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by Anton Shilov
The IBM board of directors has elected Virginia "Ginni" M. Rometty president and chief executive officer of the company, effective January 1, 2012. Ms. Rometty is currently IBM senior vice president and group executive for sales, marketing and strategy. She succeeds Samuel J. Palmisano. Mr. Palmisano will remain chairman of the board. Ms. Rometty will be IBM's first woman at CEO position.
Mr. Palmisano, 60, became IBM chief executive officer in 2002 and chairman of the board in 2003. During his tenure, IBM exited commoditizing businesses, including PCs, printers and hard disk drives, and greatly increased investments in high-value businesses and technologies. He has overseen the significant expansion of IBM in the emerging markets of China, India, Brazil, Russia and dozens of other developing countries, transforming IBM from a multinational into a globally integrated enterprise. In 2008, he launched IBM's Smarter Planet strategy, which describes the company's view of the next era of information technology and its impact on business and society. Mr. Palmisano will remain IBM's chairman.
"Ginni Rometty has successfully led several of IBM's most important businesses over the past decade – from the formation of IBM Global Business Services to the build-out of our Growth Markets Unit. But she is more than a superb operational executive. With every leadership role, she has strengthened our ability to integrate IBM's capabilities for our clients. She has spurred us to keep pace with the needs and aspirations of our clients by deepening our expertise and industry knowledge. Ginni's long-term strategic thinking and client focus are seen in our growth initiatives, from cloud computing and analytics to the commercialization of Watson. She brings to the role of CEO a unique combination of vision, client focus, unrelenting drive, and passion for IBMers and the company's future. I know the board agrees with me that Ginni is the ideal CEO to lead IBM into its second century," said Samuel Palmisano.
As global sales leader for IBM, Ms. Rometty, 54, is accountable for revenue, profit, and client satisfaction in the 170 global markets in which IBM does business. She is responsible for IBM's worldwide results, which exceeded $99 billion in 2010. She also is responsible for leading IBM's global strategy, marketing and communications functions. Previously, Ms. Rometty was senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services. In that role, she led the successful integration of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting -- the largest acquisition in professional services history, building a global team of more than 100 000 business consultants and services experts. She has also served as general manager of IBM Global Services, Americas, and of IBM's Global Insurance and Financial Services Sector.
"There is no greater privilege in business than to be asked to lead IBM, especially at this moment. Sam had the courage to transform the company based on his belief that computing technology, our industry, even world economies would shift in historic ways. All of that has come to pass. Today, IBM's strategies and business model are correct. Our ability to execute and deliver consistent results for clients and shareholders is strong. This is due to Sam's leadership, his discipline, and his unshakable belief in the ability of IBM and IBMers to lead into the future. Sam taught us, above all, that we must never stop reinventing IBM," said Ms. Rometty.


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One of the most characteristic towns in the mountains of Cadiz. Set atop a spur, the whiteness of its houses reflects the splendour of the sun of Andalusia.
Lying between the Sierra de Líjar and the Sierra de las Harinas mountains, Olvera is an excellent entry point from the north to the mountains of Cadiz. It is set among woody hills and olive fields. Two buildings stand from a distance out by their height and size: One is the old Arab castle, dating from the same period as stretches of Olvera's walls and buttresses, and reformed in the Christian period; the other is the splendid neoclassical Encarnación Church. Both make up the classic view of Olvera. Other sites of undoubted interest are the convent of Caños Santos, the sanctuary of Los Remedios and the Casa de la Cilla building, the current site of the "La Frontera y los Castillos" Museum of Olvera.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Remember When: Trails
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Is that first picture right next to you? How gorgeous to walk there. That's what I love when I go back east, the many trails through the woods, tho, unfortunately, every time I go back, there are less woods and more 'progress'.ReplyDelete
Glad you're having a great time, got your postcard and can't believe how hot it is there! Hope it's cooling off.
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That trail was along South Pass below Mt. Ranier when we went to Olympia. It hasn't cooled off and I'm amazed how many stores don't have a/c. Five more days before I head home. Bittersweet.Delete
What a beautiful forest trail. I feel cooler just looking at it. Sounds as if you are having such a great time!ReplyDeleteReplies
It is fun but not much cooler.Delete
I want to live in the top picture! What a fairy book trail!ReplyDeleteReplies
Trails are always so full of adventure possibilities.Delete


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Gotta love it. Elvis as a cowboy. Thanks to my friend, Richard,
for posting this on Facebook.
Elvis wanted to be taken seriously as a dramatic actor, and "Flaming Star" gave him the chance. He played a character who was half white and half Native American -- caught between two worlds. It's considered his best performance and best film by many. However, the rest of us are probably glad he went back to singing and dancing in his films!
Is this the movie that he sang "Love me Tender" in? He was a cowboy in that movie. I remember going to the theater and every time he barely said a word someone screamed--so I thought that was fun. I think I was about 10 and so I screamed right along with them!!ReplyDelete


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Advocates of domestically produced and sustainable hardwood products, Shaw and Anderson are leveraging the strength of the two brands to deliver quality product and great service to the market. Mollie Surratt, director of marketing for Anderson Hardwood, spoke with FCW's assistant editor Mallory Cruise on the benefits of the company's Power of Two Brands message.
What is the message behind Shaw and Anderson's Power of Two Brands theme?
Surratt: Shaw and Anderson together provide a history of success, quality and service to our customers. We selected this theme for our National Wood Flooring Associaton (NWFA) 2013 messaging as we displayed both Shaw and Anderson products in the same booth. While both Shaw and Anderson retain individual brand identities, the power of both brands together offers our customers a winning combination.
Both Shaw and Anderson bring different assets and benefits to the table. The two companies have supported each other and enhanced each other in terms of design and manufacturing. Both Shaw and Anderson offer beautiful and unique hardwood visuals to the market, and our NWFA booth displayed this in a strong way. Shaw and Anderson together make each other better while offering a well-rounded inventory to our customers. We are committed to being the No. 1 hardwood supplier and are accomplishing this goal with the Power of Two.
How are you leveraging these two brands to help grow your business as well as that of your customers?
Surratt: Since the acquisition of Anderson Hardwood, the positive attributes of the companies have enhanced both offerings. Shaw Floors and Anderson Hardwood are focused on offering our customers the best in style and design as well as quality, service and durability. Both Shaw and Anderson work to provide our customers with leading merchandising, photography and marketing to support our offerings, but we work to stay unique companies with individual web sites, merchandising, product offerings and more.
How does the Power of Two Brands message tie in with your Made in America/Made Right Here message?
Surratt: Made in America messaging is very important to both the Shaw and Anderson story. Shaw's Made in America campaign is themed "Made in the USA" and Anderson's Made in America campaign is themed "Made in America Since 1946." Both campaigns will continue to live on in the coming years, and we are committed to offering consumers Made in America product, which encourages a positive feeling when purchasing our floors.
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About Autism Complete Article
According to Dr Schlegel (Paediatric Neurologist), there is a triad of hallmark problems associated with autistic children. Typically there are communication problems, and language development is delayed. Social interaction is problematic as autistic children don't assimilate the social conventions that other children do. And thirdly, imaginative play is impaired. Autistic children simply relate to the world differently. "We try to take down the wall so that communication can take place", says Dr Shlegel, "however, you can't cure this condition. Autistic children will always have communication problems and relationship difficulties and parents should monitor and support their children particularly in these areas. What I recommend to parents who are worried about their child's lack of speech development, is to get a professional opinion. Early intervention definitely makes a huge difference to the development of an autistic child. There are programs that offer a lot of support and some children can learn to communicate, however ASD is a biological problem that persists."
Dr Schlegel referred Michael to speech therapist Deborah Stodel, who suggested that Jeannie get in touch with Annalies van Rijswijk at SNAP (Special Needs Adapted Program) in Durbanville. Annalies founded SNAP, a program based on the principles of behaviour modification, after working at the Vera School for 11 years. "Our meeting with Annalies was like coming home", says Jeannie in her e-mail. "I started crying when we drove into the gates and I didn't stop for two weeks. Everybody started getting a bit worried, but I was fine. I was simply so relieved to find help". The help that Annalies offers is an integrated program of tuition for Michael, as well as emotional support for Jeannie and Kevin. Dedicated tutors give each child a unique program of one-on-one lessons, in everything from recognizing emotions to saying hello and goodbye. There are ten little classrooms, and on the day I visit the school, Marisa van der Berg is observing her son, Rohan through a one-way mirror in the classroom door. He is happily working with his tutor, and if you didn't know he was autistic you wouldn't guess he had a developmental problem. The fact that he has always made eye contact with people, something that autistic children generally don't do, made diagnosis difficult. Says Marisa, "we went to see our doctor because Rohan wasn't talking at all, but our doctor said he wasn't autistic. He told us that he had behavioural problems and that we should be stricter with him". With no help from the doctor, Marisa and her husband had to take Rohan home and try to figure out the problem themselves. By the time they heard about SNAP, the stress and exhaustion was taking its toll and they were on the verge of a divorce. "The first day I came here, I thought "no way" but I saw an improvement in 30 minutes". Now that the Van der Bergs have seen Rohan's progress, the divorce talks have been called off. "My husband now understands that he has to be consistent, that he can't allow Rohan to tear up the newspaper one day, but get cross when he destroys it on another day before it has been read". As we stand outside the classroom, Rohan starts screaming. His tutor has asked him to stack three blocks, and he doesn't want to do it. "He is happy to play with blocks at home", says Marisa, "but he hasn't done it here with his tutor yet, and he doesn't like change". His tutor gently persists, encouraging him to stack the blocks with the promise of some bubbles once he has completed the task. When he is finally ready to stack the blocks he is rewarded with smiles and praise. Marisa's doctor's reaction - blaming the van der Bergs for their son's behaviour - is unfortunately not uncommon. "Not long ago", says Deborah Stodel, "the theory was that autism was a psychological disorder caused by poor bonding between a mother and child." Autism is a biochemical brain disorder, and is not about bad parenting. The symptoms vary from person to person, and while there are broad categories within the spectrum ranging from Asperger's Syndrome (when the child can talk but has poor social skills) to Rhett's Syndrome, each child has to be individually assessed and treated. Many parents initially feel that they are to blame somehow, and go through a process of trying to figure out why their child has autism. But as Dr Schlegel points out, scientific evidence points to a genetic biological cause. "Autism has strong associations with a range of other conditions like epilepsy and Fragile X syndrome, which causes developmental disabilities", she says. It is a biological problem something has happened in the early development of the brain. At this stage research indicates that there are a variety of contributing factors. Genetic factors play a role and there tend to be clusters in families as well as concordance in twins. The fact that it is polygenetic (more than one gene is involved) makes it more difficult to identify the responsible genes. There are also environmental facts, such as a high-risk pregnancy, and research is also looking into the mother's mental state during and after pregnancy, which is obviously a sensitive issue, says Dr Schlegel. There are sometimes additional factors that can trigger and bring out the symptoms of autism, such as a child's long separation from its parent or caregiver, a death or a life-altering change. Some parents blame their child's autism on the MMR vaccine and there is currently a lot of research into whether there is a relationship between the MMR vaccinations and ASD. Jeannie has wondered about the MMR. "It could've been made worse by the MMR vaccination, which left Michael very ill with a high fever. Who knows? Nobody can actually tell me for sure why and how. I just know that he was different right from birth. He wanted to sleep alone and was always quiet and hated crowds." Another thing confounding doctors is why the numbers of autistic children seem to be exploding. Deborah Stodel says that ten years ago the figures were one in 10 000, and now they are 1: 158.
In David Straughan's case it was a after a bout of meningitis that his paediatrician suggested his parents take him to a psychologist. Says his mother, Ronel, "I was irritated with the suggestion but when we saw the psychologist she said we should brace ourselves for bad news. I thought there must be a mistake. David's speech was slow, but I hadn't thought it was a problem". Ronel and her husband, Mark, reacted to the diagnosis of PDD in very different ways. "I panicked and wanted to run a mile,"says Mark, but Ronel went at it with great gusto. "Mark went into shock because I think he understood the full implications, whereas I think I didn't", says Ronel. She set up a range of therapies, which have been very successful and David has blossomed. "His speech is great and he is engaging and communicating. We are aware though, that there is some stuff that is never going to change. "Siblings often bear the brunt of living with someone with special needs. Ronel and Mark are still figuring out how to control the impact of David's needs on their relationship with their oldest son, Matthew.
Jeannie and Kevin try to give Gabrielle, who is only a year older than Michael, equal time, but it's difficult. What they have done as a family is changed their diet, to match Michael's new gluten- and dairy- free diet. Dr Schlegel concurs that diet is important. And Michael's progress? "He has responded incredibly well to the tutoring at SNAP. He is a different child", says Jeannie, "when he called me Mama for the first time ever, three days into the program I think my heart missed a few beats". He has developed a year of milestones in little more than a month and Jeannie is hoping that he will be one of the children at SNAP who can go to a mainstream school.
"I have declared war on this autism within my child," says Jeannie. "I know very well that Michael will always be autistic, but I shall do everything in my power to make him an as independent an adult as possible and to teach him life skills and compassion, which I believe is a cornerstone of life."


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More:Trip Page | Photos | Background Briefing
From March 20 to 23, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry accompanied President Barack Obama on his travel to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Jordan. On March 24, Secretary Kerry met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad, Iraq. The goal of the Secretary's visit to Baghdad was to demonstrate the strong U.S. commitment to Iraq. During a press availability in Baghdad, Secretary Kerry said:
"I was very pleased to be able to have a chance to affirm to the Iraqi leaders that I met with that the United States continues to stand with the people of Iraq as they work to establish a democracy and a better future. And we are particularly grateful for the efforts of those people who remain so committed to political activity, to engaging in the constitutional process, and who are working for the rights that are guaranteed by the constitution.
"This past week, both of our countries marked the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war here in Iraq, and we were, all of us, reminded of the remarkable sacrifices of so many Iraqis and also so many Americans who, together, gave their lives in a common fight to try to build the civil state that the people of Iraq have chosen for themselves."
You can read the Secretary's remarks here.
Justin G. in Tennessee writes:
It is difficult to know if the civil state of Iraq was chosen by Iraqi people by themselves. If they like it, they should give thanks and reverence to the U.S. government it to them almost handily.
Mari in the U.S.A. writes:
I was disheartened when I saw Secretary Kerry on TV yesterday, bullying the government of Iraq. It seems like all US policy in Southwest Asia is now geared toward supporting Saudi Arabia in its drive to install fundamentalist regimes throughout the region.


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CJYSA/USCL Single Season U15-U19 2010-2011
U17 Boys
MAPS 1-Red
Marlton SC Lightning Red
TSF Academy Galacticos
Jersey Crew SC Tornadoes
Marlboro SA Blue Lightning
Highland SC Fever
MAPS 1-White
Parsippany SC Astros
Match Fit Chelsea Academy Bulldogs
Toms River FC (TRFC) Elite - Galaxy
Jersey United SC Spartans 93/94B White
Kearny United SC Harkes
MAPS 1-Blue
NJSA 04 Cosmos
Vineland SA United
South Jersey Elite Barons '93-94
FC Copa Boca
Ironbound SC Predators
MAPS 2- Yellow
Scotch Plains Fanwood SA SPF Flash
New Jersey Rangers FC Olympians
Elite Soccer Academy United
NJ Stallions Academy 93/94
Lehigh Valley United FC (PA) 93
Everton NJ 93/94 Boys Blue
Den of Lions Elite
MAPS 2- Brown
Battle Of Monmouth SC Sharks
Cape Express '93/94
Next Level Soccer Academy United
Rancocas Valley SC Blaze 93/94
Westfield SA FC Premier Renegades
Jersey Shore Boca '93/94
MAPS 2- Violet
Mount Laurel United SC Barcelona
Match Fit Chelsea Academy SOUTH U17 Blue
East Windsor PAL Fire
Cherry Hill FC Lightning
Hockessin SC (DE) Strikers Premier
South Philadelphia SC Strikers '93 Gold
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Voorhees SA Heat
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Somerset Hills SC Spyder Falcons
Tinton Falls SC Panthers
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very windy...........
very windy...........
and wet, 8c..
Merry Christmas to all...
cold :P
Merry Christmas to all...
its dry right now..wind has eased!
Dry, bright and sunny, 4c..
Merry Christmas to all...
Yesterday morning, it was in the 50's. This morning, there's snow on the ground and it's in the teens. Winter officially hit here YESTERDAY AFTERNOON!!
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
Mild weather still.
Merry Snowy Christmas
Love & Peace to the World
Sunny with mild temps
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
2C with a windchill of -5...And SNOWING! I'm SO happy to see the snow!
"Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth..."


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Keep up the pressure
THUMBS UP: A group of Highway 14 expansion project proponents testified at a Minnesota Senate committee hearing this week. The group, including Aaron Lambrecht of New Ulm, made the case once again that safety concerns and economic needs make this project incredibly important for this part of the state.
It is wonderful that so many folks took a day out of their schedule to travel to St. Paul and make the argument for Highway 14. The rest of us can help, without leaving our homes, and with little more cost than some stationery and an envelope. We can write letters, send e-mails or phone our representatives, and those on the transportation committees, and let them know how important it is to resolve this dangeous situation.
We regularly print the names and contact information of our state reps and senators on this page. We hope you will use the information to make your wishes known.
District 19A election
THUMBS UP: With Tuesday's special election done, DFLer Clark Johnson is taking his place as the House 19A representative. District 19A is comprised mostly of Nicollet County.
Johnson's victory is noteable for one other thing. His Republican opponent, Allen Quist, announced after his loss he will not be seeking public office in the future, but may still be working in the background. It may be just as well for Quist and for Republicans.
Quist's political career in recent years has been marked by many runs, but no wins. His tenure as a state representative from this area gained him some notoriety for his conservative, religion-tinged statements that made him the darling of what was then called the Religious Right. He challenged then-Gov. Arne Carlson, no favorite of the conservatives, for the Republican nomination and was drubbed in the primary. He ran as a congressional candidate twice, falling to Republican rival Randy Demmer in 2010, and falling to Tim Walz as the party nominee this past year before trying for the 19A seat. His decision to bow out will allow other Republican candidates to develop.


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Very Soft and Voluminous Brown Hairstyle
Such body and volume to this hairstyle. For this look, the hair has been layered and it is curly. Soft bangs come down at either side of the forehead allowing us to see most of the face. The look is classy.The hair has been cut long long.The hair is a two toned brown. Darker brown with caramel highlights.
Passion Beauty Family Volume 9 Photograph Courtesy of Passion Beauty Salon: About Faces Salon & Day Spa, Towson, MD Hairstylist: Missy White Makeup: Casey White Photographer: Scott Bryant


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Export Requirements for New Zealand (Egg Products)
NZ-4 (Aug 15, 2015)
Asterisks (*) indicate the most recent revision to these requirements. To search, click on your browser's "Edit" menu, then click on "Find (on this page)". Enter "*" in the "Find What" field, then click "Find" or "Find Next" until all asterisks have been identified.
Eligible/Ineligible Products
- Eligible Products
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- The following statements must be typed on FSIS Form 9060-5EP or provided on an FSIS Letterhead Certificate:*
- The eggs used to manufacture egg powders or egg crystals for this consignment have originated from flocks where Angara disease has not been recognized; AND the egg powders or egg crystals were manufactured in the United States, a country where Angara disease has not been recognized.
- For notifiable avian influenza as described in the OIE Code: freedom for country/zone/
compartment could not be certified for both egg origin and manufacturing of the eggs powders. Further heat treatment is required only for egg albumen powders/crystals in addition to the eligibility heat treatment (see Manufacturer's Declaration, clause 6.2 for conditions of further heat treatment).
- After examination of all records and documentation on which the Manufacturer's Declaration is based, and subsequent enquiry, I have no reason to doubt the veracity of the Manufacturer's Declaration.
- Certification statement for all countries found on the Requirements for Exporting Processed Egg Products page is not required for exporting egg products to New Zealand.


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Teriyaki Chicken with Warm Ginger-Carrot Slaw
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast cutlets
- 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil, eyeball it, divided
- 1 rounded tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended: Montreal Steak Seasoning) eyeball it in your palm
- 1 small savoy cabbage, 1 1/2 pounds
- 1 bunch scallions
- 1 cup, a couple of handfuls, snow peas
- 1/4 cup honey, eyeball it
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar, eyeball it
- 3 tablespoons pickled ginger, drained and thinly sliced - found on Asian foods aisle
- 1 sack, 10 ounces, 2 cups, store bought shredded/julienne cut carrots
- Salt and pepper
In a large plastic food storage bag, combine chicken cutlets with teriyaki sauce, 2 tablespoons oil and grill seasoning. Close bag and combine to coat evenly. Let stand 15 minutes.
Preheat an outdoor or indoor grill or grill pan to medium-high.
Cut cabbage into quarters and cut away core. Shred the cabbage and set aside. Cut clean, trimmed scallions into 3 inch lengths. Pile scallions lengthwise and julienne them into thin strips. Pull the threads from the ends of snow peas and julienne into thin strips, lengthwise, like the scallions.
Drizzle honey into a small bowl. Add vinegar and combine with a fork.
Place chicken cutlets on grill or into hot pan and cook 3 minutes on each side.
Heat a nonstick skillet over high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil, 2 turns of the pan. Add pickled ginger and cut carrots and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add cabbage and stir-fry 2 minutes more. Fluff and toss veggies with tongs so they stay dry and crisp while cooking. Add scallions and snow peas and stir-fry another minute. Add honey and vinegar combination, pouring it all around the pan in a slow stream. Cook the liquids down 30 seconds more then turn off heat. Continue to toss the slaw and season it up with salt and pepper to your taste.
Slice the chicken meat thinly on an angle. Mound up 1/4 of the slaw on each plate and place the sliced chicken along side, edging its way up the slaw salad. Serve immediately.
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Going Solo - Page 2
Plan the Course. Don't let the logistics overwhelm you. First, determine a destination, whether it's halfway across the country, or in your own "backyard." Next, study trail maps and define your course. I asked renowned ultrarunner Dean Karnazes how he maps his solo adventures. "Typically, I start by selecting the end destination," he says. "Then, I choose the route. Right now I use the iMapMyRun app on my iPhone." Other course-planning resources include trailmapping.com, trails.com and gpstrailsource.com (see also Trail Tested, "Mobil Mania," Issue 71, March 2011).
A multiple-loop course is the easiest to plan, but can become monotonous. Point-to-point runs offer fresh scenery for the whole run, but require more planning when it comes to food, hydration and getting back. I prefer an out-and-back format, because the halfway mark is distinct, and defining your course and nutrition is simpler.
Train. While you need to log the necessary training miles, going solo requires much more self reliance and a broad range of skills. If you plan on running through the night, train in the dark. Along with a headlamp, I like to carry a mini Maglite to illuminate the trail. Remember spare batteries. It's also crucial to train carrying all your supplies. Consider buying a running-specific backpack with at least 600 cubic inches of volume (I use the GoLite VO24; other good brands are Osprey and Mountain Hardwear).
"Your backpack-hydration system is critically important during solo and unsupported adventure runs," says Karnazes. "And comfort is paramount."
Nutrition. In an organized event, well-stocked aid stations are around every corner. When you go solo, though, you have to depend on what you carry or stow along the way. A loop course is simplest, because you can use your vehicle or a cooler(s) stashed in the bushes as an aid station.
Out-and-back and point-to-point runs pose more challenges. You can hide food along the way and carry it with you. Freeze-dried meals are light and nutrient dense, but require a stove, either carried or stashed.
Nail down your refueling plan—success hinges on it. Plan on having more than enough water and sports drink. On a loop course you are able to stockpile plenty of water, but when it comes to an out-and-back or point-to-point, you will need to use a backpack with a water bladder, and have spots along the way to refill (remember a filter or treatment tablets or drops).
Crew or Pacer. While tainting their purity, I've done solo ultras with a skeletal crew—my wife. Like an organized event, having a crew or pacer boosts your morale and adrenaline. For the sake of safety, having a cell phone (provided it gets reception) is advised. You can stay connected regardless of cell coverage with satellite messenger systems such as Spot II or Garmin GTU 10. With the push of a button you can send a pre-programmed message, along with your location to friends and family. An option is to have someone check on you halfway and arrange for a pacer the last five or 10 miles.
Bring Motivation. Without the inertia of other runners you need to bring the motivation. The last solo ultra I ran, I wrote a phrase on one arm in red permanent marker and a line from a favorite poem on the other. When I felt low I would look down. Bring a Ziploc baggy with index cards that have sayings, poems, people to finish for and reasons you will not stop. An iPod loaded with playlists, running podcasts and audio books helps break through fogs of negativity (unless you're afraid of not being able to hear stealthy bears or lions).
Pace Chart. On an index card, jot down your planned mile splits and goals. On the trail it's easy to feel good and go out too fast. I ran a very flat solo ultra way too fast and it came back to stab me in the calves.
If you need to take walking breaks, remind yourself by setting your watch to beep every 10 to 15 minutes, or listening to a playlist on your iPod and walking during every 3rd song. Sticking to a predetermined pace will increase your chances of finishing.


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First kittens are always served drowned in deep water. New architecture -- new problems, we all knew that.
Despite of the reports, Intel Corp.'s Core i7 microprocessor not only has fully-functional memory controller, but, in fact, does support memory clock-speeds well beyond the official specifications.
"We announced certain specs on Intel Core i7 and we meet those specs. […] The way we look at DDR3 1600MHz [PC3-12800] is that it is supported by Intel's Extreme motherboard. The CPU doesn't officially support it, but as we have all seen, it works fine for anyone who seems to try it. Of course, a wide range of third party Core i7 mainboards support DDR3 1600 and beyond as well," said George Alfs, a spokesperson for Intel.
On Wednesday reports emerged that Intel Core i7 microprocessor powered by Nehalem micro-architecture have "broken" memory controllers that do not support DDR3 memory that works at 1333MHz and beyond. The reports failed to report that triple-channel PC3-8500 (DDR3 1066MHz) provides peak bandwidth of almost 25.6GB/s, well enough for modern central processing units and quite higher than a dual-channel PC3-10600 (DDR3 1333MHz) controller can provide at the peak (21.3GB/s).
In fact, a lot of memory module manufacturers not only offer triple-channel DDR3 memory modules for Intel Core i7 microprocessors that are capable of operating at 1333MHz or 1600MHz, but also at 2000MHz (PC3-16000), which is almost two times higher that Intel's official specification for the Core i7.
In reality, DDR3 memory specification for 2000MHz (2GHz) has not been defined yet, which is why the official support for such memory speed is unlikely. Nevertheless, Intel's memory controllers can support memory speeds beyond those officially defined by JEDEC thanks to the eXtreme memory profiles (XMP) technology that forces certain frequencies.


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They do not listen
Dickinson County taxpayers have voted and turned down on Nov. 6, 2012 the E-911 proposal to raise our taxes it was supposedly to replace equipment for 3 years at 0.4 mills.
Now our five elected servants called Dickinson County commissioners have decided the taxpayers did not know what they were doing so let's do it all over again.
So on Feb 26, 2013 at our taxpayers cost, one thing is on the ballot, a tax-raising proposal, except in Iron Mountain where they will have two proposals to raise their taxes.
The reason taxpayers voted this proposal down is because we pay too many taxes. Get this through your brains, "enough is enough" elected servants to the people called county commissioners, also emergency manager coordinator, and our elected county sheriff.
And all other county employees who support raising our taxes. All you people work for us, the taxpayer, and we are sick and tired of playing your games of "tax 'em, spend it and waste it."
They say, "put it on a ballot" let the dummies decide up or down. If it goes down, we do it again and at their cost.
Absolutely no thinking going on, 10-year-olds could make this decision to raise our taxes. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what went wrong with the E-911 and how it can be fixed without raising taxes. It is strictly a poor management affair and the faults our elected servants called county commissioners. They do not listen to their bosses, and that's us.
Let me give some simple solutions to this E-911 problem. It won't be easy but it would solve our taxing problem:
1. Join and share with other nearby counties.
2. Privatization or contract out.
3. State police.
4. Sheriff department with part-time employees.
5. County treasurer has put tax dollars in investments in private banks. Let's use it, it's our tax dollars.
It is time to start cutting back, we have gone too far, too many programs, too many people, absolutely no good managing in sight.
Our county commissioners have been around too long, (one new one). Unbridled political power (being in office too long) knows no respect for laws and rules and creates its own logic and personal greed.
I rest my case.
Joseph Massie


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Today, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns testified on U.S. policy toward Iran. We thought DipNote's readers would be interested in what Under Secretary Burns said:
"...I have no illusions about the grave dangers presented by the behavior of the Iranian regime, or the difficulties of changing that behavior. I am convinced that we cannot do it alone, and that a strong international coalition is crucial. Hard-nosed diplomacy, backed up by all the tools at our disposal and as much leverage as we and our partners can muster, is also an essential ingredient. As Secretary Rice said earlier this year, 'America has no permanent enemies, we harbor no permanent hatreds. Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking. It requires incentives and disincentives to make the choice clear to those with whom you are dealing that you will change your behavior if they are willing to change theirs.'
That is the kind of approach that helped produce significant breakthroughs with Libya several years ago, including its abandonment of terrorism and the pursuit of nuclear weapons. It is the kind of approach that is beginning to produce results in our multilateral diplomacy with North Korea. It may or may not produce results on Iran, with whom we have had a relationship burdened by deep-seated grievances and suspicions, and a long history of missed opportunities and crossed signals. But it is important for us to try, bearing in mind that our audience is not only the Iranian regime, but also the Iranian people and the wider international coalition we are seeking to reinforce. At a minimum, it seems to me, it is important to create in this Administration as strong an international diplomatic mechanism as we possibly can to constrain Iranian behavior, on which the next Administration can build. Our choices are not going to get any easier in the months and years ahead, but they will be even more difficult if we don't use all our diplomatic tools wisely now."
Arnold in New Jersey writes:
The comments of Under Secretary Burns are indicative of decades of the "Carrot & Stick" approach in dealing with our adversaries.
I have the deepest respect for Ambassador Burns who has a distinguished record of service to our nation. He articulates US policy very clearly. He is an asset to the US.
I would just like to point out the fact that our policy towards Iran has many problems built in. First, we will never gain serious long term cooperation with Iran because our policies are based on coercion, interfernce in their internal affairs, judgmentalness, self-righteousness, demonizing, hypocrisy, bullying and denial.
Does the government actually believe that anyone friend or foe would warm up to these policies? This behavior looks like the parent trying to control their child by offering them lollipops or a beating. It is a major form of controlling behavior.
We can't run around doing this with any government whether we like them or not. It expands hostility and resentment which there is already too much of.
What is needed is respect, magnanimity and the willingness to take responsibility for our 55 years of US mistreatment towards Iran. We seem unable to face the fact that we did things that harmed many people in Iran.
Just like today we are seeking to impose our will on them. We hear little about this. We are condemning them. It is provocative and counter-productive.
They have serious greivances but no one seems to want to own up to that fact.
Some will say that we will do X if they will do Y. Why should people who have been harmed in so many ways have to do anything other than accept apologies and amends?
Webster defines diplomacy as, "A skill to solve problems without arousing hostility." Our policies reflect the opposite.
We wonder why people hate us so much. This is one key reason why they do and why we find it so hard to gain the cooperation we need.
The risk of eventually gaining cooperation through bribery "carrots" or threats and coercion "sticks" is that people sooner or later want to retaliate or break agreements. To avoid that you have to either keep threateniing them or keep bribing them.
We need to respect people and communicate with sincerity without hostility or hypocrisy to gain their cooperation.
There are specialized programs today that support breakthrough behavioral change. We need this today more than ever.
We are always our own worst enemy.
Lewis in Japan writes:
Interesting article about the photo used for this article- apparently, many news reports used a version that was digitally-altered (via a lousy photoshop job) to add a fourth missile. Good to see the DoS was not similarly duped!
SNP in Syria writes:
We told Mohammad Najjar where he can shove these flying tree trunks. Anyone afraid of these worthless trinkets is either acting it up for a strategy or in needs of a technically better informed Defense establishment. Saddam was producing similar flying poles for decades, by the hundreds, the damage he inflicted with it, including the 39 he sent west in 91, is negligible from strategic term. This is hardly a deterrent no an offensive capability worthy of note.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Arnold, before you toss a pity-party for the leading state sponsor of terrorism, and try to justify Iran's actions over the past 30 years....
The numerous Coalition deaths and injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained from Iranian supplied weapons to Iranian trained "special groups" could be in and of itself considered "casus belli" to take more than simply diplomatic action targeting the financial sector in what Sen Lugar was not quite willing to define as "economic warfare", but suggested a close definition of that was in effect.
In fact we are in a declared conflict with Iran in the sense that Ambassador Crocker made very clear that no Iranian agent opperating in Iraq would be safe, as our military is in process of assuring the Iranians this to be the case.
In the hearing testimony it was asked of Mr. Burns what the nature of the relationship between al quaida and the Iranian government was like. "Wariness" does not preclude cooperation among them, and I found Sen. Biden's "unholy" commentary to be rather enlightening, as he obviously alluded to aspects of that relationship not covered in open session.
One can look at the timing of these missile launches like an Iranian diplomatic hissy-fit in response to the p5+1's offer, which really doesn't suprise me or anyone else apparently. As Sec. Gates put it, "There's a lot of signalling going on."
Well, one thing's for sure, this is not due to as lack of diplomatic effort and good will on America's part in coordination with the UN and member nations.
Nor is it lack of communication.
If diplomacy has failed to produce results, and more importantly if it fails to bring the Iranians to the table at the place they left it originally when they declared their enrichment opperation would no longer be suspended, then one has to realize that diplomacy without teeth is a toothless beggar.
The failure is not in the diplomacy among nations, it is in that we arn't speaking in a language understandable by radical extremists and religious tyrants.
They flat don't understand "reasonable", and look upon it mistakenly as weakness.
So, If the answer is ultimately "No, we will not comply."
Then the offer should be withdrawn and a firm international commitment to ensuring peace and security should be put in no uncertain terms.
"Comply or die." Because therin the language of stark choices lies the only possibility of achieving "behavior change" with a government that has proven over time to have never entered negotiations with any sincerety, save to prolong their ability to develop WMD programs and delivery systems.
My idea of a "diplomatic effort" would be to offer the Mullahs the chance to go back to the mosque and abhor politics forevermore, to preach peace so they could live in peace, or suffer serious concequences.
And so Sen Biden's eloquent argument for "unconditional" bilateral negotiations between the US and Iran is problematic from the standpoint that even if we were willing to, entertaining any illusion that this approach may somehow bring non-existant "moderates" out of the closet in Iran is not sound premis for a change in US policy, with nothing to be gained in terms of changing Iranian behavior.
Any approach carries with it an element of calculated risk, as time is not on diplomacy's side in this case. A lot of patience has been invested, to no avail as yet.
If the final tally of pro's and con's are summed up in decision making by the intent to save lives; as to whether the international community can afford to allow this abysmal excuse for a government to continue to exist...period..as a continued threat to global peace and security....Then let us hope we have the common sense and purpose to ensure the quickest, most effective regime change ever executed via force of arms and diplomacy.
I mean everybody. Russia, China, NATO....be the first time in 60+ years we've stood on the same side against terror and tyrany. Funny how things can come full circle sometimes, naturally, and of necessity.
And in this I fully agree with Sen Biden that "We can't do this alone."
Yeah, "Iran isn't ten feet tall", but regarding the known uncertainty whether they have working WMD (including biological) deliverable today, obtained by hook or crook by any method over the years...that's the key issue. There's no way the intelligence community can assure me (or the American public)they don't have that capability to deliver them at a time of their choosing.
And we must proceed as if they did, for it would be exeedingly unwise to discount the level of probability that exists.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
1. Civility is generally needed for compromise. Civility leads to flexibility for a greater purpose. You cannot have an open discussion with a bully or a Hitler. If you believe this, then let me remind you of Benito Mussolini, who trusted Hitler. Even between two bullies, there can be no trust. No trust, no diplomatic solution. Mussolini called Hitler the biggest liar of all time. He reaped the diplomacy rewards of the same type of personality as President Ahmadinejad. Want to base deplomacy on history and personality profiles?
2. It is NOT the US who has damaged their citizens, it started with Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He separated a growing business partnership with the US, seeing the new involvement as evil. It was not evil, but would limit his religious power and those of the cleric base. In 1977 they formed the Combatant Clerics Association, which became the foundation for the Islamic Republic Party. At the same time, a business group in Iran even built a structure to provide a US embassy just off shore to show its sincerity with ties to the US. A magnificent structure with marble floors, etc. It is the Leadership and Government who restrained open free trade then and even today. It is and has always been about POWER there. If the people have money, they have freedom, which is power the Clerics did not and still do not want to share.
3. Power is now a shared commodity there by State and Religious leaders, neither of which have the actual concern of the citizen in mind. They only fear personal loss of control. The psychological profiles of the leadership cannot be disputed. 1997, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a high-ranking cleric and scholar once designated successor of Ayatollah Khomeini, criticized Khamenei's rule, calling the supreme leader incompetent. Khamenei immediately placed the cleric under house arrest for five years. So, there is a history of dictatorship in leadership within even the Religious community. How do you feel this is the result of US policy?
4. Alteration of such personality decisions can only be altered externally. As the power is already in hand, why should they change? This is what leads to the Pavlovian approach to diplomacy...or what you refer to as a carrot. You have leaders in power who simply do not have the capacity to be leaders.
5. This leads to implementation of imputes...policies... which cause the citizenship to push for change. What more can the US and International community do, I do not know at this juncture beyond working with the Business community in Iran.
6. I honestly believe that if the last measure were to be implemented, the business base of Iran would not care, if done in a minimalistic manner. The money factor in Iran would not involve itself. It was Iranian businessmen who wanted to install a refinery in America, it is their government who is restraining them.
7. Perhaps it is time for a last measure given the history, personalities and the continued threat Iran leadership poses. This is not to imply the People of Iran who are simply pawns. I personally still feel that GH Bush was correct lonnnngggg ago. We would not have this problem today...in fact perhaps this is the War that should have been fought which was not due to a Congress who wanted diplomacy. Just think of Iran as a democracy today and what it would have lead to.
John in New York writes:
Can Audrey Hepburn tell us something about Iran? In Wait Until Dark she was a young stay-behind wife, spunky though blind, and calm and mannerly even when a burglar broke in. When he threatened rape, however, she slung kerosene everywhere and retreated behind the refrigerator with a box of matches. Had she gone crazy? Yes, crazy like a fox. Bravo, we cheered. Iran's enemies announce (and have demonstrated) that they may attack without warning or explanation. As Malcolm Gladwell hinted in other contexts, we don't need better information here, we need better sense. The blind Audrey Hepburn could light what we can't see. Wait until dark.
Eric in New Mexico:
@ SNP, if what you say is accurate, then your statement regarding Iran ties in with this, if the report linked below is also accurate.
An interesting development if it has stong diplomatic legs.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Sen. Biden expressed the opinion in his opening remarks that freedom was not on the rise in Iraq, but that Iran was as a result of our actions.
Interesting perspective. If that's the case, we're not talking about a "village square test" for democracy, but a "rabid dog running around the village square-test."
Seems a fitting description for the "special groups" Iran has sent into Iraq.
I see DOD is dealing with them in an appropriate manner, and rightfully so. Time to put those puppies to sleep.
SNP in Syria writes:
SNP has no authority to speak or comment on Behalf of the Syrian Government. The shift in SNP strategy is not correlated to President Assad reported readiness to distance Syria from Iran, rather it is independent and SNP interests related. At the start of the Iraq war we promoted and supported the President in seeking Iran's strategic alliance as part of a strategy to help defend Syria and Lebanon achieve a -Balance of Power- in the Levant region. It was very effective strategy and has fully succeeded in the prescribed goal. Syria and Lebanon today, even Iraq, has maintained territorial and State integrity, Clean Break stratum defeated. The Status Quo is maintained.
The goals were and still are the same as SNP defined them from the start, Peace, Prosperity, Progress. The United States were deceptively promoting slogans while conspiring to bring about Iraqizaton of the entire Middle East. Israel as well, was still looking for Greater Israel fantasy. The alliance proved effective in halting the Machiavellian design for the region.
Not much hoped for, in term of accomplishment or were expected from Syria, they are ruled by Arab Baathist Socialists Party, what combination of ideologies? huh. We thought by strengthening Iran militarily and economically (since America's slogans proven scams and unreliable ally) we can benefit from the alliance in Syria and Lebanon in terms of economic and modernization benefits, in addition to improving security and defense of the region by helping Iran balance out with Israel. That can be accomplished by helping Iran to prove publicly, for real, its ability to defend the alliance and the region by demonstrating ultra high tech defense technologies and taking certain strategic steps. The end game is that Israel has no choice but to sit on the negotiating table and resolve all outstanding issues with not just Syria, but Iran and the rest of the Arab/Moslem world, if it wants to be incorporated into the greater regional development.
After 4 years, neither economic, nor defense and neither the strategic options matirliazed despite incredible efforts by SNP to impel Iranians to do so. Although, to some extent it was effective strategy, it has become very evident that the end goals could not ever be reached by relaying on Iran. In fact it has become evident that the strategy reached -a point of diminishing returns-. Syria should go it alone and Lebanon should follow in its footsteps, if they can forget the atrocity and war crimes committed by the Israeli in 06. We simply can not spend another 60 years waiting for Iran when we have already spent 60 years waiting for Arab leaders to resolve the serious problems facing the region. Granted, that In Syria, the Baath policies are to blame, those problems are extreme and intolerable to the millions of Syrians. We think President Assad as well views these problems with concerns and he is maybe eloping in a bid to resolve them. SNP do not believe without the President sincere effort to modernize Syria, the Baath administration will manage these serious issues no matter what the World helps in this effort. The change has to come from President Assad first and foremost.
Palestinians / Hezbollah. The Palestine issue has been resolved and I think a Palestinian President is installed, there is a government as well, so let them deal with it, we have helped them for 60 years, now we have to help ourselves in Syria and Lebanon.
Hezbollah is no longer needed for defense and security of Lebanon, its arms stockpile simply stands no chance if the Israeli wanted to fight for real with modern weapons rather than limits the conflict. Hezbollah, is responsible for atrocious carnage on Lebanon in 06, and of approving and installing U.N. mandate back in Lebanon, after this country won it's independence from this evil agency. It is biggest offence, is permitting the installation of U.N. forces and monitors along the boarder with Syria and of permitting the establishment and exchange of Embassies between Syria and Lebanon. Basically, accomplishing the Clean Break goals willfully, after SNP spend 4 years defeating it. The only resistance now for Hezbollah is showing is the one against Sunni Moslems in Lebanon and Syria, to usurp power from them, and to degrade Lebanon to that of a SOFA-SHIA / MOU-SHIA. If you do not want Sunnis of Lebanon to arms themselves with much more effective weapons than what Iran supplied Hezbollah, and the parties start waging a Civil War (a profound interest of US/Israel) then better off that Hezbollah hands it guns to the Lebanese Army and go back into the Shia Charitable business. Sunni Moslems in Lebanon are not going to tolerate the Shia forces pointing arms at them at street corners.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Lewis in Japan -- Here's the audio...(unofficial transcript)
"Anybody got a light?""I haven't seen anybody sir, there's too much dust.""I need a light!""Would you like one of my tailor-made American cigarettes along with that sir?""Maybe later Ali, when our commander has us before a firing squad for becoming an embarasment to the revolution. Now go get me a light! The fuse went out.""All my matches are wet, sir.""We're doomed.""Perhaps not sir, see that photographer over there? He's been bugging me for smokes all day.""I see you were never cut out for Martyrdom, Ali.""Indeed not sir, I must confess that I believe the infidel Robin Williams to be correct sir.""Don't tell me about the Virginians again Ali! I might as well have that cigarette now... after all this you're going to get me hanged from a crane for blasphemy.""Would you like a 'picture perfect launch' to give to the commander? I'm sure he'll pardon the both of us.""You think that will work, Ali?""You can do anything with photoshop sir."
And the rest is Dipnote history....(chuckle).
Joe in Tennessee writes:
My end was that President Ahmadinejad of Iran will not be as easily moved as Kim was due to the countries natural resources. While Kim is benefiting from the new Industry in the South, Iran is not as desperate and has a lot of allies surrounding them, so the same sanctions and international leverage will not be as effective. Combine that with todays Russian announcement that they will match all US efforts of missile installations, giving Iran a solid major power to really on. This anouncement on the heels of the US-Checz agreement and Irans launching is standard Political retoric of the old Cold War era. This time more chess pieces are on the board.
What leverage can be used beyond inducing a business agreement with the business leaders of the country and work for displacement of a non productive leadership?
Joe in Tennessee writes:
I will quote Thomas E.... The best way to never solve a problem is to overcomplicate it...
The answers that worked then, may well work now.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Iran's revolutionary government began war against the US in 1979 by taking hostages and it still proclaims that America is the enemy, so a bombing run is long overdue.
The attitude of the ayatollahs who will make the final decision to end nuclear enrichment, and their beliefs and doctrines, are more hostile than any previous enemy. Iran's revolutionary government has a vile, evil reputation:
1. They held our diplomats and embassy employees hostage;
2. They allow ayatollahs to execute people for trivial offenses;
3. Their religious oppression is without conscience;
4. Their propaganda against America advocates murder;
5. They have assassinated Iranian citizens living abroad;
6. They confirmed on many occasions that nuclear enrichment is non-negotiable;
Regardless, if we are to justify an attack on Iran's alleged covert nuke program we need to negotiate with Iran to the point of exhaustion but take no military action until Iran tests an A-bomb, because war is no internationally-acceptable alternative in the absence of proof. Citizens of other nations feel insecure when US forces attack on faulty information and that makes our version of democracy appear questionable at best, or a sham at worst.
Once Iran has tested an atomic weapon, their government will have violated the Non-proliferation Treaty and we can drop our objection to Israeli military action. As long as the US military can neutralize retaliation and terminate ayatollah control of Iran's government, there is no reason to object to Israeli attack when negotiations fail to end enrichment.
Our agreement with North Korea occurred after their nuclear test proved that their A-bomb existed. If there is irrefutable evidence that a nuclear weapons program exists, international consensus will arise for a solution. Iran is not quite there yet, so there is no real consensus.
Russia and China do not believe Iran is a threat and much of Europe agrees with them. When they see for themselves that Iranian government denials have been lies, their objections become unsustainable.
The outstanding success in Libya was possible because of Khaddaffi's personality, eccentric at times but quite intelligent and introspective. Contrast that personality with Iran's ayatollahs spouting crazy slogans and death fatwas against anyone they dislike, including cartoonists and book authors. What worked with Libya will not likely work with Iran. After extensive negotiations, we may conclude that nothing except bombing Iran's Ruling Council into paradise could change their minds but it takes considerable diplomatic effort to ultimately reach that conclusion. We are not there yet and we have not proven to UN members that Iran has a nuclear weapons program or that we have exhausted all diplomatic effort. A logical military decision is to do nothing until Iran provides a rope with which to hang itself, in the form of a prohibited act under the NPT.
Arnold in New Jersey writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico -- Eric in New Mexico wrote the following...
"Arnold, before you toss a pity-party for the leading state sponsor of terrorism, and try to justify Iran's actions over the past 30 years....The numerous Coalition deaths and injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained from Iranian supplied weapons to Iranian trained "special groups" could be in and of itself considered "casus belli" to take more than simply diplomatic action..."
Eric: You seem to forget that the U.S. invaded both of Iran's neighbors. What would our government do if Iran was able to invade Mexico and Canada and did so unprovoked? We wouldn't just send some weapons across the border.
Eric, I appreciate your conventional comments. I am sure you will get lots of agreement. Many people see the world as you do. But it is conventional thinking that has gotten us into chronic conflicts over the last 230 years.
We, as individuals and nations, are plagued by minimal levels of self-awareness. Thus, we do not recognize the "cause and effect" between our thinking and actions and the way people respond to us.
In psychological circles, they call it playing "victim". Individuals and groups of individuals called nations or governments are not free of this human failing. It is inherited when we are born.
Have you forgotten about U.S. support for Saddam Hussein in his invasion and 8 war with Iran? A million people died!
If you were an Iranian whose son died on the battlefield by Saddam's chemical weapons and knew that Saddam attained serious support from the U.S. how excited would you be to cooperate on anything with the U.S.?
Have you forgotten that the U.S. was responsible for the Shah being put in power and being kept in power while his opposition was jailed in Savak prisons and tortured? I had a friend who heard people being tortured there while he was in their custody.
In the last 55 years our government has never taken serious responsibility for these things and many more. It is insane to think we can do such things to others and then expect cooperation, love and respect!
I am sure you have a lot more compassion for people than you are expressing.
Eric, you also wrote...
"Well, one thing's for sure, this is not due to as lack of diplomatic effort and good will on America's part in coordination with the UN and member nations. Nor is it lack of communication. If diplomacy has failed to produce results, and more importantly if it fails to bring the Iranians to the table at the place they left it originally when they declared their enrichment operation would no longer be suspended, then one has to realize that diplomacy without teeth is a toothless beggar. The failure is not in the diplomacy among nations, it is in that we aren't speaking in a language understandable by radical extremists and religious tyrants.
They flat don't understand "reasonable," and look upon it mistakenly as weakness."
Eric... Let's get this straight. Once again, Webster defines diplomacy as, "A skill in solving problems without arousing hostility." Webster further defines coercion as, "To achieve by force or threat." Diplomacy doesn't fail because one side is good and the other bad. It fails because neither party is communicating on the same channel. Without effective and true communication diplomacy will always fail as it frequently has. We are rarely ever diplomatic with adversaries. Its mostly coercion.
As long as we see everything in terms of "good-guys" and "bad guys" and refuse to see how we source our own troubles like we have for 230 years, then we will continue getting into endless conflicts, with the "blame-game" still intact.
Eric... You also spoke of the need to "change" Iranian behavior. Why do you think it is anyone else's job to change their behavior?
We can't seem to change our own. Our government be they Democratic or Republican have gotten us into many armed conflicts because we chose to change others versus ourselves.
How would feel if I tried to change you? No one wants to be changed by others. We all have to change ourselves for the better. Then, maybe then will others respond positively to us.
@ Zharkov in U.S.A. -- Zharkov... You wrote on this blog the other day a long condemnation list of Iranian misdeeds. I won't dispute the accuracy of your comments one way or another. But, I would suggest that you put together a list of the misconduct of our government and our allies. Then compare.
But even this is secondary to the fact that no one will cooperate with people whose only way of relating seems to be through condemnation, demonizing, coercion and threats.
This is why we are where we are.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
Why it is that no one can see the extended implications here?
1. Russia ordered the launch, not Iran. This can be supported by the timeline response mechanisms of the Russian proletariat.
2. Not only did Russia make a clear pronounced position stance they showed their ability to strike an indirect economic threat against the US.
3. This launch indirectly and directly caused the fall of a major bank and devaluation of the U.S. dollar due to speculation.
The only history needed is:
Putin was the initiator of the think tank behind the Wheat Futures deal in the 70s which put the US off the Gold Standard and is an Economic major...
If you extend your thought to a world platform, the only common denominator is money and business to alter allies. Business does much better in a democracy, Putins weak hand is how he rained in the money from free enterprise in Russia. This is our leverage for peacefully dismantling the present regime in Iran and elsewhere.
Its not about Iran. Iran is only a piece on the Game board.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Arnold in New Jersey -- Arnold, I suggest you talk to some Iranians about the history, and let them provide you with some perspective.
You're new 'round here, and I've had plenty to say on this over the years. I don't feel like repeating myself in rebuttle. There's too much "in the now" that has more relevance.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
@ Arnold in New Jersey -- Arnold in New Jersey raised good points regarding past US policy, but we cannot give Iran a free pass on nuclear weapons merely because we had meddled in Iran's politics in a past era - that is ancient history and not a license to kill.
A nuclear strike on Israel does not compensate anyone for the conspiracy deposing Mossadegh. It is not equivalent at all. Allowing Iran a nuclear first strike on Tel Aviv is not the way to even the score.
Iran must be judged for what it is today, not for what it should have been. My view is that we need proof of an actual attack before declaring war. A "Gulf of Tonkin" guessing game does not meet the standard we should require.
If "preventative war" is to be our doctrine, then we need proof of a clear and present danger - a real threat not an imagined one.
So far, we have nothing. Uranium enrichment is ambiguous and could mean civilian use or mere research rather than a weapons program.
Israel can attack Iran with only a moment's notice, so by waiting until Iran proves it has lied about a weapons program with hostile intent, an Israeli attack will not appear to be unnecessary aggression against a peaceful neighbor.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Zharkov, with 70% of Iran's population under 30 years old, most wern't even born when the shah was alive, let alone old enough to remember cold-war influence in Iran by the major powers...or the Soviet puppet you referred to.
Fact is, most could care less...25% inflation, heavy restrictions on personal freedoms, dress, speech, they will tell you in no uncertain terms that the revolution has failed them.
So use the link Zharkov, you might discover something new.
If the US took a policy position of engaging in diplomacy based on not whether the Iranians have WMD yet, but based on the probability that thay do. It would simplify the equasion and be able to remain consistant in the face of "red-lines" like a nuclear test.
What would such a policy look like implemented? Very much like what we see today actually, and does not involve knee-jerk military action as an automatic response to "red lines". Leaving all options still on the table.
If war is to be, it will be because the Iranian government wanted it to happen. Thinking it might cause the people to rally behind them in support. I think that to be dangerously wishful thinking on their part.
Stay tuned for more excelent adventures of Ali and Mahmood, and their commander Hakim, "the Three Missilleers" as they bust out of Evin Prison....(chuckle).
I'm getting bored with all the regurgitated talking points that contribute nothing new to the equasion, and a little satire might make this topic a little more "readable" and entertaining.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Doesn't make any sense to spend billions on enrichment for reactors that don't exist, arn't being built, and when you already have Russia completing the fuel delivery and recycling for the one that has been built.
How do you explain that Zharkov?
The Iranians certainly have not.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Here's a peek inside the asylum...
Daioleslam: There are two distinct views about the Iranian choices and the path it will eventually take. There are those who believe that the regime is in such a weak position that it will finally surrender to the international pressure. Ibrahim Yazdi for example said:
"At the end of the war with Iraq, Iran was in such a bad position that finally accepted the UN resolution. We are in the same position now because the catastrophic political and economic situation will force the regime to surrender to internal exigencies in much worst conditions. Briefly, if we take into account the two experiences of war with Iraq and the US embassy hostage taking, we should be concerned that the regime would eventually surrender to the UN resolutions in such bad terms that the national interests would be jeopardized."
There is also another view which I personally believe will dominate. This point of view is that the regime cannot or should not retreat. Any retreat is like a breach in a dam and will only stop with the regime's total surrender. This is the dominant belief among the Iranian leadership. As Rafsanjani has recently declared: "if we retreat on this issue, we will allow our enemy to interfere with all the issues of our country."
FP: Ok, so some critics argue that, because of this situation, there may be some flexibility from the Iranians on the nuclear impasse. The deal that the West is offering Tehran is very sweet and might be hard for them to turn down.
Daioleslam: Let me explain this further. In order to understand the Iranian regime's dilemma, we should go back to 2002-2003 when the regime passed a fundamental turning point. The result was the emergence of the Revolutionary Guards as the dominant force in Iran, symbolized later by Ahmadinejad's ascendance to power. That turning point is the root cause of the actual gloomy conditions in Iran and the mullahs' incapacity to accommodate the demands of the international pressure.
FP: Elaborate on this please.
Daioleslam: Ok, I will try. Let's start with a question. Why in 2005, did the Iranian leadership replace Mohammad Khatami, a smiling and internationally greeted president with a radical and repelling personality as Ahmadinejad? Note that in Iran, despite the masquerade of elections, presidents are selected rather than elected. It is naive to believe that Ahmadinejad's triumph was the result of a popular democratic process. The 2005 elections were particularly rigged. For the first time in the three decade history of the Clerical rule, all the candidates (except the lucky winner) publicly talked about massive intervention of the Guards and organized cheating.
So, the question is why the Iranian regime underwent such a radical transformation. Why was there a need to unify the power under the Guards' control?
FP: Are you suggesting that Ahmadinejad was Tehran's answer to a challenge?
Daioleslam: Exactly. In 2002- 2003, the Iranian clandestine nuclear program was uncovered and the regime was under immense pressure. At the same time, Iraq was invaded by the coalition forces and Tehran was faced with US massive presence. These two new elements were on top of the most important threat that regime was facing: the internal unrests and a growing social and political dissent movement.
To face these three challenges, regime had two choices: First choice was to come clean in nuclear dossier, get along with new regional geopolitics and finally liberalize the political atmosphere inside the country. We know that Tehran did not follow this path. The Ayatollahs opted for the second choice:
All the research I've done over the years would fully support the conclusion that we've been winess to a soft-sell military coup, and that indeed the regime has dug such a deep political hole for itself that it is incapable of taking the exit option offered by the p5+1.
The leadership is faced with the choice between losing face and internal power base if it "surrenders" its position, and the internal destabilization of the government would result.
With the alternative being that it may be removed from power by externally applied force if it fails to. And will certainly face further economic strangulation via international isolation and sanction.
So when folks say that we have a lousy choice to make between war and letting the regime have nuclear weapons, you have a real good idea why that is the case when the Iranian's self made political dillema is examined objectively.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico --
Iran either violated the NPT or it did not. There is no "assume". The NPT is a treaty and became our law when our president signed it. Evidence is required before we accuse a treaty signatory of violating the treaty. Otherwise we are negating the treaty by de facto abandonment. If we act as if evidence of treaty violation is irrelevant and attack Iran on mere suspicions because we want to, the Non-proliferation Treaty is dead.
America has no "Department of Pre-Crime" and we do not accuse nations of treaty violations until we have conclusive proof. Israel may have different standards, but America must respect the law or lose credibility.
Arnold in New Jersey writes:
Eric wrote....
"Arnold, I suggest you talk to some Iranians about the history, and let them provide you with some perspective.
You're new 'round here, and I've had plenty to say on this over the years. I don't feel like repeating myself in rebuttle. There's too much "in the now" that has more relevance."
Eric... Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I am not committed to defending Iranian misconduct in any way. But human nature is such that people are known to hold grudges.
When they feel extremely abused or were extremely abused and do not recognize their own culpability, the rage and resentment can continue indefinitely.
There are no limits to this. Without some serious slate cleaning, current issues will not be resolved. No one wants to submit to demands.
As much as we would all like to put the past in the past, that is not likely given human nature. You cannot discount this.
Two wrongs have never made a right. We could at least take responsibility for what "we" did.
Arnold in New Jersey wrote:
Zharkov wrote...
"Arnold in New Jersey raised good points regarding past US policy, but we cannot give Iran a free pass on nuclear weapons merely because we had meddled in Iran's politics in a past era - that is ancient history and not a license to kill."
Zharkoz....Thanks for the positive comment. Just to clarify.....
1-I am not suggesting that anyone give anyone else a free pass on doing anything potentially destructive.
2-We didn't just "meddle" in Iran's politics. Our actions put a dictator in power who negated the rights of millions. The Shah and the CIA set up their secret police Savak which imprisoned people and tortured them. A friend was there and had first hand knowledge of what they were doing in their prison.
3-US behavior in Iran caused tremendous hatred. That and other events contributed to the taking of the hostages at the American Embassy in Tehran. Note: I am not defending the taking of our hostages. That was a criminal act. But, our actions were also.
During that time neither "Nightline" and any other major TV show said anything about all the things that preceded that event just as they say nothing now about the events from 1953 to 1988. They say nothing about our actions in supporting Saddam Hussein in the 8 year Iran-Iraq War.
Its pretty naive to believe you can write off 55 years of abuse. People are not that magnanimous.
A nuclear strike on Israel does not compensate anyone for the conspiracy deposing Mossadegh. It is not equivalent at all. Allowing Iran a nuclear first strike on Tel Aviv is not the way to even the score.
Iran must be judged for what it is today, not for what it should have been."
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Iran's ayatollahs gave us a dilemma of our own making.
The NPT should have provided for international inspection of all uranium processing facilities, verification of treaty violations, required disclosure of the locations of all facilities, provided a penalty for deceit, and authorization for entry, removal or destruction of covert facilities.
If uranium enrichment was supposed to be prohibited under the Non-proliferation Treaty, the treaty should have said so, and if it does not, then it should be renegotiated.
Of course, this would end nuclear power as we know it, so it will not happen, but it reveals how an ethnocentric view of the middle east can get us into trouble. Apparently, it never entered our minds that third world nations would begin uranium enrichment for fueling nuclear power stations. Now that we know they can and will, we must revisit the NPT to see how it might be redrawn.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
You are muddled down in details and irrelevant History. Everything is about now and tomorrow...not yesterday.
To think on that level is to fall into placidity of the hoi poi, which is being used at that end of the ladder.
Its the same old chess game...but this time Anti Democratic States have an economic edge.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Well you got the 'how did we get here's?' And the "Where do we go from here's?' and those that question reality itself in the quantum mechanics of the observer changing events of diplomatic history.
Frankly there's no reason to apologize, and I'm certainly not going to do so on behalf of my government because they are already fully capable of that without my help.
Arnold, I don't know what you think of the fact that our fellow citizens are geting killed by Iranian "special groups" in Iraq, but don't ask me to sing "Sympathy for the devil" as an ode to good relations.
But, I'm a fair guy, I think Zharkov will attest to that since I "outed" his history of blogging on Pravda, I thought it might amuse him to no end that I would "out" myself on an Iranian opposition websight....(chuckle).
The door's ajar, if the curious use the link into a different perspective one just might find a first person account of how to get a Crown Prince to use the word "please".
Goes way beyond "Simmian Diplomacy"...Lol!
(The things I've done on 24ft extention ladders....Que vida loca!)
Eric in New Mexico writes:
If Diplomacy is to succeed, peace can only be won by a word and a pen, so some believe...
It occurs to me that half measures are about as welcome in war as they would be in love.
All being fair in both. Yet no one is satisfied.
You have your "limited" option creating conditions whereby this nation has had to go back a decade later to get the job done right, and some find that debatable if we have or not.
So? Totay 55 million have a chance, a little hope, with a little help from their friends, to create a completely different reality for themselves from what is, and what was...to what can be.
The US educated over 200,000 Iranian exchange students per year in the 70's.
Is it any wonder the population of Iran is western oriented and generally pro American, in diametric opposition to the policies of their current government?
The "great Satan"?? The people know it's a myth, a theatrical device used by the regime to demonize the West, the US in particular, and especially the influence America has on the world.
Haven't we seen this before? Been down this road? Been there, done that, lest we never forget?
"History never repeats itself, but sometimes it rhymes." -MTwain
The key to sucess is creating the conditions of total inconfidence within the revolutionary guard. One may need to arrange a bit of a demonstration in order to achieve a state of mind that would lead to diplomatic results.
If you convince the rev. guard they have no chance, either of surviving a war or retaliation in any form. Then folks might get somewhere diplomaticly.
Someone is going to have to convince them, and that's all there is to it.
And that won't be with words.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Good luck Mr. Burns, and safe journey. "Press the advantage" hard, will you? One may anticipate miracles.
"William Burns, America's third highest-ranking diplomat, will attend talks with the Iranian envoy, Saeed Jalili, in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at persuading Iran to halt activities that could lead to the development of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. official told the AP on Tuesday."
Joe in Tennessee writes:
Seems the perception of How we got here, etc. is the deferment strategy of standard logistics used in Politics since the Roman Empire in argumentation. The US Congress has mastered that theology to accomplish nothing while looking like your doing something. The old, lets show everyone what we know by looking at it from all angles; which is fine if you remember what your objective is as being first, not last in decision making.
The objective is to know where you are going and how to get there. Yesterday is gone forever. It is irrelevant, it is an excuse hanger and imitator, not a solution. A myth application used by pseudo intellects to show what they think they know.
In the late 90s there was a symposium with past Russian dignitaries and representative from the Communist era in DC. The US dazzled everyone with their historical knowledge of Russia and the people. The Russians responded with: That is the problem with the United States; you think you know everything and everyone because you know their history. You think you are so much better than everyone else. The United States is over, on the decline and we will be a world Power again and you will not beyond your military?
Now explain to me how they knew then and we did not? After all, we knew how they got there?.we are smart folks now aren't we.
The United States has predictable thinking patterns in all its bureaucratic branches of government. It is a weakness.
What will pay our bullies this time?
We would be best suited to approach the business sector directly and eliminate the Iranian leadership...or it will be like Stalone said: ....if you aint bringing guns, your not going to change anything.
SNP in Syria writes:
Did Mr. Burn take a baseball bat with him? or cake and Bible on Mcfarland advise.


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Bird's eye view of nature from the seat of a tractorPosted Thursday, October 18, 2012, at 9:19 AM
Many people may not realize it, but despite our many state and national parks, the truth is 85 percent of wild animals live on private land and farms. With more urban sprawl, and less open land, the acres kept in farm production provide a haven for the animals.
Although I have a very strict stay-out-of-my-yard policy for snakes, I love to share the rest of the farm with nature. (Actually, my policy for snakes is more like stay-out-of-my-sight-always.)
But for someone who loves most animals, and once thought it a good idea to put a box turtle on a leash (I was 10 and duct tape does indeed fix everything), living in the country has helped feed my passion.
In fact, seldom a day goes by when I don't catch a glimpse of a deer, turkey or raccoon on a trip out of my home.
From the skunk who slowly walked across a woodsy trail while I had a UTV loaded with my mother and young sons, I've been able to learn a lot about the animals themselves. For the skunk, she certainly wasn't in a hurry and seemed to know we would stop and let her pass. Apparently, having the secret weapon of unpleasant scent made her very bold. We, on the other hand, held our collective breath as she slowly sauntered across the trail, just a few feet in front of us.
Another lesson in nature came one late night as my husband and I drove home. Heading down a hill on our gravel road, an owl came face to face with us through the windshield. Despite the heavy load she grasped in her talons, she was able to get enough velocity to sail over our truck. But not before we had a close-up view of her very frightened prey, a small possum. Although I had heard many stories of owls scooping up baby kittens and other small animals, it was the first time I witnessed the feat in living technicolor. It was a reminder that nature can be cruel: for something to live, something else must die.
While some may think large tractors frighten away wildlife, the truth is the animals have learned to adjust quite well. In fact, safe in the knowledge harm won't come from a loud engine, coyotes, hawks and others have learned to use them to their advantage.
Waiting for loads of beans to fill up my grain cart this fall, I spent time watching hawks use the combine to flush out prey. They would swoop down and land on a just-harvested terrace, watching the combine move up and down the rows, waiting for a field mouse, rabbit, or snake to run out of the soybeans. The hawks were successful more than once, leaving for awhile, presumably to enjoy a snack before coming back to add another course.
As the sun set one evening, two coyotes followed the combine, and lurked along side my grain cart also looking for a meal. Seeing a hawk stalk its prey is fascinating, but watching coyotes is a little unnerving. After dark, parking my tractor in the field, not sure where the coyotes might be, I loudly assured them I was not appropriate prey as I walked back to a waiting truck.
As we move into fall and hunting season, I am sure I will see fewer wild animals for awhile. The volley of gunshots in deer season tends to make even the bravest of animals a little fearful.
When I first moved to the farm, I hated hunting season. My view of deer and hunting had been shaped by Disney's "Bambi." However, a few years on the farm taught me that left unchecked, deer would soon eat more than their fair share of my crops and squeeze out other wildlife, and eventually even themselves. I have also learned that, still today, deer and other wild animals provide nutritious meals for many people.
Each day, as I observe the animals, I am reminded of the delicate balance of man and nature.
And I'm thankful each day for the opportunity to view all of it up close.
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BRIEFLY... Kevin Young is in his second season with the Lions after a record-setting freshman campaign where he also played in the FIBA U19 World Championships in the summer of 2009. He was one of the top first-year players in the west Coast Conference and finished the year playing 40 full minutes in six games, as a true freshman. He went on to shatter the LMU freshman records for rebounds (224), rebounds per game (7.2), rebounds in a game (19), steals (51) and blocks (34).
2009 U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS... Young, whose mother is Puerto Rican, was named to the official roster for the Puerto Rico U19 Team and played in the 2009 U19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand, July 2-12, 2009. Two years prior, Puerto Rico failed to win a game at the World Championships and finished 16th out of 16 teams. With the help of Young, the team finished in sixth place with a 5-4 record, a five-win improvement from the year prior. He averaged 23 minutes per contest, going for 7.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game, while shooting 55.2 percent from the field. He finished with 69 points, 45 rebounds, 18 steals, 10 blocks and eight assists. His best game was a double-double performance against Lithuania, going for 18 points, 12 rebounds and five steals in 35 minutes. He also had 11 points against Angola and Egypt, while having a nine points, nine rebounds, three blocks and two steals against Canada. All four of those games were wins.
AT LMU... 2009-10... LMU RECORDS: Has 27 blocks on the season, tied for 15th at LMU... has 61 career blocks heading into the San Diego game is 9th all-time at LMU, five behind three players in sixth place with 66... WCC RANKINGS: ranked 20th in scoring (10.9 ppg), 12th in rebounds (5.5 rpg), 3rd in field goal percentage (54.2%), 12th in steals (1.2 spg), 6th in blocks (0.9 bpg), 10th in offensive rebounds (2.0 orpg) and 14th in defensive rebounds (3.6 drpg)... NON-CONFERENCE: Played all three games in Montana, averaged 7.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in 21.3 minutes... had eight points and six boards in 18 minutes against UC Irvnie... played 30 minutes with two points, three rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal against USC... had 14 points, five rebounds, two blocks and two three-pointers against Tulsa... went for 20 points, six boards, two steals and a block against UCSB... had fifth career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds... added two assists and four steals... went for 18 points on 7-for-9 shooting... had 12 points, five boards and three blocks against Notre Dame... had nine points, nine rebounds, a steal and two assists in 38 minutes against LBSU... in 37 minutes against Seattle, had 15 points, eight rebounds, an assist, three blocks and two steals... WCC PLAY: Had 12 points, eight rebounds, a block and an assist against Santa Clara... went for nine points, three rebounds, a block and a steal against Gonzaga... had best game of season with 21 points and eight rebounds off the bench in win over San DIego, adding a steal in 36 minutes... went for a career-best for second straight game, going for 27 points, eight rebounds while hitting 4-for-7 from the three-point line against Saint Mary's... continued to added to averages, scoring 15 points with four rebounds in win over Pepperdine... hit 5-for-6 from the field, including a pair of three-pointers to finish with 14 points and eight rebounds in win at Santa Clara... had seven points, four rebounds and a career-best four assists at USF... scored 11 points with five rebounds and two assists in win over Gonzaga... hit a big three-poitner with less than two minutes to play to lift LMU to win over USD, finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and four steals...2008-09... was the final recruit for this year's first class at LMU and had quite an impact in his first season of collegiate basketball, shattering the all-time freshman record for rebounds and rebounds per game at LMU with 224 rebounds, good for 7.2 per game. He has also set the record for blocks by a freshman at 34 and steals with 51. His 19 rebounds against New Mexico State shattered the single-game freshman record as well. He ranked 25th in the WCC with 9.1 points per game, ranked fourth in rebounds (7.2), third in steals (1.65), seventh in blocks (1.10), fourth in offensive rebounds (3.13) and eighth in defensive rebounds (4.10). He was second on the team in minutes with 991, good for 32.0 per game. He played six games of 40 minutes... has started every game... went for a 10 boards against No. 8 Notre Dame... had LMU's first blocks of the season with a pair against Wagner... was a stat-stuffer against the Seahawks, going for nine points, six rebounds, three steals and the two blocks in 27 minutes... went for a career-best 11 rebounds, six of which on the offensive end, to go with six points against Arizona... had first career double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds... rebound total ranks second all-time for freshman at LMU in a single game... finished the game against UCLA with nine points and eight rebounds... went for a career-best 16 points and played all 40 minutes against Tulsa... added five rebounds, two assists, three steals and a block... set the all-time single game record for freshman with 19 rebounds, adding 16 points against New Mexico State...most rebounds in a game since 1994... went 6-for-6 from the free throw line... scored 11 points with eight more rebounds in the win over Cal State Bakersfield... played 40 minutes against #25 SMC, scoring all 12 of his points in the second half, after going 0-for-2 in the first half, went 5-for-6 in the second... added six rebounds and four blocks... played just under 40 minutes against USD, coming out in the final seconds for defense... had seven points with two more blocks... had 15 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two more blocks against Portland... had third double-double of career with 21 points and 12 rebounds against #23 Gonzaga... added a block and four steals... led Lions with 17 points, seven rebounds and a career-best five blocks against USF... went for 13 rebounds against Pepperdine... had fourth double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in win over USD, giving him 185 on the season... went for 13 points and four steals at Gonzaga and then from nine points and six rebounds against Portland... added 12 rebounds to his freshman record in win over USF... went for seven points and seven rebounds against SMC...
PRIOR TO LMU... He graduated from Perris High School on the Sun Belt League, helping his team go 25-7 overall and 10-0 in league play, leading his team to the CIF-SS Division 3 finals where it lost to league-rival Hemet West Valley. Young finished the season averaging 16.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.7 blocks. His final year of high school include three triple doubles as he totaled 499 points, 335 rebounds, 114 blocks, 66 assists and 59 steals on the season. His first triple-double on the season came in a 72-52 win over Cajon on Nov. 29, 2007 as he went for 16 points, 17 rebounds and 12 blocks. The 12 blocks were a career best. Cajon was victim again on Jan. 21 when he went for 27 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks in a 61-45 win. His final triple-double came in a 90-78 win over Cathedral City. He went for 17 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocks. The 20 rebounds was a career-best. He went for more than 20 six times including a career-best 31 twice. He went for 31 in a 82-67 win over Claremont and two games later with for 31 in a 96-58 win over La Jolla Country Day. He was named first-team All-Division IIIA. He also ran track and cross country at Perris. He established himself over the summer at the Reebok All-American Camp, earning a spot on the Finish All-Star Team. Young went on to score 11 points in the All-Star Game to help his team to a 101-100 win in the final day of the camp. He also was named to the All-Star team at the 2008 Fullcourt Press All-West Camp a week later...
PERSONAL... Kevin Young, Jr., was born in Riverside, CA and is the son of Alicia Morales and Kevin Young, Sr... has a brother and a sister... dad played basketball at Mt. San Jancinto College... he is a Liberal Studies a major.