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Latham Pools

Consumer FAQs

What is the best choice of a liner pattern for my pool?

Just like choosing a paint color for a room in your home, making a choice of liner pattern for your pool is a very personal choice. Kafko offers a wide choice of patterns to suit your decorative preferences. Here are some key considerations: White Base Film liners have more vibrant color contrast, however you may notice the seams in the pool a bit more when you choose a liner printed on a white base film. Blue Base Film liners have less vibrant color contrast, but the seams are bit less noticeable. What are the colors surrounding my pool? The colors of the coping, deck, house and patio furniture are important considerations in selecting a pattern that ties into your backyard decor. Ultimately, selecting the 'best pattern' is part of the fun of owning a vinyl liner pool, so enjoy the opportunity to decorate your pool to your personal taste.

Can an older gunite pool be converted to a vinyl liner pool?

Yes, most can! The key to success is in the measuring and design. Kafko has experienced design engineers that can offer assistance with these types of applications.

What do I do if I get a "bathtub ring" on my liner?

This is residue build-up at the water line, which can lead to weakening of the vinyl, and is one of the major causes of premature liner failure. The combination of sun screen, lotions, body oils, and air borne pollutants are what cause the dark line. Over time, the residue will destroy the clear coat finish of the liner, which protects against UV radiation and harsh chemicals. The best defense against "bathtub ring" is to clean your tile line regularly, especially after heavy use, with an approved vinyl liner cleaning product. Check with your local pool retail professional for a cleaner, and make certain it says safe for vinyl liners.

How do I get an in-ground pool liner back in the track?

There is no definitive answer to this. All things being equal, a heavier gauge liner will last about the same as a lighter gauge liner. What you get with the heavier gauge material is a liner that is almost 50% thicker to resist punctures, 33% stronger to aid in installation with less stretching, and better resistance to poor pool maintenance.You should discuss the cost versus function issue with your pool dealer to make the appropriate choice for your pool.

Can my pet swim in my vinyl liner pool?

We love pets, but there are a number of reasons a pet shouldn't swim in your pool. First, it's really not a safe environment for your pet. A pet can become confused as to how to gain egress from the pool if there is no one there to help. Household pets also create a heavy burden on the pools water chemistry and sanitation. Household pets usually have sharp claws that can damage a pool liner. While ultimately it's your choice, these are all good reasons to keep your household pet outside of the pool.

How many gallons of water does my pool hold?

Without knowing the exact size and depth of the pool, we can only offer the following approximations. The volumes for Kafko standard shapes are shown in the In Ground Pools section. Rectangle 12x24 Pool Size 8,500 16x32 Pool Size 19,000 18x36 Pool Size 24,000 20x40 Pool Size 30,000 Oval 16x32 Pool Size 17,000 18x36 Pool Size 22,000 20x40 Pool Size 27,000 Grecian 16.5x32.5 Pool Size 19,500 18.5x36.5 Pool Size 22,000 19.5x35.5 Pool Size 24,000 19.5x43.5 Pool Size 30,000 Kidney 16x30 Pool Size 15,000 16x34 Pool Size 17,000 20x38 Pool Size 21,000

How often does Kafko change its' liner patterns?

Just like fashions, liner colors and patterns become dated. Kafko works with designers from many industries to maintain a fashionable line of patterns. Our record proves that quite often we have been first to market with the hottest new patterns while continuing to offer the most variety of any liner fabricator.

Where can I purchase a Kafko Liner?

Unlike others, we only sell the premium Kafko brand of pool liners through authorized Kafko dealers. We do this because dealers who purchase our liners are looking to sell the best liner possible. You will not find Kafko liners available from mass merchants or Internet resellers that offer price but not value. For support before AND after the sale, look for an authorized Kafko dealer.

Can Kafko make any shape liner?

Yes, if it can be designed then we can make it. Our CAD engineers love a challenge. Sometimes, we do need to refuse to build impractical or unsafe liners. However, that is rare.

Will I be able to see the seams in my pool?

Yes, though it will be very subtle you will be able to see the liner seams in your pool. Liners with white base film tend to make the seams more visable and liners with blue base films less so.

Will my vinyl covered steps be slippery?

You should always enter and exit your pool carefully and with a firm grasp of the handrail, regardless of the type of step. Provided that there is no algae growth on the steps a vinyl covered step should be no less or more slippery than a formed plastic in-wall step. If this is a concern for you, Kafko does offer a Tex Tread material for all vinyl covered step applications. Remember, algae isn't always visible, so exit and enter your pool deliberately and with the use of a handrail!

Will a darker liner heat my pool?

While a darker liner may help heat the water a very, very, very small amount, the key factors are the exposure to sunlight, use of a solar blanket and a pool heater. The difference the liner color will make in terms of pool water temperature is insignificant. This should not influence your pattern choice.

Can I save money by ordering my safety cover at the same time as my pool or replacement liner?

Yes. Kafko offers special pricing and/or rebates on the safety cover when it is purchased with a complete pool package or a replacement liner. Speak to your Kafko Dealer for more details.

How do I register my pool liner warranty?

It's easy, go to and register on-line!

What type of winter cover would be recommended for my in-ground gunite or vinyl liner pool?

We would recommend a safety cover for both types of pools. Safety Covers are designed to protect both your pool and your family. Pool covers are manufactured to your specific pool size and shape, when properly installed; the safety cover will help prevent accidental intrusion by children and pets. These covers also allow water to flow into the pool without debris. There are various types of Safety Covers, both Solid and Mesh depending on which application best suites your needs.

How do I register my Safety Cover Warranty?

It's easy, go to and register on-line!

How do I register my pool wall and structure warranty?

It's easy, go to and register on-line!

In what colors are your swimming pool Domes available?

Choose from over 20 colors. Standard colors, Light Blue, Tan, White but Superspan Domes are also available in Aqua, Light Green, Forest Green, Avocado, Yellow, Orange, Red, Burgundy, Black, Dark Grey, Light Grey, Brown, Purple, Lavender, Navy Blue, Royal Blue.

How do I register my SuperSpan Dome Warranty?

It's easy, go to and register on-line!

What is the ideal water chemistry for my vinyl liner pool?

There are exceptable ranges for your water chemistry and they are as follows: Total Alkalinity from betweeen 80 ppm and 140 ppm. PH between 7.4 and 7.6. Calcium Hardness between 200 ppm and 400 ppm. Total Disolved Solids between 1000 ppm and 2000 ppm. Sanitizer - Chlorine between 1.0 ppm and 3.0 ppm / Bromine between 2.0 ppm and 4.0 ppm Item Range Low High Total Alkalinity 80 ppm 140 ppm PH 7.4 7.6 Calcium Hardness 200 ppm 400 ppm Total Desolved Solids 1000 ppm 2000 ppm Sanitizer Chlorine 1.0 ppm 3.0 ppm Bromine 2.0 ppm 4.0 ppm

Why do I have an algea problem in my pool?

Brownish / Reddish color can indicate the presence of metals like iron in your water or a larger scale water imbalance. Greenish / bluish color can indicate high levels of PH. Cloudy Water indicates a number of possible problems including early onset of algea growth, high TDS levels, High PH levels, High Total Alkalinity levels, High Calcium Hardness levels.

Is it important to Stabilize my pool water?

Yes, it is very important for several reasons. First, it will provide for effecient use of the chlorine in your pool. Second, it will help protect the surfaces of your pool, such as the liner, during the times when sanitizer levels are higher, such as when the water is being 'shocked'.


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Jan 6, 2017

It’s going to be wet and stormy in the Bay Area this weekend. We have a few recommendations on special events happening, rain or shine.

Tonight through Sunday, San Francisco’s Victoria Theatre will be home for this year’s SF Tape Fest -- America's only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space. Seated in complete darkness, festival goers will experience sound sculptures over a 24-speaker surround system. Find the full festival line up at sfSound.org/tape.

On Sunday, the Berkeley Public Library will host a free zine-making workshop. Local writers will discuss self-publishing strategies and, more importantly, they'll get you started on making your own zines (AKA homemade magazines). All ages are welcome. No experience necessary, and all supplies will be provided. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room in the library at 2090 Kittredge Street in Berkeley.

Northern California is scheduled to receive heavy rainfall over the next few days. It looks like the storm will hit the Bay Area starting early Saturday morning with wind speeds hitting as high as 60 mph, lasting at least until Sunday night. Keep that in mind in your travel plans over this weekend. The National Weather Service is a good resource for hourly weather updates.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Free Publicity for my photography & art! I'll take it!

Well this post is about 1 month overdue, but I'm posting it anyway because I am exicted. A fellow ImageKind member emailed to tell me that a daily art review blog called "Art Sweet" featured me as the artist of the day May 26, 2008. What a nice surprise!

Quote: "Today’s featured artist is Lisa Whipkey. Lisa is a wonderful multimedia artist. Her use of color, texture and layering is simply fantastic! My favorites are “Love Grows”, “Opium” and “Venice Vase”. - ArtSweet"

I have been blessed to have my work featured on many blogs in the last couple of years (love that free publicity!) and I have had a few kind art reviews too, but I am always excited every time I am ego surfing (google myself) and find that someone liked my work enough to give it some special attention. I believe every artists work speaks to someone and we all like that affirmation that someone out there "gets" what we do. So thanks Art Sweet for making my day!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

My Pix published on iPhone...Cool

A while back a company called Schmap - Beyond the map" contacted me for permission to use two of my Seattle area photos on their website which is a electronic map of the whole country where you can select maps down to the neighborhood level and view the shops, sites, shopping, etc. before you ever get there.

I just received notice that they are now using my pix on the new Schmap Mobile for iPhone. This is what it looks like... The U village shot and the St. Marks Cathedral shot in the upper left of the images are mine. Click to enlarge. Kinda cool I think!


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Thursday, February 16, 2017

How do you tarnish the credibility of an organization with zero credibility?

Jeff Sucker is touting an internal review conducted by Fake News Network claiming that President Trump's attacks on them have had zero effect. I'm not driving over to the air port to check, but I'd bet their TVs are still tuned to Crapola, or Horiffic Lies News.
FWIW, I am still off of faux. I know a lot of viewers are crawling back in desperation for tidbits of information even if it is garbage, such is our hunger for news of the world. I feel their pain, our local liberal squawker on the radio has been replaced by a two male(?) one female version of the view. At least with Johnnny on the job Anderson, we could filter the liberal bias, with the new crew we get nothing in the morning, at least not in the 8:00a.m. time slot.

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Monday 9 May 2011

Bank Pass Book

Bank Pass Book

Piya married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party, Piya's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook With Rs.1000 deposit amount.

Mother: Piya, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life. When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done the first one for you today. Do the others with Hitesh. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'

Piya shared this with Hitesh when getting home. They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.

This was what they did after certain time:
  • 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage

  • 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Piya

  • 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali

  • 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Piya got pregnant

  • 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted

.. and so on...

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world.... no more love... One day Piya talked to her Mother: 'Mom, we can't stand it anymore.
We agree to divorce.
I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'

Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'

Piya thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account. While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home. When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.

The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Piya.

She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record:
'This is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much happiness you've brought me.'

They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.
"Life is about correcting mistakes."

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• Meet Elizabeth

I knew I would love the Anglins as soon as they contacted me because our mutual friend is Chrissy Duke,  one of my GORGEOUS brides from the spring!  Chrissy and Brandon are the type of people that you just want to be around!  Everyone loves them. Period. So after finding out that the Anglins are long time family friends of the Duke’s, I was so excited to meet them!  I pulled into their driveway in the hills of Sykesville, MD (which is so beautiful!) and I loved what I saw! I couldn’t have asked for a prettier day, location, or model!  Their old renovated farmhouse was so welcoming and the rustic red barn was a prefect backdrop.

It was such a nice change of pace for me to walk around their home and snap away!  Elizabeth you have a beautiful family and wonderful future ahead of you! Goodluck with everything!

I love this next one! Probably my favorite! Look at those eyes! No color enhancement, I promise!

Had to sneak these two in! What a sweet puppy….be sure to notice the little one that isn’t getting attention in the background!

Ah haha! Love it!

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  1. Mandee reply

    These are lovely Katelyn! Great colors!

  2. britney reply

    i love the one with the clovers! very nice

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    Oh my goodness Katelyn – you have done it again girl!!! These are such gorgeous pics – you really captured Elizabeth’s personality along with her beauty! Stunning! You have such an eye!

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Sitting On The Fence Sale!!!!!!!

If you have been sitting on the fence, thinking about having a pair of Sampants - or one of my Fluffie things made, I am taking 15% off of my Custom Etsy goods for a very limited time only.

The last time I had a sale, I got seriously overwhelmed - that's not going to happen this time. This 15% will just knock the price down to about where it was before I had to mark them up. But a mark down is a mark down and if this helps you make a decision, then, GREAT!

I'll only take a limited number of orders on each item. So go for it!

Please read all info carefully when you order. Wait time is the same.
Thanks! XXX

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I LOVE this picture. And I love my bloomers. I'm wearing them right now.


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Monday, April 25, 2011

Dyngus Day!

Happy Dyngus Day! You know you're in Buffalo when you go to 3 stores and 2 of them wish you a Happy Dyngus Day! I love the day to share my Polish pride, even if I didn't smack anyone with a pussywillow branch. I wore my Polish Platter t-shirt from andBuffalo as well as my Polish Buffalo hoodie from Celebrate Buffalo. I picked up my grand prize from the Erie County SPCA and almost brought home a cat. He's a 7 month old charmer-even my mom was smitten. My cats would kill me-"First you bring home a another cat!!!!!" But he is so tempting...At any rate-I got tons of goodies for all of the kids thanks to Aquinas' big win! Mom and I also stopped at Penzey's Spices where we picked up some goodies and got free stuff-yea coupons! We also met a sweet cat in the shop next door-Pudding. I also met a nice macaw who talked with me..."Hi!" It was a nice day...and I completely agree with what my mom said; what made it extra nice was the animals. Now, about an extra cat...

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Weird Weather

All around the world we're experiencing weird weather. It's been wet and rainy here in WNY. This morning was gorgeous-but now, although there's only a 10% chance of rain, I see dark clouds. Friends in Ohio mentioned a freak severe storm including hail last night. We had rain along with a little thunder and lightning. I've heard from people all over about how wet this Spring has been. Should we build an ark? Who knows what's going to happen. I think Mother Nature is mad.

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Other parts of the U.S. are getting floods and we are having droughts here in Texas. The poor pond at the entrance to our community is almost completely dry.


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RAS AL KHAIMAH: A group of construction workers on Thursday evening attended the burial of one of their co-workers whose suicide they had frantically tried to prevent in vain.

When the body was ready to be released, the wife of the dead identified as V K, informed the Indian organisation, Sevanam, that she preferred to conduct his funeral here as she won’t be able to make arrangements for it back home. Following this, the Community Welfare Wing of Sevanam, an Indian association, took the initiative for his burial, said its convenor S. Prasad.

“His sponsor was willing to pay for the repatriation. We have requested him to send that money to his wife. His colleagues are also pooling in some money to send it to her,” Prasad said.

VK, who hailed from Tamil Nadu in India, ended his life on January 12 by jumping from the third floor of his accommodation, ignoring the pleas of Ras Al Khaimah Police and his fellow workers who had tried to persuade him to stop taking the extreme step.

The police were called in after one of V.K.’s roommates found a pool of blood in the room when he woke up to relieve himself around 3am. Realising that V.K. had slit his wrist and throat, the roommate raised the alarm. At this, V.K. ran into the kitchen and locked himself up. He also started breaking the windowpane of the kitchen.

Sensing danger, the roommates informed the police and tried their best to calm him down. When the police reached the spot within minutes, they also tried to convince him to open the door to take him to the hospital.

Before the police could break in, V.K. jumped out of the window. Though he was rushed to the hospital, he died within a few hours.

One of his roommates, Subramanya Palani, told Khaleej Times that none of them knew the reason for his suicide. “He didn’t have any children even after 10 years of marriage. He used to live in a rented house with his wife back home and his widowed mother has been living somewhere else with his siblings,” said Palani.

“After he came over to work with our company in Abu Dhabi one-and-a-half years ago, his wife went back to her parents. He had asked for a transfer to this Ras Al Khaimah project and he had told the company that he would go on leave after one month,” he recollected.

However, the incident took place three days after V.K. reached Ras Al Khaimah. Palani said there was nothing unusual in the behaviour of VK when he went to bed before the incident. “He was quite normal and he had gone to the hotel to have dinner with others. I think he also spoke to his wife on the phone.”

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Bed and breakfast in Barnstaple

Barnstaple DevonWelcome to our page of information, attractions and places of interest around Barnstaple. Barnstaple is the largest town in North Devon, sitting on the River Taw, north of wild Dartmoor and to the west of beautiful Exmoor, about 10 miles from the Bristol Channel. The Taw is spanned by the 15th-century Long Bridge. Today Barnstaple has a thriving, partly pedestrianised centre, with traditional Pannier Market dating back to Saxon times. Barnstaple has many fine buildings, Normanton House and Queen Anne House are examples of 16th century buildings. Barnstaple is one of the most delightful country towns in England. Also see Barnstaple & Barnstaple attractions. If you are in the right town but cannot find the accommodation you want on this page, you might consider Barnstaple hotels or self catering accommodation in Barnstaple

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Woodlands Guest House
Lynbridge Road
North Devon EX35 6AX
(approx 9+ miles from Barnstaple)

Woodlands Guest House Lynton DevonWoodlands is a small private hotel with a friendly atmosphere in a peaceful location yet only a few minutes walk from the centre of Lynton..... more details
Contact: Peter & Carole Hood
Tel: +44 (0)1598 752324
Fax: +44 (0)1598 753828
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Pillowery Park
Higher Clovelly
North Devon
EX39 5RR
(approx 9+ miles from Barnstaple)

B&B in Clovelly Devon accommodation - Pillowery ParkBurscott is a quiet no through lane so only the birds singing in the garden and fields will wake you in the morning! The uninterrupted views of the countryside makes Pillowery Park the perfect setting for your stay in North Devon.... more details
Contact: Chris West
Tel: 01237 431668
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Artist's Cottage by the Sea
55 The Quay
Devon EX39 5TF
(approx 9+ miles from Barnstaple)

Bideford B&B accommodation - Artist's Cottage by the SeaLocation on the Quayside within yards of the sea, in the tranquil fishing village of Clovelly, one twin and one double room with private facilities. Both rooms look out to sea. Evening meals are available at the Red Lion Hotel just across the quay or at the New Inn further up the village... more details
Contact: Mick Dunn
Tel: +44 (0) 1237 431436
Fax: +44 (0) 1237 431919
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The Royal and Fortescue Hotel, Boutport Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1HG
Book Online In the centre of Barnstaple. A former coaching inn right in the centre of Barnstaple, this historic hotel combines old world character and charm with the convenience of a modern hotel.As well as Lord Fortescue's restaurant, the hotel also houses '62 The Bank' a popular cafe/bar/bistro.more details The Royal & Fortescue Hotel Prices From: £50

Cedars Inn, Bickington Rd, Barnstaple, EX31 2HP
Book Online About 2 miles from Barnstaple. In beautiful gardens, Cedars Inn has a traditional relaxing atmosphere, free Wi-Fi, a charming bar and a conservatory restaurant. Cedars Inn used to be a country house, and is now a traditional-style hotel. With a conservatory restaurant and bar, The Cedars offers a seasonal menu, along with real ales, fine wines and coffees. The restaurant has views of the gardens, where drinks can be taken in the summer. Close to the region's spectacular coastline and Exmoor National Park, Barnstaple is the ancient capital of beautiful North Devon.more details Cedars Inn Prices From: £59

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Twitchen Farm
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BELTON — Mary Hardin-Baylor heads into its biggest game of the season with hopes of stretching it into the biggest three weeks in program history. To do so, it would help if the Crusaders were at full strength.

As of right now, that may or may not be the case.

UMHB coach Pete Fredenburg was cautiously optimistic Monday about the chances of defensive backs Cody Jones, Jordan Townes and Eric Allen playing Saturday, when the second-ranked Crusaders host No. 5 Wesley (Del.) in a NCAA Division III quarterfinal.

Jones (knee), the junior starting free safety, and Townes (foot) — his freshman backup — were injured in last Saturday’s second-round rout of Franklin (Ind.). Allen (knee), a sophomore and the team’s primary nickelback, didn’t play last week after getting hurt in the closing seconds of the Crusaders’ first-round win.

“We don’t know about Cody yet. He gets an MRI this evening,” Fredenburg said Monday during his weekly news conference. “He was walking fine (Sunday). He didn’t run, but he lifted weights and rode on the bike. His status is up in the air right now.

“Jordan was X-rayed this morning and it’s not broken, so we’re hopeful. And Eric ran (Sunday) for the first time since he was hurt.”

If Jones and Townes are unavailable, senior Cru-back Mike Maldonado would likely draw the start at free safety, with junior Jordan Mullinnix or Allen — if he’s healthy — filling the vacated spot at Cru-back.

Forged by fire

It will be the second meeting of the season between the Crusaders (12-0) and Wolverines (10-1), whose only loss was 32-25 to UMHB on Sept. 15 in Dover, Del.

Fredenburg believes that early test is one reason his team is playing well right now.

“In my opinion, it always helps to play really good opponents,” he said. “That game would even have helped us in a loss.”

The coach said he speaks from experience because he’s seen it happen.

“I’ll always remember that we’re on the bus after just losing to Wisconsin-Whitewater in the regular season one year,” he recalled. “They had an old boy named Ryan Kleppe (an All-American defensive tackle) that just wore out Josh Littlejohn. Josh was sitting right behind me on the bus and said, ‘Coach, it’s great playing a team like that. I got better during the game.’ And I said, ‘You had to because you were fixing to be over there with me.’

“He was right, though. Games like that make you better, and Kleppe really did help make Littlejohn a better football player.”

Zebras from afar

The officiating crew for last week’s second-round game came to Belton from Chicago, and the quarterfinal group will travel in from Ohio.

That couldn’t have been the case a couple of years back, and Fredenburg welcomes the change.

“It used to be that officials couldn’t travel more than 500 miles,” he said. “You had to select a regionally pooled crew, but you can’t use a same official twice. So like at Wesley two years ago, that was their third home playoff game so we had a third-string officiating crew.

“Now the officials can travel farther, and it makes it much better.”

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Tickets for Saturday’s noon game at Tiger Field will be sold at the Mayborn Campus Center ticket windows. They will be available to season ticket holders from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to noon Thursday. The general public can purchase tickets from noon to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

September 11th Remembrance

I think Alan Jackson perfectly captured the emotions of 9/11.
I relate so much to the lyrics of this song.
I was full of fear, sadness, confusion, and yet my heart was bursting with pride for America and our resolve.
I can't listen to it without crying and all the coverage on TV is a little over-whelming... I want to make sure I never forget the emotions of that time 10 years ago, the sacrifice, and the unity that was brought up from the tragedy, but I don't want to relive it.
I think that we were all changed a little bit that day and I pray that God continues to watch over the families of the victims, helps them to heal, and God bless America.

Amanda C. said...

That song got it right. Everything changed that day.

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This was the first thing I thought of when I woke up in the morning on the 10th anniversary.

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If you are thinking of redoing your kitchen, you know you can spend thousands on new countertops. Kitchens are one of the biggest remodeling expenses, so how can you be sure that your counters will hold up over time?

You can double the price of a kitchen makeover by throwing in new countertops. So with that kind of money on the line it's important to get the right ones for your lifestyle.

A beautiful new kitchen countertop can really stand out. However, with so many different types to choose from, how do you know which is best? Consumer Reports tested 14 different countertop materials to find out.

"We checked out popular surfaces like granite and quartz. New to our tests we have recycled glass, bamboo, and soapstone," said Consumer Reports tester Chris Regan.

To see how well a countertop resists stains, Regan applied 20 common substances, like tomato sauce and grape juice, then let them sit overnight.

"We tested bamboo countertops with a mixture of a beeswax and mineral-oil finish. Both countertops looked great out of the box, but not so much after our tests," said Regan.

Both stained badly, even coffee and tea, which most other surfaces could handle - stained the bamboo.

Consumer Reports also tests to see if counters can take the heat - literally. Testers set a pot of 400-degree oil on the countertop for an hour. There were scorch marks left behind on each of these bamboo counters.

"We also found a problem with some of the recycled-glass countertops," said Regan.

One of the recycled glass countertops cracked within 12 minutes. But recycled-glass countertops from two other manufacturers did not crack. When all the tests were done, quartz countertops and as well as granite came out on top. And while either surface can chip, getting a rounded edge helps minimize this.

If you decide to go with natural stone, like granite or quartz, be aware their look can vary widely, even within the same slab. So pick out the sample you want and reserve it.

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I am privileged and honoured to welcome you to the official website of the Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Berlin, Germany. The site is a treasure trove for news aficionados and those seeking specific assistance from the Mission.

The site capsulizes key sectoral information inter alia, tourism, investment, trade, agriculture and further invites the reader to sector-specific government websites.

Geostrategically, Kenya is the regional anchor state, a communication hub and is the gateway to Africa's hinterland, including Regional Economic Communities (RECs) namely EAC, COMESA and SADC.

Kenya is imbued with a rich and diverse landscape. It is a magical mosaic and a tapestry of arresting natural sights, culture, game and is home to the BIG FIVE and the finest long-distance athletics in the world.

This platform now enables Kenyan citizens - visiting or residing in Germany, Romania and Bulgaria to register online and access our services.

Guided by the need to reach out and enhance swift service delivery, the Mission has engaged two Honorary Consulates in Hamburg (Germany) and Sofia (Bulgaria). The Embassy is further considering expanding its foot print of Honorary Consulates in strategic cities in the countries of accreditation.

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The Kepler Commission’s primary task is to produce a historical, critical, and commented edition of Kepler's writings and letters. As of 2009, the Commission has published 25 volumes. The final volume, including four indexes – of persons, topics, biblical references, and geographical-historical data – as well as a catalogue of Kepler's manuscripts, is in preparation.

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On Sept. 30, 2014, the United States had its first diagnosis of the Ebola virus. Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national, tested positive for the virus days after he was initially sent home from a Dallas emergency room. Many questions arose since that fatal diagnosis: how two nurses contracted the virus from Duncan, the ability of Texas Health Presbyterian to keep its workers safe, whether Duncan received proper medical care, and more.

Here you’ll find KERA’s coverage of events, including radio stories, live blogs, and a timeline detailing what happened that fall.

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Five stories that have North Texas talking: Watch a new documentary on Ebola in Dallas; Dallas takes part in exclusive McDonald’s menu expansion experiment; Whole Foods filed a counter-lawsuit against an Austin pastor in heated cake matters; and more.

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In 2014, Americans watched from afar as the Ebola virus raged through West Africa, killing thousands and threatening millions. Until Sept. 30, when a Liberian man named Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive in a Dallas emergency room.

An Austin Lab Tries To Create An Ebola Vaccine

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Dallas faced an unprecedented public health scare in the fall of 2014 when a Liberian national was diagnosed with the Ebola virus. KERA is exploring lessons learned – and taking a deeper look at what happened last year – in a new series called "Surviving Ebola."

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Less than 24 hours after Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan was confirmed to have the Ebola virus, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins was thrust into a leadership role few people had trained for.

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A year after Ebola arrived in Dallas, it might seem like hospitals and clinics are back to normal – except for the leftover hand sanitizer pumps and the occasional sign warning about international travel.

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A year ago this month, the first patient diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil entered Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas. On Friday, the hospital is releasing findings from an independent panel that reviewed what happened and what went wrong.

Last year, when Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person to die from Ebola in the U.S., he left behind his fiancée, Louise Troh. On Monday's Think, Krys Boyd talked to Troh about how she leaned on her family and faith to make it through.

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Seven months after Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S. last year, the hospital where he was treated reached a settlement with his family. Texas Health Resources agreed to create the Thomas Eric Duncan Memorial Fund in his honor. The $125,000 in seed money will go towards training nurses and doctors in Liberia.

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A nurse who contracted Ebola last year at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has filed a lawsuit against her employer, Texas Health Resources.


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Precious metals and mining stocks' prices often move together, but not always. Eric Hadik has been warning that this will be one of those times. He sees metals moving higher in the second half of the year into 2018. Not so for the stocks, at least at the present time. They could be subject to stock market movements that send them lower at first. Eric believes that March is a pivotal time for the stock markets and caution is the byword. Will this present a major buying opportunity as it has often done in the past? Talk to you in July.

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Obama's third term has begun. Our Republic is in danger. A few weeks after the election, I warned that Obama was planning to run the country from outside the White House. And that the "Obama Anonymous" network of staffers embedded in the government was the real threat. Since then, Obama's Kalorama mansion has become a shadow White House. And the Obama Anonymous network is doing everything it can to bring down an elected government. After Trump secured the nomination, Obama's people filed a wiretapping request. As he was on the verge of winning, they did it again. After he won, they've been doing everything they can to bring him down. It was always going to come down to this.

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US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has been fired by President Trump/Attorney General Jeff Sessions. What affect will that have upon the possible prosecution of Comrade deBlasio? This remains to be seen.

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Gone are the days when shopping centers and malls were the most secure real estate investment and loan that banks and insurance companies had on their books. With thousands of stores closing across the country, retail properties are plunging in value. Online shopping hasn't helped either. Mall owners don't know what to do. This has led to many of them simply mailing in the keys to their lenders, otherwise known as jingle mail. With big changes happening in the workplace, office space doesn't look too secure either. Get ready for a tsunami of commercial real estate loan write-downs.

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10’s of thousands of stores closing, malls closing, it’s a nightmare. We have 3 times more stores than similar countries like Japan and France. Online is expanding by leaps and bounds. Brick and mortar companies are successfully expanding into online. It might look like they’re doing well, but this success is coming at a great cost. Staples and Macy’s and other brick and mortar retailers are doing major sales but losing money. They’re cannibalizing their own store sales. They don’t have a choice, but it’s killing them. A continuing catastrophe for retailers. This will cause commercial real estate to flounder as well. The developers will walk and send the keys off to the lender. Jingle mail on steroids.

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The New Seasonal Catalogue is here!!!

From the 1st February (today) until the 30th June we have a new catalogue full of crafting yumminess to drool over and yes of course purchase from.

Seasonal Catalogue - here is the link to visit the catalogue online.  If you prefer a paper copy send me an EMail with your postal address and I'll get one in the mail to you.  New Zealand addresses only please!

This is one of my first projects with new goodness from the Seasonal Catalogue.  I've used the Secret Garden stamp set and matching framelits bundle (131100 Wood Mount, 131099 Clear Mount) along with one of the paper patterns from the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack (129312).

As the launch of the new catalogue hits on the same day as I would usually be posting a tips & tricks post for you I have a tip for using one of the new products from the Seasonal Catalogue.

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សូមស្តាប់វិទ្យុសង្គ្រោះជាតិ Please read more Khmer news and listen to CNRP Radio at National Rescue Party. សូមស្តាប់វីទ្យុខ្មែរប៉ុស្តិ៍/Khmer Post Radio.
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Cambodia's opposition party protests against election committee ahead of July's polls

Xinhua | 24 April 2013
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Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the kingdom's main opposition party, staged a non-violent protest on Wednesday to call for reforms within the National Election Committee (NEC) ahead of a general election in July.

Some 2,000 opposition supporters gathered at the capital's Freedom Park, and hundreds of security forces were deployed around the Park to safeguard protesters and to prevent them from marching into the street.

Kem Sokha, CNRP's vice-president, said at the event that the peaceful demonstration was to demand the change of components of the NEC, saying that the current NEC has affiliations with the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

"The NEC is not neutral, it has a bias towards the ruling party," he told the gathering. "We gather here today is to demand reforms at the NEC to ensure a free and fair election in July."

According to a petition delivered to the NEC via a representative at the event, the protesters urged the NEC to accept the recommendations of Surya P. Subedi, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights to Cambodia, and called for an audit of the national voter list, which has come under fire due to a handful of critical reports on its alleged inaccuracy and lack of transparency.

In October, Subedi presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, urging the Cambodian authorities to implement reforms to ensure that the forthcoming general election is free and fair.

Kem Sokha warns that he will lead a larger protest if the government and the NEC do not provide an appropriate solution to the demand.

"This is just the start. Peaceful strikes will be bigger if there is no solution to the demand," he said.

Tep Nytha, NEC's Secretary General, said it was not new that the opposition party demanded the change of the NEC's components.

"The NEC's leadership and members were not selected by the NEC, but by the Interior Ministry and the government with the approval from the Parliament in October last year. All selection procedures were done in accordance with the law," he told Xinhua over telephone on Wednesday.

He denied that the NEC sides with the ruling party, saying that the committee is independent and does everything in accordance with the law.

Cambodia is scheduled to hold a general election on July 28. Some 9.67 million Cambodians are eligible to cast their ballots in the forthcoming election.

Political analysts forecast that the ruling CPP of Prime Minister Hun Sen will dominantly win the upcoming election.

Late last month, Hun Sen also predicted that his party would win at least two-thirds majority in the election.

Hun Sen, 62, has been in power for 28 years and vowed to stay in the office until he is 90.

In the last election in 2008, the CPP won 90 seats out of the 123 parliamentary seats, while the opposition totally won 29 seats, the royalist Funcinpec Party won 2 seats and the Norodom Ranariddh Party 2 seats.

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    Nutrition for kids — See the current recommendations for protein.

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    Common protein rich foods that your kids may be eating and learn if your children are getting enough protein in their diet.

  • How Food Works - Protein
    A protein is any chain of amino acids. An amino acid is a small molecule that acts as the building block of any cell. Carbohydrates provide cells with energy, while amino acids provide cells with the building material they need to grow and maintain their structure. Your body is about 20% protein by weight. It is about 60% water. Most of the rest of your body is composed of minerals (for example, calcium in your bones).

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    The United States may formally oppose child labor, but by pressing for austerity-especially in provision for basic needs, the lance-point of the new global economy-it just as surely consigns children to the workshops and the fields.

  • Casa Alianza: Child Labor Exploitation
    Casa Alianza is an independent, non profit organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation and defense of street children in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Casa Alianza is the Latin American branch of the New York-based Covenant House.

  • Child Labor and Child Labor Reform in American History
    Offers two moving, illustrated stories: Mr. Coal's Story, an appeal to end child labor in coal mines. (Originally told by the National Child Labor Committee to persuade Americans to support the regulation and elimination of child labor.) and The Story of My Cotton Dress (scanned from The Child Labor Bulletin, August, 1914.)

  • Child Labor and India
    While child labor is a complex problem that is basically rooted in poverty, there is unwavering commitment by the Government and the people of India to combat it. Success can be achieved only through social engineering on a major scale combined with national economic growth. International policies and actions, therefore, must support and not hamper India's efforts to get rid of child labor.

  • Child Labor and The Global Village
    Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change is a team of 11 photographers who will be photographing the worlds of 11 child workers around the world. By photographing individual children in their worlds - their families, communities, countries - we hope to see behind the "child labor" label.

  • Child Labor Coalition
    The Child Labor Coalition (CLC) exists to serve as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor; provide a forum and a unified voice on protecting working minors and ending child labor exploitation; and develop informational and educational outreach to the public and private sectors to combat child labor abuses and promote progressive initiatives and legislation.

  • Child Labor: Issues and Directions for the World Bank
    Children should not have to work, but an estimated 250 million children are working worldwide. This paper proposes that the World Bank take stronger action - and outlines what to do and how - to help address the issue more pro-actively, partnering with others who share a similar concern about the damage to children, their development, and their society's development.

  • Child Labour and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Latin America
    The organisation which I work for, Casa Alianza / Covenant House Latin America, is a non-profit organisation that cares for and rehabilitates street children in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua and has its regional office in Costa Rica, last year Casa Alianza cared for some 9,000 children. However, that said the organisation is an advocate for all children and their rights in our region and seeks to fight all forms of abuse and exploitation which touch their lives.

  • Child Workers in Asia
    Child Workers in Asia (CWA) was established in 1985 as a support group for child workers in Asia, and the NGOs working with them. From a small group of five organizations, it now brings together over 50 groups/organizations working on child labour in 14 countries. It facilitates sharing of expertise and experiences between NGOs and strengthens their collaboration to jointly respond to the exploitation of working children in the region.

  • Christian Morality: Issue on Child Labor
    Child labor is one of the many concerns in the Philippines and, most disturbingly, one of the most rampant problems we face. In the endeavor to create an awareness of an already existing law that is evidently not properly implemented, child labor clearly falls within this category.

  • Exploitation of Children in the Workplace
    A project of Earlham College - analysis of child labor issue.

  • Global March Against Child Labor
    Global March Against Child Labour is a movement borne out of hope and the need felt by thousands of people across the globe - the desire to set children free from servitude.

  • Global March Against Child Labour
    Here you will find a rich database of facts on child labour within easy search. Also enlisted are vast resources of the Global March-newsletters, books, photographs and contact addresses on child labour for your easy reference.

  • Human Rights Watch - Child Labor
    The Children's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch has largely focussed its efforts on forced and bonded child labor, which has a devastating impact on children. Children who work long hours, often in dangerous and unhealthy conditions, are exposed to lasting physical and psychological harm.

  • International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour: IPEC
    IPEC works on-the-ground to combat child labour with projects in more than 60 countries.

  • Secret Child Labor in America
    Fifty-nine years after Congress outlawed child labor in its most onerous forms, underage children still toil in fields and factories scattered across America. The poorest and most vulnerable among them start working before other children start kindergarten.

  • Statement from Campaign Against Child Labour on Child Labour In India
    The objectives of CACL are to create awareness on child labour; highlight violations inflicted upon child labourers; promote justice through fact finding and litigation; review policies and legislation on child labour and to put forth successful strategies and alternatives for the rehabilitation of working children.

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Ellis Island - Baggage and Dormitory Building

View of one of the many dorm areas which comprise the bulk of the Baggage and Dormitory building; during its peak, this area would have held as many beds as could possibly fit into the space.

"The Island of Tears" is a moniker often associated with Ellis Island, the nation's busiest immigration station during its years of operation (1892-1954), and easily its most famous.  This name - which refers to those turned away from America for deportation to their countries of origin - seems most closely connected in the public consciousness with the 2% of immigrants deported for medical reasons.  Certainly, the notion of a child separated from their family due to the discovery of trachoma behind the eyelid and sent, alone, back to whence they came is horrifying.  But disease was not the only reason for denial to passage through the "golden door" that Emma Lazarus wrote about.  A variety of other factors - ranging from poverty to belonging to an "undesirable" ethnic or religious group to suspicion of radical political leaning - could lead to detention or deportation.  The Baggage and Dormitory building, located on the North side of the island, was the epicenter of detention for non-medical cases for almost half a century.  Stabilized and boarded off in 2011, here's a look at the building before it "went dark".

Like much of the Baggage and Dormitory Building, the staircases favored functionality over ornament.

Ellis Island Immigration Station opened in 1892, a replacement for the Castle Garden Immigration Station at the southern tip of Manhattan.  The original main reception building, constructed of wood, burned down in 1897; the iconic Beaux Arts building that would replace it opened in 1900.  It quickly became apparent that, in addition to the hospital complex that was beginning to rise up on the artificial islands constructed south of the original island, space was needed for non-medical detentions as well.  The Main Building simply couldn't accommodate the number of detainees that were landing every day on the island.  Under Commissioner Robert Watchorn, such a building was constructed, attached to the kitchen and laundry building in back of the Main Building, and opening in 1909.

This new building was much simpler, architecturally speaking, than most of the other buildings on Ellis Island; this spoke both to the haste with which it was put up and to the intended future use of the building.  While the principal use of the building would be the detention of suspected undesirables until a board could convene to decide whether to deport them, a secondary use - at least for the first few years of the building's operation - was the storage of immigrants' luggage while they went through the admissions lines.  Thus, the new structure was given the name "Baggage and Dormitory Building", although it could well have been given a title truer to its actual purpose: "Detention Center".

A tiny bathtub was retrofitted into one of the bathrooms in the building.  In order to attach the water lines at the height at which they came out of the wall - where presumably a full-sized tub had once stood - a wooden base had to be constructed under the tub.  In over half a century of abandonment, this base rotted away.

The communal bathroom areas would allow a single official to oversee goings-on while detainees washed up en masse.

The bathing area had partitions between the bathtubs, but no curtains to shield the detainees from the watchful eyes of the Island's officials - there was no true privacy in the Baggage and Dormitory Building.

A closeup of another tub, ravaged over 50 years of abandonment and the attendant water damage.

Of course, the immigrants processed at Ellis Island were not from the upper classes of the societies from which they emigrated; First-class and Second-class passengers disembarked in Manhattan proper, and allowed into the country unhindered.  The Island primarily served steerage-class passengers, who generally packed all they could carry into a couple of suitcases - food included for the month-plus journey, as they were not served meals on the ships for which they often paid most everything they owned for passage - and suffered in cramped communal quarters below deck.

Upon arrival, the procedure for processing immigrants varied somewhat over time, but generally followed this pattern: after standing in a long line, sometimes for many hours on a busy day, each immigrant was given a quick medical examination.  They were asked a battery of questions, and from there - in most cases - they were entered into the registry and allowed to meet those waiting for them at the "kissing post" - the part of the island that gave it the other moniker by which it was known, "The Island of Hope".  From there, they would board a ferry and enter their new lives in America.

But just as the medical examination was meant to discern those who might be carrying disease into the New Land, the battery of questions was aimed at discerning whether an immigrant might be undesirable for other reasons.  Just like the various diseases which gained greater or lesser prominence over the years, various causes for detention asserted themselves at different times during the island's heyday from 1892-1924.  One constant cause for concern was poverty - among the questions asked of prospective immigrants were the amount of money they carried, whether or not they had arranged to stay with family or had other lodging arranged, and whether they were skilled in a trade.  Unskilled laborers without a place to stay or money to get started were perceived as likely to wind up on the dole, living in almshouses, and generally a burden on the public.  Many were detained and eventually deported for this reason.

Most salvageable artifacts had been removed from the Baggage and Dormitory building, as seen in this view of another dormitory section of the building.

On the first floor - briefly used to store immigrants' baggage while they waited in the lines for admission and registration - a number of remaining artifacts were collected.  One was an incredibly heavy Diebold safe.  (It would not open.)

Radiators were collected on one half of this dormitory; air ducts on the other.

Perhaps there was some merit to suggestions that the indigent, likely to become a burden on society, ought to be sent back; arguments of this sort are still in play in contemporary discussions of immigration policy.  But some of the other grounds for detention and deportation certainly seem more sinister in nature - as early as the first few years of the operation of the Immigration Station, various ethnic or religious groups were singled out, as were those with undesirable political leanings.  In the first decade of the 20th century, a memo circulated at the facility mentioned finding reason to detain "Jews, Slavs, Italians, and Socialists".

At various times, other ethnic groups and political ideologies were targeted: Irish and "Oriental"; Radical and Anarchist.  Of course, as New York City already had large populations of Jewish, Irish, and Italian immigrants, it would have been unpopular to codify the discrimination into policy.  Instead, officials working at the island would selectively over-enforce some of the admissions criteria.  A person who might pass through the line as a sane Protestant might be detained as an insane Jew.  A minor past criminal offense might not be troubling in a Spaniard, but might be cause for concern in an Italian.

Thousands of prospective immigrants were detained in the Baggage and Dormitory Building between 1909 and 1924, when the Immigration Act of 1924 placed extensive restrictions on immigration.  The "Golden Door" slammed shut, and the entire island took on what had previously been the function of the Baggage and Dormitory Building: detention and deportation.  Now, this building was only one of many that could be used to house undesirables in preparation for shipping them back to their countries of origin.  Immigration to the United States of America was now severely limited among class and ethnic lines.

View of another of this building's many communal dormitory areas.

In addition to the large dormitories, there was a corridor of individual rooms that could each accommodate two detainees.

The interior of one of these rooms, with "clean" mattresses left rolled and ready for the next time the room would be used - a day that never came.

Mattresses were sterilized in bulk in giant autoclaves in a room on the third floor of the building.

The final residential use of the Baggage and Dormitory building is perhaps its darkest.  On December 8, 1941 - the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor - the first group of German, Italian, and Japanese who were American citizens or legal aliens were rounded up and brought to this building.  Ellis Island was to become an internment camp as well as a detention facility for the usual suspects.  When the Baggage and Dormitory building was full to capacity with people who had committed no crime but to belong to a particular ethnic group, the internment camp spread out to much of the rest of the island, including the former hospital complex.

While the history of the internment of Japanese Americans is a well-known tale, and the subject of numerous apologetic gestures by the United States government towards those sent to the camps, it is not as well known that Germans and Italians suffered similar fate.  Across the United States, over 10,000 German Americans and 3,000 Italian Americans were interned.  Many of these came through Ellis Island, which served as a sort of waystation for processing those under internment and relocating them to the various camps scattered throughout the nation.  Approximately 600-800 "enemy aliens" would pass through Ellis Island per month during the height of its use as an internment camp; most would be sent to other facilities, but some remained on the island for years.  Because of the ethnic makeup of New York City, most of these were of German or Italian descent.

After the war ended, "enemy aliens" were released from the interment camp, and although the European conflict had ended a year earlier, it was only then that the Italian and German detainees were freed.  Internment remained a contentious and polarizing issue for many years; finally, in 1980, President Jimmy Carter created the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians - specifically to study the issue as it pertained to Japanese Americans.  Beginning in 1990 under the supervision of the George H. W. Bush administration, payments and official apologies were made to surviving Japanese Americans interned in the United States.  To this day, there has been no official recognition of the internment of European Americans labeled as "enemy aliens", and no similar offer of compensation.

A rotting pile of mattresses sat in a corner of the Baggage and Dormitory Building from the time of its vacancy until 2011, when the building was cleaned out, stabilized, and boarded off.

After its use as an internment camp, the Baggage and Dormitory building was left largely vacant, although it was still maintained until the island closed for good in 1954 and was completely abandoned.  Even as the nearby Main Building was completely renovated to the tune of $150 million, and the Hospital Complex was stabilized and cleaned up some years later, the detention building of Ellis Island remained untouched, slowly taking on more and more water damage, until 2011, when it was stabilized, cleaned out, and boarded off.  Perhaps there is a reason for this; while the Main Building saw 98% of prospective immigrants pass into America and thus represents hope, and while the Hospital Complex saw many prospective immigrants convalesce to the point that they were able to enter and thus represents healing, the Baggage and Dormitory Building has no such positive context.  It was, always, a building first and foremost for detention.

And perhaps, when more funds are secured, it too should be reopened as part of the Ellis Island National Monument.  Classism, racism, and anti-semitism are a part of the American story just as much as the "melting pot" concept we learned a glossy version of in Social Studies classrooms.  Internment was a reality of our national conduct during the Second World War.  These aren't happy stories, but they are fundamentally American stories, and they deserve to be told.  The Baggage and Dormitory Building at Ellis Island would be a wonderful place for the telling of these tales.

Anonymous said...

this is incredible. I never imagined the "sad side" of Ellis Island to have such undisturbed decay. More of a timecapsul than north brother it would appear. Incredible photography Ian!

holepunchintheshapeofastar said...

Not only are your photographs phenomenal, the article you've written is fantastic. Thank you for this. It is very informative and beautiful.

Katelyn Foutch said...

Thank you for taking these photos. I feel it's such a shame that we have let this place just waste away. It's such an important part of our history.

Anonymous said...

I am a enjoy both history and searches. When I went to Ellis Island 2 yrs ago I had hoped to see & understand what I just saw and read about in your article. Thank you for your hard work, research and creative photo documentation. I will save this link, it was marvelous.
Mjo Derkin

Anonymous said...

I enjoy both history and searches. When I went to Ellis Island 2 yrs ago, I had hoped to see and understand what I just saw and read in your article. Thank you for your hard work, research and creative photo documentation. I will save this link, it was marvelous.
Mjo Derkin

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the report. Ellis Island was the first stop for hundreds of thousands seeking the opportunity America offered.

My great-grandparents (father's side) came through Ellis Island in 1898. We have a family bible with their date/time of arrival from Germany. There is a brief description of what occurred while they were there. Fortunately, they were both school teachers (educated) and had a relative that sponsored them.

Anonymous said...

Thankyou for this . I had no idea how hard it had to have been for our familys to get here to the US. It must of been so scary for the ones that had to stay. And how tired they must of all been after making the trip over and hoping to start a new life . SO much history there. I am saving this to my Favorites so I can share with my family. Thankyou again for this .

James R. said...

It's sad that this building has come to this, but I would love to go through the building & haul out some of the stuff for my own personal use.
The bed frames that I saw in the pictures; That safe I saw; & I'm sure there is plenty more stuff there that is salvageable but worthless money wise.

Stan said...

The Shutter Island was shot there, or at least is about this detention center

Bethany said...

I am teaching about internment camps during WW2 in my 8th grade class and I will be showing your wonderful pictures and commentary to my students.

Anonymous said...

Just wondering where and how immigrants came thru BEFORE Ellis Island as my ancestors did. back in the days of Peter Stuyvesant.

Cricket said...

Fantastic and informative post and nice photography. :)

Anonymous said...

Reply to Anonymous 5.23. at 4:04

From August 1, 1855 through April 18, 1890, immigrants arriving in the state of New York came through Castle Garden. America's first official immigrant examining and processing center, Castle Garden welcomed approximately 8 million immigrants - most from Germany, Ireland, England, Scotland, Sweden, Italy, Russia and Denmark.
Castle Garden welcomed its last immigrant on April 18, 1890. After the closing of Castle Garden, immigrants were processed at an old barge office in Manhattan until the opening of the Ellis Island Immigration Center on 1 January 1892. More than one in six native-born Americans are descendants of the eight million immigrants who entered the United States through Castle Garden.

Reuben Chaim said...

Thank you so for the informative article and photos. A former New Yorker, I toured the Ellis Island museum (and Liberty Island) with my wife a couple of weeks before 9/11. It was quite an emotional experience. My grandparents were processed through Castle Garden in the 1880's. As a teacher of ESL in Los Angeles, I often taught about Ellis Island to my immigrant students. I agree that the Detention Center should, too, be reopened when funds are available. We need to be reminded of the dark as well as the bright sides of our past.

Anonymous said...

My mother and I arrived on December 18, 1941. We were stateless refugees from Austria, but only birthplace mattered, and we were taken to Ellis Island. Thanks to friends engaging legal help on our behalf, we were released the next day. Soon after the National Park Service took over but before the site was developed, I visited and found a friendly ranger who took me to the small room on the second floor off the Great Hall where I had spent a night locked up. Years later, I had the opportunity to participate in the Ellis Island oral history program, and much more recently to visit with my grandchildren. they listened to the recording and received printouts of my statement. One of them subsequently had the opportunity to introduce her classmates to grandma's unique experience on a class
trip - a proud moment for her and for me.

Anonymous said...

I was in this building back in 1999 with a film crew while filming the PBS program "Ancestors" and it was fascinating to walk through the building. It was also dangerous since footing was so precarious with debris everywhere. But fascinating!

THE FORGOTTEN OF ELLIS ISLAND: Deaths in Quarantine, 1909-1911

Anonymous said...

thank you so much for posting these pictures and the stories to go with them. I find it all fascinating, to see and hear how it was for the people who had to go through it. It must have been very scary for them.

David Hegewald said...

wow.i now consider myself lucky to be grandfather immigrated from germany in 1930.thank god he knew a trade

T.D.Parker said...

First, thanks for taking chances, and creating this fascinating article!
Second, the article cites the number of German and Italian World War 2 "Enemy Alien" detainees processed through Ellis Island as 800 per month, at its height.
That must have only lasted a couple of months.
According to the Wikipedia article, "A total of 11,507 Germans and German-Americans were interned during the war." (
Of these, the overwhelming majority were German born, and were either former high-ranking or hard-core members of Nazi front organizations, such as the "German-American Bund", (Estimated: 25,000 dues-paying members in 1939.) or were strongly suspected of being Nazi sympathizers.
Similarly, of the 3,000 or so Italians detained, all were actual Italian citizens - none were American born, or even naturalized US Citizens. And in fact, most were released following Italy's surrender on September 8, 1943.
It should be noted that none of this tiny number of German/Italian detainees, (most of whom certainly deserved it,) were interned in anything like the conditions suffered by the over 110,000 Japanese-Americans, many native born US Citizens, who were rounded-up and herded into concentration camps, on the West Coast.

Anonymous said...

I wanted to thank you for your photographs and for discussing in such detail the plight of many internees of German and Italian heritage. In response to T.D. Parker's comments that an "overwhelming majority" of the german detainees were members of Nazi front organizations, and therefore "certainly deserved" to be detained, it simply isn't true. A vast number of them were naturalized citizens who were turned in to authorities for reasons that had nothing to do with any purported Nazi affiliation. My own grandfather, who was born in Germany but had been a naturalized citizen for decades, was turned in by a business competitor looking to gain economic advantage. Others were turned in because of their valuable land holdings, which were lost upon deportation. It also is not true that they were held only for a "couple of months". My grandfather was taken away and held for nearly two years. The family did not know for weeks what had happened to him. Yet as you say, the U.S. government does not officially recognize that this even occurred.

Anonymous said...

Thank You

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Mitsubishi Palembang said...

thank you so much for posting these pictures and the stories to go with them. I find it all fascinating, to see and hear how it was for the people who had to go through it. It must have been very scary for them.

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Anonymous said...

Is there a book, online, which lists the passengers who were detained for a short amount of time? I believe my grandmother was detained until the father of the little girl, who accompanied her, could come and claim his daughter. Saw a reference about this once, but cannot find it again. Thanks. I love Ellis Island. Nancy Allen


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Full name Donbe & Hikari
Name (JA) どんべ&ひかり (Donbe&Hikari)
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Donbe & Hikari are a pair of characters that appear in the game Kirby's Dream Land 3. Both characters originated from the Japanese-only game Shin Onigashima. Donbe and Hikari appear in Sand Canyon's fourth level. Hikari wants Kirby to bring back her brother, Donbe, who has been separated from her. In the third room, Kirby must take the bottom path, then the top path, and finally the middle path. Kirby will then need to fight Haboki. After Haboki is defeated, Kirby will get Donbe. Hikari will give Kirby a Heart Star if he manages to bring back her brother.

Physical Appearance

Donbe is a small boy with long blue hair that covers his eyes and wears a green shirt. Hikari is a girl who has black hair and is slightly taller than Donbe. She wears a white robe and a red skirt. Hikari has her hair in a ponytail with two strands on her sides.

  • Unlike most of the other characters that appear in Kirby's Dream Land 3, Donbe & Hikari retain their 8-bit sprites instead of receiving new sprites that blend in with the game's art style. Chao & Goku, another pair of characters originating from a Japanese-only Famicom game, share this trait.

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