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The Strata

Neo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:29:36 +0000

Something green is growing in south London, and it happens to harness the power of the wind to give its inhabitants electricity. The Strata isn't only going to be the first skyscraper in the world with built-in wind turbines, it's also going to be the tallest residential tower in central London. The wind turbines are at the very top of the tower and will produce ~8% of the building's power needs.

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Word Association

Gard — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:26:10 +0000

man

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Word Association

zman9810 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:41:40 +0000

medicine

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The era of sex scandals amongst politicians is upon us

Charlotteman — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:19:19 +0000

Eric Massa-D, N.J. has resigned his House seat after a drunken groping/tickling episode at a party. He claims he was drunk, but the groped male staffers weren't amused.

Also, Utah House Majority Leader Kevin Garn-R, has resigned after a 25 year coverup was exposed. He sat naked in a hot tub with an underage girl all those years ago. At the time the girl got $150,000 for her silence.....one can only assume she'll be featured in Playboy or Penthouse soon........for her, the money will probably keep pouring in.

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

tSlater — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:45:28 +0000

I can't recall what I searched to find it, but I found a list of earthquakes for the past decade, and it didn't really look like we're experiencing more than we normally do. It might just be the media attention and devastation of them just hitting a couple poor regions.

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Seattle's new light rail line

hagetaka — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:22:36 +0000

Finally the Central Link is up and running, but Seattle is a city of buses, the link only connects people from Downtown to near the airport. Ridership will go up once the link to UW is open & northwards to the Suburbs. It's just a starter system now. The future of it will be correct.

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proof of extraterrestrials?

cityboi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:01:08 +0000

Does Lockheed already have disc shaped anti-gravity craft up in the skies? Companies like Lockheed and Boieng have contracts with the government. In fact much of the nation's most secretive programs are being controlled by the "private sector". Also the government hired private personel to secure the Area 51 base in Nevada. Its just easier for the government to contract out a lot of their ultra secret projects because for one thing there is less of a government paper trail. Today people are seeing strange craft the fly silently at extreme speeds and can make right angle turns and also stop on a dime. There was a recent case where the FAA admitted that it had recorded unidentified craft in Texas and police officers described seeing craft zip from one part of the sky to another stopping on a dime. This web link talks about a secret government craft developed by Lockheed. According to a number of source, the government has sent "military astronauts" into space with these craft and they are equiped with particle beam weapons. Is this the result of the "Star Wars" program started be President Reagan? And if these technologies exist, does it prove they were back engineered by extraterrestrial craft? Secret government technology is always decades ahead of whats known in the public. Remember Stealth technology was a product of the 1950s and you can bet the government has advanced far beyond that in the past 60 years. In 2003 Boieng even publically stated it was researching into anti-gravity propulsion. Companies like that aren't going to give the idea of anti-gravity propulsion the time of day if there wasnt something to it. I will say this its very interesting that Technology took a fast track after 1947 (Roswell crash)

"It has been said that if the American people knew what the military had in their arsenal today, they wouldn't believe it, and would think someone was fantasizing about a Lucas Star Wars movie episode." Former Lockheed Vice President Ben Rich, who died of Cancer, said before his death that we have things out in the desert more than 50 years ahead of what you and I could imagine. He also stated at a conference just a month before his death that the U.S. government had the technologies for interstellar travel and that it would take an act of God to get these technologies out in the public sector to help benefit humanity. He also confirmed that the government did indeed back engineer extraterrestrial craft.

http://www.darkgovernment.com/x22a.html

Im sure the government has come a long way from their saucer experiments in the 1950s and 60s

Here is a picture former Lockheed Vice President Ben Rich "Father of Stealth"

direct quote from Ben Rich:

"We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity.... Anything you can imagine, we already know how to do."

more quotes from people who had high positions in government. Considering statements from these very credible people, how can UFOs not be real? It is also confirmed in the quotes below that the primary reason for the cover-up is to prevent the shaking of our foundations (religion) How would people react if they found out that religion was just myths and fairy tales? Society would fall because people would then believe there are no moral consequences for their actions. There would be no such thing as sin. Religion is a form of control to keep the masses in line:

"This 'flying saucer' situation is not at all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomena. Something is really flying around. The phenomenon is something real and not visionary or fictitious."

GENERAL NATHAN F. TWINING
Chief of Staff, US Air Force
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

"The matter is the most highly classified subject in the U. S. Government, rating higher even than the H-bomb. Flying saucers exist. Their modus operandi is unknown but concentrated effort is being made by a small group headed by Dr. Vannevar Bush. (Majestic 12)"

WILBERT SMITH
Canadian scientist
Classified memorandum
November 21, 1950

"These revelations underscore a long, sordid history of governmental and media secrecy and the acquisition of technologies such as microelectronics, anti-gravity propulsion and zero-point, or "free" energy, from our visitors. This massive cover-up has been going on for almost six decades since the UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947, an event which was certainly not caused by balloons, as alleged by the U.S. Air force. Such myths are only accepted by the ignorant or the powerful and their subjects."

DR. BRIAN O'LEARY
Apollo Astronaut
Foreword to Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge, Crossing Point
September 14, 2005

"I've talked with people of stature-of military and government credentials and position-and heard their stories, and their desire to tell their stories openly to the public. And that got my attention very, very rapidly.... The first hand experiences of these credible witnesses that, now in advanced years are anxious to tell their story, we can't deny that, and the evidence points to the fact that Roswell was a real incident, and that indeed an alien craft did crash, and that material was recovered from that crash site."

"The U.S. Government hasn't maintained secrecy regarding UFOs It's been leaking out all over the place. But the way it's been handled is by denial, by denying the truth of the documents that have leaked. By attempting to show them as fraudulent, as bogus of some sort. There has been a very large disinformation and misinformation effort around this whole area. And one must wonder, how better to hide something out in the open than just to say, 'It isn't there. You're deceiving yourself if you think this is true.' And yet, there it is right in front of you. So it's a disinformation effort that's concerning here, not the fact that they have kept the secret. They haven't kept it. It's been getting out into the public for fifty years or more."

"We all know UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where are they from."

DR. EDGAR MITCHELL
Apollo 14 astronaut

(Regarding government cover-up of UFOs)

"That's putting it mildly. We've been lied to and covered up. It was a military rationale 50 years ago. Now it's a bureaucratic morass. I doubt if higher-ups even know what the right answers are."

(Regarding why a cover up at the beginning)

"It would rattle our foundations." (religion)

(Regarding Area 51, the secret military base in Nevada where scientists study crashed alien spacecraft and their crews)

"Was briefed, even recently, by 'old timers' who were there, but I can't say by whom."

(Regarding the Roswell incident, in which aliens, some alive, were recovered after a July 1947 crash)

"It was valid. I've been briefed."

DR. EDGAR MITCHELL
Apollo 14 Astronaut
As reported in the Palm Beach Post
February 10, 2004

"We have indeed been contacted by extraterrestrial beings, and the US government in collusion with other national powers of the Earth is determined to keep this information away from the general public. The purpose of the inter-nation conspiracy concerning the reality of UFOs is to maintain a workable stability amongst the nations of the world, and for them in turn to retain institutional control over their respective populations."

"Thus for governments to admit that there are beings from outer space with mentalities and technological capabilities obviously far superior to ours, could, once fully perceived by the average person, erode the foundations of the Earth’s traditional power structure. Political and legal systems, religions, economic and social institutions could all soon become meaningless in the eyes of the public. The national oligarchical establishments, even civilization as we know it, could collapse into anarchy. Such extreme conclusions are not necessarily valid, but they probably accurately reflect the fears of the ruling classes of most major nations who’s leaders, particularly those in the intelligence business, have always advocated excessive government secrecy as being necessary to preserve national security..."

VICTOR MARCHETTI
Former Special Assistant to the
Executive Director of the CIA
1979

"UFO sightings are now so common, the military doesn't have time to worry about them. . .when a UFO appears, they simply ignore it. . .Unconventional targets are ignored because apparently we are only interested in Russian targets, possibly enemy targets. Something that hovers in the air, then shoots off at 5,000 miles per hour, doesn't interest us, because it can't be the enemy. UFOs are picked up by ground and air radar, and they have been photographed by gun camera all along. There are so many UFOs in the sky that the Air Force has had to employ special radar networks to screen them out."

LEE KATCHEN
NASA atmospheric physicist
June 7, 1968

"I would do it [aid the Army Air Force in its investigations] but before agreeing to it we must insist upon full access to the discs recovered. For instance in the LA case the Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination."

TO: J. EDGAR HOOVER
Hand written at bottom of
now declassified memo

"An investigator for the Air Force stated that three so-called flying saucers had been recovered in New Mexico. They were described as being circular in shape with raised centers. Approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of human shape but only 3 feet tall. Dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used by speed flyers and test pilots."

TO: J. EDGAR HOOVER
FBI Director
Memo to J. Edgar Hoover from the Washington FBI Office

March 22, 1950

Released in 1976 under the FOIA

"What I found was compelling evidence to claim that most of these aerial objects far exceeded the terrestrial technology of the era in which they were seen. I was forced to conclude that there is a great likelihood that Earth is being visited by highly advanced aerospace vehicles under highly 'intelligent' control indeed."

DR. RICHARD F. HAINES
Retired NASA senior research scientist
Ames Research Center
Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
1998

"When I was at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, we had flying saucers that covered the distance from Columbus to Detroit in the equivalent of about 20,000 miles per hour ... Zero-point energy represents about 40-50 megawatts of power per cubic inch of space. That’s a lot of power. If you could tap it at will, then no one would have to sell gasoline or oil anymore ... Depending on the secrecy level, you have to go through a significant background check. When you do that, if you’re in a very tight compartment, you sign a statement that you will not divulge the existence of the project or even answer a question that could acknowledge the existence of the project. I know people today that worked on one of the things I worked on, and if you asked them about it, they would say, 'No, I have no idea what you’re talking about.' They’re in their seventies now, but they still absolutely would never admit that they even know what you’re talking about. If there were non-earthbound sources of information, the people who were doing the design or analysis work would never have any idea of where it came from."

PAUL CZYSZ, PhD
McDonnell-Douglas
Professor of Aeronautical Engineering

"I've been convinced for a long time that the flying saucers are real and interplanetary. In other words, we are being watched by beings from outer space."

ALBERT M. CHOP
Deputy Public Relations Director, NASA

Mr Chop said we are being "watched" from visitors from outer space. I find that interesting because biblical scripture talks about beings or angels from the heavens called "the watchers"

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

cityboi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:11:27 +0000

Technology is improving and I do think we'll eventually get closer to predicting earthquake activity. But its a lot like Volcano eruptions. You never know when one is going to blow.

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Word Association

Gard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:43 +0000

drug

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

Gard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0000

I agree that CA is due for "the big one." The way we are going this year, I wouldn't be at all surprised if one did strike. I do think, however, that this years already large earthquake activity will only ratchet up collaboration between countries to improve earthquake-predicting technology and create funds for such major disasters. Hopefully our government will not twiddle their thumbs while it's all going down like they did with Katrina. Our government is fast to act around the world on disasters, but seeing how they have handled things in this country at times, they seem a bit incompetent.

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Has Rush Limbaugh become the titular head of the GOP?

Charlotteman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:52 +0000

On a recent radio broadcast, Rush threatened to leave the States if health care reform passes the Congress. Then when asked where he might go, Rush mentioned Costa Rica. Rush didn't do his homework well----Costa Rica has public health care.

Reminds me of the hilarious threat Oral Roberts made at one time "........if I don't raise $5 million, the lord is gonna call me home."

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Actor Corey Haim dead at 38

suburban george3 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:38:09 +0000

Another child star who got mixed up with drugs and ended having a miserable end to their lives. I hope he has peace now.

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Actor Corey Haim dead at 38

cityboi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:30 +0000

Former child actor Corey Haim is dead at age 38 from what appears to be an accidental drug overdose. Corey Haim starred in the 1987 movie "The Lost Boys" and often starred in films with Corey Feldman.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/10/entertainment/main6284974.shtml

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Whites in U.S. Edge Toward Minority Status

cityboi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:24:30 +0000

"Demographers say 48% of Kids Born in 2008 Were Minorities, and This Year Could be the "Tipping Point""

In the middle of this century it is projected that minorities will become the majority in the United States. A demographic change in the U.S. population could have many implications like which party is elected into the White House more often. Since minorities for the most part are democrats we could see a major shift in politics. Minority presidents will also be more common. In fact the changing demographics may be part of the reason Barack Obama was elected. The reason is the large immigration of latinos and the fact that the demographics show that the hispanic population tend to have more children than whites or blacks. Latinos are already the largest minority group in the country. America could look quite different in the next 100 years. Im sure the skin heads and the KKK are scared Sh_ _less.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/10/national/main6284387.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

cityboi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:01:12 +0000

Well scientist say one day California will be an island. The earthquake that hit Chile already moved a city 10 feet! So just imagine a super quake in California over 10.0.

Earthquakes do happen all the time every year so its not unusual but the frequency of earthquakes in such a short period of time is unusual. Something is going on in the Pacific ring and its not a matter of if for Los Angeles but when.

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

suburban george3 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:01:27 +0000

I agree, earthquake prediction is still a very 'young' science. However, California is 'overdue' for a cataclysmic quake. I guess one large enough could end the dream of California being the 'golden state.' It could send millions of refugees east looking to resettle, if the event is large enough.

Let's also not forget the burden it would place on the US gov't to respond to such a large event, logistically and financially.

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

Neo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:59 +0000

Earthquakes are about as predictable as automobile accidents, but I have to wonder if there isn't something catastrophic on the horizon for the Pacific Rim. I'm not sure if our perception has been changed with large earthquakes in Haiti and Chile or if earthquakes happen more than we think (they may just not get publicity). I'm sure the USGS has data on this, but I'm being lazy this afternoon.

California residents obviously know that the 'big one' will hit their state at some point, but I doubt anything can prepare them for the devastation that would likely follow such an event.

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Whats going on with all the earthquakes lately?

cityboi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:10 +0000

Its been really crazy. In 2010 so far we have had earthquakes in Haiti, Japan, Turkey, Taiwan, Indonesia, Chile, Solomon Islands, Ryukyu Islands, small one in Ohio and an earthquake today in Hawaii. There are more just can't name them all. Some scientists say that when there are clusters of smaller to mid size quakes there is a big one that follows. Is "The BIG ONE" really on the horizon for Los Angeles?

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Word Association

Neo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:12:42 +0000

user

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Word Association

zman9810 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:58:02 +0000

anonymous

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The era of sex scandals amongst politicians is upon us

Charlotteman — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:42:02 +0000

Senator Ashburn was interviewed today on a California radio talk show, and finally admitted he is gay. He claimed he had been so fiercely against gay marriage because that is what his constituents wanted.

The psychology behind it is so effortless to see. The man is majorly tormented and unstable. He has no business running any sort of government.

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United Football League

MadVlad — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:07:41 +0000

They haven't said exactly, they are looking to add new teams, and they are also moving the San Fran team to Sacramento stating that they are trying to not be in NFL markets...

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Seattle's new light rail line

Neo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:44:17 +0000

Streetfilms has a great video of Seattle's new 15.5 miles 13 station light rail line. I'm sure many cities are envious of the new line, but I'm curious why they only have two car trains rather than three car trains. I'm glad to see that art played a big part at the stations. Too many times budget constraints make art the first to go.

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Cincinnati: Bockfest 2010

seicer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:26 +0000

Didn't mind the foot of snow Cincinnati had just weeks earlier. And the deep overcast skies that dominated the winter scene.

It was time for Bockfest!

Cincinnati is home to the world's oldest Bock festival, and the city's deep connection with its beer heritage is well evident in this event. For those who are not aware, the Queen City was once home to 38 breweries, one for every neighborhood and then some, producing so much that it was the fourth largest manufacturer of lager in America. Cincinnatian's also drank every city in the United States under the table, consuming two-and-a-half times more beer more than any other: forty gallons of golden hues per resident in a given year were consumed, mostly concentrated in the deeply German-ethnic neighborhood Over-the-Rhine.

I photographed the parade and took part in the events over the weekend that spanned the weekend of the 5th of March. Click through for more information and history of Bockfest and to view the full 56 photographs in the gallery. Be sure to also check out the Prohibition Resistance Tour, part of Bockfest, at Abandoned. Enjoy!

_{Jim Tarbell, also known as Mr. Cincinnati, makes his way down Main Street.}

_{Arnold's Bar and Grill, the oldest bar in the city, represents at Bockfest.}

_{The trojan goat of Cincinnati!}

_{2009 Sausage Queen}

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The era of sex scandals amongst politicians is upon us

Neo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:15:07 +0000

Charlotteman, on 05 March 2010 - 03:46 PM, said:

California state senator, Roy Ashburn-R, an anti gay marriage goofball, has been arrested for a DUI. It was reported that he got pulled over after having left a gay bar.

It makes me happy to read things like this as it makes folks aware of how much hypocrisy is around us.

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Gay Rights in America

suburban george3 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:36:11 +0000

Charlotteman, on 05 March 2010 - 04:02 PM, said:

These gay Republicans astonish me. No one asked me of course, but I can't help but see this as comparable to Jews belonging to the Nazi Party. I realize many people disagree with this, so I don't state my opinion as if it were factual.

I have been having a big-time political argument with an older gay gentleman who is completely happy to die without any progress on gay rights pretty much just so he can 'make more money' and thinks all the democrats and 'liberal-progressives.' Being a gay man also, this completely astonishes me, that most of the people he votes for would completely condemn him for being gay and certain 'fringe'elements would probably treat him just as badly as the Nazis did homosexuals and Jews in the WWII era.

I am not willing to wait for my rights and think we should press forward.

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Gay Rights in America

Charlotteman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:02:49 +0000

Interesting news from the political front:

The gay Republican group GOProud had a booth at the recent CPAC 20 feet from the anti-gay marriage group National Organization For Marriage. The two groups interacted only on camera.

Also of note: the gay GOP Log Cabins are heavily in debt. Perhaps it's members aren't contributing as much, because they're no longer getting lavish tax cuts. (?)

These gay Republicans astonish me. No one asked me of course, but I can't help but see this as comparable to Jews belonging to the Nazi Party. I realize many people disagree with this, so I don't state my opinion as if it were factual.

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The era of sex scandals amongst politicians is upon us

Charlotteman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:46:30 +0000

California state senator, Roy Ashburn-R, an anti gay marriage goofball, has been arrested for a DUI. It was reported that he got pulled over after having left a gay bar.

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Is Toyota Slipping?

Gard — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:06:28 +0000

I find the refusal to release black box information troublesome as well. For that matter, I think that it should be illegal to withhold the black boxes, much like it is for airplanes. This information could potentially help in court cases and other investigations and would no doubt be very solid evidence. It makes you wonder what they are trying to hide and for that matter, I think it is very bad for customer relations.

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Cincinnati: Prohibition Resistance Tour

seicer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:25:57 +0000

Cincinnati's Prohibition Resistance Tour
Cincinnati's Bockfest is upon us. For those of you who are not native to the city, Bockfest is a tradition that celebrates the heritage and history of Cincinnati, as one of the largest brewing cities in the nation. Cincinnatian's drank more beer per capita than any other city in the United States at 40 gallons, and the city ranked fourth in terms of total volume production, per barrel. The term bock came from a tradition developed amongst the breweries, who would release all of their bock beer on the same day. Bock beer is a robust and rich lager that marks the end of winter and the welcoming of spring.

Cincinnati's brewing history is well regarded but much of it remains unknown or forgotten. By 1888, 18 of 36 breweries in the region were located in Over-the-Rhine, concentrating along McMicken Avenue and the Miami and Erie Canal. Beer gardens, resorts and bars sprung up in the ethnic German neighborhood, which is where important matters of the city were discussed and conceived.

Regarded as an early German village, the name Over-the-Rhine is derived from its early builders and residents, German immigrants. At the time of the neighborhood's conception, the Miami and Erie Canal separated the area from downtown, following along what is today Central Parkway. In regard to their native country, the immigrants coined the neighborhood "Over-the-Rhine," because crossing the canal reminded them of crossing the Rhine River in Germany.

Steve Hampton, executive director of the Over-the-Rhine Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, shared that many postcards of that era proclaimed,

Quote

"Here’s to Cincinnati, the Queen of the West,
A dirty old city, but nobly blest.
For it’s here that fine arts with the frivolous twine,
A veritable Deutschland just Over the Rhine…
The kindliest greetings from all, whom we meet,
A good draught of beer every ten or twelve feet."

Unfortunately, Prohibition, enacted in 1919, doomed many of the breweries. Raids, shoot-outs and a massive loss of business forced many to quit in disgust. It wasn't until 1933 that it was repealed, but by then, the damage was done.

Since 2005, the Brewery District has hosted the annual Prohibition Resistance Tour. The tour showcases how Cincinnati's brewing industry left an undeniable impact on the city, and how it influenced "the social, economic and cultural welfare of the city." I was given a sneak peak at the Prohibition Resistance Tour, shared below.

Clyffside Brewing Company
Clyffside Brewing Company is a defunct brewery in Cincinnati, located on the site of Hamilton Brewery, founded in 1845 by Johann Sohn and George Klotter. In 1866, Sohn bought out Klotter; Klotter went on to establish his own brewery on Klotter Street soon after. Hamilton Brewery was renamed the Sohn Brewing Company, after his brother, in 1870.

In 1907, Sohn was purchased by Mohawk Brewery, and was known for its Zinzinnati Beer. During Prohibition, Mohawk attempted to ride out the laws by producing not only near-beer, but true alcoholic beverages. On August 3, 1925, Federal Agents waited from midnight until 6 A.M. the next morning for brewery employees to begin their shift. When the first truck was leaving the facility for delivery, agents raided the brewery. They shot at the truck driver and arrested brewery employees.

No other beer was produced by Mohawk and it closed down before the end of Prohibition.

Clyffside Brewery began in 1933 when Paul Esselborn organized the company in the former Mohawk Brewery structures. The company's signature selections included Felsenbrau beer and Old Hickory Ale that was "aged in the hills."

Underneath the buildings were lagering cellars 35-foot wide and 200-foot long, with walls that were 3-foot thick. It allowed the cellar to remain at a constant 53 degrees. A tunnel went underneath Mohawk Street, connecting the brewing building to the natural spring.

In 1945, Clyffside was sold to the Red Top Brewing Company, who continued to operate the facility as Plant #2 until 1957. Sans Prohibition, beer was brewed on the site for 111 years, the longest of any brewery in Cincinnati.

_{1877 brewery building}

_{Distinctive handrails with posts shaped in the form of a barrel still remain.}

_{Substandard illegal loft conversion project from the 1970s.}

Kauffman Brewing Company
The John Kauffman Brewing Company was known for its "Gilt Edge," "Columbia," and "Old Lager" beers.

In 1856, John Kauffman, George F. Eichenlaub and Rudolf Rheinbold bought the Franklin Brewery on Lebanon Road near Deer Creek from an aunt in the Kauffman family. Three years after the purchase, Kauffman, under the company name Kauffman and Company, constructed a new brewery on Vine Street, replacing the location along Deer Creek. The first of several structures was completed in 1860.

By 1861, the brewery produced approximately 1,000 barrels per year. Two years later, the company was renamed Kaufmann Brewery, soon becoming the largest in the city.

In 1866, a new brewery structure was completed at 1622 Vine Street. The Kauffman Building followed in 1876, which housed brewery employees. (Constructed of the Second Renaissance Revival style, the structure is currently being repaired through a $450,000 forgivable loan from the city.)

Kauffman was producing over 50,000 barrels per year by 1877, selling in many markets in the midwest, south and the southeast. It's main beers included "Gilt Edge Bohemian," "Pale Lager," "Columbia," and "Standard." A popular slogan used by Kauffman repeatedly appealed to the sickly during the time, "A liquid food for the invalid a wholesome beverage for the healthy!"

The brewery became incorporated as the John Kauffman Brewing Company in 1882. Brewery production peaked in 1894, when Kauffman produced 70,000 barrels of beer per year, and the malt house had a production capacity of 150,000 bushels of barley. The brewery closed in 1919 when Prohibition was enacted, and Kauffman never reopened after it was repealed in 1933.

_{Many cellars were used as dumping grounds by later tenants.}

_{Cisterns for water.}

Schmidt Brothers Brewery
Schmidt Brothers Brewery was located at 135 and 138 East McMicken Avenue in Over-the-Rhine. It was founded by Friedrich and Heinrich Schmidt, who operated a grocery store but had decided upon a new venture, and purchased Peter Herancourt's Brewery at Central Avenue and Kindel Street for $1,500. The brothers brewed what they referred to as the "common ale" of Cincinnati.

The common name of Schmidt Brothers Brewing Company stemmed from the formation of a stock corporation on April 1, 1891. It's popular slogan, "Crown Beer had a reputation second to none in the city," helped sell the brand. Later, Gerhardt Schmidt and George Lampe purchased the facility and renamed it the Crown Brewery. One of the top selling products was "Happy Days" beer, but it's rise was short lived. Probation began in 1919, so to keep the business active, Crown manufactured "Tang," a near beer that didn't last. Crown folded in 1925 before Probation was repealed in 1933

Find more photographs and historical background of the three breweries highlighted on this year's Prohibition Resistance Tour by clicking through to the Clyffside Brewing Company, John Kauffman Brewing Company and Schmidt Brothers Brewery. Enjoy this update and enjoy the bock beer at Bockfest!

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Is Toyota Slipping?

suburban george3 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:23:52 +0000

Neo, on 01 March 2010 - 05:56 PM, said:

I'm going to play devil's advocate for a moment and state that finding Toyota at fault for something like that could potentially be a very hard thing to prove. Many people see dollar signs when something like this recall is made public, particularly if the company is vulnerable. Look at this story about an out-of-control Lexus that now has 27k miles put on it by the new owner without any issues whatsoever:

http://consumerist.c...rking-fine.html

It makes me wonder just how overblown this whole thing has gotten.

I'm not minimizing the seriousness of the issue or the fact that Toyota should definitely fix any wrong doings, but I also believe there are people in this world very willing to take advantage of the situation.

I agree, that some people's claims against Toyota may be overblown. There is even a story of a man who is in jail for killing some people in an accident who 'claimed' he tried to stop the car and couldn't. He was driving a Toyota, investigators are looking at the case again.

One thing that I read today, Toyota and Honda are very 'protective' of the black box information a car records when it's in an accident. Chrylser, Ford, GM, and Nissan readily make the information available and many law enforcement agencies can access this information. However, Toyota and Honda would rather 'write a check' than to release this information. That concerns me a bit. I'd like to know how other automakers treat the black box, such as Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, etc.

Read about it here.

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Word Association

Gard — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:14:27 +0000

unknown

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Cincinnati: Vernon Manor

seicer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:51:59 +0000

The Vernon Manor, constructed in 1924 and modeled after the Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, England, was one of the premier hotels in Cincinnati, Ohio. Located on one of Cincinnati's famous Seven Hills, the Manor offered an escape from the bustling downtown and riverfront and had a reputation for being "the place to stay" for musicians visiting or performing in the city.

It's history wasn't always so star-studded. In 1934, the hotel faced the possibility of bankruptcy. The property by 1945 was "run-down-at-the-heels" and was purchased by Walter Schott, a local car dealer. And changing demographics of its neighborhood, along with riots and racial tensions, helped drag down the prestige of the hotel.

But despite it's problems, among those who had booked rooms were The Beetles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. "Rainman," a 1988 film, featured the hotel. The Manor featured large guest suites, gardens and full plumbing that attracted long-term guests.

The hotel was purchased by the Belvedere in 1986, and renovated in 1999. Only ten years later, the Manor closed due to deteriorating market conditions.

One of the first reuse proposals for the hotel called for it to be converted into 100 apartments, and into low-income housing. But Children's Hospital signed a letter of intent to be its sole occupant for up to 17 years, and the hotel would be gutted and re-purposed to house 600 employees that would be transferred from elsewhere on its campus in an effort to consolidate its many office functions into a single location.

_{Lobby, which has mostly been stripped of its historic goodness in the 1990s during the renovations.}

_{The bar, which no longer serves any patrons.}

_Kitchen

_{Conference rooms}

_{Typical guest rooms}

_{Elevator controls}

Click through for an extensive history of the Vernon Manor and its redevelopment, along with over 25 photographs.

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Transport related photos

JCT — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:46:45 +0000

Great thread indeed.

On the subject of transportation related pictures, The Alliance for Biking & Walking just announced the winners of their "2009 People Powered Movement Photo Contest". See the winning shots here:

http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/site/media/people_powered_movement_photo_contest_winners_announced/

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United Football League

eastsider — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:04:04 +0000

Cool, how many teams will be in the league next season?

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Is Toyota Slipping?

Neo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:56:09 +0000

cityboi, on 01 March 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

Its pretty bad. There is a fellow here in Greensboro that will sue Toyota because his car accelerated and got in a wreck. When it hits that close to home, I wouldn't feel safe driving or riding in a Toyota.

I'm going to play devil's advocate for a moment and state that finding Toyota at fault for something like that could potentially be a very hard thing to prove. Many people see dollar signs when something like this recall is made public, particularly if the company is vulnerable. Look at this story about an out-of-control Lexus that now has 27k miles put on it by the new owner without any issues whatsoever:

http://consumerist.com/2010/02/out-of-control-lexus-still-on-road-apparently-working-fine.html

It makes me wonder just how overblown this whole thing has gotten.

I'm not minimizing the seriousness of the issue or the fact that Toyota should definitely fix any wrong doings, but I also believe there are people in this world very willing to take advantage of the situation.

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why is Tiger Woods personal problems the headlines of every major news network?

Charlotteman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:30:48 +0000

cityboi, on 01 March 2010 - 12:38 PM, said:

well it looks like more sponsors are dropping Tiger Woods.

Those sponsors should be ashamed of themselves. Will Victoriana/Puritanicalism ever go away in the States?

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Word Association

zman9810 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:17:23 +0000

mystery

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Is Toyota Slipping?

cityboi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:43:28 +0000

why is Tiger Woods personal problems the headlines of every major news network?

cityboi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:38:27 +0000

well it looks like more sponsors are dropping Tiger Woods. I think the problem is that his image was too clean. We hear about affairs all the time and they don't seem to affect many other well known figures, except for John Edwards of course.

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The Bible Code

cityboi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:49:34 +0000

I think its real easy to just sit back and say people are just twisting words around so they will have meaning just because the claims are extraordinary. Then there are those who actually do the research like many of the top code breakers and discover there is something to this. In fact one top code breaker who has worked for the United States government has said there is something to it.

Howard Gans a senior cryptologic mathematician at the pentagon (code-breaker) with 28 years of experience from the U.S. national security Administration heard about the Bible code, and decided to investigate. He is an Orthodox Jew and knows Hebrew. He figured he would prove it a hoax. He wrote his own computer program, and checked out one list of the Rabbis and then the other. His computer program found the same information, but he could not believe it. The data was correctly matched which seemed to rule out random chance.

He decided to look for entirely new information. "If this was real," said Gans, "then I figured that the cities where these men were born and died ought to be encoded as well." In his 440-hour experiment Gans checked not only the names of the thirty-two sages Rips used, but also thirty four others from an earlier list, checking all sixty-six against the names of the cities. The results made him a believer. "It sent a chill up my spine," recalled the Pentagon code-breaker. The cities also matched the names of the sages in the Bible code

http://www.letusreason.org/Current3.htm

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Word Association

Gard — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:45:15 +0000

murder

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The Bible Code

Gard — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:44:21 +0000

Neo, on 28 February 2010 - 09:47 AM, said:

IMO you can bend random letters into anything you want. Take a word search for example. You can always find words that aren't on the list, just from the randomness of the word search.

I second that. You can put me in skeptic column on this one.

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The Bible Code

cityboi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:46:31 +0000

Will the L.A. earthquake bible code be fufilled? THe code below was found more than 10 years ago. Its 2010 which seems to be an active year for earthqukes and now people are asking questions. Ohio has already experienced tremors and there was a small quake in Japan the other week. Scientists say that many times smaller or moderate earthquakes precede a bigger one. If it happens, it will prove the Bible Code is real. and if the Bible Code is real, what about predictions that it makes for 2012 and the acknowledgement of UFOs/ET? The code says a comet will hit the earth in 2012 killing many people on the planet and we all know the Mayans believed something would happen in 2012 AD. Some how the ancient Mayans knew the tracks and projections of stars, comets, ect thousands of years in advanced so maybe they knew something that we dont know today. Some may say that Astronomers today would see a comet or astroid approaching ahead of time but thats not always the case. There have been some surprise astroids that have come close to the earth in recent years. I hope the code is wrong because if "The Big One" does hit Los Angeles, we would many deaths. But is it so far fetched considering that most of America believes in a supreme being that watches our every move?

Big Quake Coming For U.S.? (CBS News)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/01/earlyshow/main6254968.shtml?tag=stack

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The Bible Code

zman9810 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:06:25 +0000

I believe the bible was inspired work but not by a supernatural force but by a small group of people who wished to control how a much larger group of people believed and lived their lives. By preying on the ignorance of the many in the early years of humanity's existance the religious elite established a control that exists this day.
In time the fallacy of organized religion will be exposed and all of the human race can be focused on making our lives free of the hatred and bigotry that organized religion advocates now.

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The Bible Code

cityboi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:16:47 +0000

I agree you can find just about any word. However there are words clustered together that describe events through out history. Not only do these clusters describe events but they show dates that correspond to these events. The odds are like one in a billion. Code breakers have also discovered the code and there was no bending of words to make them fit. If the codes are real there are only two explainations. Either God encoded the Bible or someone who had the capability of time travel encoded the Bible. If its the latter then you have to question who inspired the Bible. God or someone else.

It has been suggested that the Bible Code is actually the secret "sealed book" thats mentioned in the plain text of the Bible.

The Bible Code says in the year 2113 the world will be depopulated. 2012 is mentioned too.

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Word Association

richyb83 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:08:16 +0000

witness

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The Bible Code

Neo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:47:53 +0000

IMO you can bend random letters into anything you want. Take a word search for example. You can always find words that aren't on the list, just from the randomness of the word search.

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The Bible Code

cityboi — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:10:21 +0000

The Bible Code or the Torah Codes was discovered in the Bible during the 1990s. According to researchers and even professional code breakers, There are messages hidden within the original hebrew text of the Bible. These messages reveal events of the future in great detail giving names, places and date. Basically here is how it works. The hebrew letters are stretched out continuously forming what looks like a crossword puzzle. Hidden words are found through an Equidistant Letter skip Sequence. For example you can skip every 25 letters and it forms a word. Codes are discovered by finding clusters of words together that describe an event. Here are example of an actual codes found in the Torah.

There are many codes found in the Bible that describe historical events past, present and Future from World War 2 to ALbert Enstein. September 11th is even encoded. It difficult to find future events because to find them you have to know the future to know what to look for but some future events seems to have been discovered. FOr example in the 1990s a codes was discovered that said there would be a great earthquake in Los Angeles sometime in 2010.

The eerie thing is that its now 2010 and we are seeing a string of earthquakes around the world that have happened within the past month (Haiti, Japan, Ohio and now Chile).

In the book of Daniel there is plain scripture that says "O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased" Encoded in that verse is "Bible Code, Sealed before God". These codes could only be found with computers. The scripture says the words will be sealed until the time of the end. That would mean we are in the end times.

here are more codes

This code explains that our DNA code was brought to earth "in a vehicle". It even speaks of an "alien code"

In the plain text of the book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel cleary says that he saw glowing wheels of metal in the sky. He says the wheels have "eyes" all around it which sounds a lot like port holes on a UFO. He goes on to say that the wheels move back and forth like flashes of lightning and that four creatures who had the face of man were inside these wheels. Ezekiel is describing humanoid creatures. This is in the plain text of the Bible no kidding. This clearly sounds like a UFO encounter but what is even more interesting is what was found encoded in those verses. See below

If the codes are real, I think it proves a lot of things. It would prove the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrial and that they had a hand in us being here. And it would prove that time travel is possible. If you believe the codes are real maybe the "encoder" had the capability of time travel which would explain how future events are known in advanced. Time Machine is even encoded in the Torah. Curiously UFOs are reported in the vicinity during major historic events.

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United Football League

MadVlad — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:17:01 +0000

Long awaited update: The New York Sentinel will be moving to Hartford for the 2010 season, name not yet decided.

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