http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ice/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:15:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415357/posts More than six months after government officials seized his rare vintage military aircraft, Claude Hendrickson said he is still in the dark about why the airplane was confiscated and when and if it will be returned to him. Until the 1952 airplane -- believed to be one of only a handful of Douglas AD-4N Skyraiders in the U.S. -- is released from federal custody, Hendrickson said the aircraft will slowly deteriorate because he can't maintain it. ---- Virginia Dabbs, spokeswoman for Customs and Border Patrol, said she could not comment on Hendrickson's claims. "We don't harass people," Dabbs said. Birmingham (AL) News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415357/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:15:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413244/posts Last night, the models were all in pretty good agreement with taking this storm system from north-central Texas up through western Missouri and then into Minnesota which lead me in the direction of providing you the information in the latest post. Things may be on the change again. Not a huge surprise to me, though. As I had previously mentioned until the storm system really moves into the U.S. the upper air data would not be that great and that would influence the model outputs. Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413244/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:19:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412730/posts It is appearing more likely that the heaviest snow, in excess of 6” and as much as 2 feet, will be falling Wednesday through Christmas Day from the Panhandles of Texas/Oklahoma to Wisconsin. Some cities that will be affected includes: Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412730/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:54:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411907/posts How Will It Impact Your Travel? Still watching the likely development of a BIG winter storm from the Southwestern US to the Heartland but details are still sketchy. To explain why I say this, I chose to provide you with another video blog post. I hope it helps clear some fuzziness up. Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411907/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:52:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411497/posts Still a lot of questions for the upcoming holiday week storm but things are becoming a bit clearer. However, I won't be comfortable nailing this one down until the storm moves on shore in the Pacific NW over the next day or two so the models have better initial data to use. I explain the very latest in today's video blog entry. Enjoy! Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411497/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409792/posts Are you “Dreaming of a White Christmas”? Many of us each year dream of a white Christmas but we know it is just going to be a dream unless we head to the mountains or someplace else where we know snow will be. This year, though, many of us who normally have to just hold on to a dream of a white Christmas may actually get what we dream for as a present from Mother Nature. As I hinted to last week, the weather pattern setting up for Christmas week appears generally to be cold. Specifics were up in question... Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409792/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407537/posts There are many kinds of truth. Al Gore was poleaxed by an inconvenient one yesterday. The former US Vice-President, who became an unlikely figurehead for the green movement after narrating the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, became entangled in a new climate change “spin” row. Mr Gore, speaking at the Copenhagen climate change summit, stated the latest research showed that the Arctic could be completely ice-free in five years. In his speech, Mr Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the... TimesOnline.com (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407537/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406723/posts Sunday, December 13, 2009Vigil held remembering ICE sweep that ended in 260 arrests in Greeley Swift raid continues to resonate with many By Colin LindenmayerThe Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on Greeley's Swift & Co. plant three years ago is still causing deep impacts on Ernesto Garcia's life. Garcia, who was arrested during the raid, initially spent four months behind bars. Although he's been released, his court date from the raid has been pushed back until January 2011. Garcia can't legally work in the United States until after the hearing. “It was a nightmare for me,” Garcia said through a... Greeley Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406723/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405824/posts While the wizards of smart are convening in Copenhagen, attempting to solve what they perceive to be the biggest global societal ill - anthropogenic climate change, one of the things that likely won't be discussed is the possibility of the opposite occurring, global cooling. But AccuWeather's chief hurricane forecaster, Joe Bastardi warns it is a bigger threat than global warming. He says the phenomenon is coming, based on three priniciple reasons - 1) Natural reversal of ocean cycles, 2) Low sun spot activity and 3) An increase in volcanic and seismic activity. Bastardi made this case on the Fox Business... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405824/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404296/posts J. Storrs Hall writes: One thing that Climategate does is give us an opportunity to step back from the details of the AGW argument and say, maybe these are heat-of-the-moment stuff, and in the long run will look as silly as the Durants’ allergy to Eisenhower. And perhaps, if we can put climate arguments in perspective, it will allow us to put the much smaller nano arguments (pun intended) into perspective too. So let’s look at some ice. I’m looking at the temperature record as read from this central Greenland ice core. It gives us about as close as we... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404296/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400624/posts Updates in the BARNETT v OBAMA case in Judge Carter's court: Request for investigation of misconduct in legal proceedings, submission of perjured affidavits, submission of a letter to court by an attorney with improper purpose of covering up criminal activity and obstruction of justice, withholding evidence by attorneys, and US attorneys acting under conflict of interest From 11.11.09. to 11.22.09. I had the honor to be a delegate at the Continental Congress 2009. One of the guest speakers for the Continental Congress was a former Immigration officer and currently a private investigator in CO, Mr. John Samson. I have stated... FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400624/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391688/posts I hold an executive position at a private corporation located on Long Island, NY (250+ employees). On Thursday, November 19, 2009, two casually dressed gentlemen showed up at our facility (unannounced) and asked for the Human Resource Manager.They, unilaterally, determined that our company had a connection to the public safety and national security concerns of the United States. As such, they are requiring us to provide them with 100% of the Form I-9 - Employment Eligibility Verifications for all our current employees and employees who have been terminated within the past 12 months.The purpose of the form is for an... The Internet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391688/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:24:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391159/posts More than 1,000 illegal immigrants awaiting trial for serious crimes in one major U.S. county were instead deported by federal immigration authorities and freed in their home countries. The released offenders include at least 128 murderers, more than 400 child rapists and molesters, some 300 charged with aggravated assault and dozens more accused of sexual assault, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and other grave felonies. The offenders’ newfound freedom came courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that provided a one-way ticket home after bail was posted in their state criminal case. This sort of voluntary deportation to... Judicial watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391159/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:31:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390857/posts File under: Very Curious Event A London-based official at ICE said that the exchange is cancelling trades on dollar index futures above 76.50, after a spike in the contact that saw it jump to 82.18. The official said they are still investigating the cause for the move. Recent trades showed the contract up 0.7% to 75.89. Economic Policy Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390857/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390676/posts U.S. immigration officials put an unprecedented 1,000 businesses — including 42 in the Houston metro area — on notice Thursday that their paperwork would be inspected to make sure they don't employ illegal immigrants. The announcement marks the largest round of immigration-related business audits ever, and the latest in an ongoing Department of Home­land Security campaign to create a “culture of compliance” with immigration law among employers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton said Thursday. The audits will target businesses ICE has identified as being associated with the nation's “critical infrastructure,” which includes some industries key to... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390676/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387473/posts MORE than 100 penguin-loving tourists including dozens from Britain are trapped by ice off Antarctica aboard a Russian ice-breaker cruise ship... The Kapitan Khlebnikov is in a bay near Snow Hill island, located off the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula, and cannot leave as the bay is sealed off with ice... Everything is calm aboard the ice-breaker, nothing is threatening the passengers and crew... There were 105 passengers aboard the vessel ...The ship has been at its current location for four days. "To put it plainly, the ship got stuck between an island and an ice massif.'' AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387473/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:21:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386353/posts A project to encase one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes in ice this winter to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region is moving forward and expanding. Photographer Gregory Holm said this week that the state's land bank agreed to donate a home on the city's east side for the Ice House Detroit project. The scope of the project by Holm and freelance architect Matthew Radune is growing. They plan to use some money they've raised to help a Detroit family get a home by paying back taxes on a foreclosure. Holm also said early-release prisoners will... Associated Press at Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386353/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:56:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382824/posts Note: The following text is a quote: November 6, 2009 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya announce preliminary results of largest global cash smuggling operation BRUSSELS - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya today announced the preliminary results of Operation ATLAS-the largest multilateral operation in history targeting cash smugglers which took place from Oct. 26-30. More than 80 countries participated in Operation ATLAS (an acronym for Assess, Target, Link, Analyze and Share)-leading to more than $3.5 million in cash seized and... ICE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382824/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379875/posts CHICAGO - The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the origin of a falling ice chunk that damaged the roof and gutters of a Chicago home. The FAA said it is looking into whether any of the planes approaching O'Hare International Airport, which is located about 10 miles from the home, Wednesday night had water leakage problems, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. Homeowner Paul Dowd said the large ice chunk hit the roof of the house at about 7:52 p.m. He said a police report was filed and he contacted his insurance company. The home is under a flight... upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379875/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379827/posts New York Daily News SNIPPET: "NEW YORK — El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned. The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an arrest warrant for reputed gang member Walter (Duke) Torres. Torres tipped authorities to the plan after he and four other MS-13 members were stopped by NYPD detectives for hassling passersby on Northern Blvd. in Queens last month." (NY DAILY NEWS, November 4, 2009) via POLICEONE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379827/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:42:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378866/posts El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned. The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an arrest warrant for reputed gang member Walter (Duke) Torres. Torres tipped authorities to the plan after he and four other MS-13 members were stopped by NYPD detectives for hassling passersby on Northern Blvd. in Queens last month. He told cops he had information to pass on, and was debriefed Oct. 22 at Rikers Island,... NYDailyNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378866/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375671/posts The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday. Vast sheets of impenetrable multiyear ice, which can reach up to 80 meters (260 feet) thick, have for centuries blocked the path of ships seeking a quick short cut through the fabled Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They also ruled out the idea of sailing across the top of the world. But David Barber, Canada's Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the University of Manitoba, said... NewsDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375671/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:16:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374375/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Secretary Napolitano Announces Transfer of Federal Protective Service to National Protection and Programs Directorate Release Date: October 29, 2009 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the transfer of the Federal Protective Service (FPS) from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)—streamlining decision-making and aligning the protection of federal buildings with DHS’ broader critical infrastructure protection mission. “Securing government facilities is a vital aspect of DHS’ critical infrastructure protection mission,” said Secretary Napolitano. “Transferring FPS to NPPD will enhance oversight and efficiency while... DHS.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374375/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372820/posts In 2003, several counties in Northern Virginia banded together to form a joint task force to crack down on illegals and gangs. Then in March of last year, Prince William County made national headlines by upping the ante even further. They passed an ordinance that required County police to verify the immigration status of any criminal or traffic suspects when there was probable cause to think they were in the country illegally. The suspects were held and transferred to ICE, irrespective of the disposition of the underlying charge. Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372820/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:18:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369364/posts First, not totally exactly geology, but one of the more amazing iceberg pictures I've ever seen: Next, an offering from Patrick Smith Photography (I had one of these before): this one won some awards and was on the cover of a photography magazine: Finally, Marion Island from space: click for full-size One source is Patrick Smith Photography http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369364/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:59:55 GMT