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Town Square
Immigration Reform
Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on Jan 29, 2013
Germans from my dad's family left Europe and arrived in Chicago, taking jobs in the stockyards on the South Side. My dad's father worked his entire life as a butcher at the Jewel Tea grocery chain.
The time they arrived at Ellis Island was an 19th Century era when immigrants were welcomed, although there was a great deal of prejudice and stereotyping.
My antecedents worked in jobs that were physically demanding, sort of like what goes on today in this country with farm workers, among others.
I had the good fortune to attend a great college and fantastic graduate school program. As have many others from other countries who come here to the States because of the excellent higher education that is not readily available in many other parts of the world. At least for now. (More to come on another blog about that!)
I look around our community. We have so many people who are the equivalent to what my predecessors did, hard physical, low paying work. We also have the equivalent of what I personally experienced, very smart highly educated people who are not US citizens, and are creating great new businesses and jobs here in Silicon Valley.
Too many hard working people here who are not American citizens, and keep our economy vital, spend too much time looking over their shoulders about their "illegal" status. Getting Visas, dealing with what I perceive to be a bureaucracy that views anyone without a green card or passport a threat to the country's security.
I am encouraged that there appears to be some light about this issue in DC. Perhaps the farmers in Alabama will get their workers back. Perhaps rogue Sheriffs in certain states will back off from what I perceive to be a huge waste of their time. Perhaps the likes of Russian born Sergi Brin of Google fame will be the rule, not the exception.
People from other countries have for a long time contributed tremendously to our country's prosperity. I hope the breakthrough around immigration policies reflect our Ellis Island heritage, and the understanding of the contributions people who live in this country, regard less of citizenry,
Comments (40)
a resident of Mountain View
on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Republicans are in a pickle. Too many of them are going soft like McCain. Time for a third party. Just look at the last two candidates - McCain and Romney. Corporatists who shifted on everything, like when Reagan amnestied the illegals. Big business is forcing the moderates to give in on their principles so they can have cheap labor and drive down our wages. America can do better. Where are the true conservatives?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2013 at 1:09 pm
I have had a green card for over 20 years. I pay my taxes, buy a home,have a drivers lisense, bank account and credit history, work and live as part of the community. I am not a US citizen and although I could probably apply for citizenship it is costly and time consuming for me.I cannot vote or be called for jury duty and possibly other things of which I am not immediately aware and none of these things have really concerned me.
As part of my agreement for having a green card, I have to always carry my passport and green card and be prepared to show it at any time to any immigration official or police officer (although I have never been asked to do so).
As far as I can see, we already have a two tier system and possibly a three tier system whereby people here on work or student visas could be called a third level, with green card being the second level and citizenship the first level.
I am not happy with the fact that people who have come here illegally even if they are children, jumping ahead of those of us who legally came here with green cards or visas, being given full citizenship with voting rights.If illegal immgrants become fully fledged US citizens, it is wrong for those of us who are here perfectly legally and do not have the rights of citizenship.
If illegal immigrants were to be given legal status, at least give them the same rights as us on visas or greencards, with no vote and no jury duty and possibly even deny them the right of a full passport. There is already more than one level of legal status here and jumping from illegal to the top is wrong.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2013 at 2:41 pm
103 years ago, my father and his family left Germany because of a parasite, phylloxera, that attacked the roots of grapevines in the Rhineland, Mosel, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley and other prime wine making areas of Western Europe. All they could do was to burn their vineyard and walk away from it. They had also been cheese makers and so immigrated to. Wisconsin, and later Minnesota, where, unbeknownst to them, land had been taken from the Indians, by the US government, and given to "preferred" Europeans, ie, Germans and Scandinavians.
My father and his family eventually went to the trouble to become naturalized citizens and slowly, painstakingly learn the language here. My father rarely heard English until he was old enough to attend first grade. They were grateful to be in this country and have the opportunity for a fresh start. Eventually they became prosperous, and when my grandparents died, my father tried to give his inheritance back to the Indians, but could not find out how. So he gave it to his brother instead, as he had no interest in farming.
The present-day immigrants do not often learn the language, with the exception of Asian men. Yet none of them wish to become citizens or seem happy to be here. They complain a lot and talk about going home once they get rich. This is not an attitude I ever though I would see! Why do we let people with the desire to only take and leave come here in the first place, legal or not? Especially since some of them claim they come from somewhere better. What is up with this new attitude?
My German forbears were anxious to mingle with Americans and fit in. The new immigrants refuse to mingle, or even be polite. Some of them push and shove in stores, leave piles of soaking wet towels in the gym, and refuse to let their children play with American, especially black, children. They sometimes point and stare at blonde or red haired Americans, and make awful jokes about poor people.
Above all, why do they come here at all if they think America is so bad? Some of them have the nerve to disparage the standard of living here. I admit it is not what it once was, but should they not learn about a place before moving there? They do not seem to understand that their bad behavior is biasing a lot of Americans against everyone of their nationality.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Breaking the law is breaking the law. I strenuously oppose illegal immigration and believe we have the right to secure our borders just like any other country. Oh, but we have so many goodies to offer.
I also dispute that all ilegals are hardworking and doing grunt jobs - clearly some are, but many more are using social services, our (formerly) outstanding medical services for free at hospitals, including coming here to the U.S. just to give birth and then have an anchor baby; and to demand bi-lingual education and other special catering in our public education system, which is now also overwhelmed. Penalize any employers who hire illegals, use E-verify, refuse public services to illegal aliens, and transport out of the country any illegal alien criminals after they have served their sentences. I am appalled at the so-called sanctuary city scheme, shame on those cities and (sometimes) their police chiefs.
Obama's schemes are nothing more than creating an additional uninformed, undereducated voting class for his political party.
Shame on those who take advantage of the largess of the U.S., the most successful country, however now on the way out of that status as it is overwhelmed with dependents.
Oh, by the way, all my family members (including spouse) came into the U.S. legally and became citizens. It is disgusting to see politicians leverage the certain number of stupid voters who don't realize they are destroying this country. And for the sentimental, U.S. citizens are extremely generous worldwide with their charity by personal choice, as it should be, that is the way to assist others in need, not subsidize the corrupt country of Mexico and throw our borders open to those who despise freedom and democracy like Middle East terrorists.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 29, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Obama has been promising immigration reform for years. About time he finally got something done. Sounds like the tone of his second term will be making good on all the promises he made when campaigning for his first term.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2013 at 7:07 pm
Green card holder,
"I am not happy with the fact that people who have come here illegally even if they are children, jumping ahead of those of us who legally came here with green cards or visas, being given full citizenship with voting rights.If illegal immgrants become fully fledged US citizens, it is wrong for those of us who are here perfectly legally and do not have the rights of citizenship."
I'm not sure how green card holders will fare, but definitely not enough is said about the fact that for a reason immigration reform refers to millions of ILLEGAL immigrants.
I heard a hispanic mother-daughter on the news bemoan their treatment in the US - daughter college educated here, and mother with a job here. Looking very comfortable in their nice home, bemoaning their illegal situation.
Excuse me?
Hundreds of thousands of us who came to the US legally can only wonder what makes people who come here illegally simply forget they did so on illegal terms.
I completely agree that there needs to be immigration reform, and power to the Dream kids and their parents, but please cut the guilt trip on the rest, and the drama.
Illegal immigrants knew exactly what they were doing, just as those of us who came here LEGALLY knew we were NOT breaking the law. If I had not obtained my green card and subsequent legally, my plan was to return to my home country. I had a plan to leave if I was not legal. It's a choice.
Part of reform should be an acknowledgement by illegals that they in fact did something illegal.
With newly gained US privileges, there has to be responsibility, and taking responsibility for one's actions is part of that.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 29, 2013 at 7:10 pm
If I had not obtained my green card and subsequent legally, my plan was to return to my home country. I had a plan to leave if I was not legal. It's a choice.
If I had not obtained my green card (a ton of steps involved, plus legal fees which my employer paid to obtain my green card), and subsequently a citizen, my plan was to return to my home country. I had a plan to leave if I was not legal. It's a choice.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Jan 30, 2013 at 9:03 am
Yup, LEGAL immigrant: no matter how many times the left tries to blur the lines, all we are saying is legal immigrants are one thing..."undocumented" another. Reform LEGAL immigration: Yes, it is absurdly difficult and far too many are legally allowed in who are then a drain on our system. Path to legality for those here > 10 years, no legal problems, brought here at age <18, ok we can talk, but only AFTER the d*&^ border is shut so no more can cross in.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2013 at 9:32 am
"Yes, it is absurdly difficult and far too many are legally allowed in who are then a drain on our system."
You have it backwards.
People who are here legally obtain "papers" and legal entry because 1) they have a HIGH skilled job, 2) are filling a VOID in the US -for example not enough engineers 3) they speak ENGLISH (or they would not be able to work at their highly skilled job), AND 4) are abiding by all the rules and requirements to become legal. Not to mention paying taxes.
How are these people a drain?
Contrast to the opposite, illegal, no english, no job, no identity, free to be good or bad and not on the radar.
You salsa say
"all we are saying is legal immigrants are one thing..."undocumented" another."
who is "we" here?
And what's the point of using the term "undocumented" to further confuse?
Documented would be legal immigrant. Undocumented would be illegal immigrant. Regardless of what generation.
Immigrants of the last 20 years apparently are a group nobody really knows much about. There's all the Ellis Island stories (I think the only requirement to enter was a medical exam?), and the swimming across, but apparently people have NO idea about how hundreds of thousands have immigrated legally to the US, and these people are far from being a "drain"
The only drain that happens with legal people is when they leave their home country to come to the US, they caused a brain drain in their home country.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2013 at 9:36 am
(LEGAL) Immigrants of the last 20 years apparently are a group nobody really knows much about.
Unless you are actually a legal immigrant, does anyone know how you enter the US legally? Probably the main think people think about is marriage, but that is abused and quite illegal sometimes.
You should GOogle, how to enter the US legally, and not that illegal is not the only way, and I maintain that doing something illegal is a choice. Unless you real need asylum. Even that is abused.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 30, 2013 at 12:23 pm
According to CNN, there is a new kind of immigrant from China: the BIRTH TOURIST. apparently, hospital care in China is so bad that if you cannot afford to bribe the doctors and nurses to care for you, you die in the hallway. Many women die in childbirth in China for this reason.
The birth tourist waits until she is six or seven months pregnant, and takes a "vacation" in the US, which is cheaper than a hospital birth in China, apparently. When she goes into labor, she makes a visit to the nearest ER and gets a free hospital birth. Then, she refuses to leave the country because her new baby is a "citizen".
So why are we one of very, very few countries to grant automatic citizenship to a child born here of foreign parents? Is it not time for that to end???
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jan 30, 2013 at 1:43 pm
They call it maternity tourism, currently in the news -- Web Link
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 30, 2013 at 3:21 pm
If we need so many highly skilled workers that we have to look to China for them, why not give qualified AMRICAN citizens first pick for American colleges and graduate schools? According to Jerry Brown, the UCs and CSUs are required by law to do this, but they do not. Can this not be enforced? OUR kids are under educated, and many qualified students cannot afford a four year degree, much less a graduate one.
It is hurting our society and economy not to give educational priority to citizens.
A former neighbor, who worked for the FBI, told us that there is much spying going on in Silicon Valley by Chinese nationals who had become citizens in order to get security clearances. Some of them worked for Lockheed, NASA, Intel, etc. One worked for UC Berkeley, and one suspect worked for Sandia Labs. Our former neighbor is now back in Virginia, but he was ostensibly here to apprehend and prosecute such spies. He told a story of a woman with an advanced degree who was from Taiwan. she took the best of everything this country could give her, then gavesome top secret info she stole from Lockheed to mainland China!
We have to be careful of legal immigrants, too. Obviously, we do not investigate thoroughly!
a resident of University South
on Jan 30, 2013 at 4:17 pm
There are enough engineers over here. We educate enough, though we could do a better job of it, of course.
Companies just want CHEAPER engineers from overseas.
It's all about kowtowing to corporations to get cheaper labor, from the illegals that WalMart uses to clean bathrooms, to the meatpacking plants to construction to engineers.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 30, 2013 at 4:48 pm
We DO NOT put enough emphasis on the me easily of higher education. Among our closest friends are two families from India. In their families, kids are given the choice of MD or PhD. But beyond that, they are financially supported without having to get a job until they complete that MD or PhD, even if they are married with kids of their own! This is so of many, many Indian families. How many American-born families would do this for their children?
Most of our Chinese national neighbors live three generations to a household (as we do). The grandparents cook, clean, and raise the kids so that all the parents must do is work and go to school. Almost no Americans would do this for their families. We do, but we are looked down upon by our American-born neighbors, even the local real estate agents, for it. They say we are "enablers". What? enabling our son and his wife and their child to succeed in college and careers?
I had NO such support system, nor did my husband, and it took us far, far longer to get through college than it should have as a result. It took longer for our careers to take off, too. Therefore, everything we got in life we got later than our contemporaries. Which caused them to look down on us for years. So the buck stops here, because it truly takes a FAMILY effort for kids to be successful in school and work.
a resident of College Terrace
on Jan 30, 2013 at 5:11 pm
"Companies just want CHEAPER engineers from overseas."
But most of these STEM jobs are very high paying to begin with. The going rate for software engineers around here is close to $100K. Even if "cheaper" foreigners only ask for $60K, don't you think that there would be plenty of American engineers willing to work for that pay as well?
In my experience, foreign engineers aren't any cheaper than American ones. The only savings would be if you outsource work overseas, but that's not what this is all about.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:46 pm
A lot of good points here, and they basically build down to people either abusing the system, or not.
Abuse the system: You come here to have a baby and to get automatic citizenship for your child, you "marry" someone and get citizenship, you get here via "coyote" and stay indefinitely, eventually bing your whole family here, no papers for all. Get citizenship legally to become a spy.
Otherwise: You pay out of state and out of country tuition to study at state universities (this is legal), get a student visa if accepted at a US university. You can stay one year after graduation, and can work for one year legally. You get hired by Tech Company and they get your papers to stay after the one year limit. Or you actually marry an American, or you need asylum form your oppressive country. These people are not "abusing" the system anymore than Americans who are working or studying in London are (unless they are there illegally).
Keep things straight, what's legal, what's illegal, what's abuse, and what's not.
You need to be "careful" about legal immigrants, the same way you have to be careful about your doctor being good or bad. By the way, some of your doctors are likely legal immigrants.
The real deal on being "careful" is that with the influx of Dream kids, and new "legalized" immigrants, there will be very little money to educate everyone.
To pay for this, you just might want some of the legal foreign students that are attending state colleges. Does atone know the out of state tuition for a UC compared to California resident?
And back to my original point, I think that Immigration reform should ask illegals to acknowledge they broke the law. Clean start after that.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Good discussion
The point I made and will make again is that it is not easy to get a green card or visa, L1/2, H/12, etc. To get citizenship from green card you have to jump through hoops, pass a test, pay money, etc. etc. and to get a green card there are quotas too. Many legal residents can't afford the time, the effort, the wait, to go through these hoops and now it is proposed that illegal immigrants can jump ahead and get full citizenship! That just makes a mockery of the process that the rest of us go through to do it all legally.
Yes, I am here legally. I am not a drain on society, I pay taxes, contribute in many ways and do it all legally. Why should illegals automatically have the priviledge of voting, jury duty and passports? If they are given anything, it should certainly not carry the privileges green card holders and visa holders do not have.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 31, 2013 at 7:31 am
Charity begins at home. American schools for American citizens FIRST!!!
My husband has interviewed Asian nationals for prospective jobs, and most of them so far spoke such poor English, and wrote so badly there is no way they could hold the job. How did they get thru school like this????
My friend's husband is a professor in Ithaca, and he has foreign students who misspell their names repeatedly, as well as poor speaking and writing schools. he was told he had to give them passing grades or better because they were playing the race card! I f this kind of thing happens often, then they are just being diploma-milled thru the system.
No fair!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 7:46 am
Green card holder,
If Immigration Reform, as you say, will allow illegals to jump the line ahead or to be in equal place as legal residents, it will basically mean the US is discouraging legal residents, and prefers to process illegals.
Amnesty, when it happened years ago, gave the message, you can come to the US illegally and you don't have to do anything but wait, you'll become legal next time we can get a President to pass you through, use fake drivers licenses until then etc.
Now the message will be, come to mama! Breaking the law and coming here illegally is welcome, we have a procedure for it - pay a small fine, register, get a job and pay taxes, and don;t forget to vote.
The dishonesty of illegals whining and complaining about being second class citizens is incredible, what are the people who go to jail for breaking the law? The only exception I can make is that their children are not at moral fault.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 7:51 am
By legal residents I mean foreign nationals who have a visa, student visa, working or otherwise, have a green card, or are in the process. Or the other dozens of ways to come to the US legally. I also mean non-abusive, like it's a real visa and they are really studying, or really need asylum.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 31, 2013 at 9:17 am
LEGAL immigrant - your comment " the influx of Dream kids, and new "legalized" immigrants, there will be very little money to educate everyone" is naive. The "Dream" kids are already here, there will be no influx. We have already spent at least $100K educating the Dream kids from K-12, yet when they want to go to college or get productive jobs and give back to society, we tell them they can't. Aside from being a terrible thing for these kids, it is stupid for our society.
While I'm on the fence about "importing" engineers, again it makes no sense for us to educate a college student from another country (and I don't know of any public or private college or university where the tuition totally covers the students cost to be educated) yet when these bright students we have helped educate want to stay and start companies and contribute to the US economy, we tell them to go home.
We need some common sense regarding our educated and ambitious immigrants. The quotas we have by country to promote "diversity" are unnecessary and counterproductive for the US business world. We also need laws preventing people from having "anchor babies" just to stay in the US, crossing the border illegally, etc.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:02 am
The way these ill-conceived amnesty schemes work is they attract more illegals, who rush in to take advantage of when the supposed cuyoff date will be.
Enforce the law - enforce the borders - deport any illegal aliens who are criminals immediately, with name on a list for refusal of any future entry into this country.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:09 am
palo alto mom,
Legal College students from abroad pay tuition. Usually multiples over state tuition. You're not educating these students, anymore than a student from Palo Alto paying to go to college in Italy is being paid by the Italian government to go to school there.
Are you saying you want no legal foreign students to study here, only illegal ones?
The students higher education will be having to educate for free are the Dream kids. The sheer number of students (legal or not) put pressure on an already competitive and very expensive higher education system.
Either college costs go down, more college loans are available, or something has to give.
I'm not saying illegal kids need to go home. I'm saying their parents who brought them here need to stop whining about their plight, after they have intentionally broken laws over the years. Residing illegally, fake drivers licenses, no taxes.
I am in favor of immigration reform, but concerned about the message you give to the world about coming here. Ignoring the dishonesty of illegal residency fuels the problem. Although you seem to not see any problem with it, so maybe it's an open border situation.
IN an open border you should expect to receive people who will need a lot of free stuff.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:18 am
palo alto mom,
A legal foreign student carries and F-1 a student visa. A student visa has several requirements, and it is a legal way to reside in the US.
Yes, I hear these visas are abused, 9-11 terrorists used them, funny they were legally here. And I hear there are fake colleges who issue them. But that is the exception.
Real, regular foreign nationals actually use these visas to study here and to be legal.
Odd how living or studying here legally is now snubbed compared to living/studying here illegally. Is it a trendy thing or something?
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:27 am
"Even if "cheaper" foreigners only ask for $60K, don't you think that there would be plenty of American engineers willing to work for that pay as well?"
Race to the bottom, anyone. Stupid is as stupid does.
Think poster would like to take a 40% cut in pay because his company got a bunch of wok visas and hired foreigners?
yeah, sure, he wouldn't squawk at all....
Truest statement in the post: "It's all about kowtowing to corporations to get cheaper labor, from the illegals that WalMart uses to clean bathrooms, to the meatpacking plants to construction to engineers."
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:48 am
Just keep it separate.
Those that are hiring legally, and paying for the legal and time costs to obtain work visas are doing it, for lack of a better word legally.
Different from government amnesty. That is a freeby.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Jan 31, 2013 at 11:00 am
LEGAL Immigrant - I never said anything about paying for illegal college student. What I said was that legal foreign students are often not allowed to remain in the US after graduating from college even if they could be starting companies that might employ US citizens. And yes, college here often costs more than the tuition paid by a student. And yes, if my child goes to college in another country, the cost is often subsidized by the other country.
Regarding the "Dream" kids - if you already invested a $100 to $150K in someone, I feel like it is only common sense to allow them to finish their education or do into the military and start paying society back for what they have been given. I'm not saying we have to pay for their college education - only that they should be allowed to attend.
You said you don't want to send these kids "home" (home is often somewhere they haven't been for most of their lives and often a place where they do not even speak the language). What should we do with them? Let them become criminals because we don't want them to go to college or get productive jobs? Let them work illegally as maids, gardeners and janitors? Its a waste of our K-12 $$. Either we educate these kids or we don't.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 11:15 am
palo alto mom,
my original point is that the message of amnesty, amnesty 2.0, or amnesty light is basically a message. THe message I am concerned with is not focused on Dream kids, but rather their parents, and/or any newly arrived students who are not legal.
The message will impact immigration patterns for years to come. If you have no conscience about the choice people make when they do something illegal, how can you make laws?
Imagine if there was amnesty on DUI. How would you do it, if you are genuinely interested in reducing DUI.
Securing the border will ultimately be about the message. And so far the message is legal is "out" and illegal is "in."
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 11:18 am
pa mom
meant to say
my original point is that Amnesty, amnesty 2.0, or amnesty light is basically a message. THe message I am concerned with is not focused on Dream kids, but rather their parents, and/or any newly arrived students who are not legal.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 1:15 pm
It doesn't seem that a lot of people are supportive of Paul Losche's open boarders vision.
a resident of Southgate
on Jan 31, 2013 at 2:38 pm
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2013 at 3:07 pm
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a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Feb 2, 2013 at 11:04 am
To elaborate on the statement above: "It's all about kowtowing to corporations to get cheaper labor, from the illegals that WalMart uses to clean bathrooms, to the meatpacking plants to construction to engineers."
It is all a government sanctioned scam for the corporations to lower wages. As said above: "Big business is forcing the moderates to give in on their principles so they can have cheap labor and drive down our wages."
Corollary? Using ICE and the Border Patrol along with the Dept of Homeland Security together on an all important operation this week. The purpose?
Terrorism? Drug smuggling? Human trafficking? Putting business owners in jail for hiring illegals? (yeah, riiiiight!)
What did ICE and the Border Patrol team up on this week to protect us?
They're protecting us from five buck tee shirts.
Pathetic use of ICE, DHS and Border Patrol assets to protect corporate profits. File under Corporate Welfare.
"Fake jerseys, ball caps, T-shirts, jackets and other souvenirs are among the counterfeit merchandise and clothing confiscated by teams of special agents and officers from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and state and local police departments around the country — all in partnership with the NFL and other major sports leagues."
Safe from terrorism? Safe from illegals and the drug cartel? Nah, but safe from five buck tee shirts.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Corporations can get cheaper labor by going overseas. Not only cheap labor, less laws.
Jobs are being exported. You can't blame legal or illegal immigrants for jobs being sent abroad.
I've been thinking about this, and while I stick to my original point, I now realize that many of us who immigrated legally were lucky to mostly be highly educated (ie. doctors, engineers), to have a job, speak English, and the means to go through the legal process - it takes time, and a lot of different steps, and legal fees.
Basically, legal immigration has been reserved for the rich and educated, and the US never had a legal avenue for let's say Strawberry pickers.
That's what's been missing - a legal way for people to come here who are not necessarily rich or highly educated, but who have jobs to fill here. To have amnesty as the solution for this however, is pretty extreme.
As long as there are jobs that need low wage workers, these workers should have pathway to a green card not differently than investment bankers.
In other words, fix the legal pathway to include low wage workers, expand the program for higher wage workers, and stop the amnesty which is the worst message to send, unless we simply want open borders.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Plenty of legal immigrants have come here from countries with very different languages than English, yet they have taken steps to assimilate and learn English. Look at history. This was the case of my ancestors.
Current legal immigrants who get in for high-tech work often speak English already - this is so different from many previous waves of legal immigration.
Either way, English is the principal language of this country; demanding voting pamphlets, DMV info, other government documents in a multiplicity of languages is just offensive, costly, and undeserved.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 9:31 pm
Multiple languages largely serves the illegal community because MOST legal immigrants speak English. THe exception are if the green card is by marriage (and spouse doesn't speak English) or by asylum, but otherwise, college educated and workers in corporate work for which green cards are issued for, speak English.
People should decide - open borders, as it currently is, and will continue with intermittent amnesty, or secured borders (like most of the developed world), which carry responsibilities, namely to be law abiding.
I get the complications of the millions already here, and whatever - lets' say this time around they stay (again!), but what is the rest of the message, what do people want for the future, more of the same?
If amnesty misses the law abiding part, it is basically open borders and who cares about the details, it's open borders.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 9:37 pm
Another group of legal residents are students who come here to go to college. College admissions require the TOEFL, Test of English as a Foreign Language so these students don't need any translated papers or signs.
The US has basically maintained a rigid legal immigration policy but for illegal immigration - it's wide open. Borders have no barriers, you get the welcome mat, in your own language, and the only requirement is to wait and use fake papers until the next amnesty comes around.
This could all have been solved long ago, by simply making the legal process work better.
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on Feb 4, 2013 at 10:28 am
Illegal immigration has declined considerably since the Bush Recession. Businesses just need to exploit as many workers as before, and they already have driven labor costs down so much.
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"There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline in this population since its peak in 2007..."
"The falloff in the stock of unauthorized immigrants has been driven mainly by a decrease in the number of new immigrants from Mexico, the single largest source of U.S. migrants. As the Pew Hispanic Center reported earlier this year, net immigration from Mexico to the United States has stopped and possibly reversed through 2010."
As far as this? "Corporations can get cheaper labor by going overseas. Not only cheap labor, less laws."
Silly. Hard to outsource janitorial services overseas, fool. Easier to outsource those jobs to contractors that hire illegals. Construction and all the good middle class jobs that used to represent? Meat packing can't be sent overseas -- read Fast Food Nation about how businesses decimated the middle class in the plains states over a decade ago.
The GOP never did anything to seriously close the borders, or more effectively, prosecute the real scofflaws (the businesses that profit from cheap illegal labor) because their business masters told them not to.
Couple that with all the stupid immigrant bashing the GOP did anyway to please the tea bagger xenophobes, and now we have Texas turning blue in 20 years.
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on Feb 4, 2013 at 11:28 am
"There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline in this population since its peak in 2007..."
"The falloff in the stock of unauthorized immigrants has been driven mainly by a decrease in the number of new immigrants from Mexico, the single largest source of U.S. migrants. As the Pew Hispanic Center reported earlier this year, net immigration from Mexico to the United States has stopped and possibly reversed through 2010."
I think what you're saying is that Immigration Reform is about the past, and not the future.
This message is pretty clear.
This may be why there has never been an intelligent immigration system in the US.
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Bruins alternate captain Mark Recchi said it during the season: if the Bruins win the Stanley Cup, he's done. He'll close the book on a historic career and retire.
With the Bruins one game away from winning it all, Recchi could very well be in the final days of his career. He's won the Cup twice already, having hoisted it with the Penguins in 1991, and against with the Hurricanes. This might be the last time he's come this far, and he knows from experience that it's worth savoring. Especially with this team.
"That's the great thing about it. You know, I was fortunate to win one early in my career," the 43-year-old said after recording three assists in the Bruins' 5-2 win Monday. "From '06 when I won in Carolina to every playoff I've played in after that, I've been able to embrace it and enjoy it and watch how guys react and watch how they're acting and enjoy the experience of seeing guys go through the firsts.
"It's neat and you're able to do that. I've been doing that for a number of years now and it's been just a great, great year this year for me. [It's been] great from the get-go with this group of guys. You knew there was something special right from the first time we got together. When we went over to Prague, we knew we had something good there."
It's unclear what Recchi will do if the Bruins do not the Cup this year. In a scenario in which he hung them up regardless of the series' result, Monday could have been his last game had the Canucks won.
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I know some call it cellulite but that is usually cottage cheese like. I am talking about involuntary "winking" with each step I take. I discovered this in seeing a family video. I was horrified. I am not "fat" either. I call it "lumpy butt" ... Ugh. Any solutions?
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External devices may provide temporary improvement but require several treatments and periodic re-treatments. The Cellulaze laser is best suited for treatment of the thighs. Treatment of dimples or winks upon motion has not been well studied yet. Fat injections to the buttocks may be the best option for deeper dimples.
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Without seeing a photo or patient in person it is difficult to be certain what is bothering you. That being said, the Cellulaze treatment for cellulite is in my opinion the most effective treatment available for cellulite and most patients are very happy with the results as long as their expectations are in line with what the procedure can do. Make a consultation with a board certified expert in Cellulaze in your area to find out if Cellulaze would help you. Good luck! Best, Dean Vistnes, M.D.
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Thank you for your question. There some temporary solutions with Velashape, and Vasershape. These can temporarily help to some extent. Cellulite is from genetics, lifestyle, hormones, and activity level. The Cellulaze has gotten some recent press, but the results we have seen have been mixed. See your Board Certified Dermatologist or Board Certified Plastic Surgeon for advice and an assessment. I hope this helps.
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Cellulite is a source of frustration to many female patients: regardless of the level of fitness, some areas of cellulite do not disappear with diet and exercise. With Cellulaze, specific trouble areas (most commonly the buttock and thighs) can be selectively treated with long-term success. Cellulaze has been well-studied and published results exist to evaluate outcomes with several years of follow-up. It is also FDA approved for cellulite treatment, demonstrating safety across a wide range of patient subtypes.
Cellulaze is the most invasive cellulite treatment currently available: an incision is required to pass the small tube (cannula) underneath the skin; nonetheless, it can be performed in a single stage under oral or light IV sedation with minimal pain and a short recovery period.
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recommend you learn more about Cellulaze - the FDA approved one time definitive treatment for cellulite. Cellulaze utilizes a 1440 nm wavelength laser to accomplish 3 things: 1) melt away fat bulging out 2) break up fibrous septae (attachments) that create the indentations and 3) help thicken the dermis (skin) to prevent future recurrence. The procedure can take between 60-90 minutes and can be completed under local or just IV sedation (depending on the length of your procedure and number of areas being treated). To see your final results takes between 3-6 months. You can visit the cellulaze . com website to learn more about the procedure. Best of luck!
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Depressions in your bottom present at rest- when you are not flexing your gluteal muscles can be filled with your own body fat. Depressions in your bottom present with walking or flexing your buttock muscles are another story. Other than learning to walk another way- changing your gait- so to speak, you are out of luck. There are no cosmetic surgery options to correct this type of "lumpy butt"! However, Endermologie can help to smooth the area and make the cellulite less noticeable.
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Deep depressions in the butt fat can be smoothed using the latest technology
In my practice I have used the latest technique for cellulite correction called CelluSmooth for over six months. This, routinely performed under local anesthesia, procedure involves the introduction of a very thin laser fiber under the skin through a very small incision. CelluSmooth, manufactured by Sciton, is the latest laser specifically developed for correction of cellulite. Because of it's unique three step process, by using this technique I am able to correct the depressions, melt the excess fat and shrink the skin.
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The description provided sounds like cellulite, a very common condition for which there is currently no one definitive treatment. Very recently a laser device specifically designated for the treatment of cellulite has come to the marketplace. Unfortunately, I have a very healthy dose of skepticism about the true success of this new product for cellulite therapy..
Much hooplah is often made when a new laser or other energy-based device (radiofrequency, ultrasound) receives FDA clearance. Frequently, the public mistakes such clearance for FDA approval, the way medications require FDA approval before being released into the consumer market. In the case of devices, for the most part, in order to receive FDA clearance, the device needs only to prove that it is safe for use in humans, not that it is necessarily effective for the indication for which it is sold. Device clearance is a relatively short process, unlike the long (very often 9-11 year) process required to bring a new medication to the market. To gain FDA approval, a pharmaceutical agent must not only prove safe for use, but actually must prove efficacy for the indication for which it will be marketed.
So, this may explain why today's newest and "most effective" laser typically gets replaced tomorrow by another laser or device with the same claim. The very fact that a new laser comes to market seemingly every day is enough cause enough for healthy skepticism
The reality is that many of the new devices, when separated from the marketing hype and testimonials of paid physician spokespersons, have proven disappointing to both patients and the treating physicians. Hence, my skepticism about the new laser for cellulite.
When there are fifteen or twenty or so deep cellulite depressions on each buttock (as is likely in this case) or leg, I have obtained gratifying results using a combination of subcision followed by filling with a volumizing filler, such as Radiesse combined with Perlane L. Under local anesthesia, a sterile needle is inserted and moved around to break up the bands of fibrous tissue that play a part in binding the skin downward in the typical cottage cheese appearance. The depressed area can then "float" to the surface. Often, these bands will subsequently be replaced by new, more normal collagen bundles to further serve as a buttress to the overlying skin. Finally, after two or more such treatment sessions, a small amount of volumizer, such as Radiesse, can be subsequently injected to further elevate and smooth the overlying skin and promote additional natural collagen production. .
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Tonight, McNeese State basketball begins the search for Patrick Richard's replacement.
Cowboys head coach Dave Simmons can only hope it doesn't take all season.
The Cowboys take the court for their first practice after back-to-back postseason appearances, though it will be without the player who led them to those appearances. Richard is training and awaiting the results of next month's NBA Developmental League draft before deciding whether to go that route or head overseas to commence his pro career.
The pressure will be on returning starting guards Dontae Cannon and Jeremie Mitchell to fill the void.
"We've got some kids that can really fill that role as a leader, but it will be interesting to see who steps up as we get to practicing," Simmons said. "No one has identified himself as that guy. They're so young and everybody else is looking to Dontae and Jeremie for those roles. The biggest thing is seeing who will be that one guy to challenge them in practice every day."
They'll also be looking for help from some newcomers — guard Ledrick Eackles, who sat out last season after transferring from Oakland (Mich.) University, freshmen forwards Jordan Wells and Austin Lewis, and 6-foot-7 junior college transfer forward Pete Kpan.
"We've got a good group of young men," Simmons said. "It's a lot of young faces. They're very energetic. We're going to make mistakes early. But I think it's a team that, once we get rolling, we can be very competitive within the schedule."
The Cowboys open with Louisiana College on Nov. 9 before heading to LSU and first-year Tigers head coach Johnny Jones on Nov. 13.
After their first real practice of the season, the Cowboys will join the two-time defending Southland Conference champion Cowgirls at Memorial Gym for the annual "Sneak Peek" event.
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just returned from a weekend in albuquerque where i attended the Native American Literature Symposium (NALS), which is "organized by an independent group of indigenous scholars committed to making a place where Native voices can be heard." the symposium was held at the Isleta Casino & Resort (apparently, this symposium has been held at various native owned venues throughout the years).
this year's theme was "Many Voices, One Center," and featured…
some amazing keynote performances by Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) poet Brandy Nalani McDougall, a performance by the Spoken Word Team of Santa Fe Indian School, a talk by Comanche playwright Terry Gomez, and an evening with Cheyenne/Arapaho filmmaker Chris Eyres (of famed Smoke Signals). in addition, there was a wide array of engaging panels on native fiction, poetry, song, film, performance, philosophy, activism, feminism, and more (read the entire schedule here).
this was my first time at NALS, and i loved how intimate it felt. it was small enough so that there were only 3 panels per session (so each panel had a good number of people), and it seemed that many of the scholars & writers in attendance were "regulars" (or more like family members–perhaps apt since the organizers were referred to as "clan mothers" and "clan fathers"). it was also nice for me personally that there were a handful of Native Hawaiians in attendance.
my favorite panel was "Blood Run, Repatriation, and Native American Literary Activism," which featured three panelists: Cari Carpenter ("Blood Run, NAGPRA, and the Buffalo Village Case"), Penny Kelsey ("NAGPRA, Blood Run, and Dickson Mounds: Gendered Narratives of Activism"), and Chadwick Allen ("Citing the Serpent Mound in Blood Run").
Blood Run (Salt Publishing, 2007), by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, was published through Salt's Native American writing imprint Earthworks (edited by one of the coolest editors out there: Janet McAdams). If you havent read this book, you must. Here's the description of the book from Salt's Website:
This volume testifies to the need to protect the remarkable ruins of the Indigenous North American city of Blood Run and the sacred remains she guards there in mounded tombs. The persona poems herein emanate its character embraced in architectural accomplishment designed in accordance with the sun and moon and multitudes of stars above.
Blood Run was once a great mound city. About eighty remnants of its original four-hundred mounds still stand in testament to the 10,000 people who made their home here time ago and prove a terrific tribute of world history for their descendants living just down the road today. Yet, Blood Run is still in great danger of being forever destroyed by looters, developers, and the plow. This volume stands to persuade others to protect her and the sacred remains she guards in mounded tombs. The verse play of persona poems herein emanate its character of architectural accomplishment designed in accordance with the sun and moon and multitudes of stars above.
Previous to European colonization and conquest efforts, trade flourished between Indigenous peoples of the Americas for perhaps as long as time earmarked humankind. Evidence of continual vast trade throughout the Western Hemisphere, including art, symbolic items, and practical tools, was well cached in the multitude of mound cities puckering vast portions of the continent, some still incredibly existing after decades of continual and intentional desecration, disfigurement, and dismantling by grave robbers and Manifest Destiny driven anti-eco agriculturalists. Though surely there were times of dilemma for Indigenous Americans, these long-developed relations ensured survival during eras of doubt. Thus the likelihood of peace prevailed and most nations enjoyed the security of blanket protection, aid, and assistance from related tribes; whether by blood or adoption. In so much, tribes that enjoyed helping one another sustain themselves engaged in trade relationships with numerous additional nations outside these pacts; building cities of ceremonial, burial, effigy, and civic mounds, wherein which they flourished.
so the papers given on Blood Run were amazing (Cari & Penny connected the book to NAGPRA–Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act–while Chad read into the book's deep aesthetic structure based on the "indigenous technology" of the mounds). as a bonus, the author herself gave a reading after the presentations.
besides drinking & eating & socializing & losing my shirt ("nice abs" everyone kept saying) at the casino, on the last day at the last session i presented a paper titled "Indigenizing Poetics, Written 'Olelo: Brandy Nalani McDougall's The Salt Wind / Ka Makani Pa'akai." i must admit i was kinda nervous because brandy (remember she was one of the keynote readers) actually attended the panel! eek. throughout my paper she kept interrupting me, saying "that's not what i intended! are you dumb or something!" since my paper is too long and brilliant to post here, here's a description of her book The Salt Wind / Ka Makani Pa'akai (click to purchase) (the book is published by Kuleana Oiwi Press, a press dedicated to Native Hawaiian literature):
This postcolonial collection of poetry is the first by Native Hawaiian poet, Brandy Nalani McDougall. Of the collection, Samoan novelist Albert Wendt writes: "Once in a while a collection of poetry comes along and grabs your eyes, heart, and na'au and makes you see and feel more deeply than you've done in a long, long time. For me, Brandy Nalani McDougall's collection is one of those. And I keep rereading it. Her poems have a unique and hugely inviting surface simplicity and elegance that immediately hook you into them, into their profound and complex depths of imagery, lyricism, political and historical savvy, feeling, thought and vision. These are woven together with unusual wisdom, perception, control of language, and intense aloha for her people and islands. You have to read this collection. It will lift you and make you feel you are more."
special thanks to Gwen Westerman, to the Isleta people and to everyone who made this symposium happen. i will definitely be attending next year (please accept whatever abstract i may submit!).
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So glad you had the opportunity to entrench yourself in the indigenous world of the Native American. We can learn so much from their experience. Connecting and immersing yourself w/the contemporary issues & discussions of a community at ground zero and has historically confronted the colonizer will only deepen and broaden your consciousness of the work before the people of Guahan and empower you to greater and numerous acts of love.
Thank you for sharing this, Craig.
I wish I could have been there. Thanks for the report.
Hey Craig!
Mahalo for writing about NALS. I enjoyed all of the readings and panels I attended, too–including yours. I donʻt recall making those comments during your presentation, but then again, everything sort of went black after you made the blanket comment about how formalists suck and experimentalists are uber-cool, and you know that I canʻt control my Hawaiian warriorness when people say "uber" anything (grrrr!) because I canʻt pronounce umlauts. Sad, I know. Besides, I was pretty nervous that a poet of your caliber was looking at my work so closely. I canʻt be responsible for what happens under such anxious conditions. 😉
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Reverend Billy (Bill Talen) will speak on "What Would Jesus Buy" at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 23 in Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
Reverend Billy is an activist and performance artist who takes on the persona of an evangelical preacher to protest the excesses of corporate commercialism.He and his choir "The Church of Stop Shopping" preach a broad message of economic justice, environmental advocacy, and anti-militarism.
For more information on the event, see this link.
Talen is best known as the subject of the 2007 documentary, What Would Jesus Buy?, produced by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlok and directed by Sundance Film Festival Award-winner Rob VanAlkemade.
"We remind people that things come from somewhere, that products have a resource past, a labor past….We animate the objects that surround us and in so doing we re-animate ourselves. We becomes citizens again." —Reverend Billy
The event is sponsored by the Baldwin University Lectures, the Center for the Arts, the Ethics and Society Project, the Office of Institutional Partnerships, the Religion Department, Sociology Department and Government Department.


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Chapters 10 thru of Arriana's secret unicorn
Short Story by: smilie
Status: Finished
Genre: Fantasy
They ridiculed him saying there was no being in the forest of the sort. Gavin tried to get them to believe him. The town folk had a meeting and discharged Gavin of being their leader. Gavin started having enemies that would throw things thru his windows at night. Eventualy a week had gone by and Gavin decides to try with the town to get them to believe him. He went home to the couple who had his son and found his son had been struck in th head with a rock. His son was an infant and died immediately. Gavin grew furious and went to the other end of the waterfall to speak with the people there about his family staying with them. He also told the bottom village that the people at upper falls was waging war against the bottom village. When Gavin returned he told the upper village that the bottom village was waging war on them and that at dusk they should meet at lower falls between the two villages where they would be. Both villages are readying for war when Gavin disappears. Gavin goes to Graphton and begs for help that if the humans go to war the unicorn will all die. Graphton had no hesitation to go to battle with them not knowing Gavin was the war. Graphton gathered all the unicorn male and female adult there were and went off. Arriana's mother goes on to explain that only three men came home that day. Arriana tells her mother that she knows a peice of the story she's told but didn't reveal any more to mother.
Xavier came to the falls earlier today to see if he could see any other unicorn that Arriana might be seeing.He scopes the whole place not seeing anything. Arriana shows up and gathers her water and layed in the grass watching the falls. "Why is she watching the falls?" Xavier wondered. He makes himself appear for Arriana. She turns to see him on the other bank and looks back at the falls. Arriana doesn't want him to see the others until he's told her the legend she longed to know. Xavier asks what she is doing and Arriana responds with the answer he had said to her previously. "I cannot tell you much nor let you know what I know until I now I'm safe. " I have asked mother of the clouds that we no longer see, not mentioning that I'd seen one she told me a legend of them clouds to me, I know that the clouds and rain all those years ago were Graphton's tears for the loss of humans love and his rider. Xavier tells what he heard of Graphton's story. Graphton's emptiness in the story was filled withArriana's words and Arriana's mother's story was filled in with Graphton's words. Xavier thanked her an was anxious to see Graphton. He had heard enough that Graphton hadn't said and wanted to know why Graphton hid the rest of the story from him, fighting in a mans battle and lossing our loved ones forever was not the whole story and Xavier knew Graphton knows more than he's told. Xavier hadn't known that the rider turned bad and lead them on a man's rage. After Arriana's human story had settled in his mind Arriana looked at him with a love he'd never seen. He asked what she was holding back, she told him to come closer for her to touch him again. Feeling the same overwhelming love for him she rubbed his mane and face revealing the others in front of the fall. Xavier gasped! She could see the others. He was scared they'd see him and hurried Arriana to go home. He told her he'dbe back at 9 P.M. for water again and to meet him there.
Xavier could no longer see the others when he turned to find if it were his herd they'd seen. He heads to lower stream to find Graphton and the others were there watering. He hears Graphton thinking that he wants to take them to upper fall tonight and then go to bottom falls for the entire next day. Xavier aproaches and asks why he would take them to bottom falls. Not revealing his latest version of the story from Arriana he thought maybe Graphton was ready to tell the rest. Graphton just says that it's time to graze the bottom feild tomorrow. Xavier looked at Graphton. he seemed weaker today. He seemed less attentive to the herd he so vigorously watched years before. Xavier knew he was the new herd leader when Arriana became his rider but didn't know until now Graphton is dieing. Graphton says he has to lets the herd see something tomorrow at bottom stream. The days journey ends at upper falls as Graphton planned. Xavier waited until the rest were asleep and left for across the bank.
Arriana was waiting when he arrived. By the bushes he always had hidden behind to watch her was where he found her tonight. He told Arriana that he was leaving for a day and that he wants her to meet him back here the morning he returns. Xavier didn't think of the others for fear Arriana would know. He didn't know what Graphton had planned but was sure Arriana and himself would need to see eachother when they returned.
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Another Look at My Past HTML version
Chapter 5
"Frank!! O ver here!"
Frank stopped and looked across the street. There waving at him was his cousin Louise McCune. He waved
back feebly and started across the street. He was careful to look both ways so that his time travel adventure
would not be short circuited by an accident in the present. Unfortunately there was no traffic in either
direction, so he soon joined Louise on her side of the street.
"Frank! What have you been doing? I haven't see n you in ages."
Frank groped for a good way to answer. He did not think it would be a good idea to tell Louise about time
"I've been busy."
"I was talking to your mother just the other day. She said you had joined some kind of thing."
No telling what kind of story Louise had gotten from his mother. "This is an exclusive, by invitation only,
group. There were only a few places available."
Frank wondered why he did not want to tell Louise about time travel. Maybe she would not believe him and
think he was crazy like old Uncle Wayne. Frank wondered how much he really believed it. Better not
ponder that too long. And Louise was talking again.
"Your Mom said it was some kind of research, or maybe you were going to be looking for something."
It did not help that he had lied to his mother and now he was not real sure what he had said. "We are going to
be prospecting for Californium in the third asteroid belt. They wanted to keep it kind of quiet so the
competition would not get there first."
As far as Frank knew Californium was a radioactive element with few practical uses. At least the third
asteroid belt was at the very edge of the Altgeld solar system, so that would explain a long absence.
"I hope it's not dangerous." Bless her heart, she was concerned for him. "And it seems so different from
what you had been doing with historical research in the Heroic Period."
"O h, I'm not just a Historian. I have many far reaching interests."
Frank looked around for a way to divert the conversation. He was rewarded with seeing Betsy Neuman
coming down the sidewalk.
"Look Louise! There is Betsy Neuman, my academic adviser."
Betsy spotted the pair. "Frank! I did not expect to see you downtown. And who is this pretty girl you're
talking to?"
"This isn't a girl, it's my cousin."
Hopefully Louise knew what he meant. "Betsy helped me get into advanced historical regressional analysis
when everybody else was telling me to just take philosophy instead. She really helped me out of that tight
The two women started chatting about purple widgets or clothes or some kind of girl thing. After a couple of
minutes Frank excused himself and made his way to the bank. He needed to fill out an account stasis form,
which was standard practice for anyone going off- world. He was not exactly going off-world, but that was as
much of the truth as he was prepared to tell.


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Marcus over at Marcus's Movie Life has seen fit to bestow upon me the "I Dig Your Blog" award. Per the award's conditions, I have to list three facts about myself and then pass along the award to five other blogs. Here goes.
1. I am too scared of Zelda to re-watch Pet Sematary and have not seen it since the night it opened at the theater in my hometown.
2. My favorite writer is Walker Percy.
3. I am the self-appointed Queen of Karaoke and can sometimes be found in a dive bar singing "Delta Dawn" in the style of Tanya Tucker after what amounts to, really, less alcohol than I'd like to admit would cause something like that to happen.
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We're going to court to stop President Trump from reversing protections for Arctic and Atlantic waters. More than 120 million acres of pristine Arctic waters depends on winning this fight. We're in this battle for as long as it takes. Please support all of our efforts to stop Trump's recklessness!
Today, a coalition of conservation groups and others announced that a historic number of comments and petitions of support have been submitted to the Department of the Interior in support of Bears Ears National Monument. Despite the entirely inadequate 15-day period ending on May 26th prov
Today the Department of the Interior released details of the Administration's April 26th executive order calling for a "review" of nat
The following statement is from The Wilderness Society regarding a late-breaking House budget request by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop to use $50 million in taxpayer
Congress adjourned without passing House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rob Bishop's (R-Utah) Utah Public Lands Initiative Act.
Tomorrow the House Committee on Natural Resources will host a legislative hearing on the proposed
A private landowner currently owns these woods along the East Branch of the Penobscot River and wants to donate more than 87,000 acres to the United States.
"It's a lasting and fitting tribute to Secretary Jewell and President Obama that they have conserved so many treasured places valued by Americans across the nation.
Managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Conservation Lands were established in 2000 to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant lands recognized for their outstanding cultural, ecological and scientific values.
The Wilderness Society is hosting a free tour of Silurian Valley and environs along the Old Spanish Trail, including Afton Canyon and Zzyzx on Saturday, April 11.
Mr. Podesta served as Counselor to President Obama from January 2014 to February 2015 and as White House Chief of Staff in the Clinton administration from 1998 to 2001.


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ECZ-9425-B 292 Intake Manifold
Looking to install a ECX-9425-B on my 292 in my 56 Ford f100. On the intake, there is a tube that runs from one side of the manifold to the other side which I believe is connected to a mushroom like valve. The tube is broken inside and the mushroom like valve has rust holes in it. I believe this is used to heat the choke on the carb. Sense I plan to use an electric choke, is there any reason why I could not remove it and plug the holes?
Let me know, thanks!
ECZ-9425-B 292 Intake Manifold
Thanks Oldbogie!
I didn't want to screw things up without getting the lowdown on it.
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