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The short of it is that Jeremy Scahill has claimed discovery of a secret prison. He may be part of a trending influx of western journalists now proclaiming their arrival with bombastic terms and seeking flamboyant scoops. In June, Peter Greste, writing for the Telegraph, proclaimed himself " the first Western journalist to truly penetrate Somalia's badlands" and now Scahill twitters his book jacket quality photo heralding his unembedded status to the world. Although he insists he was there to investigate targeted killings (he was in the wrong city) on his first trip to Somalia, Scahill seemed more eager to promote his visit than any factual data as he distributed a pre-article photo of himself wearing sunglasses and crouching, apparently to avoid sniper fire, while his bemused Somali guards stand around and look down on him.
To be fair, western journalists in Somalia are rare compared to Afghanistan or Iraq. Most have to badger their editors to gamble on a new angle as well as justify the high cost and risk to hire security. Then they must endure the long flight to Mogadishu, the memorable heat and spartan conditions to cover what might turn out to be a non-story.
Most choose to do the AU/African Union peacekeeping (AMISOM) tour, and if they are unused to the amount of flying projectiles Mogadishu's residents live with on a regular basis, they do a fair bit of crouching and gesticulating about the dangers and business of covering the war rather than providing insight on the actual fighting. The Beeb sends in a blue kevlar-swaddled correspondent on a regular basis, but even the experienced Andrew Harding dipped into the familiar cinematic intro before getting down to reporting. Somali journalists aren't usually given the luxury of explaining just how dangerous it is.
Due to the amount of uncertainty beyond Mogadishu's greenish zone, most of the media coverage of Somalia is done from the cooler, greener hills of Nairobi. For those who can't convince their employers to send them to Mog, there always is the Kenyan-based NGO dog and pony's to Dadaab refugee camp or better yet a barely comprehensible but much cheaper sat phone interview with one of the many chatty pirate spokespeople. If you can't convince a publication to front the dough...well you can always just show up as a tourist if you need some free publicity.
The bottom line is that for most belt-tightening media organizations, Somalia is just too expensive and of little interest to the western news outlets. So if they are paying the tab you better come back with a scoop. Failing that you better have some good promo reel stuff for your next assignment. In the meantime, the real coverage of Somalia is left to underpaid and under-appreciated Somali journalists. Somalia is dangerous for western journalists and reporters should be prepared. Kidnapping incidents involving Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan remain in the profession's situational awareness. The freelancers went to visit a Mogadishu area refugee camp in August of 2008 and found themselves hostages as they returned. In the north a British writer and Spanish photographer were grabbed in November of 2008 by former president's bodyguards hired to protect them in Bosaso. Both events inspired books from each group. Although things have changed since 2008, a trickle of journos do their best to stimulate interest in the region but with little success. So Somalis welcome the investment of time and energy by any foreign journalist and will share the risks – if the goal is to provide awareness of real and meaningful events.
Secret and Torture Allegations"the worst kept secret in Mogadishu". It begs the question if after a couple of days the writer himself learns that a secret site is not secret, why did the Nation even bother running the article? Why exactly didn't he visit these well known, unknown sites? If Scahill's goal was to investigate US-targeted killings, how exactly was he going to do that in ten days and from Mogadishu? Just investigating al-Shabaab's targeted killings, let alone US killings, is a full-time task for this publication. But asking rhetorical questions is playing the lazy journo game. The bottom line is there appears to be no scoop.
The presence of the CIA (and other intelligence employees from other countries) has never been secretive nor even hidden from the world. Anyone who knows of the 1998 bombing attacks against the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania has been keenly aware of the aggressive program to capture or kill the East Africans and global jihadi network behind it. The 2006 Ethiopian invasion to dislodge the Islamic Courts was a very public, secret operation. Before that if you hadn't heard of special operations troops supported by the OGA in Somalia during Black Hawk Down then you may have been in a secret jail for three decades. In short, ever since the Agency publicly threw its glove down in Afghanistan in late fall of 2001 they have maintained a very frank, public profile of its aggressive agenda: Find terrorists, support governments who hunt terrorists, and use whatever means necessary to bring them to justice.
There are about 20 cleared American employees that work around the base near the airport. There are also many contractors who support the UN operations who live there. At one point the mayor of Mogadishu complained there were around 30 foreign contracting companies based at the airport. There is an unknown larger group of TFG-related staff and an even larger group of "assets" in the cities of Mogadishu and Kismayo who support intel activities. Along the border and in the midst of the fighting is a larger world of Ethiopian, ASWJ and supportive clans who work together to oust al-Shabaab. Usually Somalis are the ones who help the Somali intelligence service track down al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab, suspected killers and potential terrorists. There are also training and intel gathering bases in Somaliland and Puntland. Neither are secret or that controversial. Once again Somalia is a known haven for insurgent groups, kidnappers and individuals known to have killed civilians and government officials. The intelligence network goes back to the early 90's when the US recruited Somalis to support international efforts to protect international aid for Somalis.
Besides the gilding of his non-discoveries, the point Scahill tries to make in his original is that there is torture going on and that extraordinary rendition of a Kenyan into Somalia was done so that the victim could be interrogated by CIA officers. In response to Scahill's accusation, the CIA publicly stated that they had been involved in some interrogations. But if Scahill's logic holds that the Agency has its own fleet of planes and has no problem renditioning suspects, there is no need for government employees to journey all the way to Mogadishu to question detainees. Journalistic logic would dictate that, like most prison inmates who claim innocence, the suspect should have been grilled a little harder. Even Scahill backpedaled on this unproven claim in subsequent interviews stating flatly that he does not have the journalistic accepted proof of torture.
Scahill accuses the CIA of torture based on the singular allegations of 25ish Kenyan named Ahmed Abdullahi Hassan, who apparently has legal representation via a human rights group and a Kenya legal team (directly conflicting his claims of not having a lawyer). We are supposed to believe that this poor man was snatched from Nairobi, endured months of torture and of course, is innocent. Scahill is a long-time champion of the common man and typically chooses contractors, corporations, the wealthy or government as the black-hatted abusers. In this case, he may be picking the wrong fight. His other anonymous sources to engender outrage at Hassan's treatment sound no more convincing than the usual qat-fueled chatter that passes for news in Bakara's market stalls. The troubling question of the CIA engaging in secret prisons, extrajudicial rendition and torture either directly or via proxies is an important story worthy of much more effort than expended in this attempt.
As for his claims of torture in the newly discovered secret prison: "I don't have any information I can report that there is torture taking place". So The Nation has reversed their own claims of torture and can't quite figure out where that prison is. Furthermore, Scahill's conversation with Hassan is never clearly sourced nor do we clearly understand the genesis of his outrage. It appears even to the casual reader that Hassan might be exactly the kind of killer we would want snatched, bagged and confined until authorities fully comprehend his agenda.
Al-Shabaab is a group known for its cold blooded murder of civilians in Somalia and Uganda. Their brutal treatment of Somalis and constant threats to kill civilians and westerners...just like Jeremy Scahill... should be part of the focus of any crusading human rights journo obsessed with targeted killings. This does not mean that we should support the abuse of innocent civilians by government, but it means that Scahill seems to infer that people in prison are being abused by the CIA when it appears (based on our direct conversations and photos of the TFG soldiers arrested for killing civilians incarcerated there) it might actually be the people inside the prison who were abusing people. Hassan specifically was grabbed in Eastleigh in Nairobi in the spring of 2009 and coincidently his alleged Yemeni/Kenyan al-Qaeda boss, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, was killed just outside of Mogadishu by special operations teams only a few months later. Hassan apparently lost a leg fighting in Mogadishu. It seems Hassan may not be the poor victim Scahill is making him out to be.
Somalia Report invites Scahill to apply equal zeal in investigating the jailing and torture of elders and civilians by al-Shabaab and any number of unsolved murders on innocent civilians by this group.
Based on the casualty list from the recent airstrikes in Somalia and around the world, it would seem that the CIA, JSOC and even TFG forces might be killing some of the right people and that al-Shabaab might be killing many of the wrong people.
CIA right or wrong?
It is an uncomfortable position (for readership reasons) for the media to support intelligence activities, military violence and even subterfuge by government agencies. It is also equally uncomfortable (for safety reasons) to send journos to tell the truth about groups like al-Shabaab, which have been publicly and violently opposed to aid organizations, journalism, western influence and even hand-to-mouth commerce by ordinary Somalis. Even a casual visitor to Mogadishu will not find many Somalis who support the use of al-Shabaab's IED's, public executions or amputations. Scahill's report is remarkably free of candid conversations with ordinary Somalis about the full spectrum of abuse they endure. Where exactly is the Nation's outrage at the single most violent and abusive group in Somalia?
Somalia Report sent its journalists out to see if they could support or add to the claims made by Scahill's after his ten-day junket. The compound at the airport was the easiest. There is an intelligence support and training compound at the airport. There are others around the city, including one a few yards from his "secret prison". These facilities are only secret if Scahill doesn't know about it.
There are a number of Americans and foreigners working at the airport. It is the UN that is now enjoying new facilities recently built. A quick view of Google Maps shows two tiny hangers blanked out and recent maps prepared by Somalia Report show a large contractor compound. More recent satellite photos are available from vendors like Ikonos and even photos by our journalists. Even Scahill insists he could see the facility from his landing aircraft. So could it be that this facility is not secret?
There is a contingent of about two dozen Americans that work with the Somali intelligence service who try to get information on terrorist activity using direct investigations and paid assets. The French are active as well and Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, off shore air and navy along with JSOC related assets in Kenyan bases provide support for logistics, electronic eavesdropping and intelligence. Once again, recent Predator and air strikes in the south are clear indicators that there is an active intelligence and support network at work in Somalia. Directly contradicting Scahill's follow-up claim that there isn't a single intelligence asset amongst al-Shabaab.
What about the secret prison?
The Somali Deputy National Security and Interior Minister was the first to downplay the issue saying that there is nothing like a CIA run underground prison. They are correct. Yes there is a prison but it is not secret and it is below the presentation hall on the west side of Villa Somalia making it both above and below ground due to the hilly nature of Mogadishu. The government building houses the TFG, AMISOM soldiers, a clinic and vendors. There is a crude dummy out front to draw al-Shabaab sniper fire, and about a dozen soldiers sitting around in the shade chatting. When Somalia Report visited the prison there were TFG soldiers being brought in for murdering civilians. Once again it is the government prison within the government compound and neither secret or unapproachable. Scahill could have easily visited the prison to check out his claims.
Secret Compounds?
Ibrahim Isaak Yarow, the deputy minister, is the most senior TFG official to address the issue with Somalia Report complaining that it is hard to access the airport, and more so the area in question. Passengers who fly out must wait while a crane lifts a concrete barrier to let them pass, inside private security employees from Uganda operate the x-ray machines and airport security. With a history of suicide bombers directly targeting TFG and western support facilities it is understandable that they are difficult to access but Scahill's bragging of his un-embedded status and clear agenda, it would logically make it difficult for him to officially visit many sensitive locations. Somalia Report regularly visits prisons, government offices, NGO's, foreign contract sites with the understanding that criticism is allowed but please do not publicly provide the ability for an attack by a hostile party. Scahill seems intent more on exposing exact location of facilities where Somalis are trained and housed and then criticizing the donors for not keeping them secret.
There are several new buildings being erected within the airport compound that are meant to house UN offices and other international relief aid centers. The UN was under increasing pressure to move their employees to Mogadishu. There has been an influx of contractors, notably employees of Tim Spicer's Aegis, which provides security for the UN, deminers, trainers and support staff. Clearly security is a major concern and access reflects that need to protect lives. There is however a open invitation to accredited media by the UN, but not by intelligence agencies. Scahill's follow-up fact checking with the Agency (who confirmed that they sometimes support interrogations) was met with twitter outrage: "Now the CIA is just straight up lying about my Somalia story".
Surely even the most neophyte journalist understands that a clandestine agency is not in the business of providing open access to classified and sensitive sites. Scahill's inability to actually locate his secret prisons or buttress his accusations of torture with fact do not equal being right. Nor does the CIA's acknowledgment of their support of Somali intelligence activities make them wrong.
"2011 has witnessed many Americans coming to Somalia and we are always told that they are here on the behalf of the UN," a senior airport security official told Somalia Report.
"They are all welcomed by AMISOM and are taken to the AMISOM Halane base camp. From there we have no idea where they vanish to," added the source.
As for Scahill's defense of his accusations: "The story is 100% true".


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State-appointed consultants to the French charter school Lycée Français listened to the concerns of parents and teachers Monday night at a hearing of the charter school's board, which has come under fire for micromanagement and mismanagement. Questions ranged from the legality of the board's hiring practices to accreditation concerns, among other issues.
The hourlong conversation with parents and teachers took place as the board met in executive session, and with the board's approval, said Raphael Gang of the state Department of Education. It came on top of a state legislative auditor's report released Monday that affirmed previous reports of financial sloppiness in Lycée's first year of operation, showing that founding principal Jill Otis received almost $30,000 in salary and benefits after she resigned in April 2012.
State Superintendent John White intervened last month, assigning the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and Jeremy Hunnewell to oversee finding a new CEO after the unexpected departure of Jean-Jacques Grandière in November.
During the formal board meeting, Gang said, "Our role in this process is to rebuild the trust" between parents and the school administration so the state is not the place parents turn for help.
But when the board left the room of about 100 people, the parents did exactly that, revealing the dysfunction plaguing the school. One parent asked whether it was legal that the board had decided between meetings to hire a new academic director and interim CEO. Another asked if comments made to the consultants would be kept confidential for fear of repercussion. Yet another raised the question of whether the school is turning away from its goal, stated in the charter, of becoming accredited by the French government to teach the French national curriculum.
According to a group of teachers, new academic director Gisèle Schexnider told them this month that pursuing accreditation was a low priority. Gang said that as far as he knew, accreditation was still in process, but "if you feel there has been that kind of dramatic shift we want to hear about it."
Charter co-writer Joyous Van Buskirk said the Louisiana Department of Education "has been absent on the job."
"The support is here now," said Caroline Roemer Shirley, executive director of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, which is funding the consulting work. "We are here to try to be helpful and bring solutions to the table ... your call for help has been heard."
Hunnewell said he will conduct surveys and interviews with administrative staff, teachers and parents to figure out how to help Lycée. He estimated the process might take three months and the search for a permanent CEO would start after that.
The auditor's report, written by Postlethwaite & Netterville and shared at the board meeting, said that the school experienced an almost $80,000 deficit as of June 30, 2012. Otis didn't have a signed employment agreement. Accounts were not reconciled each month, the administration didn't consistently document approval to use the school debit card and until October 2012, the board of directors did not receive financial reports. That has since been remedied by Julianne Ruocco, the new director of finance and operations.
Teachers did not have documentation of pay rates and, the report states, "employees were paid different pay rates based on the duties performed each pay period," with many part-timers getting paid differently for the same tasks.
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In addition, a former board member said in an interview that he received financial statements emailed to parents for two months in the fall. Tom Klingler said he contacted the administration "several times" to stop the emails, which came via blind carbon copy, concerned that parents' "confidentiality was being breached." He declined to show The Times-Picayune the emails to protect confidentiality. He has not received emails this month, he said.
Montès directed The Times-Picayune to financial director Ruocco. She said she didn't know anything about the situation but that she would rectify it right away. The January bills have not yet gone out.


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TT: Here is Bencher's reply to my query about whether I correctly calculated the wind area of their Skyhawk tribander (I calculated 12+ sqft of element area alone, and their specs say 8.5 sqft.) Also included is my response to their reply (?). I needed further clarification (and maybe you will, too) on HOW they figured out the aea. I waited until today for their second reply. Not here yet. 73 de Gene Smar AD3F -----Original Message----- From: EUGENE SMAR <email@example.com> To: bencher <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: <email@example.com> Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:23 PM Subject: Re: reply >I appreciate your response. Thanks for going through the trouble. However, >I still don't understand HOW you calculate the 8.5 sqft. How did you arrive >at that figure, and not 7.2 sqft or 10.6 sqft (to pull random figures out of >the air as examples.) Does this figure account for turbulence of the >windstream behind an element (the shielding you mentioned in your reply)? > >What I want to do is determine, via aerodynamic calculations, the wind force >exerted by an 85 mph wind on the Skyhawk at the worst-case orientation (and >what IS that orientation?) The equations I've found go something like the >following: F = CAP, where C = 1.2 for long, thin tubular structures like >Yagi elements, A = rectangular projected area (shadow area) of the elements >(length X diameter for each segment), and P = wind pressure (psf) = 0.00256 >X V ^2(mph) X sin^2 (Angle of element to wind direction). This is from a >1960's aerodynamic engineering text. > >Can you provide more detail on the 8.5 sqft? Thanks again. > > >73 de >Gene Smar AD3F >-----Original Message----- >From: bencher <email@example.com> >To: email@example.com <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 2:11 PM >Subject: reply > > >>Well, it's right - and it's wrong, depending on what you are trying to >>do. >>Your calculations are correct in the sense that that is the surface >>square >>footage. But since at any angle of view a good part of the antenna is >>shielded >>by other portions of the antenna that is not the usual way of measuring >>wind >>load area. In fact the amount of surface presented to the wind never >>exceeds >>about 8.5 square feet. >> >>OK? >> >>73 >> >>Bencher, Inc. >> > List Sponsor: Are you thinking about installing a tower this summer? Call us for information on our fabulous Trylon Titan self-supporting towers - up to 96-feet for less than $2000! at 888-833-3104  www.ChampionRadio.com ----- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: firstname.lastname@example.com Problems: firstname.lastname@example.com
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I was looking at the ACT website yesteday and honestly can't tell if I would need Special Testing or just plan Extended Time. I would need to use a computer on the writing section and to record answers in my test booklet (They would later be transcribed), and I can't tell if that would require Special Testing or not.
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Most of the numbers were the result of circumstances, of course.
The great NBA defenses, until proven to be folly, are going to overload on the Nets' three stars. Those defenses will take their chances with the guys who play alongside the stars. And those guys will invariably have inflated numbers.
That's the main reason why Josh Boone had 14 points and 16 rebounds Saturday against Boston.
On the other hand, Josh Boone had 14 points and 16 rebounds Saturday against Boston.
By any measure, regardless of circumstances, it was a career night -- especially when you throw in those career-high four blocked shots.
Now comes the tough part.
The Nets center has to start living up to expectations such as these:
"Josh in the next year or two should develop into one of the best rebounders in the NBA," Richard Jefferson said Friday night.
"He should," Jefferson said. "Yes, he has been playing great over the last few games, but Josh should be a double-digit rebounder, for the most part, for the rest of his career. And if he continues the work, stays healthy and continues to play hard, he should be a double-double guy."
"If he keeps working, he's going to be something," Bostjan Nachbar agreed. "He has a really bright future. We can see what he can be now."
Those remarks are typical whenever you ask Boone's teammates what his ceiling can be.
He has already shown the potential for being a double-double guy -- he has averaged 10.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in his 12 games as a starter.
Among the 52 second-year players in the NBA, he is second only to LaMarcus Aldridge in rebounds per game (5.9) and offensive boards per game (2.6), and he might have surpassed Portland's All-Star caliber power forward in both stats if he didn't average 14 fewer minutes.
He is also, for lack of a better term, a volume rebounder: Among NBA regulars -- guys who have played in 29 or more games this season -- Boone is 24th in the rebounds-per-48-minute category.
But where his game is going, nobody really knows.
He can score around the rim but doesn't have what can be called a post move other than the occasional jump hook. He doesn't shy away from contact, but he's not able to cash in when it results in a whistle. He is stronger and more athletic than he appears at first, but he still needs a few more years in the weight room to be a finished physical product.
And after Boone gave them 14-16-4 the other night, it's almost as though the Nets can't wait for him to grow up faster than he was ever expected to.
"First of all, he's playing great. Second of all, he has a long way to go," Nachbar said. "Because he's really raw, if you look at it. If I'm going to be a critic and say negatives about him -- and I don't mean a bad thing, I'd say it to him -- he will still get better under the basket to finish. The athleticism is there, the will is there.
"The guy has really picked it up. He's playing great for us. If he does things where he can be better with the ball around the basket -- where he can put it down and make a move and score -- he'll be much better."
Boone would be better still if he can hit a stationary 15-footer. In fact, he would probably be a 15-and-10 guy if he would only hit 65 percent of his foul shots. He's 25-for-82 at the line this year, or 30 percent.
"That's an area he'll get better at," Nachbar said. "He gets a lot of help. He's going to be fine."
His modest teammate doesn't worry about it, either. Boone faced a half-dozen questions about his free-throw shooting after his career night, and declared that it won't be an issue much longer. "I'm not afraid to get fouled," was his conclusion.
"I'm always striving to make myself a better player and at this point, I've done just about everything I can," Boone said. "Obviously, I can always improve. But for the most part, I have to make sure I stay consistent. I can't have 15 and 15 one game, and then come back and have four and four the next game -- whether there's foul trouble or not."
One thing is clear, however. He has surpassed expectations by leaps and bounds.
"Either that," Boone said, "or people just didn't have high expectations for me."


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On our drives through Aventura, we couldn't help but notice that the been-there-for-ages Loehmann's storefront was in the process of being taken down along with its neighboring Barnes & Noble bookstore.
But it appears the entire Plaza is reciveing a much-needed facelift and a major new anchor store in the shape of a Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th. The 411 on Off 5th? Originally conceived as a clearinghouse for Saks Fifth Avenue merchandise, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5TH has reinvented itself as a major national retailer in its own right. An engaging environment, abundant exclusives, remarkable savings and assortments from the most notable names in fashion allow customers to find the best of both worlds: the thrill of a deal and the confidence in finding high quality products, on-trend, and right now.
With it's glorious, shiny sign hanging in Loehmann's old spot, we expect Off 5th to open soon.


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- Also known as
- Maria Carmen Nutrizio
- born
- died
September 4, 2008
Mila Schön (Maria Carmen Nutrizio), (born 1917?, Trogir, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary [now in Croatia]—died Sept. 4, 2008, near Alessandria, Italy) Italian fashion designer who created understated, impeccably tailored haute couture worn by such fashion icons as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, but it was Schön's high-end ready-to-wear collections and her innovations (notably her use of double-faced wool instead of nonwool coat linings) that put her at the centre of the Italian fashion world. Schön was an avid student of the fashion houses that she frequented as a client, and after separating from her wealthy husband, she opened (1958) an atelier in Milan. Many of her clothes were inspired by fine art and by the classic designs of Paris couturiers Dior and Balenciaga that she enjoyed wearing. She opened a chic Milan boutique in 1965, introduced menswear and the prêt-à-porter line in 1971, and later put her hand to luxury fashion accessories. Schön sold the company in 1993 but remained actively involved in the design process.


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I've mentioned Teklinks a couple of times in previous posts.
They're a Birmingham-based cloud computing powerhouse, located just off of West Valley.
I went there this morning and took a tour of their data center and snapped some artsy Instagram shots along the way.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get any shots of the larger data center floor because of their customer privacy policies, but as Lauren Floyd Marketing Specialist at TekLinks pointed out to me: everyone knows what a data center floor looks like from ITT Tech commercials.
Here are some of the more interesting aspects:
Two 15KVA generators on stand by in case of a power outage. There's enough diesel fuel on site to keep the entire data center online for 32 hours.
Space-age, two-part controlled entry systems that look for bith a key card and a biometric before the doors are unlocked. There's also a system in place that counts the number of people that enter and leave the data center floor.
Monitors in the main control room watching for system threats all over the world.
My tour guides, from left: Lauren Floyd, Marketing Specialist; Haley Montgomery, Marketing Director, and Justin Nelson, Business Development Manager.
You should follow me on Instagram or Twitter.
You can follow Justin, Lauren, and TekLinks as well.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to attend Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney's State of the County Address tonight, YNN is reporting.
Mahoney is expected to speak at 5:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Library.
The YNN story did not name a source and there has been no confirmation from Cuomo or Mahoney.
Check back later for more details.
Contact Michelle Breidenbach at (315) 470-3186, firstname.lastname@example.com or follow on Twitter @mbreidenbach.


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A user group for South Africans interested in, and/or involved in, drones or UAV's or UAS's.
"Question, Explore, Get Involved"
Members: 126
Latest Activity: Sep 26
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We're looking for RPAS pilots…Continue
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Hi All, I am in Cape Town.Built a 650 quad with pixhawk FC Flying in stablz etc.I cannot really eval whether the kit is properly 'tuned' since I have very little experience.Is there someone who can…Continue
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Hi guys. Thank you Louis for the invitation.
This is my new bird:
Skywalker with:
Airspeed Sensor, ect.........
I want to mount my Go Pro and do some FPV flying.
Wanted to test fly it today but there was to much wind.......
This is my Hexa.
Then I also have a Quad.
I am based in Centurion.
Became hooked on these contraptions end of last year. Built 3 different multirotors to date, not counting all the rebuilds. Two destoyed while experimenting with PID's to fine tune waypoint flying with unusual configurations. The 3rd one flew away and is MIA. I'm considering a tethered one next.
Had a great morning in Northcliff, JHB, chatting and flying quads with a couple guys, Johann and Louis. Johann, that Hexa looks great! Test flew a large well-flown wing of mine with APM1 - not bad at all with the default PID's, much better than the old ArduPilot Legacy & Thermopiles (later with ArduIMU). Had 250+ flights with the old "APL" testing and trying to get it right...
John in CT - Somerset West end. Have a few ACs, a few MKs, an FY91, a Hoverfly and some foamies. A bit of an addict I guess!
Mike in Cape Town
Using UAVs for mapping.
HI everyone.. Expat here over in Auss - working on getting Drones a possibility for private game owners in SA for protection of endangered species... say hello if interested
Hi Graham.
Cape Town :)
Where are you located, Nicolas?
Excited to see so much happening locally. Flown 3D helicopters for about 5 years (various Align trexs). Just finished building my quad yesterday and waiting for clear weather to maiden :)
VC-450 Hoverthings frame
APM2 + 433mhz 3DR telemetry


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INDIANAPOLIS – Bill Belichick was surrounded by a pack of reporters when he slipped his black wool coat over his shoulders in a corner of a conference room at Lucas Oil Stadium.
He then made his way through the pack, slipping by everyone but two reporters and two cameramen who continued to trail him through a gate and down a sidewalk before retreating and letting the New England Patriots coach go his way.
They wanted something, anything, as did the dozens of reporters who, just minutes earlier, assembled before a podium to hear Belichick speak. The fact that the coach changed his four-year habit and addressed reporters at the NFL scouting combine for the first time since 2009 wasn't enough. As is typically the case with Belichick, his audience was left wanting more than he was willing to provide.
After walking up to podium and cracking a smile as he wrestled with the microphone, he made an off-color remark about how high it was set, which made him smile wider, and then embarked on a three-minute soliloquy about how the scouting combine has changed throughout the years.
"I still have the image of Refrigerator Perry doing the vertical jump out there on the Vertex in the middle of the Arizona State field. In almost total darkness," Belichick said. "Now we have the banners on the streets. We have NFL Network and this is a huge media event, and fan event. It started in ... for me about 30 years ago, 1985 was my first year. It's really come a long way."
Belichick's presence at the event came together quickly Thursday afternoon, and was reminiscent of a famous comedian or band taking the stage to try out some new material without advance notice – or at least as close as it can get to that with a coach taking the podium. Around noon, word began to spread that Belichick, the NFL's anarchist, as he has been called, would address the crowd at 3 p.m.
Many reacted with shock as the rumor spread. Stories were shared of favorite Belichick moments. It was a weird atmosphere. At no point did anyone remark that the excitement in the room was building toward a mundane news conference.
After his opening remarks, Belichick opened the floor to the assembled masses, and it soon became clear that the venue was the only thing that was going to be different about this gathering.
He answered the first question by saying his coaching staff is now set, and noted that Michael Lombardi, the recently fired Cleveland Browns general manager who was recently hired by the Patriots as an assistant to the coaching staff, "will be doing many of the things" he has done throughout his career.
He then answered a question about the three-cone drill, which has long been suspected to be one of the exercises he most values at the combine since many of the players he has drafted excel in it. Not surprisingly, Belichick shot the importance of the drill – and all the other ones that will take place at the combine this week – down.
"It's just a straight time measurement," Belichick said. "Which is fine, because otherwise when you put all those variables in them, it would be really hard to manage it. But it is what it is. It's a time measurement that really isn't a football-specific drill because of all the variables in football that are not a part of them."
Belichick did note, however, that it is valuable to have all the players in one place to put them through medical examinations. "It's probably the biggest thing we get out of this," he said.
He then shot down a question about why the team didn't previously hire Lombardi ("We always do what we think is best for our football team"), and then deflected a question about the importance of having continuity on offense ("I don't know").
A nearby moderator let Belichick and the crowd know that one more question would be fielded. After hearing the announcement, the coach looked back at the crowd and a reporter began to ask a question.
"After what the franchise went through ..."
Belichick quickly cut him off.
"Is that it?" he said. "Thank you."
With that, he walked off through the gate, followers in tow.
They were likely begging him for something more, hoping to get a glimpse under the hood, but Belichick wasn't there to provide answers to questions. He was just there to be there, to let people know that they place too much importance on the drills that will be timed, dissected and poured over the next few months.
Maybe he was mocking the whole process. More than one person asked why Belichick even showed up after he was done talking. He wasn't mandated to do so by the league. It's the type of thing he typically rebels against.
Even though he said nothing of importance, Belichick's presence was bigger than anything he could have said.


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#include <mpi.h> int MPI_Graph_neighbors(MPI_Comm comm, int rank, int maxneighbors, int *neighbors)
INCLUDE 'mpif.h' MPI_GRAPH_NEIGHBORS(COMM, RANK, MAXNEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, IERROR) INTEGER COMM, RANK, MAXNEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS(*), IERROR
#include <mpi.h> void Graphcomm::Get_neighbors(int rank, int maxneighbors, int neighbors[]) const
exchange shuffle unshuffle node neighbors(1) neighbors(2) neighbors(3) 0(000) 1 0 0 1(001) 0 2 4 2(010) 3 4 1 3(011) 2 6 5 4(100) 5 1 2 5(101) 4 3 6 6(110) 7 5 3 7(111) 6 7 7
Suppose that the communicator comm has this topology associated with it. The following code fragment cycles through the three types of neighbors and performs an appropriate permutation for each.
C assume: each process has stored a real number A. C extract neighborhood information CALL MPI_COMM_RANK(comm, myrank, ierr) CALL MPI_GRAPH_NEIGHBORS(comm, myrank, 3, neighbors, ierr) C perform exchange permutation CALL MPI_SENDRECV_REPLACE(A, 1, MPI_REAL, neighbors(1), 0, + neighbors(1), 0, comm, status, ierr) C perform shuffle permutation CALL MPI_SENDRECV_REPLACE(A, 1, MPI_REAL, neighbors(2), 0, + neighbors(3), 0, comm, status, ierr) C perform unshuffle permutation CALL MPI_SENDRECV_REPLACE(A, 1, MPI_REAL, neighbors(3), 0, + neighbors(2), 0, comm, status, ierr)
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.


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The album Helen Baylor...Live is released by Helen Baylor in the year 1999.
Mar 1999
- Ministers Of Defense
- Everything You Are
- Helen's Testimony
- Whatever It Takes
- All Of Me
- Music Is The Voice Of God
- Awesome God (Testimony)
- Awesome God
- Awesome God (Resprise)
- Worship Medley: If It Had Not Been For The Lord on My Side/Great Is Thy Faithfulness/The King Of Who I Am
- Lord, I Love You
- More Than (Just) A Feeling
- Still Here (Testimony)
- Still Here
Helen Baylor...Live Comments
Anna said on June 10, 2010
I truely love Helen Barlor's voice and the message in the songs. Wooo!!! Helen, you are such a great gospel inspiration to me. I tell you, I really adore your natural self voice and I love to listen to you. Keep it up and God bless you more.


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SAGINAW — This weekend will send the Saginaw Spirit to the Ontario Hockey League's easternmost outpost, in a three-game trip that will take them to Peterborough Thursday, Ottawa Friday and Kingston Sunday.
Despite playing far from home, the schedule could bode well for the first-place Spirit. Saginaw has earned at least a point in 10 of 11 games against the OHL's Eastern Conference this season, compiling an 8-1-2 record with 18 points.
Seven of Saginaw's next eight games are against Eastern Conference teams, providing an opportunity to bolser an eight-point lead in the Western Conference standings.
Spirit coach and General Manager Todd Watson downplayed his team's success against the Eastern Conference.
"No matter who you play in this league, it doesn't matter," Watson said. "They're all good. It's really tough to overlook them. It's really tough to overlook anybody because they you'll be in trouble.
"The point is to play good hockey no matter where you're at."
The Spirit will be looking to erase the sting of a Monday loss in Plymouth. After taking a two-goal lead into the third period, Saginaw gave up three unanswered goals and took the loss, 4-3. It marked the first time all year the Spirit had surrendered a two-goal second intermission lead. Watson said the loss was due to multiple mental mistakes in the third period.
"You're not going to win them all," Watson said. "You've got to learn from this one."
Monday's game marked the first of five straight road games for Saginaw, by far its longest road stretch of the second half. The Spirit play only two of their next nine games at The Dow Event Center.
A busy week is made busier by the CHL's top prospects game in Toronto Tuesday and Wednesday, which Spirit forwards Vincent Trocheck and Brandon Saad participated in.
Trocheck and Saad's week will include five games and the top prospects skills competition in a six-day span. Watson said he will be monitoring their energy level throughout the weekend to determine how much to use them later in the weekend.
"It depends how they do," he said." It depends if they're tired. It's got to affect them. It's got to wear them down some, you'd think. But those kids are resilient."
Top Prospects
Trocheck and Saad each competed in an event during the skills competition of the top prospects game Tuesday night. Trocheck recorded a 92.4 mile-per-hour shot, the best among OHL participants and third-best overall in the hardest shot competition. Saad participated in the showdown breakaway contest, and finished in sixth place, second among OHL players.
Four former Wings in Shocks and Saves
Former Detroit Red Wings Jiri Fischer, Larry Murphy, Dave Lewis and Joey Kocur are scheduled to participate in next Saturday's Shocks and Saves event, the MCVI Foundation announced in a press release this week. The event, which raises money for heart disease education, CPR training, and equipment, is in its fourth year.
Selected Spirit games will be rebroadcast on Charter Sports on Sundays at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Mondays and Wednesday at 8 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., and Saturday's at 9 p.m. on channel 5 in Saginaw and Bay City and channel 25 in Midland and Mount Pleasant.
Spirit Spotlight
Saginaw at Peterborough
Puck Drops: 7 p.m. Thursday
Radio: WSGW-FM 100.5
Series: 1-0 Peterborough
Notes: The Spirit's first stop will provide a chance at redemption for one of their more disappointing losses this season: a 4-3 overtime loss at home to the Petes, who are currently in eighth place.
Saginaw at Ottawa
Puck Drops: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Series: First meeting
Notes: The 67's lead the OHL in goals with 188, and feature the league's two highest scorers, in Tyler Toffoli (79 points) and Shane Prince (76 points). They carry a three-game losing streak into the weekend.
Saginaw at Kingston
Puck Drops: 2 p.m. Sunday
Series: 1-0 Saginaw
Notes: The Spirit wrap up the weekend against a Frontenacs team that lost, 4-1, earlier this season at The Dow Event Center.
Spirit Leaders
Goals: Josh Shalla (34), Brandon Saad (23), Vincent Trocheck (19), Jordan Szwarz (19)
Assists: Trocheck (24), Ivan Telegin (24), Ryan O'Connor (24)
Goaltending: Mavric Parks (23-9-0-1, 2.65), Tadeas Galansky (6-0-2, 3.06), Jake Paterson (1-0-1, 2.95).


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In my continuing research of the ownership of the original Auschwitz blueprints (one of only two or three) signed by Heinrich Himmler, the Grand Mufti's close confidante ,more evidence emerges of the deep ties and previously unacknowledged partnership between the Nazis and the Muslims.
I have much more to report but this documentary transcribed and uploaded by Vlad Tepes is crucial viewing. There is plenty of Muslim propaganda in this film but what it reveals - facts, events over - in some instances - propaganda is explosive.
The Turban and the Swatika part 1 of 2 from Vlad Tepes on Vimeo.
Part II of the Turban and the Swastika - The Grand Musfti and the Nazis (hat tip Ken)
The Turban and the Swastika 2 of 2 from Vlad Tepes on Vimeo.
Transcription: see below these photos of Muslims soldiers for the Third Reich:
Muslim soldiers for the Third Reich
The Ummah fought for the Reich
Flag reads (what is legible)
Allah is the glorious
Armed forces volunteersAlgeria.
If anyone can tranlaste the captions, I would be most appreciative.
Transcript of the Turban and the Swastika below the fold:
Turban and Swastika, Amin Al-Husseini and the Nazis
Turban and Swastika, Amin Al-Husseini and the Nazis The Fuhrer receives Amin Al-Husseini, one of the most influential men in Arab nationalism. The Grand Mufti is the religious head of Arabs in Palestine and at the same time supreme judge and director of finances Because of his national inclination, the British pursued him relentlessly and have set a reward of 25,000 pounds on his head. He came to Germany on risky routes by way of Italy.
The term "Mufti"--his name is hardly mentioned--"the Mufti"--that was generally from the enemy. If anyone mentioned the name Al-Husseini, "The Sword of Islam," the country trembled,for he enjoyed a very god reputation Every Jewish child who heard the name "Mufti" thought of hate, destruction, death, murder. Whoever bears this title can handle and resolve questions in his own interest. In practice, the Mufti was able be greater than his title.
He was "the Grand Mufti." "Turban and Swastika--the Grand Mufti and the Nazis."
A film by Heinrich Billstein
Jerusalem 1917. Palestine is ruled by the Turks. They are hated by little Mohammed Al-Husseini as they are by most Arabs. The son of one of the great families in Jerusalem dreams of a free Arabia. To drive out the ruling powers, the Arabs fought by the side of the British, who have promised them freedom and independence for doing that. In December, Al-Husseini's dream seems to come true when the English march into Jerusalem. The former officer of the Turkish-Ottoman army has only recently joined the English. Since then he has successfully fought the Turkish rulers and their allies, the Germans, who now become British prisoners by the hundreds. 20 years later, he will ask these German soldiers for help in realizing his dream of a free Arabia, London breaks its promise and does not withdraw.
The Arabs, including Al-Husseini, feel betrayed. The British are now the new rulers of Jerusalem. The British have promised the Holy Land to the Jews, as well. They are allowed again to establish their national home in Palestine again. They come from Europe by the thousands. The immigrants build new settlements and modern cities like Tel Aviv. The Jews buy the land for their settlement from the Arabs. Many Arab landowners become still wealthier. Even the powerful Al-Husseini clan profits from the sale of land,
Many Arabs feel pressed by the settlers, but not all of them. In Jerusalem and other cities, Jew and Arabs have lived together peacefully for decades There was lively trade between us and the Arabs. They sold us vegetables and fruit. Until the Mufti appeared, we Jews and the Arabs got along well. Al-Husseini was against the Jewish immigration.
Many in Jerusalem think like him. The young politician agitates eloquently, not only in town but in the country. Just 25 years old, he rises to become a leading proponent of Arab nationalism.[..]
Al-Husseini is in the forefront of anti-Jewish protests. After the bloody riots of 1920, the British sentence him to ten years in prison as a ringleader. But he is soon pardoned. The British believe they will be able to win the influential agitator over.
In 1921 they go so far as to appoint the 25 year-old, who had little theological training, to be the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Now Al-Husseini wears the turban of the religious and the legal scholar, and the coveted title Grand Mufti, as had his father and brother. As is fitting for a family which invokes the Prophet Mohammed in reference to their origins
. There is no doubt that the family Al-Husseini is an influential and aristocratic family. It produced judges, politicians and leading personalities. It enjoys social recognition and respect, especially among the Palestinian peasants in the villages.
The name Al-Husseini triggered enthusiasm among Palestinian peasants. Because Al-Husseini represented the religious direction favored by the peasants. The new man on the Temple Mount is politically gifted and knowledgeable in power. Soon his followers occupy all the important posts among the Arabs.
In 1931 he organizes the Islamic world Congress and makes the Palestinian question a concern for all Arabs and Muslims. He was the recognized leader of Palestinian society, he was popular, he was not corrupt, and that was an enormous exception among the Arab-Palestinian elite of the time.
He was a believer and a sceptic. As St. Thomas Aquinas--a great philosopher--once said: "I think what I am; I see what I am," so Al-Husseini wanted to witness events himself and doubted things he had not seen or heard himself. Such things he rejected. It was one of his character traits. He was a hardworking and productive man. It was said that his opinions were often extreme. That may be true. But when it was a question of his homeland, it came first, and nothing else interested him. He was violent and rather ruthless.
He had killed all his rivals in Palestinian society. For him, any differing opinion was treason against the Palestinian people and was answered with violence. In fact, it came to murder. Nasr an-Nashashibi was one of those murdered. As people say, not I. It was said that he was one of the victims of the rivalry between the families--the an-Nashashibis and the Al-Husseinis. This could be right, but maybe not.
Al-Husseini raises the Islamic sites in Jerusalem to the status of symbols against the Jewish immigration. He sees himself at the head of a Greater Arabia and a Jew-free Palestine.
I saw him from a distance in the mosque. He was agitating and speaking against the Jews.
He was a special type--"ginger"--a redhead: red lashes, red lips, and all. And he had great charisma.
Coexistence of Jewish settlers and Arabs is no longer peaceful. They distrust each other, arm themselves and separate from one another, above all, since 1933, when more and more Jews are seeking haven from Nazi Germany in the Holy Land.
Hitler seems to be welcome in the Arab sections of Jerusalem. These days the Hitler cult and the German hatred of the Jews is not alien to Arab thinking.
Hitler's name has a good ring to it here. And Al-Huesseini wastes no time declaring his loyalty to the new Germany.
At the end of March, 1934, the German consul wired Berlin: "Mufti made detailed assurances to me yesterday, that Muslims welcome the new regime."
Jewish influence on the economy and politics, he says, is deleterious and must be resisted. A month later, Al-Husseini speaks more concretely. He does not want German Jews sent to Palestine.
The Grand Mufti works intensively for contact and a lasting alliance with the Nazis. A proverb says: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." That was the reason Al-Husseini felt compelled at that time to make an alliance with the Germans. To be sure, the Nazis are looking around in the Near East, but at first only as tourists, like propaganda chief, Goebbels in Egypt.
They are completely in sympathy with the Arabs and Al-Husseini's policy, but do not intervene openly. The Mediterranean is an Italian sphere of influence. They are still secretly looking for contact with the Grand Mufti, like Adolf Eichmann in 1937. The SS man, however, is not allowed into the country by the British. The Mufti has to be patient, but the SS secretly maintains contact and supports him with money. Also with money for the great uprising!
Since April 1936, Palestine has been in an uproar. The Arabs are rising against the British and Jewish immigration.
The Grand Mufti has called for violent uprising. It was he who set the direction and led. He made fiery speeches to wake the sleepers and talk to them so that they would rise up. For, he says, the Al-Aksa Mosque is in danger; the sacred sites are in danger. That is true. At that time, the sacred sites were very much in danger, and the English didn't care. The agitation. the Arab propaganda increased day by day.
Life in Jerusalem, and not just Jerusalem, was becoming very difficult. In Jerusalem and other cities, Jews flee their living quarters to get to safety. Centuries of living together is destroyed forever.
The English strike at the insurgents hard and without compromise.
During these days, some of the insurgents even carry the swastika along. The insurgents rampage against everyone who does not support their goals, even among their own people. After the murder of a high British official, the British finally proceed against Al-Husseini.
In time, he flees to the sacred district of the Temple Mount and avoids captivity. Naturally every political leader has opponents and enemies. They said whatever they wished against Al-Husseini.
The English could find no evidence that personally incriminated him. Many people on both sides fell to assassinations. The country sank into political chaos, similar to what is seen today in Iraq. In October of 1937, disguised as a woman, the Mufti fled to Lebanon.
He directed the rebellion in his country from Beirut, unmolested. At the end of 1940, Italian bombers attack British positions in Tel Aviv and Jaffa, and especially the harbor at Haifa where the oil pipeline from Iraq ends. German airmen also take part. Hitler's war has reached Palestine.
The Mufti has nothing against bombing in his homeland. Soon he himself will suggest the Germans bomb Jerusalem too. Al-Husseini has been in Iraq since the beginning of the war.
From Baghdad in January, 1941, he offers Hitler his direct help in the war.
"Excellency, the Arab peoples' warmest sympathy for Germany is a firm fact. If the Arab lands are relieved of certain material deficiencies, they will be everywhere prepared to act against the common enemy, and rise up enthusiastically to play their part in the defeat of the English-Jewish coalition. Mufti of Palestine, Mohammed Al-Husseini."
Many Palestinian Jews join the British, and later form a Jewish brigade of the Royal Army.
We reported as volunteers for the army when the Germans were at the height of their power. Joining the army at that time, when the English were still fighting the Nazis alone, without America or Russia, was not simple and required a great deal of self-sacrifice.
However, we did it because we wanted to, because our families in Europe were being persecuted by the Nazis. and we understood that someone had to stand up against evil.
Even the radical Jewish underground fighters of the Irgun joined in. In 1941, they march toward Baghdad with the British army.
With the energetic cooperation of the Mufti, the German-leaning officers in Iraq wanted to carry out a putsch that would align the country with Nazi Germany.
The fighters of the Irgun have a completely different objective. The leader of the Irgun came to Iraq with the British and died there in the fighting, when he tried to find and kill the Mufti. The Mufti survives; the putsch fails.
Husseini goes into hiding. The secret helpers from Germany, who stood by the Iraqi officers, are interned overseas. Besides the agents, Berlin had sent only a few airplanes. It was too little against the superior British forces.
The defeat in Iraq is not a subject of discussion in Germany. Only victories count. The same is true in the Arab version of the German weekly news film report.
In Berlin Olympic Stadium, Rapid-Wien defeats Schalke 04 4 to 3 for the German soccer championship. The German Reich declares war on Russia on the same day. It is June 22, 1941.
Rehearsal for the victory parade is already taking place in the Nazi capitol.
The Nazi metropolis is also the Mufti's destination. After a risky flight, he has made his way to to Berlin. He was never so close to Hitler. We always thought that he would be Hitler's right hand. It was never discussed, but we knew he would eventually go to Germany.
Husseini again promises Hitler the services of the Arabs and argues for his plans in the Middle East. Hitler gives only oral assent. Later, at his famous table talks, Hitler seems quite impressed by the "eminently sly fox." "
In spite of his sharp features," he gives "the impression of a man whose antecedents included more than one Aryan." Amin Al-Hueesini believed that, if Germany won the war. it might be able to help him give the Arabs their independence and unity.
Husseini comes upon a country that is immersed in dreams of victory and overflowing with vigor and self-assurance. He is impressed as he hears the declaration of war against the U.S.A. in the Reichstag.
What he hears is familiar to him: "
We know what power stands behind Roosevelt. It is the eternal Jew who believes his time has come to do to us what we saw and experienced with horror in Soviet Russia. By now we have come to know the Jewish paradise on earth. We know that it is the intention of the Jews and their Franklin Roosevelt to destroy one state after another."
The Grand Mufti is sure he has thrown in his lot with the right side. The chances of returning to Jerusalem under the sign of the swastika are good. General Rommel is moving from victory to victory in North Africa. It is time to put his own plans into motion.
In April 1942, he writes to Foreign Minister Ribbentrop:
"Imperial Minister, we have declared the willingness of the Arab people in the fight to final victory against our common enemy. We ask now that you make available to the Arabic lands suffering under British oppression every possible aid, recognize their sovereignty and independence and agree to their unification as well as the elimination of the Jewish national homesteads in Palestine. Amin Al-Husseini."
They shouted "Forward, Rommel" in the streets of Jerusalem in the hope for each and every German victory against the British Eighth Army under the leadership of General Montgomery. They clapped for the German army, as if it were being led by an Arab officer.
There was a terrible panic. I came to the kibbutz on furlough from the army. Everyone ran up to me, especially the women. "Are they coming or not?" And I told them: they will not come; we will not let them. But we didn't believe we could hold them off. Fear was great. And the Arabs here were already sharpening their knives, to kill the Jewish population with the help of the Germans, the Nazis. Hate for the English and the Jews reached its height. The cup was full to overflowing, especially when they saw how shocked of the Zionists were after the German victory in North Africa.
In the summer, Rommel's tanks are rolling unstoppably toward Egypt and threatening the Holy Land from the south. In the west, the Germans have conquered Greece and Crete. From there it is not far to the coast of Palestine. In the Caucasus, too, in the north, German troops are moving from the Russian front toward the Orient. They are to push through Iraq to Jerusalem. That is the plan. It looked like the German Wehrmacht was coming to Palestine from three directions. Whoever saw the map, that was how it looked. The German Wehrmacht was coming to Palestine from three directions. There were hundreds, thousands of Jews ready to fight, with or without weapons. There was no way we would let the Germans enter the country. We knew that was the end of us. We had no choice.
Al-Husseini would like to be part of the fighting. He wants to support the advance at the head of the German-trained Arab legions. But the Mufti and the Arabs and North Africans stationed in Greece are not required. Also waiting for marching orders in Athens was an SS task force.
The death squads are intended to be used against the Jews, first in Egypt and then in Palestine. Heaven had come to our aid. In December,1942, the Russians began the Stalingrad offensive. Montgomery and the 8th Army, in which I was fighting: we began the offensive in El Alamein and began to push Rommel out. That was a sad day. The young men in Jaffa in the Arab club and the Islamic club talked. They were sad that this mighty army, this unbeatable army had been beaten. They understood the reasons which led to Rommel's defeat in North Africa. They did not like that. They did not feel happy about that. Because, for them, evil triumphed. Shame triumphed, and the tyranny of those who came into our land to rip our homeland from us. All of that was said here.
The leadership of the institute would like to fulfill their Islamic mission to highlight the history of the Muslims, Islam and its high demands as well as its exalted objectives for the well-being of human beings.
The Grand Mufti is concentrating more on propaganda now that a military solution to the Palestine question has receded into the distance.
He is the patron and the strong man of the new Islamic institute in Berlin. The institute was founded with the support of the Nazis. It is helping the popular Arab leader to follow through with his interests. He was known throughout the Islamic world. In his time, he held the Islamic Conference in Jerusalem. He continued to work with Islamic circles and institutions until the end of his days.
Every day at war made the Mufti more important for the Nazis. From Berlin, he pulls the strin
gs of the resistance in the Middle East. By German radio, he propagates Holy War against the Jews. He also recruits tirelessly for the regime among non-Arabic Muslims, so that Hindus, Turkestanis, Caucasians or Krim-Tatars would join in the Germans' war. His word has more and more weight in the capitol of the Reich. The regime supports the Mufti generously: villas, vacation homes, offices, as well as substantial monthly stipends.
For every service he is richly rewarded by the Foreign Ministry and the SS. A dense web of contacts and close friendships give him the necessary maneuvering room to systematically pursue his ambitions.
The Grand Mufti is living in a golden exile. Contact with him was difficult. Letters brought us by travelers were rare. They heard his voice on the radio, or it was reported there that he was in Berlin.
At this time we learned nothing of what had happened to him. Sentimentality is alien to the hard-driving Arabic leader. Although his family lives in Jerusalem, he has repeatedly suggested since 1943 that either the holy city or Tel Aviv be bombed, because the Zionists meet there, or just for propaganda effect. T
he sermons Al-Husseini gives in his Berlin mosque are over-the-top. He cleverly mixes religious and racist hatred of the Jews, using his religion for his politics. Not everyone appreciates his radicalism. But most Muslims, who can follow their faith without hindrance, sympathize with the Nazis and the Mufti's views.
Al-Husseini's zeal knows no bounds. In a German radio broadcast to the Near East In November, 1943, he declares:
"Muslims and Arabs: What brings the Germans close to us and brings us to their side, is that Germany has not invaded any Islamic country. And Germany is battling a common enemy. It has seen the Jews for what they are, and decided to find a final solution, which will remove their evil from the world."
Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem knows from the start what is happening to the Jews in Germany and Europe. At the beginning of 1942, Adolf Eichmann personally discloses the "solution of the European Jewish question" to the Mufti. Al-Husseini is very impressed. He sends envoys to inspect Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen in summer, 1942. In 1943, his friend, SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, also reports to the Grand Mufti about the status of the final solution.
"By now, we have exterminated approximately 3 million of them."
The death transports roll uninterruptedly to the camps in the east. Only with the help of the Red Cross and the British is there still an escape route to Palestine for a few Jews.
With all his might, Al-Husseini tries to stop these few rescue transports. He turns to Himmler and the National Socialist leadership and intervenes vehemently with the governments of Hungary, Bulgaria and, Rumania, who above all wanted to allow Jewish children and young people to leave the country.
A race of life and death begins. And the Grand Mufti plays a leading role. My father and I heard about this transport, actually because I was a member of a Zionist Jewish organization called Hashomer Hatzair, and they tried to get me into this transport, although we did not have the money to pay for it.
"To the Royal Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Your Excellency, the Jewish threat to the entire world, and especially to the countries where Jews reside has become a fact of life for most peoples and caused them to take defensive measures. We do not believe that Jewish emigration can solve this problem. Once emigrated, the Jews could, with nothing to hinder them, enter into alliance with their racial comrades in the rest of the world and cause more damage to the land they have left."
You got the feeling of something--I cannot say historic, that would be too big a word--but that something special was happening, that we were leaving, because we also understood that we were going from German to English soldiers. and it not clear to me to this day how that worked out.
"It seems to me to be worth noting that the countries Jews are supposed to immigrate to take a significant position that could have great influence on the outcome of the war. Further, the Jews during their stay in other lands have had the opportunity to learn about information vital to the war, and would make use of this information."
The first time we experienced something more radical was on the Bulgarian-Turkish border. The Germans came in and...that was the last place where the German soldiers had any kind of contact with us, because Turkey was officially neutral. Then they arrested three Polish youths and took them down. As far as I know, they were taken to Auschwitz, to Poland.
"I take the liberty of pointing out that it would be appropriate and expedient to prevent the Jews from emigrating, and send them where they are under rigorous control, for instance, Poland. Thus you avoid their threat and do a good deed for the Arabian people. Respectfully, your devoted Amin Al-Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem."
The Germans said, Poles and people who come from Poland have no right to travel in this train. But in Rumania, with our passes and exit permits,etc., we were allowed to travel further. The refugee train by which Uri Shalev reached the Holy Land in the spring of 1943 was among the last children's transport to come out of the death zone. How that worked, I do not know to this day. It was a chain, where so many...there was so much in it. In my opinion, it was a miracle that it worked at all.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1001 Nights on the Adriatic as the Weekly Newsreel liked to pretend.
Nearly half the people in Bosnia are Muslims. The country belongs to fascist Croatia. It fights loyally by the side of the Germans. Most Muslims, too, the so-called Bosnians, are friendly to the Germans.
It has been known for a long time in the Balkans that the Muslims are well-disposed to the Nazis. An ideal field for the Mufti to convince his Berlin friends of (the value of ) his services: for Bosnia only appears to be calm and peaceful. Since the occupation of Yugoslavia, the German regular army has been in a bitter battle with Tito's partisans.
Bosnia above all seems to be spinning out of control. New forces are urgently needed. In February, 1943, Hitler orders a new SS division to deploy in Bosnia. Himmler's officers recruit assiduously for the military SS among the young Bosnians. They said that an SS soldier is taken care of and families too get some kind of rations or protection. For this reason, many volunteered -- to take care of their wives and children. Many were out of work and volunteered for that reason. And so I heard about that and learned about the Handschar Division. The new unit is named "Handschar" after an oriental curved saber (scimitar).
[Ed. note from Atlas - It bears noting here that the Bosnian Muslim government had reformed the Nazi SS Division, Hadnschar Division, in 1993. The Nazi division was resurrected and President Bill Clinton sent US troops to fight along side the Nazi muslim division - more on that here]
From the beginning, Al-Husseini is involved in the deployment of the Muslim SS division. For the Nazis, Muselman becomes Muselgerman (pun based on older word for Muslim). Himmler summarily declares the Balkan Muslims to be among the racially worthy peoples of Europe.
The Muslims swear obedience to the death to the German commander-in-chief, Adolf Hitler. In the end there are over 20,000 in the unit, among them Germans as well.
The Grand Mufti personally recruits for the collaboration troops in Bosnia. Headquarters naturally saw him as someone who could inspire the Muslim world to fight for Germany and Europe. He was supported in every respect. That was the main purpose, I would say.
The Grand Mufti, it was said at the time, was a first-rate Jew-hater, and that naturally fit the Nazis' ideology. By agreement with Himmler, he is responsible for the philosphical-spiritual education of the Handschar soldiers.
The Grand Mufti is to build the
bridge between the German and the Arabic world. Himmler even grants him
imams and mullahs for this special ministry to the troops.
The Mufti chose the clerics himself and trained them in a school fir imams and mullahs. A novelty in the military SS: In the regular army, for instance, there were field clerics, catholic or protestant. That was not true in the military SS, except in the Handschar. And these imams had practical control of religious training.
"Dear Comrades, The friendship between Muslims and Germans has become much stronger, because National Socialism is in many respects parallel to Islamic philosophy. Points of similarity are monotheism and unity of leadership, Islam as an organizing force, struggle, community, family and progeny, the relationship with the Jews, glorification of work and production."
Naturally, they were not regarded as full soldiers by the SS leaders.For them, Muslims were nothing at all. They were not half soldiers, but even less than half soldiers. And it angered the SS leaders, that these people wore the same uniform. Except naturally, they walked around sloppier than a German officer would. SS chief Himmler is more focused on inner values.
"I must say, I have nothing against Islam, absolutely nothing. It is educating its people for me in this division, and promising them heaven if they fight and fall in the fight. A practical and sympathetic religion for soldiers."
Himmler is willing to be indulgent to the religious idiosyncrasies of his new soldiers. He has someone ask the Mufti what Islam prescribes for the soldiers' diet. The SS even arranges for culinary instruction for provisions with no alcohol or pork. The Reichsführer forbids the Germans in the division from making jokes about the Muslim volunteers.
He dealt personally with the headwear of the Muslim recruits. And naturally we wore the fez--we Germans too. It was required. The fez--blue with the death's head and royal eagle in front, with a tassel. That was our uniform. When we went on furlough, since it wasn't very well known--I mean, nothing ever happened to me--they were often stopped by the military police: "They ought give up on the circus, with the fez." That was written in the company register, that we had to wear the fez.
In March, 1944, the Death's Head in Bosnia is deployed against Tito's partisans. It is a brutal thrust. The partisans kept infiltrating. It didn't achieve much. It was a disastrous war, difficult and dirty, really dirty. The Mufti is tirelessly underway for the Führer.
One time he is giving his political imams a morale boost in Budapest directly behind the front, because the Handschar soldiers are now being deployed to the bitterly contested eastern front. Or he is schooling new imams in his institute up to the last minute, showing them how to lead the soldiers into deadly fighting.
Certainly I consoled my comrades, and myself too, because I knew what was waiting for us. I said: our job is to push back the enemy on our section of the front. There will surely be sacrifice. At any rate, anyone who loses his life in this way is a shahid, a martyr. They knew what a shahid is.
In the battle for Berlin the Bosnians were still fighting against the Russians advancing toward final victory. The Grand Mufti had disappeared long before. Not before getting his wealth to a safe place. He has a predilection for gold and dollars, which he placed in Switzerland in timely fashion.
As the Soviet soldiers are hoisting the red victory banner on the Reichstag in Berlin, the Grand Mufti is on his way to Switzerland. First he traveled to Bad Gastein and stayed there briefly. Then he flew to Switzerland in a German plane. He was in the company of my uncle and one other person. And for the first time, the sirens howled in neutral Switzerland, because a German plane overflew the border. The plane was ordered to land in Switzerland. His name was on a list according to which he was not allowed to enter the country. They handed him over to France.
The Grand Mufti living in tranquil Louisienne, near Paris, is intolerable for some Jewish soldiers in the British army. They concoct a plan. We were sure that he would be convicted exactly like the leading Nazis in Nuremberg. And we talked about how terrible it would be, if the French freed him. I said, we have to do something to prevent that. We are soldiers. We have weapons; we have transport; we have papers. We have possibilities others do not have. Let us arrange for this man to be brought before the court, or killed by someone. We talked about it and thought: Maybe we will make an assassination attempt on him.
While the Mufti, under loose guard by the French, is already making contacts in the Near East, the young conspirators seek some final advice from their rabbis. They pulled their hair and screamed at me: "Are you crazy?" 'What do you think will happen? What kind of consequences can that have?" And they said: "Jews are still in Arab countries. In Iraq, in Syria, in Algeria, in Tunisia. And by this act you will annihilate all the Jewish communities in Arab countries." I went back to the unit and told my comrades: "People, I am not going with you, and I won't let you do anything." With that, the chapter between us and the Mufti was closed.
In May, 1946, Husseini travels from Paris to Cairo under a false name. Jerusalem awaits him His hometown has decked itself out for him. But the British deny him entry. In 1947, he rejects the UNO plan to divide Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. Half a year later, he goes to war with Arab armies against the new state of Israel.
Shortly before the trial in Jerusalem of the chief organizer of the murder of the Jews, Adolf Eichmann, the Grand Mufti in Beirut denies any participation in and responsibility for the Holocaust. He did not even know Eichmann. "During my stay in Germany in the war years, I enjoyed every hospitality and excellent treatment by the Germans. Something I remember and treasure highly." On July 4, 1974, Mohammad Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, died in Beirut. He was 77 years old.


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The YCMHS Grade 9 team has won districts. (Back row, left to right) Assistant coach Joel Durling, Ethan LeBlanc, Anthony Oguntade, Ben Lyons, Carter Cunningham, Will Devine, Josh Adams, coach Randy Fells, (Front row) Brett Donnelly, Keenan Brewer, Grayson Smith and Josh Watkins.
The Grade 9 Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School Grade 9 basketball team won the district championship on Feb. 22 and will be competing in regionals in Yarmouth on Feb. 27. Yarmouth's first game is at 11 a.m.
Yarmouth defeated Barrington in their first game at districts, while Shelburne defeated Dumlin, setting the stage for a Yarmouth versus Shelburne championship game, which was won by Yarmouth 55-48.
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Web site doesn't say anything, and answering machine invites you to leave a message.
Hey Jeanne,
Wilson is open but they will be closing early. When I called this morning they were not sure what time they will close, but said that will be determined as the day goes on. Their number is 202 730 0583 (yes it's programmed into my cell!). Have fun!
ok, very bizarre. gentleman who answered phone is speaking french. ????
Jeanne, Jeanne, Jeanne!! I just called there, he just has a very strong accent (and it was not FRENCH!!) ! Wilson is open until 630p. That is the correct number :-) I double checked
Wish I could get down there. My pool is closed today. Boy, my back sure could use a swim.
Il parle francais avec moi! Vraiment! Je ne dis pas un mensonge. Mon Dieu.
Jeanne ... the CIA is trying to screw with you. They do that kind of sh*t to me all the time. You think it's an accident that I can't swim ?
je suis tres desolee. je ne comprends pas pourqoui il parlait francais avec vous...c'est etrange! bonne journee...a bien tot escargot!
je crois q'il y a trop de blagues ici. i thought you were saying hugh's back spoke to you in french. i'd go to wilson in a blizzard to see that.
and fed gov's closed again tomorrow, i'm gonna have to take up a fourth sport with all this freetime. XC Skii!
have good snails?? What??? Google translator don't fail me now!
And nbehappy:
What?? Is my french that bad?? Tant pis!
Wilson was open and relatively uncrowded tonight.
I'm BACK, baby.


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Celeb encounters..
You may not think so, but David thinks he is still hot stuff. Well, he is...in Europe!
I love it when I get emails from people with real life celeb encounters. Don't you love juicy tidbits about our favorite stars? This came from Catherine, thank you!
A friend of mine who works at a resort in Maui was telling me about some of the silly celebrities she's been helping and she said she recently (last week or so) helped David Hasselhoff! She said that he was actually a bit of an ass! She told me that he was covered in age/sun spots all over his face and body, and she figured they must use a LOT of makeup on him to cover it all up. He looked old.
Also, she told me that over New Year's she spoke to Ashlee Simpson several times, and that on New Year's Eve there was a special dinner party at one of their hotel's restaurants called, "Nick's." My friend told Ashlee that the price was about $125 or $150 per person, and Ashlee complained that that was too expensive, and said, "but we're not going to eat that much." She didn't go to the restaurant.
In conclusion, David is a jerk with badly sundamaged skin and Ashlee is a penny pinching cheapskate!


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Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino helped the Phils draw First Blood to set the tone for the rest of tonight's contest.
Rollins continued his MVP caliber play leading off the game with a single. Dejavu, considering he led off last night's game with a triple and joined the 30/30 club the night before by leading off that game with homerun. That kind of spark, speaks volumes.
Drawing First Blood is what makes Jimmy Rollins the National League MVP.
What might be overlooked tonight is the kool, kalm and kollected play of Kyle Kendrick. K2 earned his 10th win of the season, pitching 6 solid innings, the first 5 of which were scoreless.
And after 2 homeruns by Howard and Burrell, 6 runs scored (1 each by the first 6 batters), and over 40,000 rally towels, the dust settled and the Phillies ended up in first place. Thanks in large part to our continuous winning and the Mets continuous losing.
The Phillies are in first place. I will sleep well tonight.
PS - I have tickets to tomorrow night's game and Sunday's game. It should be a fun weekend.