A GREAT TALENT

The cook serenades the customers at "El Jardin" restaurant in Rosarito, Baja California. He will be singing at the Variety Show at the Olde Vic Theater on Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26 at 7PM. The Sunday matinee will be at 2PM. If you want to want to hear a great natural talent perform for the first time on stage, don't miss the show. I saw this gentleman perform last night and felt that you would enjoy hearing him also.

Details about reservations can be viewed at URL: http://www.rosaritoevents.com/

GRAN TALENTO

El cocinero da una serenata a los clientes en elrestaurante de "El Jardin" en Rosarito, Baja California. El estará cantando en el espectáculo de variedades en el Teatro de Olde Vic el viernes y el sábado, febrero 25 y 26 en 7 P,M,. La matinée del domingo estará en 2 P,M,. Si usted querer oír un gran talento natural realiza para la primera vez en el escenario, no pierde la exposición. Vi a este caballero realiza anoche y sentía que usted gozaría vista él también.

Los detalles acerca de reservaciones se pueden ver en el URL: http: //www.rosaritoevents.com/

Patrick Mullen

San Antonio Del Mar Property Owners' Association

The 2004 Community Board of Directors is happy to confirm the creation of a formal Association for San Antonio de Mar. Points of contact for the Association include:

• Sergio Alverez, phone# 044.664.498.8480, or at the south enterance at 10:00AM each weekday for assistance in the Community.
• "U Name It" store at the south enterance during normal business hours for the payment of dues or delivering witten suggestions or concerns.
• The payment of dues can also be made by mail to: Colonos de San Antonio del Mar, PMB 1355, 416 West San Ysidro Blvd. #L, San Ysidro, CA 92173. Dues remain $50 /month paid quarterly ($25.00 for lots) or $480.00 per yeare paid annually ($240 for Lots).
• www.mysadm.com website (under construction)
• Contact the 2004 board of directors: Polly Casillas, Salvador Casillas, Consuelo Galvin, Tom Guerin, Angel Hernandez, Ed Monroe, Tom Reedy, or Henry Siegel.

FRI. & SAT. JAN. 29 & 30 @ 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. MOVING SALE in Rosarito - turn west towards Ocean at Ortegas Restaurant, go to end of the street, white 2 story apartment building, use stairs in car area.

EVERYTHING MUST GO - NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. Payment with purchase USD or pesos at 11 x 1. COLOR TV'S, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, COMPUTER PRINTER & SCANNER, PROPANE HEATERS, MISC. - ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

For further information and complete list & prices e-mail:

annehinesmex@hotmail.com or phone (661) 612-4687. 10% OF ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO SISTERS OF MERCY IN COLONIA MAZATLAN, ROSARITO (SISTER CLARE).
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viernes & el sábado. Enero. 29 & 30 @ 8:30 de la mañana. - 2:00 de la tarde.

La VENTA de MOVER en Rosarito - la vuelta al oeste hacia Océano en el Restaurante de Ortegas, va a terminar de la calle, edificio blanco de dos pisos de apartamento de cuento, escalera de uso en el área de coche.

Todo DEBE IR - no OFERTA RAZONABLE se NEGO. El pago con la compra UTILIZO o pesos en 11 X 1. COLORE la televisión, MUEBLES de CASA, la IMPRESORA & ESCANER, CALENTADORAS de PROPANO, la MISC. - TODO EN CONDICION EXCELENTE.

Para la información adicional y completa la lista & los precios mandan correo electrónico:
Annehinesmex@hotmail.com o llama (661) 612-4687. 10% DE TODO AVANZA DONADO A HERMANAS DE la MISERICORDIA EN COLONIA MAZATLAN, ROSARITO (HERMANA CLARE).

Police Comandante assassinated

January 12, 2005
Tijuana, Baja California

Jose Garibaldi was assassinated outside his home on Wednesday morning. Gunmen in three cars surrounded him, then fired close to 50 shots, killing him.

Garibaldi was a commander for the Tijuana police force.

Luis Francisco Higareda arrested after high speed chase

A U.S. Border Patrol agent, Luis Francisco Higareda, was arrested early Wednesday after Federal agents allegedly found nearly 750 pounds of marijuana packed into 10 duffel bags in his government vehicle. Arrested with Higareda was an illegal immigrant from Mexico, Marcelino Verdugo-Cota, authorities said.

URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border7jan07,1,3496411.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Wednesday 4 December 2005

Road conditions in Tijuana & Rosarito

Wind, rain, and thunderstorms have created flooding and muddy road conditions in the Tijuana/Rosarito area. Hwy 1 (Bulevar Internacional) between the Hwy 2 intersection and Zona Rio was reported to be closed Tuesday. Also, the San Ysidro access ramp near Calle Benito Juárez and Avenida Ocampo is impassible due to flooding.

The suggested route to San Ysidro from Playas de Tijuana is to follow C. Benito Juárez to Revolución and access the Tijuana river crossing via fourth street (C. Salvador Díaz Miron) or C. Independencia.

Weather conditions continue to cause electrical, telephone, cellular and internet outages. Anyone required to travel in this area at this time is cautioned to make appropriate preparations.

The 2-meter repeater in Rosarito is off the air until user support can be organized and implemented.

Boating off the California Coast

In response to questions received from boaters requesting information regarding the impoundment of an American vessel in Ensenada because it lacked a Mexican license for the shipboard marine band radio, an individual who is active in the region's maritime industry sent me the following comments:

"We all realize that coastal security is receiving a higher priority these days. There's no new campaign to check whether or not all yachts are carrying a Mexican VHF license. Most recreational and commercial boaters realize that when they are routinely boarded by either Mexican Navy or US Coast Guard, whether on the high seas or during normal port clearance procedures, the boat is inspected for a long list of compliance items - from whether the ship's bell is mounted and gongs properly to whether everyone onboard has a valid passport. It's the boarding officer's discretion whether or not to pursue any of the minor infractions that almost every boat has. If he or she finds something suspicious on first glance, the lack of a VHF license may be the small charge that brings the vessel into port for further physical inspection while the vessel's paperwork trail is being checked internationally."

Enrique Salinas de Gortari fue asesinado

Enrique Salinas de Gortari murdered - Officials opine that revenge not the main motive

EFE

"México, 6 dic (EFE).- Enrique Salinas de Gortari, hermano menor del ex presidente de México Carlos Salinas, murió asesinado por asfixia con una bolsa de plástico, informó el procurador de justicia del Estado de México.

El procurador del Estado de México, Alejandro Navarrete Prida, confirmó en una rueda de prensa la muerte violenta del menor de los tres hermanos Salinas y dijo que hay pistas sólidas que podrían conducir a la solución del caso.

"Enrique Salinas de Gortari falleció por asfixia por sofocación en su modalidad de obstrucción de vías respiratorias altas", dijo el fiscal, quien atajó así algunas versiones sobre una posible muerte de varios disparos.

El cadáver de Salinas fue encontrado la mañana de este lunes por policías locales del municipio de Huixquilucan, aledaño al Distrito Federal, en un vehículo Volkswagen Passat gris, con matrícula del estado de Morelos, que se encontraba en el barrio de Lomas de Anáhuac de esa localidad.

"No hay disparos, no hay elementos que permitan señalar que hubo una tortura en términos formales. Presenta algunos hematomas nada más el cadáver, y en los codos", añadió el funcionario.

El cuerpo del menor de los Salinas yacía en el asiento delantero derecho "con una bolsa de plástico cubriéndole la cabeza", dijo Navarrete.

El fiscal señaló que la Procuraduría de Justicia del Estado de México "continúa con las investigaciones" y cuenta con varias pistas sólidas en el caso.

Navarrete dijo que el móvil no está claro pero que por el momento "lo que hemos descartado (...) es el secuestro", las de índole política, y señaló que es posible que conociera a sus victimarios.

Para el fiscal, una muerte por asfixia "significa que la intención original no era provocarle la muerte sino generar una extorsión, obtener algún tipo de información".

Navarrete pidió "dejar que las investigaciones avancen" e indicó que la dependencia que dirige tiene "evidencia jurídica sólida que nos va a permitir tener una investigación muy ágil".

"La tasa de esclarecimiento de homicidios en el Estado de México es de las más altas del país. Tenemos una superior al 85 por ciento de homicidios dolosos, que es muy alto, y estoy cierto que en el caso tenemos evidencias suficientes para poder concluirlo satisfactoriamente en bien de la justicia", agregó. (...)"
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Mexico City, December 16, 2004. The Prosecutor of the State of Mexico reported that Enrique Salinas de Gortari, the younger brother of the ex president of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gotari, was murdered by asphyxiation with a plastic bag.

The State Attorney of Mexico, Alejandro Navarrete Prida, confirmed in a press conference the violent death of the younger of the three Salinas brothers, and said that there are solid clues that might lead to the solution of the case.

"Enrique Salinas de Gortari died of asphyxia in the form of obstruction of the upper airways", said the State Attorney, who considered some versions among several possible murder causes.

The body of Salinas was found this Monday morning in a gray Volkswagon Passat, with Morelos State registration, by local Municipal police, adjacent to the Federal District, in the Lomas de Anáhuac quarter of the township of Huixquilucan.

"There are no shots, there are no elements that allow to point out that there was a torture in formal terms. The corpse presents some haematomas, not at all more, and in the elbows ", added the official.

The body of the younger Salinas was lying in the front right seat " with a plastic bag covering the head ", said Navarrete.

The district attorney pointed out that the Attorney General of the State of Mexico " continues with the investigations " and possesses several solid tracks in the case.

Navarrete said that the motive is not clear but that for the time being " what we have discarded (...) it is kidnapping," of a political nature, and it pointed out that it is possible that he knew his attacker.

In the official's view, a death by asphixiation "shows the original intention was not to cause death, but to extort, to gain some type of information."

Navarrete asked " to allow that the investigations advance "and indicated that the directing office has "solid juridical evidence that is going to allow to have us a very quick investigation."

"The solution rate of murder cases in the State of Mexico is of the highest of the country. We have one superior to 85 per cent of aggravated homicides, which is very high, and I am sure that in this case we have sufficient evidence to be able to conclude it satisfactorily for the good of justice ", he added. (...)

Complete article at URL Dec. 7, 2004:
http://www.t1msn.com.mx/noticias/Nacional/Seguridad/

The Rosarito Theatre Guild presents

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE SEASON

The Diamond Chorale, under the direction of Mavourneen O'Brien, will celebrate its 11th anniversary with the lighting of the Menorah and Advent Wreath along with skits and songs, some serious and some nonsensical. It promises to be an entertaining event you won't want to miss.

OLDE VIC THEATRE IN ROSARITO at Calle Cardenas (3 blocks west of Waldo's) Friday Dec. at 7 pm, Saturday Dec. 11 at 2:00 pm

Donation $8.00

Reservations: (661) 612-1174 (Rosarito); (664) 631-3967 (Tijuana)

Email: <annehinesmex@hotmail.com>

From Ron K.

Four times this week someone has attempted to introduce a Trojan Horse into my computer. The latest one today was an Email attachment from "Postmaster" "Delivery Notification". My Norton Anti-Virus stopped all attempts.

You may want to post on your blog for folks to keep their anti-virus program updated.

For an update on the Math/Electronics/Licensing workshop presented by the El Cajon Amateur Radio club in San Diego County, click on: http://california_now.blogspot.com/2004_09_26_california_now_archive.html

Confirman yacimiento-Natural gas deposits confirmed

"El yacimiento de gas metano descubierto en la región alta del Golfo de California, en la zona conocida como “Depresión Wagner”, se considera uno de los más importantes en el mundo, porque puede generar hasta 145 millones de metros cúbicos por día.

El informe presentado ayer por el coordinador de asesores de la presidencia municipal, Alfredo Cañas Mendoza, destaca que el yacimiento se relaciona con procesos geológicos ocurridos hace millones de años.

La “Depresión Wagner” se localiza a unas 50 millas de las costas de Baja California, casi frente a las comunidades de San Felipe, Puertecitos y San Luis Gonzaga, estas dos últimas dentro de los límites del municipio de Ensenada.

Cañas Mendoza indicó que el doctor Nicolás Grijalva Reyes, investigador del Centro de Investigación Cientifica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (Ciese), encabezó dos cruceros de exploración en Golfo de California en el 2003.

El objectivo de los cruceros, abundó, fue identificar los gases que fueron observados en los que se realizaron entre julio y octubre de 1986, en las tareas de investigación se involucraron naves de la Armada de México."

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A methane gas deposit discovered in the upper region of the Gulf of California, in the zone known as the “Wagner Depression”, is considered one of the most important in the world, because it can generate up to 145 million cubic meters per day.

The report presented yesterday by the coordinator of advisers of the (Ensenada) municipal presidency, Alfredo Cañas Mendoza, emphasizes that the deposit is related to geological happened processes million years ago.

The “Wagner Depression” is located to approximately 50 miles from the coast of Baja California, almost opposite to the communities of San Felipe, Puertecitos and San Luis Gonzaga, these last two are inside the limits of the municipality of Ensenada.

Canes Mendoza indicated that doctor Nicolás Grijalva Reyes, investigator of the Center of Scientific Investigation and Higher education of Ensenada (Ciese), headed two cruises of exploration in Gulf of California in 2003.

The aim of the cruises, which was implemented, was to identify the gases observed in what was realized by those who performed tasks of investigation between July and October, 1986, on Mexican Navy ships.

From: Mendoza, A. (2004, octubre 20) Confirman yacimiento. Frontera, p. 13

URL: October 20, 2004 <http://www.frontera.info/buscar/traernotanew.asp?NumNota=282031>

Gerritsen Matter Update:

"Daily Digest
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., SWWashington, D.C. 20554
Vol. 23 No. 189
News media information 202 / 418-0500Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 202/418-2555
October 5, 2004

JACK GERRITSEN. Issued a monetary forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 to Jack Gerritsen for operating a radio station in the Amateur Radio Services without authorization from the Federal Communications Commission. Action by: Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 10/01/2004 by Forfeiture Order. (DA No. 04-3183). EB , EB DA-04-3183A1.doc DA-04-3183A1.pdf DA-04-3183A1.txt"

cf. October 6, 2004 <http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2004/dd041005.html>

Shorty , K6JSI, has commented that the forfeiture order makes interesting reading; it does.
October 6, 2004 URL: <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-04-3183A1.doc>

USBC meeting has changed location

The November 6th Meeting of the United Society of Baja California (USBC) will be at 10 AM at the Billiard Hall downstairs from Curves on Benito Juarez in Rosarito. (The old El Rancho)

Amateur Extra licensing workshop at the Amateur Radio Club of El Cajon, California

Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays (the start date has been rescheduled to October 21. This is the second schedule change and it is suggested you verify the schedule with ARC El Cajon, in case there are further changes...).

The classes will begin 21 October with a math review. They will be held every Tuesday and Thursday, and are scheduled to end by 16 December. Bob Bostic, KB7NG, is the instructor; he is an electrical engineer.

Time: 7 PM - 9PM.

Location: El Cajon Fire Station, S. Magnolia & E. Lexington - in the basement. Enter from the parking lot in back. Do not enter the fire station.

For further information, the following operators can be contacted on the Lyon's Peak machine, in San Diego County, W6SS, 146.265 (plus offset, PL 107.2 encode/decode):

Dave, KG6QCO - Email kg6qco@cox.net
Tom, KC6NXS - Email kc6nxz@tns.net
Stogie, KG6JCW - Email kg6jcw@mjpdan.com

The Amateur Extra class licensee is permitted all available U.S. Amateur Radio operating privileges on all bands and all modes. Earning the license is more difficult; it requires passing a thorough 50 question examination. Extra class licensees must also have passed all previous license class written examinations, including a five word-per-minute Morse code test. About 15 percent
of licensed operators earn the Extra class.

"Math1" class for Amateur Radio-ARC of El Cajon

Thursday, 10/22/2004
7:00-9:00 PM

Please read: ARRL Extra Class License Manual, 8th ed. (text)

Please bring: text, hand calculator capable of trig & log functions, pencil & notebook

Topics-Origins of mathematics & numbers, definitions, laws for operations, inverses, powers, exponents, roots, Metric prefixes, Dimensional analysis.

Special notes-homework:

• Demonstrate square root calculations to 10 places. Solve: the square root of 2, to 10 places, using a manually composed algorithm method.
  
• Demonstrate the assigned dimensional analysis conversion: Solve "c" (speed of light) in ft/sec, given there are 5280 feet in a mile.

"Math2" class for Amateur Radio-ARC of El Cajon

Tuesday, 10/26/2004
7:00-9:00PM

Topics: ratios, algebraic expressions, graphs, solving equations, plotting, linear equations, logarithms, functions, areas and volumes, Pythagorean theorem.

"Math3" class for Amateur Radio-ARC of El Cajon

Thursday, 10/29/2004
7:00-9:00PM

Topics: definitions of trigonometric functions, magnitude and phase angle, practical trigonometry, laws of sines and cosines, vectors and phasors, Lissajous figures, harmonic distortion.

There is no class scheduled for November 2, 2004 - Club board meeting.

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL WINSYSTEM END OF SUMMER CAMP-OUT:
"Campland-On-The-Bay," Mission Bay, San Diego

On Sat, Sept. 25th @ 9am - Continental breakfast at Campland, where many of WINSYSTEM members will be camping for the week end, when you find the area of B-29 to B-36 on one side and then on the other side find G-3 to G-14 park your car and come on in to enjoy some breakfast which the WIN SYSTEM will provide this year.

Lunch is open for you to take care of.

There will be a KIDS KORNER full of games and crafts for the kids to do and yes any of the "big" kids can join in on the fun. At 3pm there will be doing Limbo, the drawing for the best dressed man and woman, and then the whitest legs contest.
At 4pm we will start up the grills for the chicken and tri-tips. and Nancy needs everyone to bring a side salad to share for all of us and then like last year we will have the band to start playing at 6pm until 10 pm

There are many gift baskets being put together for our 50/50 raffles where when the last prize will be half of the money so bring lots along with you, the more we raise the more for not only the winner but to the Win System. This year we are going to sell single tickets will be $2.00 each or $10.00 the length of how tall you are. So just be ready to buy, buy and buy tickets and mostly come to have lots of fun.

Question - you can call Nancy Balchin @ 760-788-5992 or email her at
ht8-2wt@cox.net

URL: 21 September, 2004 <http://www.winsystem.org/index.html>

Board of Directors General Meeting - San Antonio Del Mar Homeowners & Residents

10 AM, September 18, 2004, in the Park

Board of Directors Recommendations, Rules and Regulations, Bylaws, Maintenance & Security

Special Guest Presentation

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Sesión General de la junta directiva - San Antonio Del Mar Propietarios y Residentes

A las 10h00, el 18 de septiembre de 2004, en el Parque

Recomendaciones de junta directiva, Reglas y Regulaciones, Estatuto, Mantenimiento y Seguridad

Presentación de Invitado Especial

Real estate craziness

I was sitting at a roadside lunch establishment south of Porto Nuevo, blissfully minding my own business when....

A police cruiser drove slowly by and a woman burst from a nearby real estate office screaming. The people in the real estate office had stolen papers from her, she proclaimed loudly. A man came out of the office and denied her assertions. "He's lying!!" she said frantically. A heated argument ensued, and two policemen went inside and searched the office for the missing papers. It was apparently determined that the lady had misplaced them in her car. She got in her car and drove off.

The proprietor of the cafe showed up with the order and my wife, the cook, and a real estate agent from the office discussed the situation. "The woman is crazy." the agent muttered. "What happened that got her so upset?" asked the cook. We turned to the agent, and she told us that it was all a misunderstanding.

The cook was unconvinced, as the agent made small talk and eventually went back into the office.

Since I am not very good at reading tea leaves, I can't be sure what precipitated this ugly little scene. The lady who did all the yelling apparently wasn't wired tightly. The real estate office involved has a reputation locally for sleazy business practices. The agent's off the cuff remarks seemed disingenuous.

The policemen, who answered the lady's call for help, handled the issue professionally and apparently this issue is resolved. But hey, what is up with all the fuss?

Apparently you have to choose your real estate agent as wisely as you would choose your friends.

A GENTLE REMINDER

The Annual SCARS gathering at Lake Morena, San Diego County, in 2004 will be on the week of October 18th. The Pot luck is Wednesday the 20th.

Hope to see a real good group this year.

73s, Chuck W6YTO