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Federal investigators end silence on Flight 800 crash
Feb 12th
Colorado 9/11 Truth Video and Action Meetings are held the 3rd Friday of each month in Denver.
When: Friday, February 21, 2014, 7:00 – 9:30 PM
Where: Hooked on Colfax Coffee-Books-Community, 3213 E. Colfax Ave., Denver (303-398-2665) (1/2 mile west of Colorado Blvd., between Adams and Steele, on north side of Colfax) (Map)
TWA FLIGHT 800 is a thought-provoking, 90-minute documentary about TWA Flight 800 to Paris, which exploded on July 17, 1996, just 12 minutes after takeoff from JFK International Airport, killing all 230 people on board. The film features six former members of the official crash investigation who break their silence to refute the officially proposed cause of the jetliner’s demise and reveal how the investigation was systematically undermined.
TWA FLIGHT 800 was written, directed, and produced by Emmy Award-winning journalist Kristina Borjesson. Coproducer Tom Stalcup, who holds a Ph.D. in physics and led the film’s investigation, spent 16 years delving deeper into the original investigation in order to seek truth and closure for the family members of the victims of this tragedy. In addition to the compelling testimonies of many of the eyewitnesses to the downing of the jetliner, the documentary features interviews with key members of the original TWA 800 Investigation team. These whistle-blowers include:
• Hank Hughes, Senior Accident Investigator, National Transportation Safety Board, who laid out the matrix for the reconstruction of the entire aircraft and was chairman of the Airplane Interior Documentation Group that reconstructed TWA 800’s interior.
• Bob Young, Senior Accident Investigator, TWA, who oversaw TWA team members of virtually all the investigative groups associated with the crash and was himself a member of the Eyewitness Group.
• Jim Speer, Accident Investigator for Airline Pilots Association, who sifted through much of the physical evidence in the hangar and found first explosives residue “who sifted through much of the physical evidence and was the first to find evidence of explosives on the right wing.”
• Rocky Miller, Accident Investigator for Flight Attendants Union, who worked in the hangar with Hank Hughes and also worked on Splatter Group.
• Dr. Charles Wetli, Chief Medical Examiner, TWA 800, who was in charge of crash victim autopsies and identification.
• Col. Dennis Shanahan, M.D., Senior Medical Forensics Medical Consultant, TWA 800 Investigation, who correlated injuries to plane damage.
After seeing the evidence presented in this revealing documentary, the parallels can be readily drawn between the cover-up operations of 9/11, political assassinations, and other State Crimes Against Democracy, which have all been shrouded in denials and controversy. Viewing this enlightening film helps us to see through the veil and further understand the mechanisms that the government uses to create and sustain its “official” narratives.
Similar to what it published about 9/11, Popular Mechanics published a propaganda article entitled, “3 Reasons to Doubt the TWA Flight 800 Conspiracy Theory” in order to distort the evidence and discredit the eyewitnesses. The Popular Mechanics article sounds somewhat “scientific” and “conclusive,” but it fails to mention the following evidence:
• Explosive residues were found on pieces of the wreckage.
• Key pieces of the aircraft were removed from the hangar and subsequently disappeared.
• FBI agents had been observed altering some of the evidence in the hangar.
• The nose-wheel gear door was blown INWARD, shredding the tires and wrecking the cockpit.
• The debris field was altered by the FBI by their “locating” (re-locating) key parts of the plane miles away from where they were actually found.
• Multiple eyewitnesses saw a bright object (like a flare or fireworks) streaking up from the surface of the ocean into the sky leaving a white smoke trail, and then a bright white explosion(s) (ordinance), followed by a bright orange fireball explosion (fuel explosion).
• The FBI refused to release its hundreds of reports of interviews with eyewitnesses who told them what they saw.
• The FBI prevented the witnesses from testifying at the NTSB public hearing in 1997.
The events related to TWA Flight 800 are another example of how key evidence can be suppressed and kept from the public. This film is another wake-up call. Indeed, every American needs to see this film.
Please join us for this very informative and thought-provoking documentary.
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CU: State-of-the-art rec center is online
Jan 10th
The University of Colorado Boulder’s expansion of the Student Recreation Center, a project initiated by students, opens on Friday, Jan. 10, at 9 a.m. The southwest addition, the second and largest phase of the project, is located just north of the Ramaley Biology Building and east of Sewall Hall and will provide an additional 83,000 square feet of indoor recreational space.
The portions opening this month include a three-level weight and cardio area; three new wood floor all-purpose indoor courts for basketball, volleyball and badminton; a climbing wall and bouldering area; three fitness studios; wellness suites; new locker rooms and a spacious entrance and lobby.
“Recreation facilities have always been extremely popular among CU-Boulder students and over the years we found that our current facilities were not keeping up with the demand,” said Chris Schaefbauer , CU Student Government tri-executive. “In surveys of our peers we found CU students participate in recreational activities at a rate higher than the national average, but that our indoor recreation and fitness space per student was lower than the national average.”
The new ice rink opened in November and the Rental and Resource Center, which will rent camping and outdoor equipment, opens in mid-February. The final phase of the project, which consists of an indoor turf field, tennis courts, outdoor pool and the renovation of the existing basketball courts, is on track for completion in April.
The $63.5 million project was funded through the sale of bonds to be repaid through student fees collected over a 25-year period. In April 2011, the CU-Boulder student body voted to support the expansion and renovation of the Recreation Center. Nearly 37 percent of eligible student voters participated in the election, the largest ever student turnout, and over 70 percent voted “yes” to increase student fees in support of the expansion and renovation.
“With this state-of-the-art addition and the significant improvements to the Recreation Center, the students and the campus community will indeed have a remarkable facility at their disposal,” said Gary Chadwick, interim director of recreation facilities. “This is certainly an exciting time for the Recreation Services staff, who are anxious to begin offering the students the numerous opportunities that this center provides.”
Students will have 30,000 square feet of state-of-the-art cardiovascular and strength training equipment, a lower-level strength area, several additional cardiovascular and stretching spaces, and a “cardio equipment green zone” that captures user energy produced during exercises to feed back into the power grid and offset some power consumption within the facility.
A 4,000-square-foot-climbing wall built by Eldorado Designs contains areas for bouldering, lead climbing and top-rope climbing. The lead and top-rope areas reach up to 38 feet. The beginner to advanced bouldering terrain reaches a maximum height of 14 feet. The northeast corner consists of shot rock and is designed as an educational area for anchor building, lead climbing and multi-pitch climbing along with gear anchor building.
Three additional multipurpose fitness studios and a mind-body studio will provide members many opportunities to participate in fitness, mind-body, martial arts, Pilates reformer and dance classes.
The Wellness Suite will provide fitness assessments, nutrition clinics, personal training consultations, and the muscular skeletal clinic. The Wellness Suite also will serve to support student success in living a healthy, balanced lifestyle.
The campus community is invited to attend “Reconnect with the Rec” Jan. 21-24. CU-Boulder faculty and staff members are invited to use the facility for free during this time. The event will provide the opportunity to experience and learn more about the southwest addition. Festivities at this free event will include personal trainers and equipment vendors on site, group exercise demonstrations, facility tours, climbing wall competitions, giveaways, snacks and more. For a full schedule of events go to www.colorado.edu/recreation.
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More assistance for flood victims
Jan 6th
Long-Term Flood Recovery Group of Boulder County is Now Accepting Requests for Assistance
Group is taking information about flood-affected residents with unmet needs
Boulder County, Colo. – The Long-Term Flood Recovery Group (LTFRG) has opened a phone line and website for anyone in Boulder or Broomfield counties seeking assistance related to unmet needs from September’s flood. Residents needing help are encouraged to fill out the very short contact form on the website or call the hotline number to leave a brief message. Volunteer members of the group will be returning residents’ messages to do an initial intake interview which will place residents in group’s system. Case managers will be assigned over the next several weeks to residents in need and act as a guide to available resources in the county and work with residents to develop a recovery plan. The LTFRG is volunteer-based and is in a start-up phase, so patience is requested of the community while the process is developed and streamlined.
The LTFRG is charged with managing and distributing the Foothills Flood Relief Fund and also is working to secure additional donations. Donations can be made to the Fund which is housed at Foothills United Way, atwww.unitedwayfoothills.org.
The Long-Term Flood Recovery Group (LTFRG) has launched a website, at www.BoCoFloodRecovery.org, a phone number (303-895-3429) and email address (floodrecovery@unitedwayfoothills.org) for flood survivors to access and request assistance.
As the rebuilding and recovery phase proceeds, people in our community will need many resources, not all of which will be financial. The LTFRG will identify continuing needs for assistance and the process for allocating resources to ensure the long-term recovery of our whole community. Non-financial resources may include donations of critical products, volunteer construction crews, housing re-construction and repair assistance and supporting community visioning and planning processes. Ultimately, the goal is to support as many people who were affected by the September floods as possible.
The LTFRG is actively seeking volunteers for case managers and hotline responders. To sign up to volunteer, please visit http://volunteer.unitedwayfoothills.org/.