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Syria Daily, Mar 20: Regime "No Discussions About Assad's Future"
LATEST: Regime Forces Take 12th-Century Castle Near Homs
Syria's regime has drawn a line against any political talks that include discussion of President Assad stepping aside.
Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told The Wall Street Journal, "The issue of [Assad] relinquishing power is now behind us and this is a flagrant interference in Syria's internal affairs. This is completely finished and we are not ready to discuss it at all, at all."
Discussions in Geneva in January and February between the regime and opposition could not even agree on an agenda. The Assad delegation rejected any item about a transitional governing authority, saying the focus must be on confronting "terrorism" — its term for the Syrian insurgency.
The regime is planning a Presidential election in the spring to confirm Assad's stay in power.
Mikdad also insisted that the regime's failure to meet deadlines on the handover of chemical weapons stocks must not be manipulated:
We hope this issue won't be politicized. It's purely technical.
I affirm that the Syrian chemicals weapons program is finished, it's behind us, this program no longer exists because we have destroyed all manufacturing capabilities and many production sites and all that's left are some facilities that we will agree upon.
Sigrid Kaag, head of the mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said on Thursday that 54% of the toxins had been removed or eliminated.
The regime, blaming issues of security, has missed a series of deadlines for the handover, including the destruction of 90% of the chemical weapons by the end of January.
All stocks are supposed to be out of Syria by the end of June.
Regime Forces Take 12th-Century Castle Near Homs
Troops raised the regime flag on the battlements of the 12th-century Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers on Thursday after a three-month siege.
Soldiers moved in after insurgents withdrew, following the regime takeover of the town of al-Hosn, the town below the castle.
At least 45 wounded insurgents were brought by Red Cross ambulances to hospitals in northern Lebanon hospitals, amid reports of 11 to 40 opposition fighters killed in the battle.
Syrian forces chased the fleeing insurgents across Rajm Hussein, a small hamlet on the outskirts of the border town of Wadi Khaled. The regime troops also closed the Bqaiaa border crossing with Lebanon in both directions.
Only 28 of the wounded were still hospitalized by early afternoon, and none had died. Sources said that many were from Jabhat al-Nusra.
Internet Restored Across Syria After 7-Hour Blackout
Internet service was restored across Syria on Thursday night after a 7-hour blackout.
A group called the European Cyber Army claimed that it had taken down Syrian services, retalitating against the hackers of the pro-regime Syrian Electronic Army.
We warned you @official_Sea16 that we would wipe Syria off the face of the Internet! We do not make idle threats!
Syria Internet Terminated
— European Cyber Army (@ECA_Legion) March 20, 2014
Insurgents Claims Capture of Post of Regime's 559th Brigade in Qalamoun
Jaish al-Islam (the Army of Islam) has claimed a victory against the regime's offensive in the Qalamoun region, asserting that it took the post of the regime's 559th brigade and seized a number of armored vehicles and heavy weaponry.
The insurgent victory blocks the main highway between Damascus and Palmyra in central Syria.
One of the "liberated" tanks:
Kurdish Militia Fighting ISIS and Chechen Jihadists Near Kobanê
Joanna Paraszczuk reports on fighting between the Kurdish militia YPG and the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham, including Chechen jihadists, near Kobanê (Ayn al-Arab) in northeastern Syria.
Deaths on both sides are reported in the battle around a grain elevator in the village of Sirin.
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1st UN Aid Convoy to Cross From Turkey Into Syria
The United Nations said its first aid convoy from Turkey to Syria is imminent.
About 80 trucks are ready to cross the border, aid officials said Wednesday.
Last week, Syria granted its approval for the opening of the only crossing that it controls on the Turkish frontier. Sources said Turkey has now also agreed.
NGOs have used Turkey's Nusaybin border post, close to the Kurdish city of Qamishli, to bring in smaller consignments of aid.
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Roundup #3
Arab Chronicle (Cedric Larousse) is a mapmaker whose maps are respected by both sides. For mapmaking you need good, up-to-date and reliable sources. Mapmaking requires good sources, accuracy and honesty otherwise it is useless. No matter who you'd like to see win (AC despises the regime for the same reasons I do), you cannot afford to slant the map or no one will trust your maps in the future. Thus, it AC writes the following it is likely accurate:
"The rebellion in Eastern Qalamoun and near Qaryatayn Mountains is more and more strong. Thousands of men and tanks…Jaysh Al-Islam, Jabhat Al Nusrah and many FSA locals from eastern Homs countryside and Qalamoun are concentrated in these areas.
If all this is true, what does that mean?
#1. Even a portion of such forces would suffice to cut off Aleppo or even mount a substantial attack on Khanasser, Al Safira and beleaguered regime forces near Aleppo airport.
#2: Many regime supply bases and key airports are on the "wrong" (eastern side) of regime forces (including Hezbollah) and therefore more vulnerable as the takeover of a major tank and artillery site demonstrated yesterday.
#3: Along with the rebel positions in Adra (a natural location to cut the Homs/Damascus road) the above forces will continue to pose a major threat to an any garrisons left behind in Yabrud and points north. If the regime had hoped to shift forces toward endangered areas (Aleppo, Damascus, north of Homs, etc.) they may have to stick around.
If I were the rebels, I'd clear up all remaining positions east of Adra, meaning the Dumeir area and itsmilitary airport. That would give them a solid "green" rear with no substantial regime forces in event of any regime offensive. Rebels may already be doing that. The reason 559th Brigade's Tank Base just east of Dumair, fell so easily is that the regime didn't even have the manpower to defend it.
AC makes an important point all coverage has missed: "The army base 559 capture gave to the rebellion the biggest tanks and artillery pieces capture since conflict beginning…" If you check the location on a map you'll see lots of juicy targets nearby, most defensively crippled I believe.
The newly captured rebel tanks are already on the move–possibly to Dumeir airport or to those other targets.
Tazi Morocco has apparently reached the same conclusion. He writes, "Syrian rebels are now focusing on area where the Regime is weak, like Army base located in the middle of the desert. Interesting!" The same thinking should applies to any offensive in the south. Go for the easier pickings before considering a two-pronged offensve on Damascus. Let forces in East Ghouta tie up the regime, while rebels rampage though Quneitra, Daraa and Sweida provinces, sweeping up tens of thousands of defectors. I think regime defenses there will be almost as weak as in the desert.
Near Mork: A 9K111 Fagot eliminates a regime tank and its Alawite crew today.
Everyone is focused on the captured equipment, which is nice in itself and the access to regime targets further east. Note its value in the opposite direction. Having taken Base 559 the rebels can virtually seal off any regime forcs in Dumeir and related airport.
As I noted above he speed and ease with which the base fell (in contrast to Yabrun) is remarkeable and something we've seen before in the same general area. Recall the huge supply base at Mahin. Even regime supporters were asking, "How could it happen? " This is the second time now which suggests further possibilities. It also suggests an answer: the regime's manpower shortage is even worse than advertised and regime officers must have been crossing their fingers hoping rebels wouldn't notice.
I think many of the troops that people assumed were in this area have been shifted to combat areas or–in the case of conscripts with suspect loyalties, to th southern provinces. I'll bet you'll find nobody's home in many of these locations. What would make that situation even better is the potential rebel blocking force and its location as described by Arab Chronicle.
At this point, I'd say this victory is 10 times more valuable than Yabroud not because of what was taken by how it was taken, the comparative difficulty of getting it back and the fact that Yabroud merely shuts one among many supply lines and doesn't open nearly the opportunities Base 559 offers.
Roundup #3
Arab Chronicle (Cedric Larousse) is a mapmaker whose maps are respected by both sides. Mapmaking requires good sources, accuracy and honesty otherwise it is useless. Thus when AC writes the following, it is likely accurate:
"The rebellion in Eastern Qalamoun and near Qaryatayn Mountains is more and more strong. Thousands of men and tanks…Jaysh Al-Islam, Jabhat Al Nusrah and many FSA locals from eastern Homs countryside and Qalamoun are concentrated in these areas.
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REBEL CAPTURE OF 559th BRIGADE'S TANK BASE
"The army base 559 capture gave to the rebellion the biggest tanks and artillery pieces capture since conflict beginning…" –Arab Chronicle. Check out the location of the base below and zoom back to not other possible targets. As online videos show, newly rebel tanks are already on the move. Meanwhile, the more regime forces are tied up in Qalamoun, the less they can help in this vicinity or in Adra, Aleppo, Idib, Damascus, etc.
Near Mork: A 9K111 Fagot eliminates a regime tank and its Alawite crew today.
Note: I wrote this the other day but I'm not sure if I posted it.
The Israeli strike on the Assad yesterday was music to the ears of most Syrians. Enduring America claims Israel has budgeted three million for a strike on Israel—a wise precaution. However there's a far chaper and less risky way to emasculate Hezbollah and Iran more effectively and with less danger of revenge attacks. Why not an alliance, formal or otherwise, with Syria's rebels? .Hezbollah forces inside Lebanon would be left alone so long as they behave themselves. Hezbollah forces were they don't belong (Syria) would be fair game.
Iran and its Lebanese proxy would be intolerable if their Man in Syria were allowed to prevail. Important missiles and other weapons would flow into Lebanaon and Syria by the thousands from Iran and Russia. In his bullying quest for regional empire at the expense of all neighbors, Khamenei resembles Putin exactly. One quest drives Russian neighbors closer to the West. The other draws Iran's neighbos closer to Israel. Iran does not really give a fig about the Palestinians, or it would not aid a sadist who massively starves Palestians and chuckles as he does so. Let's be frank: Everyone knows Israel would oppose a successful Israel-Palestinian settlement no matter how favorable to the latter. We also know what Soleimeni and Al Quds would devise to torpedo it.
Next to a victory by Al Queda extremists (impossible for many reasons), the next worst outcome for Israel would be an Assad victory being tantamount to a Putin/Iran/Hezbollah victory with predictable consequences. By comparison most (maybe not all) rebels could be won over creating a friendly government next door or at lease a neutral one absorbed–unlike Iran–in its own problems. Most Syrians are equally repulsed by an ISIS lifestyle as much as the life forvever under the boot of the equally sadistic Bashir Assad.
Israel should consider a informal or formal alliance with the rebels–the last thing Nasrallah and Khamenei hoped for when they invaded Syria. It's not totally inconceivable that even JAN might agree to such an alliance or at least not oppose it. The Islamic Front might well sign on under certain conditions (an agreement to stop freeze West Bank settlements, help rebuild afterwards, even consider a common market in time). In return the latter would have to agree to accept democratic elections and respect results. A smart deal would include post war planning of the sort FDR did. Israel is far more likely to keep its word than Obama, as everyone knows by now.
Both sides would have much to gain. For the rebels victory would assure victory and punish Putin, Assad and Nasrallah. The latter would be terrific for Israel as well. Both would enjoy showing up the Double Crosser in the White House. Afterwards Israel would have a great incentive to take positive toward both Syria and the Palestinians. Indeed, nothing might do more to contribute to a Mideast peace than a victory over troublemaker Assad and his toublemaking allies in Russia and Iran. What is equally certain is that a regime victory would prolong the Israel Palestine conflict and fire up non-stop sectarian warfare while also spurring radicalization and ISIS-type brutality. It's a case of best outcome compared to worst possible outcome–a no brainer.
Syrian army retakes Crusader castle from rebels
(Reuters) – Syrian soldiers have raised the national flag on the battlements of a 900-year-old Crusader castle after a three-month siege that ended on Thursday when rebel fighters fled.
The recapture of Crac des Chevaliers, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a real and symbolic victory over divided rebel factions.
The army has also wrested back control of most of al-Hosn, the town below the hilltop castle, which was surrounded by Syrian troops for weeks until many rebels moved out on Thursday morning and the army moved in, according to residents.
Symbolic victory, yes. Strategic victory, no. Another pyrrhic win, yes. See my analysis below on that. I don't just claim things or offer conclusions. I try to supply reasons to justify them.
Even Chinese immigrants are being targeted and that could have impact in Beijing. A majority supports the slogan "Russia for the Russians" according to a recent poll. It is clear to me that the attitude is spreading to Russian ethnics in most countries adjoining Russia and that Putin is encouraging it.
Some analysts have pooh-poohed claims that Russia is becoming more like Nazi Germany but it clearly is. Hillary got mocked by the GOP (to its discredit) for speaking the thuth. What no one seems to have noticed is another affinity: How the restrictions of media freedoms and freedoms of speech closely resemble the moves Hitler made after the false flag Reichstag fire. After that, there was no stopping the Nazis and they could do anything they pleased at home and—thanks to Chamberlain and Dadalier—in nearby Eastern Europe.
All of this makes more disgusting how Obama sold out Syria to please Putin, Khamenei and Nasrallah as he catered openly to all three. I'm reminded of how Deladier and Chamberlain kidded themselves about Hitler, talking of how "he is a reasonable man and someone we can deal with." If the shoe fits, Obama should wear it. How could he be such a sucker? American needs a Chuchill, and Obama has two years to go unfortunately.
Key excerpt: "… the problem feeds upon itself. The authorities' increasingly tolerance for or even exploitation of ethnic extremism makes it more acceptable and as it becomes more acceptable, the authorities feel themselves pressed to be even more tolerant of intolerance."
Update #2
Regime propagandists exaggerate the value of Yabroud and now Krak de Chevallier. Sophisticated regime strategists are aware of what they can't tell their less informed masses:
#1: the victories were lessened greatly because rebels left while they could.
#2: The victories were pyrrhic in time and especially irreplaceable manpower losses.
#3: Yabroud would be worth more if only rebels didn't have many alternatives. Krak was symbolic.
#4: Simultaneously the rebels were making far more ominous gains elsewhere (Adra/Dumeir, Quneitra, Daraa, the Hama to Idlib area and, lately Aleppo)—gains that will be hard to undo and involved even greater manpower and equipment losses.
#5: In light of situations elsewhere the regime can't afford to heavily garrison Yabroud, Nabk etc. which means that, having paid such a high price, the regime may not be able to hold them. That creates Sysiphus-like frustration.
Every move the regime would like to make (garrison, encircle, hold on, recapture, defend, attack) requires what it does not have: enough motivated and skilled fighters. Every morning regime forces in the only manpower category that counts and rebel forces grow slightly. The entire process must accelerate greatly if rebels opt to take the south which is loaded with tens of thousands of Sunni conscripts aching to switch sides and short on loyalist fighter—most of whom are Alawite shabbiha, a tasty and hated target.
Arab Chronicle reports that hundreds of FSA and Jund Ash Sham evacuees are now in the countryside west of Homs near al Husn and Zaraa after evacuating Krak de Chevalliers while a route was still open. Alawite militia have occupied the fortification.
Zarra links Homs to the Mediterranean coast and is a long time conduit for of rebel fighters and arms. The regime had taken it from the rebels on March 8th and now may be losing it again in an exchange of locations. The regime will be forced into an attempt to re-encircle the region and while it does rebel will exploit opportunities elsewhere as they always do.
When you are fighting an enemy with limited manpower, the more you can spread his forces, the better.
Update #1
Rebels have rejected a truce offer from the commander of the nearby military airbase at Dumeir.
Video of Aham Al-Sham attacking the Assad base at Jebel al-Qualamoun.
Regime supporters like to tell everyone that we should all prefer Assad simply on the basis that he is secular which rests on the false premise that the only alternative is a Taliban-like state as if that is what everyone who resists Assad wants.
The truth is that secular dictators can be every bit as vicious as religious ones. See: Milosevic, Stalin, Hitler, Khamenei, Putn and Assad. They are all cut from the same cloth with not an ounce of difference between them. Any, when challenged, will murder the populace gladly and, if necessary, do anything possible to foment sectarian divisions where such possibilities exist.
Three Years of Strife and Cruelty Puts Syria in Free Fall
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There have been several recent developments concerning the VHF narrowband transition mandated by the FCC. On January 5, 2012, the Commission issued a release reminding the public that less than one year remains before land mobile radio licensees in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands must migrate to narrowband technology. The public notice follows from a similar reminder the FCC issued to the public on July 13, 2011 that included guidance on how licensees can file requests for waiver from the narrowband rules.
Additionally, on January 27, 2012, the Commission released a public notice seeking comment on petitions filed by 21 different entities all seeking waiver from the narrowband requirements. The FCC has posted each petition on its website in WT Docket 99-87. Comments are due on February 10, 2012, and reply comments will be due on February 17, 2012. Previously, the Commission has sought public comment on narrowband waiver requests in two instances.
The narrowband transition is part of the FCC's effort to encourage the land mobile radio (LMR) systems using VHF/UHF spectrum to operate with modern technology. Prior to the narrowband mandate, most VHF/UHF LMR licensees operated with 25 kHz technology. To reduce the congestion in these frequency bands and facilitate LMR system expansion and implementation, the FCC implemented rules that require licensees to use narrower channel bandwidths or to increase voice paths on existing channels.
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COVINGTON -- Mayfield Hardware Company in Covington is doing its part to help local nonprofits during hard economic times. The company is sponsoring The Helpful Chair-ity Event, a raffle of 20 custom painted chairs to benefit 20 organizations.
"We had chairs left over from last season. I was doing inventory and I saw them and said, 'You know what would really sell these chairs would be for them to be painted.' It started off like that," said owner Kendra Mayfield.
The idea grew from there, and she decided to let local charities paint the chairs and then raffle them off, with proceeds benefiting the charities.
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The Internet Is Broken
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Patchwork Problem
The Internet's original protocols, forged in the late 1960s, were designed to do one thing very well: facilitate communication between a few hundred academic and government users. The protocols efficiently break digital data into simple units called packets and send the packets to their destinations through a series of network routers. Both the routers and PCs, also called nodes, have unique digital addresses known as Internet Protocol or IP addresses. That's basically it. The system assumed that all users on the network could be trusted and that the computers linked by the Internet were mostly fixed objects.
The Internet's design was indifferent to whether the information packets added up to a malicious virus or a love letter; it had no provisions for doing much besides getting the data to its destination. Nor did it accommodate nodes that moved – such as PDAs that could connect to the Internet at any of myriad locations. Over the years, a slew of patches arose: firewalls, antivirus software, spam filters, and the like. One patch assigns each mobile node a new IP address every time it moves to a new point in the network.
[Click here to view graphic representations of David D. Clark's four goals for a new Internet architecture.]
Clearly, security patches aren't keeping pace. That's partly because different people use different patches and not everyone updates them religiously; some people don't have any installed. And the most common mobility patch – the IP addresses that constantly change as you move around – has downsides. When your mobile computer has a new identity every time it connects to the Internet, the websites you deal with regularly won't know it's you. This means, for example, that your favorite airline's Web page might not cough up a reservation form with your name and frequent-flyer number already filled out. The constantly changing address also means you can expect breaks in service if you are using the Internet to, say, listen to a streaming radio broadcast on your PDA. It also means that someone who commits a crime online using a mobile device will be harder to track down.
In the view of many experts in the field, there are even more fundamental reasons to be concerned. Patches create an ever more complicated system, one that becomes harder to manage, understand, and improve upon. "We've been on a track for 30 years of incrementally making improvements to the Internet and fixing problems that we see," says Larry Peterson, a computer scientist at Princeton University. "We see vulnerability, we try to patch it. That approach is one that has worked for 30 years. But there is reason to be concerned. Without a long-term plan, if you are just patching the next problem you see, you end up with an increasingly complex and brittle system. It makes new services difficult to employ. It makes it much harder to manage because of the added complexity of all these point solutions that have been added. At the same time, there is concern that we will hit a dead end at some point. There will be problems we can't sufficiently patch."


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Nuclear demonstration: Westinghouse is conducting a Small Modular Reactor presentation on Thursday from 10 a.m. until noon in Room 5 at the Pecos River Village Conference Center, 711 Muscatel Ave.
Board meeting: Southeast NM Community Action Corporation (SNMCAC) will hold its Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, March 27, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the SNMCAC building, located at 1915 San Jose Blvd., Carlsbad, New Mexico. Info:(575) 887-3939.
St. Jude's fundraiser: A fundraiser for St Judes Children's Research Hospital will be held Saturday from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Carlsbad Municipal Beach bandshell. For information, call Katie Smith at 575-302-6137.
Radiation oncologist speaks: Healthy Woman, a Carlsbad Medical Center resource, will be hosting a free seminar on Thursday, at 6 p.m., in the CMC private dining room, This month's featured speaker is Becki S. Hill, a board-certified radiation oncologist who will discuss new technology and cancer treatment options now available at Carlsbad Medical Center. To register, please call 575-887-4160.
Spay/Neuter Certificates Available: Pet spay and neuter certificates will be available on Tuesday, April 1, at the Cat's Meow Thrift Shop, 124 S. Canyon, beginning at 8 a.m. A $20 donation per certificate is requested. Certificate holders call the Carlsbad veterinarians of their choice and make appointments for the procedures. Certificates are presented on the day of the procedure. In addition to preventing pregnancy, spaying and neutering makes pets healthier and less apt to stray from home.
Tax Preparation: The San Jose Center, located at 2814 San Jose Blvd., are offering free state income tax preparation classes every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. To be eligible for services, income cannot exceed $22,000. People must bring a picture ID, a Social Security card and proof of income for everyone living in the same household. If a spouse passed away in 2013, the person must also bring a death certificate. For information, call 575-885-1402.
Smart driver class: There will be an AARP Smart Driver class at the North Mesa Senior Recreation Center on April 11 from 8 a.m. until noon. Call 575-885-9411 for registration.
Rotary camp applications: The Carlsbad Rotary Club is accepting student applications from current high school juniors in Loving and Carlsbad for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp, an intensive week long training camp during the summer that brings together youth and adults to develop character and leadership skills, promote friendship and fellowship, and learn more about Rotary. The RYLA Camp is held at the Manzano Mountain Retreat southeast of Albuquerque, and includes hundreds of students from all over New Mexico and West Texas. The RYLA Boy's Camp will be the week of July 13-19 and the RYLA Girl's Camp will be the week of July 19-25. Applicants must be current high school juniors in Loving or Carlsbad who will become seniors starting the 2014-15 school year. Applications are available for download at the RYLA Camp website, https://ryla5520.shutterfly.com. Applications can be submitted by email to email@example.com, and must be received by April 10.
Line dance: A new Beginning Line Dance Class is being offered at the North Mesa Senior Center on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9 to 10 a.m. starting on Monday, March 31. No line dance experience is necessary.
Tax forms available: The Carlsbad Library has both Federal and State tax forms. Library is open Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bereavement support: Golden Services Home Health, Hospice and Counseling offers bereavement spiritual support services for families who have loved ones in the care of the hospice. Counseling is offered on an individual level or in group sessions. If interested in participating, please contact Pastor Jason Shirley or Pastor Dave Rogers at 575-885-3082 for an appointment.
Grief support: Landsun Hospice is offering a new Grief Recovery Support Group beginning Thursday, March 27, at 10 a.m. in Landsun Manor, 2002 Westridge Road. It will meet weekly through May 22. There is no charge, and no reservations required. For information, contact The Rev. Stephanie Harmon, Chaplain, or Gail Carter at 234-5830.
Adult Respite Program: Southeast New Mexico Community Action is enrolling for the Carlsbad Adult Respite program. The program is designed to provide families and caregivers support and respite from an around-the-clock duty. Adults 60 and older. Call 575-887-3939, ext. 241 for information.
Diabetic classes: Free diabetic outreach and education classes are held the first Monday of each month from 6:30 to 8:00 pm sponsored by Carlsbad Family Health Center, 2013 San Jose Blvd. The next class is April 3. and the program is "surviving the sizzle of summer foods and grilling." For information, call 575-887-2455.
Tax help available: St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church and Tax Help of New Mexico will operate a volunteer income tax preparation site through Monday, April 14, in the church fellowship hall (1302 W. Pierce Street) at the following times: 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; and Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.. This program is for individuals and families with income below $51,000, and seniors. Bring a picture ID, original Social Security cards, last year's income tax return and current year tax documents (W-2s, 1099s, charitable contribution receipts, etc.) For more information, call 575-636-4751.
Community band: The Carlsbad Wind Symphony is starting rehearsals for its spring programs. CWS rehearses in room 101 at New Mexico State University Carlsbad on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. High school band students and adults who have played a band instrument are invited to participate. Those who are interested may visit room 101 on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7 p.m. For information, call Paul Cosand at 575-885-0949.
ESL classes: The Carlsbad Literacy Program is registering adults for free ESL classes. Registration is from 9 am to noon, Mondays through Thursdays, at 511 N 12th St. Call 575-885-1752 for an appointment.


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A steward's mate in the Coast Guard during World War II, Charles David Jr. was aboard the CGC Comanche on North Atlantic convoy duty the night of Feb. 3, 1943. The ship responded after the USS Dorchester was torpedoed by a U-boat off the coast of Greenland.
David volunteered to dive into the frigid waters to help rescue those in need. Ninety-three people were saved in the rescue effort. David died a few days later from pneumonia.
David's story was lost amid the war and ensuing history making efforts.
Now, the Coast Guard has found a way to honor his sacrifice by naming a new cutter for him.
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Greg Fischer, Candidate for Mayor of Louisville, is chairman of Iceberg Ventures. / SCJ SPECIAL TO THE COURIER-JOURN
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First website checked in the morning: Google news
Go-to karaoke song: The House of the Rising Sun
Phrase you repeat too often: Global best practice
First concert you attended: Santana, with Tower of Power as the opener
Something you've been nicknamed: Fish
Book on night table right now: Not in My Neighborhood by Antero Pietila
Always in the refrigerator: Cold water
Fictional character you'd like to have dinner with: James Bond
Historical character you'd like to have dinner with: Abraham Lincoln
Book which had a profound influence: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The best meal you can make yourself: Anything on the grill
Last meal would be: With my family
With an hour to kill, I like to: Read the newspaper, cover to cover
Hardest job you've ever had: Industrial roofer
Favorite pet: Labrador retriever
Biggest celebrity crush ever: Huh?
A bad habit: I'm too serious
The one team you're the biggest fan of: U of L Cards
My significant other gets annoyed when I: Tell her she's perfect
Magazine subscription you've had the longest: National Geographic
Louisville restaurant where you might be considered a regular: Ramsi's
Favorite coffee shop: Heine Brothers
Favorite vacation spot: A beach anywhere
Editor's note: We asked mayoral candidates Greg Fischer, Hal Heiner and Jackie Green, along with U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth and his GOP challenger, Todd Lally, to answer our My Routine questions. Answers from the other mayoral candidates will appear over the next two weeks, followed by responses from Lally and Yarmuth.


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Elderhostel Trip June 2009
Joe and I went to an Elderhostel at
Great camp Sagamore in the Adirondack State Park in New York. The Elderhostel
was called "The
Illusion of Roughing It: Adirondack Great Camps of the Vanderbilts and JP Morgan".
We learned a lot about not only the camps, how they were built and the lifestyle
there in it's heyday but also all about the park itself. The park has both state
land and private lands too. It covers nearly 6 million acres. Some of the park
has been declared forever wild which means no permanent builds or rods are
allowed. Sagamore itself is run by a not-for-profit group of dedicate people. It
has been declared a National Historic Landmark. They do rely on many volunteers
to keep things going.
The final evening of our stay we got
to listen to the songs and story telling of a true storyteller from the area.
Bill Smith was a real joy, he told us about his childhood and more!
I have put some useful links about
the area and Elderhostel near the bottom of this page.
Scenery, flowers and a hare
Camp Sagamore Buildings
Sagamore Workers Camp
Uncas Tour
Group and A Storyteller
Information about Elderhostel
Info on Camp
Storyteller Bill Smith a bit of info
The Adirondack Park
Tourist info about the park


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The Web 2.0 emphasis on social software, interactive technology, and architecture of participation is all well and good, but I wonder sometimes whether the means distracts us from the end, communication. At Designing for Civil Society, David Wilcox blogs that the best technology for "knowledge management" is talking to each other, sharing our stories interactively, online or face to face. Wilcox notes that David Gurteen "made a strong case for this most basic form of human communication being fundamental to any shared understanding and involvement - whether social or professional," and he links to Gurteen's post about "Knowledge Management and Real Conversation":
To my mind, one way to help reduce the above barriers is to start to engage in conversation - real conversation - to learn it, practice it and encourage it. We must start to seriously consider the fundamental problem that we are not good at talking with each other.
First, we do not listen to each other.
Second, we do not say what we think. We do not tell the truth we do not explain how and why we perceive the world differently.
If we want to improve our knowledge and make it productive there is only one thing that we need to learn to do. That is to improve our understanding - to become more aware. Much will follow from this.
This is the kind of fundamental thinking that it's too easy to lose site of, especially when we're building business cases for new approaches and looking for ways to differentiate from what others are doing or what's gone before. If we don't learn the basics of the art of conversation, all the social software in the world won't make us more effective.
I would like to extend an invitation to you to join in on a collective blogging section of our upcoming winter issue of Reconstruction
Here is the original call:
Theories/Practices of Blogging
Our intent in this section of the issue will be to collect a wide range of bloggers and link up to their statements in regards to why they blog (something many of us are asked) and any statement they have on the theories/practices of blogging.
If you already have a post on this you can feel free to use it, or, if you are interested, you can submit a new one.
We will link to each statement from the issue at our site, with the intent of creating a hyperlinked list of statements on blogging that can serve as an introduction to blogging (or an expansion of knowledge for those already blogging).
As you are a collective blog you could, if interested, do a collective post.
If you are interested please email me at the gmail address
The journal is Reconstruction:
Beyond listening is idea building taking someones nascent idea further, overcoming flaws along the way. Perhaps the best book about this is George Princes THE PRACTICE OF CREATIVITY.
My own book EVERYDAY INNOVATION: HOW TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT GO SOMEWHERE uses games to teach thinking skills used by great innovators and thus develop spontaneous lateral thinking. Takes us out of our mental silos
lots of fun!
When writing our book about online conversation as knowledge sharing, I read another book that I'd recommend - Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott. Part of making conversation effective is agreeing not to beat around the bush or let politeness undermine the essence of what you're trying to achieve.


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Punit Jain wrote:
i wanted to know, what is the difference between developer and QA's, till now i know that developer do testing and write test cases and all.
and now i came to know, that we also write test cases, so why developers also do the same work which QA's do?
And arguably, I have seem many cases where I doubt any testing occurred at all....
QA is the last line of defense to stop bugs from reaching the public, so the level of testing is an order of magnitude higher than the developer.
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Skype For Web Beta Now Open To All U.S. And U.K. Users
Skype's web-based client, along with both IM and video/audio call functionality, is now available to all users in open beta, the company announced today. The web-based version of the popular chat and calling tool came out at the end of last year, with access gated based on an invite system, but now everyone can join in, so long as you're residing in the U.S. or U.K. The Skype web… Read More
Your Favorite Browser Just Got Hacked, But Don't Panic
How can I know what your "favorite browser" is? It doesn't matter, really; if it's any one of the four most popular browsers — Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari — it's just been successfully exploited. But there's good news! Read More
Gillmor Gang: Context Matters
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — took out their devices and slapped them down on the table. By any measurement, the Context Wars are well under way. But neither Apple or particularly Google seem to realize what Twitter does — that notifications are the way to roll up both armies in the battle for user… Read More
Judge Gives Google An Early Christmas Present, Declares Privacy Suits Must Prove Harm
A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Google, finding no evidence that the search giant's Internet tracking harmed users. Plaintiffs alleged that Google had "tricked" Apple's Safari browser into accepting digital "cookies", which allow companies to track browsing behavior and sell it for targeted advertising. Avoiding a… Read More
As Court Releases Files In Case Alleging Google Tracked UK Safari Users, Search Giant Wants To Move Case To U.S.
Some new developments this weekend in the case of 12 people in the UK who want to sue Google for secretly tracking their online activity by working around privacy settings in Apple's Safari web browser. The UK courts released court documents related to the case, giving for the first time more details of the allegations; and Google has apparently finally issued its own response: it wants… Read More
Apple Updates Safari With New Homepage, Sidebar, iCloud Keychain, Improved JavaScript Performance & Per Tab Processes
Blink, Servo And Rust: A Good Week For Browsers
It's sure been an interesting week for this of us who cover browsers. Last weekend, we heard that Internet Explorer 11 will probably support WebGL and SPDY. Then, on Tuesday I got an email from Mozilla, asking if I had time to get on the phone with Mozilla's CTO Brendan Eich to talk about the organization's next generation browser engine Servo and the Rust language it is… Read More
The Pros And Cons Of A WebKit Monoculture
The news that Opera is shutting down the development of its own browser rendering engine and moving to the open source WebKit engine cause quite a stir earlier this week. With WebKit powering the built-in browsers of Google's Android and Apple's iOS, it's already the de-facto standard engine for the mobile and it has the potential to do the same on the desktop. Worldwide… Read More
Apple And Google Still Lead WebKit Development, But More Smaller Companies Contributing
Apple and Google still represent the bulk of reviewed commits contributing to the ongoing development of WebKit, the open source web browser engine that powers Safari and Chrome, among others. Google accounts for the bulk of commits, having overtaken Apple in that regard back in 2009 (though Apple still does much more with fewer authors actually writing code), but the more interesting story… Read More
Twelephone Is A Telephone That Connects To Your Twitter Feed And Your Customers
AJAX Web Apps In iOS 6 Are Sort Of Broken
I noticed some odd behavior in mobile Safari on iOS 6, and while I thought it to be just a minor quibble on my part, it turns out that it's actually something of a notable bug, now affecting web developers targeting the platform. The problem I noticed is that little, spinning loading indicator (or whatever you call it) at the top of mobile Safari which tells you when a site has… Read More
Did Apple Just Quietly End Development Of Safari For Windows?
Safari 6 brings improved performance and many new features to OS X, including offline reading lists, a unified search field and support for Do Not Track. What seems to be completely gone from Apple's site now, though, is any mention of the Windows version of Safari. Indeed, it looks like Apple has removed all download links for Safari from its site for the time being. This could be… Read More
New Version Of Safari Adds Gestures, iCloud Tabs, Twitter & Facebook Integration
Getting Retina-ready isn't the only big change coming to Apple's web browser Safari today, it's also getting a revamp which introduces a number of new features. Included in the list are faster search suggestions, a new unified smart search field, iCloud syncing (this one we knew about already), a new feature called TabView which uses gestures to navigate through tabs, and… Read More
Ecommerce Study Finds Mobile Safari To Be Fastest Growing Web Browser
Much of the time when you talk about browser market share, it's in the context of IE vs. Chrome vs. all the rest. But new data released from e-commerce technology company Monetate today has thrown the mobile version of Safari into the mix. The result? The firm found Mobile Safari to be the most rapidly growing web browser over the past year on its sites, going from 5.84% in Q1 2011… Read More
"Open" Web Browsers Now Majority Of Web — WebKit Continues Rise
A month just ended, which means new stats. In the world of web browsers, there are two particularly interesting ones of significance. One points to "open" web browsers now in the majority amongst those that surf the web. Another points to WebKit browsers passing Firefox, to claim the number two position amongst web surfers. As first noticed by Google's Peter Beverloo… Read More
Google Calls Out Rivals' Web Benchmark Tools, Rebuilds Them To Better Gauge Chrome
When it comes to Chrome, Google has long been addicted to speed. And for many tasks on the web today, that speed is related to how fast your JavaScript engine is. Google has long held that their's is the fastest. But it's hard to know for sure because there are a few different benchmark suites to test such speeds — and the most popular ones are made by companies with stakes… Read More
Study: Mobile Ad-Tracking Systems Are "Blind" To 80 Percent Of Apple iOS Devices
Apple mobile iOS devices (iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches) are used by 130 million people, but they present a huge blindspot to advertisers. All Apple mobile devices use the Safari browser, as do millions of Apple laptop and desktop computers. Safari blocks third-party cookies by default, which is good for privacy and good for consumers. But it is bad for advertisers who rely on browser… Read More
First 2 Browsers To Fall At Pwn2Own: Safari & Internet Explorer
Apple's Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 were the first two Web browsers to fall in the latest Pwn2Own contest. And yes, this takes into account Apple's latest Safari security patch that dropped yesterday. Read More
So Much For Standards, Google Says WebM Plugins Coming Soon For Safari And IE9
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Google Clarifies Their H.264 Stance, Hands Keys Of Web Video's Future Back To Flash
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Three vying for appointment to Dunsmuir City Council
DUNSMUIR — The city could see a fresh face on the City Council dais as three people will be interviewed today to replace a council member who resigned last month.
The appointment could shift the balance of power away from members of citizens group that until last month had held a majority on the dais since 2010.
Realtor and process server Leslie Wilde, retired computer designer Richard Kelby and David Edmondson will come before the council to be considered for appointment to the vacant seat.
They're vying to replace Diane Dolf, who resigned late last month in a two-sentence letter to the city. Her term expires next year.
"Effective, Jan. 28, 2013, I am submitting my letter of resignation. Due to moving out of Dunsmuir, I must resign my position of city of Dunsmuir council member," Dolf said in the letter.
Kelby said his priorities, if appointed, would be the city's water infrastructure and ever-tightening budget.
Water issues have been at the forefront of city affairs for years as Dunsmuir's aging pipe system has forced previous councils to implement unpopular rate increases. Kelby said he's also concerned about Dunsmuir's declining population, which shrinks the city's tax base and puts a strain on city finances.
Dunsmuir's population has been steadily declining for at least 20 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which pinned the city's population in 2011 at about 1,600 people.
"Our budget is becoming tighter and tighter," Kelby said. "We need to be able to make some serious decisions on where to cut."
Kelby in 2010 was also a spokesman for Citizens for a Better Dunsmuir, a group that led the heated recall campaign that resulted in four of its endorsees — Nick Mitchell, Chris Raine, Dolf and Arlis Steele — winning election to the council.
Only Mitchell and Raine remain on the dais as Steele lost a bid for re-election in November.
Wilde, who once owned the city's sole medical marijuana collective, unsuccessfully ran for the council three times in 2010 and again last year. She said today could be "lucky No. 5," though she remains skeptical about whether the council will reach a compromise.
"I feel it will probably go to a two-to-two vote," she said.
Though she's outspoken at times, Wilde said she'd be willing to compromise on issues if needed. Members of the former council majority haven't had to compromise in the last two years, Wilde said.
"It might be a good exercise for them," she said.
Wilde said her priorities, if appointed, would be to explore ways to increase tourism and introduce the idea of a city police department. Dunsmuir currently contracts police services through the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, though residents have complained of long response times and lack of police presence in the early mornings.
Edmondson on Monday couldn't be reached for comment.
City Manager Brenda Bains said the council has until March 28 to call for election if council members don't appoint one of the three applicants.
A special election for the seat could cost as much as $10,000, though the cost would likely be less if held in November and consolidated with other Siskiyou County elections, Bains said.
What: Dunsmuir City Council meeting
When: 6 p.m. today
Where: Council chambers, 5902 Dunsmuir Ave.
Agenda includes: possible appointment of new council member
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Think We'll Ever See A Trek Series Longer Than 7 seasons?
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Re: Think We'll Ever See A Trek Series Longer Than 7 seasons?
Ti-BOO!-rius wrote:
Christopher wrote:
It doesn't seem likely. There are practical reasons why the shows were ended after seven years. Actors and other staffers get raises every year they stay with the show, so unless a show rotates its cast pretty often, it will eventually get prohibitively expensive to keep making it. (
ran for 10 years, but largely because it only had one of its original cast members left as a regular by its final season.) And just about any show's ratings will fall over time, so generally they have to cut the budget more and more with each successive season in order to survive.
So the formula for an extended lifespan for a Trek series would entail 1) getting rid of a lot of the actors and replacing them with new, cheaper ones and 2) slashing the budget and reducing the amount of special effects, location work, action, elaborate sets, guest stars, etc. they can afford to fit into each episode. The question is, would that be desirable? I'd say no. Better to wrap up the show while it's still affordable to make it impressive.
I wouldn't mind that, actually...
Periodically replace the actors as the show continues. Face it, people get transferred, new crew members come on board. it would be highly realistic to see that Captain Johnson gets promoted to admiral, Commander Jones gets promoted to Captain, new first officer comes on, and you can still have the now Admiral Johnson appear every now and then as a guest.
Hell, even Next Gen came close to doing in the Best of Both Worlds.
I've suggested and advocated that before and more than a few have said that it "wouldn't be Star Trek"
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I tend to not want to blog if I don't have anything interesting to say. This week is just more training stuff. But what the hell. I may as well document the journey.
Training is going well. It feels good to be able to hit all the workouts and not have any injury problems. Feeling pretty strong lately, and optimistic about the VERY full plate of races I have coming up. (13 races planned in the next 8 months)
Sunday I did 11 miles at a relaxed pace. Averaged 8:22 with nice negative splitting and miles 8-10 at 8:05. It was warm and humid and I ran topless and enjoyed running along the beach.
Monday I hit the gym, where I seem to be getting a little stronger. I do circuits of upper body and core stuff. On the bench I do 3 sets of 8 at 125. I'm itching to move up to 135 so I can use the big-boy 45-lb plates. This week I added some stair-master to the routine. I want to work on stairs and hill climbing to get my knees and quads ready for the Grand Canyon climb.
Tuesday was LRS group run. I did the hilly trail option and got paired up with our fastest runner, who is taking it easy lately. So I ended up pushing pretty good and averaged 8:33 - which is faster than it sounds when you see the elevation.
My splits below were I think the best I have ever done on this course. It goes up from the start, which is tough to get warmed up, and then after mile 1 it gets really steep. It is pretty brutal until that first crest. Then you get a little break before more uphills. then the last 2.5 are fabulous downhill - cruising along single track, and then a long section on thick grass, that is quite uneven and meadow-like, so it reminds me of cross-country racing. I can open it up and fly without my lungs exploding. Fun!
So, Wednesday rolled around and my legs were pretty tired, but Wednesday is now interval day with my newest group, so I showed up for lots of laps...
This shows me all over the track, which is correct because we run hard in lanes 1 and 2, and do our cooldowns in lanes 4-7. Totaled 8.4 miles.
Coach won't tell us the workouts until we are at the line, but it seems like it doesn't vary too much. This is what we had this week:
3 lap warmup
4 250m accelerations w/150 jog
800 w/400@10K pace and 400@5K pace (I ran 3:20) 400 jog
800 w/400@5K pace and 400@mile pace (I ran 3:11) 400 jog
800 @ 1 mile pace! (I hit 400 in 92 and was dying so bad I bailed and jogged it in. 3:34. Felt shame, but I was trying to make it through the whole workout, not kill myself. Still. Shame.) 400 jog
800 w/400@ mile pace and 400 faster! (I had a little extra rest, so I did better, but I wasn't trying to break 3:00!. Ran a 3:12) 800 jog
1600 w/800 @10K pace and 800 @5K pace (I ran 3:30/3:17 for 6:47) 800 jog
3 laps of accelerations and jogs and we're done.
Today I rest. Getting stronger every day! Looking forward to my next race in 10 days - The Wharf to Wharf 6 miler in Santa Cruz with Alice and Medievalist! Automatic lifetime PR because I have never done a 6 mile race! I will be shooting for sub-7 pace.
At least you avoided periphrasis. Engineers are good for something!
I had to look that up. And I still don't understand. But I'll take it as a compliment. Probably means I'm fast.
I'm tired just reading about your new speed workouts. Oh and 8:30's on trails sounds super fast to me. Really super fast!
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step
-Lao Tzu
At least I avoided peristalsis.
That shame... I wince just reading about it- now you know how I feel when I have to hand in a workout that didn't hit the paces, or I cut short, or I bailed in an (or more) interval(s). But after running those hills the night before you had good reason to be tired! And you aced everything else.
Cool track image; more 610 magic?
Just clicked satellite on the map.
Looks like some good workouts.
Don't stop believing
Dang! You're fast! You and M will be done when I hit the half way point! See you next weekend!
Good luck with the Wharf to Wharf! Looks to me like sub-7 is all yours.
You've got some good reasons to be excited about that race, with all of those great workouts you are going to blow it out of the water!
Sounds like your running is going well. Good luck moving up the 45 lb. plates
That looks like a tough speed workout -- great job in getting through it (even with the unplanned recovery jog).
I think your interval day should be called Paint the Track Red Day. Sounds more fun than intervals. Good luck with the 6-miler!
Just DUKE it!®
Looks like you are having some very good workouts young man.
Running with a group always seem to help.
Keep it up!!
Runners Make the Best Friends
Are any of your upcoming races on flat courses? I would think all your hill work must really give you an advantage on a flat course.
I like the part where all is healthy and training is going well. Nice looking workouts!
Run on everyone.....................Steve
Track workouts are just plain hard.
Isn't lifting fun??
More than you can say for some historic house guests, I guess.
Almost all my upcoming races are flat and fast!
Yes. Yes it is.
Whoa, speedy!! Nice workouts


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There are road trips and then there is the month-long, season-opening odyssey the Galion-Mansfield American Legion baseball team just completed.
Post 243 spent the first month of the season touring Ohio and the Legionnaires proved to be capable road warriors. Galion-Mansfield is 13-4 and had an eight-game winning streak snapped in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.
"We thought we would do well, but right now we are overachieving," manager Ray Peterson said. "We are very happy with this group." ...


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For Just a Little While
Today's Scripture will start with the very last word of 1 Peter 1:4, just so you know who it is talking about, and go through verse 7,
…you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Notice in verse 6 it says, Though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials. That phrase "a little while" literally means a season. The King James Version says, Though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations.
I like the phrase "a little while". That tells me the season is going to end. It is not forever. Every season ends. Winter ends. Spring ends. Summer ends. Fall ends. Every season has a beginning, and every season has an end.
If you are in a trial right now and feeling the weight of it, you are grieved because of it, I have good news. It will not be forever. Things are going to change. It may not seem like it, but that season will come to an end.
Even if you are not experiencing a trial today, I am confident you have gone through such a season, and it is likely that you will probably experience such a season again.
When you do, or if you are today, be encouraged. God's Word wants you—and me—to remember it is for just a little while.
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It's been said that all is fair in love and war, but there's no mention as to what the governing body of thought is when it comes to sports rivalries.
This begs the question as to how exactly we're supposed to interpret former beloved Boston Red Sox icon turned New York Yankees third base insurance policy Kevin Youkilis' comments from a week ago.
Before he's even stepped up to the plate in the pinstripes, Youkilis - or "The Youka," if you prefer - told the New York Daily News he'll "always be a Red Sock."
"To negate all the years I played for the Boston Red Sox and all the tradition ... to say I'd just throw it out the window, that's not true. I'll always be a Red Sock.
"Guys play on different teams and that's a part of your history; that's a part of your life and you can't change that. It was great years in Boston. One bad half-year doesn't take away from all the great years I had there."
In sports, this usually makes sense - keyword being usually.
Michael Jordan's short-lived stint with the Washington Wizards doesn't change the fact he'll forever be known as a Chicago Bull. Joe Namath's four-game stand with the Los Angeles Rams doesn't take away from the previous dozen he spent drinking bourbon and cashing in on Super Bowl guarantees with the New York Jets. And you're certainly not going to tell me that Babe Ruth's first six seasons as a member of Boston Red Sox in any way dampened the legacy he created as a member of the New York Yankees.
Of course being a member of another team is a part of your history. Your resume details your previous jobs just like your dating history details your past girlfriends. But does having dated somebody in the past mean you're going to devalue your current girlfriend?
I guess it depends. In a way, Youkilis is dating the Yankees right now. He's coming off a short fling with the Chicago White Sox, which essentially was a rebound after a nine-year relationship with the Red Sox, clearly the most serious commitment he's ever been in. For him to continue to bring Boston into the conversation - (albeit I'm sure the reporter egged him on; media, am I right?) - it kind of shows he's really not over them.
Speculation time.
Being in the New York media market, he had to be conscious of the fact he just put all of this hoopla out there, aware deep down inside there would absolutely be backlash. It's the equivalent of your girlfriend asking the age-old question of whether she looks fat in this as she walks out of the dressing room, and as you respond "a little bit," you immediately realize you're heading toward of a whirlwind of hurt.
Does he want Boston to know how much he misses being their third baseman, their Greek God of walks and the most wicked clutch right-handed batter since Nom-ah? After all, he didn't want to get shipped out of town; it was one of the more attention-grabbing of former manager Bobby Valentine's bonehead moves last season. Much like in "A Bronx Tale," Bobby V was sick of seeing Youk's name in the lineup, so he put 'em in the bat'room.
Complaining, drawing attention to yourself, contacting former girlfriends out of blue - I can empathize with Youk; that all makes perfect sense. My main qualm is that he's a member of the Yankees now, you know, the Sox's arch-rivals?
If you miss your old girlfriend - err, team - broadcast it when you're on the Mets or Royals. When it comes to Yanks vs. Sox, this doesn't fly. These are the type of antics that barely help you past the first date or round second base.


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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin could break away from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency under a bill proposed by two Nevada senators.
Senate Bill 271 would withdrawal Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, which created the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency when it was ratified by California and Nevada in 1969.
A withdrawal of either state from the compact would place environmental and land use decisions in the eastern half of the Lake Tahoe Basin in the hands of the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, according to the bill.
The legislation was introduced by Sens. John Jay Lee, D-North Las Vegas, and James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville, and is co-sponsored by Reps. Pat Hickey, R- Reno, Randy Kirner, R-Reno, and Kelly Kite R-Minden.
Lee and Settelmeyer did not return requests for comment Tuesday. TRPA Executive Director Joanne Marchetta said such legislation has faced uphill battles in the past.
"Several similar bills have been introduced in the Nevada Legislature over the last 25 years and the path forward for the legislation is very challenging," Marchetta wrote in an e-mail. "We hope to use this occasion to further educate the bill's sponsors about the progress TRPA has made in recent years to be an effective, transparent organization with strong community engagement."
Under the bill, the governing board of the NTRPA would consist of seven members. The members would include representatives of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, Washoe County Board of Commissioners, Carson City Board of Supervisors, Nevada governor, lieutenant governor, state forester-fire warden and administrator of the Division of State Lands.
An agency called the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency already exists, but its scope is limited to administering the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Compact in relation to gaming. The existing NTRPA governing board consists of the Nevada representatives of the TRPA governing board.
Under the bill proposed Friday, three members of the Nevada Senate and three members of the Nevada Assembly would form a committee to oversee the NTRPA, as well as the Marlette Lake Water System.
On Tuesday, South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Bruce Grego said he supports the bill, even though he said it may not go far enough.
"I think it's a good first step and I'll support it," Grego said.
Grego is an outspoken critic of the TRPA, contending the agency's structure does not provide enough representation to those who are most effected by the planning agency — basin residents.
He has pushed for the creation of a locally elected TRPA governing board since running for a council seat in 2008. Last week, he urged members of the Nevada Legislature to withdrawal funding from the planning agency until its 15-member governing board is locally elected.
The planning agency is slated to receive $2.57 million from Nevada during its 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 fiscal years, subject to legislative approval.
The TRPA's board has been set up specifically to include more than just local interests, according to the planning agency.
The governing board is composed of a majority of people from outside the basin because these "at-large voters" ensure "that the board reviews issues not only from a local perspective, but also from statewide and nationwide viewpoints," according to the TRPA's Website.
The bill has been referred to the Nevada Committee on Government Affairs for review. The committee meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Senate Bill 271 does not yet appear on any of the committee's meeting agendas.


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Nissan Motor Co. announced a midterm plan Monday dubbed "Power 88″–a playful reference to a pair of numerical goals for 8% growth. It isn't the first quirky name for a business strategy from Japan's No. 2 auto maker by volume. In recent years, other plans have been called variously "Nissan Value Up," "GT 2012″ and "Nissan 180."
But the latest plan, at six years the longest by far since Renault formed its partnership with Nissan in 1999, is unique in one respect: its artwork. Unlike previous midterm strategies, the Power 88 catchphrase is accompanied by a dynamic rendering of a Chinese character meaning "challenge." (In Japan, Chinese characters are an important component of the written language.)
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However, in the threading chapter of Java Developer Exam with J2SE 1.4, it said "Don't nest locks. If you have two synchronized blocks on two different objects in your excution path, your're probably heading down the wrong road."
Originally posted by Max Habibi: We really struggled with that aspect of the book, because while we wanted to be like Sun's exam, we didn't want to be too close too it.
But to answer your question: as I see the exam(and I was involved with the beta), I don't really see a need for the sort of read lock you're talking about. Can you produce the condition you're talking about? Remember, IO blocks per call.
Originally posted by Eugene Kononov: It is considered a bad programming practice to synchronize on different objects in nested synchronized blocks. This is a common source for deadlocks, so Sun is giving you a free tip. Note that if your shared resources are accessed only from the synchronized methods of a class, there is no need to synchronize on those objects explicitely. Eugene.
Originally posted by Michael Dreese: My concern is that when I only lock the record, I can't make sure that if I want to read/write from a file, it won't have concurrent access. My idea is that every time when I need to read/update/delete a recod, I will get DataInputStream/DataOutputStream to do those operations in the db file. What do you think the way I'm handling the db file? Am I going to the wrong direction? Cheers, Michael


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Halladay Cy-zing up the competition
Monday, June 1, 2009 | by Ian Hunter
As we learned from last year's race between Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay, the Cy Young voters place a lot of weight on a pitcher's win-loss record. That's why it's crucial for Halladay to keep racking up the wins in the first half against non-division rivals and interleague teams. After the Blue Jays bullpen has blown the last two games for Hallday, I'm sure he had a stern chat with the fellas to indicate he did not want them to not ruin his chances to tally up W's.
Barring a complete rotation shuffle, Roy Halladay potentially has 8 more starts before the All-Star break. Let's say that a worst case scenario in those eight decisions is that the Doc only wins 3 of those games; that would still put Halladay on pace for 11 wins going into the second half of the season.
Last year, Roy's record at the break was 11-6. In his 2003 Cy Young award-winning year, Halladay was 10-3 by the All-Star break. At this pace, it looks like Halladay is on track to keep those similar numbers for the first half of 2009.
While Roy Halladay would probably say his biggest competition is himself, this year's version of Cliff Lee comes in the form of the Kansas City Royals' ace Zack Greinke. While Halladay and Greinke hold fairly similar win-loss records, Halladay has the advantage in one category which may or may not come into effect.
In 2008, Greinke threw 202 innings which was 80 innings more than his 122 innings pitched in 2007. Although young Zack is off to a torrent pace this year, all signs to point to an eventual injury at some point this season. I'm not saying that Zack Greinke needs to go down to injury for Roy Halladay to win the Cy Young award, but Halladay is built to pitch 200+ innings year after year.
Regardless of what happens up until the All-Star break and beyond, Roy Halladay doesn't need a Cy Young award to remind him that he's one of the best pitchers in baseball. But that trophy case in the Halladay household is looking really empty with just a single Cy Young award. Come to think of it, he could probably use a couple of World Series rings in there too.
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Greinke's numbers will come back to earth, Halladay has been great thus far and his best is yet to come.ReplyDelete
For Roy's sake, I hope that Greinke's numbers do come down. But I remember I was waiting for that to happen with Cliff Lee last year, and he just kept steamrolling the competition start after start.ReplyDelete
Grienke's career high in innings pitched is 183 in 2005. So it's actually only 19.1 more innings.ReplyDelete
Whoops, looks like I need to check back a few more years when checking Greinke's stats. I've corrected that, thanks!ReplyDelete
I think that Zack is more likely to get worn out this year than Halladay.
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