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To his elderly mother, Heinrich Himmler was a good boy. He kept in touch, remembered birthdays – and always made sure to drop her a line whenever he invaded a nice country. |
As nations across Europe toppled to Germany during the Second World War, Himmler’s mother Anna amassed a collection of cheerful postcards from the monster responsible for the murder of millions. |
One was posted from Paris only three days after the Nazis took control of the French capital in June 1940. |
Affectionately addressed to ‘Mutti’ (the German term for Mummy), it shows a picture of the Alexander III bridge over the Seine while the reverse reads ‘the pretty corners of Paris’. |
‘My dearest Mummy!’ wrote the head of the Gestapo and the SS. |
There is also a postcard from Dombas, Norway, which Himmler sent to his mother in November 1941. |
He told her how he had visited Oslo and was about to travel to Trondheim, where anti-Semitic riots later broke out. |
An earlier card displaying a picture of Mussolini was sent from Rome where Himmler had attended the 1932 Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution. |
His boss also passed on his regards to Mrs Himmler, signing one of the cards and sending his own telegram in January 1941 to wish her a happy birthday. |
The postcards are part of an archive of documents, photographs, signed books and paintings seized by an American serviceman from Himmler’s holiday home in southern Germany. |
Lieutenant Richard J. Wills was asked to remodel the house into a senior officers’ club after the war ended and took the items as souvenirs. |
They include a communion certificate that Himmler, a Roman Catholic, received from the church as an 11-year-old. His mother was a strict Catholic and brought her son up in the faith. |
His religion is thought to have been a key part of Himmler’s twisted motivation to wipe out the Jewish people. |
Himmler committed suicide after being captured by the Allies in May 1945. |
The primary challenge for all blockbuster franchises is to be big yet fleet. Iron Man is as good a model as any, thanks largely to Robert Downey Jr.’s flamboyantly narcissistic Tony Stark, plus filmmakers who valued pacing and character as much as superhero hardware. But sequels, in their quest for more and bigger acti... |
Exalted worldwide as a one-man peacekeeping force, Downey’s preening Stark has become so busy erecting monuments to himself that he hands over Stark Industries to Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and devotes his energies to Iron Man full time. But he faces serious adversity from within and without: Rogue countries and pr... |
That’s at least two sequels’ worth of incident packed into one, but director Jon Favreau and screenwriter Justin Theroux treat most of the scenes with a light, glancing wit that keeps the bloat at bay. Downey is reliably funny in his runaway egotism, and Rockwell’s Hammer proves the ideal adversary, a creature of equal... |
Police officers of the UP in Zagreb have received a smaller number of applications for asylum seekers or persons staying in the hotel in Porin over the past period. More specifically, there are three events; one mutual injury that is adequately prosecuted by filing a criminal charge with the competent state attorney's ... |
In the first event, 31.12. In 4.40 hours, a report was sent to the Paromlinska Street bus stops. Four of the injured claimants stated that they were physically attacked by three unknown perpetrators who then left in the unknown direction. The injured did not have any visible injuries and refused medical assistance. |
The second event occurred an hour later, around the 5,30 hour at the Kauzlarić bus station, whereby the asylum seeker stated that three of the unknown perpetrators were physically attacked by him. Due to visible injuries, the doctor provided assistance to KBC in Zagreb. |
In the cases described, all measures and actions are taken to find responsible offenders. |
Asylum seekers in the Republic of Croatia enjoy all their rights under the Law on International and Temporary Protection, and on the grounds of the protest there are additional police officers who will speak to asylum seekers. |
The hotel's premises as well as the area around the hotel continually provide police officers and police patrols, which is in favor of the fact that their security is of great importance. |
It should be noted that asylum seekers in the Republic of Croatia are free people without any restrictions on movement. |
PEKIN — Next year's budget for the city of Pekin must balance the need to fix roads and deteriorated curbs with ongoing pension fund obligations. |
That was the message during a public hearing Monday night before the Pekin City Council met. City Manager Mark Rothert gave a presentation on funding options for capital improvement projects and other currently unfunded obligations. |
The city manager outlined some of Pekin’s more pressing infrastructure concerns, such as reconstruction on Front Street. That, he estimated, will cost about $6 million. Resurfacing Court Street would be a $20 million-plus project, and resurfacing Derby Street carries a price tag of about $7 million. |
At the same time, there's the looming pension issue. As of May 1, 2018, the city has $40,792,958 in unfunded firefighter’s pension fund obligations, Rothert added, and it expects to pay $2,872,022 toward meeting those obligations by 2040. |
The information was received well by at least one. |
During its meeting, the council approved resolutions for the city to provide Ledgestone Insurance with a sponsorship for $10,000 in support of the 2019 Ledgestone Insurance Disc Golf Open and a sponsorship for $5,000 in support of the Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships. |
DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. seem to be truly moving forward with Matt Reeves' The Batman — that is, if the latest slew of reports are true. We heard previously that The Batman could start shooting early next year, and now a new report claims that not only is that production timeline true, but that Ben Affleck wil... |
Production Weekly has now listed The Batman as starting production in spring 2019, and that Affleck is a a producer on the project. As stated, this listing syncs up with nearly all of the recent chatter about The Batman's status — which leads us to wonder if other recent rumors are also true. |
"From the beginning, what I had always spoken about with Warner Brothers and what I was excited about was being in the Batuniverse and really doing something within that sphere. That was always what it was going to be so in that way it hasn’t changed a lot since I first met with them. It’s very much the same thrust if ... |
"A lot of things have happened since then, but the movie, and why I’m excited about it, is it continues to be the same inspirations and excitement of what we talked about in the beginning," he added. |
For the last few years, it's been a rollercoaster trying to get any solid sense of what's going on with The Batman. Every time it seems like there's a credible rumor, there's a debunk that smashes it. In fact, as word circulates that Reeves' script is being finalized, we still don't even know the basic story framework ... |
The Batman has no release date at this time. |
Mario Morejon Sprint MiFi 2200 Hotspot This is one of the most versatile mobile hotspots on the market today, if you don't mind being locked into a Sprint-only service plan and the short time on the battery. |
Easy to start and use. Pocket size is great for traveling. Free GPS service integrated, works with Google Maps and other services. |
Runs hot. Battery drains quickly when multiple Wi-Fi devices connect. No 3G connectivity when charging. |
This is one of the most versatile mobile hotspots on the market today, if you don't mind being locked into a Sprint-only service plan and the short time on the battery. |
Sprint, like Verizon, now offers Novatel's pocket-sized MiFi 2200 hotspot. The MiFi (mobile Wi-Fi) is a Wi-Fi router with an integrated 3G modem using Sprint's EV-DO network and only Sprint's EV-DOto provide Internet access. Though small, the MiFi is capable of managing five Wi-Fi devices at a maximum distance of abo... |
Verizon and Sprint both offer identical MiFi hardware, but different management interfaces. Unsurprisingly, both require multi-year contracts. Sprint's multiyear plan costs $59.99 for 5GB per month, while the hardware itself costs $99 with a $50 mail in rebate. Verizon charges about the same, but has one lower-tier at ... |
The Sprint MiFi has a brushed aluminum surface. The case has a green LED on its side that turns solid when connected to the Sprint EV-DO network. It's the same size as the Verizon MiFi, give of take a few microns; the enclosure is 3.5 x 2.3 x .4 inches. |
The USB port in the Sprint unit is only used for power, where as the Verizon MiFi2200 also uses it for laptop tethering connectivity. When charging the Sprint MiFi, the network function shuts off, but as soon as you disconnect the USB charging cable, the green LED comes right back. |
Bottom Line: This is one of the most versatile mobile hotspots on the market today, if you don't mind being locked into a Sprint-only service plan and the short time on the battery. |
An elementary school student who ran from campus was found late Friday morning in Merritt Island by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. |
The student fled from Lewis Carroll Elementary School on Skyline Boulevard east of Courtenay Parkway, Brevard County Schools said. The Sheriff's helicopter participated in the search. |
The student ran from campus as school administrators were in the process of suspending him, Sheriff's spokesman Tod Goodyear said. |
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on October 31, 2016, on page 9. |
Once a hard-charging young congressman, Anthony Weiner lost his career and his marriage to a habit of trading sexually explicit messages that he couldn't shake. |
Weiner is separated from Huma Abedin, the vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton's campaign and one of the Democratic nominee's closest aides. |
When Weiner was caught again sending racy messages last summer, Abedin left him. |
By then married and expecting a baby with Abedin, Weiner initially claimed his Twitter account had been hacked. |
Weiner, however, wasn't out of the public eye for long. |
Still, Weiner didn't entirely leave the public stage. |
Then, in August, a new batch of sexts became public, including a bulging-underwear shot – with Weiner and Abdein's toddler son in the frame – that a woman said she'd received from Weiner in 2015 . |
By then deeply engaged in Clinton's campaign, Abedin issued a short statement saying she had decided to leave Weiner. |
The New York Jets stayed in the AFC East to find their new head coach. The former Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase agreed on Wednesday night to take the Jets job, according to multiple reports. |
Gase was 23-26 in three years with Miami, including a playoff game in the 2016 season, before being fired last week. He’ll remain in the AFC East, and face the Dolphins twice every regular season as a rival head coach. Gase replaces Todd Bowles, who was fired after he went 24-40 in four seasons and no playoff appearanc... |
Gase will be tasked with furthering the development of quarterback Sam Darnold and helping New York snap an eight-year postseason drought. While he had control over personnel in Miami, Gase will work closely in New York with general manager Mike Maccagnan, who was retained by team chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson, ... |
Gase was fired after this season as part of an organizational shake-up after the Dolphins finished 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the 15th time in 17 years. There were also questions about whether Gase had lost the support of some players. Miami ranked 31st in the NFL in offense, a franchise worst, and 29th in defense... |
Gase’s Dolphins were particularly good in one-score games, going 7-1 in those situations this season and 20-6 in three years. Their record in games decided by more than one score was 3-20, including 0-8 this season. Miami also lost their last seven games on the road. |
Paul McCartney, at right, and wife Linda, second from left, with Harold Doley Jr., whose father was King Zulu, on Mardi Gras 1975. Paul is holding one of the couple's children, possibly Stella. Recording studio producer Marshall Sehorn is at left. |
One of the best parts about searching The Times-Picayune archives is unexpectedly tripping over a little piece of treasure, like this photo of Paul and Linda McCartney accepting a golden Zulu coconut in 1975. I was researching photos for a retrospective on the Krewe of Zulu when this gem popped up. |
I had questions. Who was the dapper gentleman in the middle presenting the coconut? In the original photo, he was only identified as "Zulu official.'' Where was this photo taken? Who is the little girl? |
The McCartneys were in town in 1975 to record their band Wings’ album, “Venus and Mars,” at Allen Toussaint’s Sea-Saint Studios in Gentilly. We’ve written about that before, and shared photos of them in their clown costumes at 1975 Mardi Gras on a few occasions. But the Zulu photo hasn’t seen the light of day in a whil... |
Doley Jr. recalled that his father had a heart condition, but that wasn’t stopping him from serving as King Zulu that year. Doley Jr.'s mother insisted he ride on the float’s tractor to keep watch over his dad. And Doley Jr.'s son, about age 7 at the time, was a page for his grandfather. |
The McCartneys had come to see the Zulu parade, on Mardi Gras (Feb. 11) 1975. People were saying "We’ve got to find somebody to give the coconut to the McCartneys,'’ Doley Jr. recalled. |
Marshall Sehorn, the record producer at the far left in the photo above, said, "Get Doley to give him the coconut.'' Doley Jr. protested -- he wasn’t a Zulu official himself -- but there was no time to waste; the king’s float was in the staging area and needed to get rolling. As Doley Jr. explained, King Zulu’s float m... |
They knew Louis Armstrong had been Zulu king in 1949 and his wife was later queen. |
"We love the culture,'' Linda told Doley Jr. |
And who is the little girl in the photo? Doley Jr. recalls that the girl was the McCartneys' child. The original caption with the photo identified her as the McCartneys' daughter, dressed as a fairy. She looks preschool age, which would mean she’s probably Stella McCartney, who would have been 3 1/2 at the time. Stella... |
The McCartneys invited Doley Jr. to drop by Sea-Saint Studios later, and he did. He didn’t stay long, because he didn’t want to interrupt their work, but he was there long enough to witness Linda “clowning around doing some Professor Longhair” on the piano. The brief amount of jamming he heard by the band was incredibl... |
Of the people in the photo, Doley Jr., Paul and the McCartneys' daughter are still living. McCartey, at age 76, is a few years older than Doley Jr. Stella is now 47. |
Doley Jr. has accomplished much in his lifetime. He is founder of Doley Securities, LLC., the oldest African-American-owned investment-banking firm in the United States. At one time, he was a financial adviser to Michael Jackson. And he bought a seat on the New York Stock Exchange; he is the only African-American to ha... |
Harold Doley Jr. during an interview in Cape Town, South Africa in 2018. |
He’d love to return to the warmth of New Orleans, but grandsons in New York are keeping him put for now. |
Paul has done pretty well for himself the past few decades also. The billionaire is returning to New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center on May 23 for one night only as part of the “The Freshen Up” tour. |
American Express card members can buy tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday (Sept. 11) at 10 a.m. |
And it seems Paul still has a soft spot for the Crescent City. Check out the New Orleans flavor in Paul’s most recent music videos. |
ATLANTA — Inside a classroom at a community college in Dallas, about two dozen women took turns sharing their names, hometowns and what they hoped would be their future titles. |
Experts say 2018 is on track to be a historic year, with more women saying they are running at this point than ever before. |
Congresswoman. State representative. County judge. |
A record number of women appear to be answering that call, fueled largely by frustration on the Democratic side over the election of President Donald Trump and energized by Democratic women winning races in Virginia in November. Experts say 2018 is on track to be a historic year, with more women saying they are running... |
In the four weeks after the 2016 election, 1,000 women came to the group’s website to learn about running for office. That number has now surpassed 26,000. By comparison, the group was in contact with 960 women for the previous election cycle. |
Whether all that enthusiasm will result in full-fledged campaigns and translate to gains in the number of women elected to office remains to be seen. |
Although women are more than half the American population, they account for just a fifth of all U.S. representatives and senators, and one in four state lawmakers. They serve as governors of only six states and mayors in roughly 20 percent of the nation’s most populous cities. |
For Sarah Riggs Amico, the executive chairwoman of a major auto hauling company, last year’s Women’s March in Atlanta ignited her interest in running for office. |
“It was something that really lifted me up and made me want to demand better from my government,” said Amico, who recently announced plans to run for lieutenant governor in Georgia. |
Sol Flores has been walking in marches with her mother in Chicago since she was a little girl, but never thought she would run for office. Now 44, Flores said she was enraged by policies put forward by the Trump administration and decided to jump into a crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 4th Congressional Distric... |
Flores said her network of friends has been crucial to helping her navigate the realities of being a first-time candidate and the challenges of gathering signatures for qualifying and fundraising. |
“Women are really good at this, saying, ‘Let’s sit down and figure this out. You raised your hand, and let’s win. Let’s go to Washington, D.C.,'” said Flores, the executive director of a nonprofit helping homeless families and at-risk youth. |
The last time the U.S. saw a surge in women running for office was 1992, in the wake of Anita Hill’s testimony before an all-male U.S. Senate committee weighing the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. It was called the “Year of the Woman” because women were elected to the U.S. House and Senate in r... |
The number of women in office has held steady in recent years, but experts say conditions are ripe for an increase in 2018 — especially if more politicians are forced to step down or retire amid the growing #MeToo movement that began with accusations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood mega-producer Harvey Weinstein... |
One U.S. senator and four congressmen have so far announced plans to retire or not seek re-election following allegations against them, presenting a prime opportunity for women to compete for their open seats. For example, seven women have expressed interest in an April special election for an Arizona congressional sea... |
The increase in women candidates is largely being seen in U.S. House and governor’s races next year and driven primarily by Democrats, said Debbie Walsh, who leads the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. In addition to the 50 Democratic and 10 Republican congresswomen expected to run for re-el... |
These can be uphill races, but many of the women running say they were encouraged by what happened in Virginia in November, when 30 percent of the women who challenged their state representative won. |
Katie Hill is among those seeking to oust her local congressman, Republican Rep. Steve Knight in California’s 25th Congressional District, a key Democratic target this year. |
As an advocate for the homeless, Hill recalled the joy she felt on the night of the 2016 election when voters in Los Angeles passed a $1.2 billion bond measure for housing and services for homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless. But that was quickly tempered by the outcome of the presidential election. |
It’s not just Democrats. First-time Republican and Libertarian women candidates are also jumping into the mix. |
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