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The closest border point from Honduras is the southern tip of Texas near Brownsville, 1667 kilometers from Honduras. The most distant point is the border region of Tijuana, Mexico, a full 3,652 kilometers and even farther by highway. Why would the migrants travel all that extra distance?
Tijuana borders California, a sanctuary state that welcomes and protects those violate who violate U.S. immigration law, even violent criminals. California gives illegals a host of benefits including public assistance and in-state tuition. When false-documented illegals get a driver’s license the DMV registers them to vote, and more than one million have been added to the voter rolls.
Democrats see the caravan as an addition to their imported electoral college, so they favor any challenge to U.S. sovereignty, even if it involves violence. And for the sin fronteras axis, border patrol agents are the ultimate villains.
If Mexico fails to deport the migrants the president might also push for a broad no-go zone on the Mexican side. The administration could look into legal action against caravan organizers, and tie up their funding. Those who aid the caravans should be required to register as agents of a foreign government. That should include the Univision network and its mouthpiece Enrique Acevedo, who charges that any opposition to the migrants is racist.
Instead of attacking the U.S. Border Patrol, the migrants could fight for political and economic reforms in their own countries. That will never happen if the United States fails to control its own border. The rush is on to enter before it does.
As Carla Provost explained, a caravan of 6,000 is in Tijuana, another 2,000 in Mexicali, and “more on the way.” The caravans are Trojan horses for criminals, and the migrants are better described as unwelcome intruders.
A ballpark figure for those the United States should let in is zero. When violent criminals attempt to enter by force, the Border Patrol and U.S. military should repulse the assault by any means necessary.
New plans to charge people to park in Ely have been published.
It is currently free to park in all but one of the city's car parks.
Earlier this year, controversial plans to make people pay to park in Ely were put on hold after around 12,000 people signed a petition against the plans.
The Ely Traders Association was also a strong opponent of the charges, with the view that charging drivers to park in Ely would put them off going there and encourage them to visit larger nearby cities like Cambridge and Peterborough instead.
Following a large number of objections to the proposals, East Cambridgeshire District Council put them on hold, and has now published a revised proposal for car parking together with the City of Ely Council.
The new proposals include plans for a free first hour of parking.
Council figures show approximately 2,000 cars a day currently park in one of the city's car parks for an hour or less, and so would not need to pay under the proposed scheme.
The Council has pledged to use the charges to 'break even' and meet the costs of running car parks, and plough any profit into schemes 'to benefit the community'.
Investment in on and off street car parking enforcement.
The rationale from the Council for scrapping free parking is that it costs around £200,000 a year to maintain free car parks in Ely.
Also, the Council adds that it is not fair that council tax from people in parts of East Cambridgeshire who do not use the car parks is currently being put towards meeting this cost.
The Council also expects there to be a 20% increase in demand for spaces in Ely's car parks by 2026.
The proposals will be discussed at the Council's Scrutiny Committee next Tuesday (27 November).
They will then go forward for evaluation at the Council's Development and Transport Committee on the 3rd December.
There will then be a 12 week public consultation on the plans, before they are re-presented to the Council's Development and Transport Committee for approval on the 20th March 2013.
Subject to this approval, the charges would be implemented on the 1st July 2013.
You can read more about the history of proposals for car parking charges in Ely by reading the archive articles below.
For the record, PoliticsPA has never criticized anyone for wanting to get out of New Jersey.
That’s why we welcome the New Jersey Republican State Committee to Philadelphia for their fundraiser at the Union League.
A number of PA politicos are also expected to roll out the welcome mat at an event that is expected to generate tens of thousands of dollars, according to the Strictly Politics blog of the Courier Post.
Our colleague across the Delaware, Jane Roh reports that U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent, Mike Fitzpatrick, Jim Gerlach and Patrick Meehan will be bumping elbows with Governor Chris Christie and other New Jersey Republicans.
Our Governor’s office confirms that Mr. Corbett will be there as well, but he’ll probably be taking it easy. According to a spokesperson of the Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, the Governor cancelled an event there today to better recover from his recent back surgery.
Christie campaigned for Corbett last year, but has recently chosen to compare himself to popular New York Governor and Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
In Harrisburg, GOP lawmakers are trying to pass a budget that’s politically tenable and also meets Corbett’s criteria.
Other than proving he has the spine to stand up to unions what, exactly, has Christie accomplished that accounts for his coronation as the GOP’s latest golden boy?
After falling short of analyst expectations last quarter, Altera (NASDAQ:ALTR) will try to redeem itself when it reports again on Tuesday.
Analysts currently expect Altera to come in with earnings of 39 cents per share on revenues of $445.3 million. Analysts gave estimates ranging from 37 cents per share to 40 cents per share. Over the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from 40 cents.
The stock fell $2.87 per share between May 29, 2012 and June 1, 2012. Looking at change over the last three months, April 23, 2012 and July 18, 2012, the stock price fell $2.77 (-8%), from $34.55 to $31.78.
In the first quarter, profit fell 48.3% to $115.8 million (35 cents a share) from $224.1 million (68 cents a share) the year earlier, missing analyst expectations. Revenue fell 28.4% to $383.8 million from $535.8 million.
Best Tortillas \| La Mesa Tortillas \| ¡Comida!
I am not sure you can call the folks at La Mesa Tortillas magicians, but they sure seem like it. They take simple, basic, ingredients and consistently churn out the best tortillas in a town that is not lacking in tortilla consumption. They offer all different sizes of flour tortillas, corn tortillas, whole wheat tortillas and, a must try, jalapeno flavor. Their taco and tostada shells are fried tortilla perfection as well. Even buying these tortillas is a treat, as you can see the condensation in the bag and feel the still-warm wraps as you rush them home to fill them with magic.
Now maybe it's time for NBC to get worried. Far from dominating, as usual, a ratings sweep month, those all-important ratings competitions, NBC finds itself in an all-out struggle with Fox among viewers between 18 and 49 -- the only race those two networks count -- and with CBS among viewers of any age.
The news from two weeks ago surely raised some eyebrows, if not hackles, at NBC. That week Fox beat NBC among those precious 18-to-49-year-olds, and last week the competition for that group, was, to steal a quote from Dan Rather's election-night Bartlett's, ''tighter than last year's bathing suit.'' NBC edged Fox by one-tenth of a rating point.
For the November sweep, NBC's lead over Fox has dwindled to four-tenths of a point.
Most ominous is the news from Thursday, the night NBC has owned like a birthright. Last week, Fox, relying on one of those down-and-dirty video specials it pulls out of its crypt every sweep month (''Shocking Moments Caught on Tape!'' -- including courtroom brawls and a mudslide wiping out a street), drew huge numbers of male viewers away from NBC.
That was never possible when ''Seinfeld'' ruled the night, because male viewers were devoted to that comedy. The same is clearly not true for ''Frasier'' and certainly not for ''Veronica's Closet,'' NBC's latest disappointing beneficiary of the best time period on television.
A couple of the other disappointments, ''Suddenly Susan'' and ''Caroline in the City,'' are now on Monday, where this week they all but collapsed under the growing strength of CBS's comedies.
Even though it has already merited one magazine cover (Entertainment Weekly), ''Will and Grace'' was drubbed Monday night by CBS's new comedy, ''Becker,'' now teamed with the emerging hit ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' as the real comedy deal on Mondays.
Tomorrow ''Frasier'' and ''Veronica'' will have to contend with perhaps the most potently lurid Fox special yet -- and certainly the one with the best title: ''When Good Pets Go Bad.'' It features such moments as a man with his whole head squashed in the jaws of his ''pet'' alligator. Next week Fox will be back with ''Busted on the Job 3,'' with such sights as a hotel maid trying on a guest's lingerie and a disgruntled baker spraying pies with window cleaner.
Fox had its own disastrous start to the season but has come back thanks largely to the return of ''The X-Files'' on Sunday, which easily dominated all three competitors among young adults, especially young men.
In West Michigan, we are a community that likes to help each other out. There are so many ways to give back, that it can seem overwhelming. That's where ServeGR.com comes in.
The website offers you a number of ways to find meaningful ways to help out in Grand Rapids. You can search by your skill set, your passion, and by the amount of time you have available to give. In that way, it can find the right thing for you. The site can help answer your questions on how, where, and when to volunteer and contribute.
Celebrity Cruises is showcasing new ship Celebrity Silhouette with a fun online game for travel agents.
Accessible via e-learning website Cruising For Excellence at www.cruisingpower.co.uk, the Silhouette Sailaway game takes players on a whistle-stop tour of the ship’s Holy Land itinerary with a series of challenges against the clock.
Players tackle a series of puzzle-based tests at each port of call, with each entry submitted to a real-time leaderboard. Top prize for the ultimate winner is a £300 luxury food hamper, with two £100 Love2Shop vouchers going to the runners-up.
Each level highlights the various features onboard Celebrity Silhouette, such as the new Lawn Club Grill – the cruise industry’s first outdoor interactive grill; the Alcoves – private cabanas overlooking a real grass lawn on the top deck; and the Art Studio – offering guests hands on interaction with Art experts and the chance to nurture their creative side under professional guidance.
Agents can see where they rank on the leaderboard and can pit their wits against the game as many times as they like to rise up the rankings before the closing date of 5 August 2011. The game can also be found on the Cruising Power website - www.cruisingpower.co.uk - alongside the latest training tools and information about the ship.
Celebrity Silhouette will offer 12-night cruises from Rome (Civitavecchia) to the Holy Land calling at Santorini and Athens (Piraeus) in Greece and Haifa and Jerusalem (Ashdod) in Israel amongst other destinations. Prices start from £1,199 per person including return flights from the UK and all meals and entertainment onboard based on 22 August 2011 departure. Alongside the brand new features, the ship will also feature designer boutiques, exclusive restaurants and an Apple dedicated internet café – the Celebrity iLounge - offering guests classes in using iPads and iPhones.
JUNE 29TH, 1944 695 AVRO AMENITIES : 1, the York looks well streamlined in spite of its flat-sided fuselage 2 and 4, views inside. 3, a cosy corner in the cabin. 5, a corner of the kitchen, with electric cooker. 6, a cabin for " VIPs" (very important personages). 7, one of the lavatories, wh'ch are situated between front and rear cabins. 8, a two-berth stateroom.
It doesn’t have to be international Women’s Day for the gender pay gap to be a talking point these days. We’re just weeks away from all companies with more than 250 staff having to declare what their pay gap is between male and female staff. Many of those who’ve done it already have come in for attack for particularly large disparities, a problem particularly acute for airlines , where well-paid pilots are mostly male, and much less well-paid cabin staff are mostly female. But as Jane Dodge reports, narrowing the gap can be complicated.
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four Al Qaeda militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials.
The officials said the attack took place around dawn in an area called Deyqa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media.
Yemeni forces battled Al Qaeda in Abyan province last year, routing militants from major cities that Al Qaeda had briefly ruled during the country's 2011 political turmoil. The militants fled to surrounding mountainous areas after Yemen's military, assisted by the United States, forced them to retreat.
According to several research groups and The Associated Press's own reporting, there has been a dramatic rise in such drone strikes in Yemen since the country's new U.S.-backed president assumed power early last year.
Washington says Al Qaeda in Yemen is among the group's most dangerous and active branches worldwide.
The U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Gerald Feierstein, met Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Saturday. Earlier this week, President Barack Obama extended an executive decision warning supporters of the country's former longtime ruler -- ousted after more than three decades in power by protests -- to stop hampering the political process or face having their assets frozen.
Hadi also told Yemeni state TV Saturday that tampering of the country's military jets over the past year is the work of either Al Qaeda or those wanting to sabotage the army, a reference to supporters of Saleh still in government and security posts.
He vowed an investigation into the incidents.
Seven military aircraft have been sabotaged while still on the ground, including at least two that were torched.
Additionally, just five days ago a military plane on a training exercise exploded in midair over the country's capital, killing the pilot. It was the third such jet crash since Hadi took power.
Pakistan said it downed two Indian jets in its airspace and captured two pilots, but insisted it does not "want to go towards war" with its neighbour.
India confirmed the loss of one of its planes and said it had shot down a Pakistani fighter jet, in a conflict played out over the skies of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
In a sign of the deepening crisis, Pakistan closed its airspace "until further notice". At least six airports were shuttered in India, and a vast area of airspace north of New Delhi was closed to civilian flights.
A Pakistani military spokesman said that one of the downed Indian planes had fallen in Pakistani-held Kashmir, while the other came down on the Indian side of the heavily militarised de facto border dividing the territory.
"We do not want escalation, we do not want to go towards war," Major General Asif Ghafoor told a press conference, calling for talks with New Delhi.
One of the captured pilots was in custody and the other was in hospital, he said.
Ghafoor said the jets had been shot down after Pakistani planes earlier flew across the Line of Control, the de facto border in Kashmir, to the Indian side in a show of strength, hitting non-military targets including supply depots.
Afterwards, he said, the two Indian planes crossed the LoC into Pakistani airspace.
"The Pakistan Air Force was ready, they took them on, there was an engagement. As a result both the Indian planes were shot down and the wreckage of one fell on our side while the wreckage of the other fell on their side," he said.
He denied initial reports that a Pakistan plane had been shot down, saying accounts an F-16 had been lost were incorrect as none were used in the action.
Later, Indian foreign ministry spokesman Rajeesh Kumar announced that a Pakistan jet was hit as it took part in an operation "to target military installations on the Indian side".
"The Pakistani aircraft was seen by ground forces falling from the sky on the Pakistan side," he told a briefing.
"In this engagement, we have unfortunately lost one Mig-21. The pilot is missing in action. Pakistan has claimed that he is in their custody."
In a separate incident, a helicopter crashed and exploded into flames outside the main city of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing three people, officials said, adding they were investigating the cause.
The incidents are the latest in a dangerous sequence of events between the two countries, whose ties have been under intense strain since a February 14 suicide bombing in Indian Kashmir that killed 40 troops.
New Delhi had promised to act, and on Tuesday its warplanes flew into Pakistani airspace and struck what it said was a camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the militant group that claimed the Kashmir bombing.
It was India's first air strike on Pakistani soil since the neighbours fought a war in 1971 -- when neither had nuclear weapons.
Islamabad, while denying the Indian strike caused any major damage or casualties, quickly vowed to retaliate, fuelling fears of a disastrous confrontation in South Asia.
Earlier Wednesday, the Indian foreign minister sought to ease the situation by downplaying Tuesday's strike, repeating Indian claims that it had been a pre-emptive attack on JeM as the group planned further assaults.
China Wednesday again urged the two sides to "exercise restraint" and seek dialogue.
The confrontation represents the first major foreign policy crisis for Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is believed to be close to the powerful military and who came to power last year vowing to seek dialogue with New Delhi.
Pakistan has denied involvement in the Kashmir bombing on February 14.
The Himalayan region has been divided between India and Pakistan since independence in 1947. They have fought two of their three wars over the territory.
ROCHESTER — The new Arts & Culture Commission will hold an Open Forum on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Roberge center, 48 North Main St., behind the artstream Gallery.
Commissioners would like to introduce themselves and get input from the public to help shape ideas for the future of arts and culture in Rochester.
Bring ideas for supporting and promoting existing events and for developing new ones that will showcase the talents and beauty of the city. The forum will divide up into small groups to aid in the discussion.
Parking is available on Main Street or in the Union Street parking lot. The meeting will be held upstairs and refreshments will be served.
Go to the Arts and Culture Commission section of the City of Rochester website www.rochesternh.net to view the Arts and Culture Calendar, get commission information including the Arts and Culture Commission Ordinance, and see A Cultural Plan for Rochester.
HAVANA Hurricanes Ike and Gustav caused damage in Cuba valued between $83 million and $125 million, state television reported this week.
Economist Ariel Terrero said on Cubavision s morning newscast that the damage could end up being valued at more than the initial estimate.
The unusual coincidence of two hurricanes within 10 days, according to Terrero, has resulted in one of the worst natural disasters Cuba has suffered in some time.
The Cuban economy was paralyzed for several days, and all the country s provinces have sustained crop losses in a nation that imports 80 percent of its food and at a time when international food prices are rising sharply, the economist said.
Gustav swept over extreme western Cuba on Aug. 30, and destroyed or damaged 140,000 homes, cut electricity and telephone connections, flooded thousands of hectares of crops and damaged much of the local infrastructure.

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