide open at school or work, near your desk, or on the floor?
- pay attention to your surroundings or do you think about school or your friends when walking, driving, or riding the subway or bus?
- think it's a waste of time to use your locker for valuables or to lock your car when you'll be back in a few minutes?
- walk or jog by yourself early in the morning or late at night when the streets are quiet and deserted? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need to change a few habits. Even if you answered "no" and made a perfect score, read on. Spend a few minutes now to prevent trouble later.
Keeping Street Sense in Mind
- Stay alert and tuned into your surroundings wherever you are - at school or the mall, on the street, waiting for a bus or subway, or driving.
- Send the message that you're calm, confident, and know where you're going.
- Don't accept rides or gifts from someone you don't know well and trust- that includes people you've met on the Internet.
- Trust your instincts. If something or someone makes you uneasy, avoid the person or situation and leave as soon as possible.
- Know the neighborhoods where you live, go to school, and work. Keep in mind locations of fire and police stations and public telephones. Remember which stores and restaurants stay open late.
Strolling - Day and Night
- Try to walk places with your friends rather than alone.
- Stick to well-lighted, well-traveled streets. Avoid shortcuts through wooded areas, parking lots, or alleys.
- Take the safest route to and from schools, stores, or your friends' houses. Know where to go for help if you need it.
- Don't display your cash or any other inviting targets like pagers, cell phones, hand-held electronic games, or expensive jewelry and clothing.
- Carry your backpack or purse close to your body and keep it closed. Just carrying a wallet? Put it inside your coat or front pants pocket, not in your back pocket or in your backpack.
- Have your car or house key in your hand before you reach the door.
- If you think someone is following you, switch directions or cross the street. If they're still there, move quickly toward an open store or restaurant or a lighted house. Don't be afraid to yell for help.
- Have to work late? Make sure there are others in the building and that someone - a supervisor or security guard - will wait with you for your ride or walk you to your car or bus or train stop.
- Be alert in the neighborhood. Call police or tell an adult about anything you see that seems suspicious.
- Keep your car in good running condition. Make sure there's enough gas to get where you're going and back.
- Turn the ignition off and take your car keys with you, even if you just have to run inside for one minute.
- Roll up the windows and lock car doors, even if you're coming right back. Check inside and out before getting in.
- Avoid parking in isolated areas. If you are uncomfortable, ask a security guard or store staff to watch you or escort you to your car.
- Drive to the nearest gas station, open business, or other well-lighted, crowded area to get help if you think you are being followed. Don't head home.
- Use your cellular phone, if you have one, to call the police if you are being followed or you've seen an accident. Otherwise, stay off your cellular phone while you are driving.
- Don't pick up hitchhikers. Don't hitchhike.
Taking Buses and Subways
- Use well-lighted, busy stops. If you must get off at a little-used stop, try to arrange for a friend or an adult to meet you.
- Stay alert! Don't doze or daydream.
- Say, "leave me alone" loudly if someone hassles you. Don't be embarrassed.
- Watch who gets off your stop with you. If you feel uneasy, walk directly to a place where there are other people.
If Someone Tries To Rob You
- Give up your property - don't give up your life.
- Report the crime to the police. Try to describe the attacker accurately. Your actions can help prevent others from becoming victims


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Bulldogs Likely To Face Nation's Leader In Pitching Wins
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale softball team plays its final non-league doubleheader of the season on Wednesday, and the Bulldogs will be facing one of the hottest teams in the nation. Army, winners of 10 straight games, visits Dewitt Family Field beginning at 2:30 p.m.
The Bulldogs (10-30) also have been playing well, winning three of their last five games, including splitting a four-game series at Dartmouth over the weekend. Chelsey Dunham had a big week in the circle and was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Tuesday. She won two games, posted a 2.45 earned run average and struck out 10 in 20 innings.
Offensively, Yale has added the long ball to its arsenal in recent games. The Bulldogs have belted four home runs in the last six games after hitting only one in the first 34 games. Tori Balta's two-run shot that led to a 3-2 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday was the biggest. The other three all came from Christy Nelson, who now has 13 in her career which is four shy of the school record.
If the Bulldogs go deep on Wednesday, there is a good chance it will come off of Army freshman pitcher Morgan Lashley, who has 27 wins, which is tied for the most in all of Division I softball. She has pitched 254 of Army's 305 innings so far and has the decision in 38 of the 46 games. Lashley was one of two Army players honored by the Patriot League this week. She was named the league's pitcher of the week, while outfielder Amanda Nguyen was selected as the player of the week.
Army is 31-15 overall and has clinched a spot in the Patriot League Tournament.
Yale and Army are playing for the seventh straight year. The Black Knights swept a doubleheader at West Point, N.Y., last year. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 21-6.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Here's a interesting old FORD item some of you may have not seen. Here's a quote from the Kingsford Charcoal web site. "In the 1920s, when Henry Ford learned of a process for turning wood scraps from the production of Model T's into charcoal briquets. He built a charcoal plant, and the rest is history.
The Kingsford Company was formed when E.G. Kingsford, a relative of Ford's, brokered the site selection for Ford's new charcoal manufacturing plant. The company, originally called Ford Charcoal, was renamed Kingsford® Charcoal in his honor."
I traded off this item awhile ago but kept a photo suite since the unit was in such pristine condition and worthy of a photo layout.
WOW! I love it! I love the taste of various charcoal-ed meats. Combining Model Ting, and grilling sounds great.
Thanks Jay.
I signed on to your site as you relayed the procedure and it worked fine...
The thing that surprised me was the first item...It sounded so good... that I found it in Lang's catalog and ordered it that day....I was surprised at it's small size when delivered, and rust free...
I haven't installed it yet, but am getting ready to try to change pulley on crank as I removed my impeller water pump...Then I will put it on....Thanks Jay for a daily reason to tune in to Forum...
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"Special Interest Autos" had an article 30-40 years ago about Kingsford. You could buy the charcoal kits at Ford dealers up to about 1936, when Ford stopped using wood in the cars.
At the local Gas Oil swap meet last weekend there were 1/2 dozen of these there for sale 800.00 ea, I passed them up
There have been a couple of these come up on ebay in the past year. Both bid up over $200.
Flivver Field was one of our clubs Memorial Day tour stops a few years ago; it is the high school home of the Kingsford Flivvers in Kingsford, Michigan. The old Ford building is still standing there too.
Flivver Field? Is that a high school? The ford has more roots than I knew. Great pictures Dan.


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Keep the cold out with this Sierra sandstone jacket. It features warm sherpa lining in the body and hood, while the sleeves are lined with quilted nylon. It has a tough, 12-ounce, 100% cotton sandstone duck construction and rib-knit storm cuffs that keep the cold out. Storage space includes two interior pockets, two hand-warmer pockets, and a left-chest pocket that zips shut. The main seams are triple-stitched for extra strength, and the bi-swing back design and pleated elbows add comfort. (Formerly known as Sandstone Sierra Jacket - Sherpa Lined)
Average rating:
Nice, 19th Feb 2018
Reviewer: Williamettia Scott
Fits well
Nice look
Hoping it lasts
Perfect for most* needs, 15th Feb 2017
Reviewer: Carhartt Reviews
Perfect for most* needs
This has been my go-to jacket for over 6 years. It's perfect for temperatures of 40-60*F with a T-shirt on underneath and as low as 20* with a sweatshirt underneath. I wore this jacket through 4 years of college in Connecticut winters and 2 more back home in rural Pennsylvania. The quality is outstanding. In 6 years of heavy use I've noticed nothing but slight wear on the cuffs and slight color fade indicative of a well-seasoned coat. The extra fabric below the arms allows for great range of motion without sacrificing a fashionable fit on the body. I'm 5'9" 200lb with 44" chest and the L size is perfect. I highly suggest this jacket.
Runs small, 15th Feb 2017
Reviewer: Carhartt Reviews
Runs small
I purchaced this item about a week ago and when it arrived, i was really excited because winter is coming and so is the cold weather. I have had a similar carhartt jacket before and i loved it. Sadly, i was dissapointed becuase i am normally an adult small, but when i tried it on, i couldnt even zipper it. So now i will have to send it back and order a new one before the snow comes
Changes :(, 15th Feb 2017
Reviewer: Carhartt Reviews
Changes :(
I own three of these jackets and i love them. But it seems the quality in the newet one is not up to par with the older coats. Zipper seems cheaper,pockets are smaller,sherpa lining is different. Needs to be changed back to the original design thanks
Great product., 15th Feb 2017
Reviewer: Carhartt Reviews
Runs Small
Runs Large
Great product.
I've owned a few Carhartt jackets not because of unreliability or poor quality but just growing out of them. This jacket is one of my more recent purchases and I have yet to be disappointed with it. It still is a reliable Carhartt product yet has a new style with a different insulation. In my opinion it seems to be more lightweight than Carhartt's traditional jackets, which I like and yet still just as warm. I can confidently say that any Carhartt Jacket is made to last for years.


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It is necessary to determine the feasibility of the boundary sample specifications, the surface quality specifications and the customer specifications in terms of the cycle time determination for the calculation of profitability in the process study. The processes steps are then to be determined.
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The goal: establishing a plant concept guarantees process security for the realization phase.
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Flutter is oscillations in various modes and combinations of modes induced by mass distribution, elasticity and aerodynamic properties of an aircraft and its parts. Aeroelasticity is the theory of how that all is related to each other and how to predict how an aircraft design would behave. Typically flutter appear and increases as airspeed and dynamic pressure increases.
Rod Machado - Aerodynamic Flutter (5 min)
FlightInformer - The flutter effect explained (8 min)
NASA Langley CRGIS - Aeroelastic Phenomena and Related Research - Part 1 and 2 (6 and 7 min)
Jeff Quitney - Flutter (Aerodynamics) circa 1940 NACA Langley Research Center (15 min, no audio)
To round it off, here is probably a bit of a classic:
NASA Langley CRGIS - Aeroelasticity Matters (5 min, with some music)