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How I Run My Worship Keys Rig
In this blog entry, Matt Wagner of ONElife Worship gives us an in depth look at his keys rig!
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Contributor / Matt Wagner
Matt Wagner is the Worship Pastor at Woodside Bible Church in Royal Oak, MI and serves as a Worship Leader with ONElife Worship.
Rejoicing in the Lowly Position
From its inception, Christ's Church has always been hierarchical in structure. We who belong to Christ should not at all be surprised by this, for when we look at the nature of the Godhead we see that even the Almighty Creator has a hierarchy within Himself. The Father, being the chief authority within the Godhead, is followed by the Son, who willingly submits to the will of the Father. Jesus is then followed by the Holy Spirit, whose desire is to attest of Jesus and the Father. The Father sent Jesus, and then Jesus, in turn, sent the Holy Spirit. Let me be clear, I am not saying that any one of the three persons comprising the Godhead are "lesser" than the other, but rather that God himself exists in a hierarchical state -- equal in worth and divine nature amongst his three persons, yet gladly submitting to the one who is above Him.
The Church is structured the same way! We have Christ, who is the head of the Church, followed by pastors/elders, then deacons, and finally the laity. Pastors/elders are not of greater worth than the man who scrubs the toilets every Saturday, however, as the ones who guard the teaching and truth of the Word, their task is given higher priority. In short, we can't avoid the hierarchy. We are all equal in worth, but not equal in position.
"We can't avoid hierarchy; we are all equal in worth, but not in position."
Now, let me ask you, what would it look like if the church existed in such a state as well? What if our heart's desire was to gladly submit to those above us, not jockeying for position, but rather seeking to serve those above ourselves? While you may not be able to reform the thinking of your entire church in such a way, it is highly likely that you can have a profound effect upon your worship team by following some of the suggestions I am about to share. Maybe it will begin to rub off on the church as a whole. However, before I do that let me give a brief glimpse into where I am in this season of life.
My Story
My wife and I, along with our two sons, recently entered into partnership with ONElife Church. We came from a small church that wasn't used to a hierarchical structure. (I'm not in any way attempting to offend or speak illy of my previous church. As a matter of fact, if any of them are reading this I hope they know I love them all deeply with all the affections of Christ). Our previous church existed without any truly defined position on church hierarchy and because of this more often than not small squabbles would arise about who should submit to whom and who held authority over the other. When people left, power vacuums were created and some saw it as a good opportunity to "advance" in the kingdom of God. This is likely common with most every church.
The Remedy
Fittingly, as we take ourselves back 2000 years to a dusty road near Capernaum and a small house residing within the same city, the holy scripture gives us a remedy for this.
"They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise." But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all." (Mark 9:30-35 ESV)
Jesus just told his closest friends he was going to die, and while they didn't realize He was going to return to them, they probably understood that the guy on top was getting ready to make an exit. The hierarchy of the apostles was about to be disrupted and something needed to be done. Someone had to fill that space.
How often have you wanted to be first among your brothers and sisters in Christ? This is often made easier when we see power that is up for grabs. I can honestly say that when confronted with the bare depravity of my own heart, I usually want to be first rather than last. I have to look at myself all of the time and admit "I do want to be first. I do want the recognition. I do want the glory. I do want to be the best. I do want the authority. I want to be on top. Now, Jesus, please, please have mercy and teach me to be the servant of all".
Being a servant is not an easy thing. It takes guts, it takes humility, it takes honesty about yourself, and it take heaps and heaps of repentance. It takes a daily dying to self in favor of the glory of Christ, the strengthening of His Church, and the furtherance of His gospel.
"Being a servant is dying to self in favor of the glory of Christ, the strengthening of His Church, and the furtherance of His gospel."
1. It's Not About You
The first thing we must do as worship leaders is remind ourselves that "it's not about me, it's about God." Leading worship, unlike some of the other "leading" roles in the Church, creates it's own breeding ground for narcissism and pride. I mean just think about it; we get to be the men and women out in front, being seen by the congregation, under the lights with the awesome gear and cools clothes. The congregation is told to follow us as we "lead them to the throne of grace" (this is another fallacy we hopefully will cover someday, but I digress). You get the picture. We are "cool," we "hold authority," and people follow. It is so important to remember that none of this, not Christ's death on the cross, not the formation of His Church, not the good news of His gospel, not the songs we sing, or the breath we breathe, none of it, was ever or will ever be about us! That is why we must preach to ourselves Christ glorified in our lives and be vigilant to repent of any pride we would have in our talents and abilities. We boast in God and God alone. Which brings me to my next point.
"We must preach to ourselves Christ glorified in our lives and be vigilant of any pride we would have in our talents and abilities. We boast in God and God alone."
2. We Are Not Here to be Served
When we gather on Sunday for worship, how often is it that the first thought we have is how we can better serve our brothers and sisters in Christ? By serving those around us we are actually serving God. Like the disciples, we are probably thinking about who we can talk to and what we can do to get our agenda across and thus move up in the social hierarchy of the church. We are thinking of what we have accomplished this week and eagerly want the first person who will listen to know precisely what we have done. Or, if we are already high on the totem pole, we may be looking for people to serve our own agendas, based on the authority we already hold, to do as little as possible beyond what we feel is our "job."
I am so fortunate to be a part of a team comprised of people much more talented and humble than myself. I look around on the mornings I serve and am in awe of what God is doing in bringing the worship team at ONElife Church together. I am also so very blessed to be the low man on the totem pole. Why? Because I am being given a crash course in humility and servitude. These are things I will no doubt need wherever God plans for me to go, however, I must admit, from time to time, I get jealous (Gasp). I know, I know… how dare I! But in all seriousness, this is a big deal for me. I left a church where I held a little authority and walked into a church where authority is not something to be sought, but to be given away. Still, there is that part of me that wants to be the greatest. The kudos, the pats on the back, the job well dones, all of it. My sinful heart desires it. The truest and most profound way for me to combat that is simply to let go of my preferences, stop looking at self, and begin to look for ways to bless my teammates and make them look good… well even better than they already do! I find that when I do this, not only do I find I am much more content with myself, but that I am far more content with my God, and in a deeper peace with my teammates. Which brings me to my next point.
3. Stop Comparing Yourself to the People You Serve With
One of the disciples main problems in the passage I shared above is that they stopped comparing themselves vertically, to Christ, who is our ultimate standard as believers, and began comparing themselves horizontally, to one another. How often we do this amongst our brothers and sisters, especially in worship ministry? Nothing good can come from comparing our sinful selves with other sinful people. This is one of the reasons Christ tells us rather to serve one another. I'm not saying we cannot become better or endeavor to learn from the people around us, we certainly can, and should be learning from others. However, when we stop trying to better ourselves for Christ's glory and begin to seek "excellence" for our own glory, we have fallen into the same sin that got Satan expelled from Heaven. Learn from one another, seek to better yourself, sure, but don't seek equality or to be better than anyone around you. Seek the lowly position.
"When we stop trying to better ourselves for Christ's glory and begin to seek "excellence" for our own glory, we have fallen into the same sin that got Satan expelled from Heaven."
4. Rejoice In Others Joy and Share in their Sorrows
As a part of the body of Christ, we are called to bear one another's sufferings. Paul tells us this is right to fulfill the Law of Christ.
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself." (Galatians 6:2-3)
We also are called to rejoice with one another (Romans 12:15). So, when the lead guitar player gets a that new Fender American Jazzmaster and nails the solo on that new song you wanted to play on, rejoice, because it's not about you. When the other soprano gets the lead on that new vocal track your band is recording, rejoice! Because it's not about you. When your pastor chooses someone else to represent your church at a leadership summit, rejoice! Because it's not about you. How thankful we should be that it is not about us, but about Christ! If it were about us, existence would be a rather droll and hate-filled existence.
"Rejoice! Because it's not about you. It's about Christ."
On the contrary, if the lead guitar player totally whiffs that solo, don't sneer and be glad in your heart because of his failure. Pray for his success, and comfort him when he inevitably beats himself up about it. He will.
A Final Word
Encourage one another in Christ, and do it often! There is almost nothing better to the soul of a struggling team mate than to know someone else believes in them. I know, I've been that guy who didn't feel like he measured up, or would ever measure up for that matter. The truth was I wasn't going to. I would never be as holy as Jesus this side of eternity, and I needed someone to tell me that. I would never be the best singer, or the best guitar player, or best preacher for that matter. However, all it took was a kind word from one of my brothers to shift the focus from my shortcomings and to how great God truly is. Our teammates need that same encouragement. They need to know that sanctification is a gradual process and that all their failures, all their flaws, sins, and mistakes will one day be no more. They need to realize that you see Jesus at work in their lives and you have faith that He will do what he has promised to do in them. Encourage them to practice more, to pray more, read more, love more, and hope more. Encourage them in excellence, and in humility. Encourage them in sorrow and in rejoicing, but most importantly encourage them to stop looking at themselves so they can behold the glory of Christ.
In the end, our Savior is asking nothing more from us that what he already did. Think about it, Jesus didn't think it was about Him, He knew His life, death, and resurrection was to glorify the Father (John 4:34). He didn't seek to be served, but considered himself a servant to a rebellious world (Mark 10:44-45). Jesus didn't think himself as having the same worth as the only person He could compare Himself to, the Father (Philippians 2:6-7). He rejoiced with the Father and the Holy Spirit in the work they were accomplishing together (Luke 10:21). He was filled with sorrow when others around him mourned for the death of a close friend (John 11:33-35) Lastly Jesus encouraged his disciples to become more than they were and to hope and abide in him (John 15:5-6).
"Take your eyes off of yourself and behold the glory of Christ. Rejoice in your lowly position."
So, if you're like me, and you struggle with pride, jealousy, and envy and you are a part of a team, do yourself and all those around you a favor. Take your eyes off of yourself, and behold the glory of Christ. Rejoice in your lowly position.
Contributor / Jamison Bebiak
Jamison Bebiak serves as a Worship Leader at ONElife Church in Flint, MI.
Ministry, by definition, does not exist without people. People are who we minister to; our churches and the communities we live in are filled with people. Therefore, harvesting and developing healthy relationships is of utmost importance to any type of ministry, but especially worship ministry.
Worship Ministry Is Unique
Worship ministry is unique for a variety of reasons. The first being that it is generally assumed that worship ministry is focused around music and the arts in a church setting. No other type of ministry has this focus. Because of this focus, ministers of worship tend to work very closely with a relatively small group of people with specific giftings. This is not always the case in other types of ministry. A lead pastor might work less closely with a larger group, or a youth pastor might work closely with a smaller group, but both groups and filled with people who have little in common. A worship pastor, however, is tasked with recruiting, managing, teaching, and shepherding a small group of people who all have a shared interest – music and art.
Music and the Arts Are A Very Emotional Entity
This is the power of music in the Church, that it is able to make truths come alive in our hearts by the power of emotion; it is able to soften our hearts to hear from the Lord. Because of this reality, a general trend is seen in the type of people who are typically drawn to serve in the area of worship - they are emotional. They tend to think less in binary and more in abstract concepts. They also tend to take their art very seriously and very personally, especially they feel it is being criticized. So, not only do worship leaders have the unique task of leading volunteers of a specific interest group, but they also have the wonderful privelage of leading what is quite possibly the most emotional and easily offended group of individuals in a whole body of believers.
We Must Be Relational
We as worship leaders must be relational because of this circumstance. We must be able to harvest and shepherd healthy relationships with our volunteers, otherwise any decision we make will be taken personally. Our love and our care for these emotional groups of people is what will sustain us during the times of difficult conversations and the times of having to raise expectations. I have a few strategies that I have learned from experience and study that I believe can help develop healthy, biblical relationships with volunteers so that they feel not only loved, but well led.
1. Pray
The first strategy is simply to pray. Pray for your volunteers daily. Pray that they will experience the grace of God daily. Pray for their families. Pray that they will see and understand the vision of your ministry. Pray that they will grow continually in their walk with the Lord. Intercession is the greatest work that we can do for our people. This means that we need to know the needs of our people and pray specifically for them. This means that we need a relationship with them.
"Intercession is the greatest work that we can do for our people."
2. Read the Word
How do we build relationships with our team members? The most effective way that I have found is to have a time to read the Word and pray for each other at every rehearsal. Share with them what the Lord has put on your heart and then at the end ask what is going on in their lives and how you can pray for them. You will get to know people a lot by what they ask for prayer for. Then pray for them right then and there! Sometimes its beneficial to ask them to pray instead of yourself. Praying together creates unity that can only be found in Christ.
"Praying together creates unity that can only be found in Christ".
3. Grab Coffee
Another great way to build relationships is to grab coffee with the volunteers [that it is appropriate to do so with.] Make coffee a time to chat about what is going on in their lives, discuss biblical concepts, and even laugh together. If you manage a larger group of volunteers, it is not always feasible to hang out with every member one-on-one all the time, but what you can do is make an effort to grab coffee with at least one volunteer per week.
4. Text!
The last thing that I do is send texts. This might often go overlooked, but each week I text my team on rotation. More often than not I just send encouraging texts thanking them for serving that week or applauding them for the wonderful job that they did on Sunday. This is a nice personal touch that keeps people connected to you even when they might be physically removed.
All of these things, while great ideas, should always be centered around the Word. The reality is that if we as leaders are first living a life obedient to God's word, then we will continually be sanctified and the Lord will help guide and govern these relationships!
"I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your Word." (Psalm 119:15-16)
Contributor / Matt Wagner
Matt Wagner is the Worship Pastor at Woodside Bible Church in Royal Oak, MI and serves as a Worship Leader with ONElife Worship.
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Independent arts initiatives are always dependent on the heart and believe of their founders. They are often vulnerable due to a lack of support by the community. This department aims to link the various initiatives and fosters the active exchange.
Launched in 2010, LagosPhoto is the first and only international arts festival of photography in Nigeria. In a month long program, events include exhibitions, workshops, artist presentations, discussions, and large scale outdoor prints displayed throughout the city with the aim of reclaiming public spaces and engaging the general public with multifaceted stories of Africa. LagosPhoto aims to establish a community for contemporary photography which will unite artists through images that encapsulate individual experiences and identities from across all of Africa. LagosPhoto presents photography as it is embodied in the exploration of historical and contemporary issues, the sharing of cultural practices, and the promotion of social programs.

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Mr Karl Jonsson was born 12 May 1886 in Loushult, Kristianstad County, Sweden, to Johan (John), a railway worker born 15 December 1850 at Stockhult (he died 23 February 1915), and Ingrid (nee Nilsson; born 3 August 1854 at Vissefjärda, d. 23 June 1947) Nilsson.1
He left Loushult about 1906 and went to Malmö, where he worked as a railway brakeman.
Jonsson was travelling from to Huntley.
Travelling from Kvilleberga, Sweden via Denmark he bought his ticket for the Titanic in Copenhagen. He boarded at Southampton as a third class passenger with his travelling companions Pål Andreasson, Albert Augustsson, Nils Johansson and his sister in law Olga Lundin. The American Senate list gave his destination as Huntley, Illinois.
It was alleged by Olga Lundin that he was found alive in the sea after six hours, drifting on a piece of wood. That story is very likely untrue, since nobody was rescued in that manner. The manner of his survival is as yet unknown.
The Woman's Relief Committee paid him $25.
Exactly what became of him subsequently is unknown.2,3,4
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I am recently interested in the properties of Bose-Einstein condensation in two-dimension hydrodynamic turbulence. Without the Ekman term (linear friction), the time to reach a saturated state is proportional to the Reynolds number, which can be very long. Therefore, I want to improve my GPU code to use adaptive time stepping.
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The solar power industry continues to make strides, with regular innovations and developments happening around the globe.
One of these recent developments is the inception of 'plug and play' technology. For businesses or more industrial sites such as mines, this technology may help operators manage where their energy sources are coming from.
A plug and play system would be able to handle various sources of energy – both renewable and traditional – in order to service the specific needs of each particular site.
Such hybrid renewable energy systems combine renewable sources of power such as solar pv and wind with the non-renewables such as diesel.
The technology would result in newly-connected solar generation being automatically connected and configured by the main generation control system, reducing the need for expert labour and other costs.
This sort of technology will be particularly useful in locations such as Western Australia and the Northern Territory where remote areas make transport of people and equipment difficult and costly.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is collaborating with the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and multinational engineering firm ABB for the development of this project.
Phase one of the project will involve the planning and further development of the technology, and during phase two the technology will be piloted at two sites – one in the US and in Australia.
"This plug and play technology is really aimed at reducing two key barriers to the uptake of solar energy in hybrid systems – cost and complexity. By simplifying the process of implementing, expanding and operating solar hybrid systems the technology will assist system developers, owners and operators and help maximise the contribution of solar energy in these systems," said Daniel Rowe, the project manager.
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Mary Deborah Doran. [Source: Havecamerawilltravel.com]Al-Qaeda operative Khallad bin Attash possibly flies to the US around this time. In 2011, former FBI agent Ali Soufan will write in a book that in late 2003, he and some other FBI officials plus some CIA officials briefed the 9/11 Commission about al-Qaeda. In the course of that briefing, an FBI official named Mary Deborah Doran said, "[W]e found that Salah bin Saeed bin Yousef—this is the alias Khallad [bin Attash] traveled under—was listed as having traveled to LAX [Los Angeles Airport] during the millennium." A CIA analyst present denies that bin Attash ever went to the US. Doran replied, "You may be right, but if he wasn't there, why is his alias on the flight manifest?" Apparently, the CIA analyst has no response to this. [Soufan, 2011, pp. 303] This is all that is publicly known, since even though this information is presented to the 9/11 Commission, the Commission never even mentions bin Attash going to the US as a possibility in its final report. When Exactly Could This Occur? - If bin Attash does go to Los Angeles, it is unclear exactly when this takes place. Bin Attash appears to be busy in Malaysia for most of late December 1999, recovering from surgery there (see Mid-December 1999). Then he makes a series of test flights from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok to Hong Kong and back from December 31, 1999 to January 2, 2000 (see December 31, 1999-January 2, 2000). One logical possibility is that he continues these test flights to the US and back from January 2 to 5, returning to Malaysia in time for the al-Qaeda summit he attends there from January 5 to 8 (see January 5-8, 2000). After the summit, it is known he goes to Bangkok, Thailand, and stays there until he flies to Karachi, Pakistan, on January 20 (see January 8, 2000 and January 20, 2000). But it is also possible he could fly to Los Angeles and back during his time in Thailand, since many of his days there are not accounted for. Future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khallad Almihdhar attend the Malaysia summit with bin Attash and then fly to Los Angeles on January 15 (see January 15, 2000) and start living in California, so it could be that bin Attash goes to Los Angeles to prepare the way for the two hijackers, or to help them start living there. If He Goes to the US, Does the CIA Know? - Since the CIA knows bin Attash is using the Salah bin Saeed bin Yousef alias for all his plane flights around this time, and flies with Alhazmi and Almihdhar to Thailand using this alias on January 8, and Alhazmi and Almihdhar fly to Los Angeles one week later, it would be logical for the agency to check if bin Attash ever goes to the US under that name as well. But it is unknown if the CIA checks for this information before 9/11.
Entity Tags: Khallad bin Attash, Ali Soufan, 9/11 Commission, Central Intelligence Agency, Khalid Almihdhar, Nawaf Alhazmi, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mary Deborah Doran
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
Attendees of the Malaysian summit. Top row, from left: Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Middle row, from left: Khallad bin Attash, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Hambali. Bottom row, from left: Yazid Sufaat, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Abu Bara al-Taizi. [Source: FBI]About a dozen of Osama bin Laden's trusted followers hold a secret, "top-level al-Qaeda summit" in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [CNN, 8/30/2002; San Diego Union-Tribune, 9/27/2002] According to an unnamed senior CIA official, before the summit started, the CIA learned that "11 young guys" were going to attend, and "young guys" is slang for operatives traveling. [Bamford, 2008, pp. 18] Plans for the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole (see October 12, 2000) and the 9/11 attacks are discussed. [USA Today, 2/12/2002; CNN, 8/30/2002] At the request of the CIA, the Malaysian Secret Service monitors the summit and then passes the information on to the US (see January 5-8, 2000 and Shortly After). Attendees of the summit are said to include: Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar - The CIA and FBI will later miss many opportunities to foil the 9/11 plot through Alhazmi and Almihdhar and the knowledge of their presence at this summit. The CIA already knows many details about these two by the time the summit begins (see January 2-4, 2000), and tracked Almihdhar as he traveled to it (see January 2-5, 2000). Yazid Sufaat - Sufaat is a Malaysian who owns the condominium where the summit is held. He is also a trained biologist and is said to be a leading figure in al-Qaeda's attempts to get a biological or chemical weapon. [New York Times, 1/31/2002; Newsweek, 6/2/2002] Malaysian officials also recognize Sufaat from summit surveillance photos, as he is a long-time Malaysian resident (see Shortly After January 8, 2000). [New Straits Times, 2/10/2002] A possibility to expose the 9/11 plot through Sufaat's presence at this summit will later be missed in September 2000 (see September-October 2000). Sufaat will travel to Afghanistan in June 2001 and be arrested by Malaysian authorities when he returns to Malaysia in late 2001 (see December 19, 2001). [Australian, 12/24/2002] He will be released in 2008 (see December 4, 2008). Hambali - An Indonesian militant known as Hambali, or Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin [BBC, 8/15/2003] , was heavily involved in the Bojinka plot, an early version of the 9/11 plot (see January 6, 1995 and June 1994). [CNN, 3/14/2002; CNN, 8/30/2002] The FBI was aware of who he was and his connections to the Bojinka plot at least by 1999 and identified a photograph of him by that time (see May 23, 1999). He will be arrested by Thai authorities in August 2003 (see August 12, 2003). [CNN, 8/14/2003; CBS News, 8/15/2003] Malaysian officials recognize Hambali from summit surveillance photos, as he is a long-time Malaysian resident. But the US does not tell them of his Bojinka connections, so they will not know to arrest him after the summit is over (see Shortly After January 8, 2000). [New Straits Times, 2/10/2002] Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - Mohammed is sometimes referred to as "KSM," an al-Qaeda leader and the alleged "mastermind" of the 9/11 attacks. The US has known KSM is an Islamic militant since the exposure of Operation Bojinka in January 1995 (see January 6, 1995), and knows what he looks like. US officials will state that they only realized the summit was important in 2001, but the presence of KSM should have proved its importance. [Los Angeles Times, 2/2/2002] Although the possible presence of KSM at this summit will be disputed by US officials, one counterterrorism expert will testify before the 9/11 Commission in 2003 that he has access to transcripts of KSM's interrogations since his capture, and that KSM has admitted leading this summit and telling the attendees about a planes-as-weapons plot targeting the US (see July 9, 2003). [Newsweek, 7/9/2003; New York Post, 7/10/2003] Many other media reports will identify him as being there. [Independent, 6/6/2002; CNN, 8/30/2002; CNN, 11/7/2002; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 10/29/2003] For instance, according to Newsweek: "Mohammed's presence would make the intelligence failure of the CIA even greater. It would mean the agency literally watched as the 9/11 scheme was hatched—and had photographs of the attack's mastermind… doing the plotting." [Newsweek, 7/9/2003] In Hambali's 2008 Guantanamo file, it will be mentioned that KSM stays a week at Sufaat's condominium with Alhazmi and Almihdhar, which would seem to make clear that KSM is there for the entire duration of the summit (see Early January 2000). [US Department of Defense, 10/30/2008] Khallad bin Attash - Khallad bin Attash, a "trusted member of bin Laden's inner circle," is in charge of bin Laden's bodyguards, and serves as bin Laden's personal intermediary at least for the USS Cole bombing. [Newsweek, 9/20/2001 ] He is also thought to be a "mastermind" of that attack. Attash is reportedly planning to be one of the 9/11 hijackers, but will be unable to get a US visa. [9/11 Commission, 6/16/2004, pp. 8] US intelligence had been aware of his identity as early as 1995. [US Congress, 9/18/2002] A possibility to expose the 9/11 plot through bin Attash's presence at this summit will be missed in January 2001 (see January 4, 2001). Bin Attash had been previously arrested in Yemen for suspected terror ties, but was let go (see Summer 1999). [Contemporary Southeast Asia, 12/1/2002] He will be captured in Pakistan by the US in April 2003 (see April 29, 2003). In 2008, Newsweek will report that bin Attash confessed during interrogation that, while staying at Sufaat's condominium, he and Alhazmi talked "about the possibility of hijacking planes and crashing them or holding passengers as hostages." [Newsweek, 12/16/2008] Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri - Al-Nashiri is one of al-Qaeda's top field commanders and operates out of Malaysia while 9/11 is being prepared. [Los Angeles Times, 10/10/2001; Gunaratna, 2003, pp. 188; Graham and Nussbaum, 2004, pp. 59] He was involved in an arms smuggling plot (see 1997) and the East African embassy bombings (see August 22-25 1998), in which his cousin was martyred (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998). He also organized the attack against the USS The Sullivans (see January 3, 2000), and will be involved in the attacks against the USS Cole (see October 12, 2000) and the Limburg (see October 6, 2002). He will be arrested in the United Arab Emirates in November 2002 (see Early October 2002). An al-Qaeda operative identified a photo of al-Nashiri for the FBI in late 1998 (see August 22-25 1998). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 152-3] (Note: in the sources, al-Nashiri is referred to by two of his aliases: Muhammad Omar al-Harazi and Al Safani.) [CNN, 12/11/2000; Central Intelligence Agency, 9/6/2006] Ramzi bin al-Shibh - Investigators believe he wants to be the 20th 9/11 hijacker. His presence at the summit may not be realized until after 9/11, despite the fact that US intelligence has a picture of him next to bin Attash, and has video footage of him. [Newsweek, 11/26/2001; Washington Post, 7/14/2002; Time, 9/15/2002; Die Zeit (Hamburg), 10/1/2002; CNN, 11/7/2002] German police will have credit card receipts indicating bin al-Shibh is in Malaysia at this time. [Los Angeles Times, 9/1/2002] Ulrich Kersten, director of Germany's federal anticrime agency, the Bundeskriminalamt, will later say, "There are indications that Ramzi bin al-Shibh was in Kuala Lumpur for the meeting." [New York Times, 8/24/2002] Another account noting he was photographed at the summit will further note that he enters and leaves Thailand three times in the first three weeks of January 2000. [Los Angeles Times, 10/17/2001] Anonymous Malaysian officials will later claim he is at the summit, but US officials will deny it. Two local militants who serve as drivers for the attendees will later be arrested in Malaysia. They will be shown photos of the attendees, and confirm that bin al-Shibh was at the summit. [Associated Press, 9/20/2002] One account will say he is recognized at the time of the summit, which makes it hard to understand why he is not tracked back to Germany and the Hamburg cell with Mohamed Atta and other 9/11 hijackers. [Der Spiegel (Hamburg), 10/1/2002] Another opportunity to expose the 9/11 plot through bin al-Shibh's presence at this summit will be missed in June. It appears bin al-Shibh and Almihdhar are directly involved in the attack on the USS Cole in October 2000 (see October 10-21, 2000). [Guardian, 10/15/2001; Washington Post, 7/14/2002; Newsweek, 9/4/2002] Salem Alhazmi - Alhazmi, a 9/11 hijacker and brother of Nawaf Alhazmi, is possibly at the summit, although very few accounts will mention it. [Australian, 12/24/2002] US intelligence intercepts from before the summit indicate that he at least had plans to attend. [US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 51 ] Abu Bara al-Taizi (a.k.a. Zohair Mohammed Said) - A Yemeni al-Qaeda operative, al-Taizi is reportedly meant to be one of the 9/11 hijackers, but will be unable to enter the US due to greater scrutiny for Yemenis. [9/11 Commission, 6/16/2004, pp. 8] Al-Taizi will be captured in Pakistan in February 2002, and then sent to the US prison in Guantanamo a few months later (see February 7, 2002). According to his 2008 Guantanamo file, he traveled from Afghanistan to Malaysia with bin Attash about two weeks before the summit. Bin Attash was missing a leg, and he had a prosthetic leg fitted and then stayed in the hospital to recover from the surgery. Bin Attash and al-Taizi stay at Sufaat's house for the duration of the summit. Al-Taizi then flies to Yemen to visit his family there. [US Department of Defense, 10/25/2008] Others - Unnamed members of the Egyptian-based Islamic Jihad are also said to be at the summit. [Cox News Service, 10/21/2001] Islamic Jihad merged with al-Qaeda in February 1998. [ABC News, 11/17/2001] However, according to the Wall Street Journal, bin Attash and Fahad al-Quso are suspected of being Islamic Jihad members at one point, so this may just be a reference to them. [Wall Street Journal, 10/8/2001] Note that there are a total of 10 names mentioned above, and it will be reported that the CIA learned that 11 operatives were to attend, so either not all of them make it, or some names of attendees will remain unknown. Summit Associates - The following individuals are probably not at the summit meetings, but are in the region and assisting or linked with the attendees at this time: Fahad Al-Quso - Al-Quso is a top al-Qaeda operative who is involved in the bombing of the USS Cole. Some sources will indicate al-Quso is present in Malaysia, and a person who looks like him will later be seen in a photograph of the meeting (see June 11, 2001). [Newsweek, 9/20/2001 ] However, other sources will say al-Quso did not reach Kuala Lumpur, but met with bin Attash around this time in Bangkok, Thailand (see January 5-6, 2000 and January 8-15, 2000). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 159; Wright, 2006, pp. 330] Although al-Quso apparently is not at the summit, there are a series of phone calls during the time of the summit between his hotel in Bangkok, a phone booth near the condominium where the summit is held, and his family home in Yemen (see (January 5-8, 2000)). Al-Quso will be arrested by Yemeni authorities in the fall of 2000 (see Late October-Late November 2000), but the FBI will not be given a chance to fully interrogate him before 9/11. He will escape from prison in 2003. [CNN, 5/15/2003] Ahmad Sajuli Abdul Rahman - An operative of Jemaah Islamiyah, al-Qaeda's Southeast Asian affiliate, Sajuli takes the visiting Arabs around Kuala Lumpur, but apparently does not attend the summit meetings. [US Congress, 10/17/2002] According to the later Guantanamo file of summit attendee al-Taizi, one of the attendees Sajuli escorts around town is future 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar. Sajuli also helps arrange al-Taizi's transportation at the end of the summit. [US Department of Defense, 10/25/2008] Sajuli will be arrested in Malaysia in December 2001 (see December 29, 2001). Ahmad Hikmat Shakir - A suspected al-Qaeda agent of Iraqi nationality, Shakir is a greeter at Kuala Lumpur airport. He meets Almihdhar there and travels with him to the apartment where the summit is held, but he probably does not attend the summit meetings. [Associated Press, 10/2/2002; Newsweek, 10/7/2002; Australian, 12/24/2002; Knight Ridder, 6/12/2004] After 9/11, he will be linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1995 Bojinka plot. Jordan will arrest him and let him go after the US says it doesn't want to take custody of him (see September 17, 2001). Dhiren Barot - Dhiren Barot (a.k.a. Abu Eissa al-Hindi) is a British citizen of Indian descent. According to a 2006 Observer article, Barot "is not believed to have been present" at the summit meetings. However, he does go to Kuala Lumpur during the time of the summit with summit attendee bin Attash. And shortly after the summit, Barot holds meetings with Hambali. It will later be reported that Barot is sent by KSM to New York City in early 2001 to case potential targets there, although whether this is part of the 9/11 plot or some other plot is unclear (see May 30, 2001). Barot will be arrested in 2004 in Britain for plotting attacks there, and sentenced to 30 years in prison (see August 3, 2004). [Observer, 12/12/2006] Another Unnamed Local Militant - Malaysian officials will say that two local Jemaah Islamiyah act as drivers for the attendees. These drivers apparently have no idea who the attendees are or what they are doing; they are just tasked to drive them around. In a 2002 Associated Press article, officials will not name these drivers, but will say that they are among the dozens of alleged Jemaah Islamiyah militants arrested in December 2001 and January 2002. Since Sajuli mentioned above is arrested at that time, he presumably is one of these drivers. It is not known who the other driver is. (Sufaat will be arrested at that time as well, but the Associated Press article will make clear Sufaat is not one of the drivers.) [Associated Press, 9/20/2002] Probably Not Involved: Mohamed al-Khatani - A Saudi, he allegedly will confess to attending the summit while being held in the US Guantanamo prison (see July 2002). He apparently will unsuccessfully attempt to enter the US in August 2001 to join the 9/11 plot (see August 4, 2001). However, al-Khatani will later recant his testimony and say he lied to avoid torture (see October 26, 2006). Furthermore, his 2008 Guantanamo file, leaked to the public in 2011, contains no hint of him even possibly attending the summit. The contents of the file must be treated with extreme caution, especially since he is repeatedly and brutally tortured (see August 8, 2002-January 15, 2003 and January 14, 2009). But according to the general narrative of the file, al-Khatani had no involvement with Islamist militancy in early 2000, only starts to get involved with militants in mid-2000, and first attends a militant training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000. [US Department of Defense, 10/30/2008]
Entity Tags: Hambali, Abu Bara al-Taizi, Dhiren Barot, Central Intelligence Agency, Ahmad Hikmat Shakir, Ahmad Sajuli Abdul Rahman, Al-Qaeda, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Islamic Jihad, Jemaah Islamiyah, Fahad al-Quso, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Ulrich Kersten, Yazid Sufaat, Khalid Almihdhar, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Salem Alhazmi, Mohamed al-Khatani, Malaysian Secret Service, Khallad bin Attash, Nawaf Alhazmi
The al-Qaeda summit in Malaysia (see January 5-8, 2000) ends and the participants leave. Hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar fly to Bangkok, Thailand, traveling under their real names. Al-Qaeda leader Khallad bin Attash also travels with them and the three sit side by side in the airplane, but bin Attash travels under the false name "Salah Saeed Mohammed bin Yousaf" (see After January 8, 2000). [Associated Press, 9/20/2002; US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 131 ; US Department of Justice, 11/2004, pp. 248 ] Malaysian intelligence and the CIA are aware of this flight (see January 8, 2000).
Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Nawaf Alhazmi, Khallad bin Attash, Khalid Almihdhar
Acting on a tipoff by the CIA, Thai intelligence puts 9/11 hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi on its watch list. In addition, it puts an alias al-Qaeda leader Khallad bin Attash is using (Salah Saeed Mohammed bin Yousaf) on the watch list (see January 20, 2000). The CIA is aware that the three men arrived in Bangkok on January 8 (see January 8, 2000), but seems to be unable to locate them in Thailand (see January 13, 2000). The Thai authorities will note their departure from Bangkok on January 15, but will not stop them and apparently will not inform the CIA of this for some time (see January 15, 2000 and March 5, 2000). [Bamford, 2004, pp. 230; 9/11 Commission, 1/26/2004, pp. 6 ] The CIA is apparently unaware of Alhazmi's full name at this point (see January 8-9, 2000), but this does not prevent the watchlisting. The CIA will not add the three to the US watch list until late August 2001 (see August 23, 2001).
Entity Tags: Nawaf Alhazmi, Central Intelligence Agency, Khallad bin Attash, Khalid Almihdhar
A week after attending the al-Qaeda summit in Malaysia (see January 5-8, 2000), 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar fly together from Bangkok, Thailand, to Los Angeles, California. [MSNBC, 12/11/2001] The passports of both men have indicators of their terrorist affiliation placed there by Saudi authorities to track them (see March 21, 1999 and April 6, 1999), but the indicators are apparently not noticed by US immigration officials, as they have not been informed of their significance (see Around February 1993). [9/11 Commission, 8/21/2004, pp. 10 ] The CIA will later claim that it lost track of them when they arrived in Bangkok and that it did not receive notification from the Thai government that Almihdhar and Alhazmi entered the US until March 2000 (see March 5, 2000). However, Almihdhar will later tell 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed that he and Alhazmi think they were watched and followed from Bangkok to Los Angeles by unknown individuals (see Mid-July 2000). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 181, 215] One San Diego friend of the two hijackers, Mohdar Abdullah, will later allegedly claim that he was told in advance they were coming to Los Angeles to carry out an attack in the US (see Early 2000).
Entity Tags: Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, Mohdar Abdullah, Central Intelligence Agency
Al-Qaeda leader Khallad bin Attash leaves Thailand and returns to Karachi, Pakistan. Bin Attash had come to Thailand with 9/11 hijackers Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi (see January 8, 2000), who had departed for the US five days previously (see January 15, 2000). Bin Attash, Alhazmi, and Almihdhar had been under surveillance in Malaysia shortly before (see January 5-8, 2000) and were watchlisted around January 13 by the Thai authorities (see January 13, 2000), which are supposed to inform the US of the departure of the three men from Thailand. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 159, 181; US Department of Justice, 11/2004, pp. 248 ] The CIA is informed of bin Attash's departure in early March, but he is traveling under an alias and the CIA does not connect the alias to bin Attash. [9/11 Commission, 1/26/2004, pp. 6 ] Under interrogation after being captured by the US, bin Attash will say that after leaving Karachi he travels to Kandahar to meet Osama bin Laden. However, such statements are considered unreliable due to the methods used to extract them (see June 16, 2004). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 159, 494]
Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Khallad bin Attash
The 9/11 Commission releases a new report on how the 9/11 plot developed. Most of their information appears to come from interrogations of prisoners Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM), the 9/11 mastermind, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh, a key member of the al-Qaeda Hamburg cell. In this account, the idea for the attacks appears to have originated with KSM. In mid-1996, he met bin Laden and al-Qaeda leader Mohammed Atef in Afghanistan. He presented several ideas for attacking the US, including a version of the 9/11 plot using ten planes (presumably an update of Operation Bojinka's second phase plot (see February-Early May 1995)). Bin Laden does not commit himself. In 1999, bin Laden approves a scaled-back version of the idea, and provides four operatives to carry it out: Nawaf Alhazmi, Khalid Almihdhar, Khallad bin Attash, and Abu Bara al Taizi. Attash and al Taizi drop out when they fail to get US visas. Alhazmi and Almihdhar prove to be incompetent pilots, but the recruitment of Mohamed Atta and the others in the Hamburg al-Qaeda cell solves that problem. Bin Laden wants the attacks to take place between May and July 2001, but the attacks are ultimately delayed until September. [9/11 Commission, 6/16/2004] However, information such as these accounts resulting from prisoner interrogations is seriously doubted by some experts, because it appears they only began cooperating after being coerced or tortured. For instance, it is said that KSM was "waterboarded," a technique in which his head is pushed under water until he nearly drowns. Information gained under such duress often is unreliable. Additionally, there is a serious risk that the prisoners might try to intentionally deceive. [New York Times, 6/17/2004] For instance, one CIA report of his interrogations is called, "Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's Threat Reporting—Precious Truths, Surrounded by a Bodyguard of Lies." [Los Angeles Times, 6/23/2004] The Commission itself expresses worry that KSM could be trying to exaggerate the role of bin Laden in the plot to boost bin Laden's reputation in the Muslim world. [9/11 Commission, 6/16/2004] Most of what these prisoners have said is uncorroborated from other sources. [New York Times, 6/17/2004] In 2007, it will be alleged that as much as 90 percent of KSM's interrogation could be inaccurate, and that he has recanted some of his confessions (see August 6, 2007).
Entity Tags: Osama bin Laden, 9/11 Commission, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Timeline Tags: Torture of US Captives, Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — On the heels of reporting 32 percent growth in containerized trade for October, an all-time record for Savannah, the Georgia Ports Authority approved rail and gate expansion projects that will significantly increase capacity at GPA's Garden City Terminal – the single largest container terminal in all of North America.
Georgia port officials will spend $42.27 million to untie road and rail congestion around Savannah's docks.
The Georgia Ports Authority approved work Monday that is part of a larger $128 million Mega Rail Terminal project.
The board also approved a $13.2 million project to expand the existing Gate 8 at Garden City Terminal.
According to GPA officials, the project will not only expand the Port of Savannah's on-dock rail capacity by 100 percent, but position Savannah to rapidly increase service to an arc of inland markets from Memphis to Chicago. A total of $90.7 million has been allocated to the project thus far. Construction is slated to begin next month and be completed by the end of 2020.
Also planned are two railroad bridges over a canal.
Ultimately, the $128 million project will combine rail yards operated by CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. The new terminal will allow 2-mile (3.25-kilometer) trains to be loaded with double-stacked cargo containers. The railroads will be able to ship 1 million containers yearly from Savannah, up from 500,000 now.
The board also approved additional truck gates feeding a new connector to Interstate 95, which could take traffic off local streets.


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It's been four years since John Galliano went on an infamous anti-semitic rant that got him canned from Dior, and it looks like the designer is on the road to spiritual redemption.
On Thursday night, Galliano spoke in London alongside Rabbi Barry Marcus of London's Central Synagogue at a Jewish educational event. According to The Guardian, he came clean as he took the stage:
"I am an alcoholic. I am an addict," he said. "This is in no way an excuse. We alcoholics and we addicts are not responsible for our disease. However, I do take complete responsibility for my recovery and making amends."
He added: "I get a daily reprieve from this disease and that comes from total abstinence."
The designer said burnout was one of the factors behind his vicious rant back in 2011, a time when we was creating 32 collections a year as head designer for Dior and for his own label. Though he took a long hiatus from fashion following the incident, he was recently hired as creative director of fashion house Maison Martin Margiela.
A rabbi may seem like the least likely person to help Galliano, but the Guardian reports Marcus has been instrumental in the designer's recovery. Not only did the rabbi sit front row at Galliano's first Margiela show in January, but he told the audience Thursday night that the designer should not be treated "more harshly" than an "endless list of celebrities" who have made controversial statements about Jewish people, and asked for everyone to show "a little graciousness."


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Sukiyaki Lunch Can Be Enjoyed at Private Room with Elegant and Tasteful -Asari Head Office in Hakodate-
June 23rd, 2017
Asari Head Office (阿さ利本店) is an old-established meat shop founded in 1901 at the foot of Mt. Hakodate (函館山) in Horai-cho, Hakodate city. It got the Bib Gourmand in MICHELIN GUIDE Hokkaido 2012 Special Edition and 2017 Special Edition, and originates from a building facing Asarizaka slope (あさり坂). The building looks a historical building and is very shibui. There is the meat shop on the first floor and is a sukiyaki restraunt on the second floor. They use Head Office, so I guess that they have some branches, but the sukiyaki restraunt is only here. At lunchtime, it is crowded, so you should have phoned ahead and reserved a table. But except around 12:00, you may be able to enter the sukiyaki restraunt without reserving on weekdays. I made a reservation beforehand and visited here around 11:30 on weekdays.
The sukiyaki restraunt has all tables at private rooms and visitors can enjoy the private space. In additon, the private rooms has an atmosphere of Meiji period (明治時代) or Taisho period (大正時代) and matches politicians and presidents. They seem to offer meals to clients in Japan. A waitress showed me into the room. I sat on a Japanese cushion and read a menu.
Lunch menu (11:00 - 13:00) had A Lunch and B Lunch, and each prices were JPY 1400 and JPY 1600. The difference between A Lunch and B Lunch is a specialty croquette. Except the Lunch menu, an ordinary sukiyaki menu can be enjoyed. But I visited here for lunch time, and ordered B Lunch. She said "You can order extra portions of beef (400g) at an extra cost of JPY 400", so I ordered it, too. The sum total was JPY 2000. Contents of B Lunch were Beef Sukiyaki, Rice, Miso Soup, Pickles, Croquette and Thinly Shredded Cabbage, and Sherbet. Cutomers press a buzzer and make a payment after meals.
About 10 minutes later, the waitress served the B Lunch. It smelled good in the air. She said "The sherbet is served if you press the buzzer after meals". All waitress had good smiles and nice atomosphere like a maidservanta woman servant (女中). They have a history, so it is just my personal opinion, but I think they take care of their hospitality.
I whisked an egg with chopsticks at once, and dipped a beef into the whisked egg and ate it. It was very tasty! Of course, the beef was high quality, but sukiyaki sauce was very good, too. Not too sweet and not too salty, and it was right taste. Then I ate the specialty croquette. Fresh-fried mashed potato was good. As for the sukiyaki, I ate onion, green onion, firm tofu and noodles made from devil's tongue starch at a pot. The sukiyaki sauce soaked into the noodles made from devil's tongue starch very well. That was good, too. I want to eat the ordinary sukiyaki menu next time.
B Lunch and Atmosphere of Sukiyaki Restaurant Can Be Watched on Youtube.
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