AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico - Border Patrol Agents from Ramey Sector took custody and processed five aliens from the Dominican Republic this past Sunday.
The subjects were involved in a maritime vessel landing that included support from the Puerto Rico Police Department's Joint Forces of Rapid Action.
Agents from FURA confirmed an 18 foot blue and white vessel with undocumented migrants had landed in the Punta Aguila area of Combate, Cabo Rojo, to which Ramey Station agents responded to the scene and took custody of four undocumented Dominican nationals.
The four individuals were immediately transported to Ramey Station for processing. One additional undocumented alien, who was severely dehydrated, was transported by a FURA EMT unit to the Metropolitan Hospital of Cabo Rojo. Border Patrol agents awaited the individual's hospital release before taking him into custody and proceeding to Ramey Station.
All five subjects were enrolled in the IDENT biometric system and processed for removal proceedings for immigration violations.
One subject, Andres Del Rosario Alayon, has two outstanding warrants with the New York Police Department on narcotics charges regarding heroin smuggling. Andres Del Rosario will be processed for attempted re-entry after deportation after an aggravated felony conviction.
This case, as with many other instances, demonstrates a joint working effort by federal and state agencies on the island to secure operational control against illegal aliens who attempt to penetrate U.S. borders. As the U.S.Border Patrol scales up enforcement and interdiction efforts, it relies on inter agency cooperation to enforce immigration and criminal law in United State's territorial waters.
In July 2006, CBIG was formally created to unify efforts of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air & Marine (A&M), Office of Field Operations (OFO), and Office of Border Patrol (OBP), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid action (FURA) in their common goal of securing Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands against illegal maritime traffic and gaining control of our nation's Caribbean borders.
Written by: Lopez31, 2 Sep 2009 11:33 AM
From: United States
The dude with the outstanding warrant is an idiot and shout be jailed.
On another note, Don't Puerto Ricans feel bad that your territory is mentioned as a U.S border? I mean really, being the only colony standing in the western hemisphere isn't bad enough. Stop trying to be free loaders and have pride for once.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Lopez,
You are opening Pandora's Box.
PR has never been independent since discovery; it has remained either a Spanish colony or US territory. It was ceded to the US after the Spanish-American war as war indemnity.
PR lacks both natural and financial resources to be self-sustaining, especially at the standard of living they've grown accustomed to.
On top of being very small, most of the country is mountainous and, whatever valleys there were, have long since been planted with concrete-which does not produce any edible goods.
More than five generations of Puerto Ricans have lived under the common wealth special status as part of USA. They don't know anything else and, frankly, would prefer things as they are.
Were US to jettison PR tomorrow, they would gravitate to the bottom of Caribbean economy very soon.
If you encourage secession and it materializes, you might live with the burden of knowing that you encouraged their future misery. Think about it!
Written by: danny00, 2 Sep 2009 6:08 PM
From: United States
in the early 60's they came by the thousands from puerto rico to the new york area. {lots in brooklyn}... if they had any english the first question from their mouths was "where is the office for the free money?..{it was called wellfare in thoses days} not social services as today.
the more children they had the more money they would recieve from the government.
Written by: danny00, 2 Sep 2009 6:15 PM
From: United States
my family lived in brooklyn then, not a rich area willamsburg brooklyn but its was safe and clean with hard working people, my dad told me he never had to LOCKE THE DOOR. people where able to walk the streets at night and be SAFE. well after they the puerto ricans arrived the area became one hugh GARABGE PAIL. GANGS, DRUGS, MUSIC ALL NITE LONG, NOT SAFE TO WALK OUT OF YOUR HOME AND BE SAFE. SECESSION U Tlak abaout..... WISH THEY NEVER CAME TO THE STATES. all the good people from puerto rico did not come to the states, it was all the mafia or so called mafia that came to destory, rob, sell drugs, what ever they could do to make money and problems...
Written by: danny00, 2 Sep 2009 6:22 PM
From: United States
later after they ruined the area most of them left to go back to the island some went to miami.
and guess who move into the buildings they left? DOMINICANS..... south 1st, south2ndst. b'way.haveameyer st.
they had to move into buildings that looked like they then though world war2... the puerto ricans had destory the area in told and left a very BAD TASTE. FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE AREA., THEY WHERE BIG IN THE NUMBERS BUSINESS {PICK 3} BEFORE THE STATE THOOK IT OVER IN THE EARLY 70'S.... then into the DRUG BUSINESS BUSINESS..{crack houses]....
Written by: danny00, 2 Sep 2009 6:30 PM
From: United States
been to puerto rico many times...... most good folks that live on the island told me only the "sh--t" goes to new york.... and they are happy to see them leave the island...... this is from good hard working folks from puerto rico...,
you should see what they did to the school buildings like p.s. 16, eastern district high school ect!..., but their are good and bad from all nations., i would guess
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
danny00,
From time I was 12 until 14 years old I lived in Rio Piedras, PR-end of 60's. I attended private schools that were more expensive than the Universidad de Puerto Rico, so I really didn't have chance to associate with riff raff.
What I can tell is that you are right in you assessment of those who emigrate, similar to Dominicans, they are bottom-of -barrel, good-for-nothing leeches, who just came for the welfare checks and to commit crimes. The Puerto Ricans I remember from my youth, in old country, were some of the best and most principled and honest people I've ever met. They were fantastic people!
Most Dominicans living in Corona, Queens and similar neighborhoods, are no different from immigrant Puerto Ricans, they exist for same reasons, and contribute to bad reputation we enjoy for having common heritage.
US needs to be increasingly more selective in terms of who it admits to its territory. Should employ "one strike and you are out-deported!" policy.
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 7:57 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
Hey danny,
So I grew up in Bushwick, 90's. So at that point many of those same porto-rocks moved to buskwick. Yeah they are a "bad" group. Yet I've been to PR and outside "la perla" there aren't too many thungz. Anyway when I was growing up in Bushwick the few hard working/quiet latinos were dominican. Same for neighboring Williamsburg, I had and still have family there. Now both neighborhoods are full of yupies.
On a different note though many Dominicans in Washingting Heights remind me of those Puerto Ricans that I was accustomed to in Bushwick. I must say it varies from block to block but there many shady ones. On second though it isn't as bad as bushwick was but still I would like to see better.
when my parents came in the 70's they went to Lower East Side/Bowery/Alphabet CIty and then jumped to Brooklyn rather than Wash. Heights. I still don't know why though, at time though Wash Heights wasn't what it is today.
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 8:01 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
Gloma,
Those Dominicans in Corona are low.
i know a few good families that live there but they are few and far in between.
Wash Heights today is better than Corona I would say, the dominican population that is. Yet there aren't many in Corona, but on average I believe the previous comment still holds.
I judge by how many I people standing on the corner of the bodega past 11 o'clock, lol. Oh and how many baggies i spot while walking.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
danny00,
I spent my late teen and early adult years in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and I can tell you that I saw Puerto Ricans do the same thing there that you describe above. All clearly a direct consequence of all of those well-intended and misguided social programs.
A man simply cannot value what he didn't get by the sweat of his brow. He will abuse it, become lazy and resort to crime and other shenaniganism when everything is given to him. He will, in the end, clearly become a parasite.
Stop all those damn programs and make people work for their keep, except those who can't either due to illness or age. A man would feel infinitely more proud picking fruit, vegetables or garbage and getting paid for it, than by getting a free check that is confiscated from hard-working people. When will we realize that fact?
No more social programs-please!
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 8:34 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
That's why I love Guliani and Bloomberg.
Most, those that are able bodied, recipients of welfare have to clean parks, train stations, streets, etc.
I would see the "cleaning gangs" more a couple of years ago, lately I don't but I'm sure they're out there.
i recall a couple years back that the federal gov't was looking towards NYC for advice on social programs.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Hater,
Rudy Giuliani is a great man! He believed in law and order, and put Italian mafia out of business, single handedly!
Our house in Brooklyn sold for more than $1M in 1999. We've bought it for $28k in 1968. We definitely credit Rudy with our significant gains.
Rudy for president, senator or governor or whatever he wishes to run for! He gets my vote.
From: United States, New York
glomarexplorer, I would think twice about what you said. First of all, while Dominicans who emigrate do tend to come from the bottom of the social ladder in DR, they are very productive citizens abroad. No other group in the NY area has been so into owning their own businesses. While there are people that abuse the system, making negative generalizations is very irresponsible. People need to understand that they cannot judge a Dominican neighborhood by the few standing in a street corner, because for every one of them, there are 5 working their a***s off and another 5 trying to better themselves in school. They are not obvious to the naked eye, but they are there. Family ties also tend to remain quite strong so people in DR do not demonize people who have left the way other countries/territories do.
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 8:52 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
Chica,
i love my people and i do belive that we work hard, the majority. Although not enough in higher education/tertiary education. (dean of engineering in columbia, is a good example but still not enough)
But all it takes is a few rotten apples to ruin the bunch.
Ask Muslim's, they may know something about that. Albeit, an extreme example.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
DominicanChic,
I am speaking as a Dominican, not an outsider.
Much of my family resides on 57th Avenue, near Junction Blvd., and I can tell you from extensive personal experience that there is a lot of riff raff in area. I've also had displeasure of experiencing Dominican parade in Queens-what a shame! Definitely nothing to be proud of.
BTW, I disagree with you on issue of businesses, particular significant ones. I could cite the Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis and Russians as having assumed a better slice of the pie in terms of significance in all aspects of social ladder and business.
As for pride, have you ever seen Mexicans on a Saturday morning lining up on Broadway in Astoria, Queens, looking for construction work after working another 40 hours or more at regular job? How many Dominicans have you seen do similarly?
I can criticize because I am Dominican, which exempts me from racial comments & similar that would typically be directed at other contributors.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
DominicanChic,
I respect you. You articulate your opinions civilly and well, and I commend you for that. You also care deeply about your kin and I also commend you for that.
I recognize that not all Dominicans fall under the same category, for I am an example of that.
I've worked hard, got educated and enjoy a position of respect in my technical field. No one, but the great lord, gave me anything. I accomplished everything on my own, through hard work, and can stand on my own two feet and claim to compete in my field with people of all races on equal footing, strictly based on accomplishments-nothing else!
I hold 35 US patents in the highest technical field, with various other ones pending. I am in the Inventors Hall of Fame. In a way, I have given others with similar backgrounds something to aim for, and I hope they will soon overtake me. That I am proud of and it's worth being proud of, not empty tangential feelings of unknown origin.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
DominicanChic,
Hater is wise in his comments. Please pay attention to content of his statements.
No one really cares very much about what you do correctly, for it is expected. However, what you as a person and a people do saliently bad defines you. We are defined by the actions of our compatriots who frequently perpetrate misdeeds. They stand out. That's how we are judged, and we didn't make the rules. Rules existed long before we arrived in these shores. It is a sad fact but that's how things are. I hate it!
I accept the hand I've been dealt and resolve to go out every day and try to change opinions of myself and my people by the character of my actions, and hope that, against all odds, I will be able to change minds. We should all do likewise, and perhaps one day soon we shall overcome, to quote the eloquent MLK.
I know it took me long to explain my position, but I hope you'll understand where am coming from now.
Sorry.
Thanks for listening.
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 10:16 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
Gloma,
I've asked before but perhaps you didn't see the post.
What exactly do you do concerning fuel cells???
I currently work at a National Laboratory working on catalyst for fuel cell applications, both mobile and stationary, although the mobile applications in the short run were blown out of the water due to secretary of energy steven chu's recommendations.
I look forward to your response.
Oh and dominican chic, I second what gloma says ( as usual, although I disagree a bit with social programs). I am going through a similar situation as he although I am still young and am still learning the ropes. But we as dominicans know what is going on, I grew up around bad influences and had to pull my self up. I had found my self in the position of, do i sell drugs or become a runner to get some money to buy some new sneakers and other things that I want or do I stay in school hang in there and hopefully the hard work will pay off in the long run. thank god I chose the late
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 10:23 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
cont,
I was able to graduate from a specialized technical high school and then graduate summa cum laude with a double major from college, and at 23 I am working as a scientist for a National Laboratory. I am not tooting my own horn but rather stating what can be accomplished if one chooses the right path. And yes I do tutor and try to get younger latinos/african americans to become interested in sciences. But this path isn't easy, very rarely is there instant gratification as many from my generation seek. Rather hard work and patience are required, oh and a semblance of common sense, although intelligence is always good.
i hope one day to go to DR (once better established) and become a professor. I don't quite know if there are tenure positions down there but I hope to find out.
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 10:27 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
Anyway, point being we could do better.
I know I am doing my part, gloma too from the sounds of it and hopefully others too.
unfortunately there aren't too many professional latino organizations for the sciences. There are many for business and engineering but not many for chemistry or biology and much less physics. I hope to change that one day or am willing to help organize promote.
Oh and Chica many, I dare say more than or very close to 1/2, of corner store are owned by Yemenis, yes Yemenis. Across all neighborhoods all over NYC a lot are from Yemen. Go figure????
There is also this food cart on 6th ave and about 52nd street that I always go to after a long night of clubbing to get food. I go to the halal cart to get food (no particular reason, other than its good and cheap) and this guy has a line that stretches around the block, making dough, and he's yeminis too. And he tells me most halal carts/pinchos carts around the city are bengali or yeminis.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Hater,
My company is one of the leaders in SOFC fuel cell technology. We are currently working on both stationary and mobile units for the trucking industry, for obvious reasons. We have successfully demonstrated a 3.5 kW unit. We are working jointly with academic institutions and government, under DOE grants. We shall soon be in production with very attractive unit to serve as APU, as well as to power refrigerator in refrigerated trailers.
My work related to several key components in the reformer and balance of plant. I have not had any activity in the stack, however. I have eight patents in related componentry.
Presently, I am not directly involved in Fuel Cell, but that may soon change, as I am in charge of an Advance Research & Development group concerned with compressed natural gas fuel injectors. Congress is backing away from hydrogen fueled endeavors and re-directing to more near-term technologies, with more tangible pay off.
Written by: HiHater, 2 Sep 2009 10:43 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
So the catalyst I develop are in the reforming portion as well. My group develops WGS catalysts to reduce CO in from syn gas after reforming and PROX catalyst as well, as to not damage the valuable Pt found in PEM's in addition resulting H2 as you well know goes to PEM fuel cell.
Yet our studies are very fundamental (DOE/National Lab) very little practical applications. Current catalyst are so well optimized and are inexpensive. We try to get exotic and use noble metals to enhance activity, but noble metals are very rare and thus expensive.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Hater,
Because our ultimate goal is commercialization, we are infinitely more mindful of cost and price than government. Anybody could make something for the laboratory, but to make something commercialable is something else. You must be cognizant of intrinsic value, and remain with feet firmly planted in the ground.
Americans are more practical than other races, and not necessarily enamored by sheer elegance of technology, or technology for the sake of technology. Europeans, on the other hand, they are really enamored by technology and will pay for it. I love them! Their food is not too bad, either. I am off to Italy next week-business.
From: United States, New York
Gloma, HiHater, thanks for the compliments. I really appreciate being able to have civil exchanges with fellow professional Dominicans. I completely understand what you guys are saying, but before we talk the first thing we need to do is look at ourselves in the mirror. If you yourself are the product of a Dominican household, and amidst the negative influences managed to become a professional (I work as an accounting manager), then it is our duty to confirm that Dominicans can be successful. Yes, a few bad apples can ruin a people's image, but in an area like NY, personal contact with Dominicans like ourselves can very quickly outweigh the negative.
I'm not saying that we are perfect, indeed a lot of work needs to be done in terms of education, but we need to cut ourselves some slack!
Written by: telemeco, 3 Sep 2009 7:50 AM
From: United States, Paterson, New Jersey
Make Puerto Rico a Dominican oversea province, if sucession is in the near future,,,hey i am joking dont be coming out with some crazy respond now,,,but just thinking about PR use to have a flag that look much like our one and culturally we are not that different...just thinking here
From: United States, New York
Na, they can stay as is, 4 million more is a little too much for us, don't you think?
Written by: HiHater, 3 Sep 2009 4:30 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn, NY
Dominican Chic,
i see what your saying. but ...... well it is what it is.
Tele,
Oh, no we don't need more ppl. It's hard enough with the immigration problem we have now we don't need to add 4 mill boricuas to the mix. I like them don't get me wrong but I like haitians too and there are already too many of them. We really need to take care of our own first, I see too many poor dominicans.
And I really think the US can give more to PR than DR can give, thats a fact.
Yet I wonder what would happen?????
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On another note, Don't Puerto Ricans feel bad that your territory is mentioned as a U.S border? I mean really, being the only colony standing in the western hemisphere isn't bad enough. Stop trying to be free loaders and have pride for once.
You are opening Pandora's Box.
PR has never been independent since discovery; it has remained either a Spanish colony or US territory. It was ceded to the US after the Spanish-American war as war indemnity.
PR lacks both natural and financial resources to be self-sustaining, especially at the standard of living they've grown accustomed to.
On top of being very small, most of the country is mountainous and, whatever valleys there were, have long since been planted with concrete-which does not produce any edible goods.
More than five generations of Puerto Ricans have lived under the common wealth special status as part of USA. They don't know anything else and, frankly, would prefer things as they are.
Were US to jettison PR tomorrow, they would gravitate to the bottom of Caribbean economy very soon.
If you encourage secession and it materializes, you might live with the burden of knowing that you encouraged their future misery. Think about it!
the more children they had the more money they would recieve from the government.
and guess who move into the buildings they left? DOMINICANS..... south 1st, south2ndst. b'way.haveameyer st.
they had to move into buildings that looked like they then though world war2... the puerto ricans had destory the area in told and left a very BAD TASTE. FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE AREA., THEY WHERE BIG IN THE NUMBERS BUSINESS {PICK 3} BEFORE THE STATE THOOK IT OVER IN THE EARLY 70'S.... then into the DRUG BUSINESS BUSINESS..{crack houses]....
you should see what they did to the school buildings like p.s. 16, eastern district high school ect!..., but their are good and bad from all nations., i would guess
From time I was 12 until 14 years old I lived in Rio Piedras, PR-end of 60's. I attended private schools that were more expensive than the Universidad de Puerto Rico, so I really didn't have chance to associate with riff raff.
What I can tell is that you are right in you assessment of those who emigrate, similar to Dominicans, they are bottom-of -barrel, good-for-nothing leeches, who just came for the welfare checks and to commit crimes. The Puerto Ricans I remember from my youth, in old country, were some of the best and most principled and honest people I've ever met. They were fantastic people!
Most Dominicans living in Corona, Queens and similar neighborhoods, are no different from immigrant Puerto Ricans, they exist for same reasons, and contribute to bad reputation we enjoy for having common heritage.
US needs to be increasingly more selective in terms of who it admits to its territory. Should employ "one strike and you are out-deported!" policy.
So I grew up in Bushwick, 90's. So at that point many of those same porto-rocks moved to buskwick. Yeah they are a "bad" group. Yet I've been to PR and outside "la perla" there aren't too many thungz. Anyway when I was growing up in Bushwick the few hard working/quiet latinos were dominican. Same for neighboring Williamsburg, I had and still have family there. Now both neighborhoods are full of yupies.
On a different note though many Dominicans in Washingting Heights remind me of those Puerto Ricans that I was accustomed to in Bushwick. I must say it varies from block to block but there many shady ones. On second though it isn't as bad as bushwick was but still I would like to see better.
when my parents came in the 70's they went to Lower East Side/Bowery/Alphabet CIty and then jumped to Brooklyn rather than Wash. Heights. I still don't know why though, at time though Wash Heights wasn't what it is today.
Those Dominicans in Corona are low.
i know a few good families that live there but they are few and far in between.
Wash Heights today is better than Corona I would say, the dominican population that is. Yet there aren't many in Corona, but on average I believe the previous comment still holds.
I judge by how many I people standing on the corner of the bodega past 11 o'clock, lol. Oh and how many baggies i spot while walking.
I spent my late teen and early adult years in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and I can tell you that I saw Puerto Ricans do the same thing there that you describe above. All clearly a direct consequence of all of those well-intended and misguided social programs.
A man simply cannot value what he didn't get by the sweat of his brow. He will abuse it, become lazy and resort to crime and other shenaniganism when everything is given to him. He will, in the end, clearly become a parasite.
Stop all those damn programs and make people work for their keep, except those who can't either due to illness or age. A man would feel infinitely more proud picking fruit, vegetables or garbage and getting paid for it, than by getting a free check that is confiscated from hard-working people. When will we realize that fact?
No more social programs-please!
Most, those that are able bodied, recipients of welfare have to clean parks, train stations, streets, etc.
I would see the "cleaning gangs" more a couple of years ago, lately I don't but I'm sure they're out there.
i recall a couple years back that the federal gov't was looking towards NYC for advice on social programs.
Rudy Giuliani is a great man! He believed in law and order, and put Italian mafia out of business, single handedly!
Our house in Brooklyn sold for more than $1M in 1999. We've bought it for $28k in 1968. We definitely credit Rudy with our significant gains.
Rudy for president, senator or governor or whatever he wishes to run for! He gets my vote.
i love my people and i do belive that we work hard, the majority. Although not enough in higher education/tertiary education. (dean of engineering in columbia, is a good example but still not enough)
But all it takes is a few rotten apples to ruin the bunch.
Ask Muslim's, they may know something about that. Albeit, an extreme example.
I am speaking as a Dominican, not an outsider.
Much of my family resides on 57th Avenue, near Junction Blvd., and I can tell you from extensive personal experience that there is a lot of riff raff in area. I've also had displeasure of experiencing Dominican parade in Queens-what a shame! Definitely nothing to be proud of.
BTW, I disagree with you on issue of businesses, particular significant ones. I could cite the Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis and Russians as having assumed a better slice of the pie in terms of significance in all aspects of social ladder and business.
As for pride, have you ever seen Mexicans on a Saturday morning lining up on Broadway in Astoria, Queens, looking for construction work after working another 40 hours or more at regular job? How many Dominicans have you seen do similarly?
I can criticize because I am Dominican, which exempts me from racial comments & similar that would typically be directed at other contributors.
I respect you. You articulate your opinions civilly and well, and I commend you for that. You also care deeply about your kin and I also commend you for that.
I recognize that not all Dominicans fall under the same category, for I am an example of that.
I've worked hard, got educated and enjoy a position of respect in my technical field. No one, but the great lord, gave me anything. I accomplished everything on my own, through hard work, and can stand on my own two feet and claim to compete in my field with people of all races on equal footing, strictly based on accomplishments-nothing else!
I hold 35 US patents in the highest technical field, with various other ones pending. I am in the Inventors Hall of Fame. In a way, I have given others with similar backgrounds something to aim for, and I hope they will soon overtake me. That I am proud of and it's worth being proud of, not empty tangential feelings of unknown origin.
Hater is wise in his comments. Please pay attention to content of his statements.
No one really cares very much about what you do correctly, for it is expected. However, what you as a person and a people do saliently bad defines you. We are defined by the actions of our compatriots who frequently perpetrate misdeeds. They stand out. That's how we are judged, and we didn't make the rules. Rules existed long before we arrived in these shores. It is a sad fact but that's how things are. I hate it!
I accept the hand I've been dealt and resolve to go out every day and try to change opinions of myself and my people by the character of my actions, and hope that, against all odds, I will be able to change minds. We should all do likewise, and perhaps one day soon we shall overcome, to quote the eloquent MLK.
I know it took me long to explain my position, but I hope you'll understand where am coming from now.
Sorry.
Thanks for listening.
I've asked before but perhaps you didn't see the post.
What exactly do you do concerning fuel cells???
I currently work at a National Laboratory working on catalyst for fuel cell applications, both mobile and stationary, although the mobile applications in the short run were blown out of the water due to secretary of energy steven chu's recommendations.
I look forward to your response.
Oh and dominican chic, I second what gloma says ( as usual, although I disagree a bit with social programs). I am going through a similar situation as he although I am still young and am still learning the ropes. But we as dominicans know what is going on, I grew up around bad influences and had to pull my self up. I had found my self in the position of, do i sell drugs or become a runner to get some money to buy some new sneakers and other things that I want or do I stay in school hang in there and hopefully the hard work will pay off in the long run. thank god I chose the late
I was able to graduate from a specialized technical high school and then graduate summa cum laude with a double major from college, and at 23 I am working as a scientist for a National Laboratory. I am not tooting my own horn but rather stating what can be accomplished if one chooses the right path. And yes I do tutor and try to get younger latinos/african americans to become interested in sciences. But this path isn't easy, very rarely is there instant gratification as many from my generation seek. Rather hard work and patience are required, oh and a semblance of common sense, although intelligence is always good.
i hope one day to go to DR (once better established) and become a professor. I don't quite know if there are tenure positions down there but I hope to find out.
I know I am doing my part, gloma too from the sounds of it and hopefully others too.
unfortunately there aren't too many professional latino organizations for the sciences. There are many for business and engineering but not many for chemistry or biology and much less physics. I hope to change that one day or am willing to help organize promote.
Oh and Chica many, I dare say more than or very close to 1/2, of corner store are owned by Yemenis, yes Yemenis. Across all neighborhoods all over NYC a lot are from Yemen. Go figure????
There is also this food cart on 6th ave and about 52nd street that I always go to after a long night of clubbing to get food. I go to the halal cart to get food (no particular reason, other than its good and cheap) and this guy has a line that stretches around the block, making dough, and he's yeminis too. And he tells me most halal carts/pinchos carts around the city are bengali or yeminis.
My company is one of the leaders in SOFC fuel cell technology. We are currently working on both stationary and mobile units for the trucking industry, for obvious reasons. We have successfully demonstrated a 3.5 kW unit. We are working jointly with academic institutions and government, under DOE grants. We shall soon be in production with very attractive unit to serve as APU, as well as to power refrigerator in refrigerated trailers.
My work related to several key components in the reformer and balance of plant. I have not had any activity in the stack, however. I have eight patents in related componentry.
Presently, I am not directly involved in Fuel Cell, but that may soon change, as I am in charge of an Advance Research & Development group concerned with compressed natural gas fuel injectors. Congress is backing away from hydrogen fueled endeavors and re-directing to more near-term technologies, with more tangible pay off.
Yet our studies are very fundamental (DOE/National Lab) very little practical applications. Current catalyst are so well optimized and are inexpensive. We try to get exotic and use noble metals to enhance activity, but noble metals are very rare and thus expensive.
Because our ultimate goal is commercialization, we are infinitely more mindful of cost and price than government. Anybody could make something for the laboratory, but to make something commercialable is something else. You must be cognizant of intrinsic value, and remain with feet firmly planted in the ground.
Americans are more practical than other races, and not necessarily enamored by sheer elegance of technology, or technology for the sake of technology. Europeans, on the other hand, they are really enamored by technology and will pay for it. I love them! Their food is not too bad, either. I am off to Italy next week-business.
I'm not saying that we are perfect, indeed a lot of work needs to be done in terms of education, but we need to cut ourselves some slack!
i see what your saying. but ...... well it is what it is.
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Oh, no we don't need more ppl. It's hard enough with the immigration problem we have now we don't need to add 4 mill boricuas to the mix. I like them don't get me wrong but I like haitians too and there are already too many of them. We really need to take care of our own first, I see too many poor dominicans.
And I really think the US can give more to PR than DR can give, thats a fact.
Yet I wonder what would happen?????