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Large for a corgi, he has black fur around his face making him resemble a husky with stubby legs rather than the classic red/white corgi's that Queen Elizabeth favors. Captain Corgi of the Royal Woodland Rangers was feeling good about his work today. He had wanted to be a professor at the University, but duty calls, orders are orders and he became the legend he is today amongst the Rangers.
They had located one of "The Lost Ones". A corgi that had not had the magic bred out of it over the years and didn't know why they were so different. A small frightened pup with sable markings and the classic faery saddle outlined in the fur over her withers just below the back of her neck. Hours earlier the little dog had been tossed from the window of a speeding car by an angry family that called her a devil dog. She was just a puppy, she didn't know dogs shouldn't talk to humans.
Captain Corgi cleared his throat. It sounded a bit like a growl from his age silvered muzzle. The little pup shrunk lower into the floor, her ears flat against her head, eyes wide. Clara, a classic red/white corgi nuzzled the scared pup making soothing sounds.
"There there little one, he's not going to hurt you. The Captain is just not very good with children." She said, giving him a dark look.
"Uh, yes, right then. Didn't mean to give you fright child. Just clearing my throat. You would know it if I meant harm." Having said that earned him another sharp look from Clara. Captain Corgi gave a nod in Clara's direction, then continued; "You young lady are Corgwyn. You carry the magic of the Fey in your blood. In short, you are a Faery Dog. That's why you can talk."
The pup didn't understand. The humans never talked about whatever these Fey are. They did talk about demons and called her evil. She only knew dogs were supposed to have a human family and her family rejected her.
Clara nuzzled the little dog in a comforting way and said; "What he means is you are special and you have to be with a special family that will love you no matter what. Sometimes Corgwyn have to make a new family."
"But what am I? What's a Corgwyn?" asked the puppy.
Captain Corgi was waiting for this part. He loves to tell the stories and history of the Fey, especially of the Corgwyn.
"Ah, what are you indeed. Many years ago when the world was young. When magic and life were oft one and the same, the Fey folk roamed the land. Later, much later as the earth settled into it's rhythm, humans appeared. They had no magic but they seemed to have magical ways with tools. They changed the land to suit themselves. Learned to grow crops and built societies much like the Fey.
Of course the Fey were curious about humans, but due to their large size and strength, we Fey kept our distance from them for the most part. The humans fascinated the Fairy Queen from Pembrook. It became quite the fashion to wear human styled clothes and imitate them.
"The Good Queen Gwynyd found humans on horseback to be quite amusing. The Seelie and Sidhe are winged faeryies who really had no use of steeds but thought it could be great fun to have one. Thus, a committe was formed to create a dashing Faery steed."
The little pups eyes started to glaze over a bit. It was interesting and boring at the same time.
The Fey word for that being "skool". "Whats a committee?"
"Ah, good question. Now a committee is a group of people appointed by someone important like Queen Gwynyd. Half of them will be people that think they are important but don't really know much. The others will have some knowledge. Everyone will disagree. Eventually they compromise by using a bit of everyones ideas. Most of the time committees will completly bugger up a project."
"Captain!, language."
"Uh yes, right Clara." he said frowning a bit. "Right then, where were we? Yes, committees are cabals of idiots" (There was a reason Captain Corgi was sent to America.) In this case the Queens committee actually did something brilliant. They wanted a creature small, loyal, brave and charming. So they chose a dog to start with. Arlais The Learned wanted intelligence so they crossed the dog with a fox. A bit tall but very good looking. Twyla The Practical, sized the legs down by reversing grow magic. A jolly good job."
He paused, took a breath, then said " But Bronwyn, the Queens favorite niece, kept insisting they use a bunny. First she argued. Then she ran to the Queen and complained the others were not being fair. Thankfully the Queen had just met Tomas the Rymer and was too busy to dote on Bronwyn. She came back to the group saying she would hold her breath until she got her way. Arlais dared her to do it hoping Bronwein would pass out and they could call the vote whilst she was unconcious."
Spoiled as she is, Bronwyn is not a complete fool. She realized her mistake when turning blue and Arlais, her brother started looking smug. She took a breath, snatched up a small stick bug launching herself at Arlais threatening to smack him with the poor little sticky who had just come by with refreshments for the group. Carin The Kind, who you should know actually has a terrible temper when she gets pushed to anger, also wanted a bunny at first but then changed her mind likeing how the Corgwyn was starting look.
"Enough! " Carin shouted. "This is what we will do. Instead of a fox tail we will give the Corgwyn a cute little bunny butt. Bronwyn a bit startled said "A cute little bunny butt?" more as a question.
Carin said "All in favor say Aye" Everyone quickly said Aye just to get this over and shut Bronwyn up.
"At the end it was a great idea."
Captain Corgi liked puns. As it is all Corgis have a sense of humor. What he didn't say and most do not know, whislt the other committee members were congradulating each other, Drygioni slipped in a bit of cheerful mischief to the Corgwyns character...
Good Queen Gwynyd was so pleased with her Corgwyn that she named us the Official Faery Steed and Protector of Pembrook Kingdom. She traced a saddle into the fur of the first Corgwyns withers then kissed it on the nose setting a charm. The fur around the Corgwyns nose turned white and spread in a thin line up between it's eyes. This would serve as our shield against dark magic."
Captain Corgi of The Royal Woodland Rangers smiled and said with pride, "You little one are not just corgi, but Corgwyn".
And so that is the tale of how Corgi's came to be.
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Please join us at 5pm on 22 November 2015 for Midrats Episode 307: Our Own Private Petard – Procurement & Strategy with Robert Farley
This Sunday we are going to look at the big pixels that supports the entire national security infrastructure above it.
Using his recent article in The National Interest, The Real Threat to America's Military (And It's Not China, Russia or Iran), we will tackle the greatest challenge of a world power – those things it has no one else to blame for.
Procurement, strategy, and the choices we make. The run of the last 30 years of weapons development and strategic foresight has not been a very good one. Why?
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Should innovative organizations have an expiration date?
By LT Joe Ferdinando
Let the defense innovators among us take a moment for introspection and self-awareness. We are charged with institutionalizing and structuring ideas like "innovation" and "disruption" which are themselves often ad hoc and unpredictable; we gather in working groups, task forces, and cells to legitimize new ideas. So as we foster creativity and rapid implementation, let us ask: How long can the innovators really keep innovating before they fall into a rut?
Who among us really know when to walk away?
What are the ways that we find and develop the next generation of disruptive thinkers, and then step out of their way?
How can we prevent the game-changers from being assimilated into more traditional hierarchies and ways of thinking?
When the disruptive become the establishment, can they continue to self-disrupt and reinvent, in the face of practices that made them successful?
Do these tendencies towards complacency extrapolate to entire organizations, agencies, and corporate cultures?
Do innovative organizations have a shelf life?
If so, does that mean they should also have an expiration date?
Can we work within a structure and create something meaningful, with our full commitment and intention, while knowing from the very beginning that it cannot and should not last forever, at least if we really want to continue to innovate?
On Midrats 13 Sept 15 – Episode 297: "The Outlaw Ocean with Ian Urbina"
By Mark Tempest
Stowaways, poaching, piracy, smuggling, and murder – the global commons of the open ocean is as wild of a place as it is vast.
Using as a baseline his series on lawlessness on the high seas in the New York Times, The Outlaw Ocean, our guest for the full hour to discuss the anarchy of crime and violence on the high seas in the 21st Century will be Ian Ubina.
Ian is a reporter for The New York Times, based in the paper's Washington bureau. He has degrees in history from Georgetown University and the University of Chicago, and his writings, which range from domestic and foreign policy to commentary on everyday life, have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Harper's, and elsewhere.
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The Rise of China's Navy
By LT Tom Baker
This week, the Wall Street Journal and several other news outlets reported that a small Chinese naval flotilla was operating off the Alaskan coast in the Bering Sea. Some reports have indicated that the flotilla includes three frigate/destroyer platforms, an oiler and an amphib. Although their impromptu visit coincides with President Obama's trip to Alaska, the timing and presence of the Chinese navy in the Bering has raised a lot of questions.
For one thing, China and Alaska are not very close to each other. Dutch Harbor, in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, is approximately 3,800 miles northeast of Shanghai, in another hemisphere, and across the international dateline. Additionally, China has no historic claim or significant cultural interest in Alaska. Unlike Russia, which once colonized Alaska, or Japan, which is in close proximity to Alaska and fought over parts of it with the United States during the Second World War, China has had no significant history or interest in America's 49th state. Thus, one must ask why China has sent warships to a distant land it has no ties or apparent interest in.
For the last few decades, and since the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait crisis in particular, China has embarked on an ambitious program of modernization and growth for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). This has included the development and implementation of the PLAN's first aircraft carrier battle group to support an eventual natively designed/home-grown carrier program, investment in new anti-ship cruise and ballistic missile technology, construction of new naval bases, and a ramp-up of domestic warship construction.
For most of the history of the People's Republic of China (PRC), their surface fleet has primarily served a local, littoral role. Over the last decade, the PLAN has become increasingly involved in overseas exercises and efforts, and this confidence building has made it more comfortable with flexing its muscle and increasing its visibility abroad. In 2009 the PLAN began a more proactive role in patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden for Somali pirates, and has successfully intercepted multiple pirate vessels since then. In 2011 a Chinese guided missile frigate sailed into the Mediterranean and evacuated Chinese citizens from Libya. This past April, the PLAN sailed into Aden and evacuated Chinese and foreign citizens during the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
China's recent chain of successful humanitarian and maritime security deployments has occurred simultaneously with several aggressive and unprovoked actions as well. In 2014, the PLAN was invited to participate in RIMPAC for the first time; it sent its newest and most advanced guided missile destroyer to participate, but it also sent a Dongdiao-class intel ship to spy on the exercise participants. For the last few years, China's military has built artificial islands in the South China Sea to assert a claim to the area. During this time, the navy has significantly increased its presence in this region and has been in an increasingly aggressive series of standoffs with other regional navies over disputed territory, such as Scarborough Shoal, which both China and the Philippines claim.
According to the Office of Naval Intelligence, China currently has the largest and most ambitious naval warship construction program in the world. With yearly increases in defense spending, the PLAN is on track to become the strongest naval power in Asia and one of the most powerful in the world. China's military, and the PLAN in particular, is growing exponentially. It is not surprising, then, that the PLAN is continuously endeavoring to increase their visibility and presence in naval deployments all over the world as they transition from a regional to a global navy. More than this, however, is China's need to project power and portray itself as unhindered by the United states Navy's global reach
The PLAN's presence off Alaska's coast during President Obama's visit is meant to be a clear message to the world that China's navy can sail off the coast of America's largest state during a presidential visit in the very same way that the U.S. Navy sailed off China's coast in 1996 during the last Taiwan Strait crisis. As China's military continues to grow and increase in confidence and ability, expect these types of activities to continue.
Aviation Week. "Why Did China Participate in RIMPAC With One Ship And Spy On It With Another?" Accessed on September 2, 2015. http://aviationweek.com/
BBC. "Yemen crisis: China evacuates citizens and foreigners from Aden." Accessed on September 2, 2015.
CNN."China, Philippines locked in naval standoff." Accessed on September 2, 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/
Time."How China Is Battling Its Pirate Problem." Accessed on September 2, 2015. http://content.time.com/time/
The Washington Post. "China sends navy ship to protect Libya evacuees." Accessed on September 2, 2015. http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Washington Post. "See China's rapid island-building strategy in action." Accessed on September 2, 2015.
The Call of the North Gets Louder
By CDRSalamander
There is a lot more going on in the arctic than a visit by President Obama over the course of the last week. No reason to comment on some of the photo ops, but let's look at the one item of substance he brought forward in to the discussion;
President Obama on Tuesday proposed speeding the acquisition and building of new Coast Guard icebreakers that can operate year round in the nation's polar regions, part of an effort to close the gap between the United States and other nations, especially Russia, in a global competition to gain a foothold in the rapidly changing Arctic.
Exactly spot on. Most here should be aware of the embarassing state of the neglect of our ice hardened forces in the north.
Five weeks ago, Ronald O'Rourke's Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress, laid the facts out on the table;
The Coast Guard's two existing heavy polar icebreakers—Polar Star and Polar Sea—
have exceeded their originally intended 30-year service lives. Polar Star was placed in caretaker
status on July 1, 2006. Congress in FY2009 and FY2010 provided funding to repair it and return
it to service for an additional 7 to 10 years of service; the repair work was completed and the ship
was reactivated on December 14, 2012. On June 25, 2010, the Coast Guard announced that Polar
Sea had suffered an unexpected engine casualty; the ship was unavailable for operation after that.
The Coast Guard placed Polar Sea in commissioned, inactive status on October 14, 2011.
The Coast Guard's third polar icebreaker—Healy—entered service in 2000. Compared to Polar
Star and Polar Sea, Healy has less icebreaking capability (it is considered a medium polar
icebreaker), but more capability for supporting scientific research. The ship is used primarily for
supporting scientific research in the Arctic.
With the reactivation of Polar Star in 2012, the operational U.S. polar icebreaking fleet consists
of one heavy polar icebreaker (Polar Star) and one medium polar icebreaker (Healy).
I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say this is a disgrace for the world's premier maritime power with significant economic and national security interests in the polar regions.
Other nations are not playing games;
The region, home to some of the world's largest undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, is becoming a new frontier for a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West.
On 24 August, Russia kicked off a series of large-scale military exercises in the Arctic. A week earlier, Moscow informed the United Nations that it had laid claim to a staggering 1.2 million square kilometres of the Arctic shelf.
Russia also plans to reopen military bases it abandoned after the Soviet Union collapsed. Although the Kremlin insists its military moves are purely defensive, they come at a time of heightened tensions with the West over Ukraine that saw Russia increase its air patrols probing Nato's borders, including in the Arctic.
… if Russia wishes to continue to be a leading oil and gas producer in the future, it must explore new oil and gas finds.
Russia's traditional Siberian fields are aging and its liquefied natural gas plans are taking a hit, with more and more supplies appearing from competitors. And now that China's energy appetite has stalled, the prospects of the oil price picking up soon are negligible.
If it is to survive, Russia needs other resources. These are found in the Arctic. For example, in September 2014, Exxon Mobil and Rosneft announced a major oil find in the Kara Sea, but cooperation had to be suspended due to the souring political climate.
In other words, Putin's sabre-rattling over the Arctic is not just about diverting attention away from a troubled economy at home; it is equally about securing the country's – and the government's – long-term future.
That report from yesterday tops off the Russian moves for years.
Other nations are stretching their reach as well. Via WSJ:
Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska, the first time the U.S. military has seen such activity in the area, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
The officials said they have been aware in recent days that three Chinese combat ships, a replenishment vessel and an amphibious ship were in the vicinity after observing them moving toward the Aleutian Islands, which are split between U.S. and Russian control.
They said the Chinese ships were still in the area, but declined to specify when the vessels were first spotted or how far they were from the coast of Alaska.
The Pentagon official said there were a "variety of opinions" on how to interpret the Chinese ships' deployment.
"It's difficult to tell exactly, but it indicates some interest in the Arctic region," the official said.
"It's different."
Well Shipmate, that is a pretty safe statement.
We, as in the West, are at a distinct advantage here; NATO nations have the balance of the interest in the arctic; Norway, Denmark (Greenland), Iceland, Canada and the United States. We also face off against our usual sparring partner, Russia. Other nations who are poking around, like China, we should just monitor and report – but don't get distracted.
Two challenges here are: 1) Keep NATO united in how we work together in the arctic (Canada and Denmark, call your offices). 2) Do not give Russia an inch on additional claims. #2 requires #1, so make that the first step.
Some steps we could take would be to have a greater variety of options – and perhaps a few with teeth – for our Coast Guard to have in their tool kit. I especially like the Danish Knud Rasmussen class Ice-Resistant OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel);
Knud Rasmussen class Inspection Ship
Displacement: 1,720 tonnes
Dimensions: length 61m, beam 14.6m, draught 4.95m
Complement: 18 crew (but can accommodate up to 43 )
2 x 2,720 kW (3650 hp) at 800 rpm, B&W Alpha 8L27/28 diesel engines, 1 propeller
Range: 3,000 nautical miles (3,452 mi / 5,555 km)
Performance: top speed 17 – 18 knots (31.5 – 33.2 km/h)
* Standard fit (which is lighter than that of the Agdlek class). As noted, containerized armament can include a 76 mm gun (M/85 LvSa), ESSM, and EuroTorp MU90 (M/04 antiubaadstorpedo).
Did you catch that? Using the STANFLEX concept, it is scalable quickly to a limited but effective ASUW, AAW, and ASW capable ship.
We could always dream … but for now, let's watch for follow-through on President Obama's call;
"The growth of human activity in the Arctic region will require highly engaged stewardship to maintain the open seas necessary for global commerce and scientific research, allow for search-and-rescue activities, and provide for regional peace and stability," the statement said.
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Equity Over Equality: The Importance of Gear that Fits
By Tenley Lozano
The day I was issued my first Coast Guard uniform, I learned that I would need to make due with any size that that I was given. I was 17 years old and I had graduated from high school just two weeks before swearing in as swab at the United States Coast Guard Academy. Weighing 103 pounds at a height of 5 feet and 2 inches, I was easily the smallest person in my platoon. The day that we were issued Operational Dress Uniforms, a dark blue cargo pant and long-sleeve blouse, I was informed that they were out of my size and would have to give me a uniform two sizes up. I paid for fours sets of ODUs that looked like they were made for my older brother. The pants were a foot too long, and the blouse was baggy and frumpy, the sleeves falling well past my wrists. I just assumed that I would never look professional in a military uniform.
I didn't complain about the oversized garb and learned to love wearing baggy cargo pants, especially underway on a cutter when I would stash snacks and notebooks in the pockets. I believed my small stature was a disadvantage until I started working in an engine room with low-hanging pipes and hard-to-reach valves. I could easily wriggle into tight spaces where most of my male coworkers would have banged their heads or gotten stuck. I worked with a male Damage Control Senior Chief not much taller than myself who was admired by all of the other engineers for his ability to squeeze into the smallest areas to weld, even while the ship was still underway. He was one of the most competent people I ever worked with in the Coast Guard, and he proved that sometimes the smallest person is the best person for the job.
As the Damage Control Assistant aboard a Coast Guard Cutter, I became the maritime law enforcement board team's engineering liaison, leading groups of mechanics and electricians in inspecting the engineering spaces onboard foreign vessels that were suspected of smuggling cocaine. 100 percent space accountability was essential in these searches, and I was often the only person that could fit inside the empty fuel tanks to inspect them. Sometimes the openings would be so tight that I would climb into the compartment wearing only a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) full-face mask, crouch in the opening, and have my air tank and harness slid into the tank after me. Crawling through the slimy fuel tanks with my Gas Free Meter flashing and blaring alarms that the air was toxic, I would hear clean air streaming out of my mask because the equipment didn't fit my face. I relied on the positive pressure of the mask to save me from the lethal gasses that were present in the diesel tanks. No matter how tightly the straps were pulled onto my head, the mask would leak. I knew that I had to share this firefighting equipment with 165 other people on the cutter, and that the ship couldn't afford equipment specifically fitted for me, so I just did my job and didn't complain about it.
I didn't think much about the problem of ill-fitting life support equipment until I became a student at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (aka Navy Dive School) in Panama City, Florida. By that point, I had put on quite a bit of muscle and weighed a whopping 120 pounds. My dive school class consisted of enlisted Seabees, Coast Guard Officers, Navy Engineering Officers, Army enlisted personnel, and one civilian with a position in Washington DC supporting the Navy Diving Program. For the first time in the history of Navy Dive School, we had three women entering the SCUBA open water phase. After we had proven our strength and composure underwater by passing the notoriously difficult Pool Week, we were excited to hit the open water for some fun SCUBA dives on shipwrecks.
When I tried on the Buoyancy Compensators (BCs) that our class was issued, I realized that I was expected to wear the same gear that fit my 220-pound dive buddy. What was snug on him fit like a trash bag over my body, and without one hand holding my BC vest onto my body, the whole thing floated up around my face. The best the equipment guys could offer was to tighten up the middle section as much as possible on one of the rigs, and the smaller divers would have to rotate, keeping one hand on the BC to steady it from floating off. If this had been a dive off of a civilian vessel, I would never have worn that gear, citing safety concerns because it obviously didn't fit.
An even bigger problem arose when I began training with the KM-37 surface supplied diving hard-hats. The neoprene neck sleeves attached to the metal ring that the helmet snapped onto were so stretched out that if I tilted my head downward, giant air bubbles rushed out the back of my neck and water rushed in. It's difficult to do a job underwater when you can't tilt your head. One day, a rushed student helping me with the dive gear above the water accidentally pulled the whole rig off of my head, the still-attached neck ring slid right over me. A watching instructor murmured, "That's not supposed to happen. That's really dangerous. It could come off underwater."
I was told that the school just didn't have the resources to fit minority students with smaller gear. I was dismayed to hear this again and again at my own unit in the Coast Guard, where I continued to wear a full-face mask that leaked on every dive, and BCs that were sized men's medium. The recreational dive gear that I'd bought for weekend fun dives was sized women's small. I was strong enough and fit enough to do the job of a Coast Guard Diver, and often my background as a shipboard engineer put me in a unique position of knowledge when working underneath CG cutters. However, my ability to work underwater was often hampered by ill-fitting gear.
I'm not suggesting that we change standards to accommodate women, far from it. Women should only do these jobs if they meet the same standards that have been upheld by men for decades. However, everyone in a position requiring life support gear should be afforded the same opportunity to wear equipment that fits, and sometimes that will mean buying different gear for smaller faces and frames. The Navy Experimental Dive Unit has already tested and approved smaller versions of the full-facemask that is currently used in the Navy and Coast Guard, as well as smaller BCs. It's not a matter of bending the rules to accommodate women. It's a matter of ensuring that all members of the unit have properly fitting gear. Sometimes the best person for the job is the smallest person; so let's make sure they have the right gear.
Tags: Coast Guard, equality, uniforms, women
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Memorial Day After
By LT Roger Misso
The American flags whip in the wind as the sun creeps over the grassy horizon. The charcoal sits in reused plastic grocery bags at the end of the driveway. The grass beneath them is soft with early-morning dew.
In parallel, across the country this morning, American flags fly, too. Flowers placed on hallowed graves flutter slightly in the breeze. Mementos of the lives of brave American servicemen and women who paid the ultimate price are still in place on headstones, surrounding the heroes, keeping them company.
Yesterday, as it does by law every year, enacted in the last century, on the last Monday in May, America celebrated Memorial Day. This recognition stems from the Civil War, when compassionate groups of citizens would decorate the graves of soldiers who had died fighting for their cause. It has grown into an annual recognition of all our honored war dead, and a federal holiday that gives many a reprieve from the workweek.
Many use the day for celebration of the freedoms we enjoy, especially as the holiday coincides with long-awaited warm weather in much of America's broad latitude. They use it as a day to reflect on family and friends, to fill their lives with familiarity and warmth.
Few of us can comprehend, though, the silent heartbreak of those whose loved ones have felt the pain of ultimate sacrifice. Their experience on Memorial Day is markedly different, but it is right and genuine and pure. To love a warrior is the sweetest tragedy; to live their memory the highest privilege.
Yet the great, silent measure of a nation is its remembrance of its heroes on all the other days of the year; not as a boastful measure of bellicose pride, but as an eternal example of highest achievement. Selfless service has long been idealized in words and opinion polls, now manifest in Facebook posts and Instagram memes, but we must do the hard work of living that notion and encouraging our children to live it through our own actions.
To honor and to serve; both are active verbs.
Tags: Memorial Day, sacrifice, service
Another Age of Migration
By CDRSalamander
Take a moment and look at this map, what do you see?
At first glance, what you see is an invasion. That is exactly what it is.
Throughout human history, masses of people have been pushed out of one area, or attracted in to another. Trying to escape a more determined foe, a homeland that can no longer support its population, or simply attracted by a weaker neighbor that inhabits more desirable territory – people move.
Small scale migrations are always happening – what moves history are large scale migrations.
There are three things that need to exist in order to trigger large scale migrations; (a) a drive to leave a present home; (b) a more attractive location to move to; (c) a manageable barrier of entry that is less of a concern than the forces producing the drive in (a).
If (a+b)>c, then you have then entering arguments set to trigger a migration. The greater the magnitude of a & b, the stronger flux of the migration.
That is the reason that North-Central Asian Finns, Estonians, and Hungarians now reside in Central Europe. Why the Goths from Southern Scandinavia wound up taking a long route to North Africa. Why the people of Madagascar are ethnically closer to the people of Indonesia than right across the channel to mainland Africa. That is why you have Englishmen in the North Pacific, Germans in the South Atlantic, and every soccer team in Asia has someone related to Genghis Khan.
With the exception of the Goths, the Mongols, and the more recent events in the Western Hemisphere, all the major migrations through we know of occurred in pre-history. We can guess how these went, but let's stick to those we know.
There are three different migration themes on how migrations start.
On two extremes are:
-The Dove: the peaceful migration of the initial waves of the Polynesian through Pacific – peaceful because in their islands from New Zealand to Easter Hawaii, there were no other humans (though the second wave to Hawaii by Polynesians was far from peaceful). This is the most rare.
– The Wolf: Red in tooth and claw Mongol invasions of, well everyone. The Iberian colonization of South America. Australian colonization. Magyar invasions of Europe. This is more common, but not the majority.
In the middle, and the one that is the most common in the way it starts, is;
-The Other: economic, ecological, or political migrants; North American colonization from Europe. New Zealand colonization from Britain. Gothic/Germanic population of the Western Roman Empire.
Those are the major examples of the most disruptive of The Other. There is a subset of The Other that is minor, bur as a result are not very disruptive and mostly positive and integrative to the host nation; the Jewish diaspera; French Protestant migrations following their expulsion from France; 19th & 20th Century Italian immigration to the USA.
The Other is the most common and the most successful. It usually starts with small populations of migrants who get a foothold and then grow as the host population, for a variety of demographic, economic, cultural, or political reasons, grows weaker. More migrants come attracted to the land, or given more reason to escape from their homeland – or more often a combination of the two.
In time, one of two things happen, once a critical mass is reached, either the host and migrant cultures blend together and almost without notice become one. The previously mentioned Italian, French and Jewish examples are like this. You could also add in the 19th Century German migrations to the USA – one of the more under told stories locally.
If the two cultures for religious, cultural, or more often political reasons cannot become one – then there is conflict, usurpation, and a new host culture take control. The Germanic populations in the Western Roman Empire, the Reconquista of the Iberian peninsula, and parts of the former Yugoslavia are variations of this.
That is also why Spanish was and now English is the language of Comancheria.
There is your broad, sliding scale; from Dove, to The Other, to Wolf. Just because something starts as one, does not mean it stays there.
The N. American pattern went from Other to Wolf inside a generation. New Zealand at one point or another saw all three. The normal result of mass migration is conflict – the exception is peaceful integration.
One would think that the historical example would lead to host nations to promote integration-centric policies. Sadly, that is largely not the case.
The largest barrier to this era's migration success is a cultural malfunction where assimilation – a process that blends people together – is not the predominate mindset in the host nation, and as a result, encourages the sectarian tendencies of large groups of The Other. It is apartness, multiculturalism, and the – to use a very accurate description of the problem – Balkanization of land and people that will warp the trends toward conflict.
This is why nations are, in different ways, pushing back against this rising tide of migration. They know where this ends. The era of plenty of open land and expanding economic resources is long gone. More people after finite resources; this social science historical dynamic is well known.
The push back is relatively weak but growing stronger in Europe – but strong and getting stronger in Asia and other parts of the world.
Now that the table is set – look again at the map at the opening of this post. As most of the news reports reflect – there is a maritime crisis in the Mediterranean. This is only going to grow, and not just in the Mediterranean.
Australia has known for a long time and now the rest of Southeast Asia are seeing the problem in Asia is also largely a maritime one.
Clashes in 2012 between the state's Buddhist community and Rohingya Muslims, a long-oppressed linguistic and ethnic minority in this majority Buddhist country, left hundreds dead and more than 140,000 people homeless.
The United Nations estimates more than 100,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar by sea since ethnic and sectarian violence erupted.
"I feel so sorry for them," Kraiwut said. "It's so different to when you see these refugees on land, and the conditions are so terrible."
Late last week, residents on Koh Lipe Island in southern Thailand could be seen collecting food, water and clothes to take to the migrants on board the boats, but since then the military has told them not to take supplies out to the boats, or to talk to journalists about the situation.
A top Malaysian official has said the surge of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh seeking asylum in his country and neighboring Indonesia in recent days is unwelcome — and despite a U.N. appeal, his government will turn back any illegal arrivals.
"We cannot welcome them here," Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Jaafar told CNN by phone last week.
"If we continue to welcome them, then hundreds of thousands will come from Myanmar and Bangladesh."
Last night, Malaysia and Indonesia, predominately Muslim nations, have agreed to temporarily take in these desperate people, but for nations already struggling with their own ethnic conflict, and knowing the dangers of opening the door, it is unlikely to be a permanent solution.
When you look at the dual force of demographics and poor economics in the nations the migrants are coming from – and combine that with a growing "no thanks, we're full" mindset in already overcrowded developed and developing nations – are the world's maritime powers ready to respond to the masses at sea?
When pulses of desperate migrants surge forth as conflict occurs in these tottering and dusty edges of modernity – what will be the response as the walls grow and thicken while the oceanic commons fill with the boats and bodies of migrants?
The politicians will eventually decide on a path. Any path will require the tools of national will – military, paramilitary, legal, and police power – to respond and act. That requires training, equipment, and procedures – all done in a multinational environment.
We might as well start increasing this part of our toolbox; the requirement is only going to grow. The mission you may not want, but may get anyway.
– Will we just block, send back and watch as more ships founder and drift?
– Will we intercept, tow, and divert?
– If the pressure-valve of migration is stopped, then the stress for resources and justice in the source nations can only lead in one direction – conflict. Will we be in the consequence management business even more – or like the international fleet off Smyrna (now Izmir), just hang out and watch the bloodbath?
A final note: why not mention the issue of immigration to the USA? Different problem in both geography, culture and scale. Much easier for a diluted majority Anglo-Saxon-Germanic culture to absorb migrants from mostly Catholic Iberianesque cultures than what the rest of the world if facing. As I grew up in just that environment – I don't see the issue. We're fine. Also, more of a land and as a result police issue. I'll let the Army and law enforcement side of the house address that if they wish.
I have also lived at the edges of the unassimilated masses of N. Africans, Turks, and S. Asians that are swelling in Europe – I see the huge challenge those nations will have to learn to deal with one way or the other. The trend lines speak for themselves.
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"Never let a serious crisis go to waste.
And what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."
Rahm Emanuel
We are living in a time of crisis. From the ongoing conflict in Iraq to the lingering threat of a Greek bond default, the American-led global order is confronted daily with multiple threats to its stability. These threats are occurring at a time when the resources required to manage these challenges are stretched increasingly thin. The US methodology for dealing with geopolitical crises remains largely unchanged since the end of World War II – scramble the diplomats, rally our allies, convene the UN Security Council, and reposition the aircraft carriers. Rarely have policymakers actually resolved the crisis. Rather, they work to restore the status quo ante crisis, or at least avoid the worst possible outcome.
There is, however, an equally valid alternative approach to managing the periodic occurrence of systemically destabilizing events, an approach that has been utilized successfully by other countries, if not by the United States. In the above statement Mr. Emmanuel was, consciously or not, paraphrasing a piece of popular Chinese wisdom; when written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
The Chinese have had ample opportunities to operationally deploy the "crisis-as-an-opportunity" philosophy since their reintegration into the global system in the early 1980s. Several crises have threatened China's unique system of one-party rule; notably the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In both cases, the Chinese Communist Party was able to adjust, if not necessarily reform, the institutional responses of its parent state. In order to ward off the threats to stability, it leveraged the conditions created by the crisis to the advantage of the ruling Communist Party.
But nowhere has this quintessentially Chinese view been on display more than in the reconstitution of the Chinese Coast Guard during the Senkaku Islands dispute. The Chinese were skillfully able to leverage the dispute to improve inter-service coordination, refine their operating doctrines, and energize the bureaucracy of the Chinese maritime services to make critical reforms. This piece will not examine the broader geopolitical context of the current dispute, nor will it attempt to guess when or how the dispute, which began to flare up in September 2012, will end. Rather, the focus will be solely on how China's maritime services have not only benefited from constant, low-level military operations other than war from a training and funding perspective, but also how the coast guard agencies fundamentally restructured themselves and become a more potent paramilitary force.
Eliminating Duplication of Effort
Prior to July 2013, the Chinese 'coast guard' was an amalgamation of six different agencies, subordinate to five different ministries, all ultimately operating under the aegis of the State Council, the all-powerful Chinese Interior Ministry headed by the nation's Premier. These agencies were guided by notionally separate but often overlapping law enforcement functions. For example, China's Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC) was established in May 2000 by the Agricultural Ministry to enforce China's fishing laws, to coordinate fishery disputes with foreign nations, and to cope with major fishery contingencies both in rivers and lakes inside China as well as in China's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). How did the FLEC's mission differ from that of the China Maritime Surveillance (CMS) agency? The CMS was responsible for "patrol and surveillance work in sea areas and coastal areas under China's jurisdiction" as well as preventing illegal acts such as violations of China's marine rights and the damaging of the sea environment and maritime resources. As the Senkakus crisis (a territorial dispute with a fishing dimension) unfolded in 2012, both the FLEC and CMS deployed their respective flotillas to uphold their missions.
These were not small duplications of effort. Both of these agencies were capable of deploying huge materiel and personnel resources – estimates of the vessels in their inventories range into the several hundreds. Each agency had tens of thousands of personnel. These redundancies were further mirrored in the operation of the four other maritime law enforcement agencies –the Maritime Safety Administration, Rescue and Salvage Bureau, the Chinese Coast Guard (more on this agency later) and the Anti-Smuggling Bureau. Clearly, a lack of resources to manage disputes was not China's problem.
Even before the acute phase of the Senkakus crisis began in late 2012, Chinese maritime experts noted that mission duplication and bureaucratic infighting were eroding operational effectiveness. In a piece written for the Guangdong Province Party news organ in May 2012, reporters Fang Kecheng, Zeng Huiping and Zhai Man cited the longstanding need for "a leader" among China's competing coast guard-like agencies. They went on to recommend a "ministry of the ocean" be created to coordinate China's maritime law enforcement policies and responses to foreign infringement of its sovereignty along its littoral regions. Though the authors acknowledge that the lack of administrative leadership reaches back to at least the 1980s, today "weak maritime law-enforcement is responsible for the current situation: Islands and reefs are encroached upon; resources are ransacked; and national dignity is infringed upon (Kecheng et al)." The article goes on to cite the need for force that can go toe to toe with the "Japan Coast Guard" which is held up repeatedly as a model of superior administrative practices and material superiority.
As the Senkakus crisis dragged on into 2013 it became clear that among all the competing coast guard agencies that China Maritime Surveillance (CMS) was the organization best equipped to assert China's sovereignty in the region. For starters, the CMS has boundary enforcement as one of its core missions. Given the degree to which all coast guard vessels had been required to coordinate closely with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) since the start of the crisis, the ascendancy of the CMS is perhaps less than surprising. When formally established in the 1960s, the CMS was headed by the deputy commander of the PLAN South Sea Fleet and continued to be administered by the PLAN until its 1981 transfer to the State Council. This history of operating with traditional naval units likely helped the CMS distinguish itself from the also-rans during the bureaucratic turf battles that have undoubtedly raged quietly since the start of the crisis.
In July 2013, the CMS's position as China's premier paramilitary coast guard force became official and the organization was rechristened as the Chinese Coast Guard, superseding the organization which had previously held that name. The new Chinese Coast Guard, under the aegis of the State Oceanographic Administration (SOA), was given the lead role in drafting and upholding the law enforcement regulations and coordinating the efforts of all 'coast guard' forces. The Chinese state press began to immediately trumpet the importance of this consolidation and praise the efforts of the new Coast Guard units to "sternly declare the Chinese government's stance on its sovereignty over the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands."
During the acute phase of the Senkakus crisis, new Chinese maritime operating patterns were observed and commented on by Japanese and Chinese press. Though the crisis was largely a duel between coastal patrol forces, the Chinese and Japanese navies also played a critical role. Destroyers and frigates of the PLAN and Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted overwatch of the coast guard skirmishes. Typically, the PLAN and JMSDF operated out of visual range of the Senkakus themselves, at approximately 40-70 nautical miles from the islands, monitoring the tactical situation via long range sensors. Several times a month from 2012-13, Chinese Coast Guard ships entered into the territorial waters of the Japanese-administered islands waters. The Japanese Coast Guard then sortied and attempted to intercept the Chinese vessels.
These incursions occurred at the time and location of China's choosing, forcing the Japanese to assume a permanently defensive posture. During these incursions, the PLAN and JMSDF ships also drew closer to the Senkakus, 'backing up' their smaller compatriots – the nautical equivalent of relying on your bigger cousin to back you up in a bar fight. These tactics required both Coast Guards to coordinate closely with their respective navies. Both nations' Coast Guard and Navy ships had to share tactical information and intelligence on enemy units and force distribution. This allowed China's Coast Guard and its Navy to develop and modify joint tactics and doctrine in a simulated combat environment without risking sinking – vital training for a force seeking to increase its professionalism and effectiveness.
China was able to use the Senkakus crisis as an impetus for much needed administrative reforms while simultaneously improving joint operability between its coast guard force and the PLAN. The CMS ultimately overshadowed its competition and assumed the mantle of the Chinese Coast Guard. The leaders of the former CMS certainly have much to celebrate, but in the final analysis, it is the Chinese government that is the real winner. With a consolidated, streamlined and increasingly professional Coast Guard, the Chinese are more easily able to challenge Japanese sovereignty of the Senkakus. China likely transferred these lessons learned to other areas where it feels its maritime sovereignty is being threatened, including the South China Sea.


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The recent contamination of the public drinking water supply of 300,000 of our West Virginia neighbors should be a slap in the face and a wake up call to everyone in Warwood, Wheeling and the Ohio Valley. The proposed GreenHunter plant, like the Freedom Industries plant, is sited a mere 1.2 miles upriver from the main water intake for all of Ohio County. It is not safe to site industrial plants such as this along waterways that provide drinking water, and the Ohio River is the primary source of water for over 5 million people.
Despite the "all clear" from our public officials, downstate water is still not safe, and numerous people have become sickened by drinking or bathing in this water. The company involved did nothing to help the victims of this contamination, (they were apparently too busy filing for bankruptcy so they could continue to function under another new name and avoid liability) and the government has already stopped the distribution of water to the affected areas, leaving people to cope with this as best they can. This stark reality affirms what Wheeling Jesuit Professor Dr. Ben Stout has repeatedly said on this matter, "Wheeling is on its own." Our public officials are doing little, if anything, to protect our residents from possible risks, and have welcomed this company with the blindness associated with possible economic benefits.
The Wheeling Water Warriors have been told they are fearmongering and crying "wolf," and are nothing more than Chicken Little's screaming that the sky is falling. Well, this is no fairy tale, this is reality, and the proverbial sky has fallen on us with a resounding toxic splash. We can not afford to allow our water and air to be put at risk for the economic benefits promised to us by a company with no ties to our community, and an already tarnished financial record.
I attended the informal meeting of GreenHunter and our Ohio County Department of Health, and would like to share some observations. Mr. Jack repeatedly stated that the materials coming in to GreenHunter facility are "non-hazardous." We would like to point out that this is true only because the Hallliburton loopholes exempt them from this classification for purposes of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and these were ushered into law by previous Vice President Cheney, in order to facilitate the operations of this industry, and Halliburton, which is heavily invested in the fossil fuel extraction industry. Mr. Jack went to great lengths to distance his company from Freedom Industries, saying that they "aren't even the same industry." We disagree, as they are both fossil fuel extractors, and both coal and fracking have proved disastrous to our environment in many areas. In fact, the chemical involved, crude MCHM, is used to wash coal, but is also one of the ingredients in the fracking cocktail of thousands of chemicals which are injected into the earth as part of the fracking process. When asked about legal and financial problems related to his company, Mr. Jack acknowledged that the same CEO presides over GreenHunter as the Magnum and Triad companies who have been in court for violations. Mr. Jack stated that GreenHunter is "working closely" with the U.S. Coast Guard to develop policy for the barging of frack waste on interstate waterways. Isn't that like the fox guarding the henhouse? Can we really trust this industry to regulate itself?
Last summer, I called Tom Connelly, to ask if GreenHunter was required to post a bond with the City of Wheeling, and he said, "Why would we do that?" I expressed concern about companies who bring frack waste into a community, go bankrupt, and then leave open pits of toxic waste, which then has to be cleaned up by taxpayers. Our neighbors in Western Pennsylvania have had this experience. At any rate, as of this date, NO bond is required of GreenHunter before they open up this facility for fracking wastewater. In the meeting, Mr. Jack stated that they "have insurance." We would like to know the limits of this insurance. Look to Kanawha and other counties in the affected area, and consider the extent of the damage, which is estimated to be in the billions; would GreenHunter's insurance policy come close to the costs associated with a spill?
Last summer, the Wheeling Water Warriors and FACT-OV appeared before the Board of Health to express concerns, and were told the Board lacked sufficient information to make a statement or make a recommendation. In the fall, we presented the Board of Health with binders of multiple scientific and academic studies on the dangers of fracking to our environment and public health, and we are pleased that they issued the statement: "The concerns of the public have been validated." We were later alarmed to see that their preparation for this informal meeting included the statement that they are there to "help GreenHunter." Nowhere in the health department's mission statement is anything said about "helping" an outside industry. Their primary mission is to safeguard the health and well being of the people of Wheeling and Ohio County, NOT to help an outside company of an industry which endangers public safety and well being.
Following the meeting, I asked Dr. Mercer what monitoring, "assessment" and "policy development" they would be working on related to this issue, and he responded, "None."
There are better, safer ways of generating power that do not involve fossil fuels, among them solar power, wind turbine power, geothermal energy, and hydroelectric power. Despite popular misconceptions, solar has become much more affordable to the average homeowner, and following initial installation, basically allows one access to free energy for the next 25-30 years, with no fears about how much the price of fossil fuels might rise. Proud West Virginians love to stand on their own two feet, and solar power can free them to do so. Despite popular misconception, fossil fuel extraction only accounts for eight-tenths of one percent of all jobs in West Virginia. Many of those jobs are easily transferred to solar and wind installations. Why do we risk so much, for so little in return? Economically, solar energy provides more jobs per kilowatt hour than coal, oil, or gas, and those are safe jobs, no risk of explosions, spills, collapsing mines, or exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation, and little to no risk posed to a community's water and air.
Despite what you may have heard, this plant is not a "given" yet. Don't roll over and let this company endanger you without a fight. We ask you to contact your public officials and demand that they look out for your safety and that of your family. If you are concerned about this issue, join the Wheeling Water Warriors on Facebook, as we continue our efforts to insure clean, safe water in our community. May you never thirst!
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Easy access by car and private parking
Very pleasant & helpful staff, very clean hotel, breakfast buffett amazing, family room had plenty of space, bathroom very clean, overall a great place to stay, location was good for seeing the quieter side of Norway away from the Cities, Line on reception was a credit to the hotel. Larvik town was clean and very nice.
I liked the mineral spa and had a very nice meal
I had booked an 80 minute facial but it only lasted 50 minutes. The bathroom was small with a very small shower. Breakfast was nothing special.
Fantastic spa facilities.
Spa facilities close at 8pm on Saturday and 7pm on Sunday.
Very comfortable beds, really friendly staff. Generally very good and perfect or our short holiday
No thank you
Buffet breakfast was good. Plenty of choice and was always refreshed
No room service after 10pm so late arrivals are stuck with the minibar prices
staff credit to company, good english speaking ,warm welcome,easy access to all areas, overall excellent,enjoyed our stay in hotel and sandjford
Good breakfast buffet, very close to train station
Very quiet and wonderful place , very romantic, excellent breakfeast, staff very pleasant.
the hotel location. We arrived on a Sunday from Torp airport by taxi, it was very expensive, 1240 NOK (155 euro), we were very surprised.Booking.com announced the location of the hotel 15 km from the airport, which is false. The hotel is located 40 km from the airport. It is necessary to rent a car if you want to visit a little
Friendly and helpful staff, excellent breakfast (Nordic), pretty location on the water, an hour from Sandefjord Torp airport, a bit off the beaten track but handy base for exploring Oslofjorden, plenty of parking, sauna + pool, hotel bar
Perfect location, beautiful views from the room and very friendly staff doing their best during the whole our stay. I strongly recomment the hotel for its history and old traditions which they keep very strongly. Everybody speaks very good English.
Just to fulfill the cell - wi-fi would be better to make free of charge.
Beautiful old hotel in a perfect position in its lovely town. Very quiet and full of old-fashioned atmosphere.
No major problems but I did get the impression that the hotel catered principally for Norwegian guests. There was, for instance, very little information for English speakers (either oral or written) and no wi-fi internet in bedrooms. Even the public area wi-fi had to be paid for.
quiet relaxed nice athmospere, good food - the pool
the weather -- expensive wines !!
Location to my family's cabin
I did not know that there would be so many chldren there. I also thought there would be more of an adult only pool area
friendly personnel, clean hotel, swimming pool, quiet location along fjord, good restaurant
Best hotel for comfy beds that we stayed at and we did at last 14 different ones in the month we were in Norway; that includes the ones we had for our Globus tour as part of that month; loved the separate bathroom, decor! Couldn't do breakfast as we had an early train to catch; would have appreciated a packed one, given us the night B4...but we didn't ask for it either... perhaps? Loved the fair trade support for tea and coffee plus the fancy machine in the bar area; luggage storage is great service (free) as is internet access for free;
You could not help it but the night we were there, there was some big drama group and a huge audience with two very loud amplified singers right below our room....lots of noise from crowd...all eating apples for goodness sake; we like the window ajar a bit at night and that was not to be for us that night; no complaints; wish we would have stayed another night but we had to be in Porsgrunn to get that train and we were coming from Skien;
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Cosy and historic atmosphere. Comfortable beds.
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the 2 beds pushed together to make a double bed kept coming apart.
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