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This just in: unpatched computers are unsafe
I meant to post something about this five days ago, when this story was fresh. About five days ago, Slashdot reported that 1 in 3 PCs are still vulnerable to an attack on the Windows Server service that runs on all computers running Windows XP or later. Slashdot runs a snippet from the article where a CTO claims that the patch cycle is too slow, and then questions Microsoft's Patch Tuesday as no longer being acceptable.
At first, you might think they have a point. Then you read the article and find that this particular worm is actually the same one that was patched almost three months ago. In fact, when Ars Technica fretted in early December that many PCs were still unpatched, I wrote a post suggesting managed PCs for most users so that updates would be handled automatically.
Another thing that's clearly wrong about this argument: this flaw was patched ON A THURSDAY. Not only did Microsoft patch this months ago, they patched it outside of their normal patch cycle. And yet, people claim that Microsoft didn't do enough to fix this flaw, because 1 in 3 people have not updated their PC in 3 months.
Security flaws happen. When they happen, the software producer can either leave it unpatched or patch it. In Linux, when flaws are discovered, it's true that they are normally patched up very quickly – but how often do Linux patches break existing functionality? Even Apple can't get this right – every patch they release seems to break something, and Apple has the one of the slowest patch cycles out there. (By the way, read that article: Microsoft is fastest.) Microsoft seems to have mastered the art of pushing patches out quickly but making sure they're sound and play nice with everything else (and lately, they're avoiding the need to patch at all).
Patch Tuesday works, for people who know what they're doing. Even if people don't, would it really help if Microsoft was releasing patches daily? Would people actually click that icon once a day even if they don't click it in three months? Like many supposed problems with Windows, the main issue here is that Windows attracts the uneducated computer users (Apple does too, but to a far lesser extent). If the masses of people that used Windows suddenly switched to Linux, assuming they got their system to work, eventually you'd see articles on Microsoft blogs with titles of "Linux: vulnerable to a brute-force attack on user accounts with two characters or less".
Slashdot is biased, but at least most of the time they have a valid opinion. This time, they were way off.
Seventh time's the charm
Hello blogosphere. Did you miss me? I've missed you too.
It's been a long month or so since I've written last, and since I wrote last I've had some ideas on stuff to write about: the Indians and their acquisition of Kerry Wood, a wrap-up to 2008, the ridiculousness of both the current government and the incoming administration… but I've always kind of lost interest, found something better to do, rather than writing. However, on Wednesday I downloaded the Windows 7 beta from MSDN, and tonight finally had some time to play around with it a bit. In short, Windows 7 is polished enough that it could be sold today, and is probably the most revolutionary version of Windows since Windows 95.
I decided to install the beta on a separate partition on my hard drive and triple-boot it with my Fedora 10 and Windows Vista installs. A couple reasons for doing this: a) I wanted to see how well it did with hardware recognition, and b) I wanted to see real performance, not virtualized.
The install was smooth, and for the most part like Windows Vista except for a much cooler boot logo. After the install, the initial setup screen is shown, where you pick the name of your computer, your username, etc. An odd thing I noticed while choosing a password was that a password was optional, but a hint was not: you have to have a password hint. After setting those things up, I was pleasantly surprised to see the next screen which enabled me to select my wireless network right from that setup screen. It's a small touch, but it felt like I got running a lot faster with that embedded in setup. I was also asked to setup a HomeGroup, which I assume is like a workgroup only a little more modern, so I did that and finished setup.
First impressions
Logging into Windows 7 the first time, I noticed that my resolution was correct and it had even picked up my dual monitors correctly. There was no sound, but I was able to install sound drivers without a reboot by using Windows Update a bit later. The background is a little fish stuck in some ocean. It's a nice image, but I'd check out the other themes available. I'm using the one of the snowy mountain (it seems appropriate this weekend).
I set up IE8, which was much better than I remember it being when I tested it earlier this summer on my Vista install. Instead of directing you to a website to set up your initial settings, there are now a series of dialog boxes which are much easier and faster. Still, the first place I went to in IE8 was www.google.com/chrome. I'm willing to give IE8 a second shot, but Chrome is my browser right now.
I ran Windows Update and found only a few updates, only hardware driver installs. They installed quickly (much quicker than Vista and instantaneous compared to XP) and did not require a reboot.
Windows Media Player was nice too. They've seperated the Now Playing and the Library screens, so for someone like me who doesn't like all the UI chrome and just wants the video, the Now Playing screen that is simply a title bar and video, with controls when you hover over the video is a nice improvement. I was able to install DivX and watched a How I Met Your Mother episode with no problems. Another nice touch is that the "Keep player on top of other windows" has been replaced with "Keep Now Playing on top of other windows", because no one in their right mind wants to see their library all the time.
I also liked the "Peek" feature, which just shows your desktop and outlines of the windows so you can see your gadgets (which are largely unchanged from Vista, as far as I can tell). I played around with the docking a little bit too – it's a nice feature that I'll get used to.
So say what you want, Mac fanboys or Microsoft haters: they're working on a product that has a ton of potential. This is what Vista was supposed to be, and I'm really looking forward to what Microsoft has in store for the final release.
Forcing updates
Microsoft gets a lot of bad press for security issues, but seriously, how are you supposed to deal with something like this?
For those of you too lazy to read the article, the summary is that a bunch of Windows users are getting hit with some malware that is spreading over the Internet. If you were wondering, I am NOT getting hit with said malware, because I patched my computer a month ago. In essence, Microsoft released a patch to a security flaw in October, a month before exploits were in the wild, and now unpatched users are (surprise surprise) facing problems.
Linux has a couple advantages in the security area over Microsoft. Sure, the code is open-source and peer-reviewed, so anything that is insecure is likely to be discovered pretty quickly. But Linux also doesn't have something that Microsoft has: computers selling at Wal-Mart.
That shouldn't be taken entirely literally: I know Linux is being sold (to a limited extent) on pre-built machines at Wal-Mart. But I guarantee you, if you walk into a Wal-Mart electronics department and ask for a novice computer, you'll get a pre-assembled Dell with Windows Vista (probably Home Basic). There's definitely a market for computers like this: people who don't care about computers other than having one so they can check their e-mail and surf the web.
These people don't know (or don't care to know) about viruses, worms, malware and spyware. All they use is the stuff that comes out of the box (Internet Explorer comes to mind). They're not circling the second Tuesday of every month as Patch Day, waiting for new security fixes and service packs.
So what is Microsoft to do? They've already tried pushing out updates that install automatically (to some backlash) but these can be canceled or aborted. The article linked above asks if it's time to start forcing critical updates on users: I don't think that's the right idea, but it's close.
How far are we away from a managed operating system? That is, not an operating system that lives on your computer, but one that lives in the cloud waiting for you to connect? Most houses these days have broadband access, and for people who just want to check their e-mail or surf the web, a managed operating system is just what they need. They don't want to have to worry about updating or patching, they don't want to have to worry about spyware infections (although to be fair, neither does the company that manages it – there would have to be some huge restrictions in place). They just want a computer that works, and works well enough so that they can do their stuff and not worry about it.
I think we're close. And I think it's a better solution than forcing updates.
Windows 7: A modular approach
I posted yesterday about how I installed Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. I imagine that any of you reading this know that Windows Vista will eventually be retired, just as XP was before Vista and 2000 was before XP. The internal working name for the next version of Windows is Windows 7, which is set to be released sometime in 2010 (there was talk of 2009, but thankfully Microsoft looks like they're going to delay it long enough to get it right).
Obviously, I'm not writing an encyclopedia here, so why am I writing this post? Because multiple sources are speculating that Windows 7 will be module-based. A module-based OS will be familiar to those of you that have used a fairly modern version of Linux like Ubuntu or Fedora, which uses something called "packages" to customize an installation and add software if needed. The idea is that this way, users get what they want and nothing that they don't want, and can add features later.
Windows has actually had "modules" of some sort for some time, albeit not visible to the user. In Windows Server 2003, something called "roles" was introduced. Users could specify what roles a given server would fill, and then the proper software would be installed. Roles became a bigger part of Server 2008; when you install Server 2008 only the core stuff is installed and then you pick stuff to add.
But for the consumer versions of Windows, which obviously have to cater to the lesser users, the concept of modules and roles has been mostly avoided (except maybe the "Add/Remove Windows Components" dialog box). Evidently this is set to change in Windows 7.
Let me just say that if this is done right, a modular Windows 7 is a fantastic idea. Most of the complaints with Vista is that the operating system is too bloated, comes with too much bloatware and is too expensive. With a modular implementation, all of these problems could be erased.
Here's what I envision: you log in to a Windows Live site, and click around until you get to a page that lets you purchase a copy of Windows 7. Here, you have a few options. You can choose from a few pre-set module configurations that are perhaps a tad discounted, or you can choose to customize your copy of Windows 7. Also, you'd be able to have the box/disc shipped to your house for an additional fee or simply download an ISO image.
Under customization, you'd be able to select which components you want, with only a minimal core of modules that are required (kernel, networking, a "module manager", etc.). Some modules would cost money (perhaps like Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Center), while others would be free but optional (like IE). Once you're done making your selections, an automated validation bot would go through your selections and make sure everything looked okay, perhaps make recommendations, and then send your selections to a server that would generate the ISO you need. I imagine creating an ISO would take a bit of time (even if it was done dynamically), so you would be directed to an optional registration page, and then you'd be provided with a link to download the ISO and a key. At any time in the future, you'd be able to return to this Live website to make changes to that ISO (and pay the difference if needed), order copies of the CD (with the same key), and most importantly, see your validation key. Once you install the OS, the "module manager" available within Windows would keep track of which modules are installed and allow you to purchase more if needed.
Now where it would really get interesting is if Dell and HP built something into their websites to allow you to customize your Windows OEM installation from there, so that way if you didn't want some of the bloatware Dell and HP provide, you could simply choose to leave it out.
So why is that better? Overall, everything could be cheaper: only pay for what you want! I think things could be easier too, even for the mere mortals, because instead of buying a copy of Office 2010 or whatever, we could simply package it with our Windows ISO for a lower price because it is in a bundle.
I hope this is how things work out for Windows 7, but hopefully this post has enlightened those of you in the dark as to how powerful a modular OS can be. To 2010!
Forgot to mention this earlier, but I'm happy to say that I installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 last night:
The installation was pretty smooth, it seemed to take about 15 minutes to decompress everything (which it did from within Windows) and then it installed in about 40 minutes after a reboot. Everything came up as it was supposed to, and none of my custom firewall extensions got disabled (as other Windows Updates have done). One weird thing is that I never saw this update as an optional Windows Update from within the Windows Vista interface, but actually had to download the standalone installer from the Download Center. I'm told this can happen for a variety of reasons, but I'm not sure what they are.
As for performance, I haven't really noticed any difference (although I haven't been benchmarking file-copying or network shares). I'll keep you posted as I experience more with SP1, as its supposed to get pushed to all Vista users as a recommended update in April.
Early bedtime on a Tuesday night
I'm tired and ready to go to bed but before I do, a few recent happenings.
- A lot of media speculation lately about a Hillary-Barack or Obama-Clinton ticket and how well it would do. I'm not sure how well it would do (although my guess is that the Democrats will run away with this election anyway, so it doesn't particularly matter), but I do find it incredibly funny how much disagreement there is; take the opinion of Bill Clinton vs. that of Rush Limbaugh.
- The city of Cleveland is an absolute mess right now thanks to the visit from Father Winter this weekend. On Saturday…well, you saw the picture of the road (which has won acclaim from some for its artistic nature!). On Sunday, the highways were okay but the roads around Case were terrible. And now, it's Tuesday and the roads around Case aren't much better. That's to say nothing of downtown. Getting there today wasn't…terrible. But getting back was a nightmare. Not only is all of East 9th under construction, but now there's snow on the sides of the road, so there are less lanes and thus cars (and pedestrians) are being stupider than ever. A general traffic tip: if the light is green, check to make sure you can get through the intersection entirely! If you do this, there aren't as many times when you want to shoot yourself and wonder how a device as advanced and state-of-the-art as a traffic light could have allowed such a situation to occur.
- I might post a bit tomorrow about Microsoft's recent efforts in research and development, as some of the stuff they're doing is pretty awesome. People really don't give Microsoft a lot of credit (ahem), but they come up with some pretty crazy stuff. I think you can compare Microsoft to the Cleveland Indians. In the 90s, Microsoft was a big company who was buying and overpowering and getting wins. But in the early 2000s, the company (and the Indians) decided a rebuild was needed, and here we are in 2007 with the Indians returning as the Central Division champions. I think Microsoft's rebuilding will take a bit longer – because software development often takes longer than rebuilding a baseball team. But if you ask me, Windows 7 will put Microsoft back on the innovation forefront – along with other technologies.
- Today is March 12th, which means the Indians open their season about three weeks from now against the White Sox at Progressive Field. I hope to post some longer thoughts about what I've seen so far, but for now I'll say a couple quick things:
- Travis Hafner was worrying me a little bit but he seems like he's coming along, hitting a couple doubles the other day. He had a terrible spring last year and that said a lot about his year, so hopefully a better spring means more Travis Hafner like we know and love him.
- Same for Grady Sizemore – he hit his first two home runs today.
- Pitching-wise, sounds like Sabathia is lights-out, Carmona is still nasty and Westbrook knows what he's doing. The other guys – well, they're coming along. Laffey would be my pick for the 5th spot in the rotation, but his performance a couple days ago kind of hurt his stock.
- I watched most of the 6 PM edition of SportsCenter tonight and noticed something entirely disconcerting: in the midst of the football offseason, there were 4 segments out of 6 with one or more football bits. In the baseball offseason, you're lucky to get one. Dear Todd McShay: I don't care that much about the draft! I'll watch on April 28, until then, get a life! Seriously, Todd McShay must have been born on Leap Day or something, because you have got to be completely used to waiting for happiness in order to spend that much time covering a one-day event.
And on a final note, I found a new coffee shop in the first floor of our building today, A.J. Rocco's. I really liked it – cheap but excellent coffee and a nice selection of breakfast stuff, and quite a nice atmosphere. I look forward to going back tomorrow. I'll try to write more tomorrow, until then, stay warm!
Saw an article on Slashdot about how Apple seems to be intentionally slowing down competitors' software. I'm not really sure why this is a win for anyone – as Apple, don't you want people to be able to use the software they want to use? If you want them to use Safari, make it not suck!
It's another issue in a long line of issues I have with the browser wars. To summarize, I have no idea why what you browse with should matter at all. And in fact, that's what groups such as the World Wide Web Consortium aim to fix – in their belief, every page should look the same, regardless of which browser you visit from.
Many of you who read this blog probably know that my browser of choice is Internet Explorer 7. But Jimmy, you ask, confused, "You just said you wanted standards compliance, which is what IE famously avoids. What's up with that?" I use IE7 because, and this may sound cliche but I don't really care, everyone else does. And because everyone else does, every web developer out there may curse under their breath every time they have to fix something for Microsoft, but they'll do it because right now, IE has over 50% market share. And to be fair, many of the standards that are now in place came into place AFTER Internet Explorer first implemented their own versions (ActiveX is a good example).
In essence, IE has good reasons for not being as 100% standards-compliant as maybe it could be – a lot of Microsoft software relies on these proprietary standards for it to work properly. The plus side is that we get some cool technology, and the down side is that it doesn't work perfectly in every browser, but because IE is free and Windows is installed on over 90% of the world's computers… I'm willing to overlook the occasional standards headache if I get technology such as Windows Update that wouldn't work in any other browser. And even though Microsoft really has no reason to change, no reason to get better, they continue to do so – IE8 is supposed to be even more standards-compliant.
The title of this post is "Apple", and yet I'm talking about IE7. So I'll switch back to Apple and ask, "Why?" Why, Apple, did you even create Safari? Why not publish these faster APIs so that browsers such as Firefox and Opera can run well on your OS? For all Apple says about being standards-compliant and welcoming to software developers, they're not. In fact, every product Apple has ever created tries to reinvent the wheel – they never create something truly new, like every Apple fanboy claims. Fortunately for them, a lot of the time they do a nice job doing so.
And by the way, out of the four browsers I have installed on my Windows machine, Safari is my last choice – it eats up 150+ MB of RAM compared to about 50 for IE7, 40 for Firefox and 20 for Opera, looks ugly, and doesn't offer anything new.


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What if just a few hundred dollars were standing between you and your dream, but there were no banks around where you could get a loan?
That dilemma is a reality for people all over the world.
One Sunday school class at First Congregational Church in La Crosse is helping people in that situation -- one micro-loan at a time.
After a mission trip last year, the students in the middle school class decided to challenge themselves to do something a little bigger. Instead of just temporarily meeting a need, they were going to end a need.
Through KIVA.org, those students are making that happen on an international scale.
"We're donating loans to people probably more than halfway across the world," said 11-year-old Addison Stevenson.
On Sunday, Stevenson and the other students in her class turned hundreds of dollars they raised into $25 micro-loans.
"That small loan, which is pretty small here, can make a big difference there and can help make their business go a lot farther than what it is," said 12-year-old Sidney Livingston.
With the click of a mouse, the students helped more than a dozen people across the globe, like one 20-year-old Mongolian man who needed $375 to start a taxi service.
"The people are just like us. They're just far away," said Addison.
"It doesn't have to be right in our backyard or next door. It can be anywhere around the world, and just knowing that you can help them make a big difference with just one small loan," said Sidney.
Sunday school teacher Scott Tyink said the website helped his class realize it was one thing to give people a hand-out, but what those people really needed was a hand-up.
"We're not just handing some money out, but we're actually trying to give someone -- create a lifestyle, a life for themselves. That's much different than just giving someone $25. We're trying to help them create something sustainable," said Tyink.
The plan is for this to be an ongoing project for the church. According to KIVA.org, nearly 99 percent of all the loans get repaid eventually. So, once the money loaned out comes back to the church, the idea is to keep lending out that same money year after year.
The church is asking the community to join its team to help reach its goal of $1,000 in loans for the year.
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The PSN Welcome Back Program launched today. Sony intends to use the Welcome Back Program as a way to thank its customers for their patience and loyalty. The PSN Welcome Back Program is available to all PSN members who signed up for accounts before the PSN outage on April 20, 2011, which is just about everyone who has a PSN account since you couldn't make one while the PSN was down. Users will get to choose two games for the PS3 and two games for the PSP.
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The content provided in the Welcome Back Program will be available until July 3. Once you have the games on your console, they are yours to keep. Sony has answered a handful of questions people may have about the PSN's Welcome Back Program, check it out if you still have questions.
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Madrid Middle School Celebrates 20 Years of Educating Students
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Madrid Middle School, in the Mountain View School District has provided outstanding instruction since opening its doors for the 1992-1993 school year and recently celebrated its 20th anniversary at a special rally. Joining in the celebration were staff members and students who called Madrid home during the past two decades.
"We are so excited to celebrate this special anniversary," said Bonnie Tanaka, Madrid's principal. "For the past 20 years Madrid has provided a quality education and a positive and productive middle school experience for thousands of students, and we plan to continue that tradition for many more years to come."
One of Madrid's original teachers, and its first Teacher of the Year award winner, Donna McEntire gave a glimpse of life at Madrid during its inaugural year.
"When we opened our doors on September 9, 1992 half of the school was still under construction and the staff only had two days to get classrooms ready to welcome students. Our determined and dedicated group of 32 teachers worked hard to ensure Madrid's 690 students had access to the very best education possible," said McEntire.
The original staff and students made several decisions that would have a lasting impact on the school, such as the books to be used, the creation of a middle school culture and the school colors and mascot.
"We almost became the Madrid Middle School Mallards, because of the close proximity of the duck farm, but the students voted to be the Madrid Bulldogs which was a great choice. Our first year was a great year and we got off to a great start. Today I am very proud to be here to celebrate the past 20 years and I look forward with anticipation to many more years of academic success for Madrid students," McEntire added.
An original member of the class of 1993 was on hand for the celebration and raved about her years at Madrid.
"My middle school years here at Madrid were so much fun!" said Isabel Sauceda, former student. "The teachers were great and we had a lot of activities we could participate in. I have many great memories of my time as a Bulldog."


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Goal is scored in the closing seconds of the game. Referee sets up with a restart and blows the whistle for the match ending. As a referee exits the field the losing coach complains that that goal was scored after time had run out. The referee confers with this ARs and decide that he did play more than the allotted time.
Question is once a referee signals the end of the game, can he change facts.
Answer (March 30, 2014)
No, the referee cannot change the facts of the Game or his decisions once the game has been terminated (declared over). Law 5 is quite clear on this matter. Under Decisions of the Referee, the Law states:
The referee may only change a decision on realising that it is incorrect or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee or the fourth official, provided that he has not restarted play or terminated the match.
March 22, 2014
Not to reopen a can of worms but I had one question with regard to an offsides infraction.
Strictly interpreting law 11, it seems possible that an attacking player can be in an offsides position on the opponents half of the field, and an offsides infraction can occur if he/she receives a pass (across the halfway line) from a teammate. I've never seen this penalty called and been told by several coaches that it is not a violation.
How should referees interpret this situation?
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Coaches are not the best source for information about offside or any other infringements of the Laws. Yes, a player who is in an offside position at the moment the ball is played by his/her teammate and then receives that ball is indeed considered to be offside. It makes no difference if the teammate who played the ball to the player in the offside position was in his/her own half or in the opponents' half of the field. It also makes no difference if the player in the offside position returns from the offside position to his/her own half to receive the ball. It's still offside. The indirect free kick is given at the place here the player was when the teammate played the ball.
July 13, 2012
A coach I know recently thought up a strategy for giving his team an advantge that should win if the game goes to penalty kicks in the very final game of a tournament. Theory goes like this, after the initial five pk takers are designated and before the first player on his team, who is his best penalty taker, takes the pk, he will have every one of the 10 remaining players eligible to take penalties step up to the official and insult him sufficiently to be red carded and dismissed from the game. This will insure that his best penalty taker will take all of the pks while the other team will have their lesser skilled players taking kicks.
What would you do as it seems to be perfectly suited to exploit the reduce to equate as currently practiced?
I could only state that while technically accurate and seemingly legal, I would disqualify his team for prolonged and repeated infraction of the laws.
Answer (July 13, 2012):
We have seen similar questions in the past (e.g., the coach simply declared these players "unable to play" due to injuries or whatever) but the principle is the same: There are things that can happen on a soccer match which are "wrong" (against the Spirit of the Laws), but over which we have no authority to fashion a correction. Another example would be the situation that occurred in Asia some years ago where one team TRIED to lose by scoring against itself and then the other team, because of what such an outcome would mean (it had to do I think with determining a field site for the next round of competition), began matching the opposing team's goal for goal by doing the same thing. The referee does not have the authority to prevent this. In fact, the referee cannot make anyone play nor force any substitution.
Accordingly, the coach's ploy will succeed and his team will be reduced to 1 player. However, (1) the opposing coach could do the same (or have the other ten players become injured and unable to participate in the kicks) and then ultimately there would be Kicks done 1 v. 1 (with the nonkicking player serving as the goalkeeper); and/or (2) the Kicks could proceed with 11 v. 1, but the ploy could backfire since the one player would have to kick each time against a new and fresh opposing kicker; and (3) the referee would include full details (facts and reasonable inferences from those facts) in his game report (which is what the referee in the Asian game did) and let the competition authority decide if the behavior of the team should be allowed — the action was not upheld in the Asian case, and there were fines and/or suspensions involved.
And lest we forget, under the Laws of the Game kickers are never "designated" nor put on a checklist for the referee. Players go to take the kick as a slot is available.
March 22, 2012
In a U10 Premier Boys game a defender stood in the goal behind the goal line at the far post on a corner kick. This team did this on every corner kick. On one of the corner kicks the goalie when up to catch the ball but dropped it into the field of play and a attacker kicked the ball to the post where the defender was standing behind the goal line. The ball struck the defender right at the goal line (The ball never complete crossed the goal line so no goal was scored) The referee allowed play to continue with no call.
My question is should this have not been deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee's permission by the defender that left the field? Advice to referees on the laws of the game 3.9 say about accidentally passes over in the course of possession of or contesting for the ball. It looks to me that this team was using the tactic of standing in the goal area to have more time to react to a play.
What should have been the correct call.
USSF answer (March 21, 2012):
Players are not supposed to leave the field of play at a restart without the permission of the referee, other than to fetch the ball and to take the kick or the throw-in. That applies to defenders as well as the restarting team. In your scenario, if any part of the player inside the goal breaks the vertical plane of the goal line, then that player is still in and on the field of play.
If the referee knows for certain that the player has left the entire field of play (confirmed by the AR), then the player should be cautioned.
November 17, 2011
Question 1:
In the first 10 minutes of a U-12 Girls D-1 game, Orange Attacker collides with Blue Keeper. The Orange attacker gets up, but Blue Keeper stays face-down and motionless. The ball spins out of the penalty area toward the touchline when Orange Attacker 2 gathers the ball — completely unopposed. Both teams call for Orange Attacker 2 to kick it out because Blue Keeper is down. Orange Attacker 2 does kick it out.
When the ball is officially out of play, the "injured" blue keeper pops up – smiling. She was "hobbling" a little, but she was perfectly fine after she rubbed her leg a little.
In reflection of this incident, I SHOULD have cautioned Blue Keeper (unsporting behavior) for faking an injury to gain an advantage. I did not give her a YELLOW since I wanted to give her the "benefit of the doubt."
If the card is issued, What is the re-start? Throw-in for the Blue Keeper's team or Indirect Free kick (inside the penalty area) for Orange Attacker 1's team?
Question #2:
At the end of the half in a different U-12 Girls D-1 game, there was a large melee in from of the goal. Time expired in the half PRIOR to the ball entering the goal, but before I could blow the whistle due to it slipping out of my hand at the crucial moment it should have been blown. I disallowed the goal as it was after I was aware the half had ended.
Obviously, the attacking coach told me that play continued until I actually blew the whistle and the goal should count. I told him, the half is over when the center referee is AWARE that time has expired, even if the whistle is NOT blown at all! I also told him the whistle has no official meaning under the laws of the game, but is simply a device officials use to get the attention of the players.
Should the goal have been awarded?
USSF answer (November 17, 2011):
Answer 1: The restart is governed by the reason the ball was out of play (if not stopped by the referee for some other reason). In this case, the correct reason is (apparently) a throw-in, after the referee has issued the caution for unsporting behavior to the goalkeeper (if it is deserved). If the referee did not feel that the goalkeeper's injury was serious, then there was no reason for the teams to take action on their own to stop play. The referee should instruct the players to leave decision of this nature up to the referee and not take the law into their own feet.
Answer 2: Your decision was correct: no goal. As we constantly remind people, coaches will always attempt to influence your calls. Pay them no mind and call the game as you have been taught to call it.
In addition, your statement about the whistle is not strictly true and could even be confusing. A whistle is required for every ceremonial restart; without it, the restart is not authorized and must be retaken. In such cases, it is NOT merely to gain the attention of players.
October 21, 2011
Hi: I am a Boys U-12 coach and also an intermediate referee. I think the following is appropriate and I see no rule against it. But I need an opinion.
My team is names AC Milan. Throughout the game I usually scream "who are we?" My team on the field respond, "AC Milan". I use this as a way to motivate my kids. Also to make sure we are a team. I do this every once in a while throughout the game.Not specifically when we score.
This is ok to do, correct?
USSF answer (October 21, 2011):
It is okay only if the referee on the game does not view it as an attempt to intimidate and/or distract the opponents. If he or she detects either intimidation or distraction, then the players doing the responses on the field could be cautioned for unsporting behavior and you, the coach, could be removed from the game (expelled) for irresponsible behavior. The referee must judge the appropriateness of both the WHEN and the WHY of the coach's and players' actions.
September 28, 2011
A forward with the BLUE team gets a run and loses the ball to the last defender for RED team. The BLUE forward is now in offisde position as the last RED defender attempts to clear the ball forward. When the ball is cleared by the last RED defender, it deflects on another RED player's face and sends the ball directly to the BLUE forward, still in an offside position behind the last RED defender. Is this offside penalty enforced?
USSF answer (September 28, 2011):
No, the offside should not be called, as the requirements of Law 11 have not been met: the Blue player was the last member of his team to touch, play, or make contact with the ball. The Law requires that the player be in an offside position when his teammate plays the ball; that was not the case here.
September 8, 2011
A team chooses to play a game with the minimum # of players, but have an injured player on the bench. The team then gets a red card putting them under the minimum requirement to play, however they elect to sub in the injured player to maintain the minimum requirements on the field because there is only a couple minutes left in the game–are they allowed to use that player to maintain the minimum and continue the game?
USSF answer (September 7, 2011):
Unless having had a player sent off actually created the situation, there is nothing in the Laws of the Game to forbid a team that has been playing under strength — for whatever strange reason — to augment its numbers to a greater (but still within the number established by Law 3 or the rules of the competition) by inserting a substitute already listed on the roster (if rosters are required in this competition), not as a replacement for the red carded player, but to augment an understrength team. The only problem in this scenario might be the ability of the "injured" substitute to play.
August 28, 2011
a free kick from 25 yards, all players onside just after ball is kicked defenders step out leaving 2 attackers inside keeper parries shot to one of them he slots home? goal or offside….?
USSF answer August 28, 2011):
Score the goal. The key to the answer lies in two words in your scenario, "just after." Because the two attackers were not in an offside position when their teammate played the ball, they cannot possibly be called offside.
August 24, 2011
A player catches the ball between his knees and then does a somersault into the goal. The goalkeeper has no clear way to defend the goal. Is this legal?
USSF answer (August 24, 2011):
Players are not allowed to perform dangerous acts that deny other players a chance at the ball. (But similar acts that do not endanger other players (or officials) would seem to be legitimate.) If the act in question is reckless and places other players in danger, then the referee should stop play, caution for unsporting behavior, and restart with an indirect free kick for the goalkeeper's team.
June 2, 2011
Ball enters PA of Team A by a pass by Team B. Ball is stopped in PA by Team A goalie with feet who never touches ball with hands. How long can goalie possess ball at feet prior to picking it up for a punt? This happens a lot in our high school games and is inconsistently dealt with by referees. Some believe 6 seconds while some believe it is poor play. Most want the game restarted quickly.
USSF answer (June 2, 2011):
We do not answer questions on high school rules in this forum. If your question involved the Laws of the Game, then this would be our answer:
The game has not stopped and the ball is still in play. The goalkeeper may keep the ball at his or her feet and kick it around as much as he or she likes; there is no time limit. However, if the other team wants the ball, then they should move toward the goalkeeper and force him or her to pick it up, at which point the 'keeper has six-seconds to punt or throw the ball away into general pay.
May 19, 2011
In a recent viral video of a Conway AR high school match shows the center awarding a free kick to Conway and the Conway players setting up. Two players approach the area of the ball as if both are going to initiate the kick with one passing by the ball and then colliding with the other approaching player and both collapse on the ground while a third player initiates the kick. A score resulted.
Question is, has an offence been committed? My input would be yes that it is unsporting behavior in that the collision was set up as a distraction that is staged, much like a player taking an obvious dive after contacting a player of the opposing team. I can't see the trickery rule applying because it only addresses playing the ball back to the keeper and trying to circumvent a law of the game. I believe the goal was awarded. Not that it matters to me being I have no interest or contact with any team in Arkanas. Just discussing it with some current officials on how we would have called it. I am a laspsed official (not one of the choices below)
USSF answer (May 19, 2011):
Ah, deceit, the mother of legal gamesmanship. The kicking team is allowed to engage in its little bit of deception at almost any restart. Provided that the players who collide don't turn the event into a moaning, groaning, shrieking distraction, this was likely legal. Some playacting is certainly acceptable, but when an event is played to the hilt it could be seen as constituting either (a) exaggerating the seriousness of an injury or (b) the equivalent of shouting at an opponent to distract (either of which would be unsporting behavior). It all depends, of course, on the opinion of the referee, which would be based on how out of the ordinary the actions of these players were.
The Laws of the Game were not written to compensate for the mistakes of players, in this case the defending team that did not continue to pay attention to the subsequent kicker, the runner, and the ball itself.
CAVEAT: Please note that this is a high school game played under NFHS auspices, and not necessarily in accordance with the Laws of the Game. And the referee might be especially cunning and preempt any problems by stopping play for the "injury," which occurred before the ball was in play, have the players attended to, and restart with original free kick.
A video clip of this incident may be seen at this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haxdJT6MBoE&feature=player_embedded


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Cafe Racer Japan - The film
Cafe Racers Japan is a short documentary film exploring a day in the life of Tokyo's cafe racers scene where the city is as much of the main characters as the riders. When I first heard about a video merging two of my favorite topics, cafe racers and Tokyo, I was suddenly excited. After posting the teaser last August I had some correspondence with the director Christopher Andrew Cooke and I had the chance to get some more info and news to share with the readers of the Inazuma Cafè. The film is now available to the public and I'm happy to present it with some notes of the author.
"From the opening scenes - Chris says - you soon realize that this is not your typical talking heads documentary, but instead an atmospheric ride filled with color, music and imagery. The movie is comprised of two parts: The interviews, that give insight to different perspectives of who the cafe racers are and what they are passionate about. And the imagery of Tokyo, as we take a journey through the seldom seen empty streets of the city that leaves us with a feeling of solitude and melancholy. Cafe Racers Japan is only 15 minutes long, but it's able to combines; interviews, visual imagery and music to create a unique and different approach."
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Chris continues: "We soon realized that the bike builders and the cafe racers/rockers were worlds apart. As for the rockers, the core group, which we interviewed in the movie are small in numbers and fashion is constantly mentioned. This leads the listen to determine if the Tokyo Rockers consider their motorcycles a fashion accessory or their true passion. Meeting the requirements to be a rocker can be challenging. You must own a vintage British bike, wear 60's leather gear, listen to only to 60's rockabilly music and preferably be British or Japanese. Many of them have stage names and consider themselves already famous. The cafe racers follow different rules, they ride Japanese bikes, listen to punk music and wear leather jackets, they are more individual and usually ride by themselves, but are similar to the rockers focusing on fashion more than the bike."
The City
The Music
The Making of the Movie
As many member of the cafer racer community on the web, I had the chance to watch the film few days before the official presentation and I found it very interesting. In particular, I found the Moby's soundtrack really outstanding and the shots pretty good. I represented Chris just a couple of things. I would have liked to have more action in the movie. In other words, more bike riding and less time dedicated to riders' close ups. Finally it makes me somehow perplexed that, for these guys, it is sometimes more about fashion than riding... Whilst in my perspective, motorcyciling is more about the joy and thrill of riding and the value of friendship with other riders, besides any fashion consideration. The fine things is that Chris shared my point of view. I'd like to thank him for all his efforts, his passion and the time he spent with me and the community in order to present his work at the best to the people passionate of these kind of pieces of iron. Thank you mate, I'm looking forward to watch your next work...
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In our article called "Guide: Lynnfield Overclocking on Asus P7P55D Deluxe Mainboard" we described the major overclocking techniques and demonstrated a few typical examples of how the new processors should be overclocked. Of course, everything we said is also true for Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 mainboard, although it does indeed have a few peculiarities of its own. Most importantly, Gigabyte mainboard doesn't allow overclocking the processor by raising its Vcore with all Intel CPU power-saving technologies remaining up and running. Therefore, there are at least three following overclocking approaches that we should take into account:
- Maximum possible overclocking with processor Vcore increase at the expense of giving up Intel processor power-saving technologies;
- A little lower overclocking, limited by the nominal processor Vcore with static implementation of Turbo Boost technology, but with all power-saving technologies up and running;
- Even lower overclocking with dynamic implementation of Turbo Boost technology, which ensures more flexible response to various load levels; again limited by the nominal processor Vcore but with all processor power-saving technologies up and running.
At first let's find out the maximum base frequency at which Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 mainboard remains stable. Just like for Asus P7P55D Deluxe, the maximum was 210 MHz, but we had to raise the IMC Voltage of the North Bridge part integrated into the processor much higher this time: from 1.1 V to 1.3 V. New mainboards based on Intel P55 Express chipset do not require increasing this voltage in order to ensure that the memory will work at high frequencies. However, the boards do require higher voltage setting when the base frequency is increased past 170-180 MHz.
We used static Turbo Boost implementation, i.e. we limited the processor clock frequency multiplier by 22x maximum for our Core i7-860 CPU. In this case we managed to get our system to work stably at 180 MHz base clock. We could formally provide you the screenshots from applications and even benchmark results proving that our system could work at 182 MHz base clock. In this case we get a beautiful resulting CPU frequency of 4.0 GHz. However, there are two reasons why we won't do it. First, we had to raise the processor core voltage to 1.325 V, which pushed the CPU core temperature to 92 °C during our test session, which was way too high. However, we could have disregarded even this dangerous temperature increase. Anyway, LinX utility that is used as a shell for Intel Linpack application creates extreme processor load. We will hardly see the same high core temperature when we run some of the more common applications. However, this is where the second reason stepped in: at 182 MHz base clock we can set the memory frequency at 1820 MHz, but Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 mainboard wouldn't let us lower the timings to CAS Latency 7 level in this case. In fact, the memory can work with these timings at even higher frequencies, but in this case we had to increase CAS Latency to 8 in order to successfully pass all tests. I assumed it would be better to sacrifice 50 MHz of processor frequency, which wouldn't have any noticeable effect on the resulting system performance, in order to ensure that the memory subsystem worked with relatively low timings.
This way we managed to overclock our Intel Core i7-860 processor on Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 mainboard to maximum 3.96 GHz. This is a very impressive number. The processor Vcore only had to be increased to 1.2875 V, which immediately lowered the core temperatures to 85 °C.
You can easily see that this result is even higher than the one we obtained during the same CPU overclocking on Asus P7P55D Deluxe mainboard. Back then we had to work with 177 MHz base clock, which allowed to overclock our processor only to 3.9 GHz. However, do not forget that this time we used a more efficient Cooler Master GeminII CPU cooler instead of Scythe Zipang 2. In exact same testing conditions (with the Cooler Master CPU cooler), Asus mainboard demonstrated the same exact result, as the one obtained today on Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6.
The funny thing is that on two different mainboards, with slightly different voltage settings (Asus mainboard required 1.29375 V processor Vcore), the peak voltage under maximum processor load was still 1.312 V. However, the situation changes dramatically, when the CPU is idle. Asus P7P55D Deluxe has all Intel processor power-saving technologies up and running that is why in idle mode not only the processor clock frequency multiplier but also the core voltage get lower.
As for Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6, only the multiplier lowers, and the core voltage remains excessively high.


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If you've been watching our previous coverage of Fusion-io's almost too good be true PCI Express SSD products, you'll know that while the company makes no bones about the fact that their enterprise class cards are ridiculously expensive, they are also planning on delivering an "enthusiast" class card that will align better price-wise with the average end user just looking for killer storage performance. It appears the planning process is over today and though it was delayed a month or two, Fusion-io is now executing on that plan.
Fusion-io's ioXtreme and ioXtreme Pro cards just showed up to the Boston HH Test Labs and as we like to say around here, they're looking pretty .
We've received two cards for testing here; one is the ioXtreme Pro, that you can install multiple cards into a system for RAID configurations and the other is the ioXtreme for single-card installations. Save for the heat sink color coding and the "X" logo on the standard card's backplate, it's almost impossible to tell the two cards apart, at least mechanically.
It's true, your eyes do not deceive you. You're looking at a product that offers 300MB/sec average write throughput and 750 - 800MB/sec of average read throughput. We're going to strap on a drool bib and get back to testing these bad boys a bit more. RAID 0 anyone?
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Given that the previous release retailed for $3300 (80 GB), I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the new release will be less than that. In fact, I'd even guess less than $1700, since that's the price for OCZ's smallest (250 GB) PCIe SSD.
And throwing caution to the wind: I'm saying $850. That's a rough average price for Intel's 64 GB X-25E SSD, which is also a SLC.
Haven't seen prices like that for hard drives since the early 80's.
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It's also faster than I need, especially given the price. Platter-based drives are as low as 8 cents per GB now, and the tech is very much proven.
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The Pinole Historical Society promotes awareness
and appreciation of history through preservation and education, and chronicles the city's heritage for current and future generations.
Images of America: Pinole
and other local city books
from the
Pinole Historical Society.
The book will make
a great gift!
Click here for photos
of the August 5, 2009,
book-launching/signing event.
Veterans honored at 9th annual
Nov. 11 memorial in Fernandez Park
Veterans living and deceased were honored during a one-hour ceremony in Fernandez Park on November 11 by
speakers including three Pinole Valley High School students (Sumbal Ghafoor, Shalvena Sharma, and Katie Duckworth),
Mayor Roy Swearingen, Supervisor John Gioia, Congressman Mike Thompson, Pinole Historical Society co-founder George Vincent
and his wife, Christie, and former mayor and Pinole Historical Society Director Emeritus Jack Meehan.
The 9th annual Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement Ceremony also featured the Pinole Valley High School
Marching Band, under the direction of Eric Radkiewicz, Pinole Police Explorers, West Contra Costa Girl Scouts,
St. Joseph School choir and entire student body, and cellists Maureen Powers and Yoshie Morita, who played
Amazing Grace after the names of deceased veterans were read aloud.
Boy Scout Troop 86 conducted the retirement of worn American flags.
Next year's 10th annual Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement Ceremony will be held Saturday,
November 11, at 11 a.m. in Fernandez Park.
Pinole City Council votes to establish
a museum in the historic Faria House
The Pinole City Council, in a unanimous vote September 6, declared the Faria House as a site for a city museum.
"It's important to keep memories of the people who came before us in our minds,"
said councilman Tim Banuelos. "When I think of my time on the council and all the things I'd like to get done,
a museum is number one on my list. I'm thrilled we are in a position to do this. It's about time."
"I'm supportive of establishing a museum in that home — and that's what it is, a home —
so we can cherish the memories of our city," said councilman Pete Murray.
The city will work with the Pinole Historical Society to find funding for the extensive renovations required
to make the Faria House a museum.
PHS history essay contest
rewards participants, uncovers
new historical site in the city
The Pinole Historical Society presented awards in early June to students who participated in
its annual Pinole History Essay Contest. Students in all Pinole schools were asked to
write essays not exceeding 250 words on this topic: "Describe three of your favorite
historical places and/or events in Pinole."
The society received many excellent essays and was interested to learn that Fosters Freeze
is an historical site in Pinole. Children always teach us so much.
Mayor Roy Swearingen (in photos with students in Mrs. Gray's kindergarten
class at Collins) accompanied PHS directors to St. Joseph School, Stewart School,
Collins School, and Ellerhorst School, and presented certificates to the students.
The best question he was asked came from an eager student in Miss Hoopaugh's fourth-grade
class at Stewart, who asked the mayor, "Are you rich?"
The day we present these awards is always one of the best days of the year for the
Pinole Historical Society. We thank the teachers at all of the Pinole schools
(certificates were previously given to students at Shannon School, Pinole Middle School,
and Pinole Valley High School) for having their students participate, and we thank
the students for being so creative and giving us a new perspective on history.
'Pinole Through Time' on sale
via mail order, at farmers' market,
and at PHS meetings
The latest book by the acclaimed new America Through Time series published by Fonthill Media,
Pinole Through Time contains 192 old and new comparative photographs showing how Pinole
changed through the 19th and 20th centuries and into the 21st century.
There are detailed and extensive captions packed with historical information accompanying each photograph.
Pinole Through Time and all of our other history books about Contra Costa County cities
are on sale at the Pinole Farmers' Market, via mail order, and at PHS quarterly meetings.
and we will mail them to you. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover charge cards
PHS programs on the City of Pinole website
These Pinole Historical Society programs may now be viewed on your computer via the city's website.
To watch these programs on your computer, go to the
City of Pinole's website. Scroll down to PINOLE HISTORY. You'll find these and other programs about Pinole's history.
They include:
• 2012 Veterans Day Memorial/Flag Retirement
• 2013 Veterans Day Memorial/Flag Retirement
• 2014 Veterans Day Memorial/Flag Retirement
• Japanese American Internment (2012)
• Old School bell dedication (2013)
• February 7, 2014, program: 'Bars, Barbers and Characters of Early Pinole.'
• November 7, 2014, program: 'Maritime Contra Costa County.'
Pinole featured on KGO radio
KGO radio reporter Jennifer Jones Lee interviewed PHS Vice President Jeff Rubin to discover
the origin of the word "Pinole." Listen to the segment here.
Wells Fargo Bank history mural
dedicated, open to the public
Wells Fargo Bank unveiled its mural of Pinole's history on July 25, 2013, in a ceremony that featured descendants
of prominent Pinole residents in the mural in a video, talking about their families and their contributions
to the city's history.
Mike and Michele LeFebvre, son and daughter of Lawrence "Big Red" LeFebvre, manager of the Pinole Merchants
baseball team, and Susan Fernandez, great-granddaughter of Bernardo Fernandez, one of the founders of Pinole,
were featured in the video produced by the bank's communications department. All three attended the event.
The 12-foot by 4-foot mural was installed on the back wall of the bank at 1374 Fitzgerald Drive.
Pinole Historical Society President Marcia Kalapus and Vice President Jeff Rubin, along with Councilman
Roy Swearingen, Chamber of Commerce President Dina Rosales, and Wells Fargo Bank Regional President
Micky Randhawa, made brief remarks before the nearly six-minute video was shown to attendees.
Click here to view the Pinole Mural video on your computer.
The video is also being shown on Pinole Community TV, channel 28.
The mural includes images of a map of the El Rancho Pinole land grant, the Martinez Adobe, downtown Pinole
in the 1920s, Lawrence "Big Red" LeFebvre, who managed the Pinole Merchants baseball team,
the Pinole-Hercules School (the Old School), the Pinole Fire Department (and Chief Wallace "Pepper" Martin)
in the early 1950s, the 1904 class of the Plaza School (featuring teacher Frances Ellerhorst), the original
Santa Fe depot, Hercules Powder Works employees, Bernardo Fernandez, and the seal of the city of Pinole.
Wells Fargo Bank welcomes visitors to its Pinole branch to view the mural, which is accompanied by a legend
that explains the history of each image.
This mural is one of many in Wells Fargo's Community Mural Program, which provides a unique
visual enhancement to the customer experience in the bank's branches. Designed to be a snapshot of
Turn-of-the[Last]-Century America, historic images are chosen that convey a sense of history,
tradition, stability, longevity, optimism, and progress.
A typical mural design combines Wells Fargo images and local images that reflect the history and
diversity of the community. An accompanying legend describes each historical image used
in the mural, and credits the source. The Pinole Historical Society provided Wells Fargo with
all of the local photos and images.
In return, Wells Fargo donated $500 to the Pinole Historical Society, for which we are very grateful.
Historical videos on
city's website
The city of Pinole's website is featuring several historical videos
of interest to Pinole residents, courtesy of Pinole Community TV.
These videos may be enjoyed on your computer from the
City of Pinole's website:
• PCTV Historic Walking Tour series
• Interview with Jack Meehan and Tom Cutino
• George Vincent's 2010 walking tour of Historic Downtown Pinole
• George Vincent's 2011 walking tour of Historic Downtown Pinole
• Interview with Ed LeFebvre
• Interview with Charlotte Shea
• Interview with Alex Clark
• Pinole Historical Society Book Signing Ceremony
• 2011 Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement Ceremony
• 2010 Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement Ceremony
• 2009 Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement Ceremony
• 2008 Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement Ceremony
• Growing up Pinole
Clyde Maskal made a 13-minute slideshow of the 2012 Veterans Day Memorial and Flag Retirement
Ceremony from many of the photos he took at the event.
Click here to view Clyde's slide show.
Historic Walking
Tour on Google Maps
The PHS thanks supporter Tom Parsons, who was kind enough to make
Google Map of the Pinole Historic Walking Tour.
Check out Tom's handiwork here.
Public welcomeat monthly PHSboard meetings
The PHS Board of Directors meets on the second Wednesday of every month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the
Pinole Senior Center. At these meetings the board discusses policies and procedures, receives reports, and plans events
and programs.
The public is welcome at these meetings and may speak on any item on the agenda. There is also a public-comment time
at the beginning of each meeting for people to speak on items not on the agenda.
Two library
exhibits celebrate
Pinole's history
Through the generosity of the Pinole Library, the Pinole Historical society has two exhibits at the library,
each giving visitors different information on the history of our city.
Our exhibits include:
• Pinole . . . Then and Now features photos from the society's archives of buildings
that existed at the turn of the 20th century, and recent photos of buildings on those sites today.
• The National Preservation Month exhibit features artifacts, photos, and memorabilia
from Pinole's history.
Library hours are Monday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), Wednesday (2 to 8 p.m.), Friday (noon to 5 p.m.),
and Saturday (noon to 5 p.m.).
Police department
history page
is on the
city's website
See the new Pinole Police History page on the city's website.
You will learn about Wild-West shootouts, cattle drives downtown, 1920s gangsters, World War II sabotage,
Fiesta Del Pinole riots, and other historical events you had no idea had occurred!
Learn about Pinole's first lawmen, like saloon-owning Constable John Collins and rough-and-tumble Arthur McDonald,
who was killed during a shootout in 1929. See how the Pinole Police Department grew from one famous, ticket-writing
motorcycle cop to a professional, modern police force. Read about the three officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice
for this community when they took on violent criminals.
The new Pinole Police History page is full of
great, colorful stories and fun pictures! You will feel like you're walking through time!


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Gibson Shines Spotlight on Licensees, Refines Home and Elite Brands
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A hint of verdigris is evident in reactive-glazed Calypso Court.
Gibson's presentation at the New York Tabletop Show this month will highlight the company's Home and Elite brands, while showcasing the newest items from its marquee licensees.
The Gibson Home and Elite brands will feature all-new packaging and new product assortments that reflect an "on-trend artisan feel," said Claudia Ochoa, vice president of creative design. "Through Gibson Home, we're showing retailers how to diversify their tabletop offerings with unique glass dinnerware and beautiful hand-painted programs, as well as embossed whiteware that continues the artisan direction. Gibson Home's consumer appeal also puts casual comfort first in other categories, such as flatware, bakeware, cookware, glassware and innovative gadget designs."
Gibson Elite will remain known for one-of-a-kind reactive glaze finishes, from crackle surfaces to color blocking, Ochoa said. New Urban Society dinnerware makes a bold color statement through the strong geometry of color blocking. In terms of specific finishes, Gibson was inspired by the patina of public sculptures, which led to the new Calypso Court with its verdigris-like sheen. Both patterns are from Gibson Elite.
"At the same time, our factory sourcing and delivery expertise, as well as our in-house design capabilities, will ensure that our values serve the bottom line for each of Gibson's retail partners," said Sal Gabbay, president. "More than 30 years of experience enables us to deliver unrivaled results for good, better and best programs customized with great care in all sales channels."
Gibson is also planning to implement a newly coordinated sales strategy that unifies the efforts among the various Nambe licensees. This strategy will place stoneware and porcelain dinnerware for Nambe within a category context that Gibson believes retailers will be happy to merchandise.
"On the Isaac Mizrahi front, 2013 will be a year enlivened by color in our dinnerware programs," Grace Saari, brand marketing director, said. "We're considering a host of colors and new designs that continue to capture Isaac Mizrahi's gift for timeless and cosmopolitan style."
Blossom Petals from Isaac Mizrahi is one of Gibson's finest embossed designs, the company said. It, along with Celesse, a whiteware pattern in the Elite brand, was created for the bridal and gift market.
Among the flatware introductions at this market are Bramante from Elite and Abernathy from Isaac Mizrahi, both mirror-polished stainless-steel flatware sets that alternately showcase classically detailed and sleekly minimalist surface design.
The goal with both brands, and these patterns, Gibson said, has been to offer consumers comparatively affordable elegance and programs distinguished by their accessible luxury.--Allison Zisko
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FNM correspondent: Jeanette Everett Betty Williamson loves hugs from children and the smell of rain.
By David Stevens: Freedom New Mexico editor
Name: Betty Williamson
Birthday: Nov. 12, 1961.
Volunteers for: Friends of the Portales Public Library, High Plains Prairie Chicken Festival and Dora schools.
Famous relative: She's the niece of novelist Jack Williamson, who died in 2006 at age 98. The annual Williamson Lectureship has attracted science fiction writers from across the country to Eastern New Mexico University for more than 30 years.
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Jefferson Davis and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Continuing on with our examination of the suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War, the first part of which may be read here, we turn to Jefferson Davis and the suspension of habeas corpus in the Confederacy. The Confederate Constitution provided for the suspension of habeas corpus:
Sec. 9 (3) The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
On February 27, 1862 the Confederate Congress vested in Davis the power to suspend Habeas Corpus. On March 1, 1862 Davis used this power, suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus and declaring martial law in a ten-mile radius around the City of Richmond.
Davis would use this power throughout the War, especially in regions where Unionist sentiment was strong, for example in East Tennessee where martial law was imposed and the writ of habeas corpus suspended in 1862.
Confederate habeas corpus commissioners from the beginning of the War had the power outside of the normal judicial system to order the military imprisonment of civilians or to free them, without any involvement by the state or Confederate courts.
As in the North, these measures raised a fair amount of opposition. Alexander Stephens denounced President Davis as a dictator in 1864 and returned home to Georgia, where he delivered a speech on March 16, 1864 to the Georgia legislature attacking various acts of the Davis administration, including the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
Davis was not a dictator, but rather a man at the head of a nation fighting against the odds to establish independence. Like Lincoln, Davis was forced by circumstances to circumscribe liberties in wartime in hopes that victory would cause the need for such measures to end.
3 Responses to Jefferson Davis and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus
"On February 27, 1862 the Confederate Congress vested in Davis the power to suspend Habeas Corpus. " "… Congress vested in Davis the power to suspend Habeas Corpus." Obama took the power to suspend Habeas Corpus of his own initiative through the National Defense Authorization Act signed on Christmas Eve in Hawaii…and with our tax money, without our informed consent. Taxation without representation. Nasty totalitarianism.
What Congress does, Congress can undo. In this case. Obama has told both, Congress, that they may not review his executive orders for six months, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America to do his bidding.
-EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
-EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months.
In the US Constitution, the power to suspend Habeas Corpus is vested in the legislative branch. Lincoln did not have the authority to suspend Habeas Corpus. Lincoln did it anyway. Obama is following Lincoln's lead.