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Navy renames Hawaii Superferries "USNS Guam" and "USNS Puerto Rico"
May 9, 2012
Recently, we reported that the two repossessed Hawaii Superferry ships will be deployed to Okinawa as part of the Navy sea lift fleet. But now it gets wierder. The Navy just announced that the ships will be renamed the USNS Guam and USNS Puerto Rico! So after two fast ferry naval ships are pushed out of one occupied island (Hawai'i) by protesters and renamed after two other U.S. colonies (Guam and Puerto Rico), they are reassigned to another military colony (Okinawa). Is it some cruel joke on four colonies? Or just an ignorant gesture of inclusion? The Pacific Business News reported "Navy renames former Hawaii Superferry vessels" (May 8, 2012):
The two high-speed ferries built for the shuttered Hawaii Superferry were renamed Tuesday by the vessels' new owner — the U.S. Navy.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Tuesday that the Alakai, which sailed between Oahu and Maui from August 2007 until it was shut down in March 2009, and its sister ship, the Huakai, were renamed the USNS Guam and the USNS Puerto Rico.
"High-speed ferries will be used for peacetime operations such as troop transport training, exercise missions and humanitarian and disaster relief," Mabus said in a statement.
Hawaii Superferries moving to Okinawa
May 1, 2012
The Hawaii Free Press (a right wing blog that I generally detest) published a press release from Seaward Services "Hawaii Superferry Heading to Okinawa" (March 19, 2012):
Seaward Services (SSI), a HMS Global Maritime (HMSGM) company based in New Albany, Indiana, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract through Military Sealift Command (MSC) to operate and convert the former Hawaii Superferry vessels HSV Alakai and Huakai for MSC.
As anti-Superferry activists predicted, the ships were primarily built to meet military specifications, much larger than could have been supported by Hawaiʻi's tiny inter-island ferry market. And while we breathed a collective sigh of relief when Hawaii Superferry went bankrupt, we must now apologize to Okinawans as the ships, retrofitted for military service, will go to Okinawa:
The contract is anticipated to extend to last for one year and will end with the delivery of the vessel to Naha, Okinawa, Japan, where it will provide services to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. Future plans for the HSV Alakai are uncertain, but it is possible the Navy will refit the vessel for military service given its availability.
Perhaps, this was a consolation prize for the Marines, who will be forced to remove up to 9000 troops from Okinawa, with 4600 going to Guam, 2700 to Hawaiʻi and 2500 to Australia.
Navy wants the two Hawaii Superferries
November 21, 2011
When the community rallied to oppose the fast-track of the Hawaii Superferry back in 2007, we began to raise concerns about the military interests driving the venture. Corporate and public officials dismissed the concerns as paranoid rantings. But diligent research by Lance Holter and others surfaced many connections between the Hawaii Superferry prototype and the Joint High Speed Vessel that is now in production. Now the Virginian Pilot reports that the Navy is bidding on the two Hawaii Superferry vessels that were repossessed by the Maritime Administration:
The Navy wants the two Hawaiian superferries docked at Lamberts Point in Norfolk.
The Navy "is working with the U.S. Maritime Administration to permit the transfer of the two high-speed vessels, formerly Hawaii superferries, into the naval service of the United States," Lt. Cmdr. Alana Garas, a Navy spokeswoman, said Friday.
One of the ferries, the Huakai, was used in the military's relief efforts after the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. The Navy first expressed interest in the ferries after the Maritime Administration took possession of them in 2009.
The Maritime Administration said Friday that a deal had yet to be reached.
"We continue to work with interested parties, including the U.S. Navy, in evaluating all options, with a goal of maximizing the government's return from these vessels," Kim Riddle, an administration spokeswoman, said in an email. "We anticipate announcing a winning bidder soon."
Taxpayers Stuck With Unsold Ferries in Default
August 10, 2011
Bloomberg published an article about the wasteful Maritime Administration (MARAD) loan guarantee program, which became the reluctant owner of two high-speed ferry ships after the Hawaii Superferry went bankrupt in 2009:
Two passenger ferries sit at a dock in Norfolk, Virginia, waiting for someone to take them off the government's hands.
The U.S. Maritime Administration has taken bids for them in an attempt to recover some of the $138 million in taxpayer money paid to cover defaults on loans it guaranteed for the owners, Hawaii Superferry Inc. The company sought bankruptcy protection and defaulted in 2009.
The unwanted ferries are reminders of the defaults and oversight problems reported as recently as December in the so- called Title XI program as vessel owners have won $798 million in new loan guarantees this year, the most since 2001. As it considers two applications for an additional $712 million in guarantees, the maritime agency is trying to recover what it can on $311 million paid out to cover six defaults since 2008.
After protests and legal challenges disrupted Hawaii Superferry operations, the Hawai'i Supreme Court finally ruled that the special legislation retroactively exempting the Superferry from the state's environmental review laws was illegal. However, it was the company's arrogance and collusion with state officials to circumvent the environmental review process that doomed the venture from the start. As the article points out, even down to the rationale for the MARAD loan guarantee program, the Superferry project was driven by politics and military and special interests:
The program's bipartisan supporters, such as former Senator Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, and Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, credit Title XI with creating jobs and supporting national defense and the U.S. commercial fleet. The U.S. fleet shrank from 17 percent of the world's oceangoing merchant ships in 1960 to less than 1 percent in 2008, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Five guarantees approved since President Barack Obama took office in 2009 will create 8,000 jobs, maritime agency Administrator David Matsuda said in an e-mail.
The program has survived elimination attempts because supporters in Congress "logroll" to keep funding it, said Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute. "Some of these ships are built in their districts, and they'll fight to the death for it," Edwards said in an interview. His Washington-based group advocates reducing government spending and lower taxes.
Politics drove decisions to give guarantees to some companies that eventually defaulted, Clayton Cook, the maritime agency's general counsel from 1970 through 1973, said in an interview.
He cited American Classic Voyages Co., chaired by billionaire real-estate investor Sam Zell, which received a $1.1 billion guarantee for two cruise ships under the banner of Project America. Five subsidiaries of the company accounted for $330 million of the $490 million that defaults cost the government from 1993 through 2002.
Inouye sponsored a provision in a defense bill called the U.S. Flag Cruise Ship Pilot Project, he said at a hearing in 1999. The project gave American Classic Voyages exclusive rights to operate cruise ships in Hawaii, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing in 2000. The ships were to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Lott's hometown. Lott declined to be interviewed.
American Classic Voyages filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2001. The default cost taxpayers $187 million, according to the maritime agency.
Hawaii Connections
"The project, while proceeding with considerable difficulty, including delays and increased costs in construction, ultimately became a victim, like many other industries, of the September 11 attack on our nation," Inouye said in a floor speech in 2003.
Inouye didn't respond to a question about the default, saying in an e-mail that "loan-guarantee programs are one of the many ways that government can partner with the private sector to create jobs and expand the economy."
Hawaii Superferry, chaired by former Navy Secretary John Lehman, spent up to $20,000 a year lobbying Congress, the maritime agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies on Title XI and "vessel financing issues" between 2004 and 2006, according to federal lobbying disclosures. The loan guarantees helped the firm finance the ferry purchases from shipbuilder Austal USA, based in Mobile, Alabama.
The Superferry's default occurred because a Hawaii court ruled the state shouldn't have let the company skip an environmental impact study, said William Schubert, maritime administrator from December 2001 to February 2005. "The people of Hawaii wanted the service, and when it went to the state Supreme Court it pretty much put an end to the program," Schubert said in a phone interview.
The quote from Schubert is incorrect on a few ponts. Activists figured out early on that the Superferry business model was unprofitable. As Austal USA, the shipbuilder, pointed out to the Hawaii Superferry executives in the beginning, the ships on order were too large for the Hawai'i market. But they did meet military specifications, which in the end, paid off for Austal, who leveraged the Hawaii Superferry as a proof of concept to win a contract to supply Joint High Speed Vessels to the military. Some people from some islands may have wanted the Superferry. But many strongly opposed the project as another threat to the environment and sustainability. And Hawaii taxpayers were left holding the bag for $40 million in state harbor improvements that were never recovered from the company.
Orca and Superferries
July 26, 2011
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that researchers studying the effects of naval sonar on marine mammals spotted a pod of orca off Kaua'i:
The whales appeared at about 9 a.m. Sunday in the channel between Kauai and Niihau where Baird and other Cascadia scientists are conducting a three-week project for the Navy to gauge the effect of sonar training on various species of marine mammals.
The project, which began Wednesday and ends Aug. 8, involves tagging tooth-whale species, including false killer whales, short-finned pilot whales and Blainville's beaked whales.
The scientists will study the habitat and population, and the behavior and response to sonar during an upcoming submarine training exercise.
Meanwhile, the Maritime Administration received four bids for the two Hawaii Superferry catamarans:
An effort by the federal government to sell the two former Hawaii Superferry high-speed catamarans has attracted four interested buyers, though it's not certain when or if a winning bidder will be picked.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration said on Monday it received four bids to buy the two ships, the 321-foot Alakai and 338-foot Huakai. But the agency said it can't identify the bidders or say when it might complete its review of the bids.
The first time the ships came up for auction during foreclosure proceedings, no bidders came close to the actual cost of building the ships:
The agency provided two loan guarantees totaling roughly $140 million toward the $190 million construction cost of the two ships for the Superferry. At the foreclosure auction, no one bid more than $25 million per ship, so the agency kept the vessels.
The Superferry were proposed as transport vessels for Strykers and other military equipment. It was the prototype for the Joint High Speed Vessel, a fast military transport ship. Community protest and legal challenges successfully stopped the invasive project.
Superferry maker transforms into military ship builder
May 23, 2011
A recent article from the Alabama Press Register describes Austal USAʻs transformation into a military ship-builder. Austal was the ship builder of the controversial Hawaii Superferry. Opponents of the Superferry raised concerns that the project was a "Trojan Horse" military transport ship, but were ridiculed by the mainstream press and the political and business supporters of the Superferry. But as time rolls on, the military-industrial business model of making fast transport and combat ships is materializing as opponents forewarned. Here are a few excerpts from the article:
Austal USA's startling transformation from a commercial ferry builder with an uncertain future to a major player in the U.S. military-industrial complex has raised eyebrows in the shipbuilding world but hasn't quite gotten Austal invited to the grown-ups' table, according to industry analysts.
For Austal to join the Navy shipbuilding fraternity for the long haul, analysts said, the ships need to prove their value on the water, and the company itself needs to prove that it can build more complex vessels.
Its most prominent commercial contract was a $190 million deal to build two ships for Hawaii Superferry Inc. That deal turned into a quagmire for the shipbuilder. A judge made the Hawaiian company stop operating the ferry service because of environmental concerns. That caused Superferry to file for bankruptcy, forcing Austal to eat a $23 million loan it made to the company.
Defense contracting
While commercial results were mixed, Austal began seeing success in defense contracting. General Dynamics Corp. hired it to be a subcontractor to build two prototype littoral combat ships for the Navy.
General Dynamics eventually dropped out, and Austal became a prime contractor on the LCS program, winning a $3.6 billion, 10-vessel contract from the Navy in December.
In 2008 Austal won a $1.6 billion deal with the U.S. Army and Navy to build 10 high-speed vessels, which were basically militarized versions of the ferries it built for Hawaii.
The Pentagon's Biggest Boondoggles
March 13, 2011
The New York Times published this excellent Op-Chart graphic of the most wasteful military spending programs. Note that several of the programs listed are military earmarks backed by Senator Inouye or programs that related to Hawai'i in some way.
Missile Defense and Global Information Grid involves many of the wasteful programs associated with the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua'i, computer and space warfare programs on Maui and a host of projects related to the ill-fated Project Kai e'e and Navy UARC at the University of Hawai'i. "Net-Centric Warfare" was one buzzword for these "revolutionary" technologies.
Along similar lines, Future Combat Systems was part of the transformation of the Army into modular, mobile, electronically networked and omniscient elements in the battlefield. The Stryker was one of the first elements to be deployed as a part of this transformation.
The Littoral Combat Ship is an enormously expensive program that was awarded to both Lockheed Martin and Austal USA. Austal USA was the manufacturer of the controversial Hawai'i Superferry, which was a prototype for the military's Joint High Speed Vessel. The Hawai'i Superferry contract helped Austal to establish its shipyard in the U.S., which enabled it to compete for the military contracts.
The F-35 Fighter is one of the troubled and expensive programs that President Obama vowed to veto. Senator Inouye went up against Obama to push for the F-35.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13arquilla.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Published: March 12, 2011
The Pentagon's Biggest Boondoggles
JOHN ARQUILLA and FOGELSON-LUBLINER
As our government teeters on the brink of a shutdown, and Congress and the president haggle over spending cuts, the Pentagon budget should be scoured for places where significant reductions may be made. Not the handful of trims alluded to by Defense Secretary Robert Gates — $78 billion over the next five years, with these savings simply used to shore up spending on other acquisitions — but major cuts to systems that don't work very well or that are not really going to be needed for decades to come.
Unworkable or unnecessary systems tend to have something in common: their costs are often uncontrollable. A 2009 Government Accountability Office study of 96 major defense acquisition programs found that almost two-thirds of them suffered major cost overruns — 40 percent above contract prices, over all — with average delays of nearly two years. Those overruns totaled close to $300 billion, about the amount of President Bill Clinton's last full defense budget request a decade ago.
Listed below is just a sampling of what systems could be ended without endangering America; indeed, abandoning some of them might actually enhance national security. These cuts would generate only small savings initially — perhaps just several billion this fiscal year, as contracts would have to be wound down. But savings would swiftly rise to more than $50 billion annually thereafter.
And there's plenty more where these came from.
John Arquilla is a professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School and author of "Worst Enemy: The Reluctant Transformation of the American Military." Fogelson-Lubliner is a design firm.
Navy Awards Two Contracts to Build New Combat Ships
January 3, 2011
The New York Times reports that Lockheed Martin and Austal USA got nice Christmas gifts from the Navy:
The Navy on Wednesday awarded two companies contracts that could be worth a total of more than $7 billion to build 20 of its new littoral combat ships, splitting the purchase to obtain the vessels more quickly.
Navy officials said that if it exercises all of its options under the contracts, Lockheed Martin would assemble 10 of the coastal warships for $3.62 billion over six years and Austal USA, a unit of an Australian company, would build 10 for $3.52 billion.
The littoral combat ship (LCS) is the U.S. Navy's response to China's fast shallow-water naval vessels. This new ship design highlights the changing nature of naval warfare and the geopolitical importance of the Asia Pacific region.
Austal USA also built the two Hawaii Superferry ships, which were prototypes for the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), a major contract that Austal USA recently won from the US Navy. Activists opposed to the Hawaii Superferry pointed out that the ferry was just a front for these larger military plans. At the time, these theories were ridiculed by the media and politicians. But it seem now that the activists were right. And Austal is laughing all the way to the bank.
Lingle attempts to "Superferry" the Kulani prison transfer
November 5, 2010
Yesterday Governor Lingle was on hand to dedicate the new Youth ChalleNGe facility at the former Kulani prison site on Hawai'i island. This was reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser and Hawaii News Now.
But wait.
The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) decision to transfer the land from the Department of Public Safety to the state Department of Defense is being challenged by three parties: Kat Brady of the Community Alliance on Prisons, Michael Lee, a Kanaka Maoli cultural practitioner and lineal descendant with ties to the lands in question and DMZ-Hawai'i / Aloha 'Aina. Read more here and here
The three parties requested a contested case hearing before the BLNR. This should place a hold on the BLNR decision going into effect. To date, there has been no correspondence from BLNR to the intervening parties.
The Kulani prison lands, which are zoned for conservation, were set aside decades ago by executive order of the Governor exclusively for a prison. No other uses are permitted. When Governor Lingle closed the Kulani prison she announced that she was giving the facility to the National Guard for the Youth ChalleNGe program. The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Defense signed a memorandum of agreement to transfer the occupancy of the facility. But the previous executive order has not been officially terminated. And a new executive order has not been issued nor approved by the legislature. So the the new Youth ChalleNGe facility is illegal.
Lingle is not one to let the law get in the way of her plans. We saw what lengths she would go to in order to circumvent the law in the case of the Hawaii Superferry. Earlier, the Hawaii National Guard tried to sneak in military training, but community groups blocked the military training component. In the last months of her term, the expedited transfer of the Kulani facility to the National Guard seems to be Lingle's attempt to "Superferry" the Kulani prison transfer. This time she's leaving the mess for the next governor to clean up.
In the military-industrial complex, "Hawaii Superferry's Bankruptcy = US Navy Opportunity"
October 15, 2010
The Defense Industry Daily blog wrote this about the recent auction of the Hawaii Superferry ships to MARAD:
Hawaii Superferry's Bankruptcy = US Navy Opportunity
14-Oct-2010 14:04 EDT
In his April 6/09 discussion of the FY 2010 budget, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates said that the US military wanted to charter another 2 "JHSV-like" fast catamaran ships from 2009-2011, until the JHSV ships begin arriving. That meant JHSV-winner Austal would find its products competing once more with Incat, which has had 4 of its wave-piercing catamarans chartered by various American services. Their Swift wave-piercing catamaran is currently chartered by the Navy as HSV-2, just as the Austal-built Westpac Express is chartered by US Military Sealift Command for the Marines.
One obvious option was the Hawaiian Superferry catamarans, a larger pair of Austal-built ships that resemble the Westpac Express….
Oct 10/10: The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) buys the 2 ferries for $25 million each at a US District Court auction in Norfolk, VA. MARAD was able to use its owed debts to cover the bid cost, and will now look to sell the ferries. The US Navy has expressed interest in buying them. Maritime Matters | Alabama Press-Register | Honolulu Star-Advertiser | KITV Honolulu | Virginia Pilot | Gannett's Navy Times.
May 2010: The federal government sues to get title to the 2 vessels, in order to recoup its $150 million loan guarantees. The suit leads to the October 2010 auction.
Feb 11/10: The former Hawaii superferries Huakai and Alakai are pressed into service by the USA's Maritime Administration (MARAD), in the wake of the disaster in Haiti. The ships are managed by Hornblower Marine Services (HMS), and the deployment is seen as an earl concept test of the similar JHSV design's operations. Haiti's lack of port infrastructure has not, to date, been a major problem for these ships. Maritime Executive magazine.
March 30/09: Hawaii Superferry files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as it reportedly has just $1 million in cash, and is facing a $2.9 million principal and interest payment on one of the ferry construction loans. MarineLog's "Hawaii Superferry files for Chapter 11" explains the situation, and details the firm's various creditors.
- The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) is owed more than $135.7 million because of 2 loan guarantees under the Title XI program
- Shipbuilder Austal USA is owed $22.9 million, as a 2nd mortgage, on construction fees
- The state of Hawaii, which provided $40 million in harbor improvements, held the 3rd mortgage.
- Superferry is also in default to Guggenheim Funding LLC for $51.7 million, related to a secured note in August 2007.
- J.F. Lehman & Co., the controlling private investor in the project, put up $85.2 million of the $92.9 million issued in preferred stock. The firm was founded by former Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, and seems set to lose its entire investment.
Unsecured creditors listed in the bankruptcy petition are headed by:
- The Harbors Division of State of Hawaii: disputed claim for $731,080
- MTU: $544,653 for engine maintenance related services
- Hornblower Marine Services: $113,685 for management fees and services
- Austal USA: $78,198 for travel and labor for professional services
See also: Journal of Commerce.
March 16/09: The Hawaiian Superferry service is shut down, after a Hawaiian Supreme court court decision strikes down a 2007 law that allowed them to operate. The ruling effectively mandates even more environmental reviews for the service, and forces the ferries to stop operating in the mean time. Alakai had been operating between Oahu and Maui. AP.
Additional Readings
- Maritime Professional (August 2010) – Waiting for that Ship to Come In. Joseph Keefe takes a sharp look at the Hawaii Superferry saga.


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CROWN POINT — A pleasant summer night translated into a good size crowd for preview night at the 161st annual Lake County Fair.
A steady stream of people pumped life into the Midway as screams from carnival rides like the new 90-foot tall Vertigo trailed over barkers' calls to try your luck for a prize.
Twelve-year-old Sadie Smith of Crown Point was defying the odds as she rolled a bowling ball into the sweet spot to win a stuffed pink raccoon. Two more rolls and she won again, upgrading her raccoon to a larger one.
"This is my dad's favorite game. I guess he passed it on," Sadie said. Her dad and mom, Todd and Tracey Smith, and her siblings, Tucker 15, and Harry, 9, were joined by Todd's brother, Andy Smith, from North Carolina and his daughter, Holly.
Todd and Tracey Smith said the family is at the fair about every night because the kids usually take advantage of the mega-ride passes. This is the first year they didn't purchase the weeklong passes.
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This year the fair is working with several north Lake County transit groups to create an opportunity for more people to visit the fair who may normally not have the opportunity. The fair is partnering with East Chicago Transit Service, Gary Public Transportation Corp. and North Township Dial-A-Ride for Transit Day on Wednesday.
"They came to us and we were thrilled to death," Marcinek said. "Hopefully in the future, if it works well, we will have more days."
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The pick-up and drop-off point to and from the fair will be Griffith Plaza in front of the old Service Merchandise store. East Chicago Transit will operate its regular service to the plaza with the last trip from Griffith Plaza leaving at 7:16 p.m. The North Township shuttles will pick up riders at Wolf Lake, the Civic Center, Wicker Park, the Visitor's Center and Kmart and proceed to the Griffith Plaza pick-up/drop-off.
Gary Public Transportation will run from Griffith Plaza to the fair at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 , 3 and 4 p.m. with the last pick-up at 5 p.m. The bus will also stop at the Lake County Government Center for each trip.
Northbound service from the fair to the plaza will be at 11 a.m. and 1, 3, 4 and 5 p.m. with the last bus leaving the fair at 7 p.m.
Cost is $1 each way.
Gary's free transfers from other GPTC routes: No. 23 at Griffith Plaza, No. 17 and 18 at the Government Center will be honored.
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09/01/2014 The voting is over, the expert judges – and the general public – have had their say, and the results of the Hasselblad Masters 2014 Competition are finally in. Extended to twelve categories by the inclusion this time around of a section devoted to underwater photography, the range and diversity of the images that have been successful is extraordinary, while the line-up of winners is truly international.
Held every two years, the Hasselblad Masters 2014 competition was the most hotly contested ever, with entry levels surging from 2500 for the 2012 event up to nearly 4000 this time around, due in no small part to the decision to open it up to a wider audience.
For the first time not only users of medium or large format cameras but also active professionals with over three years experience using cameras that offered resolution of 16MP or above were invited to enter, and it has all helped to raise the status of the competition to a higher level still.
"We're delighted with the number of entries the Hasselblad Masters 2014 competition attracted," says Hasselblad's Global Photographer Relations Manager Paul Waterworth. "The standard was extraordinarily high this time around, and the category winners can be truly proud of their achievement.
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General: Roman Jehanno, France
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Yesterday afternoon my family and I visited Fort McHenry National Monument, where the U.S. national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" was born in 1814.
Our visit that day started wonderfully but ended unpleasantly when a National Park Service ranger aimed his taser at my father over… (drum roll) …an alleged dog-off-leash violation.
<Insert ironic statement about the location and nature of this incident. E.g. "So much for the 'land of the free.'">
At right is a picture of the vicious, nasty, terrifying, 14-pound and taser-worthy hell hound named Mac.
Mac tried to befriend the offending park ranger and his backup during the incident. After they ignored him, he eventually got bored and took a nap in the grass of the monument's spacious east lawn.
Did the park ranger abuse his authority? That's not my decision to make — I'll leave that to his superiors and the courts. But the fact is he aimed a weapon at an unarmed person — aka my father — and shamed his family in broad daylight in a public park jam-packed with other families.
Make no mistake, this could have been a lethal confrontation. My father is not young, and even the low-amperage jolt of a taser can spur cardiac events.
I might take some heat for this post because, after having a weapon aimed at him, my dad lost his cool. He never threatened or attacked, but at the end of the incident he did yell at the rangers over their frightening and unwarranted use of force.
The rest of us didn't fare much better in our adrenaline rush. Someone was threatening our family member and human instincts in moments of danger run deep. Until you're in the thick of it, it's impossible to know what angry or weird or silly things you'll say or do.
Here's what happened.
My parents drove from Ohio, and my fiance and I from New York, to visit my brother and his fiance in Baltimore. My brother was on leave from work in the Middle East.
He's a history buff, so we decided to make our way to nearby Fort McHenry. It's a patriotic place where 1,000 soldiers thwarted the British navy's invasion during the War of 1812. We had a great time crawling into the guts of the fort, watching period actors marching around and enjoyed being around one another.
On our way out my parents took Mac for a walk in the public section of the park. Mac loves to play fetch. Because he was getting tangled up in his leash, I grabbed it from my dad, unclipped the leash and started to play a jubilant game of fetch with a tennis ball.
Out of nowhere a National Park Service ranger strolled from behind some trees. He asked us in a stern voice whose dog it was.
"It's our dog. It's the family's dog," I said, taken aback by the accosting tone of the man.
He proceeded to tell us having a dog off the leash was against the law. I hadn't seen any posted signs about this and, up until this point, no park official of any kind had ever said anything to me about it. Plus, I thought I saw other dog owners in the park with their animals off-leash.
Looking to diffuse the situation and get on with our day, I blurted out submissive kindnesses like "I'm sorry" and "I didn't know that" and "We'll keep him on his leash from now on." My dad put Mac back on his leash, keeping perfectly silent the whole time.
This is how the story should have ended: A family playing with their harmless, small dog being gently warned to keep it on a leash.
But that's not how it played out.
The park ranger escalated. He demanded our licenses. And while the ranger almost certainly saw me take possession of Mac and unleash him from his tree-lined hiding spot, he handed my license back and kept my father's.
Why this happened is interesting. Very interesting, indeed.
We stood quietly while the ranger phoned a colleague, trying to read back — letter by letter — my dad's name and license number. Farva must have been on the other end because it was approaching 10 minutes of waiting around.
Meanwhile, another ranger appeared on a bicycle and joined us on the grass.
My brother, father and I continued to putz around. I played with my phone. My dad looked up at the sky. We made small talk about how cold it had gotten, seeing condensation puffing out of Mac's nostrils.
Now, the thing you must know about my dad is that he can have a short fuse. He'll never throw or attack or doing anything physical, but he does get loud and cranky. So he was doing really, really well. (My mom remarked afterward how well he had done, given the circumstances, and that's saying a lot.)
My father is also a joker. To break the growing tension and outlandishness of what was happening, he turned to my baffled mother and began a brief comedy routine. "Sorry, honey, they're going to arrest me. I'll see you at the jail," he said, chuckling while turning back to the park rangers.
They were stone-faced.
At this point the officer began writing a ticket while speaking with the person on his phone. Minutes later my dad courteously asked the ranger if he could have his license back, take his ticket and get on with his day because this was getting silly and he wanted to spend time with his family.
In a sort of harrumph, my dad stuck his now-freezing hands in his jacket pockets.
The ranger completely lost his shit. He screamed at my dad to pull his hands out of his pockets and stand back, all the while fingering what looked like a gun in a holster. My dad said something like, "I have nothing in my pockets, my hands are cold," and took them out as he stepped back.
I began fumbling with my phone to get its camera up and running. My brother — always the diplomat — walked toward my dad, grasped his arm and began pulling him away from the ranger. With their backs partially turned, the male ranger pulled out his taser and aimed it at my father.
I understand law enforcement agents just want to make it home at the end of their shift each day, and you never know what someone might do in the face of oppressive authority.
But context is critical.
We were nice. We didn't know about the law, and clipped the leash back on right away. We were then patient and courteous while waiting to get my father's license back. Right up to the point that the ranger screamed at us and drew his weapon.
I'm sorry, but an older man walking a small dog, cracking dorky jokes with his family and sticking his freezing hands in his pockets is not an invitation for potentially deadly force.*
To the National Park Service and Fort McHenry:
- There was absolutely no place for this behavior here.
- Please don't hire aggressive, antisocial and reckless people who are prone to abuse their authority.
- Please train the rangers you do hire adequately before sending them into the public with weapons.
- You'll be hearing from us soon.
* Adding insult to injury: The park ranger forged my father's signature on the $75.00 ticket.
Images: 1) Armed and dangerous with a 14-pound dog on a leash and a fold-up stool. (Copyright of Dave Mosher) 2) Mac the Destroyer. (Copyright of Dave Mosher) 3) My dad and a famous Middle Eastern political figure. (left: Copyright of Dave Mosher; right: Wikipedia)


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I am looking for more natural ways to get rid of string algae..I always end up using ecoblast and ClarityMax. I seen some people put plecostomus in their ponds but I have a skimmer and I am worried it might get sucked in there. Also I heard putting rock salt might help? Any suggestions would be great,thanks Amber |
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I used to always have a lot of algae in the spring when I topped up the water in the pond. The last two years, I used only water from the rainbarrel, and there was no algae bloom. |
Hi I think the ONLY way to keep algae at bay is the way ma nature does ,Lots of plants !! They will use up the nutients that the algae need . Are you talking about attached algae or suspended /greenwater.?? What is your water source. Many municipal water supplies are loaded with nitrates and phosphates right out of the tap. Prime algae food lol. The rainwater USUALLY has far less . I use a rainwater purge system on my above ground pool with only an occasional top off from the hose. no algae but can lead to very acidic water which isn't too good for the usual pond fish. Find what plants will grow well for you both floating and submerged Makes for a far prettier pond anyway?? gary |
UV light works miracles with algae |
Marsh marigold is one of the earliest plants to sprout in the spring. It will outcompete the string algae and the suspended algae for excess nutrients and solve both problems. |
- Posted by goodkarma_ 5b (My Page) on Mon, Mar 21, 11 at 11:38
Over the years I have found the best way is to keep the bottom of the pond clean, use lots of veggie filtration,provide shade in the form of floating plants and or floating islands and perform water changes as needed- but only as needed. |
- Posted by eyecndiggit (My Page) on Sat, Apr 9, 11 at 17:46
Lots of plants always help. Rock salt is not for getting rid of algae. A samll percentage (like .2%) is good for your fish but adding too much will kill your ifsh and your plants. I use Goldfish Koi Pond Powder (calcium bentonite)..cheap, all natural and safe.. from the site below |
Here is a link that might be useful: The Pond Site
A cheap fix is Hydrogen Peroxide. The stuff you get @ Dollar General, a 3% solution. Pull out as much as you can with a toilet brush and then pour on the Peroxide. It literally melts the algae. ANd there are no harmful side effects for the pond. Just don't pour it directly on plants. It will burn them. |
- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 9:09
I agree with Pat. H2O2 works like a charm on string algae but not other kinds. I use one pint per 1000 gallons but you could go higher without causing problems. Try the lower dose first. |
- Posted by blessedfamily 5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 21:27
Thanks I will try the peroxide. |
We've had terrible string algae the past 2 summers, last year being worse. We tried barley, and some chemicals - I've told my husband NO more chemicals! Will hydrogen peroxide harm my fish? It's been so hard to keep fish, what with the heron, etc and I've had these for 2 years now. |
- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Wed, Apr 13, 11 at 0:17
H2O2 is water with one additional oxygen molecule. It won't harm the fish unless you pour it directly on them. Then it might temporarily bubble away the slime coat that fish have. It is sometimes used to add oxygen to the water but takes a lot. I have used it directly on a fish that had an infected injury from a heron. The wound healed up very quickly after that. There are many uses for it. Do a Google search if you are interested. |
I kept goldies for years and used peroxide and never had a problem. I used to turn off the waterfall and pour it directly no the rocks to dissolve the algae there. Used as many as 4 bottles at one time. Then I started up the pump to wash it away. Again, do no pour it direcly on plants and fish and you will be fine. And, I believe it is much safer than the "store bought" concoctions which are expensive and full of harmful chemicals. I used Algaefix for a few years and killed all my snails unknowingly. |
- Posted by jimbdoylestonw none (My Page) on Sun, Mar 10, 13 at 20:46
I was thinking of using the peroxide method but my pond is still in its winter stage. The pump is shutdown. Do I need to start the pump? Do I mix the peroxide and pour it around the pond with the pump off. Need help the string algae is consuming my pond. I have had the pond for 11 yrs and have never had string algae. It started at the end of last season but I thought over the winter it would die off. Any ideas why it would start now? |
- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Mon, Mar 11, 13 at 15:46
It could easily have been brought in by a bird but the spores from algae are literally every where including fish food, potting soil, plants and the air. It is impossible to guess the source. Your pond just happened to have the right conditions to cause a bloom although it usually grows more in warmer conditions. Winter growth is fairly common, just slower. First remove as much as you can reach with a new toilet bowl brush. Cheap, good size and shape, won't harm the liner, collects algae very well and is easy to maneuver. Broken off pieces of string algae are easily sucked up by a pump which reduces the chances of it starting to grow again. Filter material such as poly quilt batting does a good job of capturing the debris and is cheap enough to toss when the problem is gone or you can pour some peroxide on it and continue to use it. You can pour the peroxide on full strength. Diluting it only reduces its effect. It becomes inactive(changes to water, releases an oxygen molecule) in minutes or even less. Applying it at the sides and around the waterfall are best. Since string algae is very prolific you will likely have to do this again as the weather gets warmer. Other than appearance and growth rate, string algae isn't all that bad for the pond. Fish and other critters will use it for their eggs and will eat it. It makes a good addition to the garden as mulch or in the compost pile. |
I always get a fair bit of string algae in the spring when the ice goes out. Then, as the plants kick in, the nutrients available for the string algae are used by the plants. There is still string algae in summer but it is limited. |
it's not a natural method but I sprung for 2 uv systems and my water is perfect after 2 weeks. Before you couldn't see down for even an inch. It's a bit expensive but if your pond is under certain conditions that promote algae like mine (direct sun) it's worth it in the long run. |
More plants mainly waterlilies to cover the surface so the sun doesn't get through to the water and the water lilies will eat up all the nutrients the algae needs to grow and it will slowly die off. Trust me it works and your pond will be alot healthier for it and your fish will be happy and healthy as well. I have 10 water gardens it works. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Make Money Gardening
Chemical fixes will work a while, then the plants, bounce back... Algae is a fast growing plant which is well able to take advantage of fertile water early in the year. Take a leaf out of nature's handbook, let loose a plant which is more ruthless at extracting fertility and dominating a pond... Azolla will dominate the pond surface, shade the algae, deplete the ponds fertility and is much easier to get rid of when the algae has been more or less exterminated Azolla is a very efficient fertiliser when it has done its task and needs thinning out. Plonk it around drought prone plants as a mulch... |
- Posted by zinniachick southwest Ohio (My Page) on Mon, Apr 1, 13 at 13:43
Send it to me. I may be all wet but I've noticed that when the string algae takes off the suspended algae clears. Maybe it's a coincidence but I am happy when I see the hairy stringy stuff. :) But then, my fish keep it trimmed back pretty well so it's not a nuisance, and it's the only plant I can have in the pond (because of those bad-mannered fish.) |
I'll post again..."Marsh marigold is one of the earliest plants to sprout in the spring. It will outcompete the string algae and the suspended algae for excess nutrients and solve both problems." Since I potted 3 marsh marigold plants in my 900 gallon pond I have not had a problem with green water or string algae. The marsh marigold sprouts earlier than my crocuses. It seems to use up the nutrients long before the algae can. No chemicals, no expensive UV lights. |
As an experiment I left a tub of fertile water do its own thing, while I can't remember the sequence, at times algae would over run it. Duckweed bumped it off. Water meal over run it. Bladderwort choked it. Whatever you do, a fertile body of water is going to be colonised, invaded by some resilient plant. I quite like the sort that are easy to sweep out, all in one go, or a mix of plants which you do consider picturesque... (ornamental) |
- Posted by cadillactaste 5 (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 17:45
So UV lighting kills string algae...can you place spot lights that are UV on the direction of the problem? Or the peroxide...turning off falls and cleaning. How soon before you can turn the water back on? This won't harm birds then since it won't hurt fish. |
- Posted by cherokee_joeshoeboot 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 21:22
UV lights do NOT kill STRING algae. UV, when properly sized to your pond and when the water flow past the light is correct is an excellent control for free algae, the kind that turns your water green. String algae is attached to some part of your pond and will not flow past the UV light. UV is only effective if the water flows within about 2 to 3 inches of the light and must be exposed for a certain period of time. It the water flow is too past it won't kill the algae. |
- Posted by cadillactaste 5 (My Page) on Fri, May 3, 13 at 23:00
Thanks...it is a problem with our waterfall. It is a vanishing waterfall so no real pond. Enough water to wet the dogs feet at the base. So peroxide won't hurt the birds once falls are turned back on? Really don't want to kill wildlife which visit frequently. |
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The boys and girls individual and team cross country championships, as well as the Division I and II field hockey state championships, will be decided Sunday.
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Does anyone here have any experience, or know someone who does, with Japanese-style roof tiles? I mean like the ones at the link below. We are considering using these (they would really work with the style of roof we have, and the current asphalt roof has about 18 months of life left in it, if that).
I'm wondering, for instance, how expensive they are, how hard it is to find a competent roofer to put them on (since they're unusual), how durable, etc. And any comments on issues I may not have thought of... |
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10x-20x the material cost of asphalt shingles, plus the labor to re-engineer the entire roof support structure to be able to support the weight of a tile roof. It's HEAVY. |
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I'm not much help, but we have always dreamed of a German tile roof in a similar vein. Post back if/when you get any details? |
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Like, lets say I wanted to check something every time I moved.
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Looking for any help on brand and "color" of the bulb. (I guess it's by Kelvins the higher being a truer or dayitme light.) I am hoping to find a right balance -- nothing to yellow or too bright. Any help would be appreciated!!! Also looking for a CFL that can be used on a dimmer switch -- I know they exist. 9I just haven't had any luck yet) |
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. My local big orange place always has a pretty good selection of CFL's . . including "daylight" spectrum bulbs. I've had pretty decent luck with the Commercial Electric brand they sell there . . I've even seen CFL floods, bug lights, and 3-ways as well . . . Bob |
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I'm so glad you asked that question. I have a great source for compact fluorescent bulbs--it's Energy Federation, Inc. The website is energyfederation.org or efi.org. Go to 'Consumer Division' then 'Lighting' then 'Bulbs.' They have every imaginable compact fluorescent bulb with good information about warm v. cool v. daylight, efficiency, and life on each bulb they sell. I bought dimmable c.f.'s there that work great and have a nice warm color. They cost $6.50 each for 15 watts (60 watt equivalent) or $6.75 each for 20 watts (75 watt equivalent). I also bought a great floor lamp there that has a very bright circular fluorescent bulb. Oh, yes, I bought candelabra-base bulbs there for my dining room light fixture. Rose |
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Awesome Albums: Fog #2 by novakmisi
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Dakar Rally 2012
My town, Subotica in Serbia, Europe has a Dakar 2012 bike competitor named Gabor Saghmeister. Just a cold, big man. One of the best riders of Serbia, Subotica, Gabor Saghmeister is ready for a new Dakar Rally to be held from 1 to 15 January 2012. He is now with his team, which held a promotion in Freedom Square, where the citizens of Subotica could see the engine, which will be used this year as well as the engines that were used in the previous Dakar Rallies. -
My 2011 in Analogue: Novakmisi's Lomography Activity in 12 Pieces
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The History of Palinka-Making
A well-known traditional drink made through the distillation of mash in Vojvodina, Serbia. -
Harvest Days at Palić, Serbia
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Croatian Harvest Festival
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Want to know how to make a photogramm with heated kitchen utensils? Here's some quick and dirty tips you can use to make your own! -
Cooking with Poison
This is a story of a film experiment I did with chemistry. It involves iron solution for Plant Protection. Go get your goggles and protect your eyes! -
Flea Market
Sunday morning walk in a flea market in my town Subotica,Serbia. -
Subotica, My Town in Serbia
The City Hall – A Masterpiece of Art Nouveau in Subotica, Serbia. -
The 9+1 Colony of Artists
How work is like in the 9+1 Art Colony in a little village in St. Moravica, Serbia. -
Russian Mix
I ain't afraid of cooking... like that Swedish Chef in the Muppet Show. This time novakmisi was the chef, on his way cook the film. The menu was Russian Mix, the name was inspired form those Russian cameras he uses.


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NY- R&B recording artist — Singer & Songwriter – Markeisha Ensley
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The incredible artist, Markeisha Ensley returns to Lannie's after her SOLD OUT show last year!
This concert will be a benefit for the Rock & Rawhide charity with donations given to the Denver Dumb Friends League to reduce stress and noise levels in the shelter, thereby increasing
- Towels and blankets: all sizes from face cloth to bath size
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- Dog treats, peanut butter, hot dogs, cheese
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Listening to the sounds of singer-songwriter, Markeisha Ensley is like indulging in a rich, flourless chocolate cake while drinking a well-aged, red wine. She combines piano-playing flair with smooth soul, her mellifluous voice soaring over unforgettable melodies. Originally from Aurora, Colorado, she is the winner of the 2011 Abe Olman Scholarship Award for Excellence in Songwriting from the Songwriters Hall of Fame/Songwriters Guild of America, with previous recipients including John Legend.
She's been called a cross between Alicia Keys and Anita Baker, Markeisha strikes an uplifting groove and graces the stage with a powerful, undeniable presence.
Markeisha's latest EP, Talk to Me, is a sultry selection of soulful up-tempos and ballads on love, inspired by her recent trips to Paris and the Caribbean. Featuring a unique blend of Motown doo-wop harmonies, pop melodies and gospel singing, the album was recorded with her band in New York at Flux Studios. Markeisha has received numerous awards and honors since releasing her debut album, Ready, in 2006, including two Honorable Mentions in the Billboard World Songwriting Contest and recognition by BMI/Songwriters Association of Washington, where she was asked to perform at the Smithsonian Museum alongside legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier ("Stop! In the Name of Love"). She is looking forward to her US and Paris tours in the spring! She has recently appeared at: The Bitter End, NYC.
- 2011 Abe Olman Scholarship Award for Excellence in Songwriting – Songwriters Hall of Fame/Songwriters Guild of America
- 2009 Songwriter Award – BMI/Smithsonian Associates/Songwriters Associates of Washington
- Honorable Mention (2 Songs) – Billboard World Songwriting Contest
"Markeisha's soulful and swaying ballads feature doo-wop melodies, jazz interludes, and New York City's classic, vocal melting pot conjures up images of smoky clubs and timeless lyrics on her latest release, Talk To Me. The gospel-tinged ballads feature classic rhythms and moods that can only be created by Markeisha." – Inside World Music
"….brings a rare passion to her work. Her soulful voice, arresting and compelling, soars over her beautifully crafted melodies and lyrics." – Bob Leone Projects Director (1988-2006) Songwriters Hall of Fame
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Tag Archives: Bell's Palsy
Eight Weeks of Bells
Eight weeks in and recovery is remarkably slow – but I was told to expect this. I reckon I have another couple of months at least until I'm recovered enough that it doesn't annoy me. But my eye no longer … Continue reading
Two Weeks In
Two weeks of Bell's Palsy has been a curious thing. I can almost forget I have it until I need to speak, or eat, or drink – there's been a few spills. Fortunately writing is a relatively solitary activity, so … Continue reading
Bell's Palsy – What I Got up to on My Holidays
So, what did you all do on your holidays? Me, I've gone and gotten Bell's Palsy, which is a very difficult word to say when you have Bell's Palsy (those hard B and P sounds are too hard for my … Continue reading


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Event Details
- Fri, Jun. 27
8:00 pm - Sat, Jun. 28
8:00 pm
18 and Up
The Long Center is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit dedicated to broadening the appreciation and enhancing the enjoyment of the cultural arts.
C3 presents Eddie Izzard and the Force Majeure World Tour, coming to Austin on Friday, June 27 & 28, 2014 at 8:00 pm.
One of the most acclaimed comedians of his generation, Izzard's unique, tangential, absurd, and surreal comic narratives are lauded for their creativity and wit, earning him a New York Drama Desk Award and two Emmys for Dress to Kill, two British Comedy Awards for Top Stand-Up Comedian, and an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement.
Force Majeure is the most extensive comedy tour ever; launched in March of 2013, the tour will take Izzard to 25 countries on five continents. From Cardiff to Kathmandu and Moscow to Mumbai, Force Majeure will play throughout Europe, Africa, Russia, the U.K., Canada, the U.S., India, Nepal, The Far East and Australia. Izzard recently completed runs in France performing entirely in French and in Berlin performing entirely in German.
- This performance is intended for mature audiences.
- The official website for Eddie Izzard
Questions? Call the 3M Box Office at (512) 474-LONG (5664), TTY (800) 735-2989.


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As in any election year politicians pander to their support bases and there has been a lot of chatter about immigrants being a great source of problems.
For example, Romney got up on high horse the other day about self deportation and I think this article in Fox Latino did a pretty good job of unhorsing his argument so to speak.
This being said I hold that we cannot allow immigrants to enter the US without limits due to the social costs and because there is a small, but growing segment of that demographic that goes right onto welfare without working.
It's important to remember that before the 1930s neither Americans nor immigrants had any benefits and therefore mass waves of immigration did not cost the US much money rather helped build the country via low cost labor.
I'm not suggesting that we go backwards in time rather that social benefits exist now and cost money so whatever the approach one has to be able to pay for such benefits.
In this regard it is not the moral or financial responsibility of the US to take care of people just because their home countries will not. So rather than indicate that the US is racist and insensitive for not wishing to support women that use children to gain citizenship that do not work and have no intention of working – ask the question why the governments in their home countries won't take care of them.
Take Mexico for example, they badly treat Central American immigrants to their country and their own poor, yet see fit to lambaste us.
In many regards Mexico has exported their social problems and the immoral treatment of their own poor to the US who then often wire money back to Mexico serving to stimulate their economy.
Now on the issue of using children to establish residency one must make a strong distinction between those immigrants that come here to work and then have kids as a natural progression of life versus those that use kids to get into the country and then never work, but use the social benefits.
The former, in my estimation are quite welcome as they embody the American dream and add value; however, the latter should be denied entry as if the practice is to continue then one is encouraging some immigrants globally to game our system.
It's unclear why the poor are so badly treated in their home countries. As for Latin America perhaps it's cultural and a result of how Spain and Portugal colonized the region.
One time in Lima, I was asked why the US and Canada had done so much better economically than Latin America to which I responded that I didn't know nor had I ever thought about it.
I was told it was because England always wanted to do commerce back and forth while Spain just took resulting in robust back and forth commerce never taking off.
Perhaps there's a cultural reason why as well due to a much more heavily embedded class system in LatAm.
Take the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, versus the second wealthiest man – Bill Gates.
Slim apparently does not give much to charity and said he can best help people by employing them.
Gates on the other hand has not only employed and enriched a great many, but he has also given billions to charity.
So perhaps because there is less of a class system in the US people tend not to look down on those with less as much as in LatAm.
And if the US is good at one thing it's charity and not just rich people – a great many in the US donate to charity.
This being said I think it's important to remember that the US has been built on the backs of immigrants something indelibly ingrained into the American psyche and well documented in some classic American novels that most read in high school.
Even though fiction the two novels below do a pretty good job of depicting the struggles faced by immigrants and migrants alike.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck discussed the struggle of Okies during the Great Depression working in the fields in California interestingly enough a torch Cesar Chavez picked up after WWII and a story quite applicable to some immigrants today given the heavily Mexican migrant work force.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair discussed the plight of Lithuanian immigrants working in unsanitary and unsafe conditions in a meat processing plant in Chicago at the beginning of the 20th century.
Those that are heavily against all forms of immigration are ignoring the toil, determination and courage of their ancestors which without the US would not have been built nor would it be the great nation it is today.
Shall we throw away the motto on the original Seal of the United States of America adopted by Congress in 1782?
E Pluribus Unum – out of many, one
And if you forget or throw away the very thing that enabled the US to be great then what does this portend for our future?
There's no shortage of immigrant contributions to the US.
The first transcontinental railroad was made possible by Chinese and Irish laborers.
50% of the workforce during the industrial revolution was comprised of immigrants and their children and if you add their grandchildren the number rises to 66%.
And it goes on and on….
Immigration in the US needs a moderate and honest approach and above all one that doesn't break the bank.
Perhaps we need to re-emulate the forward thinking of our founding fathers and get away from the short-term thinking that has plagued the country as of late whether this has been in business, personal or in step with election cycles.
I'll close the article with something that all immigrants should read if they haven't and perhaps many Americans should reread.
What embodies the struggle of immigrants seeking freedom and a fresh start more than the inscription inside the base of The Statue of Liberty?
The New Colossus – Emma Lazarus – 1883
"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"
cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"


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Fall Food & Art at Coastal Maine's Inn by the Sea
Harvest on the Harbor & Winslow Homer
Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich of the Inn's Sea Glass restaurant is a leader of greater Portland's dynamic food scene and he'll be one of the chefs featured at this year'sHarvest on the Harbor, from October 23 to 26, 2013. Maine's premier food & wine festival is celebrating its 6th year and Argentinean-raised Chef Kaldrovich will be at both the Grand Tasting and International Maine, which celebrates the diversity of chefs and cuisines in the state of Maine. Inn by the Sea's Fall Harvest Package, which includes a 5-course harvest tasting menu from Chef Kaldrovich, is the best way to immerse yourself in the autumn flavors of Maine.
For Maine country food adventures, fall is prime season for the Maine apple harvest and maps of local orchards near Inn by the Sea can be found at the Maine Pomological Society. For city lovers, Portland has been called the "Foodiest Small Town in America" by Bon Appetit magazine and Maine Foodie Tours offers culinary walking tours with plenty of opportunities to taste. Tours are offered daily through October and on weekends through December.
Few painters have captured the Maine coastline better than the legendary American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), who lived and painted just five miles away from Inn by the Sea for a quarter of a century. The Winslow Homer Studio on Prout's Neck, purchased and renovated by the Portland Museum of Art, was opened to visitors in late 2012. The Studio is open for private tours for guests of Inn by the Sea through December.
The Portland Museum of Art is currently presenting Winslow Homer's Civil War, an exhibition of Winslow Homer's wood-engravings drawn from its permanent collection. Homer first gained national recognition for images of the Civil War that he produced for the popular magazine Harper's Weekly. As an artist-correspondent "embedded" with Union troops, he made several trips to the Virginia front. Inn by the Sea'sWinslow Homer's Civil War Package entices visitors to enjoy a two-night getaway while taking in this highly anticipated fall exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art.
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Friday, June 01, 2012
Contract to run Maplewood License Office Canceled
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, the Missouri Department
of Revenue announced that it has withdrawn the contract recently awarded to St.
Louis County Council member Kathleen Burkett (D-Overland, District 2) to run
the Maplewood License Bureau. The department cited Burkett's failure to
satisfy the requirements of her proposal for the position without providing any
details. The Maplewood License office is among the top revenue producing
fee offices in the state.
The complete news story is in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The revenue department's action is a reversal of its decision last
week to award the contract to Burkett, despite her filing for bankruptcy in
March of 2011. The revenue department reported the contract would be
awarded to Mid-America Transplant Services, a nonprofit organization that was
the runner-up to Burkett in the state application process. The state's
application scores for Burkett and Mid-America Transplant Services were 73.64
and 73.07, respectively, out of a possible 100. Burkett had scored the
highest of nine applicants for the office.
Burkett had most recently operated the Ferguson License Office and
her family had also operated the Overland License Office for many years.
Burkett has been a St. Louis County Council member since 2002 and is seeking
re-election this year.
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World champions Ferrari resumed testing on Monday in preparation for this weekends Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
The teams official test driver, Luca Badoer, was on track at the Fiorano circuit at the wheel of an F2005, tackling a technical programme centred on Bridgestone tyre development.
In sunny conditions and with track temperatures reaching almost 50 degrees Celsius, Badoer completed 110 laps (including 19 on Fioranos short layout), with a best time of 57.560s.
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Screenshot Saturday 20111224 – Night on Bald Mountain
Another tileset we will be using for our levels. Which will have its own elements, challenges, and end boss: We're of course also adding its own type of trees and vegetations to be corrupted: You can see our video previews here. Update: We've finally settled on the tone for the corrupted tiles on the mountain levels.
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A new video preview for the game, this time showcasing the spreading corruption: You may also want to head over to reddit for an on-going discussion and more sample images.
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Finally, as promised, some gameplay video from our work-in-progress Project K: In the game, you help those little guys get cleanse the world of corruption by finding the pieces of the Alatuir stone and using it to cleanse the stages. They're well-meaning but not very sharp, so you'll need to lead them to avoid hazards, evil creatures and other dangers, …
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Lawmakers propose law to give disgruntled Griffith a way out of Calumet Township
By Michelle L. Quinn Post-Tribune correspondent January 19, 2013 5:42PM
Updated: January 19, 2013 10:26PM
GRIFFITH — A House bill introduced last week may be the ticket to get the town out of Calumet Township, though the process would be long and involved.
House Bill 1585, introduced by newly elected State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville, and co-sponsored by Reps. Mara Candelaria-Reardon, D-Munster, and Gerald "Jerry" Torr, R-Carmel, seeks to allow a municipality to attach itself to an adjacent township if its current property tax rate is at least 15 times the state's average township assistance rate, Griffith Town Council Vice President Rick Ryfa said.
If the bill passes, it would go into effect July 1.
And Ryfa thinks it has a good chance of getting on the floor this time around.
"We feel very good about it coming to the House and going over to the Senate," Ryfa said. "Right now, we're waiting for a committee assignment, which has to be done by Jan. 24, so our first victory would be a good committee assignment, such as House Ways and Means."
But transferring to another township won't be as simple as a declaration of intent. First, 30 percent of the voters in a municipality who voted in the last Secretary of State election must sign petitions in favor of getting out its township. Once the signatures have been procured, the municipality's governing body must vote to have a referendum, either by special election or at the next available election.
The referendum would then need to pass with a two-thirds majority.
Assuming the billl becomes law, the town would have one year to petition adjacent townships — in Griffith's case, that would be St. John, North or Ross township — and have its petition accepted. Should none of the adjacent townships want to avail themselves to Griffith, the town could then opt to administer township services itself.
"The best choice would be to join another township," Ryfa said. "But we could do ourselves as well."
Ryfa, who along with other town officials has been working with lobbyists to craft the legislation, said they were careful to craft a bill that's good for the town, fair to the rest of the state and something acceptable to the Indiana Township Association.
"We are not attempting wholesale reform or elimination of townships. We simply are offering an equitable solution derived from input we received from around the state that will protect citizens and other forms of government from only the most abusive townships," he said.
If the legislation passes as written, Griffith property owners would be the first in line to see a reduction on their pre-circuit-breaker property tax bills.
The Calumet Township poor relief rate Griffith residents pay is at least 30 times the state average, Ryfa said, so the result would be lower bills for Griffith property owners and increased revenue for all other governmental units.
"It is a win for Griffith and the rest of the county, and it is a win for good government," he said.


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Chick Magnets
According to Brobible.com these are sure fire chick magnets. What do you think? What are they forgetting?
1. Puppy
Girls are naturally drawn to cute cuddly things so it only makes sense that if she sees you with a puppy, she'll come running over instantly. They also assume that if you're capable of taking care of a puppy, you must be capable of taking care of them.
2. Lax Stick
If a girl sees you out with your lax wand, she knows you're a Bro. Throw in some mid-calves and a pinnie, and you're good to go. Lacrosse players also have reputations for having great parties around college campuses, so she'll definitely want to be involved in some of your parties, too.
3. Nice Ride
Depending on where in the country you live, and what type of girl you want to attract, this can mean different things. If you're in Texas and trying to hook up with a rancher's daughter, you've got to go with a jacked-up pick-up truck. Other girls go for guys with fast cars, while others are looking for a guy with that nice SUV. Either way, every girl wants a guy with a nice whip.
4. Guitar
Girls love it when a guy can play the guitar for them. They'll think it sweet and romantic that he's capable of playing a tune for her. Being good enough at guitar will help you go from playing G chords to playing with G spots.
5. Surf Board
Girls love to hang out on the beach and tan in their bikinis, so seeing a guy with a surf board instantly tells them that he's a bank robbery away from point-breaking their hearts.
6. Keg
Everyone knows that the keg is the most frequently visited spot at a party. Getting a spot by the keg means girls will be coming around often. At the same time, the girls know that if they get on your good side, they will get more beer faster. Control the keg, control the girls.
7. Hockey Stick
Similar to laxers' wands, hockey players' sticks and pads can draw in the girls. They want a guy who is tough, and hockey players certainly have that reputation. Girls get turned on watching the vicious hip checks and fights, leading to good times in the bedroom later.
8. Fraternity Letters
If a girl knows you're in a frat, she knows you have connections to get her into the good frat parties. Get her a few drinks and she'll be swooning all over you all night. Simple as that.
9. A Boat
Having a boat gets a girl's attention because everyone knows how much fun it is to go out on the boat and drink all day. Boat + babes + bikinis + beer = good times.
10. Confidence
While this isn't actually something you can go to the store and buy, it's obvious if you have it or not. If you don't have confidence, you have nothing. I can't tell you how to get it, but I can tell you that if you don't have it, you better get it.