Posts Tagged ‘engineers’
Friday, July 6th, 2012
I don’t know, which would you rather see when you look outside in the morning? Would you rather see freaky Blair Witch evidence or bunch of Falun Gong holding this pose?
Geary at Laguna:
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I could go either way.
But, attention cultists, achtung baby: Signals intelligence officers are inside this consulate, sniffing your cell phone data packets, so to speak. Like a giant Google Maps car.
So, Falun Gongers, take your cell phone batteries out of your mobiles, if you know what’s good for you, whenever you protest over there.
Just saying…
Tags: 2012, 3g, 4g, bay area, blair, california, cell, cellualr, China, chinese, consulate, cult, cultist, cultists, Edge, embassy, engineers, espionage, exercise, Falun, falun dafa, falun gong, freaked out, freaky, geary, Gong, Intelligence, laguna, network, officers, packet sniffing, phone, pose, prc, protest, radio, San Francisco, signals, spies, spy, spying, street, witch
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Sometimes, I just don’t know.
Let’s see here, “controlled demolition,” “Building 7,” “just asking questions,” “Architects & Engineers” – nothing’s changed since 2001.
(No alarms and no surprises.)
But fresh lingo from 2011? Check.
“September 11, 2001 - the day our country was hijacked and a permanent war was launched that will not end in our lifetime unless we the 99% stop it.
Ten years later the War on Terrorism has diverted trillions of dollars from more important uses and sunken our country into debt.
Building 7, which most people don’t know about, came crashing to the ground at 5:20pm on September 11th. Today, millions of citizens and 1,600 courageous architects and engineers are demanding an investigation into the suspect destruction of this skyscraper.
The government’s absurd story that “normal office fires” felled this 47-story skyscraper is only the tip of the iceberg of the anomalies and inconsistencies we’ve been given about 9/11.
Today we are taking our country back. We will not rest until those responsible for the death of 3,000 innocent people on 9/11 are brought to justice, and the war dollars are brought home.”
Enjoy your religion, Truthers.
Tags: 2001, 2011, 9/11, architects, attack, bay area, Building 7, california, Co-Opt, controlled demolition, cooption, engineers, investigation, just asking questions, new york, occupy, Occupybuilding7, San Francisco, truthers, Wall Street, wtc
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
You know, 9/11 conspiracy theorists have become just like JFK assassination conspiracy theorists.
Anyway, they’re back. Deets below.
As seen in Union Square a while back
Ten Years Later, An Independent Investigation of 9/11 is Needed
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2011 9/11 Reclaiming the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future will be held Thursday, September 8, 1 pm to 10 pm at the Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave., Oakland, and Sunday, September 11, 1 pm to 9:30 pm at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. Speakers include Mickey Huff, Dr. Peter Phillips, sister of fallen firefighter David Weiss Michele Little, authors Paul Rea (Mounting Evidence: Why We Need a New Investigation of 9/11), Prof. Anthony J. Hall ( Earth into Property), Anodea Judith (Waking the Global Heart: Humanity’s Rites of Passage From the Love of Power to the Power of Love), Kevin Danaher, Joanna Macy (World as Lover, World as Self), filmmakers Ken Jenkins and Brett Smith, and radio hosts Bonnie Faulkner, Carol Brouillet and Sherry Glaser. Along with films Psywar, You, Me & the SPP, Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup, Hypothesis, 9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out, there will be live streaming from Toronto and Seattle.
The Toronto Hearings will examine evidence for the inadequacy of the U.S. government’s investigations of 9/11, an event which has been used to initiate military invasions and to restrict the rights of citizens. The founder of Firefighters for 9/11 Truth, Erik Lawyer will hold ONE: The Event – Shifting from Fear to Love in Seattle to encourage “the choice of love over fear, kindness over anger, and responsibility rather than blame.”
The diverse speakers agree that the official 9/11 Commission Report and the NIST Reports on the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings are not believable and that an independent investigation into 9/11 is needed. Those in Toronto plan on issuing their own 9/11 report. Evidence suggests those most responsible for 9/11 were rewarded, that no one was reprimanded, and that others were scapegoated unjustly for their alleged involvement.
The Bay Area events are benefits for the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance, whose mission is “to seek and disseminate truths about the terrible crimes committed on September 11, 2001, exposing gaps and deceptions in the official story, and to thus inspire more eyewitness revelations, truthful media coverage, and a movement that will bring the responsible criminals to justice and eliminate governmental and corporate policies that enable criminal elements to commit such acts.”
Details at http://www.communitycurrency.org/filmfestival2011.html
Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click appropriate link.
Paul Rea - http://www.profnetconnect.com/paulrea
Carol Brouillet - http://www.profnetconnect.com/carol_brouillet
Tags: $1000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 3200 Grand, 9/11, ae911truth.org, association, ave, Berkeley, blueprint, book, Breakthrough Energy Examiner, Building 7, california, Carol Brouillet, club, consiracy, conspiracy, controlled, Corporate Bankster Oligarchy, crazies, crazy, David Weiss, debunking, demolition, dr., Dr. Peter Phillips, engineers, Grand Lake Theater, guns and butter, hotel, marines, media, memorial, Michele Little, Mickey Huff, more than, Mossad, Oakland, Paul Rea, Peter Phillips, press conference, Reclaiming Our Future, Reclaiming the Truth, San Francisco, september 11, street, sutter, Theorists, thousand, truth, twin towers, website, world trade center, wyc
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
See it on the right up there?
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Well, not really.
But read all about the craziest new building in California after the jump.
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Tags: 2008, 2009, 2010, architect, architecture, Arnold, associates, bay area, Broad, building, california, campus, Center of Regeneration Medicine, chairs, cirm, district, Edythe, Eli, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Elsesser, engineers, Forell, Foundation, Governor, inners unset, institute, millipede, Nabih Youssef, Nabih Youssef Associates, new york, Oakland, Pacific Division, parnassus, Proposition, Rafael Viñoly, reseachers, research, richmond, roof, san diego, San Francisco, Schuff Steel, Schuff Steel - Pacific Division, Schwarzenegger, SmithGroup, stem cell, stem cells, students, sunset, UC, ucsf, university of california, worm
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Now I took some shots of the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine CIRM WORM Building at UCSF over Turkey Day weekend last year as I was coming down the hill, but, at long last, let’s see some good photos from Rafael Viñoly Architects.
Right here.
That’s what it looks like.
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For the record….
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
You know what I think? I think that it’s easier to teach a newspaper writer how to take photos than it is to teach a newspaper photographer how to write. So if you had to choose and you could only afford to send one person, you’d give a camera and send the writer, right?
That’s something to think about when you look at John King’s bits at SFGate. He does a fine job with photography on his own. Maybe even better?
Just saying.
Here’s a retread from last year. I think the new Mayor will be on the scene today to kick things off.
What’s the Next Big Thing in stem cell research? It’s got to be UCSF‘s shiny, brand-spanking-new, 700-foot-long Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research (CIRM) building from New Yawk-based Rafael Vinoly Architects.
Check it:
“The $123 million building is a series of split-level floors with terraced grass roofs and solar orientation. Open labs flow into each other, with office/interaction areas located on the circulation route between the labs, allowing for the entire research community in the building to interact.”
It’s the CIRM Worm! See?
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It was the Modern Steel Construction Magazine cover girl earlier this year, or something, so that’s something to crow about.
As planned:
But this low-rise monster, in real life, somehow looks like:
An RV;
A boat;
A millipede; and
A Jawa Sandcrawler
And all at the same time.
Researchers have already moved in so let’s take a look why not.
Here’s the view coming up Medical Center Drive. This thing looks as if it will spring to life at any moment and start marching towards Parnassus, or Irving, to swallow a an N Judah or two:
This is how you build in Earthquake Country:
This is all the way up the hill where Med Center takes a hairpin. Kind of looks like an RV. Anterior Region in Lateral View:
Looking down the hill:
The clitellum:
And here, it sort of looks like a boat. See how it’s moored to Mount Sutro? (And hey, UCSF. Did you leave all the lights on for the entire four-day Thanksgiving weekend? O.K. fine.)
And here’s the gap betwixt floors:
Look through and you can see the ocean! (Or the bay, or the Golden Gate, or the estuary, whatever…)
Here’s the view from the roof, more or less, with a nice view of The Richmond and our Golden Gate Bridge
And here’s what we were promised, up on the roof:
And here’s what we got, it’s like weeds and International Orange chairs:
Maybe they’re still working on the vegetation.
And speaking of orange chairs, the theme continues inside:
Now, don’t fret about them concomitant radioactive materials up near the top…
…cause they have a nice outdoor shower to wash ‘em all away, Silkwood-style:
Leave us now depart the CIRM Worm:
Bon Courage, CIRM people!
They had a big party for the groundbreaking with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a couple years back, so maybe they’ll have another shindig for the official kickoff?
Read all about it or take a look at the video from back in the day.
2008 saw Arnold’s first visit ever to UCSF, so Chancellor J. Michael Bishop gave him the business about it.
The stars of the show were Arnie and Mr. Eli Broad
Was that a gold fleur-de-lys ring? Something like that.
Anyway, y’all come back.
All the deets:
“The building, which will be located on the Parnassus Campus, will house 25 principal investigators and their teams at full capacity. It will be the headquarters of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF, which will continue to include scientists across all UCSF campuses. The relocation of scientists into the building will free up space in existing laboratories/offices that will allow for additional recruitments. UCSF has recruited 16 new faculty members to the Center in the last three years. The building will be located near UCSF Medical Center, which will support the long-term goal of translating basic research findings to clinical trials.
Groundbreaking for the building, which has more than 46,000 assignable square feet and has four split-level floors, occurred in late August 2008, with completion of the project in late-2010.”
Design-Build Team:
General Contractor
DPR Construction, Inc., San Francisco
Fabricator and Erector
Schuff Steel – Pacific Division, Oakland/San Diego, Calif. (AISC Member)
Architect
SmithGroup, San Francisco
Structural Engineer
Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc., San Francisco
Preliminary Design Team:
Architect
Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York
Structural Engineer
Nabih Youssef Associates, San Francisco
Tags: 2008, 2009, 2010, architect, architecture, Arnold, associates, bay area, Broad, building, california, campus, Center of Regeneration Medicine, chairs, cirm, district, Edythe, Eli, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Elsesser, engineers, Forell, Foundation, Governor, inners unset, institute, millipede, Nabih Youssef, Nabih Youssef Associates, new york, Oakland, Pacific Division, parnassus, Proposition, Rafael Viñoly, reseachers, research, richmond, roof, san diego, San Francisco, Schuff Steel, Schuff Steel - Pacific Division, Schwarzenegger, SmithGroup, stem cell, stem cells, students, sunset, UC, ucsf, university of california, worm
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
What’s the Next Big Thing in stem cell research? It’s got to be UCSF‘s shiny, brand-spanking-new, 700-foot-long Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research (CIRM) building from New Yawk-based Rafael Vinoly Architects.
Check it:
“The $123 million building is a series of split-level floors with terraced grass roofs and solar orientation. Open labs flow into each other, with office/interaction areas located on the circulation route between the labs, allowing for the entire research community in the building to interact.”
It’s the CIRM Worm! See?
Click to expand
It was the Modern Steel Construction Magazine cover girl earlier this year, or something, so that’s something to crow about.
As planned:
But this low-rise monster, in real life, somehow looks like:
An RV;
A boat;
A millipede; and
A Jawa Sandcrawler
And all at the same time.
Researchers have already moved in so let’s take a look why not.
Here’s the view coming up Medical Center Drive. This thing looks as if it will spring to life at any moment and start marching towards Parnassus, or Irving, to swallow a an N Judah or two:
This is how you build in Earthquake Country:
This is all the way up the hill where Med Center takes a hairpin. Kind of looks like an RV. Anterior Region in Lateral View:
Looking down the hill:
The clitellum:
And here, it sort of looks like a boat. See how it’s moored to Mount Sutro? (And hey, UCSF. Did you leave all the lights on for the entire four-day Thanksgiving weekend? O.K. fine.)
And here’s the gap betwixt floors:
Look through and you can see the ocean! (Or the bay, or the Golden Gate, or the estuary, whatever…)
Here’s the view from the roof, more or less, with a nice view of The Richmond and our Golden Gate Bridge
And here’s what we were promised, up on the roof:
And here’s what we got, it’s like weeds and International Orange chairs:
Maybe they’re still working on the vegetation.
And speaking of orange chairs, the theme continues inside:
Now, don’t fret about them concomitant radioactive materials up near the top…
…cause they have a nice outdoor shower to wash ‘em all away, Silkwood-style:
Leave us now depart the CIRM Worm:
Bon Courage, CIRM people!
They had a big party for the groundbreaking with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a couple years back, so maybe they’ll have another shindig for the official kickoff?
Read all about it or take a look at the video from back in the day.
2008 saw Arnold’s first visit ever to UCSF, so Chancellor J. Michael Bishop gave him the business about it.
The stars of the show were Arnie and Mr. Eli Broad
Was that a gold fleur-de-lys ring? Something like that.
Anyway, y’all come back.
All the deets:
“The building, which will be located on the Parnassus Campus, will house 25 principal investigators and their teams at full capacity. It will be the headquarters of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF, which will continue to include scientists across all UCSF campuses. The relocation of scientists into the building will free up space in existing laboratories/offices that will allow for additional recruitments. UCSF has recruited 16 new faculty members to the Center in the last three years. The building will be located near UCSF Medical Center, which will support the long-term goal of translating basic research findings to clinical trials.
Groundbreaking for the building, which has more than 46,000 assignable square feet and has four split-level floors, occurred in late August 2008, with completion of the project in late-2010.”
Design-Build Team:
General Contractor
DPR Construction, Inc., San Francisco
Fabricator and Erector
Schuff Steel – Pacific Division, Oakland/San Diego, Calif. (AISC Member)
Architect
SmithGroup, San Francisco
Structural Engineer
Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc., San Francisco
Preliminary Design Team:
Architect
Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York
Structural Engineer
Nabih Youssef Associates, San Francisco
Tags: 2008, 2009, 2010, architect, architecture, Arnold, associates, bay area, Broad, building, california, campus, Center of Regeneration Medicine, chairs, cirm, district, Edythe, Eli, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Elsesser, engineers, Forell, Foundation, Governor, inners unset, institute, millipede, Nabih Youssef, Nabih Youssef Associates, new york, Oakland, Pacific Division, parnassus, Proposition, Rafael Viñoly, reseachers, research, richmond, roof, san diego, San Francisco, Schuff Steel, Schuff Steel - Pacific Division, Schwarzenegger, SmithGroup, stem cell, stem cells, students, sunset, UC, ucsf, university of california, worm
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
[Welcome fans of the "Breakthrough Energy Examiner" Sterling Allan, who, of course, veered "off topic" just a skosh, huh? (Unless It All Ties Together, Somehow.) He's got to be careful, else he'll step on the toes of the 9/11 Truth Examiner (if there is a such a person yet), right? Oh well, I don't have an "open mind" on controlled demolition. Sorry.]
Well it’s getting close to Springtime, so leave us welcome back Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, who chose San Francisco as the place to launch their Late Winter Offensive, 2010. (Offensive? Is there anything that you could consider offensive, anything that might insult your intelligence coming from this crew? As Always, You Make The Call.)
The 11th floor of our highly-rated Marines Memorial Club & Hotel at 609 Sutter was packed this AM - could have been a couple hundred, maybe. But not a one MSM news vehicle was on the scene, AFAICS, to celebrate the news of the 1000-member-milestone being surpassed. Irregardless, this was a big deal for the A’s and the E’s – they had simultaneous news conferences going on all over the place.
Let’s see here, they didn’t like getting mocked by Glenn Beck recently*, and they think that their professional licenses are “at risk.” Really? (Has any Truther lost his or her license because of Truther status? Not that I’m aware of.) And, oh yes, they say they’re not conspiracy theorists**, so apparently just one person set all those explosives on all those floors of all those buildings.
Anyway, have at it, Building 7, controlled demolition, sheeple, banksters, etc. below. Enjoy.
[UPDATE: Is it surprising that 1000 architects, engineers, butchers or bakers can form a Thruther club? Not to me. Would it be fair to say that the average architect and or engineer isn't a Truther? You people are just like the JFK conspiracy theorists, right? On another note, aside from a 20,000-reader-weekly in Joisey, did any of these AE911 press conferences on 2-19-2010 get any press coverage, MSM or not-so-MSM, from anywhere in the world? And actually, didn't this movement peak with the Loose Change boom back around 2006?]
Richard Gage, AIA:
Your Marines Memorial, 11th floor. Last time I was here, it was a Junior League of San Francisco joint (speaking of highly-rated) - 100+ earnest post-collegiate babes wearing sweaters (and buying purses, for some reason). Today, it’s Truthers and only Truthers.
Corporate Bankster Oligarchy, the Mossad, it all fits together.
All the deets, after the jump.
*That’s the best I can do for you, I didn’t register(?) to listen in. I’ve heard of him but I don’t know who Glenn Beck is. Oh here you go – this is a big deal for some Texas election.
**Of course there was a conspiracy, involving at least 19, right?
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
No, it’s not ironic at all, but that’s O.K. Everybody loved her anyway.
via Steve Rhodes - he’s Everywhere You Want To Be.
And hey, here’s Michael Franti, the man who started Power to the Peaceful, back in the day:
Oops, that was Rasputin. Similar stare though. Here’s Mike Franti. Sort of reminds me of that other charismatic, yoga-loving, 9/11 Truther About Town…
…Mark Morford:
Would Rasputin be a Truther if he were around today? Hells yes.
And wasn’t Rasputin into yoga as well? Sure, he could have been.
Isn’t it ironic? Don’cha think?
(And what’s this, the controlled demolition crowd isn’t welcome in the Truth Movement anymore? I’m confused, srsly. Is is possible to have a Pearl Harbor without FDR-Let-Pearl-Harbor-Happen theories springing up? Apparently not. IIIDYT?)
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Let’s see what our little town has up this weekend – hey, how about the popular Power to the Peaceful Concert and Festival on Saturday in Golden Gate Park and then the Power to the Peaceful Global Action Forum & Celebration on Sunday at the Herbst Theatre?
Singer Alanis Morrissette is the draw on Saturday and San Francisco First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the draw for Sunday. The whole joint is being put on Michael Franti, as per usual. But what’s that? Isn’t Franti a 9/11 Truther, since, among other things, he “signed” the same petition as Van Jones back in 2004? Well actually, you just don’t know, not enough information. See below.
Power to the Peaceful (fka “911 Power to the Peaceful“) in Golden Gate Park, as it happened last year. It featured Ziggy Marley, but without the Melody Makers. Click to expand:
So why did Franti call this event “911 Power to the Peaceful” until 2008? Well, you see, it’s not “9/11″ - it’s “911″, as in “911 is a Joke”
Here’s an explantion from 2002:
“The first two 911 Festivals (1999 and 2000) were held on September 11 to draw attention to the emergency state of the court case of Mumia Abu Jamal. Last year’s events involving the World Trade Center and the world abroad brought new significance to the subsequent festivals. Michael Franti states that the 4th annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival ‘will create a compassionate space of healing for ALL those people killed or displaced by terrorism and by the war on terrorism.’”
Some of the Truthers are a little hazy on this score, it seems. Oh well.
And oh, by the way Truthers, do you know that you’ve been banned from writing about your conspiracy theory on the Huffington Post? Let’s hear from Arianna:
“I despise 9/11 “truther” conspiracies. Indeed, one of the guidelines for bloggers on HuffPost is a ban on posts putting forth those kinds of theories.”
Oh snap! Hit me! That’s right, Truthers, they’ve gotten to Arianna! Who will They get next? No se. Moving on…
Let’s just say Thank You to Alanis for coming to town and having the courage to ask “¿Qué tal zanahorias transparentes colgando?”
All the deets on San Francisco’s biggest event this weekend:
“This coming Saturday, Bay Area native and Billboard-chart topping musician, Michael Franti, will host his annual Power to the Peaceful concert and festival in Golden Gate Park which is expected to draw more than 70,000 attendees with performances by Alanis Morissette and others. On Saturday, at 1:30 pm at the park, Franti will hold a press conference to kick off the weekend of Power to the Peaceful festivities. Joined by a variety of musicians and renowned speakers, Franti will speak on topics ranging from cultural diversity and non-violence to environmental sustainability and socio-political causes.
The following day, Sunday September 13, Franti will join forces with the global humanitarian organization, CARE, to host the Power to the Peaceful Global Action Forum & Celebration which will bring together experts on issues including climate change, hunger/food aid, and girls’ education with community members to discuss solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing women and girls around the world.
Opening with a welcome message by First Lady of San Francisco, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and closing with an intimate performance by Michael Franti and friends in the historic Herbst theatre, the Global Action Forum & Celebration is an afternoon and evening event that will include engaging sessions on critical global issues, as well as yoga, music, dance, a reception and more.
Michael Franti and CARE Present
the 11th Annual Power to the Peaceful Concert and Global Action Forum & Celebration:
Empowering People to Create Solutions to Poverty
WHAT: For the past 10 years Michael Franti, singer/activist and ambassador for the global
humanitarian organization CARE, has hosted the free Power to the Peaceful Concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. On Saturday, September 12, this one day event will bring more than 70,000 attendees together for a day of music and inspiration to serve people and the planet. This year, the Power to the Peaceful Concert will be followed on Sunday, September 13 by an afternoon forum that will harness the public’s energy and enthusiasm to tackle global poverty issues, particularly those affecting women. The Power to the Peaceful Global Action Forum & Celebration will feature experts from the global poverty-fighting organization CARE, as well as civic and community leaders who will discuss topics including Global Climate Change, Girls’ Empowerment, and Hunger and Food Security. Each session will examine challenges and solutions facing women in the developing world, and participants will leave with tangible strategies to affect change at home and abroad. Simultaneously, yoga practitioners can attend the Power to the Peaceful-sponsored yoga session and Brazilian capoeira/dance workshop. The event will culminate with symposium attendees and yogis joining for an evening reception featuring an acoustic concert with Michael Franti and friends and performances by Aguas da Bahia & Tambores Julio Remelexo drum and dance ensemble.
TICKETS:
The Power to the Peaceful Concert on Saturday, September 12 in Golden Gate Park is donation-based. Tickets to the Global Action Forum & Celebration, which starts at 2:00 pm on Sunday, September 13 are on sale now at www.care.org/forum
WHO:
- Michael Franti, musician/activist and CARE Ambassador
- Acclaimed photographer Phil Borges (www.womenempoweredproject.com), representatives from Back to Earth, Ode Magazine, Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Potentia Foundation, Room to Read, Spark, UC Berkeley, and Vitamin Angels, as well additional participants to be announced.
- A message from First Lady of San Francisco, Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
- Experts from CARE including: Marcos Neto (Climate Change); Sarah Bouchie (Basic & Girls’ Education Unit), and David Kauck (Hunger/Food Aid)
WHERE:
The Global Action Forum & Celebration will take place in the Herbst Theatre and Green Room, in the War Memorial Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street in San Francisco.
ABOUT:
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. www.care.org.
“Join thousands of people at Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park and be part of the international community coming together to build, inspire and pledge service toward those in need and help the planet. The 2009 event takes place at 11am on September 12th and will feature a full lineup of bands, speakers and information booths. In addition to morning yoga, main stage performers include Michael Franti and Spearhead, Alanis Morissette, Sly & Robbie and a slew of renowned DJs.
2009 Event Details:The weekend-long festival begins on Saturday, September 12, 2009 with confirmed main stage performances by music luminaries: Michael Franti and Spearhead, Alanis Morissette , Sly & Robbie, Cherine Anderson , Vieux Farka Toure’ , Sellassie and Truth Universal; a variety of renowned DJ’s include: Miguel Miggs, Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist, DJ Heyman and DJ Adnan, In addition to the main stage of musical artists the PTTP Festival will kick off the festival with 1000 Yogis for Peace, a morning yoga practice sponsored by Yoga Tree SF with teacher Seane Corn. From Tibit, keynote speaker, Namkha Rinpoche, will address global, personal peace and his service of teaching Buddhism in the western world “by making unhappy people happy. The main practice of Buddhism is compassion and patience.”
Saturday’s festival is a family-friendly event with a kid’s zone with conscious carnival games, flag making, face painting, marionettes, stilt walkers, and a chill tent for napping and feeding. The Kids Zone Stage will feature performances by: PopLyfe, Jaden, Peace Outs, Gabby La La, Bird School PTTP Band and the Bay Area Girls.
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