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Contents: Maryland – State shouldn’t hinder shoreline efforts Massachusetts – Corps of Engineers awards $10.5 million contract for Nantucket Harbor east, west jetty repair in Nantucket California – Seawall repairs approved on Balboa Island in anticipation of El Nino storms North Carolina – Finding solutions to Hatteras Inlet shoaling moving at snail’s pace New Jersey – Dredging begins in Ocean City’s Snug Harbor Connecticut – Corps of Engineers proposes maintenance dredging of Milford Harbor 10-foot Federal entrance channel in Milford New Jersey – Final stage of competition for up to $326M to help 10 Meadowlands towns reduce flooding New Zealand – Harbour dredging to begin next week Iceland – Dredging Difficulties Disappointing Australia – Strategy to protect lake properties against sea level rise India – Breakwater Can be Built in 30 Months: Adani Group South Korea – World’s Largest Semi-Submersible Floated Out Maryland – State shouldn’t hinder shoreline efforts Sep 25, 2015 10:21 am | Coastal News Today In a place like Anne Arundel County, many are willing to spend a lot of money to live on the water — but as soon as they make that decision, water becomes the enemy. They paid dearly for every inch of land, and if some of it has to be returned to the bay or one of its tributaries, it isn't going back without a fight. So, out come the contractors, leaving bulkheads and riprap in their wake. Mile af... Read more.. Go To Article Massachusetts – Corps of Engineers awards $10.5 million contract for Nantucket Harbor east, west jetty repair in Nantucket Sep 25, 2015 10:20 am | Coastal News Today The Nantucket Harbor east and west jetties in Nantucket, Mass. will be repaired under the terms of a $10,545,000.00 contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by Mohawk Northeast, Inc., of Plantsville, Conn. Construction is scheduled to start on or about Dec. 1, 2015and take about 10 – 12 months to complete. The contract was awarded on Sept. 16, 20... Read more.. Go To Article California – Seawall repairs approved on Balboa Island in anticipation of El Nino storms Sep 25, 2015 10:20 am | Coastal News Today The oldest seawalls on Balboa Island will get some reinforcement just in time for what are forecasted to be nasty El Nino storms this winter. The City Council on Tuesday approved a $246,500 contract with Metro Builders & Engineers Group to do maintenance and repairs on the walls along the Grand Canal, which are about 90 years old. The company will have 16 days to complete th... Read more.. Go To Article North Carolina – Finding solutions to Hatteras Inlet shoaling moving at snail’s pace Sep 25, 2015 10:20 am | Coastal News Today Finding remedies for clogged channels in Hatteras Inlet has been moving along at a typical bureaucratic crawl, spurring frustrated members of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission to investigate whether dredging the “cut-through” area near Ocracoke could be a faster way to provide ocean passage for charter vessels. “We have the permits to do that now,” Jed Dixon, deputy director of the... Read more.. Go To Article New Jersey – Dredging begins in Ocean City’s Snug Harbor Sep 25, 2015 10:20 am | Coastal News Today Homeowners on one of the city’s most badly silted lagoons are finally getting some relief as the city began a dredging project in Snug Harbor this week. According to city business administrator Jim Mallon, the contractor, Wickberg Marine, was prepped and mobilized to begin work shortly after Labor Day. There was a slight delay, but dredging began Monday, Sept. 21. Mallon said the contr... Read more.. Go To Article Connecticut – Corps of Engineers proposes maintenance dredging of Milford Harbor 10-foot Federal entrance channel in Milford Sep 25, 2015 10:20 am | Coastal News Today At the request of the city of Milford, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing maintenance dredging of portions of the Milford Harbor Federal Navigation Project in Milford, Conn. The proposed work involves removal of approximately 14,000 cubic yards of sandy material from portions of the 10-foot channel of the Federal navigation project in Milford Harbor. “Natural shoaling processes and sto... Read more.. Go To Article New Jersey – Final stage of competition for up to $326M to help 10 Meadowlands towns reduce flooding Sep 25, 2015 10:20 am | Coastal News Today New Jersey has reached the final stage of a federal competition that could provide up to $326 million for a project to help 10 communities in the Meadowlands reduce flooding from storm surge. The proposal includes building earthen berms and concrete floodwalls in the region, as well as pump stations, parks, bike trails, a water control structure... Read more.. Go To Article New Zealand – Harbour dredging to begin next week Sep 25, 2015 10:19 am | Coastal News Today The dredging of the Tauranga Harbour shipping channels is about to begin. Danish dredging company Rohde Nielsen, the successful tenderer for the dredging project, will begin work next week. Port of Tauranga will widen and deepen the shipping channels from 12.9m to 14.5m inside the harbour and 15.8m outside the harbour. In a statement, the port said the dredging work represented the final building... Read more.. Go To Article Iceland – Dredging Difficulties Disappointing Sep 25, 2015 10:19 am | Coastal News Today When a large Luxembourg-registered dredger arrived in South Iceland last week, hopes were raised on the Westman Islands—but it has since run into difficulties which are hampering its work. The Taccola is 90 meters long and is run by a Belgian/Luxembourg company which specializes in tactical dredging around the world, including a recent million-ton project on the Suez Canal.... Read more.. Go To Article Australia – Strategy to protect lake properties against sea level rise Sep 25, 2015 10:19 am | Coastal News Today MARKS Point and Belmont South properties will be protected under a Lake Macquarie City Council plan to defend against rising sea levels. The draft plan would allow residents to fill their land to raise it above future rising seas. The council had  restricted property rights over sea level rise risk, a policy described by some as draconian and others as prudent. But residents lobbied cou... Read more.. Go To Article India – Breakwater Can be Built in 30 Months: Adani Group Sep 25, 2015 10:19 am | Coastal News Today The 3.1 km-long breakwater - one of the toughest challenges of the `7,525 crore Vizhinjam seaport project- can be built in 30 months once work kicks off, according to the Adani Group. “It will be the first work and it can be completed in 30 months. We also plan to start the land reclamation once work on the breakwater reaches a certain level,” Santosh K Mohapatra, CEO, Adani Vizhinja... Read more.. Go To Article South Korea – World’s Largest Semi-Submersible Floated Out Sep 25, 2015 10:19 am | Coastal News Today The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project in Australia has reached a milestone with the safe launching of its central processing facility (CPF) from the offshore floating dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. Managing Director Ichthys LNG Project Louis Bon expressed his congratulations to the project and contractor teams for the excellent result. “The operation was comp... Read more.. Go To Article Recent Posts Gulf Coast – $134M for recovery projects arising from 2010 Gulf oil spill Louisiana – Massive amount of sediment dredged from Mississippi River Massachusetts – Oak Bluffs will begin construction on seawall pending additional funds North Carlina – Budget contains more money to dredge shallow inlets Holland – Van Oord goes dredging at home and abroad

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Actress Ali Landry's inlaws, kidnapped in Tamaulipas, killed in Veracruz...

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Actress Ali Landry's inlaws, kidnapped in Tamaulipas, killed in Veracruz Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:14 PM PDT Lucio R. Borderland Beat  Tortured and killed after 5000 dollar ransom was paid In-laws of actress and former Miss USA, Ali Landry, were kidnapped in Tampico, Tamaulipas and found dead in  ejido El Chachalaco, Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz. Veracruz attorney general Luis Bravo, issued a statement saying Juan Manuel Gomez Fernandez and Juan Manuel Gomez Monteverde, father and brother of Miss Landry’s Mexican film maker husband ("Bella", "Little Boy"), Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, had both been killed by blows to the head, and left for dead several days before being discovered.  [photo of the couple at left] The son, who lives in Mc Allen a Texas border city, was visiting his father at his Tampico livestock ranch.  The kidnappers, using a stolen car with Tamaulipas license plates, abducted the two victims as they exited the ranch. A second report in the Mexican press says; after they left the ranch and were accosted in an area of Huasteca which is identified by authorities as a point of high risk. The vehicle was found abandoned in Veracruz after the kidnapping. Tampico is at the southernmost tip of Tamaulipas, sharing a border with the State of Veracruz.  A 17 minute drive separates the two cities involved in the kidnapping. It was on September 4thwhen the victims were reported missing, but the news was not made public for over 2 weeks.  The bodies were discovered on September 16th . A 5000 USD  demand was paid on September 5, but as often the case in Mexico, the victims were killed.  Following the ransom payment, kidnappers demanded additional money, when a request for proof of life was made, communications broke and no further contact was made.  This strongly suggests the victims were killed within 24 hours of abduction. Mexican press is reporting, that the younger Gomez was a part owner of a Tampico restaurant, "La Pecerita", formally known as "El Callejón de los Milagros” which was a target of extortion by Mexican organized crime.  Tampico is a city heavy with violence and criminality as cartels war over the plaza. The family did not contact local or state agencies to report the men kidnapped, they instead called the federal agency PGR and SEIDO.  One line of investigation is any involvement by municipal police.   SEIDO, is the federal agency for organized crime investigations, initiated the investigation. The Memorial Mass 350 mourners wore white to the memorial mass in Tampico. Alejandro thanked those present and those who were not present but had reached out with love and sympathy.   He asked that people remember his brother and father, for how they lived their life and not by their heinous murder. He then read a letter he authored and gave to his father five years prior, one that his father cherished, kept in his briefcase, and reread often. In part it read: "Letter to my father;  I am writing this letter because I am at a point in my life in which I am very happy and content and all of it I owe to you papá … you have been the inspiration of my dreams and I want you to know that you still are, that is why I call you by phone and that is why I need your calls... you are my fuel.   I am the most proud son in the world and you're the best father of the whole world, I love you so much papá, that at the moment of writing this, there are tears in my eyes. You always have been and will be always my hero, I brag about you to my friends. Thank you for all you have done for me, the games, the adventures, the many trips we made, and the trips to the ranch with you were spectacular. You were always there watching and protecting me,  thank you, thank you.. thank you! You taught me to become the man I am today….you taught me, Eduardo and Juan Manuel, that love mattered above all other things....”

Sad but True! Then a great man was President! and now we have obambo!

How many progressive socialist democrats are willing to sell out their country and one of America’s closest allies, Israel ...

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: LIST OF SELF-SERVING, CORRUPT, AND RADICAL SELL-OUTS Posted: 06 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT How many progressive socialist democrats are willing to sell out their country and one of America’s closest allies, Israel, to support the corrupt democrat party or the anti-America, anti-White, anti-Semite, pro-Muslim in the White House?  Senate Democrats who appear, at this point in time, to support Barack Obama’s traitorous deal to provide up to $150 billion to Iran to continue their state-sponsored terrorism, set a path to a nuclear weapon, say nothing about the  development of ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) that can strike America, have no rigorous inspection provisions, and says nothing about continued terror, the destruction of Israel, and nothing about American citizens being held hostage. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Cory Booker, New Jersey Barbara Boxer, California Sherrod Brown, Ohio Chris Coons, Delaware Joe Donnelly, Indiana Dick Durbin, Illinois Tom Carper, Delaware Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Dianne Feinstein, California Al Franken, Minnesota Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota Martin Henrich, New Mexico Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Tim Kaine, Virginia Angus King, Maine (Independent but caucuses with Democrats) Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Patrick Leahy, Vermont Edward Markey, Massachusetts Jeff Merkley, Oregon Claire McCaskill, Missouri Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Chris Murphy, Connecticut Patty Murray, Washington Bill Nelson, Florida Jack Reed, Rhode Island Harry Reid, Nevada Bernie Sanders, Vermont (Independent but caucuses with Democrats) Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Brian Schatz, Hawaii Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Jon Tester, Montana Tom Udall, New Mexico Mark Warner, Virginia Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Follow the money? In the case of Diane Feinstein, one wonders if the recent desert protection acts on behalf of her husband and cronies were not the price of her vote? I wonder how many others got “deals” from Obama? It was Obama that said “Ideologies are not defeated with guns, they are defeated by better ideas.” Tell that to Iran, ISIS, and any of the other Muslim states that believe the religion controls the state without any separation. To believe that there was no better idea since the 6th Century, is to ignore history. Islam was created by a warlord as a conquest plan – with no regard for humanity or the subjects under its barbaric control. Bottom line … Barack Hussein Obama has done everything in his power to subvert the United States Constitution, support our enemies, disadvantage our allies, weaken America’s military, undercut our economy, and promote radical transformation of America with an invasion of illegal aliens. His experience and judgement is grossly flawed and he cannot be trusted to lead America or anything else. Even worse, we have seen the democrat party become the neo-Communist Party in the United States and the destruction of most of our cherished institutions as they have set about re-writing history and erasing people who made our country great. Remember this in 2016 – you were sold out by the democrat party. The very same party that supports a corrupt liar who exposed our national security so she could keep the communications about government business away from Congress, the people, and most of all, those who could put her in jail for her criminal actions. We are so screwed. -- steve