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Shoestring Thu, 09/17/2015 - 7:45am
NEADS
Training exercises
NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) held a training exercise just over a month before September 11, 2001, which had some uncanny similarities to the 9/11 attacks. The exercise, called Fertile Rice, was based around the scenario of Osama bin Laden--the man who supposedly ordered the 9/11 attacks--organizing an aerial attack on a high-profile government building in Washington, DC--one of the cities attacked on September 11.
NEADS personnel were scheduled to take part in an exercise on September 11. We therefore need to consider whether the similarities between the scenario for the Fertile Rice exercise and some of the incidents they had to deal with on the morning of September 11 caused them to mistake real-world events for part of the day's exercise and thereby impaired their ability to respond to the 9/11 attacks.
EXERCISE INVOLVED BIN LADEN PLANNING TO ATTACK WASHINGTON WITH A DRONE AIRCRAFT
NEADS, based in Rome, New York, was responsible for monitoring and defending the airspace in which the hijackings occurred on September 11, and was consequently responsible for coordinating the U.S. military's response to the 9/11 attacks. [1] It ran an exercise called Fertile Rice each week. [2] On August 4, 2001--five and a half weeks before 9/11--Fertile Rice was based around the scenario of Osama bin Laden's operatives attacking a target in Washington. [3]
An information sheet on the exercise outlined the details. It stated that the scenario for the exercise involved an "Osama bin Laden threat to [the] U.S." Bin Laden had "reportedly acquired at least one and possibly two" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAV he'd obtained was believed to be the Russian-developed "Colibri," which had been modified to be launched off a ship.
Bin Laden's operatives intended to carry out an attack in the next 24 to 36 hours. Although their exact target was unknown, it was believed that they intended to strike a "highly visible U.S. government target" that was probably in the Washington area.
The Colibri they would use to carry out the attack was a propeller-driven drone aircraft designed to perform various military and civilian missions. It was 4.25 meters long, had a wingspan of 5.9 meters, and its maximum speed was 155 miles per hour. It was fitted with sophisticated electronic jamming equipment, as well as equipment for monitoring electronic communications and radar.
The ship transporting the Colibri to the Washington area had left a port in the Middle East and was set to rendezvous with one of the terrorists off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on August 4. This person would provide the final targeting information that would be programmed into the Colibri. The ship was believed to be carrying additional military equipment, including shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, rocket-propelled grenades, automatic weapons, and plastic explosives.
The Colibri's "weapon payload" was "reportedly some type of fuel-air explosive" that would be "activated with an altimeter device." [4] Fuel-air explosives are highly destructive weapons. They spray an explosive mist and then ignite the vapor, thereby creating a blast far larger than a conventional weapon produces. [5]
The exact form that the Colibri's "weapon payload" would take in the scenario is unstated in the information sheet. It could perhaps have been a fuel-air bomb that the UAV would drop onto its target. Alternatively, the mock terrorists' intention may have been to fly the Colibri into its target such that the fuel-air explosive it carried would detonate on impact.
AUGUST 4 EXERCISE HAD SIMILARITIES TO THE 9/11 ATTACKS
It is worth considering whether the similarities between the scenario for the Fertile Rice exercise on August 4 and some of the incidents NEADS had to deal with on September 11 had a detrimental effect on how NEADS personnel responded to the 9/11 attacks.
NEADS personnel are known to have been in the middle of a major air defense exercise on September 11, called Vigilant Guardian, which simulated an attack on the United States. [6] Most of the staffers on the NEADS operations floor on the morning of September 11 had no idea what the exercise was going to involve that day, according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. [7] They could presumably therefore have thought any suspicious reports they received were part of the exercise.
We can see that the August 4 exercise resembled the 9/11 attacks--or at least the official account of the attacks--in several ways. These similarities may have caused NEADS personnel to mistakenly think events on September 11 were part of that day's exercise, since these personnel might have thought they were being tested on a similar scenario.
The first similarity was that while Fertile Rice was based around a scenario in which Osama bin Laden's operatives attacked the United States, the attacks on the U.S. that occurred on September 11 were, according to the official account, ordered by bin Laden and carried out by members of his al-Qaeda terrorist network.
Secondly, the scenario for Fertile Rice and the 9/11 attacks both involved America being attacked from the air. In the exercise, the simulated attack was going to be carried out using an unmanned drone aircraft; on September 11, the attacks were carried out using commercial aircraft.
Thirdly, Fertile Rice and the 9/11 attacks both involved terrorists attacking prominent government buildings in the Washington area. In Fertile Rice, the exact target is unstated. However, the information sheet on the exercise specified that it was a "highly visible U.S. government target" that was likely in the Washington area. [8] This could well have been the Pentagon, the White House, or the Capitol building--three of the most "visible" government buildings in the Washington area.
On September 11, meanwhile, the Pentagon was one of the buildings that were attacked. At 9:37 a.m., according to the official account, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into its west wall. [9] And it has been claimed that either the White House or the Capitol building was the most likely target for United Airlines Flight 93--the fourth and final plane to be hijacked, which failed to reach its target and supposedly crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. [10]
NEADS RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUSPICIOUS AIRCRAFT IN THE WASHINGTON AREA ON SEPTEMBER 11
NEADS personnel were alerted to suspicious aircraft that were approaching or over Washington at least four times on the morning of September 11. Since these incidents presumably resembled the scenario they had encountered in Fertile Rice on August 4, we need to consider whether that exercise affected how they evaluated them. For example, did they think the reports of suspicious aircraft were simulated, as part of a scenario like the one they'd encountered in Fertile Rice?
Some, or perhaps all, of the reports NEADS received of suspicious aircraft over or approaching Washington on September 11 might even have been part of the exercise taking place that day. Close analysis of these reports reveals many oddities, which indicate they may indeed have been related to the exercise, rather than to actual events.
FLIGHT 11 WAS REPORTED AS FLYING TOWARD WASHINGTON LONG AFTER IT CRASHED
The first one of these reports came at around 9:21 a.m.--18 minutes after a second plane crashed into the World Trade Center and 16 minutes before the Pentagon was attacked.
Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at the FAA's Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, incorrectly told NEADS that American Airlines Flight 11--which crashed into the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m.--was still airborne and was flying south toward Washington. "It was evidently another aircraft that hit the tower," he said. [11]
Scoggins, however, had no solid evidence that Flight 11 was heading for the capital. Air traffic controllers "were never tracking an actual plane on the radar after losing American 11 near Manhattan," Vanity Fair magazine reported. But, "The plane's course, had it continued south past New York in the direction it was flying before it dipped below radar coverage, would have had it headed on a straight course toward DC." [12]
The 9/11 Commission stated that it had "been unable to identify the source of this mistaken FAA information." [13] But according to Vanity Fair, "Colin Scoggins ... made the mistaken call." Scoggins told the magazine he had been monitoring a conference call between FAA centers "when the word came across--from whom or where isn't clear--that American 11 was thought to be headed for Washington." [14]
NEADS WAS ALERTED TO AN AIRCRAFT FLYING AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
NEADS personnel were alerted to a suspicious aircraft flying over or toward Washington for a second time just before 9:36 a.m., about two minutes before the Pentagon was hit. Again, the source of the information was Colin Scoggins.
Scoggins initially told ID technician Stacia Rountree that the "latest report" was of an aircraft "six miles southeast of the White House" that was "moving away" from the White House. But, seconds later, he said the aircraft was in fact six miles southwest of the White House and "deviating away." Asked if he knew the identity of the aircraft, he replied: "Nothing. ... I have no clue." He suggested that NEADS contact the FAA's Washington Center for more information.
Rountree promptly called the Washington Center and asked about the suspicious aircraft, but the person who answered the call told her: "We don't know anything about that. ... It's probably just a rumor." They were surprised that Scoggins had alerted NEADS to the aircraft, since, they said, Boston Center's "airspace doesn't even come close to [Washington]." "I don't know how they got that information," they added.
Scoggins had told Rountree that Boston Center controllers didn't even have a blip for the suspicious aircraft on their radar screens. Boston Center personnel had just heard about the aircraft over a teleconference and wanted to pass on the information to NEADS, he'd said. [15]
The aircraft was later determined to have been Flight 77--the plane that supposedly crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. [16]
NEADS WAS ALERTED TO AN AIRCRAFT FLYING OUT OF CANADA
The third report of a suspicious aircraft approaching or over Washington came at around 10:00 a.m., when a NORAD unit in Canada contacted NEADS and told it an aircraft was heading south from Canada into the United States. [17]
A member of staff at NEADS relayed the details to their colleagues. The aircraft, from an "unknown departure airport," was "heading towards Washington," they said, but nothing else was known about it. [18] Another member of staff at NEADS called the Canadian NORAD unit, seeking more information, but an officer at the unit could provide few details. He said he had seen "something on the chat." (He was presumably referring to NORAD's computer chat system.) The information he'd seen was that his unit's intelligence officers were "assessing that there's a possible aircraft." [19]
The report turned out to be a false alarm. At around 10:10 a.m., the officer at the Canadian NORAD unit called NEADS and said his unit's intelligence officers were "not assessing that there is an actual aircraft problem." It was simply the case that "there could be problems from our area." "There's no actual aircraft that we suspect as being a danger," he added. [20]
A SUSPICIOUS AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY FLYING OVER THE WHITE HOUSE
The fourth report alerted NEADS personnel to a suspicious aircraft that was supposedly flying over the White House. This report was received at 10:07 a.m.--four minutes after Flight 93, the final aircraft to be hijacked that day, supposedly crashed in Pennsylvania. So by then the terrorist attacks were already over.
A pilot in one of three fighter jets that had taken off from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, and were flying a combat air patrol over Washington called NEADS. He said a controller at the FAA's Washington Center was "saying something about an aircraft over the White House" and asked if NEADS had any instructions for him. NEADS immediately ordered him to intercept the aircraft and divert it away from the White House.
While the fighters from Langley Air Force Base were heading toward the White House, a member of staff at NEADS suggested to his colleagues that the suspicious aircraft, which was flying "very low," was "probably a helicopter." But a few minutes later, NEADS personnel concluded that the aircraft was in fact one of the fighters from Langley Air Force Base, which the controller at the Washington Center had mistakenly reported because they were unaware fighters had been launched to protect the airspace over Washington. "It was our guys they saw, [Washington] Center saw," a member of staff at NEADS commented. [21]
The evidence that these four reports were part of the exercise NEADS was participating in on September 11--and were presumably related to simulated attacks on Washington--is, of course, inconclusive. The 9:36 a.m. report, for example, may have related to real-world events, when an aircraft involved in the actual attacks was near Washington.
Regardless of the reasons for the reports, though, the fact that Fertile Rice on August 4 included a simulated aerial attack on Washington would surely have increased the likelihood that NEADS personnel would think any reports of suspicious aircraft over or approaching Washington that they received on September 11 were part of the day's exercise.
NEADS PERSONNEL SUGGESTED BIN LADEN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 9/11 ATTACKS BEFORE ANY BLAME HAD BEEN ATTRIBUTED
Some evidence suggests the Fertile Rice exercise on August 4 did indeed influence the reactions of NEADS personnel to the crisis on September 11. Specifically, the fact that its scenario involved an attack that would be perpetrated by Osama bin Laden and his operatives may have led NEADS personnel to attribute the events of September 11 to bin Laden and Arab terrorists before any official allocation of blame was made.
Even while the terrorist attacks were taking place on the morning of September 11, at least one person at NEADS appears to have concluded that bin Laden was to blame for what was happening. At 9:28 a.m., Sergeant Steve Bianchi told his colleagues, "I think it's time we lost Osama bin Laden." [22] Later on, at 11:11 a.m., someone at NEADS told a colleague, "I think we're getting to the point we ought to start shooting all the ragheads." [23] ("Ragheads" is an offensive term for Muslims, Arabs, or Middle Easterners.)
And yet at these times, NEADS personnel had apparently received no information indicating that bin Laden and his terrorist organization were responsible for the attacks. Transcripts of tape recordings of the NEADS operations floor from the morning of September 11 show no examples of personnel inquiring about who was behind the events they were dealing with or being told who was thought to be responsible for the attacks. [24]
Furthermore, the first report on television firmly indicating that bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible appears to have only occurred just after 11:30 a.m. At that time, former NATO commander General Wesley Clark told CNN, "There is only one group that has ever indicated that it has this kind of ability [to carry out such a large-scale coordinated attack] and that's Osama bin Laden's." [25] A clear statement of blame appears to have first been made late that afternoon. At around 4:00 p.m., CNN correspondent David Ensor reported, "U.S. officials are saying that they now have new and specific information ... that people with links to Osama bin Laden may have been responsible for these attacks." [26]
In light of this information, it is worth considering whether NEADS personnel indicated that they thought bin Laden and "the ragheads" were behind the terrorist attacks so early on September 11 because they remembered that bin Laden and his operatives were behind the simulated attack in the Fertile Rice exercise on August 4.
It might also be worth considering whether the exercise NEADS was participating in on September 11 included a scenario, which, like the one in the August 4 exercise, involved an attack on the U.S. perpetrated by bin Laden and his terrorist organization. Even if it didn't, NEADS personnel may have mistakenly thought it did, based on their experiences in the August 4 exercise, in which bin Laden's operatives planned to attack "a highly visible U.S. government target" in the Washington area. The comments "I think it's time we lost Osama bin Laden" and "I think we're getting to the point we ought to start shooting all the ragheads" could therefore have reflected the fact that NEADS personnel thought the incidents they were dealing with on September 11 were part of an exercise scenario based around bin Laden launching an attack in the U.S.
DID THE AUGUST 4 EXERCISE AFFECT HOW NEADS PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11?
The similarities between the Fertile Rice exercise that NEADS personnel participated in on August 4, 2001, and the 9/11 attacks, five and a half weeks later, give rise to important questions.
For example, were the similarities just a coincidence or were they the result of something more sinister? Might the exercise have been intended to, in some way, impair the ability of NEADS personnel to stop the 9/11 attacks? If so, this would indicate that rogue individuals in the U.S. military were involved with planning the 9/11 attacks and designed the August 4 exercise to increase the likelihood of the attacks being successfully carried out.
We can certainly see several goals the exercise may have achieved toward facilitating the 9/11 attacks. To begin with, since it involved a hostile aircraft aiming for a target in Washington, Fertile Rice could have increased the likelihood that NEADS personnel would think any reports they received of suspicious aircraft approaching Washington or in the Washington area on September 11 were part of that day's exercise, rather than being attempts to alert them to real events. And if they thought any of the incidents they had to deal with on September 11 were simulated, NEADS personnel may have responded to them differently than if they knew they were real. They may, for example, have reacted with less urgency.
Secondly, the exercise could have helped convince NEADS personnel that Osama bin Laden and his terrorist organization were capable of carrying out sophisticated attacks in the United States. Fertile Rice involved bin Laden organizing an elaborate and audacious aerial attack on a government building in Washington--an area that should have been particularly well protected. This may have led NEADS personnel to believe it had been determined that bin Laden was capable of carrying out highly sophisticated attacks in the U.S.
If they believed this, they would presumably have been more likely to accept the official explanation of who was behind the 9/11 attacks and less likely to raise questions about the validity of this explanation. They would therefore have been less likely to wonder if a rogue group within the U.S. military and other government agencies was responsible for the attacks.
NEADS personnel received a briefing in July 2001 that may have been intended to fulfill the same purpose--convincing them that bin Laden was capable of carrying out an aerial attack in the U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Stuart, an intelligence officer at NEADS, told the 9/11 Commission that "the last Osama bin Laden [Continental United States NORAD Region] threat briefing" before 9/11 was on July 14, "as part of the increased threat warning during summer 2001." The increased threat level "was briefed at NEADS," he said. [27] Since the briefing was given to personnel whose job was to defend the airspace over North America, it presumably warned about the possibility of bin Laden specifically carrying out an aerial attack in the U.S.
DID OTHER EXERCISES HAVE SIMILARITIES WITH THE 9/11 ATTACKS?
The details that are available about the Fertile Rice exercise held at NEADS on August 4, 2001, give rise to many questions. For example, did the similarities between the scenario around which Fertile Rice was based and some of the incidents they encountered on September 11 lead NEADS personnel to think these incidents were part of the Vigilant Guardian exercise taking place that day? Also, who came up with the scenario for the August 4 exercise and who was responsible for preparing the exercise?
Fertile Rice exercises were held weekly at NEADS, so numerous scenarios must have been included in them in the months leading up to 9/11 besides the one in the August 4 exercise. What were these scenarios and did any of them resemble the 9/11 attacks? Master Sergeant Joe McCain, the mission crew commander technician at NEADS, indicated that Fertile Rice exercises prior to September 11 had at least some similarities to the 9/11 attacks. He said they included simulated hijackings, although only one plane would be hijacked in the scenarios. Occasionally, he said, the aircraft hijacked in the simulation had taken off from within the United States--like the four planes that were hijacked on September 11. [28] So did their participation in these exercises lead NEADS personnel to think the hijackings on September 11 were part of that day's exercise?
Additionally, did NEADS conduct any other exercises in the months leading up to September 11, besides its Fertile Rice exercises, that were based around scenarios resembling the 9/11 attacks? It regularly held exercises called Fertile Spade, Fertile Angel, and Fertile Gain. [29] What scenarios did these exercises involve in the months before 9/11? If any of the scenarios resembled the 9/11 attacks, did this cause NEADS personnel to mistake events on September 11 for part of an exercise?
Furthermore, were any of the reports of suspicious aircraft approaching or over Washington that NEADS received on September 11 part of an exercise, such as Vigilant Guardian? If so, this would mean the exercise was allowed to continue after the second hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade Center--at 9:03 a.m.--and it became obvious that the U.S. was under attack. The exercise may in fact have still been going on at 10:07 a.m., when NEADS was alerted to a supposedly suspicious aircraft flying over the White House. If the exercise did indeed continue even though the U.S. was clearly under attack, why was this? Whose job should it have been to cancel it?
A new investigation of 9/11 is necessary to address questions like these. Investigators would need to have access to all relevant documents, and individuals who worked at NEADS on September 11 and in the months before then would need to be able to speak freely about their experiences. Examination of military training exercises and their possible connections to what happened on September 11 may reveal a lot of important information about the 9/11 attacks and who was responsible for them.
[1] James Bamford, A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies. New York: Doubleday, 2004, pp. 3-4; Michael Bronner, "9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes." Vanity Fair, August 2006; Philip Shenon, The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. New York: Twelve, 2008, p. 203.
[2] Interview with Master Sergeant Joe McCain, written notes. 9/11 Commission, October 28, 2003; "Memorandum for the Record: Interview With MSgt. Joe McCain." 9/11 Commission, October 28, 2003.
[3] "Exercise Fertile Rice: Startex Intel Summary." Northeast Air Defense Sector, August 4, 2001; Interview with Col. Mark E. Stuart, written notes. 9/11 Commission, October 30, 2003; "Memorandum for the Record: Interview With Lt. Col. Mark E. Stuart, USAF, Intelligence Officer, Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS)." 9/11 Commission, October 30, 2003.
[4] "Exercise Fertile Rice"; "Intelligence Update: Exercise: Fertile Rice." Northeast Air Defense Sector, August 5, 2001.
[5] Tom Fiedler and Mark Thompson, "Despite Iraq's Offer, Gulf War Rages." Philadelphia Inquirer, February 16, 1991.
[6] Leslie Filson, Air War Over America: Sept. 11 Alters Face of Air Defense Mission. Tyndall Air Force Base, FL: 1st Air Force, 2003, p. 122; 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004, p. 458; James Bamford, A Pretext for War, p. 4; William M. Arkin, Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs, and Operations in the 9/11 World. Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2005, p. 545.
[7] Elizabeth Cooper, "NEADS on 9/11: Professionalism and Helplessness." Utica Observer-Dispatch, August 5, 2004.
[8] "Exercise Fertile Rice."
[9] 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, p. 314.
[10] Rachel Clarke, "The Ambassadors of Flight 93." BBC News, September 5, 2003; 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, p. 14; Guy Trebay, "A Moment in Time Captured in Pieces." New York Times, August 13, 2014; Lauren Raab and James Queally, "No Indication of Arson Found at Flight 93 Memorial." Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2014.
[11] 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, p. 26; Priscilla D. Jones, The First 109 Minutes: 9/11 and the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2011, p. 37.
[12] Michael Bronner, "9/11 Live."
[13] 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, p. 26.
[15] NEADS Audio File, Identification Technician Position, Channel 7. North American Aerospace Defense Command, September 11, 2001; Michael Bronner, "9/11 Live."
[16] Priscilla D. Jones, The First 109 Minutes, p. 39.
[17] "Transcripts From Voice Recorder, 11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z, Northeast Air Defense Sector, Rome, NY." North American Aerospace Defense Command, September 11, 2001; Priscilla D. Jones, The First 109 Minutes, p. 44.
[18] NEADS Audio File, Mission Crew Commander Position, Channel 2. North American Aerospace Defense Command, September 11, 2001.
[19] NEADS Audio File, Identification Technician Position, Channel 4. North American Aerospace Defense Command, September 11, 2001.
[21] NEADS Audio File, Weapons Director Position, Channel 3. North American Aerospace Defense Command, September 11, 2001; Michael Bronner, "9/11 Live."
[22] NEADS Audio File, Identification Technician Position, Channel 4.
[23] NEADS Audio File, Tracking Technician Position, Channel 21. North American Aerospace Defense Command, September 11, 2001.
[24] Transcripts available at the 9/11 Document Archive.
[25] "10:53 a.m.-11:34 a.m." CNN, September 11, 2001; "Gen. Wesley Clark Discusses Ongoing Terrorist Situation." Breaking News, CNN, September 11, 2001; "Timeline of Chaos." Ottawa Citizen, September 11, 2001.
[26] "3:45 p.m.-4:26 p.m." CNN, September 11, 2001; "Karen Hughes Delivers Remarks on Terrorist Attacks." Breaking News, CNN, September 11, 2001; "September 11: Chronology of Terror." CNN, September 12, 2001.
[27] Interview with Col. Mark E. Stuart, written notes; "Memorandum for the Record: Interview With Lt. Col. Mark E. Stuart, USAF, Intelligence Officer, Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS)."
[28] Interview with Master Sergeant Joe McCain, written notes; "Memorandum for the Record: Interview With MSgt. Joe McCain."
[29] "Memorandum: Fertile Spade 97-26." Northeast Air Defense Sector, June 18, 1997; "Memorandum: No-Notice Air Defense Exercise, Fertile Angel 99-01 and Fertile Spade 99-07." Northeast Air Defense Sector, November 30, 1998; "Memorandum: Fertile Gain 99-05 After-Action Report." Northeast Air Defense Sector, September 21, 1999.
If they thought it was real
If the White House Secret Service agent (Garabito) in charge of securing the airspace thought it was real and not a drill, not an exercise, why did they bring both Lynne Cheney and Laura Bush there?
Here is Lynne Cheney arriving after 9:45 am, where it was necessary to drive across the Jackson Place/Lafayette Park sidewalk.
See at mark 4:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay-xFiZC948
Her transport and security vehicles were initially directed to the official residence at the Naval Observatory, but turned around abruptly.
Then you see an E4B (VENUS77) at mark 5:10. This flying command post took off from Andrews south of DC at ~9:45.
I would say it is definitely worth considering whether the drill affected reactions on 9/11.
kawika on Thu, 09/17/2015 - 7:46pm.
Evidence indicates NEADS *did* mistake attacks for an exercise
Kawika wrote:
Good point. I think what the Secret Service believed and did is a separate topic to what I cover in this article and deserves to be looked into in its own right.
I provided evidence that NEADS personnel mistook the 9/11 attacks for simulated events in a training exercise in my previous article, "'Real-World or Exercise': Did the U.S. Military Mistake the 9/11 Attacks for a Training Scenario?" You can read that article here:
http://shoestring911.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/real-world-or-exercise-did-us-military.html
Shoestring on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 4:01am.
Slight correction:According
Slight correction:
According to Secret Service Memos, First Lady Laura Bush had been relocated to an undisclosed location, NOT the White House.
http://de.scribd.com/doc/30764772/Monaghan-FOIA-USSS-Memos-and-Timelines
At 9:41, Laura Bush appears with Senators Kennedy and Gregg before reporters and television cameras (CNN: https://archive.org/details/911/day/20010911#id/CNN_20010911_130000_CNN_Live_This_Morning/start/13:41:56UTC) in the Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building.
According to historycommons, they then learn of the Pentagon attack "and Bush's Secret Service agents instruct them to go to the basement of the building they are in." In a slight variation of this story, "Bush and her entourage then reach Gregg's office, where they will remain until the Secret Service takes them away to a "secure location" at around 10:10 a.m." - which is not the PEOC: "Bush's Secret Service agents say they are going to take everyone to a secure location. This turns out to be the Secret Service headquarters in Washington". "The Secret Service headquarters, according to journalist and author Ronald Kessler, is "an anonymous nine-story tan brick building on H Street at Ninth Street NW in Washington." It is located a few blocks from the White House. After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 it was reinforced to survive a large-scale blast. Bush and her entourage arrive there through an underground entrance."
Much later, around 6:30, "Laura Bush, the president's wife, is driven, by members of the Secret Service, to the White House from the Secret Service headquarters in Washington, DC, and is then escorted down to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) below the White House."
http://historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=laura_bush_1
According to historycommons, Lynne Cheney, who was at a hair salon when the two planes crashed in NYC, was first driven towards "the vice president's residence, which is on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory in northwest Washington" in response to the USSS receiving word of an approaching plane (ca. 9:34). When they learn during the drive that the Pentagon had been attacked, the car turns around. "The colleague says that since Cheney's motorcade is "on 15th Street and near the White House," it should change destination and take Cheney to "the White House shelter" where she can join her husband. ... [Mrs. Cheney] will comment that after the Pentagon has been hit, the Secret Service "decided that maybe it would be safer for me to be underneath the White House. The immediate threat was gone, so they took me there.""
http://historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=lynne_cheney
I think this adequately explains why Lynne Cheney was brought to the bunker.
mikealfaromeo on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 6:31am.
Makes No Sense To Me
mikealfaromeo wrote: " I think this adequately explains why Lynne Cheney was brought to the bunker."
Nelson Garabito stated they they were aware of a plane 30 minutes out and another at 45 minutes out. By 9:45, one had already hit, so that leaves another one still a potential threat.
At 9:41 Peter Jennings reports that there was a plane over the White House just prior.
9:41 is just before Lynne Cheney is being brought to the PEOC.
Any place would have been safer than where they took her. The McDonald's drive thru on 16ht street would have been better. The SS building on H and 9th would've been better.
I really believe that many of these details are embellishments to keep foreign intelligence services from reconstructing security protocols.
When we have unedited CNN videos showing two different events and one of them is known (VENUS77 flight path), we can reasonably associate and time stamp the other.
And no, the V77 is not the same plane reported by Jennings because it didn't depart ADW until 9:45.
kawika on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 10:40am.
Jennings says at 9:41 and a
Jennings says at 9:41 and a few seconds: "there is a plane cicling the White House at the moment, and they're clearing the grounds there". I think this refers to AA77 which had been circling near Washington a few minutes earlier. The only other plane that came close to DC in that general timeframe was, as you no doubt know, Gopher06 - the C130 that had departed ADW a little earlier and had been vectored to check out AA77. Check out radar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMWbHAqRHvI
The 9/11 Commission Staff wrote this note of their interview with Garabito (page 10): "Recalls 3 separate group of info reported by FAA prior to crash: (1) two unaccounted for planes, possibly hijacked, in addition to those that crashed into WTC; (2) one of the unaccounted for planes was heading to DC; (3) the unaccounted for airplane toward DC was 30 miles out and coming in fast and low".
This information is of course inaccurate - whether inaccurately recalled by Garabito, or inaccurately paraphrased by Staff, or inaccurately related to Garabito by FAA (van Steenbergen)
However, note that this version has only ONE plane headed for DC, most likely either AA77 or the ghost AA11. When AA77 had crashed, there was no more plane headed to DC that Garabito knew of.
But that accounts contradicts this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUEYAJiLB2c
The film was made after the 9/11 Commission Report was published in July 2004. Do you know when? What program was this aired on? Anyway, I suggest that Garabito's recollection had "evolved" since his Staff interview, which was on or before July 28 2003 (see date on top of the pages which habe the Garabito statements).
Are you suggesting the White House shelter is an unsafe location when someone is attacking the White House? Why then does it exist?
mikealfaromeo on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 6:54pm.
How Safe is the PEOC
No. There is no way of knowing how safe that place is. But the grounds surrounding and leading up to the WH are not hardened. A plane could have surprised that zone at any time while they transported the first ladies to the PEOC.
What it indicates to me is they had good information about any real threats to the WH area. If they thought there was a chance of incoming, they would've sent Lynne and Laura elsewhere. Are these high value assets under the care of protective services or what?
mikealfaromeao wrote: Jennings says at 9:41 and a few seconds: "there is a plane cicling the White House at the moment, and they're clearing the grounds there". I think this refers to AA77 which had been circling near Washington a few minutes earlier. The only other plane that came close to DC in that general timeframe was, as you no doubt know, Gopher06 - the C130 that had departed ADW a little earlier and had been vectored to check out AA77.
Answer: Now come on, sir! You are not suggesting that the AA77 target or the GOPHER06 target could have been mistaken for "over the White House" are you? Neither were anywhere near the WH. If you are suggesting this, then any craft leaving ADW at the time could be mistaken. What about WORD31 or VENUS22?. Shall we add them to this fouled up mess?
Over P-56 is the qualifier. Do we have a plane that fits this description or not?
kawika on Mon, 09/21/2015 - 9:34am.
"No. There is no way of
"No. There is no way of knowing how safe that place is."
Can we agree that it is likely the safest place on and around the White House Premises, and it is a good idea to go to an underground shelter in case someone want to drop an airplane at you - or otherwise kill you?
Some say the shelter is built to survive a nuclear hit - I doubt that, but it's built as a bunker from the outset, so you must be in willful denial if you want to doubt that the PEOC is a pretty safe place.
"But the grounds surrounding and leading up to the WH are not hardened. A plane could have surprised that zone at any time while they transported the first ladies to the PEOC."
I already corrected your claim that the First Lady, Laura Bush, was taken to the PEOC in the morning. Please read my earlier comments.
So it's too bad that you can hit high-value targets while they are not in a shelter. That is, in my insignificant opinion no good reason not to relocate to a shelter. A sniper could be positioned at the VP's residence, a car bomb placed along the route - how are you going to rule out all the ways that terrorists could attack the First Ladies? There was no honor code in place to only use airplanes to kill anyone!
"What it indicates to me is they had good information about any real threats to the WH area. If they thought there was a chance of incoming, they would've sent Lynne and Laura elsewhere. Are these high value assets under the care of protective services or what?"
Again: Scratch Laura from that story! She wasn't brought to the White House until the evening!
You present fascinating insight to the inner workings of your brain, but no professional personal detail ought to be obliged to abide by protocols that you imagine to be better than theirs.
"Now come on, sir! You are not suggesting that the AA77 target or the GOPHER06 target could have been mistaken for "over the White House" are you?"
Two possibilities that I can think of immediately:
1. You saw Venus 77 turning over DC, did you not? It was outside of P56 at all times. How sure are you that observers on the ground near the WH would not later say that V77 "circled over the WH"? People tend to misjudge angles from zenith, and underestimate distances to objects in the sky. I think it's plausible that Gopher was visible from downtown DC
2. Jennings is merely imprecisely paraphrasing a piece of information he was given earlier - say, a report of a plane that was "heading toward the WH", then "circled", can easily become a plane that "circled the WH".
I personally think #2 is the more plausible explanation and that neither Gopher nor any other plane after AA77 caused the mix-up. But that's just me.
The important point for you is: Look at the radar recording - there wasn't any plane at all that actually flew or circled "over" the WH!
"Over P-56 is the qualifier. Do we have a plane that fits this description or not?"
No, we do not. Peter Jennings was somewhat mistaken when he claimed "there is a plane cicling the White House at the moment". The smart thing for you would be to accept that his statement is contradicted by the evidence, and thus reject the statement, at least a literal reading of it. Just as with Mineta: He is proven wrong, so the smart choice is to let go of his false statements.
mikealfaromeo on Mon, 09/21/2015 - 11:30am.
I cannot see Ms. Cheney
I cannot see Ms. Cheney there. Why is it then a fact, that she was inside the car?
bio on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 1:33am.
Car Blocked By Fire Truck
"Cheney's driver takes the car over the curb and onto the sidewalk, to try and get Cheney to the White House, but a fire engine is driven in front of the car, to block its path. Eventually, though, Cheney's car is allowed onto the grounds. "
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=lynne_cheney (see at 9:45am)
kawika on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 8:56am.
Transcript of a Newsweel
Transcript of a Newsweel telephone interview with Lynne Cheney, dated November 09, 2001 (not sure if this is the date of the interview or of the transcript):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16942240/NY-B10-Farmer-Misc-WH-3-of-3-Fdr-11901-Newsweek-Interview-of-Mrs-Cheney-482
"...I arrived just as the White House was being evacuated. So the guards had no idea who we wereand were confused that somebody would want to be coming in,and wouldn't lower the barriers. The Secret Service peoplewho were with me drove onto the sidewalk. And at that point, a fire engine tried to block our way ... going into the White House. But I finally got in, was taken downstairs -- and as I say,everybody else was leaving the White House at this point -- lower and lower into the White House, and came across Dick, who was already underground. And when I got there, he was on the phone with the President. He was on the phone with the President many times that day. But from that first place where I ran into him, I moved with him into what they call the PEOC ..."
Mrs. Cheney talks in more detail about where and how they were and went before getting to the White House, and her estimate of the arrival time ("It was probably close to10:00 a.m.") is off by about 15 minutes. She seems confident that the USSS started to move her only after the Pentagon was struck, which she places at 9:40, and that they then went towards the VP's residence for 5 mimutes before makimg a U-turn and heading back. That's how she arrived at 10 am.
She is probably mistaken about the start time (5 minutes earlier), and probably mistaken about how long they drove the other direction (should have been under 5 minutes) - which highlights the inaccuracy of witness recollection when it comes to remembering and estimating times.
She claims to have taken notes on a yellow notebook, in chronological order. This can be corroborated:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/19295960823/in/album-72157656213196901/ (Photo taken around noon)
The chronologically first two photos of Lynne in the PEOC were snapped at 10:03. One of them is this, and she already hold a notepad and a pen: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/19294300654/in/album-72157656213196901/
Interesting what she says about how reports of plane 60, 10, 5 miles out were processed inside the PEOC - according to her perception!
mikealfaromeo on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 10:17am.
Cheney might have used a phone in the tunnel. So what? It doesn't mean it was the first time, or that he hadn't already gone to the EBR/PEOC earlier then returned to the tunnel. They were having communications issues. Maybe the only working line to W was in the tunnel.
Just because Lynne arrives at a certain time doesn't mean Dick didn't arrive earlier.
If I were in charge of security I would make sure times were stated as later than actual, so foreign intelligence operatives could not accurately reconstruct protocols. Apparently Mineta didn't get the memo and testified truthfully. His testimony was not used in the 911 Commission report.
I'm still digging up information to figure out what the heck happened.
"Cheney might have used a
"Cheney might have used a phone in the tunnel. So what?"
Yes, so what? I have no idea why you bring that up.
"It doesn't mean it was the first time, or that he hadn't already gone to the EBR/PEOC earlier then returned to the tunnel. They were having communications issues. Maybe the only working line to W was in the tunnel."
Sure. Perhaps they had ordered pizza to the PEOC after the hookers left the orgy with Ted Kennedy earlier in the PEOC, and maybe the video conference had porn on two channels.
Everyone can make up claims and stuff.
"Just because Lynne arrives at a certain time doesn't mean Dick didn't arrive earlier."
Corrrrrrrect! When Lynne arrives, Dick is already there, so he definitely arrived "earlier". But he was stil in his office and not yet grabbed by his personal detail at precisely 09:36:43. This means Dick arrived in the tunnel not earlier, but possibly later, than 9:38. He arrived before Lynne of course, that would be before 9:50, 9:52 or thereabouts.
"If I were in charge of security I would make sure times were stated as later than actual"
This is fascinating insight into the workings of your brain, but since you have precisely zero training and experience with such operations, this tells us precisely nothing about what happened on 9/11 at the White House. We all can make up stuff and tell stories about how we would rule the world. I enjoy that sometimes myself.
"Apparently Mineta didn't get the memo and testified truthfully. His testimony was not used in the 911 Commission report."
His testimony is wrong. Nothing could be clearer than this. He is mistaken, or lies.
Mineta entered the PEOC after Rice, Rice (with Truscott) entered the shelter after Lynne (with Libby). In fact, I don't think Mineta ever mentioned the tunnel, he apparently goes straight to the conference room. In fact, we have a photo of him entering the PEOC - the photo was taken after 10:03 and before 10:18.
"I'm still digging up information to figure out what the heck happened."
You desperately wish you could retroactively change reality such that it fits your wrong conclusion that Mineta was right about the timeline and everybody else was wrong. You need to let go!
By posting that video and this link to history commons you just proved that Norman Mineta is wrong about his PEOC arrival time.
You'll note that the camera goes directly from Lynn Cheney's motorcade directly up to the E-4B flying over Washington.
We know for a fact according to radar data that ADDIS77 flew over that part of Washington DC sometime between 9:47 and 9:48. Meaning Mrs. Cheney did not arrive at the PEOC any sooner than 9:50.
Mineta said she was already there when he arrived.
ADDIS77 on Mon, 09/21/2015 - 2:58pm.
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If Ms. Cheney was really
If Ms. Cheney was really inside the car, then Mineta was wrong in the point, that she was already in the bunker, when he arrived there.
I do not trust these photos from the white house, because photos can be photoshoped, because Cheneys people and heby himself lied so many times.
I cannot understand your naiv trust.
bio on Tue, 09/22/2015 - 12:39am.
Detecting modifications is a whole field of science and nothing like the movies. Releasing images of this quality makes editing them extremely difficult. You can suggest anything is fake, it's a common theme in some circles, but without evidence (in this case, math) there's no reason to take the suggestion as anything other than that.
ELA is the most common technique: http://fotoforensics.com/tutorial-ela.php (I havent run them)
jkeogh on Tue, 09/22/2015 - 1:12am.
Gate Logs
All we need to see are the true gate logs.
Mineta was testifying in May 2003. No way he can remember all the fine details. But he damn sure will recall those details that he was personally involved in, like talking to Belger, ordering the ground stop at 9:45 and seeing people evacuating the WH.
There were two evacuations. One walking (9:20), one running (9:45).
The White House begins slowly evacuating around this time, according to some accounts. In a 9:52 a.m. report, CNN White House correspondent John King will state that "about 30 minutes ago," the White House had begun "slowly evacuating." [CNN, 9/11/2001] White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier will write in his 2006 memoirs that the evacuation begins at "exactly 9:18." At this time, Secret Service agents tell Mesnier to "go out, right now," because, Mesnier is told, "a plane was targeting the White House and would be there soon." [Mesnier and Malard, 2006, pp. 361] The evacuation proceeds in an orderly fashion. But later on, around 9:45 a.m., those evacuating will be ordered to run (see (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [CNN, 9/11/2001]
Source: http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a945whitehouseevacuation
kawika on Tue, 09/22/2015 - 9:05am.
"All we need to see are the true gate logs."
You would just ignore those as well.
We know what time she arrived at the gate based on the video, unless you want to walk back your claim that it's Cheney.
ADDIS77 on Tue, 09/22/2015 - 10:54am.
9:45 order
"Mineta was testifying in May 2003. No way he can remember all the fine details. But he damn sure will recall those details that he was personally involved in, like talking to Belger, ordering the ground stop at 9:45 and seeing people evacuating the WH."
You keep saying Mineta ordered all planes to land at 9:45 based on Belger's 9/11 commission MFR that has "(around 9:45)" written in the notes, you also have access to audio of Belger's interview with the 9/11 commission staffers. Here's your chance to post the audio of Belger saying that Mineta ordered ATC zero at 9:45 and prove that it wasn't a commission staffer making a note of what time ATC zero happened independent of any prompting from Belger.
Here's what Belger and Sliney said to the 9/11 commission:
"MR. GORTON: Okay. Let me go on to you, Mr. Sliney, with a few questions. When you on your first day on the job made two decisions on 9/11, that at one level at least weren't yours to make, did you not? First, that no one should take off; and, second, we should take all civilian aircraft out of the air. Is that not correct?
MR. SLINEY: That is correct.
MR. GORTON: It wasn't the formal protocol for Mr. Sliney to have gotten headquarters permission before he put in these ground stops?
MR. BELGER: I don't agree with that personally. I think -- I agree with Mr. Sliney completely. I think they had the authority to make that decision. I think they made the right call."
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Q: Comma Before Parentheses in Variable Assignment I'm using the S.DS.P PowerShell module in a PowerShell script of mine. In it, I have to create the following object:
$ADUserEntry = @{"distinguishedName"=$null;"objectClass"=$null;"sAMAccountName"=$null;"unicodePwd"=$null;"userAccountControl"=0};

In the documentation of the module, it's stated that I have to do the following assignment to the unicodePwd field of a variable created using this object:
$obj.unicodePwd = ,([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes("$randomPassword") -as [byte[]]);

Notice how there's a comma before the first parentheses. What is that comma doing there?

A: As Lee_Dailey has pointed out, what you're seeing is the unary form of the (unfortunately named) "comma operator", i.e., PowerShell's array-construction operator.
The unary form creates a single-element array that wraps its (one and only) operand; the array's type is [object[]], as usual in PowerShell:
$arr = , 'foo'  # wrap string 'foo' in a single-element array
$arr.GetType().Name # the array's type -> 'Object[]'
$arr[0].GetType().Name # the type of the array's one and only element -> 'String'

Note that while you can even wrap arrays that way, PowerShell's operator-precedence rules require a literal array operand to be enclosed in (...):
# OK - wraps array 1, 2 in a single-element array.
$arr = , (1, 2)

# !! DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT:
# Creates a 2-element array whose 1st element is integer 1 wrapped in a
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$arr = , 1, 2

The binary form constructs an array from the operands, as expected:
$arr = 1, 2, 3  # 3-element array whose elements are integers 1 and 2 and 3

As an aside, re the specific command shown:

,([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes("$randomPassword") -as [byte[]])

Neither , nor -as [byte[]] are needed in this scenario, because
[System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes() directly returns a [byte[]] array.

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November 17, 2018 April 8, 2019 by GGPC AMD Rewards AMD REWARDS KEY Devil May Cry 5 Raise the Game Resident Evil 2 Remake RX 570 RX 580 RX 590 The Division 2 VEGA VII
GOOD GAMING – AMD REWARDS 3x GAME BONUS
This Promotion has now ended, redemptions are still available for qualified purchases (last day for code redemption is May 6th)
AMD are back at it again, this time celebrating the release of the new RX 590 and VEGA VII Graphics Card with a triple game bonus via AMD Rewards! Fear not if you're grabbing the RX 570 or RX 580 though, you'll still be able to choose a 2x games bonus to go with your new Graphics Card or Gaming PC 🙂
Looking specifically at the games, all are soon to be released, so as I write this it's more accurately described as a pre-order bonus – but the games are awesome!
THE DIVISION 2: The city calls on us yet again to run, gun and diveroll like crazy in a bid to save Washington D.C. which is on the brink of collapse. Lawlessness and instability threaten our society, and rumours of a coup in the Capitol are only amplifying the chaos. All active Division agents are desperately needed to save the city before it's too late. Unlike anything before it, The Division 2's Washington D.C. is a 1:1 representation of the real city, making the game world more authentic than ever. The game's map offers up-close-and-personal views of landmarks, natural landscapes, neighbourhoods, and enemy hideouts.
RESIDENT EVIL 2 REMAKE: The original Resident Evil 2 was released in 1998 and since then has sold almost 5 million copies. The action game centred around rookie cop Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield, as they fought to survive a mysterious viral outbreak within Raccoon City. The 1998 original was hailed as a gaming masterpiece and propelled Resident Evil into mainstream pop culture and the entertainment you know today… The horror, tension, characters and twisted narrative that made this one a survival horror masterpiece that captivated the world, returns reimagined in January 2019, with the characters, environments and story all been rebuilt from the ground up – promising us a truly terrifying world that feels both nostalgic and new!
DEVIL MAY CRY 5: Legendary DMC action returns and it's made all the more stylish by the power modern gaming has to offer! With the Devil May Cry series boasting over 16 million sales worldwide, our latest adventure is set several years after the Order of the Sword incident with an unusual phenomenon suddenly appearing in Red Grave City. A gigantic tree pierces through the surface in the middle of town, attacking with roots that drain the poor citizens of their blood. Now Nero must bring his stylish destruction down on fiendish foes and show off his new demonic powers!
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Guess who is in town? Yes, the queen of pop herself, Madonna is in Kenya and Maasai Mara to be precise.
She announced her whereabouts to her 7.8 million Instagram followers earlier today with the caption " Good Morning Kenya!" accompanying a picturesque image of her view of the Mara.
This makes her visit no secret but the purpose is unclear. She has received so much love on the comments from Kenyan's who are welcoming her to surrounding towns where she could visit during her stay in Kenya.
Where there is love, there has to be hate. One follower expresses their disgust claiming that she could be in the country with a mission to adopt.
The foster mother of two African children of Malawi origin received backlash during her adoption process but hasn't hinted on adding another member to her family yet.
She however continues to run her charity through a campaign dubbed Raising Malawi.
The papa don't preach singer recently celebrated 30 years since the release of her third studio album "True blue" which was released June 30th 1986.


Seabourn has announced a new pre-cruise opportunity for guests to explore the beauty of western Canada during the upcoming 2019 season in Alaska and British Columbia through the UNESCO Banff National Park & Rocky Mountaineer Seabourn Journeys package. Guests will experience the grandeur of the majestic Canadian Rockies, the breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage site of Banff National Park and picturesque Lake Louise, including two days on one of the world's most spectacular rail journeys in a luxury, glass-domed coach.
The signature seven-day land program is designed along the lines of other pre- and post-cruise Seabourn Journeys around the globe, offering in-depth experiences of local culture, history and natural wonder with transportation and accommodations at first-rate hotels and restaurants included. This exclusive and optional Seabourn Journey is available in conjunction with select departures for the 2019 Alaska and British Columbia cruises on board Seabourn Sojourn.
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"I feel so grateful. Life changing!"
- Di, Australia
"I feel so grateful to be a part of this retreat and privileged to hear others stories, and deepest fears and desires and dreams and hopes. It has been profound and I feel I have released some stubborn beliefs and negative emotions that will free me up to move forward. The writing circle was thoughtful, with soulful exercises to challenge and support movement through the process of shedding skin… to connecting with the universe. There was plenty of time to share and no pressure if you didn't want to. Aimee has a wonderful presence, deeply listening to every woman in the circle. What a gift for her to hear, see and remember what was going on for each of us. And it's not easy to create safety so people feel comfortable to share. Thank you for providing this! Her desire to empower others was obvious from small comments to the overall program. Villa Sumaya was beautiful and heavenly, which made it all the more special. Food was fantastic, staff lovely, and the lake and volcanoes were magnificent. It's a wonderful opportunity to be inspired, empowered, connected - life-changing!"
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CHANEL black Quilted Leather Cc Logo Chain Wedge Weave Sandal Platforms *Anti-slip sole added before wearing* *Only wore one time* *As good as new in good condition* *Come with original box and dust bag* *size 38* Don't miss it!
Authentic Preloved Good Condition. Comes with shoes bag only. Strictly no low ballers pl.
Heeled sandals. Very good condition. This is a runway collection and paid $2000 for it. Size 36.5 Full set with box & dust bag. The socks is gold/black and is versatile to be worn at any length.
Clearing my sis.'s shoes. Seldom wear. Size 36.5. Heels' soles dropped (picture 5) but done now (picture 6). Selling the set as shown. No oligation to buy. If want to try, please bring along clean stockings or socks for hygiene purpose.


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Bahrain confirms its first case of patient recovering from the coronavirus
Doctors call a traveler who returned from Iran at their residency, to check if is infected with the novel coronavirus, at Isa Town Health Center, south of Manama. (Reuters)
Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya English Wednesday 04 March 2020
Bahrain has confirmed its first case of a patient recovering from the coronavirus, Bahrain's state news agency reported, adding that the citizen who became infected during a recent trip to Iran has been removed from isolation at a treatment center.
"The ministry stated that it was decided to remove the case after conducting laboratory tests and making sure that it is free of the virus, stressing that it will continue to follow the medically recovered case according to the measures taken in this regard, in a manner that preserves the health and safety of everyone," read BNA's report citing the island Kingdom's ministry of health.
Bahrain's health ministry also confirmed that the recovered citizen became infected with the coronavirus after returning from Iran last month before Iran officially announced the outbreak of the virus in its cities.
What are the chances of surviving coronavirus? It depends on your age and gender
Over 1,600 infected with coronavirus across Middle East and North Africa
Saudi Arabia halts entry for Umrah in Mecca, tourism from coronavirus-hit states
Coronavirus cases in Iran could be as high as 1,500: Experts
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Q: Fact Grain & Modeling Loan Approval Proccess I'm modeling for a lending company and I'm modeling our loan approval process. I have some basic dimensions relative to our business figured out:
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And I and getting to the modeling of fact table(s) around the loan approval and decisioning process. An opportunity will get one or more "Credit Reviews" which have a series of steps they go through before arriving at a "Credit Decision". My instinct is to model the fact grain at the credit review step level or maybe the credit review level (or have one fact for each).
I'm working with some analysts who are used to using a canned report that is at the opportunity level, and finds a "best credit review", and do their reporting at this granularity. I'm trying to explain my credit approval fact and how it would work and they think it's "overly complicated" and seem to want a fact table that is one-to-one with the opportunity, which is a dimension. And contains information on only the "best" credit review. In my mind that seems odd. I haven't run across a fact table that is at the same granularity (one-to-one) with a dimension. Have you ever heard of this? It feels like they are just trying to reproduce what they are used to, a non-dimensionally modeled report at the opportunity level. I'm trying to explain the utility of having a fact table that is at a higher granularity than they are used to in order to support many questions about the data rather than one, but I seem to be running into a wall getting this concept across.
My question is this. Is it every appropriate to model a fact that has the same cardinality as a dimension? What would you recommend for this situation?


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prenatal infection
Maternal infection during pregnancy and risk of autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Jiang, H. Y., Xu, L. L., Shao, L., Xia, R. M., Yu, Z. H., Ling, Z. X., Yang, F., Deng, M., Ruan, B.
Conflicting evidence exists with regard to the relationship between maternal infection during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically assess this relationship. To identify relevant studies, we conducted systematic searches in PubMed and Embase of scientific articles published through March 2016. Random-effects models were adopted to estimate overall relative risk. A total of 15 studies (2 cohort and 13 case-control studies) involving more than 40,000 ASD cases were included in our meta-analysis. Our results showed that maternal infection during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of ASD in offspring (OR = 1.13, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.03-1.23), particularly among those requiring hospitalization (OR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.14-1.50). Subgroup analyses suggested that risk may be modulated by the type of infectious agent, time of infectious exposure, and site of infection. These findings indicate that maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk of ASD in offspring. Possible mechanisms may include direct effects of pathogens and, more indirectly, the effects of inflammatory responses on the developing brain. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Tagged: autism, brain-development, childhood, children, cytokines, Epidemiology, exposure, hospitalization, immune activation, infectious, prenatal, prenatal infection, prevalence, viral-infection
Inflammatory molecular signature associated with infectious agents in psychosis
Hayes, L. N., Severance, E. G., Leek, J. T., Gressitt, K. L., Rohleder, C., Coughlin, J. M., Leweke, F. M., Yolken, R. H., Sawa, A.
Schizophrenia Bulletin 2014; 40: 963-972
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a devastating mental condition with onset in young adulthood. The identification of molecular biomarkers that reflect illness pathology is crucial. Recent evidence suggested immune and inflammatory cascades in conjunction with infection may play a role in the pathology. To address this question, we investigated molecular changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from antipsychoticnaive patients with SZ and at risk mental status for psychosis (ARMS), in comparison with healthy controls (HCs). We measured 90 analytes using a broad multiplex platform focusing on immune and inflammatory cascades then selected 35 with our quality reporting criteria for further analysis. We also examined Toxoplasma gondii (TG) and herpes simplex virus 1 antibody levels in CSF. We report that expression of 15 molecules was significantly altered in the patient groups (SZ and ARMS) compared with HCs. The majority of these molecular changes (alpha-2-macroglobulin [alpha 2M], fibrinogen, interleukin-6 receptor [IL-6R], stem cell factor [SCF], transforming growth factor alpha [TGF alpha], tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 [TNFR2], IL-8, monocyte chemotactic protein 2 [MCP-2/CCL8], testosterone [for males], angiotensin converting enzyme [ACE], and epidermal growth factor receptor) were consistent between SZ and ARMS patients, suggesting these may represent trait changes associated with psychotic conditions in general. Interestingly, many of these analytes (alpha 2M, fibrinogen, IL-6R, SCF, TGF alpha, TNFR2, IL-8, MCP-2/CCL8, and testosterone [for males]) were exacerbated in subjects with ARMS compared with subjects with SZ. Although further studies are needed, we optimistically propose that these molecules may be good candidates for predictive markers for psychosis from an early stage. Lastly, reduction of IL-6R, TGF alpha, and ACE was correlated with positivity of TG antibody in the CSF, suggesting possible involvement of TG infection in the pathology.
Tagged: antibodies, at risk mental status, biomarker, cerebrospinal fluid, exposure, immune activation, inflammation, metaanalysis, pathways, prenatal infection, recent-onset schizophrenia, risk factors, Schizophrenia, simplex-virus 1, Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasmosis and neuropsychiatric diseases: can serological studies establish a clear relationship?
Fabiani, S., Pinto, B., Bruschi, F.
Neurological Sciences 2013; 34: 417-425
Toxoplasmosis is a widespread infection, with clinical spectrum ranging from a completely asymptomatic infection to multi-organ involvement. After entering the body, the parasite forms tissue cysts and establishes a chronic infection, involving also the central nervous system (CNS). During the last years, a lot of research has focused on the possible link between exposure to T. gondii and development of neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease (PD). If a firm association between Toxoplasma infection and neuropsychiatric disorders will be established, this would lead to novel strategies for their prevention and treatment. We will review data from serological and neurodevelopment studies relating infection with T. gondii to such neuropsychiatric diseases.
Tagged: acquired-immunodeficiency-syndrome, brain, Cerebral toxoplasmosis, frontal-cortex, gondii infection, movement-disorders, parkinson's disease, parkinsonian symptoms, prenatal infection, Risk factor, Schizophrenia, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, serological studies, Toxoplasma gondii


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Community has 'active role' to play in security, Yome says
Gibraltar's community must play an "active role" in making the Rock as safe as possible from crime and terrorism, Commissioner of Police Eddie Yome told guests at a Christmas reception yesterday.
Standing alongside the Governor, Lieutenant General Edward Davis, acting Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia and his successor as Commissioner, Superintendent Ian McGrail, Mr Yome praised the men and women of the Royal Gibraltar Police.
Gibraltar "is not immune" from the global threat of terrorism, he said, highlighting the RGP's latest security initiative, Project Servator, which has supported by the Gibraltar Contingency Council.
"We have to make Gibraltar as a safe and as strong as possible to deter anybody who might think they're going something in this community," Mr Yome said.
"It's important that now, through Project Servator, the community take an active role in making that deterrence and making those people think twice about coming to Gibraltar."
Project Servator sees the deployment of both highly visible and covert police officers and staff, alongside other resources including dogs, firearms and CCTV cameras in the city centre, other hotspots and at large events.
This initiative will enhance the RGP's existing crime prevention and public safety tactics by adding "highly unpredictable and intelligence-led" deployment of officers.
The scheme was welcomed yesterday by the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce, which had earlier this year called for a "much more visible" police presence on Main Street.
"We are delighted with the launch of Project Servator which will undoubtedly result in an even safer Gibraltar for the benefit of both residents and tourists alike," said Chamber president Christian Hernandez.
"We would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to Commissioner of Police (Designate) Ian McGrail on his well-deserved appointment and look forward to working with him on Project Servator and other matters of common interest."


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Led by Tim Hardaway Jr's 31 points, the New York Knicks put the Atlanta Hawks to the sword with an impressive 126-107 victory at Madison Square Garden. Throughout the game, the Knicks took a page out of the bible of Walt Frazier and played intense defense from start to finish.
Kevin Knox couldn't buy a basket. He scored 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting. Despite Knox's rookie struggles, his teammates picked up the slack. Enes Kanter (16 points and 11 rebounds) and Noah Vonleh (12 points and 10 rebounds) both finished with a double-double. Also, Trey Burke picked up where he left off last year with a 15-point performance.
Atlanta jumped out to an early 8-point lead due to the Knicks offensive ineptitude to start the game. The Knicks missed their first nine shots, but the starters were able to recover and cut the Hawks lead to one at the end of the first.
Before the start of the second quarter, coach David Fizdale must have had a spirited talk with his troops because the Knicks had an offensive onslaught for the ages.
New York came out with guns blazing on both sides on the ball.
Defensively, the players were creating turnovers and deflecting passes at will. Offensively, the Knicks scored a franchise-high 49 points. Hardaway Jr scored 16 of his 31 points in the second, and he played a vital role in the 23-7 run which opened up the game for the home team.
To start the third, Burke applied pressure on the Hawks. Burke nailed a three-pointer and assisted Lance Thomas on a three-pointer to propel the Knicks to a 28-point lead, their largest lead of the game. Atlanta followed Burke's spark with a run of their own.
Taurean Prince, Kent Bazemore, and Alex Poythress knocked in three straight three-pointers to cut the Knicks lead to 13. Overall, the Hawks made their first six three-pointers to start the third after shooting 2-14 from deep in the first half. Despite finding their range, that's as close as the Hawks would get.
Allonzo Trier ended the Hawks run with a layup. He also sent the Hawks packing when he drove past Trae Young and finished with the hammer at the rim to end the third quarter. If there were any Knicks fans still sleeping on Trier, they woke up after his emphatic slam. Trier finished with 15 points in 26 minutes.
After three quarters the Knicks led 106-84. The last time the Knicks scored over 100 points in three quarters was Carmelo Anthony's 62-point performance game against the Charlotte Bobcats in 2014. For the Knicks to have continued success this season, the formula was laid out in tonight's season opener.
The formula is defensive intensity plus Hardaway Jr being an efficient scorer on offense.
With the Knicks being the youngest team in the NBA, the players have the athleticism to disrupt an opposing team's offense. By doing so, the players will be able to get out on the fast break and use their speed to create easy baskets.
Also, with Kristaps Porzingis out, the Knicks need a go-to scorer. Hardaway Jr can fill this void as long as he's efficient. Often, Hardaway Jr has a habit of settling for threes — last season 48% of his shots were from deep — but when he mixes in driving into the lane and drawing fouls, he becomes a more efficient scorer. Tonight, Hardaway Jr shot 10-of-22, but he made all eight of his free throw attempts.
There aren't many expectations of the Knicks this season, but if the players continue to put in tonight's effort consistently, the Knicks will be a nuisance for any team who faces them.
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Governments must stop exporting so much plastic waste to countries such as China and keep more in-country to be recycled into bottles to tackle the waste crisis, industry insiders say.
A day after the Guardian revealed that a million plastic bottles are bought every minute across the world, experts aiming to provide a closed loop in which each bottle is used to make a new one, say their industry faces multiple hurdles.
He called for the UK government to end the incentives for export of post consumer plastic to China and other countries – more than two-thirds of plastic collected for recycling in the UK was sold abroad in 2016, where it may be incinerated or buried rather than recycled according to industry experts quoted by Greenpeace.


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Come and sing Messiah with Choir of the Earth - Dublin
St. Ann's Church of Ireland
Exactly 281 years after its world premiere just a mile away, come and sing choruses from Handel's Messiah with Choir of the Earth in St Ann's Church, Dawson St. Practise the music with the fab online resources then join them to sing on Messiahversary!
Since 2020, Choir of the Earth has welcomed thousands of international singers to their digital choral courses. Now, for the first time, they are taking their choir room on the road, inviting absolutely everybody to come and sing with them a selection of choruses from Handel's Messiah!
You will receive fab digital resources to learn/practise the music online in advance. On the day, the inimitable conductor, Ben England, will lead you in workshops to rehearse a selection of choruses, with his characteristic charm, fun and inspirational musical direction, followed by an early evening concert.
The Dublin event is particularly special, taking place 281 years to the very day in 1742 when Handel premiered Messiah to the world less than a mile away!
St. Ann's Church of Ireland, 18 Dawson St, Dublin 2, D02 YV57, Ireland
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