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"We are members of the California Small Brewers Association and have a lot of contact with people who are working to change not only California law, but federal law to make a better business environment for craft brewing," Manley says. "There are a lot of small things like municipal nickel-a-drink taxes that can affect the beer industry as a whole and add dollars to the price of a six pack." After facing a flurry of legislation aimed squarely at their businesses, craft brewers have determined it's in their best interest to protect their special interest. In Massachusetts, Boston Beer joined smaller brewers including Ipswich-based Ipswich Brewing, Southampton's Opa-Opa and the rest of the Massachusetts Brewer's Guild in a bid to let small brewers switch wholesalers to better promote their beer -- amending a law on the books since 1971, when the state had only one local brewery, compared with the 40 it has today. That same guild was influential in getting Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, to craft legislation that, if enacted, would reduce excise tax rates on brewers producing 6 million barrels or less.
It's also making disparate brewers more respected as colleagues. Yuengling's Casinelli remembers his brand being "ostracized" from craft beer events such as Philly Beer Week as craft brewers formed their own subculture and looked at Yuengling "like we were Anheuser-Busch, Miller or Coors." Because many craft brewers went into business at the same time and, as Covaleski says, "we envied the big guys to some extent because of what they had accomplished and they just sort of mocked us because we were never going to amount to anything," there was a greater sense of kinship among the newcomers. "We helped one another when somebody's yeast died, we sold used equipment to one another, we transferred each other's beer to beer festivals and helped each other out at beer festivals, so it was like a bunch of kids who grew up together and were just happy to do what they did, which is make beer," Covaleski says. "I think the camaraderie on the craft level cause the large brewers to take a different look at how they might play with their brethren." In reality, mutual interests helped bring regional brewers into the craft fold and created an alliance where Covaleski says there were once two noncommunicative sides "from seemingly different worlds." Two years ago, a bill moving through the Pennsylvania legislature that threatened to take away small brewers' right to self-distribution helped bring those two sides together. "In December 2009, I got a call from Dave Casinelli, who I never spoke with before, and he left a message saying 'I have something I think you may or may not know about that I'd like to share with you, give me a call,'" Covaleski says. "It was this House Bill 291 here in Pennsylvania that I hadn't been paying attention to at all, and he was reaching down to say 'I don't know if you read this, but it could be significant to you.'"

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A group of North Central College students recently experienced what it's like to make an important presentation in front of corporate executives from all over the world.
Graduates of North Central College earn more income over their lifetimes than peers who graduate from most comparable schools, a new survey finds.
North Central College ranks among the top 15 percent of private, nonprofit schools in the 2011-2012 survey by Payscale.com. The mid-career median salary for North Central College graduates is $81,300, ranking No. 39 out of 303 schools in the private, nonprofit category.
North Central College's Cultural Events welcomes Deepa Kumar, associate professor of media studies and Middle East studies at Rutgers University, to give a free talk titled "Constructing the 'Muslim Enemy': From the Crusades to the 'War on Terror.'" She will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Smith Hall at Old Main. Her talk will examine anti-Muslim racism and its impact on domestic politics and is based on her 2012 book, "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire."
Steve Macek, North Central College associate professor of speech communication and coordinator of urban and suburban studies, had an article published in the September issue of Z Magazine about Northeastern Illinois University Associate Professor of Justice Studies Loretta Capeheart and her battle for academic freedom.
U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks North Central College among America's Best Colleges for 2013.
North Central College is ranked No. 13 in the Midwest in the Regional Universities category—schools that offer a full range of undergraduate and master's degrees. North Central College was ranked No. 23 among Midwest Regional Universities for 2012.
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Four minors, ranging in age from 10 to 14, will be charged with arson today in connection with a barn that was torched in New Site last weekend.
New Site Police Chief John McKelvey said on Thursday afternoon four New Site minors will be charged on Friday morning with burglary in the third degree, theft in the third degree, criminal trespass in the third degree and arson in the second degree.
McKelvey said he received a call from the New Site Volunteer Fire Department Saturday around 2:45 p.m. that the barn at the intersection of Cowpens Road and Crow Road was on fire.
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"One of them took a match and lit a hay bale on fire and it kind of got out of hand from there," he said.
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A NATION CHALLENGED; Qaeda's Grocery Lists And Manuals of Killing
By DAVID ROHDE and C. J. CHIVERS
Published: March 17, 2002
On Aug. 17, 1995, Amir Maawia Siddiqi, the son of a bookshop owner in a small village in Pakistan, set down his oath of allegiance to the jihad.
''I, Amir Maawia Siddiqi, son of Abdul Rahman Siddiqi, state in the presence of God that I will slaughter infidels my entire life,'' he wrote. ''And with the will of God I will do these killings in the supervision and guidance with Harkat ul-Ansar.''
He accepted a code name, Abu Rashid, signed his name and concluded, ''May God give me strength in fulfilling this oath.''
The oath, found in a house in Kabul used by a Pakistani Islamist group, was part of an extensive paper record that fleeing Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters left behind last fall at sites across Afghanistan. Reporters for The New York Times collected over 5,000 pages of documents from abandoned safe houses and training camps destroyed by bombs.
It is a rare collection, the raw, unmediated stuff of the jihadis' lives. Individually, the documents are shards -- as mundane as a grocery list and as chilling as notes for the proper positioning of a truck bomb. But taken together, they tell a rich inside story of the network of radical Islamic groups that Osama bin Laden helped assemble in Afghanistan.
The documents show that the training camps, which the Bush administration has described as factories churning out terrorists, were instead focused largely on creating an army to support the Taliban, which was waging a long ground war against the Northern Alliance.
An estimated 20,000 recruits passed through roughly a dozen training camps since 1996, when Mr. bin Laden established his base of operations in Afghanistan, American officials say. Most received basic infantry training that covered the use of various small arms, as well as antiarmor and antiaircraft weapons and, in some cases, basic demolition, the documents show.
''The vast majority of them were cannon fodder,'' a United States government official said.
A smaller group of recruits was selected for elite training that appeared to prepare them for terrorist actions abroad. ''Observing foreign embassies and facilities,'' was the subject of one Qaeda espionage course. Another taught ''shooting the personality and his guard from a motorcycle.''
Above all, the documents show how far Mr. bin Laden progressed in realizing his central vision: joining Muslim militants, energized by local causes, into a global army aimed at the West. From the mid-1990's on, recruits came to Afghanistan from more than 20 countries, as varied as Iraq and Malaysia, Somalia and Britain.
The young men arrived in Afghanistan under the auspices of several different militant groups, each of which ran training camps. But once there, they received strikingly similar courses of religious indoctrination and military training. Parts of the same Arabic-language terrorist manual were found in houses of three of those groups: Al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Harkat ul-Ansar, the Pakistani group that changed its name to Harkat ul-Mujahadeen and has been linked to the killing of the American journalist Daniel Pearl.
Commingled under that umbrella was a mix of spoken and written languages; in the documents translated by The Times, there were more than half a dozen: Arabic, Urdu, Tajik, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and Russian. A few documents were in English.
This community of militants had progressed so far that it took on the feel of a bureaucracy. There were forms to keep track of ammunition, spending and more. Al Qaeda commanders, like middle managers everywhere, griped about the bosses. In one letter, a commander commiserated with another about their boss's lack of support, and tried to bolster his friend's flagging morale, reminding him, ''Jihad is, by definition, surrounded by difficulties.''
Reporters came upon the documents in musty basements and yards strewn with trash and grenades and mines. Some were streaked with mud, others partly burned. They hardly present a complete picture of Al Qaeda. They show no specific plans for terror operations abroad, and while hinting at an ambition to use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, they contain no evidence that the groups possess them.
They are a decidedly eclectic amalgam. In a house used by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an Islamist publication inveighed against ''the phenomena of the Beatles and the hippies,'' which had ''caused a great danger against the security of America and Europe.'' A National Rifle Association target was found in a Harkat house in Kabul. A few miles away, in a Qaeda house, a sign implored, ''My brother the mujahid, my brother the visitor, please keep the guest house clean.''
Résumés of Holy Warriors
The letter, dated Feb. 26, 1995, was addressed to ''respected emir for ministry of ammunition'' and it announced the arrival at a Harkat safe house of another recruit.
''Brother, Muhammad Afzal, who is with this letter, is coming for the training,'' said the letter from a Harkat official in Pakistan. ''He is master in karate. You can try to take full advantage of him, very hard-working fellow. Blessings to all other fellows.''
Throughout the late 1990's, young men streamed through the Khyber Pass and on to dusty training camps operated by Al Qaeda and other Islamic radical groups. Many carried letters of introduction as proof of their trustworthiness.
Lists found in houses around Afghanistan show that the men came from countries in the Islamic world and beyond: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Bosnia, Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Russia, Britain, Canada and the United States.
The imported military force turned middle-class homes in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar and other cities into headquarters and guest houses, crammed with recruits. Derelict Afghan military bases and fallow fields became training grounds.
A variety of documents, mostly handwritten, offer glimpses of the young men, and of what drew them to the jihad. One document, found in a Kabul house used by Harkat, contains short biographical sketches of 39 recruits. They were all unmarried. Few had gone beyond secondary school. But quite a few, the interviewers noted, had studied the Koran. Several had previously been connected to fundamentalist groups at home. Many, it appears, were asked if their parents had given them permission to join the jihad. Twelve, the document noted, had permission. Fifteen did not.
The list gave this information about a man with the code name Sultan Sajid: ''Son of Mr. Muhammad Anwar, owner of sweet store. Age: 18 years. Status: Unmarried. Education: Matriculate and learned Koran by translation. Knows how to make sweets, and can hunt birds and fish. Five brothers and four sisters. Address: Kamoke District Gujranwala, at Saboki dandian. Got permission from home happily.''
Of a man code-named Hafiz Abu Muhammad, the document says: ''Education: Matriculate, memorized Koran. Knows how to embroider. Served in military for three and a half years. He is fond of jihad; that is why he came to us.''
Sixteen-year-old Hafiz Muhammad Arif was the son of a customs officer and had five brothers and four sisters, one in medical school. ''No permission from home,'' the list says. ''His [family] wanted to send him to America. Impressed by the speech of Mr. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman Khalil,'' Harkat's leader.
Across Kabul, near the Intercontinental Hotel, an ornate, two-story home with a fireplace in the living room had been converted into a Qaeda safe house. There, the lists revealed less personal information; code names were primarily used. But they did record the weapons the men carried.
A man from Yemen, code-named Abu Labath, was armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and three hand grenades. He arrived on May 7, 1999. Abu Qatada al-Madani, a code name suggesting he came from the Saudi city of Medina, arrived on Nov. 29, 1998, armed with a Kalashnikov, an ammunition pouch and hand grenades. He had memorized through the ''second part'' of the Koran and completed ''half of the foundational course.''
Afghanistan was the embodiment of Mr. bin Laden's vision of a global jihad. Radical leaders and foot soldiers met there, networked and bonded, sharing military tactics and religious tracts. The abandoned houses and camps were strewn with inspirational pamphlets, books, videos and CD's, all sounding the call to arms. Central to their message was the re-establishment of the Caliphate, the era of Islam's ascendancy after the death of Muhammad in the eighth century.
The Caliphate ''is the only and best solution to the predicaments and problems from which Muslims suffer today and indubitable cure to the turbulence and internal struggles that plague them,'' said one English-language treatise. ''It will remedy the economic underdevelopment which bequeathed upon us a political dependence on an atheist East and infidel West.''
There was a publication for every count in Mr. bin Laden's indictment of the West.
The cover of a magazine called The Window shows a woman weeping as a cobra bearing the Star of David looms over Muslim protesters at the Dome of the Rock, the holy Islamic site in Jerusalem. A pamphlet with an American soldier superimposed over the holy city of Mecca urges readers, ''Fight until there is no discord and all of religion is for God.'' A yellow paperback book, ''Announcement of Jihad Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Holy Places,'' shows a map of Saudi Arabia encircled by American, French and British flags. Its author was ''Sheik Osama bin Laden.''
Diverse Muslim groups joined Mr. bin Laden's global jihad. Sometimes, they also came seeking help in pressing their own causes back home.
In a Qaeda house in Kabul, there was a public statement from the ''Islamic Battalion, Kurdistan, Iraq,'' dated Nov. 20, 1999, calling on ''the movement for Islamic unity'' to help in the jihad against President Saddam Hussein. There was also a handwritten letter to Mr. bin Laden from an unidentified Russian who said his group needed training for two attacks in Russia.
Harkat members fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, but their true obsession was India's control of the disputed territory of Kashmir. In the moldering basement of the group's Kabul house, amid rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition boxes and land mines, sat boxes of glossy green labels for a recruiting cassette featuring ''sermons of distinguished Muslim scholars'' and ''jihadi poems.''
Fighters from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan had a different agenda: installing an Islamic government in Uzbekistan, and ultimately uniting Central Asia and Xinjiang, a predominantly Muslim region of western China, into an sprawling Islamic theocracy called Turkestan.
''All the Muslim people of Turkestan have lost their patience and have chosen the holy road to emigration for preparing for jihad-in-the-way-of-God,'' said a flier found in the headquarters of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in Mazar-i-Sharif. ''Thank God that all these new immigrants have completed jihad training and are prepared for practical jihad.''
Push-Ups and Sit-Ups
A sprawling training camp in the serene farming village of Rishkhor, 20 miles south of Kabul, is mostly rubble now. Walls are still painted with Koranic verses and slogans invoking the jihad. ''All the Christians, Jews and infidels have joined hands against Afghanistan,'' one poster begins. Bombing by American fighters last fall destroyed all but two of the dozen or so buildings and turned fields into a landscape of craters. The ground is littered with unexploded mines and unspent ammunition. Everywhere there is paper.
Documents from Rishkhor -- where Afghans, Pakistanis and Arabs trained -- along with records, notebooks and manuals found elsewhere in Afghanistan, show that recruits received the kind of regimented, demanding basic training that infantry soldiers get in much of the world, but with steady infusions of Islamic fervor. This is reflected in the ''Rules for the Day'' found at a Harkat house. It declares:
''Follow all Islamic principles.
''Pray five times a day.
''Punctual for food.
''No ammunition training without the permission of the teacher.
''Clean beds and tents once a week.
''Clean the environment.
''Do not leave compound.
''No political discussions.
''No arguments.
''No drugs.
''Go to bed early.''
Physical training began at 6 a.m., according to a schedule found at the house. Calisthenics performance was scrupulously monitored. One morning, a recruit named Abu Turab led his class of 38, knocking off 45 push-ups and 40 sit-ups and crawling 25 meters in 21 seconds, according to a chart.
Abu Rashid was in the middle of the pack, with 30 push-ups, 30 sit-ups and 35 seconds in the crawl. Even injured men took part. Abu Hanza, who the chart noted had a wounded hand, and Asad Ullah, with a wounded leg, did 30 sit-ups each and crawled 25 yards in 23 seconds. (They skipped push-ups.)
Others struggled to make the grade. Saif Ullah took a full 60 seconds to crawl those 25 yards. Others labored to complete a group run. Khalid was ''slightly behind,'' Abdullah ''cannot run along,'' and Asad Ullah ''stopped three times,'' according to the chart. Tipu Sultan appeared to be the worst of all, managing only 11 push-ups and 10 sit-ups and skipping the group run. His name was scratched off the list.
After their workout, recruits took a break, presumably for breakfast, and returned for basic infantry classes from 8:30 to 9:10, 9:15 to 10:40 and 11:10 to 12:35. After lunch and prayers, the afternoon was for Koran study, sports and lectures. Students answered essay questions. ''It is not easy to write on martyrs such as these,'' one said in answering a question on the lives of the great Muslim martyrs. ''The pen does not give them their due.''
Classes at the different camps followed the same basic infantry lesson plan. A training notebook from a recruit named Muhammad Rashid Arghany moved through the use of the Kalashnikov, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, map reading and celestial navigation. The course was highly detailed, and the recruit appears to have taken handwritten notes every step of the way.
Military instruction drew on religious doctrine. ''Without a sign from the leader you should not retreat,'' read the notes of a student in a class on ambush tactics. ''Because the Koran says: 'Do not retreat, but stay steady; in time of war there is no death. My only power is the power of Allah.' ''
The instructor emphasized the importance for gunmen to remain completely still while laying in wait. ''This is very difficult work, and therefore in order to save oneself from melancholy, and selfishness and confusion, you must remain in prayer and meditation on Allah,'' the class notes say.
The notebook goes on to describe how to carry out a coordinated infantry assault, a carefully timed maneuver in which infantrymen advance while support troops on their flank fire directly in front of them. If the timing is off, the advancing soldiers can be killed by the fire of their comrades.
''If he is hit by their own bullets or if the enemy's fire becomes intense, do not become upset, but do your work with patience and care,'' the notes say. The lecturer explained that a soldier killed by his own forces would still be considered a ''shahid,'' or martyr, and be granted immediate entrance to heaven.
Like any army, though admittedly with its own religious and political vernacular, the jihadi network was constantly indoctrinating and building esprit de corps. A quick summary of the ''Goals and Objectives of Jihad'' was found in a Qaeda house:
''1. Establishing the rule of God on earth.
''2. Attaining martyrdom in the cause of God.
''3. Purification of the ranks of Islam from the elements of depravity.''
Another document described the two ''illegitimate excuses for leaving Jihad'' -- ''love of the world'' and ''hatred of death.''
The Qaeda Media Committee made sure past victories were remembered. A flier from one guest house advertised a screening of a new film, ''The Destruction of the American Destroyer Cole.''
''Please let us know your comments and suggestions,'' the committee wrote.
Other notebooks depicted an entirely different type of training: espionage and explosives classes, perhaps for more advanced recruits or those headed to terror cells abroad. (Ahmed Ressam, a Qaeda member convicted of plotting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport during millennium celebrations, testified at a trial in New York last year that he first attended a basic infantry camp and then received advanced training.)
An espionage class notebook, written in neat Arabic but not signed, had the following headings: ''How to use a code, security of operations, security plan, intelligence, intelligence gathering, surveillance, methods of communication, methods of opening envelopes, persuasion, planning for intelligence operations, recruitment, managing assets, choosing an asset.''
''Persuasion,'' for instance, involved ''obtaining information from a person through conversations with him without his realizing the importance of what he is saying.''
There were step-by-step instructions on surveillance: ''Get complete description of person, his habits, his daily errands, his children and his wife, his standing in the community, his skills and educational goals, his income, when he wakes, the best times for inspecting his house, places he goes regularly.''
An Arabic-language explosives curriculum found in the Harkat house gave detailed instructions on how to make and handle a range of substances: nitroglycerin, HMDT, RDX, C-4, C-3, dynamite and ammonium nitrate.
A final section dealt with ''major poisons and poison gasses,'' which ''can be extracted in various ways, and we shall, God willing, review these various ways later.'' The document listed the toxins -- including ricin, botulism and cyanide -- and described how to manufacture and use them.
There were syllabuses for a variety of advanced classes. For one class, a Harkat document listed these ''standards to be achieved'':
''1. Follow the armed person, and kill him quietly.
''2. To be able to patrol closely.
''3. To penetrate at enemy positions with expertise.''
Another Harkat class, this one 65 days long, involved instruction in such matters as ''hit teams'' and ''hijacking of air, bus, ship.'' For yet another, the fourth item on the syllabus was ''Movie, 'Great Escape.' ''
Among the students at one elite 10-day program was a Qaeda recruit named Atta al-Azdi. On his first day, a Sunday, he learned ''shooting the personality and his guard from a motorcycle,'' his class schedule shows. On Monday, he moved along to ''shooting at two targets in a car from above, front and back.''
The training, which included strict limits on the range and number of bullets he could use, wound up with lessons in ''killing personality using R.P.G.,'' a rocket-propelled grenade, and ''killing personality and guards from car.''
An instructor scribbled a one-word evaluation of Mr. Azdi's performance during the final two sessions: ''Good.''
Bureaucracy and Paperwork
Behind the sprawling network of camps lay an extensive bureaucracy. And like every bureaucracy, it churned out paper: expense forms, finance notebooks, computer parts inventories, lists of rented houses.
''Twenty-Second Jihad Division -- Kabul Front'' had its own forms for tracking soldiers and expenses, with the name of its commander, ''Abdul Wakil from Somalia,'' printed in the lower left-hand corner. ''Al Qaeda Ammunition Warehouse'' forms kept an inventory of weapons and munitions.
Officials were hounded to monitor spending. In a testy note dated June 19, 2001, a Qaeda official named Abdel Hadi el-Ansary wrote to a colleague, ''El Shaikh Abu Abdalla had personally emphasized for the second time the necessity of absolutely sending the budget expenditure tables.''
Even the most common expenditures were recorded. ''Bread, vegetables, cooking oil, medicines,'' one expense form read. ''Potatoes, onions, tea, rice,'' read another. One document accounted for an assistant chef's salary of $20 a month.
There were even inventories of martyrs. A computer-generated list found in the Harkat house enumerated each man's ''time of death,'' ''place of death,'' ''cause of death,'' ''where buried,'' and ''number of grave.''
The groups even produced organizational guidelines, including a 28-page Arabic-language document, ''Forming Military Units at the Behest of the Ministry of Jihad,'' found in a Qaeda house.
One page devoted to command structure listed three divisions under the ''executive officer'': ''administrative affairs,'' ''personnel issues'' and ''social work.'' It went on to enumerate various administrative responsibilities, including ''monitoring young men,'' ''attention to administrative affairs of brothers staying for periods of longer than six months,'' and ''undertaking basic services -- food, cleaning clothes, making sure meals are served on time.''
Another page showed how to set up a camp for a battalion of soldiers, with a diagram showing placement of the entrance gate, sleeping quarters, ammunition warehouse, water tank, mosque and headquarters. The camp, the document said, ''is like a beehive,'' where soldiers should ''check and maintain their weapons,'' ''train for combat,'' receive ''moral guidance'' and have ''pure, clean competitions between the various units for excellence.''
There were equipment specifications. Each ''mujahid,'' according to a Harkat document, should get ''uniform, boots, army belt, hat, handkerchief, flashlight, batteries, soap, pencil, jackets, gloves, medicines.''
Mr. bin Laden, who has effectively used the media to fashion an image and spread his message, was also quite interested in what the press was saying about him and his cause. The March 2001 issue of the Qaeda Media Committee's monthly press packet included news articles culled from the Internet with these headlines:
''Taliban Halt Production of Opium.''
''Belgian Intelligence Service Stops Bin Laden Smuggling of Russian Missiles.''
''Jordan: 9 Indictments Against 2 Leaders of Bin Laden's Organization.''
''Taliban Execute 2 Women Accused of Prostitution.''
Under a headline that read ''American State Department: Israel Used Excessive Force'' was a picture of a Israeli soldier picking up the body of an Arab man. The soldier resembled former Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel. Under the picture was a note: ''Barak murdering a Muslim.''
If the jihadi army operated like other organizations, it also displayed much of the usual internal bickering.
Recruits complained about their instructors. ''Thank God for the opportunity to take this course,'' a recruit named Rami wrote in what appeared to be an evaluation of one of his classes. But then he pointed out that ''I'm not sure about the requirements of this course, since the trainer pressures the trainees and stresses their nerves.''
Commanders griped about their bosses. In an Aug. 27, 2001, letter, a commander named Abd al-Hadi al-Ansari commiserated with a colleague, Abd al-Wakil, about how their superior did not support them. He said he had noticed a recent loss of morale in Mr. Wakil and counseled him on how to navigate the frustrations of the bureaucracy.
''Don't let anyone put pressure on you. Don't accept an assignment you cannot implement,'' he wrote. ''Whenever you are given a new assignment, try to create your own team and never choose brothers that are older than you.''
Even the big bosses carped.
''I think that there are no more people who truly trust in good any more,'' said a memo dated June 15, 1998, from a Qaeda house. ''Everyone has trained his followers so that they are only concerned about their own status, name and rank, that they have forgotten everything about following orders and respecting their main leader.''
It was signed ''the servant of Islam Mullah Muhammad Omar.''
Chain of Command
Mr. bin Laden's dream took shape on the desolate Shamali Plain, a broad plateau just north of Kabul where years of trench warfare have turned a belt of vineyards into a maze of wilted vines and jagged stumps. Hundreds of young Muslim men who came from around the world for indoctrination and training in Afghanistan were sent to the front to fight for the Taliban in a grinding war with the Northern Alliance.
Defending the Taliban's hold on Afghanistan was the primary mission of the jihad, and Northern Alliance soldiers spoke with awe of the willingness of Arabs, Pakistanis and other volunteers to die for the cause.
Mr. bin Laden, in a long dispatch to the Muslim faithful found in a house used by Al Qaeda in Kabul, urged them to recognize Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban, as ''the leader of the faithful.''
But for many fighters, the deepest inspiration was Mr. bin Laden himself.
In a handwritten Arabic letter from the trenches north of Kabul, a commander named Oma al-Adani described a dream ''one of the brothers'' had about Mr. bin Laden. ''I was in my bedroom, and I saw the Prophet Muhammad,'' he wrote. ''He looked to his left and saw Fahd, the king of Saudi Arabia, and said, 'Those are not from me, and I am not from them.' ''
''Then he walked and saw Sheik Osama and the martyrs,'' a reference to Mr. bin Laden and his followers, ''and said, 'Those are from me, and I am of them.' ''
The machinery that Mr. bin Laden had assembled answered his call to defend the Taliban. Ledgers, notebooks and letters found in houses used by Al Qaeda and Harkat detailed the movement of soldiers to units stationed north of Kabul. A notebook entitled ''Kabul front'' and written in Arabic appeared to record fighters sent to the front: Bilal, 20, who went to Afghanistan in 1998, and Amir, 23, who arrived in 2000.
Left behind in the trenches of the Shamali Plain are crumpled scraps of paper that reflect the diversity of fighters Mr. bin Laden had drawn to the jihad. In one bunker, Lufti, an Arab recruit, left a note written by two friends, imploring, ''Don't forget us in your prayers while you're gone.'' Pakistani newspapers and cassettes with sermons by radical Pakistani clerics were found a few hundreds yards away. A pay stub for a young Pakistani man named Ahmad Bakhtair lay on the ground outside one bunker. His job title was ''helper,'' according to the stub, and his net salary in May 2001 was 2,655 rupees, or roughly $40.
In another trench, a volunteer left another scrap: a page from Newsday, the Long Island newspaper, dated April 19, 2001.
Today, the young men of Mr. bin Laden's jihad are again in combat, this time against American troops.
The end of their story has not yet been written, but the words of a Harkat recruit who fought against the Northern Alliance in an earlier battle may suggest one.
''I was wounded,'' he wrote in a diary found in a Harkat house. ''Out of four of us, three of us were wounded and the fourth one, Brother Muhammad Siddiq, was martyred. . . . We were taken to the hospital, and there we said farewell to Brother Siddiq. We three are still in search of our home.''
The Jihad Files
Future articles will further examine documents left behind in Afghanistan by Islamic militants.
Photos: This 1995 oath of allegiance by Amir Maawia Siddiqi, handwritten in Urdu, was one small piece of a trove of documents from sites abandoned by Al Qaeda and other militant Islamic groups in Afghanistan. (pg. 1); A training camp near Mazar-i-Sharif. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times); A Kabul house used by Al Qaeda. (Tyler Hicks/Getty Images, for The New York Times); Osama bin Laden on video in June 2001. (Agence France-Presse)(pg. 18); Cased rockets in a Qaeda house in Kabul. (Tyler Hicks/Getty Images, for The New York Times); Bags of books left in a Kunduz building. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)(pg. 19) Chart Various documents found in training camps and safe houses in Afghanistan. Recruiting 1. A blank oath of allegiance to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan found in the home of the group's military commander in Mazar-i-Sharif. The final passage reads, ''I give my oath with Allah as my witness to you that I am ready to be a martyr in order to attain the high goals jihad has striven for and fight with all my heart to the last drop of my blood with a pure mind and patient resoluteness and endure every kind of difficult condition in this jihad movement.'' 2. A cassette tape found in a house in Kabul used by Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, a Pakistani Islamist group. The cassette features ''sermons by distinguished Muslim scholars'' and ''jihad poems.'' The top line says, ''Battle has been fixed as your duty.'' 3. A computer-generated sign found in the Harkat house that reads, ''Live with Honer, Die with Honer.'' 4. A declaration of jihad in Dari from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan found in the home of its military commander in Mazar-i-Sharif. One passage reads, ''To release these innocent people from the claws of the oppressors, to return the thousands of closed mosques and schools to the Muslims, for our higher goals to erect and impose the rule of Islam and Islamic law, we mention this only solution, jihad.'' 5. A book found in a house used by Al Qaeda in Kabul: ''Announcement of Jihad Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Holy Places,'' by Sheik Osama bin Laden. Life in the Camps 6. A 1999 Harley-Davidson motorcycle calendar found in a house used by Al Qaeda in Kabul. 7. A handwritten sign found in a Qaeda house in Kabul: ''Dear mujahid, without insisting, no admittance.'' 8. A diagram from a Qaeda manual on establishing an encampment for an infantry battalion, showing the proper placement of sleeping quarters, headquarters, ammunition storage, horse grounds, mosque and training fields. 9. A registration form for Harkat's Khalid bin Whalid training camp. The form says ''Jihad'' on the top of the page, and common Islamic prayers cover the group's seal. The form asks for a recruit's name, age, nationality, religious education, code name, skills, languages, military experience and blood type. 10. A sign found in a Qaeda house in Kabul that says, ''My brother the mujahid, my brother the visitor, please keep the guest house clean.'' 11. A copy of Al Murabitan, an Arabic-language magazine published in Kabul named after the Arab and Berber warriors who conquered Spain in the eighth century. 12. A handwritten Nov. 21, 2000, letter from an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan official urgently requesting boots for ''mujahid soldiers,'' ''madrasa students'' and ''the elderly and the sick.'' 13. A March 21, 2001, receipt for ''onions, carrots, yogurt, cooking oil and apples,'' found in an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan house. 14. A notebook from an espionage class found in a Qaeda house in Kabul. Some notebooks sold in the region are made out of scrap paper from other countries. Organization 15. A list of bullets, grenades and other munitions, found in an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan house. 16. A ''22nd Jihad Brigade'' expenditure form found in a Qaeda house in Kabul. Thank you is printed in the lower right corner. 17. A ''monthly expenses'' form dated May 22, 2001, listing ''sweet potatoes, onions, tea, rice,'' found in a Qaeda house in Kabul. 18. An Aug. 8, 2001, receipt for petroleum, found in an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan house. 19. An inventory listing mines, antitank weapons, fuses and grenades, found in an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan house. 20. Harkat letterhead stationery found in a house in Kabul. 21. A Dec. 28, 1999, receipt for elementary school textbooks for children of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan fighters. 22. The cover page of ''Various Selections,'' a packet of news articles culled from the Internet by the ''Qaeda Media Committee.'' The March 2001 cover page promotes articles with headlines like ''Barak Kills a Muslim,'' ''Taliban Halt Production of Opium,'' and ''Russian and Indian Weapons Go to Opposition.'' 23. A May 29, 2001, news roundup published by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan that cites a report accusing Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries of human rights abuses. A second item describes a new Taliban decree ordering Hindus ''to wear a badge and dress in yellow clothes so they are distinguished from others.'' The report adds that the American and Indian governments and other ''opposition forces'' criticized the decree. 24. A page from a Qaeda media packet showing a British Broadcasting Corporation Web site article about the release of one of the group's training videos. Letters 25. A handwritten letter describing a recruit's dream about Osama bin Laden, found in a Qaeda house in Kabul. It says the Prophet Muhammad appeared in the dream, and ''he walked and saw Sheik Osama and the martyrs,'' and said, '''Those are from me, and I am of them.''' 26. A June 15, 1998, letter from Mullah Muhammad Omar to ''all Taliban members young and old,'' found in a Qaeda house in Kabul. Mullah Omar complains that his orders are not being followed. 27. A letter from Osama bin Laden, found in a Qaeda house in Kabul, urging Muslims to recognize Mullah Omar as ''the leader of the faithful.'' It adds, ''I send you this call at a time when the blood of innocent children is being shed and where Muslim holy sites continue to be violated in more than one place under the supervision of the New International Order.'' American Sources 28. An official National Rifle Association target found in a Harkat house in Kabul. 29. A page from a United States Marine Corps manual describing sniper training, found in a Harkat house in Kabul. 30. An owner's manual for an American-made Maverick 88 pump action shotgun found in a training camp south of Kabul. 31. An English-language children's book about two boys' adventures with George Washington, found in a Qaeda house in Kabul. 32. The table of contents for The Poisoner's Handbook, found in a Harkat house in Kabul. 33. A flight simulator manual made by a company in Willowbrook, Ill., found in a Harkat house in Kabul. 34. A sheet of scrap paper found in a Harkat house in Kabul used to print a computer test page and a list of martyrs. (pg. 18) Chart/Map: ''A Network of Networks'' Various Islamist groups operated and shared camps across Afghanistan where they made contacts, shared tactics and bonded with one another. Guest house for members and trainees Map of Afghanistan highlighting training camp locations of Al Qaeda, Harkat ul Mujahedeen, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and other groups. (pg. 19)


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Rebirth Brass Band Because of the crappy weather (hooray, flash floods!), Rebirth Brass Band cannot make it down to Portland and are therefore playing another
Rebirth Brass BandBecause of the crappy weather (hooray, flash floods!), Rebirth Brass Band cannot make it down to Portland and are therefore playing another show here in town at the High Dive for $8. If you missed out on last night's shindig at the Tractor because it was sold out, it's your lucky day. Sometimes crappy weather works out in our favor, eh? Show starts at 10 p.m. In case you need a refresher, I'm reposting Erik Neumann's blurb on these guys: The Rebirth Brass Band is one of the longest running, most
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After two weeks of urging Congress to embrace his plan to shave $4 trillion off the projected national debt, Obama said other options must be on the negotiating table with the Aug. 2 deadline just days away. Those include a complex proposal that Senate negotiators were working on to find smaller savings and establish a new framework for tax and entitlement reform.
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Edit: I reworked this piece a little and updated also the print. I hope you like my tweaks. If you want to compare with the old version see here.
This is now the complete work to my previous deviation Alchemy Mandala. The main elements are the hexagram or David's Star and a special 10-pointed multidimensional star, surrounded by triskelions, the tree of life, a dove of peace and celtic elements.
I did some minor changings on the upper elements but basically it is the same. I created this work especially fo my own wall at home, I printed it on large canvas. I hope you enjoy it, too.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by jrbeyers Best of Detoit From the moment I walked in, until the time I left, I found the staff to be exceptionally friendly , helpful and professional. The hotel itself was, as expected, well appointed and elegant. April 28, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Sunnybuns Stay & Tiger Game It was very convenient staying at the Westin Book, close walk to Comerica Park. The room was okay, very clean, the bed was a good, we slept well. My husband did not think the room was setup well, it had a nice tv but no where to comfortably watch only from the bed. April 28, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Frankie14 Love Westin Cadillac Detroit, but pls fix the wifi Great hotel. Very convenient for my weekly business travel. I have no complaints except for one thing. The wifi. Fix this and I will stay here every week for the next couple of months. April 25, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by MoTownVisitor Would get 5 Stars if Internet Worked I loved this hotel. The rooms are incredibly comfortable and spacious. I love the newly remodeled bathrooms with lots of counterspace. The staff is very friendly and accomodating. I would give this Westin 5 stars...if the internet worked. I travel for business and often find myself going to coffee shops in order to accomplish what I need to. The connectivity is so bad Facetime and Skype don't work - so I only get to chat with my family while away on business. April 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by maf410 Amazing hotel, awful wifi! We stay here every week and are greeted by a very friendly staff. We like the restaurant options in the hotel, and the rooms are great. HOWEVER, I often try to do work at night and it is impossible given the weak wifi. I know this is a problem for everyone on my team. April 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Christoph Iconic Detroit Downtown hotel... Good choice in Downtown Detroit. Good recognition of SPG Platinum status with upgrade and breakfast vouchers whenever lounge is closed. Continental breakfast was of good quality. April 22, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by TommyzNYC Back In Motown I last visited this property in 1983 for my high school homecoming . A year later it was closed and sat empty for a long time. The restoration of this hotel was fantastic. Huge rooms. quiet floors. friendly staff. Just amazing. April 22, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Hotsauce The Hotel Needs Work! Issues with the following: No Shampoo in room Printer "Not working -- could not print boarding pass. Gift Shop -- bag of Chocolate Stale. Overcharged by $11.43 post checkout. April 18, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jo808 Excellent Location Excellent location in a safe neighborhood, quality service, comfortable accommodations April 14, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by matz67 weekend in detroit excellent hotel, staff and location great. April 14, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by MichiganFamily3 Another great stay My son & I attended a show at the Fillmore and this location is perfect. We valet the car, check into the room, and are able to walk to the show in a few minutes. We did the same thing last year and will do it again next time we're in the area. Just a side note, the lobby is on the second floor. It's a little confusing when you walk in and we didn't see any signs that said where the lobby was so we asked another guest. From there it's a quick check-in, the staff is very friendly and the rooms are nice. Also it's $8.50 per day to use the internet and I was charged twice for this. I called the billing discrepancy line and they took off the extra charge. April 10, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by JennyT This hotel had very spacious rooms. Clean, modern & good location. April 7, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by TJW186 Great Location and Excellent Service The staff was very accomadating and very helpfull. They were quick to offer suggestions about local dining options and were right on the money with their descriptions and suggestions. Great location for being in downtown Detroit. The weather was perfect for a walk to the Joe for a Red Wings game. April 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by 63Saint Westin Detroit Treat we'll as a platinum member upon check-in. Received an up grade. Thank you. The room was very nice and a great view. We did not like the method of keeping the bathroom warm. It remain cold all the time. Lounge closed on weekend. As a platinum member I had to pay a $5 per person up charge in order to have a full breakfast. Stayed in many other properties and never had than happen. Disappointed with the service. Good hotel beside the two things pointed out. March 31, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Nemo1 Dirty Room The staff let us check in early which was great. When we got to the room the sink had toothpaste all over it and water marks from soap, it had not been cleaned. I cleaned it myself because they let us check in early. It had two double beds with only one bathrobe which wasn't even a bathrobe. It reminded me of a lab coat it was so thin. There was no vent to turn on in the bathroom. The next day when checking the room to make sure nothing was left behind I had the luxury of discovering they had never vacuumed under the one bed it was disgusting. I'm glad we were part of a wedding block because if I had paid full price I would have been ticked. Staff was friendly but I would highly suggest looking at your maid service a little closer. March 23, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by KCAT Okay it have been better The hotel staff placed my room next to an employee entry door. The staff slam the door all throughout the night and I kept getting woke up by talking employees and the door slamming. When I told the front they seem to already know the door slams loudly…. So why haven't they fixed it!!! March 18, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by NG4682 This hotel appears nice but is not We had an unfortunate experience at the Westin Book Cadillac. My crew and I were there for business and I had as many complaints form my crew about our stay and the inflexibility of the managers so as to make it more difficult to do the job at hand away from the hotel itself. Noise was also a problem and when problems were reported we were treated as the problem itself. March 18, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by karedaw Enjoyable stay We were in town for a sporting event. The location of the hotel to Ford Field was a huge bonus in that is was walking distance. The room was clean, quiet and looked updated. We ate in grille24 for dinner and it was excellent. March 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Pugzilla44 Hotel I Loved this hotel it was Beautiful on the inside, The staff was Very friendly and helpful. I would stay here anytime I am in the area!! March 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by MichiganFamilyTraveler March 15 2014 at Book Cadillac Detroit All hotel employees we encountered were friendly and well-trained. Great job at this location. March 16, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by LH62013 Great hotel and staff My expectations were exceeded at every level. The front office staff were exceptional. The food and service in the restaurants and club level was also exceptional. I will be back and recommend this hotel to my colleagues when visiting Detroit. March 15, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Pinkie75 $4400 Incidental Hold On Our Bank Account!!! Arrived at 7pm on a Friday and our room was not ready. When we finally got to our room, there was no crib for our 9 month old which we had previously requested and asked for again at check-in. I will say that the large room was very nice and clean. The bed and linens were also very comfy. We are unhappy with this hotel because of the hold put on our credit/debit card. A hold that would normally be, on average, $50 to $100 for incidentals, but ended up being $4400!!!!!! YES, you read that right, that's four THOUSAND four hundred dollars!!!!!!!! I am not kidding. We just about died when the bank told us that. We thought the bank put a hold on our federal tax refund, but no, it was $4400 being held by the Westin. I called and spoke to Diedra today and she was supposed to transfer me to a manager, but of course I got disconnected instead. I was unable to call back because I was on the road again and of course they never bothered to call back either. We will also be on a close watch of our account because we only used credit/debit for incidentals and payed cash for the room. We didn't receive a receipt at check-in nor one under our door in the morning. Hopefully the girl at the desk didn't pocket our money. Still haven't heard from them and I'm sure no one did or found anything wrong, but our bank told us differently. I only recommend this hotel because the room was nice and there isn't much to choose from downtown. March 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by JosieD Weekend at the Westin As soon as the attendant checked us in she let me know they had upgraded our room what a pleasant surprise. We really felt the staff could not have been nicer and the location was great for all our travels around the city. We will be staying with them again soon I hope. March 12, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by mjb60 hotel was great but Everything at the hotel was great until checkout called for our car from valet from the room .checked out then waited over 45 minutes to get our car wound up being late for the event we were going to ruined our whole experience will never stay again. March 10, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by EvanRobertReed Above the rest, below expectations I am not sure about the other reviews, but I did not have that type of experience. Rude, inattentive, unhelpful staff and dirty common areas (very dirty). Payed for the self park, but the garage was full when we returned that night. Hotel staff said to Valet, at no additional charge, yet for a single night stay we were charged both the self park and Valet rate. Not what you come to expect from a Westin. Would not stay again. March 10, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by PattyMarie Elegant, Pristine, Underated As a Platinum member I stay at a great many Starwood properties (last year >80; year-to-date >25). Of all the properties I have stayed at this location was the most elegant, the cleanest, and the biggest value ($250). The Lounge was excellent (clean, nice furniture, excellent breakfast); the staff were friendly and accommodative. If you have not stayed here I would recommend that you do so. March 1, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Pat1962 Excellent Stay There wasn't anything that I really could improve upon during my stay. A continental breakfast would have been nice though. February 27, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Jackee Maidservice And Other Features The maidservice was good and prompt. There needs to be some improvement though: The first night, the ice machine was not working. Also, even though the room was cleaned, when sitting down to read, I noticed quite a bit of dust on the lamps,clock, as well as in the bathroom. I noticed a smudge on the other bedspread which led me to wonder if the spread on the bed I was using was really clean. I wanted to use the ice bucket, and noticed the inside of the lid was dirty. The coffeemaker also appeared dirty. I think it would be more hygienic to have wrapped wooden coffee stirrers/spoons, instead of sitting out in the open. And, don't be so stingy on the creamer. I was surprised that there were no plastic bags in the trashcans, so I placed some of the plastic grocery bags I had in the cans. Using plastic bags helps to keep the cans clean, eliminating odors, etc., and makes it easy to just toss the bag & replace. I did not care for the food nor the menu from one of the restaurants, & the wait was too long for someone to even bring me a menu. I started to get up and leave. Not good for their high prices, & they need to print a menu someone can look at and understand. Having a beverage machine on each floor, & even snack machine would be most helpful, especially when one is thirsty or desires a drink. The first time I tried to use the elevator, it did not work for me. It would have been most helpful if the staff at the counter would have pointed out that one must enter their room key in a slot, then press the desired floor for the elevator to operate. That was most frustrating. I was disappointed that you did not have a hotel shuttle. This would have been most helpful. I did like the large screen tv and the fact that one could swivel it around to face the bed. February 26, 2014


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Morning all. Recession? What recession? Oh, that recession: The city's development, business, and legal elite gathered last night for the D.C. Building Industry Association's annual awards dinner, but the Washington Hilton ballroom was not quite as full as it had been in recent years. Still, a whole lot of folks were there to leap to their feet when Mayor Adrian M. Fenty accepted an award for his contributions to the development community. The development community, of course, has contributed right back.
There, and looking fab: fellow awardees Linda Argo, Leila Finucane Edmonds, Harriet Tregoning, and Neil Albert (who earned whoops and shouts from the crowd), not to mention Gabe Klein and George Hawkins, plus Jack Evans and Mary Cheh. And outside—about 20 Empower D.C. protesters.
Later this morning, Fenty and Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray are scheduled to make a rare appearance together. The occasion? The unveiling of Bud Doggett Way on the 1000 block of H Street NW, named in honor of the parking mogul, political fundraiser, and philanthropist who died late last year. Harry Jaffe, in his Examiner column, sees 'both irony and sadness' that it's Doggett bringing the two enemies together. 'He was perhaps the only man in town who could have brought the two into a room, slapped them around and forced them to make peace...."Bud is the only guy who could have brought Gray and Fenty together and said: 'Stop fighting. This is not good for the city,'" said one big time player in Washington who knows both the mayor and the council chairman.'
Killer scoop from Nikita Stewart at D.C. Wire: Sources tell her they've been contacted by FBI background investigators regarding Dan Tangherlini—indicating that an Obama administration position may be in the offing for the city administrator. Fenty played "coy," she writes: '"The only comment I can make...we always let them (the Obama administration) take the lead," he said. Was that a yes? D.C. Wire asked. "I know what yes sounds like," Fenty said....Fenty would not disclose whether he has talked to the Obama administration or the FBI about Tangherlini. He said he talks to federal authorities often. "I'm not at liberty to comment on any of our conversations," Fenty said.'
RELATED—Read (the first few paragraphs) of Jonathan O'Connell's Biz Journal story on how D.C. administrators have been cozying up to federal cabinet officials. 'Between Fenty, City Administrator Dan Tangherlini, Deputy Mayor Neil Albert and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, the city has met — often multiple times — with the chiefs of the federal Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior and Transportation departments.' Says Dan Tan, 'interaction between the two governments is happening "at an unprecedented level" and the Obama administration seems intent on making the District a positive example of spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.'
EARLY CW—Tangherlini is closest thing Fenty has to an indispensable man. Who steps in to the CA slot if it's true?
ANOTHER NIKITA SCOOP—Fenty budget director Will Singer is leaving to go to Northwestern Law.
Fenty & Friends lay down the law on the anti-crime bill: Pass it as an emergency June 2, or blood will flow in the streets! Or something like that. LL's covered the rhetorical excesses at play here. But you can also read Theola Labbé-DeBose's very nice WaPo story, which contains this lovely understatement: 'Fenty's announcement sets up a possible showdown with council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large), chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary.' And WTTG-TV, too!
Examiner's Michael Neibauer examines the fate of fallow city-owned lot near Mount Vernon Square. 'The fence had been pushed to the ground. The still-padlocked gate was disconnected from the fence. The lot was covered in garbage. And the weeds had grown taller than the average adult. While D.C. leaders are moving to secure vacant buildings and properties left to languish by private owners...it is unclear how much effort the District puts into caring for city-owned buildings that have fallen into disrepair, or city-owned lots that have overgrown.' Fun to see Cary Silverman and Jack Evans quoted in the same article again.
Fenty and Gray both talk vouchers before congressional panel reviewing the budget yesterday, Gary Emerling reports in WaTimes. Fenty to Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), who suggested voucher expansion: 'I think that has tremendous merit, Congresswoman....I think [the Obama proposal] is a great foundation to figure out just how much stronger you make the program. And so we're open to it and we'd be glad to discuss it further.' And Gray tells Emerson he'd 'be happy to have any discussions you would wish around this issue....I certainly, like the mayor, am committed to having the strongest possible public education system we can have in the District of Columbia," the chairman said.'
ALSO—Nat Gandhi: D.C. unemployment will hit 11.5 percent. 'Gandhi said he expects that the city's economic conditions will continue to deteriorate as employment and wages decrease and office vacancies rise.'
The Ticket Tussle is back! Vincent Gray fires off terse letter to Fenty asking for the council's share of tickets; Fenty tells LL the usual nothings. Also WaPo, WTOP, WUSA-TV, WTTG-TV. Says Nationals Enquirer of Fenty, 'What a jerk.'
In other epistolary matters: Gray also answers Michelle Rhee's Tuesday letter warning of grave consequences if the council follows through on enrollment-based budget cuts. Gray's letter, according to Bill Turque, 'strongly suggests that while there are legitimate differences over the numbers, there are also larger tensions that have been simmering for months. Gray by several accounts is exasperated by what he sees as the evasive and disclosure-averse culture that dominates the Fenty-Rhee camp. That resentment is embedded throughout tonight's four-page letter.' For one thing, Gray wants a demographic report done by Brookings/Urban Institute/21st Century School Fund, 'what is obviously a seminal document' in the enrollment dispute.
Eastern Market will reopen June 26. Housing Complex has the pertinent info and some sweet pix. Also see WaPo, AP.
IN BIZ JOURNAL—Lotsa good stuff. City, business collaborate on economic development strategy to prep for stimulus funds; Q&A with broker Darian LeBlanc, 'the prince of NoMa'; HPRB chair Tersh Boasberg remembers historic downtown; and O'Connell does a Q&A with Nat Gandhi and a profile of Kwame Brown: 'Brown has been on a mission to help D.C.'s businesses and keep a watchful eye on the dozens of public-private real estate deals the city is aggressively pursuing in the midst of the economic downturn. Never in the last 20 years have so many partnerships been proposed, and all of them must pass Brown's desk before they go anywhere.'
Metro board panel signs off on bank-card plan, Kytja Weir reports for Examiner and Lena Sun reports for WaPo. 'The finance committee gave its approval, and if the full board votes for the idea this month, the agency will solicit proposals from financial institutions that would be responsible for issuing and managing the cards. Proposals would be evaluated this fall and could include plans that use mobile phones, officials said. However, it would be several years before such a system could be in place.'
ALSO—Expanded cell phone coverage will be in place at the 20 busiest stations by fall; it'll be three more years, though, before you'll be able to hold on to those calls in tunnels.
More litigation among fire investigators, WaPo reports: Following in the footsteps of Greg Bowyer and Gerald Pennington, investigators Wesley Hamilton and Joseph Mitchell file a federal lawsuit alleging race discrimination in the decision to take them off the job following 2004 Georgetown fire.
Chief Judge Lee Satterfield discusses the state of the D.C. courts, and Legal Times covers. They need more room, like always, and there's this bad news: 'Satterfield told the room that while the court was making progress making more dockets available online, it would still be a while before the court began posting PDFs of actual documents. "It's not imminent," Satterfield said.'
Man shot to death around 9:30 p.m. yesterday at 7th and N Streets NW.
Rev. Henry Gaston, pastor of Johnson Memorial Baptist Church and president of the Missionary Baptist Ministers' Conference of D.C. & Vicinity, yaps to WaTimes about gay marriage: 'At one time, preachers were very powerful in this town as far as getting respect from elected officials like the [D.C.] Council....Today, however, it is as though they think we're asleep, but we will let them know we are fully alert.'
As promised, executive witnesses don't show for council fishy fire truck probe.
Turque pens a requiem for MEI Futures Academy, the residential charter school for teen mothers that had its charter revoked last month. 'For Tequila Green, 18, MEI Futures Academy was a haven, a one-of-a-kind D.C. residential charter school where she could wake up with her 2-year-old daughter in a dorm-style room, have breakfast in the cafeteria and drop her at the on-site nursery before her first class of the day....Staff members contend that the school has made significant strides and that the board's revocation was unfairly abrupt compared with the forbearance extended to other struggling schools....According to outside audits, interviews and staff reports, MEI lacked a coherent curriculum for its 50 students, with just two on track to graduate this spring. Last year, not one of the 15 10th-graders who took the DC-CAS standardized test achieved proficiency in reading or math.'
Robert Cane of FOCUS pens Examiner op-ed telling politicos to keep their hands off charters.
Julian Stafford, OSSE's executive director of research and evaluation, is a finalist for the Montgomery, Ala., superintendent's job.
WaPo 'Going Out Guru' Fritz Hahn is all over ABC Board's decision to revoke the licenses of two Adams Morgan establishments for not selling enough food. 'Bossa and Bobby Lew's Saloon have a stay of 10 days in which they can file a motion for reconsideration from the board. If the appeals are not successful, the liquor licenses will simply disappear — they cannot be sold or transferred to new businesses....In interviews and in testimony before the board, representatives for both restaurants admitted that they are not currently complying with the law, but both claim there are mitigating circumstances.'
From WAMU-FM's David Schultz: Vets come to D.C. to appeal medical and retirement claims often end up on the streets.
WashCycle breaks down the Pedestrian Master Plan. Also WRC-TV: 'Corcoran students took to the streets of Georgetown to dramatize the dangers that pedestrians face.'
The Tommy Wells bag bill is through committee(s). GGW, too.
14th Street Bridge work, originally scheduled to start Monday, is delayed until May 26, WTOP reports.
The body of Hau Nguyen, dead after jumping into the Potomac River after a young boy, has still not been positively ID'd, leading to family anguish, WUSA-TV reports.
Examiner, WAMU-FM, NC8 cover Third Church of Christ, Scientist tear-down decision.
Legal Times covers the Tony Williams move to Arent Fox.
WUSA-TV covers possible Howard Theater rehab.
WTTG-TV covers Court Appointed Special Advocates' new program.
Five Guys voluntarily closes two D.C. locations after Inside Edition finds rats outside.
PoP gets results!
John Feinstein on the Caps: 'The Redskins will always be this area's obsession, but the Caps are here to stay as an important part of Washington's sports culture. The fans who poured out in droves all winter aren't going away. They're all-in now, and they know that this team is going to compete at the top levels for years.'
So long to Washington's Finest, the quarterly WaTimes magazine 'about food, health and fashion.'
D.C. COUNCIL TODAY—10 a.m.: Committee on Economic Development roundtable on PR18-128 ("District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission Bryan Scottie Irving Confirmation Resolution of 2009") and PR18-129 ("District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission Viraj V. Gandhi Confirmation Resolution of 2009"), JAWB 123.
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Bob Timmons Dec 4, 2012 10:22 AM
in response to Aitchb65
The 1 means the AE needs a Firmware update
Not necessarily. The "1" will display for any number of reasons. If you click directly on the "1", what happens?
We understand that you have a new A1392 model of the Express and you are trying to configure it to "extend". What is the model number of the "other" AirPort Expess that you have? Look on the side of the Express to locate the Model No if you are not sure. Does this AirPort Express also display in AirPort Utility?
Aitchb65 Dec 4, 2012 12:55 PM
in response to Bob Timmons
Bob thanks for your quick reply. Nothing happens if I click on the "1" If the faulty setup "extend" is up then the only option (apart from the menu bar) is "forget this AE"
The other is A 1264. They both display in Airport utility.
Bob Timmons Dec 4, 2012 1:25 PM
in response to Aitchb65
I will assume that A1264 is your "main" AirPort Express and is functioning normally. Click "Forget" on the "new" Express in AirPort Utility.
Since your "new" Express is dual band, do you plan to make this your "main" router?
The reason that I ask is that your A1264 Express is not simultaneous dual band, so the "new" Express will only "extend" one band if you configure the new "Express" to extend a wireless network.
If you want to be able to take advantage of the dual band capability of the "new" Express, that is the device that needs to be connected to your modem. Then the A1264 Express can "extend" one band for better coverage.
Or, if you want to leave the A1264 Express "as is" and use the "new"Express to extend the signal, you can go that way as well.
Which do you want?
Aitchb65 Dec 5, 2012 1:14 AM
in response to Bob Timmons
Hi Bob in Texas,
The old AE is not dual band as you pointed out in a previous post so I will try to use the old one as the extender and the new one will just be an Airplay device in the lounge.
..."You could use a "previous version" AirPort Express, Model No A1264 to "Extend", or the "new" AirPort Express, Model No A1392, for that purpose.
If your AirPort Extreme is a simultaneous dual band product, then the "new" Express would be able to "extend" both bands. The "previous" AirPort Express (Model A1264) would be able to extend only one band, since it is not a dual band device...."
I'll let you know if that works or if the problem continues. I do not think I need dual band (yet!)
Henry from France
Aitchb65 Dec 5, 2012 1:44 AM
in response to Bob Timmons
Tried that but I get the same result trying to use the old one. Updating/flashing green light on Airport Utility then ! plus a 1 in a red circle. Then the green light goes out, no ! and it says "reding settings on AE" then "Device not found" "Forget?" *
Back to square one.
I have a "Livebox" which is the French ADSL or Broadband Internet box supplied by Orange France. It is wifi. The two AEs are wifi connected to (I presume) the iMac running 10.8.2 Mountain Lion. I can set them both up as Airplay devices, no problem.
* I just "forgot" the old AE powered off then on. AU found it and I reset it back to "Join a network" All Ok.
So how do I use one as an extender?
PS Cant attach a small Jpeg image so this is the setup on AU...
AEnew AEold
Bob Timmons Dec 5, 2012 6:43 AM
in response to Aitchb65
So how do I use one as an extender?
Unfortunately, an Apple device cannot "extend" the signal from your Livebox.
"Extend" is an Apple to Apple feature, so you must have one Apple device producing the wireless signal and another Apple device to extend it.
So, your network must look like this:
Livebox > Ethernet connection to AirPort Express to create a wireless signal > then wireless connection to the other Express to extend the signal.
Aitchb65 Dec 5, 2012 9:24 AM
in response to Bob Timmons
I think I see what you mean. I'll try to do that meanwhile can you tell me the average wirless range in a newish house of an AE?
Meanwhile thanks.
Bob Timmons Dec 5, 2012 10:23 AM
in response to Aitchb65
I'll try to do that meanwhile can you tell me the average wirless range in a newish house of an AE?
As a very general rule of thumb, a typical wall of sheetrock or wallboard and 2 x 4s will absorb...on average....about 15-20% of the signal. A ceiling will absorb 25-30% since it is much thicker.
After 3 or 4 walls, or a ceiling and a few walls, there won't be much of the signal left.
So the question is not really range, but obstructions. Minimize obstructions as much as possible.
Aitchb65 Dec 10, 2012 3:36 AM
in response to Aitchb65
Using 2 Airport Express to extend the Wi-Fi Range and set-up Airplay.
I recently had problems in doing just that and was helped by a contributor Bob Simmonds. (Thanks Bob for all your time) You might I hope find this helpful.
AE A1264 (1st Gen 802.11a/b/g/Draft N)
AE A1392 (2nd Gen 802.11a/b/g/n simultaneous dual-band)
Airport Utility Version 6.1 (AU)
iMac Mountain Lion
French ADSL or Broadband modem with Wi-Fi
This is what I did…
First, after several attempts to configure the AEs, I did a Factory default on both. (Unplug, use a paperclip to hold in the reset button while you plug in the AE, wait until the light flashes fast, release)
The first AE is connected by ETHERNET CABLE to the ISPs Modem*. This is confirmed in AU by a solid white line between the big world and the AE. A dotted line means it is a Wireless connection.
Open AU and wait until the AE is recognised which can take up to a minute. Click on the AE Image and click on « edit ». Or look for it in « Other Base Stations »
In the window that opens click on the tab « Base Station »:
Name the Base station and give it a password.
Open the next tab « Internet »
Connect using : DHCP (the rest is automatic)
Open the next tab « Wireless»
Network Mode « Create a Wireless Network »
Name the Wireless Network you wish to create.
Set your security Password
Open the next tab « Network»
Router Mode « Off (Bridge Mode) »
Open the next tab « Airplay» and check box « Enable Airplay »
Plug in the second AE, in my case it is the A1392
Wait for it to be recognised. It will appear adjacent to the first AE with a dotted line (Wireless connection). Click on the second AE's icon. Click on « edit »
Open the tab « Base Station »
Name it and set a password (same for both in my case)
Open the next tab « Internet »
Connect using : DHCP (the rest is automatic)
Open the tab « Wireless»
Network Mode « Extend a Wireless Network »
Choose the Wireless Network just created
Set your security Password
The contents Under the tab « Network » will be greyed out.
Open the next tab « Airplay» and check box « Enable Airplay »
If the AEs are shown with a steady green spot to their left all should be OK
If either of the AEs are shown with a blinking green spot to their left or an exclamation mark and/or a number in a red circle to the right then there is a problem. The number indicates the number of problems. You may see a short list of them when you click on the AE icon.
If there is a problem and the AE Icon only gives you the option to « forget » then click on « forget » unplug thje AE and replug it in again to start over. I had this a few time and so resorted to a Factory default reset.
I also had aproblem using the ETHERNET CABLE the first caused problems during setup. Changed it and it seemed better.
* If you want full use of the I simultaneous dual-band feature of the new AE then make it the main base station. I
If anyone sees any errors please tell me.