Professor Jones gets the boot

[nomo]

Apparently even the Mormons think dude is nutters.<br><br>Do we have consensus yet on how to spell "thermate"? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/21/AR2006102100635.html?nav=rss_print/asection">www.washingtonpost.com/wp...t/asection</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>9/11 Conspiracy Theorist to Leave Brigham Young<br><br>Associated Press<br>Sunday, October 22, 2006; Page A10<br><br>PROVO, Utah, Oct. 21 -- A Brigham Young University physics professor who suggested that the World Trade Center was brought down by explosives has resigned, six weeks after the school placed him on leave.<br><br>"I am electing to retire so that I can spend more time speaking and conducting research of my choosing," Steven E. Jones, a physics professor, said in a statement released by the school.<br><br>His retirement is effective Jan. 1.<br><br>Jones recently published theories about U.S. government involvement in the events of Sept. 11, 2001, including one suggesting that explosives inside the World Trade Center -- not airplanes striking the twin towers -- brought the complex down.<br><br>BYU stripped Jones of two classes and put him on leave in early September. It also began investigating his research.<br><br>The school abandoned its review Friday after reaching a retirement agreement with Jones, BYU spokeswoman Carri P. Jenkins said.<br><br>Jenkins said the school did not pressure Jones to retire.<br><br>Jones, who in 2005 helped found a group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth, said he plans to continue researching and speaking about his Sept. 11 theories. That includes completing an analysis of soils and metals from the towers that led him to the conclusions in his paper "Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Completely Collapse?"<br><br>Jones began teaching at BYU, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 1985.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=nomo@rigorousintuition>nomo</A> at: 10/23/06 9:10 am<br></i>

[erosoplier]

Washington Post/Associated Press huh?<br><br>I like how he finally makes it into the big-time when circumstances allow them to speak of his demise. <p></p><i></i>

[yablonsky]

steven jones debating nomo...what a hilarious picture that conjures up. <p></p><i></i>

[darkbeforedawn]

Perhaps faux news would televise the debate. Nomo could line up with Limbaugh and Hannity for a dream team. Bill O'reily would control the mikes of course. <p></p><i></i>

[nomo]

Oh pulleaze people. You put all your hopes on this guy, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>just because he tells you what you want to hear</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->?<br><br>Face it, there is no evidence for controlled demolition, "thermate" or otherwise, and to continue to insist that there is only makes you guys look like a bunch of whacked out "conspiracists", and whatever other valid points you might have had are equally easily dismissed.<br><br>(But the proposed debate could be fun: after all, both Jones and me are no experts on controlled demolition at all. And it would be fun for you folks to watch, too, since you too, know nothing about it.)<br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=nomo@rigorousintuition>nomo</A> at: 10/24/06 8:50 am<br></i>

[Byrne]

From <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://wtc.nist.gov">wtc.nist.gov</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>NIST released the following document on October 12, 2006, with regard to their ongoing investigations into the collapse of <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>WTC7</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://wtc.nist.gov/media/WTC7_Approach_Summary12Oct06.pdf" target="top">WTC 7 Technical Approach and Status Summary</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> (PDF 86K)<br><br>(From Slide No. 11)<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Hypothetical Blast Analysis</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>NIST is analyzing scenarios for the event that initiated the collapse of WTC 7. As a part of this work, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>NIST is considering whether hypothetical blast events could have played a role in initiating the collapse</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. While NIST has found no evidence of a blast or controlled demolition event, NIST will estimate the magnitude of hypothetical blast scenarios that could have led to the structural failure of one or more critical elements as a result of blast.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Phase I</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> - <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Identify hypothetical blast scenarios and materials</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, based on analysis and/or experience, for failing specified columns by direct attachment methods. Preliminary section cutting shall be considered. Compare estimated overpressures for each scenario against window strength.<br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Note that the consideration of ‘Hypothetical Blasts’ (<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>or controlled demolition events as referred to by NIST</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->) is a new route of investigation for NIST, as previously ‘Controlled Demolition was <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>expressly not considered</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> within the previous working hypothesis published in April 2005.<br><br>I don't doubt that this <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>manoeuvring</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> by NIST is to prepare for the revelation of a 'blast event' which will explain the very strange controlled collapse of the building. A hint is on the same <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://wtc.nist.gov" target="top">summary page</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> which links to a document (PDF 951K):<br><br>Testimony of <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Dr. S. Shyam Sunder</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> (NIST) Before New York City Council Joint Meeting, Committees on Lower Manhattan Redevelopment; Fire & Criminal Justice Services Hearing on “Oversight - Issues of Health and Safety Regarding the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Storage of Diesel Fuel</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> at 60 Hudson Street, Manhattan”, September 8, 2006<br><br><br>Some other interesting observations from the 1st PDF:<br><br>Slide 3<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The investigation of the WTC 7 collapse resumed in October 2005.<br><br>Since then considerable progress has been made, including: review of nearly <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>80 boxes of new documents related to WTC 7</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><…><br>It is anticipated that a draft report will be released by <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Spring 2007</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>80 boxes of new documents related to WTC 7</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->? Where have these appeared from? Will these <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>80 boxes</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> contain the information that explains the 'hypothetical blast' incident (i.e associated with Fuel Storage) that explains everything???<br><br> <p></p><i></i>