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Executive Director - Connecticut Library Consortium

<strong>Executive Director</strong> - <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Connecticut Library Consortium</strong></span>.  The Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC) seeks a dynamic leader with  the ability to inspire collaborative efforts to be its next Executive  Director. The Connecticut Library Consortium is a statewide membership  collaborative serving all types of Connecticut libraries by helping them  strengthen their ability to serve their users. The incumbent will  respond to diverse membership needs (800+ multi-type member libraries)  by increasing visibility and political awareness, and providing measured  return on investment for members and communities. CLC recently adopted  an ambitious (2012-2015) strategic plan, which is already underway and  will require the next Executive Director to manage the achievement of  its goals. Additionally, the Executive Director will manage the  operations of the Connecticut Library Association (CLA).<br /><br />Responsibilities: Establishing and coordinating  organizational goals, program directions, and services; developing and  cultivating partnerships with other statewide non-library groups;  monitoring actions of the state legislature that may impact upon CLC and  serving as its advocate; engaging in budget planning and oversight;  hiring and managing all staff and supervising all operations;  coordinating membership communications; and marketing CLC to its  constituencies.<br />             Required qualifications: Masters Degree required,  preferably an MLS, MNM, MPA or equivalent.  Experience in non-profit  program and fiscal management and in working collaboratively with boards  and community organizations. Must have a genuine passion for libraries  and be able to manage multiple demands.<br /><br />             Preferred qualifications: Experience in program and  fiscal management and in working collaboratively with libraries and  governmental boards; fundraising and grant writing expertise; skills in  human resource management, leadership, communication, and analyzing  data; ability to multitask and set priorities; customer service  orientation; understanding of the role of technology in the library  environment; and a willingness to travel, particularly within  Connecticut.<br /><br />             Salary commensurate with experience, plus TIAA-CREF  retirement and an excellent benefits package. Submit cover letter and  resume with contact information for three references by Friday, <span style="color: red;">May 25, 2012</span> to CLC Search Committee at <a href="mailto:hr@ctlibrarians.org">hr@ctlibrarians.org</a>.

Executive Director - Connecticut Library Consortium

Executive Director - Connecticut Library Consortium. The Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC) seeks a dynamic leader with the ability to inspire collaborative efforts to be its next Executive Director. The Connecticut Library Consortium is a state…

KOSOVO and SYRIA

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-YvyoX7u5zguW6Cvy49XE5ai_YRRo3WMI2MUVPDucMVyGRo5tJEhAePwtZaVGVQ3Kafj86OZrs6ElB6Qo_zja0EVbUfY8PclLUB7-GRNqg8LOdVap8mlZ55RSSqmvJ_iUfDv28LGtdaA/s1600/170px-UCK_KLA.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-YvyoX7u5zguW6Cvy49XE5ai_YRRo3WMI2MUVPDucMVyGRo5tJEhAePwtZaVGVQ3Kafj86OZrs6ElB6Qo_zja0EVbUfY8PclLUB7-GRNqg8LOdVap8mlZ55RSSqmvJ_iUfDv28LGtdaA/s320/170px-UCK_KLA.svg.png" width="292" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">KOSOVO TERROR TRAINING CAMPS RE-OPEN FOR SYRIAN REBELS </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Via RT</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQAQw8BMBLqeeu7TDYwcfanwFya9uR1wscFpWViU8USzyWw0SnIPOl_q99UhmA2JyrG0mE5Zz8LW4Xl0y2NxE9z6MY62Bs8DggQzJ2p14eUR34OLFFaZWqP3XCFtAREfVAEgaAwkNMvb7/s1600/AjnTg2vCEAAEA2z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQAQw8BMBLqeeu7TDYwcfanwFya9uR1wscFpWViU8USzyWw0SnIPOl_q99UhmA2JyrG0mE5Zz8LW4Xl0y2NxE9z6MY62Bs8DggQzJ2p14eUR34OLFFaZWqP3XCFtAREfVAEgaAwkNMvb7/s320/AjnTg2vCEAAEA2z.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Allegedly a delegation of SYRIAN rebels has made a deal with Pristina authorities to exchange experience of partisan warfare. SYRIAN opposition is sending militants to KOSOVO for adopting tactics and being trained to oust President Bashar Assad’s regime.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SYRIAN opposition members made a stop in Pristina on their way from the US to hold talks on how to make use of the experience of the KOSOVO Liberation Army (KLA) in Syria. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So far, a poorly-organized SYRIAN opposition has proven unable to self-organize and form a steady front against the forces of President Assad. Terror tactics used by militants allow them to kill military and governmental officials, but do not help to hold positions against a regular army.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SYRIAN Rebels intend to learn from KOSOVO, as it has walked the same path and has experience very useful for the rebels. SYRIAN rebels are particular interested in how scattered KOSOVO armed groups were finally organized into KLA.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SYRIAN opposition leaders have promised to immediately recognize KOSOVO once they seize power in the country.The training camp on the ALBANIAN-KOSOVO border that has welcomed SYRIAN attendees was originally organized by the US to help the KLA train its fighters. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The KOSOVO Liberation Army (KLA) was considered a terrorist organization by the US, the UK and FRANCE for years until, in 1998, it was taken off the list of terrorists with no explanation given. The KLA used to have up to 10 per cent of underage fighters in its ranks. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There were numerous reports of the KLA having contacts with Al-Qaeda, getting arms from that terrorist organization, getting its militants trained in Al-Qaeda camps in PAKISTAN and even having members of Al-Qaeda in its ranks fighting against SERBS.The same horrors that were witnessed during the war in KOSOVO are now apparently being prepared for the multi-confessional Syrian population by Islamist SYRIAN Liberation Army trained in Muslim KOSOVO in the middle of EUROPE.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The SYRIAN Liberation Army group that actually formed the delegation to Kosovo has been fighting with the SYRIAN government for over a year now. This stand-off has claimed well over 9,000 lives, about half of them SYRIAN servicemen, law enforcers and officials.Lately, the militants have been squeezed out of the SYRIAN cities and their positions along the SYRIAN-TURKISH border. Being unable to turn the tide independently, the SYRIAN Liberation Army has been addressing to its foreign sponsors to start a military intervention into SYRIA to topple President Bashar Assad.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ACQUIRING PSY OPS WARFARE TACTICS </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to some experts it is however doubtful that the SYRIAN rebels would learn much in terms of military tactics from the KLA. The so-called KOSOVO Liberation Army had in fact already been defeated by the SERBIAN army in 1998.Once SERBIA agreed on a ceasefire, pulled back troops, and let in OSCE observers, the KLA used this situation to intensify their attacks so as to provoke a military reaction. By presenting themselves as freedom fighters and victims to the Western media, the KLA secured a Western intervention in March 1999 after they staged a fake massacre in Račak. See: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C4%8Dak_massacre">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C4%8Dak_massacre</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It is more likely that the SYRIAN rebels went to KOSOVO for knowledge in public relations techniques, for despite their lack of military prowess, they were adept at making the Western public believe they were fighting for a justified cause amid reports they had committed a slew of war crimes and human rights abuses.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MARAUDER AND ETHNIC-CLEANSING TACTICS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Wiping out local minorities after an extensive NATO air-strike were the only combat tactics the KLA had mastered and the only thing the SYRIAN opposition can really learn from them, foreign affairs editor for the US-based Chronicles magazine, Srdja Trifkovich, told RT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RT: Just what might the SYRIAN opposition learn at these camps?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Srdja Trifkovich: Well, first of all I don’t think they can learn much from the KLA veterans in terms of combat efficiency because the KLA was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against the Serbian security forces until the NATO bombing. They started their terrorist ambushes in 1997. They intensified their activities in 1998. But all along it was atrocity management that they wanted, for instance, the famous case of Racak where the combat victims were presented as innocent civilian dead slaughtered by the SERBS. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But even during the bombing the SERBIAN forces maintained full control of all of the key population centers and they even kept the roads open. It’s only that the KLA came in after the SERBS started withdrawing under the terms of the ceasefire with NATO. And even then they were not engaging in combat, they were acting as marauders ethnically cleansing non-ALBANIANS. So the first point is that there is nothing to learn in terms of combat efficiency and in terms of actually organizing a successful guerilla force. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RT: Words that have been associated with the KLA – assassination, terror, bombings – is that really the kind of thing that the SYRIAN opposition wants to be associated with?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ST: It seems that they don’t care, because I understand that Ammar Abdulhamid, one of the SYRIAN opposition leaders who came to Pristina and actually spoke to an AP reporter, said “We are here to learn.” Now this should be a huge wake-up call for those SYRIANS who are not supportive of the opposition, especially the minorities: the Alawites, the Christians – either Orthodox or GREEK Catholic – the Shiites, the KURDS. The moderate Sunni Muslims should remember that if the SYRIAN rebels learn from the KLA, that means there will be a bloodbath after the fall of Assad and there will be no room for anyone but the majority group which subscribes to its extremist credo, whether it is that of greater Albania in KOSOVO or the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot in SYRIA.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See related articles: </span></span><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/syria-full-out-propaganda-war.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/syria-full-out-propaganda-war.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syrian-missiles-will-pre-empt-any.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syrian-missiles-will-pre-empt-any.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syria.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/syrias-destiny-sealed.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/syrias-destiny-sealed.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/given-fact-syria-does-possess-chemical.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/given-fact-syria-does-possess-chemical.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/news-about-syria-information-or.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/news-about-syria-information-or.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/as-i-see-it.html"></a></span><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/as-i-see-it.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/as-i-see-it.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/assad-dilemma.html%20">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/assad-dilemma.html </a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/syrian-regime-likely-to-survive-upraise.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/syrian-regime-likely-to-survive-upraise.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/nato-rules-out-military-intervention-in.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/nato-rules-out-military-intervention-in.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/08/food-for-thought.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/08/food-for-thought.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/11/syria-international-war-mongering-or.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/11/syria-international-war-mongering-or.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/11/food-for-thought.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/11/food-for-thought.html</a></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

KOSOVO and SYRIA

KOSOVO TERROR TRAINING CAMPS RE-OPEN FOR SYRIAN REBELS Via RTAllegedly a delegation of SYRIAN rebels has made a deal with Pristina authorities to exchange experience of partisan warfare. SYRIAN opposition is sending militants to KOSOVO for adopting t…

Executive Director - Connecticut Library Consortium

KOSOVO and SYRIA

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